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Rail. >> bringing high speed rail to the united states has long been a priority of the obama administration, but there's one problem, the closer you get to southern california's major population centers, the harder it is to build a train. >> it would be cost prohibitive to give the right of way to cut through the cities and be too expensive. so instead it will start outside of victorville, california and desert city of 120,000 people 90 miles from the hoped for starting point of los angeles or anaheim. and this is literally the end of the road. we're off the 15 in the middle of the mohave dese...

Vegas says desert express enterprises wants to be the first to fulfill that. the closer you get to southern california major population centers the harder it is to build a train. >> it is cost prohibitive to get the right-of-way to cut through so many cities and it would simply be too expensive. >> instead it will start outside of victorville california a desertsy of 125,000 people more than 90 miles from the starting point of los angeles or anaheim. >> the question is a common one. people here in victorville understand that's confusing to some people but it is pretty much a straight shot from...

Condolences go out to her family. mother of two. two young daughters. she had been a ranger for four years. sad. >> the victims in the earlier shooting. seven hours before, in the other thing. four people were injured. scary guy. hope again they get him. >> absolutely. yep. well, in los angeles, police are releasing surveillance video of a man they believe may be behind as many as 40 arson attacks. the man seen saturday emerging on foot from an underground parking structure on hollywood boulevard the scene of a car fire. meanwhile experts are putting together a profile of the likely arsonist...

>> reporter: in our completely unscientific kid poll, we found 2/3 again the new law, but there is an incentive to enforce it. break the law and mom or dad get a $475 ticket. clayton sandell, abc news, los angeles. >> get this -- besides that $475 fine, parents can also get negative points on their driving records for each child, that's in violation. so crazy. be careful out there. gets tough. you're a mother of two young kids, oouf a problem with it. >> if it keeps kids safer -- i understand a lot of parents are inconvenienced given up their car seats. car seats aren't cheap. $475 might buy t...

Experts say that many serial arsonists find pleasure in coming back to the scene of the fire so they can watch as fire fighters try to battle the blaze. investigators say anyone who sees anything suspicious should contact them right away. abbie boudreau, abc news, los angeles. >> what a bizarre scene playing out west there. >> frightening. >> really is weird. they say really they're not sure it is a direct link. a lot of the cars targeted have been foreign-made cars -- mainly, or almost entirely foreign cars. a spree out there in los angeles. >> there are police choppers hovering 24/7 trying t...