Dramatic drop in use and issues maintaining call boxes cited for system's end. Call box system cost $350,000 to $400,000 a year. Funds will be used for other programs like free roadside assistance and ...

A number of emergency call boxes were found in disrepair during a routine check Friday. DPS repaired over half of the boxes this weekend. The Department of Public Safety is in the process of repairing ...

If you’re ever in trouble on campus, don’t expect those flashy blue light phones to be of any help. Twenty-one of the new call boxes are still inoperable over a year after they were supposed to be ...

One of the remaining emergency call boxes along Highway 101 is pictured near the Gaviota State Park exit. Hundreds of call boxes have been removed across Santa Barbara County in recent years due to ...

A hunt for the rusting call boxes that once were neighborhood lifelines to the fire and police departments has produced surprising results: Surveyors have found 2,000 of them scattered across every ...

San Bernardino County Transportation Authority is removing more than 770 call boxes from local highways, including about 200 boxes in rural areas where cell phone service is not available. In a news ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The hundreds of iconic yellow call boxes that have lined San Bernardino County freeways for more than 35 years will soon be a ...