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

An alert designated to warn people of a fire northwest of downtown Los Angeles went sent county-wide, according to a local ...

During an emergency event, clear communications are essential for ensuring safety. False alerts, like the one sent out on Jan ...

County officials announced Friday they are overhauling their emergency alert system after residents across the Los Angeles area continued to receive erroneous emergency alerts that urged them to ...

The Los Angeles County Fire Department sent another erroneous emergency alert early morning Friday, Jan. 10, after a mistaken alert was also sent Thursday afternoon, Jan. 9, with both messages ...

On Friday, the Delaware Emergency Management Agency addressed an accidental alert sent through the state's Emergency Alert ...

An emergency alert for a Sussex County chemical accident was mistakenly issued statewide in Delaware on Wednesday evening, sparking concerns about the state's hazardous crisis response.

The company behind Los Angeles' emergency alert technology said it has added safeguards to prevent further inaccurate wildfire evacuation alerts from being sent to residents amid deadly ...

Emergency officials in Los Angeles County are investigating why an emergency alert was sent to millions of people by mistake.

As wildfires raged in California, confusion reigned in Los Angeles after the county's wireless emergency alert system sent ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- An emergency alert about an evacuation warning was sent to cellphones across Los Angeles County -- but the alert was issued in error. The alert ...