For nearly 10 million Watch Duty users the free application’s alert — a gentle hum followed by an echoing — is both a ...

Watch Duty proved indispensable during the recent LA wildfires. John Mills, the app’s creator, wants it to be the one place ...

Santa Rosa-based Watch Duty wildfire tracking app has about 16 million active users. Santa Rosa-based Watch Duty wildfire tracking app has about 16 million active users, more than half whom have ...

Instead, L.A. residents flocked to Watch Duty, an app which shows real-time updates and alerts for wildfires in 21 states. In the first days of the fires, Watch Duty shot to the No. 1 spot in ...

Watch Duty, an app designed to alert citizens of nearby wildfires has reached over two million users as fires burned in Los Angeles over the past week. John Mills, the founder and CEO of Watch ...

Since the Palisades Fire broke out on the morning of Jan. 7, several more wildfires have ravaged the Los Angeles area. At least 27 people have died and more than 12,000 structures have been destroyed.