Politicians rise or fall on disaster response. The LA County fires are Gavin Newsom’s big test
Gov. Gavin Newsom has become a familiar sight around Los Angeles since the firestorm that swept through the region last month ...
L.A. County had a new emergency alert system. Did that hurt west Altadena?
The quick turnaround raises questions about how much time county officials allotted to debug the software and train employees ...
Gov. Newsom requests $39 billion in federal aid from Congress following Los Angeles area wildfires
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday penned a letter to Congress, outlining how California would use billions in federal aid for Los ...
Opinion
How will Los Angeles balance fire recovery, Olympics prep and homelessness?
Los Angeles has committed to reducing homelessness while rebuilding Pacific Palisades and preparing for the 2028 Olympics.
Fire-ravaged Los Angeles confronts difficult questions as it rushes to rebuild
As a charred Los Angeles resurfaces from the infernal flames that engulfed the region last month, questions loom as to how ...
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Temple Fire & Rescue names new Emergency Management Specialist
Judy Martinez has worked with the Texas Division of Emergency Management, Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management ...
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Investigation underway after millions receive erroneous evacuation alerts during LA wildfires
LOS ANGELES (KABC ... At the time, Kevin McGowan, director of LA County's Office of Emergency Management, apologized for the false alarms. "This is not human-driven. There is no one sitting ...
San Gabriel Valley Tribune18d
Long Beach congressman leads probe into LA County’s faulty evacuation alerts during wildfires
Rep. Robert Garcia is leading an investigation into Los Angeles County’s false evacuation alerts that went out to 10 million residents across the county during the wildfires, causing alarm and ...
Los Angeles Times18d
Investigation launched into L.A. County’s faulty emergency alert system
Local members of Congress launched an investigation Monday into Los Angeles County’s ... Kevin McGowan, director of L.A. County’s Office of Emergency Management, said that the problem was ...
Forbes20d
California Wildfire Updates: Palisades, Eaton Fires Reach Full Containment
Jan. 10, 8 a.m. PSTKevin McGowan, director of Los Angeles County’s Office of Emergency Management, apologized during a press conference for an evacuation alert mistakenly sent to millions of ...
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Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during LA wildfires
LOS ANGELES ... Officials at the County’s Coordinated Joint Information Center declined to comment other than to say that an independent review of evacuations and emergency notifications is planned ...