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Watch Duty founder says emergency alert systems are failing the public

Andre Byik

Watch Duty CEO John Mills said confusion during the 2018 Camp Fire in Butte County resulted in people evacuating from “fairly safe areas directly into the path of the fire.”
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Watch Duty founder wants better wildfire alerts | Strong storm could cause power outages | LaMalfa’s cause of death

Erik Adams, Claudia Brancart, Andre Byik, Ken Devol

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Monday, Feb. 16, 2026.