A young boy whom authorities say was abducted by an older man in Kern County prompted an Amber Alert across Kern and Los Angeles counties Friday. The Amber Alert was issued Friday by the California ...

The California Highway Patrol has issued an Amber Alert for a 7-year-old boy that was abducted in Kern County. Angel Wagner ...

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On the state and local area, alerts that would affect a specific area could include hazmat situations, missing children (Amber Alerts), nuclear reactor problems, etc. Of course, weather alerts from ...

Those are the alerts people get during climate disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes, as well as Amber Alerts. As of now, wireless emergency alerts only go out in Spanish and English.

Two years ago, the Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted to require that wireless emergency alerts reach people in 13 languages and American Sign Language. Those are the alerts people ...