Latest news and updates from Cal OES
State Officials Announce Latest COVID-19 Facts
SACRAMENTO – Due to high rates of COVID-19 hospitalizations impacting the health care system, California is under a Limited Stay at Home Order. The order applies to all counties that are currently under the Regional Stay at Home Order and those in Tier One (Purple) of...
COVID-19 Scams Are Out There, You Can Protect Yourself from Fraud
Predatory businesses and scammers prey on the public during the pandemic even as vaccines arrive in California According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), predatory business practices are not going away even during one of the largest public...
MAYOR GARCETTI CALLS ON ANGELENOS TO DOWNLOAD MyShake
After two-year pilot phase reached nearly one million users, Mayor announces end of ShakeAlert L.A. and transition to new platform LOS ANGELES –– Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced that the City of Los Angeles will retire the ShakeAlertLA earthquake early warning...
Deadline Approaching in California for SBA Disaster Loans for Property Damage Due to Wildfires
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded California private nonprofit organizations of the Jan. 25, 2021, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for...
Cal OES Prepositions Firefighting Resources and Personnel as Red Flag Conditions Return to Southern California
In preparation of dangerous fire weather conditions continuing across Southern California, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) has strategically prepositioned critical fire resources to include strike teams of fire engines, firefighters,...