The number of Californians with home broadband connections to the Internet is growing. That's good news for our state. High-speed Internet connections have increased 31 percent between 2008 and 2011 among California households, even amid the economic downturn. Among Latinos, the rate has grown a [...]
Author: Brent Stromberg
A 65-foot flatbed truck filled with computers offering free Internet access to migrant laborers is one project among many aimed at promoting universal broadband access along the Central Coast. The group behind it is the Central Coast Broadband Consortium (CCBC), which aims to bridge the [...]
California has reached 97 percent broadband deployment and could hit its statutory target of 98 percent by the end of 2015. Although broadband service is available, not all residents are able to afford it. For residents of small communities and older neighborhoods with clunky broadband [...]
iFoster, a California-based advocacy nonprofit for foster children, has selected Contra Costa County to share in a three-year, $300,000 grant to expand access to computers and affordable Internet service to vulnerable youth. In partnership with the California Emerging Technology Fund, led by former Contra Costa [...]
Richmond High graduate Bernard Naquin, 19, won't have to look too far to find a computer these days. The Contra Costa County teenager and Diablo Valley College student was awarded a brand new Dell laptop Monday morning at the Nevin Center. "I was surprised when [...]
The laptop didn't just fall from the sky. The laptop giveaway was organized by Contra Costa Supervisor John Gioia, California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) president Sunne Wright McPeak and iFoster founder Reid Cox. Read More>>>
"Broadband is a transforming technology that is essential to help foster youth build better lives," said Sunne Wright McPeak, president and CEO of CETF. "With this grant, children in foster care, emancipated youth and their families will benefit from access to affordable Internet service and [...]
San Joaquin Valley Regional Consortium (SJVRC)—a public-private entity made up of telecommunications providers, government, private businesses, nonprofit and health agencies—is honing its plans to accelerate broadband deployment, accessibility and adoption within Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tulare Counties. Read More>>>
Eight community-based organizations making significant progress to close the Digital Divide were officially recognized by members of California's congressional delegation on Thursday, the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) announced. U.S. Representatives Anna Eshoo (Palo Alto), Mike Honda (San Jose), Barbara Lee (Oakland) and Lucille Roybal-Allard [...]
Norman Comer has owned two computers, but soon gave them to his grandson because of his frustration in trying to use them. But the 70-year-old Comer says he's eager to take advantage of the free Wi-Fi, low-cost computers and training being offered to him and [...]