California bullet train: The high price of speed

Reporting from Bakersfield— 

 

Since it opened in 1893, Bakersfield High School has been the pride of this city and its academic cornerstone, the place where the late chief justice Earl Warren graduated and students call themselves the Drillers in homage to the region's oil patch.

It has withstood earthquakes and depressions, but perhaps it will not survive the California bullet train.    More Read