IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Simple Mobile, a simple, yet powerful, no-contract wireless provider from Verizon, today introduced its LifeLine discount program for California residents. Through ...

It’s been 10 years since California decided to let low-income undocumented immigrants qualify for state subsidies of phone and internet services. Today the California LifeLine program — which helps ...

About 100,000 low-income Californians could lose their federal “Lifeline” discount and face higher phone bills if the state approves an official AT&T request to stop offering the service. Why it ...

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Julie Maestas didn’t know what she was going to do. Maestas, 48, lives at Camp Resolution in North Sacramento and has a Lifeline phone, which are typically free or low-cost from the government. The ...

A new bill in the California Legislature seeks to make California’s LifeLine Program — a service that provides discounted home and cell phone services — more accessible and more secure. Editor’s note: ...

FELTON, Calif. - A proposal by phone and internet service provider, AT&T, to end landline service for most Californians is drawing backlash. Some people fear losing the century-old communications ...

BE IMPACTED. WE’RE TWO MILES OUT OF NEVADA CITY. YEAH, WE’RE KIND OF PRETTY MUCH STRANDED OUT HERE WITHOUT A LANDLINE TO WENDY COSBY. OH, BROTHER. HER LANDLINE IS HER LIFELINE. WHEN WE NEED BASIC ...

Even Californians without Social Security numbers should soon have access to a state subsidy that will make cellphone service more affordable. The California Public Utilities Commission issued a ...

Migrants check their phones as they wait at a San Diego transit center in June. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Even Californians without Social Security numbers should soon have access to a ...