PARTNER RESOURCES

Thank you for being an ALERTCalifornia partner. We value our relationship and appreciate you taking the time to educate your organization.

ALERTCalifornia is a public safety program based at the University of California San Diego that ​​is working to understand natural hazards and determine short and long-term impacts on people and the environment to inform management decisions.

Name and Referencing 

ALERTCalifornia is one word and is spelled with “ALERT” in all capital letters, no space, and then “California.”

  • Correct: ALERTCalifornia
  • Incorrect: Alert California, ALERT California, Alert CA, etc.

ALERTCalifornia is a University of California San Diego research and public safety program, and the university must be included when referencing.

  • First mention:
    • University of California San Diego’s ALERTCalifornia program
    • ALERTCalifornia, a University of California San Diego program,
  • Second and follow-up mentions: ALERTCalifornia, and if you reference the university, UC San Diego
    • Any abbreviations such as UCSD are incorrect

User Licensing Agreement

ALERTCalifornia’s license agreement and data use policy are coming soon. Please check back at a later date.

Crediting ALERTCalifornia

How to credit ALERTCalifornia photos and videos:

  • ALERTCalifornia’s live camera feeds are available for public use with credit.
  • Credit ALERTCalifornia whenever a photo, screen grab, or video is used or shared.
  • Tag @ALERTCalifornia if sharing a photo, screen grab, or video on social media.
  • Do not crop or remove the black information bar at the bottom of photos and videos.
  • Do not crop or remove partner logos from photos and videos. 

Questions? Contact our communications team.

Logos and Branding

ALERTCalifornia is part of the University of California San Diego.

ALERTCalifornia and UC San Diego Logo Lockup

  • Do not remove UC San Diego from the logo.
  • Do not change the typeface.
  • Do not attach other graphic elements to the logotype.
  • Do not stretch or change the proportions of the logotype.
  • Do not rearrange or overlap components of the logo.
  • Do not alter the weight of the logotype.
  • Do not change the colors of the logo, it must be displayed as white over a dark background or black over a light background.

DOWNLOAD LOGOS HERE

Questions? Contact our communications team.

 

Resources and More Information 

Learn more about ALERTCalifornia in the pages linked below.

Social Media 

Please follow and tag ALERTCalifornia across social media. Please tag us across platforms @ALERTCalifornia. 

Contact Us

If the media has reached out to you about ALERTCalifornia or our collaborative work, please contact our communications team as soon as possible.

For general inquiries please reach out via our contact us page and your email will be forwarded to the correct person at ALERTCalifornia.

ALERTCalifornia is a
UC San Diego Program

Live Camera Feeds

Neal Driscoll

Principal Investigator

Dr. Neal Driscoll is the principal investigator of the ALERTCalifornia program at the University of California San Diego, where he is a professor of geology and geophysics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Driscoll’s background in natural hazard research traces back more than 35 years. He has published more than 120 manuscripts in high impact peer-reviewed journals, including Science, Nature Geoscience, Geology, and the Journal of Geophysical Research on subjects ranging from earthquake hazards to devastating wildfires., He has received multiple awards during his career, including the Heezen and Storke Awards for excellence in research and UC San Diego’s inaugural Undergraduate Teaching Award. Driscoll has also appeared in articles published by The Associated Press, The New York Times, CBS News, The Los Angeles Times, KGTV, KPBS and other notable news outlets.

Driscoll received his Ph.D. in geology and geophysics from Columbia University and worked as an associate research scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth, MA before joining UC San Diego in 2000. His research interests at Scripps Oceanography include landscape and seascape evolution in response to tectonic deformation, sea-level fluctuations, climate, neotectonics, and geohazards.