For the better part of a year, plans for a high-speed rail line through Fresno have included miles of elevated tracks soaring 60 feet above the central city streetscape.

In a deal with Bay Area elected officials, the state agreed to put the bullet train on ground-level tracks shared with much slower commuter trains between San Jose and San Francisco.

The high-speed tracks are at ground level, while fare gates and other facilities are on the upper level under a large canopy. CALIFORNIA HIGH-SPEED RAIL AUTHORITY Similarly, Merced leaders are ...

SAN DIEGO — Construction begins this month on a nearly 300-foot-long sea wall to protect the coastal bluffs below the heavily traveled railroad tracks in Del Mar.