An emergency alert that appeared during TV programming on Wednesday telling Los Angeles residents to evacuate was sent “in error” by the county, according to officials.
Shortly after the vague emergency broadcast system alert confused many Californians, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the message was sent by mistake.
“The evacuation notice that was received by some Ventura County Residents on television was sent in error by the County of Los Angeles,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement. “There is no threat to Ventura County at this time and no need for residents to evacuate.
Besides Ventura County, other regions that were mentioned in the alert included the Eastern North Pacific Ocean and Port Conception to Guadalupe Islands….