ARRESTED AFTER REFUSING TO LEAVE THE PREMISES. CALIFORNIA’S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE HOT SEAT AT THE STATE CAPITOL TODAY AS IT TRIES TO SCRAP A NEW 911 SYSTEM THAT SO FAR HAS COST TAXPAYERS ...
A major contractor hired to help upgrade California’s 911 emergency calling system is being fired, the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) posted online late Friday. On March 11, Cal OES ...
Steven Yarbrough, chair of the State 911 Advisory board, speaks with Cal OES Chief Deputy Director of Policy and Administration Lisa Mangat during a board meeting on Wednesday in Sacramento. They were ...
Steven Yarbrough, chair of the State 911 Advisory Board, at a Cal OES board meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 in Sacramento. HECTOR AMEZCUA hamezcua@sacbee.com California leaders are hoping to roll ...
In 2018, as California was laying the groundwork to build a new 911 system for the state, a massive fire ripped through Butte County, decimating several Northern California communities and killing ...
Steven Yarbrough, chair of the State 911 Advisory board, speaks with Cal OES Chief Deputy Director of Policy and Administration Lisa Mangat during a board meeting on Wednesday in Sacramento. They were ...
California leaders are hoping to roll out the state’s modernized 911 system as quickly as possible in light of the project’s delays and ballooning cost. The California Governor’s Office of Emergency ...