L.A. County’s evacuation alert system broke down during fires. It’s part of a larger problem
Despite upgrades to wireless alerts system, emergency warnings were often ineffective when most needed during the Los Angeles ...
California Wildfire Survivor Who Watched His 'House Burn' Uses Experience To Help L.A. Victims Navigate Rebuilding Their Lives
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Janesville Gazette7d
LA County's evacuation alert system broke down during fires. Why California has strugglee to do better
When the federal government in 2012 launched Wireless Emergency Alerts — a new system that allowed officials to send loud, screeching alarms to cellphones across a large area — many ...
Years ago, I watched my hometown burn. This song gave me hope.
It was there that I burnt my wrists under hot plates of chilaquiles waitressing at the Omelette Express and stood with my ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat8d
Will new bond funds be enough to rebuild Los Angeles schools — and all of California’s other crumbling schools?
Some schools destroyed years ago in the Sonoma and Butte county fires are just now reopening. The long, expensive process of ...
CalMatters on MSN6d
Schools post-LA fires
Some schools destroyed years ago in the Sonoma and Butte fires are just now reopening. The long, expensive process of ...
Marin Independent Journal on MSN8d
Connolly proposes bill to increase fairground funding
Assembly Bill 258 aims to allow more upgrades at the sites, which have come to be used as evacuation centers during natural ...
Government Technology7d
Why the Evacuation Alert System Struggled During the L.A. Fires
Residents who lived in the west side of Altadena did not receive an evacuation order until 3:25 a.m., which was hours after the fires first began to burn through their neighborhoods.
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Schools post-LA fires
Several others in greater Los Angeles remain closed because they’re in evacuation zones or have ... a private school in Sonoma County that serves special education students enrolled in public ...