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Contra Costa County officials respond to Civil Grand Jury report about Community Warning System inefficiencies

MARTINEZ — Chronic issues with Contra Costa County’s Community Warning System (CWS) have sparked fears for years that alerts about wildfires, refinery incidents, earthquakes and other dangers will fail to …

Contra Costa County emergency warning system puts residents, response at risk

by Vera Ward

RICHMOND — A new ominous civil grand jury report found Contra Costa County’s community warning system inadequate, asserting that the voluntary opt-in network could fail to quickly and accurately notify up to …