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Category: Media Coverage

Broadband Access Better, Work Still Needed

The Board of Supervisors heard a report Tuesday indicting North Coast broadband access has improved markedly in recent years, but more work is necessary to blanket that quick service throughout the area. Redwood Coast Connect members Tina Nerat and Connie Stewart provided a snapshot of [...]

University of CA-Merced Launches Six Telemedicine Centers

Last week the University of California-Merced announced that it would be opening six telemedicine centers in underserved cities in the state's San Joaquin Valley. Right now, these sites are among the area's most rural and underserved communities, with one of the worst ratios of doctors [...]

Kerman, Reedley Patients Get Telemedicine Equipment

Last year, the University of California at Merced received nearly $1 million -- $500,000 from AT&T, $200,000 from the California Emerging Technology Fund and $250,000 from the California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley -- to start an e-Health network to improve healthcare access. Read [...]

Affordable Housing Residents Get Wired

With the goal of connecting low-income people to the internet and other technology, One Economy Corporation announced Bring IT Home California Campaign at Valencia Gardens, an affordable housing development in San Francisco. Read More>>>

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>>>