You may have noticed that starting August 20th Al Jazera English programming disappeared from our schedule. This is due to the launch of the Al Jazeera America Network and various cable operator agreements in regards to carriage elsewhere. To watch Al Jazeera's new channel, check your local listings, they're taking over channels currently broadcasting Current TV, or visit http://america.aljazeera.com/

In Marin you can see the Al Jazeera America Network on Comcast 107 if you have the digital 'enhanced' package. Satellite subscribers will find the channel at DIRECTV Channel 358 and DISH Network Channel 215. AT&T U-verse and Time Warner customers are out of luck as both systems have refused to carry the new Al Jazeera channel. If you watched Al Jazeera's live web streams in the past, you will now need to be a cable or DBS subscriber to access those streams.

The advocacy organization Public Knowledge is running a petition campaign requesting that the FCC prevent Verizon from replacing reliable land lines with only "VoiceLink" wireless service in areas damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

To quote PK: "Disaster victims should not be guinea pigs for experiments in new phone service. In the wake of Hurricane Sandy last October, Verizon decided that instead of rebuilding its traditional phone lines, the company is replacing them with something called a "fixed wireless service."

You may recall that in September 2012 and despite widespread opposition, the CA State legislature passed SB 1161, a bill written by AT&T which deregulated VOIP phone service and creates potential negative impacts on IP internet services and regular phone service in CA - including the eventual loss of land lines.

For more info and to sign the petition, see: http://www.publicknowledge.org/voicelink

Unable to come the San Rafael Pacifics Baseball Games? Want to watch some games from home? Watch the games live on Marin TV’s Education Channel Comcast 30 and ATT U-Verse 99.

The Pacifics games will be broadcast with the help of Dominican University students and local high school students in the sports broadcast training program provided by the CMCM, Dominican University and the Intel Computer Clubhouse.

For more information about our sports training program and the schedule of games broadcasting live visit: http://cmcm.tv/camp.

Here is a schedule of games playing live on Marin TV’s Education Channel:

June 27th, 7PM – Pacifics vs. Hawai’i Stars
July 4th, 1PM – Pacifics vs. Na Koa Ikaika
July 25th, 7PM – Pacifics vs. East Bay Lumberjacks
July 30th, 7PM – Pacifics vs. Sonoran Explorers

Jill Lessard will be taking over as the Director of Operations at the Community Media Center of Marin. Current Director of Operations Jake Nicol will be leaving to pursue his master's degree in Journalism at Berkeley. After a 20-year career in Los Angeles as an award-winning network television publicist, Jill taught Multimedia Communications at her hometown high school and was nominated for 2011 New Hampshire Teacher of the Year. She earned her B.S. in Radio/TV/Film Production from Northwestern University and has master's degrees in Professional Writing and Spiritual Psychology.