Kevin McGowan, director of L.A. County's Office of Emergency Management, said that the problem was caused by a software ...

A Blue Alert has been issued after law enforcement initiated a manhunt for a man they believe was involved in the death of a ...

Only cell phones opted into the Wireless Emergency Alert system will receive the test this Saturday, Jan. 4, at 1 p.m.

According to a preliminary assessment, the false echo alerts that continued to go out on Friday occurred as cell ... system and enhance its "two-on-one call" network that connects one person via ...

Many were awakened by an emergency alert on Monday night in Wake County that may have gone out to more people than necessary.

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The county's director of emergency management said the cell phone alerts have already saved ... unnecessary chaos and some distrust of the alert system. The City of Beverly Hills, in a post ...