The app is run by a nonprofit nominally based in Sonoma County ... around the world. It maps wildfire boundaries in real time, alongside evacuation orders and warnings, fire weather advisories ...

For a time, California's insurance system was maybe workable. Big, destructive fires used to be rarer, so the insurance ...

Watch Duty’s success raises questions about why citizen-led tech is outpacing government emergency response efforts. The company’s co-founder explores the lessons agencies can learn from this ...

Cal Fire also offers a program with text messaging about current ... based in Sonoma County. It provides the latest news on specific fires, including evacuation notices, and detailed maps.

Watch Duty, launched in 2021, combines publicly available maps ... fire could find dispatches from Watch Duty staff reporter Cole Euken on the eastern extent of the fire and see a current picture ...

With the explosion of fires across the L.A. area, tracking app Watch Duty, which has 7.2 million active users annually, told ...

The Hughes Fire ... This live-updating map shows the location of fires currently burning near Los Angeles, with satellite heat detection data for hot spots and current evacuation warnings and ...

An economist's harrowing escape from fire and her big ideas to rescue California from its insurance doom spiral.

With Los Angeles on fire ... not always be current or have everything we need. Watch Duty, a mobile app launched in 2021, fills that void by combining publicly available maps of fires with ...

Cyrus Farivar of Forbes explored how the power of nature overwhelmed the AI-powered network of sensors. But as wildfire ...

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 ...