Despite upgrades to wireless alerts system, emergency warnings were often ineffective when most needed during the Los Angeles ...

Phone alarms sounded Thursday night when a message came through urging residents to “gather loved ones, pets, and supplies” ...

The alerts have been more frequent than usual in the last week due to a destructive Santa Ana windstorm that fanned wildfires ...

The investigation is critical for not only understanding what happened, but for ensuring it never happens again, said an ...

A wireless emergency evacuation alert was sent to residents across Los Angeles County on Thursday afternoon. However, it was meant for people in the order and warning zones for the Kenneth Fire in ...

A wireless emergency evacuation alert was intended for people near the Kenneth Fire in Woodland Hills, but instead, it went out to the whole county.

Around 4:15 p.m., another alert was sent out by the the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management asking residents to disregard the previous alert, as it was only intended for the Kenneth fire ...

Nearly 180,000 people have already been sent mandatory evacuation orders amid the destructive wildfires raging across Los ...

A second erroneous evacuation alert was sent overnight ... Sign up for NBC LA's News Headlines newsletter. Kevin McGowan, director of the county Office of Emergency Management, said that the ...

Los Angeles County supervisors are looking into the alert system after residents in the Eaton Fire area were not alerted ...

Los Angeles County officials are calling for an independent investigation to review the emergency alert system used during ...