Not exactly a newsflash, but did you know that our phone and internet infrastructure operates on "a wing and a prayer?" Yes, with a snip of a few wires, as some vandals/"terrorists" did yesterday, communications --including 911 calls -- to entire densely populated regions can be totally disabled! more ›

Thousands of Santa Clara, San Benito, and Santa Cruz county residents are currently without phone service this morning. They can't even call 911 in case of an emergency. Why? Because of an old, AT&T-owned fiber optic line (leased out to Verizon) that went bust. "Verizon is completely down; other carriers are intermittent at best," said Zachary DeVine, a Santa Clara County spokesman. If residents of Morgan Hill, Gilroy, San Martin and Santa Cruz County cannot make a call to 911, officials "are urging people to go to their nearest fire or police department or local hospital or flag down an emergency vehicle." more ›