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State legislators’ inability to adopt a budget is hitting travelers below the belt. Seven of the nine rest stops along freeways in San Bernardino and Riverside counties are closing today because Caltrans cannot pay a contractor needed to keep them open. Despite reports late Thursday that lawmakers hammered out a budget deal, workers will start… Continue reading

PRIMM, NEV. – Dante Amis was unusually clean for a day at the desert races. The closest Amis could get to the racecourse was a fence line 30 or so feet away. His faded jeans didn’t have a spot on them at the Terrible’s Primm 300 last weekend in the southern Nevada desert. “I didn’t… Continue reading

Las Vegas is a city built on the notion that the big bet can pay off. Or it can cost someone a bundle. When it comes to plans for high-speed trains connecting Southern California and southern Nevada, both outcomes might be true. At least three projects are in a race to carry vacationers and commuters… Continue reading

Transportation engineers cannot say why a piece of concrete plummeted from Interstate 215 in Riverside to the city street below, leaving a hole in a section of freeway that crews overhauled less than four years ago. A section of concrete about 3 feet long and 2 feet wide fell about 5:40 a.m. Tuesday from a… Continue reading

Off-road enthusiasts focus on safety changes, not criticism | Breaking News | PE.com – Press-Enterprise. Driving 70 mph through the hot Mexican desert a few years ago, Jim Patelli saw someone touch his fender. “They just reached out and … whoosh,” Patelli recalled. “It was crazy. We’re racing and the crowd thinks it can come… Continue reading