The quick turnaround raises questions about how much time county officials allotted to debug the software and train employees.

County fire or sheriff’s officials appear to have failed to set the alerts in motion, leaving many west Altadena residents to ...

During a Tuesday, March 11, joint committee hearing on emergency management, legislators expressed concern over the faulty alert system that impacted L.A. County residents, asked whether it would ...

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When a level 3 EOC is activated, emergency personnel are ... The days leading up to LA County’s deadly brush fires promised dangerous weather conditions, with meteorologists warning of strong ...

Kevin McGowan, head of L.A. County’s Office of Emergency Management, declined to answer questions about how much training county officials had on the new alerting system, as it he said it would ...

Officials at LA County's Office of Emergency Management not to blame for west Altadena alert failures, sources say Rebecca Ellis, Terry Castleman and Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times Mar 12, 2025 ...

Read more: Faulty evacuation alerts woke Angelenos in a panic. What's wrong with L.A.'s emergency system? Just one person from the county’s Office of Emergency Management was sending alerts for the ...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County emergency management officials responsible for sending evacuation alerts were not instructed to notify west Altadena residents until long after the Eaton ...