Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Julie Cunningham, a public safety dispatcher, listens intently to a call while working at the CHP 911 dispatch center in Rancho ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...