Strange Fruit · October 22, 2026, 8:15 AM CDT
Key Facts
- El Segundo Ebony Alert Seeks Missing 16-Year-Old (via Hoodline)
REGIONAL / NATIONAL COVERAGE
- Reporting Outlets Identified: 2 outlets (Widely Reported (2 outlets including national pickup))
- National Wire Pickup: 1 national/wire pickups (Yahoo)
- Documented Sources: Hoodline, Yahoo
Metric calculated by automated multi-outlet syndication scan across national and regional feeds at time of publication.
OPEN RECORDS BLUEPRINT
- Initial Incident & Dispatch Summary (CAD entry for 911 dispatch times and initial call classification).
- Initial Arrest/Incident Face Sheet (releasable under CPRA Gov. Code § 7923.610).
- Coroner's Final Autopsy & Toxicology Protocol (request from County Coroner upon investigation closure).
- Agency Body-Worn Camera & Audio Recordings (subject to AB 748 and SB 1421 / SB 16 disclosure standards).
El Segundo Ebony Alert Seeks Missing 16-Year-Old.
A statewide Ebony Alert is underway for 16-year-old Serenity Dalton, who was last seen near South Nash Street and Rosecrans Avenue in El Segundo on Sunday afternoon.
Dalton is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing about 150 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, and she was last wearing a white dress and sandals. Anyone who spots her is urged to call 9-1-1 immediately.
The California Highway Patrol activated the alert on behalf of the El Segundo Police Department, according to a bulletin posted by CHP – Alerts . The alert was activated Tuesday, two days after Dalton was last seen Sunday.
No further details about her direction of travel have been released. Where She Was Last Seen The intersection where Dalton was last seen is in El Segundo.
How the Ebony Alert System Works California created the Ebony Alert through Senate Bill 673, which Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law in October 2023, making California the first state in the nation with a dedicated emergency notification system for missing Black youth and young women ages 12 to 25, as reported by CalMatters.[1]
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References
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