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Calif. plans statewide wireless alert system By Matt Kapko California announced plans to develop and launch a statewide emergency cellphone alert system within 12 to 14 months. The move is definitely apropos for “the Golden State,” which has long prided itself on being a leap ahead of other states and the federal status quo for public safety.While the rest of the country waits for the Federal Communications Commission to upgrade the existing nationwide emergency alert system, which dates back to the Cold War, California is moving forward on its own. Congress passed the WARN Act last year that calls for a nationwide cellular alert system. A panel...