American Assistance also works with California Premium Lifeline, a state-based cell phone assistance program that offers free ...

Initially, Santa Barbara schools struggled with compliance — but has since seen more positive effects of being phone-free. “Cold turkey is going to be quite difficult for a lot of these kids,” UCLA ...

A new bill in the California Legislature seeks to make California’s LifeLine Program — a service that provides discounted home and cell phone services — more accessible and more secure.

ANALYSIS: WHO YOU GONNA CALL — California, the home of cutting-edge innovation, is still debating whether to phase out an old technology the state can’t quite seem to shake: landline phones.