A new alert for missing black women and children in California is receiving backlash as some critics say that it will embolden people to ignore the messages. The so-called 'Ebony Alert,' signed ...

A Ebony Alert issued for a 22-year-old Inglewood man was cancelled Monday after he was found, California Highway Patrol ...

The California Highway Patrol has issued an Ebony Alert for a 15-year-old girl. Neveah Sheltan was last seen in Castro Valley ...

The California Highway Patrol put out an Ebony Alert for a missing teen from Castro Valley on Sunday. Neveah Sheltan, 15, was ...

The Ebony Alert is like California's AMBER Alert, which is modeled after the nationwide AMBER Plan that was created in the wake of the 1996 murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, per the CHP.

The Ebony Alert initiative stemmed from concerns that Black missing persons receive less media coverage, public attention, and law enforcement resources compared to their white counterparts.

The Ebony Alert operates in a similar fashion as the Amber Alert — but the latter is only for individuals 17 years or younger — activating electronic highway signs to alert the public of the ...

“Ebony Alert” legislation created by Senator Steven Bradford (CA-35), makes California "the first state to create an alert notification system to address the crisis of missing Black children ...