Union Pacific Railroad

Huntington Beach is one step closer to getting its first Costco after it received the green light Tuesday night from the Planning Commission. The commission unanimously approved a 154,113-square-foot store to be built alongside a four-story building with...

The Huntington Beach City Council this week voted to revoke the portion of a recent ordinance that sticks out-of-town drivers with the bill for emergency services if they cause a car accident in Surf City. The council voted 4 to 1, with Councilman...

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown wants to limit the amount of money government agencies can recoup for battling wildfires and restoring damaged public lands. The proposal would prevent agencies from seeking payouts several times larger than the...

Gov. Jerry Brown’s new budget proposal includes a provision that would limit legal liability for causing wildfires, a clause that the U.S. attorney in Sacramento on Thursday blasted as a “fairly cynical attempt” to benefit the powerful...

Christa Herta Anderson, 78, of Charlevoix, died Thursday, May 17, 2012, at her home. She was born Feb. 17, 1934, in Berlin, Germany, to Gunther and Margaret (Herold) Kramer, and immigrated to Canada at age 18. Christa worked as a secretary for the Union...

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — With its just-opened million-dollar makeover, the Union Pacific Railroad Museum beckons visitors of all ages to downtown Council Bluffs. But to get the full experience, be sure to bring a kid along. Youngsters are more likely...

State bullet train officials set the stage for possible legal challenges from powerful Central Valley farming interests by approving the environmental review for an initial section of track to be built from Merced to Fresno....

State bullet train officials Thursday approved the environmental impact studies for an initial section of high-speed track to be built from Merced to Fresno, a decision that sets the stage for possible legal challenges from powerful Central Valley farming...

Here are some of the more interesting deals, websites and other travel tidbits that came across our desk recently: Africa may not be the first place you think of when someone says bicycling, but the Adventure Center is offering a 12-night Tanzania...

A piece of Commonwealth Edison property could be the ticket to completing a long-stalled segment of a North Shore bicycle and pedestrian trail through Northbrook. …...

A man was found dead, apparently struck by a train, along a railroad line in Joliet early this morning, authorities said. The man, 37 and from Joliet, was declared dead at 6:20 a.m. on the scene north of Zurich Road, east of McKinley Street in Joliet,...

The driver of a vehicle pushed off railroad tracks and onto its side Tuesday by a freight train in Wheaton was able to exit his …...