https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/08/16/contra-costa-county-supervisors-want-to-fix-its-problem-plagued-emergency-warning-system-but-the-man-who-runs-it-may-not-be-on-board/

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 keep residents safe.

While county leaders addressed some of those problems this week, what they didn’t acknowledge is that one elected official holds ultimate authority over that system’s operations — meaning any proposed fixes may fail to make any traction.