As L.A. County fires continue to wreak havoc, a fire-tracking app run by a Bay Area nonprofit is gaining popularity. Watch Duty, launched in 2021, combines publicly available maps of fire incidents ...

An earthquake early warning app, which notified more than 500,000 people following two recent California earthquakes, is now available on laptops and tablets. The California Governor's Office of ...

“Download Watch Duty” has become a common refrain across online discussions centered around the recent wind-fueled firestorms in Los Angeles. Watch Duty is a free wildfire alert app and its mission of ...

A mobile app that earlier this month alerted more than half a million people in Northern California in advance of two major shakes is now available for free on Chromebooks and MacOs. The "MyShake" ...

The service uses information gathered from first responders, radio scanners, wildfire cameras, and satellites to deliver up-to-date information on wildfires. Watch Duty was created in 2021 by a ...