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“But now, 50 percent of Internet users are on smart phones. Already there are 1.4 million iPhones in use. Wi-Fi is really going to take off and Sonic.net wants to be the provider.”

The two-hour ride down Hwy 101 to the airport is no longer a dead spot in the day for passengers on some Airport Express buses. via North Bay Business Journal

A Windsor, Calif., man installs a GPS device in his stepson's car to monitor speed and location. via National Public Radio

Chandra McGinnis hugs her Labrador Fargo in front of her family's Alta Vista home destroyed by a fire early Saturday morning. via Times & News

The downtown Business Improvement District, along with its marketing partners, have released the results of a customer survey designed to gather demographic and economic data about Downtown shoppers. via Windsor Times

If you go to the website of the Sierra Club and navigate your way to the section on sprawl, you will run across a report, 'Building Better,' that describes a dozen case studies of smart growth developments ... via Hartford Courant

A Windsor police incident that began as merely a traffic stop last week ended when deputies deployed a spike strip near Santa Rosa after the suspect drove his car the wrong way on Highway 101. via Windsor Times

The Marin County Superior Court has thrown out a request from the city of Novato for a temporary restraining order against the North Coast Railroad Authority. via Eureka Reporter

“The primary commodities would be wine, grain and lumber”

Contractors have started the first track repairs in six years on the southern section of a planned freight rail line that would run from Humboldt County to southern Napa County. via North Bay Business Journal

“In the two decades or so that I have lived here, I have seen Healdsburg turn into Carmel without the ocean.”

I NEVER TIRE of the Napa Valley but it can be overwhelming. More often than not, you'll find the Olkens recreating in one of wine country's quieter areas. via Alameda Times-Star