Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California has spent more than half a billion dollars since 2019 to modernize the state’s 911 system, according to a new report ...

Following years of delays and technical issues plaguing the state’s overhaul of its aging 9-1-1 system, officials with the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) outlined a plan ...

California lawmakers are facing increased pressure to provide more oversight to the governor's Office of Emergency Services, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2018, as California was laying the groundwork to build a new 911 system for the state, a massive fire ripped through Butte ...

California, a state that prides itself on being the epicenter of technology, has taught an absolute masterclass in bureaucratic incompetence — scrapping a new 911 system that cost more than $450 ...

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 ...