Disruption of a local high-speed internet service led Race Communications last week to send one of its vice presidents to the area.
Race a service provider for internet, phone and TV dispatched Jim Miller, vice president of sales and marketing, to Grass Valley to assure broadband customers Race was in the process of resolving the issue in a timely manner.
“We feel the pain and sympathize with customers,” said Miller. “All previous outages were because of contractors digging underground and cutting into fiber optic cables.”
Contractors evidently did not obtain permission prior to breaking ground and tore into fiber optic cables, which interrupted online service, Miller said. Before anyone digs underground they are advised to dial the 811 number that connects with a Public Utilities Commission division, which has mapped the location of all gas, utility and telecom lines.
SeaWeeders hand out milkweed in Solana Beach
Caterpillars of monarch butterflies require a milkweed diet.
(Luke Harold)
April 27, 2021 4:20 AM PT
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SeaWeeders Garden Club members handed out free milkweed at the Boys & Girls Club on Lomas Santa Fe on Saturday, April 24, part of an effort to encourage residents to plant more pollinator habitat in their gardens to support monarch butterflies.
The group set up a drive-through in the parking lot and distributed more than 350 native narrow-leaf milkweed plants and 1,430 seeds for free to at least 90 Solana Beach residents who registered in advance. Due to high demand, the sign-up period closed in a matter of hours, according to the SeaWeeders. Distribution was limited to five plants and three seed packets per family.