Ralph Vartabedian

@RVartabedian

National correspondent for the covering energy, space, bullet trains and auto safety issues.

Los Angeles, CA
latimes.com
Joined May 2010
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  1. Jan 12

    State bullet train delays 'beyond comprehension,' contractor says in blistering letter

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  2. 30 Nov 2020

    Brightline aka XpressWest has pulled its private activity bond offering to build a high speed train between So. Calif and Las Vegas. California authorized it sell $2.4 billion in tax exempt bonds under a state program, but two weeks ago state reallocated the authority to housing.

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  3. 17 Nov 2020

    Will 'Amtrak Joe' Biden bail out California's troubled bullet train? Don't bet on it

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  4. 12 Nov 2020

    Former top consultant on California bullet train project Roy Hill has been cleared by state of allegations that he had a conflict of interest.

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  5. 9 Oct 2020

    Calif HSR's environmental chief Mark McLaughlin is out as of last Friday. Rail authority does not comment on personnel matters. The plan to finalize and issue records of decision on all the project segments by 2022 is not a certainty, insiders say.

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  6. 9 Sep 2020

    Aging ranchers and loggers in California are vital for clearing brush to halt advancing wildfire flames via

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  7. 8 Sep 2020

    Calif bullet train was scaled back last year to make it more affordable, but now it faces new uncertainty amid a financial crunch

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  8. 18 Aug 2020

    Calif bullet train authority will conduct oversight hearing next month on troubled bridge in Madera County that had steel support failure, the agency said today. The problem was disclosed last week by LAT:

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  9. 18 Aug 2020

    Not enough juice in California after years of being told otherwise:

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  10. 10 Aug 2020

    'Horrible sequence of mistakes': How bullet train contractors botched a bridge project

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    4 Aug 2020

    Send your prayers to Los Angeles Times Middle East Correspondent , a great journalist, who was injured in the explosion in Beirut today. Reports are that at least 25 people were killed and more than 2,500 injured. Our thoughts are with them as well.

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    30 Jul 2020

    The perfect throwback photo does not exis-

    NASA Enterprise arriving on back of NASA 747 with BA Concorde in the background.
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  13. 2 Jul 2020

    The coronavirus has changed since it left Wuhan. Is it more infectious?

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  14. 24 Jun 2020

    Calif bullet train enters a new political reality

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  15. 11 Jun 2020

    A coronavirus vaccine in 2020? Maybe. Here's what has to go right

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  16. 11 Jun 2020

    Opposition to Newsom plan for Merced to Bakersfield bullet train route rose today. Calif Assembly adopted resolution calling for delay in massive bullet train electrification contract until Leg appropriates moneythe project. It attracted 64 co-sponsors of the 80 member Assembly.

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  17. 5 Jun 2020

    California Assembly wants bullet train contract deferred to redirect funding to cities

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  18. 4 Jun 2020

    California lawmakers enter historic confrontation with bullet train project, demanding in a resolution that the state defer massive new contract. Majority of Assembly cosponsor:

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  19. 29 May 2020

    Bullet train would nick jobs, homes and parks on 14-mile route from L.A. to Burbank

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  20. 28 May 2020

    TROUBLE FOR HSR BUDGET? Calif cap&trade auction last week was pretty weak with only a third of GHG permits selling. Roughly raised $25 million. Calif HSR project 25% share is about $6 million, well below the budgeted revenue.

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