Scrutiny in Sacramento over California’s stalled Next Generation 9-1-1 system continued Tuesday, with lawmakers from the Assembly Committee on Emergency Management grilling the California Office of ...

California has spent more than half a billion dollars since 2019 to modernize the state’s 911 system, according to a new ...

A major contractor hired to help upgrade California’s 911 emergency calling system is being fired, the California Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) posted online late Friday. For the past 16 ...

California lawmakers are facing increased pressure to provide more oversight to the governor's Office of Emergency Services, which has been working for nearly a decade to upgrade the state's 911 ...

Cal OES officials don't have a total estimate of 911 revamp, but at least $76 million in initial costs will be needed again.

One assemblymember called Tuesday's testimony about Cal OES' delayed and over-budget 911 project "disappointing and ...

Caroline Thomas Jacobs, a former senior manager at Apple and current department director, will lead the Office of Emergency Services.

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, at a Cal OES board meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 in Sacramento. HECTOR AMEZCUA hamezcua@sacbee.com California leaders are hoping to roll ...