LA County, emergency alerts

Southern California Congress members call for investigation into LA County's emergency alert system
More than a dozen members of Congress signed letters calling for a further look into the emergency alert messaging system that sent an erroneous evacuation warning to thousands of Los Angeles County residents in the midst of January's wildfires.
Long Beach congressman leads probe into LA County’s faulty evacuation alerts during wildfires
Congressman Robert Garcia, D-Long Beach, hopes this investigation will prevent tragedy in future emergencies and minimize confusion of Los Angeles County residents.
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
Investigation launched into L.A. County's faulty emergency alert system
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Long Beach) has sent letters to L.A. County and software company Genasys requesting information on 'precise failures' that led to erroneous alerts.
County leaders call for further look into LA's emergency alert system
Los Angeles leaders are calling for answers weeks after an alert was mistakenly sent​ to hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles County residents, warning them to evacuate their homes in the midst of the January's destructive wildfires.
Investigation targets LA County emergency alert system after repeated failures, false alarms
The whole system completely broke down,” said Rep. Robert Garcia, who launched the probe alongside thirteen other members of Congress.
Congress members call for review of L.A. County emergency alert system
A group of Southern California congress members joined the call for answers about what caused evacuation warnings to be mistakenly sent to thousands of residents during the height of last month’s wildfires.
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Second LA County evacuation alert sent in error to phones in overnight hours
A second erroneous evacuation alert was sent overnight ... Sign up for NBC LA's News Headlines newsletter. Kevin McGowan, director of the county Office of Emergency Management, said that the ...
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Investigation underway after millions receive erroneous evacuation alerts during LA wildfires
A new investigation is underway into emergency alerts that were sent by mistake to millions of southern Californians as the ...
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LA County sends evacuation order by mistake, causing panic, confusion among enraged residents: ‘It was irresponsible’
“Nice work la county for sending out an INCORRECT evacuation alert for the entire county and freaking out many people,” one user posted to X. Fires sparked Tuesday morning, and days later ...
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 ...
LA County wants probe into delayed evacuation alerts in Eaton fire area where 17 died
The investigation is critical for not only understanding what happened, but for ensuring it never happens again, said an ...
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LA County supervisors call for independent review of emergency notification system
The county Board of Supervisors approved a motion calling for an independent review of the emergency notification systems ...
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Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires
When disaster strikes, government emergency alert ... evacuation orders for some neighborhoods — including the part of ...
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17 deaths reported in Los Angeles area that did not receive alert until hours after wildfire broke out
LA County supervisor Kathryn Barger said she also received an evacuation alert days after the fire when repopulation ...