High speed rail CEO resigns

The chief executive officer of the beleaguered California High Speed Rail Authority resigned abruptly Thursday amid mounting criticism of the agency's current plans for building a bullet train from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Christina Villacorte in the Daily News.

"The time has come to focus more on my family and other interests," said Roelof Van Ark, who will step down in March. He was appointed in June 2010.

The shake-up did not end there.