{"id":277392,"date":"2026-04-20T20:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/277392\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T20:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:59:09","slug":"sacramento-county-to-test-emergency-alerts-twice-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/277392\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento County to test emergency alerts twice a year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SAC20chyron20frame20grab20still20sacramento20county20government.jpeg\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" title=\"\" alt=\"Sacramento County: A view of downtown Sacramento from the Tower Bridge\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sacramento County said it would begin testing its emergency alert system twice a year, with the first test scheduled for this week.<\/p>\n<p>The Sacramento County Office of Emergency Services said the first alert would be sent Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Test emergency alerts previously were sent once a year in the fall, according to county officials.<\/p>\n<p>The county encouraged residents <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/smart911.com\/smart911\/registration\/registrationLanding.action\">to sign up for Sacramento Alert through Smart911.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose already enrolled are asked to take a moment to review and update their contact details,\u201d Sacramento County said in a press release. \u201cThe process takes less than five minutes and ensures that you receive important information quickly in case of a natural disaster such as a fire, earthquake or flooding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The county also encouraged those who commute to Sacramento County for work from nearby areas to enroll.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo make sure all communities are reached \u2014 alerts can be customized to the specific area you live or work within Sacramento County,\u201d the press release said.<\/p>\n<p>After the alert goes out Wednesday, the county said residents were encouraged to respond to a survey to provide feedback on the test.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/314568916\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SAC_0021_PK_20260121_BUSS.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Nicole Buss\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/314568916\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicole Buss<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Nicole Buss is The Sacramento Bee\u2019s Roseville\/Placer County watchdog reporter. She previously covered Placer County at Gold Country Media. Buss grew up in Lincoln and is a graduate of Sierra College and Arizona State University.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sacramento County said it would begin testing its emergency alert system twice a year, with the first test&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-277392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}