California state Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) authored the bill to create an Ebony Alert for missing Black children and young Black women. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times) A bill to create ...

Growing up, advocate Rose Speaks was surrounded by stories of missing persons cases in which the victims—children and young women—were Black and their family members weren’t taken seriously. When she ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a new law that will help officials track down missing Black women and children. Sen. Steven Bradford's "Ebony Alert" legislation will allow law ...

For the first time in the nation’s history, a statewide system will alert residents of missing Black youths, beginning Jan. 1. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 673, also known as the ...

California Gov. Newsom signed a new law that will send alerts specifically for missing Black youths and women. "The #EbonyAlert has been signed! Thank you, Gov. Newsom," Vice Chair of the California ...

In a landmark move to address racial disparities in missing persons cases, California passed the nation's first Ebony Alert system. Effective last month, the emergency notification program, modeled ...

A bill to create an Ebony Alert that would help locate missing Black youth and women, similar to the Amber Alert, has been approved by the state Legislature and is awaiting the signature of Gov. Gavin ...