Emergency Operations Center

An NBC Bay Area Investigation has found that some public health plans for emergencies are dated, lacking or unavailable online to the public.

A virus has infected the City of Union City’s governmental computer servers, leaving that local government temporarily unable to retrieve or respond to emails, process licenses or permits of perform other routine administrative duties.

A community training session on “Reducing the Risks of Nonstructural Earthquake Damage” will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Emergency Operations Center of the Alameda County Office of Emergency Services, 4985 Broder Blvd. in Dublin.

Thousands of motorcyclists are traveling through New Hampshire as a tribute to seven bikers killed in a collision with a pickup truck last month.

Thousands of motorcyclists are traveling through New Hampshire as a tribute to seven bikers killed in a collision with a pickup truck last month.

Gray muck is flowing into the Cape Fear River from the site of a dam breach at a Wilmington power plant where an old coal ash dump had been covered over by Florence’s floodwaters. Forecasters predicted the water will continue to rise through the weekend at the L.V. Sutton Power Station. Duke Energy spokeswoman Paige Sheehan said the utility doesn’t...

The worker who sent Hawaii into a panic by mistakenly sending a missile alert has been reassigned, NBC News reported. Richard Rapoza, spokesman for the Hawaii Emergency Management System, declined to say Monday what his new duties are. “All we will say is that the individual has been temporarily reassigned within our Emergency Operations Center pending the outcome of our...

This winter’s storms caused nearly $10 million damage in Marin County and its towns and cities, county officials said Tuesday.

A timeline released by the Santa Clara Valley Water District shows confusion on behalf of City of San Jose and water district officials regarding when Coyote Creek would overflow its banks and when it was time to alert residents living nearby.

The California Office of Emergency Services and Small Business Administration on Tuesday continued to comb through the battered neighborhoods of San Jose while they determine how much disaster assistance money will be doled out to homeowners, businesses and local jurisdictions previously overwhelmed by historic flood waters.

San Jose city officials are being grilled about what caused the worst flooding the city has experienced in over 100 years and why measures weren’t in place to avoid such a disaster.

San Jose leaders have fielded a slew of questions about the historic floods that have displaced thousands since Tuesday and why people were not given a heads-up about the danger they faced.

Heavy rains and flash floods have prompted Marin County officials to activate the county’s emergency operations center. Sheriff’s deputies and firefighters are helping to evacuate residents from flooded homes in Forest Knolls and Woodacre, the Marin County Sheriff’s Office tweeted out.

With over a million people expected to flock to the Bay Area for Super Bowl 50, safety is on everyone’s minds.