On Thursday, Rep. George Whitesides led a bipartisan effort to push federal appropriators to fully fund the construction, operation, and maintenance of the nation’s only public Earthquake Early Warning System (EEW), also called “ShakeAlert.” ShakeAlert serves over 50 million residents and visitors in California, Oregon, and Washington, providing advanced notice of impending earthquakes so residents in affected areas can take ...

The Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is holding a mock emergency functional exercise at the Los Angeles County Emergency Operations Center (CEOC) today from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The drill will test the response of various agencies to a simulated magnitude 7.8 earthquake hitting Los Angeles County. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news ...