Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires
When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...
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LA County board approves motion calling for independent review of emergency notifications
A motion calling for an independent review of the emergency notification systems used to alert residents during the January ...
Particularly Dangerous Situation warning issued, Los Angeles County reopens Altadena to residents
Southern California is bracing for an "unprecedented" third Particularly Dangerous Situation warning in a month, as extreme ...
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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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L.A. County’s evacuation alert system broke down during fires. It’s part of a larger problem
In 2018, the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency made news after ... evacuate some parts of western Altadena around 2 a.m. Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger has called for an independent ...
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The Los Gatos Town Council at its Tuesday meeting voted to set aside $1 million for emergency management efforts ... TV couple sues the city of Los Angeles after losing home in Palisades Fire ...
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What happened Saturday through Monday, Jan. 18-20: Southern California braces for latest threat of extreme weather
A “particularly dangerous situation” warning is set to go into effect Monday at noon and last through Tuesday at 10 a.m. for swaths of Los Angeles ... the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...
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Trump joined by Newsom in Los Angeles for Palisades Fire tour, emergency briefing
Her words reflected a spirit of bipartisanship state lawmakers spoke about a day earlier when they announced a $2.5 billion legislative aid package for Los Angeles County wildfire relief.
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Update: Eatonhurst Postfire Baer in Los Angeles County – Jan. 18 status
"THREE PHASES OF WILDFIRE RECOVERYThere are three phases of recovery following wildfires on federal lands:- Fire Suppression Repair- Emergency ... of an Incident Management Team.
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Los Gatos council okays $1 million for emergency management in wake of LA fires
The Los Gatos Town Council at its Tuesday meeting voted to set aside $1 million for emergency management efforts ... in light of the destruction in Los Angeles. “The whole point of what we ...
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New round of evacuation orders lifted as LA mayor names chief recovery officer
"I can't express enough how sorry I am for this experience," said Kevin McGowan, director of the Office of Emergency Management for Los Angeles County. He acknowledged how erroneous emergency ...
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Trump wants states to pay more after disasters like L.A. wildfires. Here's how FEMA works now
U.S. President Donald Trump headed to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday ... overhauling the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA ...