Close-up of a person’s hands stripping protective casing from a multicolored fiber optic cable with a knife.
FILE - Crown Utilities field crew worker Brenda Dela Terriente installs fiber-optic cabling for high-speed internet in Utah on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (James G. Pinsky/USDA via Bay City News)

UKIAH, CA., 10/3/25 — The city of Ukiah has approved a partnership with internet provider Vero Fiber Networks to increase affordable and high-speed internet access in the city. The agreement was made possible by a grant of nearly $5.6 million awarded to the city by the California Public Utilities Commission. 

The CPUC administers this grant under its program called the “Last Mile Federal Funding Account,” an initiative that works to provide broadband infrastructure to underserved California communities.  

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Sydney Fishman is a UC Berkeley California Local News Fellow and lives full time in Ukiah. Reach her at sydney@mendovoice.com or through her Signal username @sydannfish.67.