Paiute Tribe hosts Gov. Gavin Newsom in Bishop to expand high-speed internet

On 2026-04-04, Governor Gavin Newsom and the Bishop Paiute Tribe marked the activation of a new public broadband connection in Bishop, California. The event connected the first rural community to California's open-access Middle-Mile Broadband Network, extending high-speed internet service to the Eastern Sierra and a sovereign Tribal nation.