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In order to keep them connected to loved ones, U.S. Cellular is providing free WiFi, charging and power packs along with portable chargers at the following U.S. Cellular locations during normal store hours:
- U.S. Cellular, 14896 Olympic Drive, Clearlake;
- U.S. Cellular, New Trend Wireless, 365 Lakeport Blvd., Lakeport;
- U.S. Cellular, 1232 Airport Park Blvd., Ukiah;
- U.S. Cellular, New Trend Wireless, 1393 N State St., Ukiah;
- U.S. Cellular, New Trend Wireless, 1702 S Main St., Willits.
U.S. Cellular is providing power packs and chargers at the following locations:
- Ukiah High School at 1000 Low Gap Road;
- Willits Library, 390 E Commercial St., Willits;
- Willits High School, 299 Main St.
U.S. Cellular is also waiving any overage charges that may apply for impacted postpaid customers who have billing addresses in the affected counties from Oct. 9 to Oct. 15.
Although the wildfires caused network outages in parts of Northern California, U.S. Cellular engineers have been working on restoration efforts. Service is almost fully restored.
U.S. Cellular is committed to helping and serving the communities where we live and work and has donated $5,000 to the local Red Cross efforts. Company officials said their hearts go out to those impacted.
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The company said it has made significant progress restoring the vast majority of sites affected by fire damage, including much of the North Coast, Napa and Sonoma County areas.
AT&T disaster response teams, including the Network Disaster Recovery team, have deployed more mobile cell sites, equipment and generators to support emergency responders and customers in areas impacted by ongoing wildfires.
In addition to the mobile cell sites on air at two locations in Santa Rosa and the Napa town and county fairgrounds in Napa, AT&T has deployed an emergency communications vehicle to Napa Valley College.
Charging facilities are available at the larger evacuation sites and the company is working to deploy additional charging equipment.
As the wildfires still burn, the company said it will continue to evaluate opportunities to deploy additional equipment once it’s safe to do so.
AT&T also is automatically issuing credits and waiving additional charges from Oct. 9 through Oct. 14 to provide unlimited data, voice and text for AT&T wireless customers and unlimited voice and text to AT&T PREPAID customers in impacted areas of California.
The company also is extending payment dates for impacted AT&T PREPAID customers with voice and text service through Oct. 14.
This applies to AT&T wireless customers with billing addresses and AT&T PREPAID customers with phone numbers in Butte, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, Sonoma and Yuba counties.
Customers in these areas may still receive data alert notifications during these protected dates, but billing will reflect the correct data charges.
Impacted video and home internet customers can contact AT&T at 1-800-288-2020 with questions about their service.
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The current timeline includes an opening date in the spring of 2018.
The Santa Rosa Costco is one of the highest-grossing stores in the nation, partly because it draws significant revenue from Lake and Mendocino counties.
It is anticipated that the Ukiah store will largely redirect those customers, capturing the sales tax along with the sales.
Sales tax is one of the largest sources of revenue for cities, providing necessary funds for the police and fire departments, streets, parks and community services and more.
Additionally, the Ukiah Costco is expected to generate more than 120 new jobs.
When area residents travel to Santa Rosa “to go to Costco,” they typically visit several other businesses there as well. By capturing those Costco shoppers in Ukiah, city officials said it can be expected that Ukiah’s restaurants, shops, and service businesses will also see a significant increase in traffic.
The city of Ukiah reported that many small business owners in Ukiah shop for their business at Costco. “A local Costco will help them be more efficient and will keep their sales tax dollars in the community, which benefits everyone,” the city said in a written statement.
Construction of the traffic improvements at Talmage Road and Highway 101 and Airport Park Boulevard is on a parallel path forward, with final plans and specifications for the project already approved by the Ukiah City Council.
The actual construction of those improvements is scheduled to begin in October 2017.
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