Underground Service Alert of Southern California aka DigAlert is Southern California's FREE and EASY solution for safe excavation ℠. A notification center for anyone planning to dig within 9 Southern California counties; Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Ventura. Contact 811 before digging at least 2 working days, not including the date of notification, before digging. Give a descriptive location of where the digging will take place and DigAlert will notify all the underground utilities. It's that easy! DigAlert Direct is available 24/7 at direct.digalert.org. With DigAlert Direct you can submit New tickets, Renew tickets, Request Re-Marks and more. Most Newt tickets are issued instantly.