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If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support.We are showing you options for a computer but if you're on a phone or tabletLooking for up-to-the-minute updates on where the fires are, LA residents have been turning to the app Watch Duty, rather than getting updates directly from the local or state government, or even local media.Alyssa Jeong Perry, LA-based producer for Slate.
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