California's ambitious effort to modernize its 911 system has collapsed after more than $450 million in spending, leaving residents with aging infrastructure and state leaders facing sharp questions ...

At a Wednesday meeting in Sacramento, public safety officials serving on the State 911 Advisory Board questioned why they were kept in the dark about safety issues impacting California’s massive Next ...

California might have to call 911 to save its emergency communications system upgrade project. Whether the call would actually get through is another matter. While the Golden State prides itself on ...

A State 911 Advisory Board member said he was blindsided by serious public safety concerns regarding California’s Next Generation 911 project recently exposed in an NBC Bay Area investigation, noting ...

As costs and delays mount on the massive overhaul of California’s aging 911 system, a newly proposed bill in the state legislature takes aim at beefing up transparency and oversight around the stalled ...

Julie Cunningham, a public safety dispatcher, listens intently to a call while working at the CHP 911 dispatch center in Rancho Cordova in 2009. Renée C. Byer Sacramento Bee file California lawmakers ...