by Shawn Boyd | Apr 29, 2025 | Cal OES Blog, Video Packages
Heroes come in many forms, including kids! 9-1-1 For Kids honored three youth heroes and their dispatcher heroes for their courage. 9-1-1 For Kids ambassador Kathy Ireland and other dignitaries gave them their medals during the 911 Heroes Awards Ceremony on the steps...
by Brittani Peterson | Dec 22, 2022 | All, Cal OES Blog, Marked as Featured
Over the past several years, the state has experienced an unprecedented number of emergencies and disasters. As these climate-driven natural disasters become more severe in California, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) staff has met each...
by Shawn Boyd | Aug 18, 2021 | Video Packages
Big Basin Redwoods State Park has seen its share of nature’s cycle – growth, destruction, renewal. The year 2020 was a wildfire season that the park hadn’t seen in more than 100 years. The CZU Complex Wildfire burned the majority of the park’s 18,000 acres, destroying...
by Shawn Boyd | Jan 10, 2021 | Video Packages
It’s been three years since short but intense rainfall created the mudslides and debris flows that devastated Montecito in Santa Barbara. Here’s a short yet poignant look back at that event that happened on January 9, 2018. ...
by Shawn Boyd | Jan 8, 2021 | All
Personal Protective Equipment, or PPE, gives front line health workers, public servants, teachers and so many other essential workers the ability to safely care for those stricken with COVID19 and carry on activity important to daily life. These items include, but are...