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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Half-mast time nears for the stick antenna

Business | January 23, 2008
An automotive appendage that often goes unnoticed – unless it loses a battle with the automatic car wash – is disappearing in the face of changing technology, tastes and economics. Read more
 

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Edison agrees to Santa Ana Wi-Fi testing

Business | By James S. Granelli | February 22, 2007
Southern California Edison Co. Read more
 

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Irvine Rejects Cell Antennas; Sprint Appeals

California | Local | By H G. Reza | June 21, 2006
Irvine, a master-planned community where few things are out of place, is in the midst of a messy debate over a cellular telephone company’s plan to install antennas that local residents say would blight their neighborhood. Read more
 

Friday, May 26, 2006

NASA’s Communications to Deep Space `Fragile’

National | By Frank D. Roylance | May 26, 2006
The aging global antenna network that keeps NASA in touch with its most distant space probes is fragile and may not be able to meet rising demands for its services, according to a government report. Read more
 

Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Mixed signals?

News | By Christopher Reynolds | September 14, 2004
At least 30 national parks sprout cellphone towers and antennas, a new government survey shows, and some environmentalists fear a forest of steel and concrete will spring up unless the National Park Service cracks down. Read more
 

Friday, August 13, 2004

Court Refuses to Rule on Radio Antenna

California | Local | August 13, 2004
The state’s top court has declined to intervene in the legal fight over the completion of a $21.5-million public safety radio system. Read more
 

Thursday, September 4, 2003

So retro, so high-tech

Home & Garden | By David Colker | September 4, 2003
Want to see your favorite network shows and sporting events in high-definition television, the state of the art in digital TV technology? Read more
 

Wednesday, October 30, 2002

Plan for Phone Antenna on Cross Is Up in the Air

California | Local | October 30, 2002
A call from the Trinity United Methodist Church congregation to keep a cellular phone antenna off the cross atop the sanctuary has led officials to reconsider the placement. Read more
 

Wednesday, May 1, 2002

Making Cell Towers Do a Vanishing Act

California | Local | By Tina Borgatta | May 1, 2002
When it comes to cellular-telephone antennas, officials in the year-old town of Aliso Viejo have something more fashionable than faux palm trees, phony water towers and slightly deformed light poles in mind. Read more
 

Sunday, March 24, 2002

Schools Give Cell Firms Warm Reception

California | Local | By Dan Arritt | March 24, 2002
Cellular phone companies looking to boost coverage in their busiest markets are finding enthusiastic partners in cash-strapped school districts Wireless carriers are paying tens of thousands of dollars in rent each year to dozens of Southern California school districts for places to put relay equipment and towers that help plug gaps in phone service. Read more
 

Thursday, June 14, 2001

Forest of Towers Draws a Special Kind of Lumberjack

California | Local | By David Ferrell | June 14, 2001
Train your telescope on the top of Mt. Read more
 

Wednesday, May 9, 2001

Cell Phone Antennas Spring Up All Over

California | Local | By Bob Pool | May 9, 2001
In the past they’ve tried to camouflage the things inside phony palm trees and behind fake parapets. Read more
 

Thursday, April 12, 2001

Cutoff of Vatican Radio Put on Hold

News | April 12, 2001
The Italian government backed off on a threatened shutdown of Vatican Radio and said it would give the broadcaster until the end of the month to negotiate a reduction in its electromagnetic emissions. Read more
 

Wednesday, April 11, 2001

Vatican Offer in Radio Tower Dispute Rejected

News | April 11, 2001
The government called a Vatican Radio offer to reduce transmissions absolutely insufficient” and warned that it will pull the plug on broadcasts unless the Vatican complies with Italian laws governing electromagnetic emissions. Read more
 

Friday, January 12, 2001

Coastal Panel Delays Vote on Marblehead

California | Local | By Seema Mehta | January 12, 2001
The California Coastal Commission on Thursday approved a cell phone tower in Seal Beach, voted to scrutinize a spa in Dana Point and delayed ruling on a contentious plan to build a gated community and outlet center in San Clemente. Read more
 

Wednesday, December 13, 2000

Tollway Towers Soon May Sport Oil-Derrick Look

California | Local | By Monte Morin | December 13, 2000
Toll-road officials say they have settled on a more subdued and rustic design for several mobile-telephone antennas to be built along the Eastern tollway. Read more
 

Monday, December 4, 2000

Big Fund Bets on UCLA Prof

Business | By Debora Vrana | December 4, 2000
Venture capitalists say they often hear of the best ideas in strange places. Read more
 

Wednesday, November 1, 2000

IRVINE

California | Local | By Deniene Husted, (714) 520-2508 | November 1, 2000
The city’s Community Services Commission will meet tonight to consider new policies for installing telecommunications towers and wireless facilities. Read more
 

Wednesday, October 25, 2000

MISSION VIEJO

California | Local | By Sean Kirwan, (714) 966-5642 | October 25, 2000
At its meeting Monday, the Planning Commission approved a petition from Verizon Wireless to attach 12 antennas and a microwave dish to an existing Southern California Edison transmission tower. Read more
 

Wednesday, October 18, 2000

SANTA ANA

California | Local | By Tina Borgatta, (714) 966-5982 | October 18, 2000
The City Council on Monday denied a request from AT&T Wireless to erect a cellular phone antenna at the Santa Ana Stadium/Eddie West Field. Read more
 
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