OC Public Libraries to Bring Internet to Low-Access Communities

Librarian Tim Scott hands a family free children’s books at the Westminster Library in Westminster, Calif., on Sept. 22, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS)—The Orange County Public Library system announced on Oct. 9 that it’s launching a WiFi on Wheels program to increase internet access across the county.

WiFi on Wheels is part of the county’s Internet Access Initiative: Bridging the Digital Divide, a larger project that includes WiFi extensions at county libraries and WiFi hotspots for check out, the library system said in a statement, adding that it’s acting “in direct response to the digital divide augmented by the COVID-19 pandemic.”