SF News Missing Woman From The ‘Silver Alert’ That Rattled SF Phones Wednesday Night Has Been Found A ‘Silver Alert’ simultaneously buzzed smartphones across San Francisco just after 7:30 pm Wednesday night alerting the city that an 81-year-old woman was missing. But maybe that alert was a good call, as she was located less than two hours later.
SF News Your Cellphone Is Going to Make an Unpleasant Sound Wednesday Morning, Don't Be Alarmed There's a nationwide test scheduled for Wednesday at 11:20 a.m. Pacific Time (2:20 p.m. Eastern) of FEMA's Emergency Alert System, and it's being sent to all cellphones on all major carriers.
SF News Senators Feinstein And Harris Take FCC To Task Over Wireless Emergency Alert System Shortcomings Senators Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris are voicing their concerns about the federal Wireless Emergency Alert system currently in place for disaster warnings. They're criticizing the tool for its shortcomings and for its
SF News San Franciscans Freak Out Over City's Emergency Alert Overkill During Mild Heatwave Many of us likely saw much kvetching on social media Wednesday over the five separate EMERGENCY ALERT messages pushed out to phones in the area advising everyone about the extreme heat despite the
SF News Palo Alto Fire Chief Uses Emergency Alert System To Notify Everyone About Pancake Breakfast Charity pancake breakfasts are a time-honored tradition at fire departments nationwide. And for good reason: who doesn't love charity and pancakes? Emergency alerts that go straight to your cellphone, on the other hand,
