Nonprofit and nongovernmental organization Watch Duty is stepping up to assist people in need in California by providing up-to-date and accurate information on the ongoing fire situation, something ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As L.A. County fires continue to wreak havoc, a fire-tracking app run by a Bay Area nonprofit is gaining popularity. Watch Duty, ...

WhatsApp announced on Tuesday that it’s launching an Apple Watch companion app. For the first time, WhatsApp users will be able to use their Apple Watch to get call notifications, read full messages, ...

Early on Wednesday morning, as the Eaton fire quickly grew northeast of Los Angeles, Jess Reynolds was glued to Watch Duty, a fire-tracking app on her phone. Reynolds, a photo editor at Fast Company ...

For nearly 10 million Watch Duty users the free application’s alert — a gentle hum followed by an echoing — is both a frightening and comforting sound. It’s frightening because the sound alerts users ...

Santa Rosa-based Watch Duty wildfire tracking app has about 16 million active users, more than half whom have downloaded the app since the start of the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles. The app is ...

Watch Duty shot to the top of the Apple App Store charts on Wednesday, racking up roughly half a million downloads in just a day as three brutal wildfires raged through Southern California, killing at ...

WhatsApp has just announced a new app. It’s for Apple Watch users and it means that for many parts of the app, you don’t need to pull your iPhone out of your pocket or bag. Right now, the Apple Watch ...

If there's one thing to love about Apple products, it's FaceTime. It seamlessly bridges the physical gap between family and friends without the need to set up any additional app or configuration on ...

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 ...