Get ready for more competition for internet and TV service in Des Moines. Today Indiana based MetroNet announced it s planning to install a $70 million fiber optic network in the metro. Homeowners will likely be seeing crews installing fiber optic lines overhead or underground as MetroNet wires the entire city. But the wire is not copper, it’s a tube of light.When it comes to using the internet, speed is usually a top priority for users like Drake Student Grace Long.“Fast internet speed is something that is important to me as a college student,” she said. And now Long and the rest of the Capitol City are hearing about a new private provider called MetroNet. “A lot higher speeds for kind of the same costs is kind of our model, MetroNet spokesman Keith Leonhardt said.Leonhardt said MetroNet is already in several Iowa cities like Ames, Ankeny and Urbandale. Now it s planning its biggest Iowa operation so far . Des Moines. “Iowa has just been a terrific state, Leonhardt
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May 6, 2021
Today is Sacramento s Big Day of Giving. It s an event designed to raise money for non-profit organizations in a 24-hour online event. The funds raised allow the non-profits that make the Capitol City region special to function through the year. From human services to economic development, more than six hundred organizations are participating in hopes you ll support their charitable efforts. It s easy to donate. Just follow the link here.
Austin advocates seek solution for homeless crisis By Lakisha Lemons Austin
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AUSTIN, Texas The homelessness crisis in Texas capital city is coming to a major vote on May 1.
Walking the streets of downtown Austin, both city advocates and members of the unhoused community are seeking a better solution than citywide camping bans.
As he walks down 6th Street, Joao Paulo Connolly, of the Austin Justice Coalition, says this is the Austin he’s always remembered. A place for everyone.
“When folks say Save Austin, I always wonder what Austin they are talking about. We all want to address the crisis around people experiencing homelessness, the fact that there are many people very visibly with no place to go. Criminalizing it just doesn’t work,” said Connolly.
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If Concord gets 5 inches of snow, this will be in the top 10 storms of April
Ken Johnson of the Concord General Services department uses a front loader to fill a snow plow in preparation of the possible winter storm. MELISSA CURRAN / Monitor staff
Published: 4/15/2021 5:34:36 PM
Part of the state could get as much as 10 inches of wet, heavy snow from a storm that is expected to continue through Saturday morning.
In Concord, the forecast calls for two to four inches of total snow accumulation, according to the National Weather Service. If even a little bit more snow than that falls in the Capitol City, this could be in the top 10 all time winter storms in the month of April.