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CA legislature approves new bullet train funding

A rendering shows a high-speed rail train as it enters the proposed Fresno station. (Getty Images)

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California bullet train could lay track next year

Trump targets California’s high-speed rail project

S.F.-to-L.A. bullet train gets full environmental approval

What’s the difference between CA’s 2 bullet trains?

Rendering of a Brightline West train that will be travel between Rancho Cucamonga and Las Vegas. (Brightline)

Merced kidnapping, slaying suspect pleads not guilty

Jesus Salgado

Slain Merced family had ongoing feud with suspect

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Kidnapped family found dead in Merced Co.: Sheriff

This undated photo provided by Merced County Sheriff's Office shows eight-month-old Aroohi Dheri, her parents, Jasleen Kaur, and Jasdeep Singh, and uncle Amandeep Singh, who were kidnapped from a south Merced, Calif., business Monday night, Oct. 3, 2022. Authorities are seeking the public's help in finding the family members and released photos of them. The Merced County Sheriff's Office said the child's mother, father and uncle were taken against their will at gunpoint from a business in the city of Merced, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (Merced County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Suspected thieves who crashed in LASD vehicle charged

Merced man with rifle arrested in Iowa, told police …

Wreaths decorate the White House on Dec. 23 in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

Merced man charged with bomb-making, weapons possession

A judge's gavel is shown in a file photo. (Credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus)

3 of 6 inmates who used handmade rope to escape Merced …

The Merced County Sheriff’s Office shared these photos of six inmates they say escaped from the county jail using a homemade rope on Jan. 10, 2021.

Family reunites with lost dog nearly 1 year after …

A lost dog was reunited with his family in Gustine, California, after nearly a year missing. (Gustine Police Department)

5-year-old shot and killed by another child in Merced …