Senator Steven Bradford addresses a press conference at Dodger Stadium on Jan. 15, 2021, in Los Angeles. - Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/TNS
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will create a new statewide alert system said to be the first in the nationspecific to help find missing Black children and young Black women. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill, Senate Bill 673, officials announced Monday creating the Ebony Alert. It works similarly to the Amber Alert system, which activates electronic highway signs to post information about the missing person in a coordinated effort to locate the individual. The Ebony Alert, which will be used for missing Black youth ages 12-25, becomes law Jan. 1. “California is taking bold and needed action t...
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