California High-Speed Rail Authority Bakersfield to Palmdale Project Section.

Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement.

Appendix 3.13-B: Station Planning, Land Use, and Development Figures

State Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, voted in support of several bills to reform the California Environmental Quality Act to make building key infrastructure projects in the state easier, Wilk’s office announced Wednesday.

PALMDALE – A new commercial center will be constructed on the corner of Avenue S and 40th St East, and it will include a Chick-fil-A, a Mister Car Wash and other popular retailers, Palmdale city officials announced.

PALMDALE — A Trader Joe’s food assembly and distribution facility is set for development in Palmdale, city officials announced.

PALMDALE — Permits for a trio of drive-thru businesses, including Palmdale’s second Chick-fil-A restaurant, on the northeast corner of 40th Street East and Avenue S were approved by the Planning Commission on Thursday.

Virgin Galactic successfully returned to suborbital space on Thursday morning with its first flight in nearly two years, setting the stage for its first commercial mission, planned for next month. The Mojave-built spacecraft Unity, carrying four Virgin Galactic employees as crew members in addition to two pilots, rocketed to 54.2 miles in altitude during the brief flight.

PALMDALE — The Palmdale Planning Commission will hold a public hearing Thursday on a proposed major modification to a previously approved tentative tract map to subdivide a 4.5-acre parcel into two lots for the purpose of constructing 18 condominium units within two industrial buildings south of Grand Cypress Avenue at the intersection of Delta Lane.

PALMDALE — The California State Transportation Agency has awarded an $8 million grant toward a regional push for a high-speed rail route between Palmdale and the Victor Valley. The grant to the High Desert Corridor Joint Powers Agency, announced last week, matches $8.5 million in Measure M sales tax funds through Los Angeles County for preliminary engineering and other project development activities for the

LANCASTER — The Lancaster Planning Commission approved a tentative tract map for a development of 103 single-family eastside homes during Monday’s meeting. The map by applicant Rodeo Credit Enterprises LLC would subdivide approximately 26 acres at the southeast corner of 30th Street East and Nugent Street.

EDWARDS AFB — NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base is one of three agency centers in California, contributing to the $15.2 billion in economic output in the state from the space agency, according to NASA figures.

PALMDALE — The Palmdale Water District’s proposed advanced water treatment plant that would turn recycled water into groundwater will be notable not only as the first of its kind in the Antelope Valley, but also for partnering with a firm to use brine discarded in the treatment process for its carbon-capture technology.

PALMDALE — NASA’s latest X-plane is now a complete structure, as the full tail assembly has been attached to the X-59 at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, where the aircraft has been under development.

ROSAMOND — The Kern County Board of Supervisors approved a nearly 4,000-acre wind farm west of Rosamond at its March 28 meeting. The Keyhole Wind Energy Project, from EDF Renewables, would place up to 45 turbines, producing up to 100 megawatts of electricity, on 3,920 acres a half-mile north of Rosamond Boulevard and west of 170th Street West.

EDWARDS AFB — The NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base will see stable funding to continue existing projects in the Biden Administration’s proposed budget for the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1.

LANCASTER — The Lancaster Planning Commission approved a tentative tract map to subdivide about 10 acres at the southeast corner of 65th Street West and Avenue J-8 into 36 single-family residential lots.

LANCASTER — The Lancaster Planning Commission approved a Conditional Use Permit and adopted a mitigated negative declaration for the expansion of the existing Heliogen Research and Development facility at 431 East Ave. K-4.

PALMDALE — The public has another view of the secretive B-21 Raider stealth bomber, under development by Northrop Grumman in Palmdale, as the Air Force released new photos of the initial aircraft last week.

LANCASTER — The City Of Lancaster will pay Granite Construction Co. approximately $32.59 million to construct a new freeway interchange at Avenue J, including new retaining walls as well as a northbound off-ramp and a southbound on-ramp.

MOJAVE — Impulse Space, a company developing spacecraft to provide on-orbit maneuvering and has joined the race for the first commercial mission to Mars, is expanding its presence at the Mojave Air and Space Port.