Episode Details

Despite the many languages spoken in the Bay Area, Alameda and Solano Counties only send out emergency alerts in English, leaving at least one in ten Bay Area residents at risk of missing life-saving information in the face of disaster. El Timpano senior reporter Jasmine Aguilera explains why that is, and which counties are succeeding in disseminating critical information to everyone.  

Links:

• ALERT: This is an emergency — but for English speakers only
• The Tiny Radio Station Relaying Critical Kincade Fire Information in Indigenous Languages
• Episode transcript

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