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Category: Media Coverage

S.J. General to Link Patients, Doctors via Video

San Joaquin County's drastic shortage of physician specialists could improve rapidly with the announcement that San Joaquin General Hospital has been selected as one of six initial telehealth programs using video technology to link out-of-area doctors with local patients. UC Merced received nearly $1 million [...]

ATCAA Wins Five County Technology Planning Grant

The Amador Tuolumne Community Action Agency (ATCAA) has secured a $250,000 grant from the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) to help five rural Sierra counties improve high speed Internet access for all households and businesses. Read More>>>

Alpine to benefit from Web grant

Alpine County is expected to benefit from a $250,000 grant from the California Emerging Technology Fund to help five rural Sierra counties improve high speed Internet access for households and businesses. Read More>>>

Community Forum Will Address Broadband Access

Recently the Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency (A-TCAA received a $250,000 grant from the California Emerging Technology Fund to put together a plan to help five area counties improve high speed internet access for households and businesses. Read More>>>

Full Broadband Access Possible Within 2 Years

A $240,000 grant from the California Emerging Technology Fund will pay for an aggregated broadband project being put into place by the Sierra Economic Development Corporation, based in Auburn. SEDCorp serves Nevada, Sierra, Placer and El Dorado counties. Read More>>>

Calaveras Board to Discuss Broadband Service

In San Andreas today the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors will be discussing and may take possible action regarding the ATCAA Central Sierra Connect's application for grant funding from the California Emerging Technology Fund to facilitate the development of broadband service to all the rural [...]

Communications Grant on Agenda For Supervisors

Inmate telephone services for the Calaveras County Jail, and a fivecounty effort to make broadband service available to remote areas, will be considered Tuesday by the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors. Read More>>>

Internet Project Surveys Public Needs

Redwood Coast Connect, the pilot project led by Humboldt State University for regional Internet access, is conducting a telephone survey this month of residents of Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity counties. Project officials are encouraging the public to take a few minutes to answer [...]

Broadband Planning Regional Meeting

Yesterday, Bob Ingalls and I attended the second planning meeting for an ambitious project, currently called Central Sierra Connect. It is being spearheaded by the Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency (A-TCAA), with funding from the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF). Although the project is in its [...]