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The grant awards include $3.1 billion for the California High-Speed Rail Authority and $3 billion for the Brightline West linking Southern California to Las Vegas.

California agencies with tens of billions of dollars of construction joined more than 40 other groups in a movement to drive contracting opportunities for historically underutilized businesses.

The California Dept. of Transportation is auditing sites it has leased out that are under or near infrastructure after a fire temporarily closed part of I-10 in Los Angeles.

Structural testing revealed that fewer repairs were needed than initially expected, and crews worked around the clock.

All work associated with removal of the first of four hydroelectric dams slated for demolition on the Klamath River in California and Oregon has been completed by contractor Kiewit, said dam owner Klamath River Renewal Corp. earlier this month.

Two former San Francisco city engineers have separately been charged, and a former building inspector sentenced to prison in the scheme.

California officials say the fire-damaged section of Interstate 10 in LA will not need to be rebuilt and could be open to traffic in about a month.

As structural analysis continues on I-10 near downtown L.A., shoring has been put in place to stabilize the damaged section of roadway. 

The B.F. Sisk Dam Raise and Reservoir Expansion Project will add 130,000 acre-ft of storage space to the San Luis Reservoir.

If approved by Congress, added funds for upgrade would prevent and reduce sewage flows and contamination in southern California.