>> reporter: she said air bnb was slow to respond when she called to report the damage. but worse -- >> i realized that i didn't know who the person in my house was -- >> reporter: the woman representing the room said she was a real estate agent but things did not add up. >> as the pieces kind of fell into place, that -- that she was more than likely using my bathroom as a business to take photos of herself. >> reporter: she believes her guest was a sox worker who left behind sex toys and installed extra lighting in the bathroom. aalso left behind this handwritten shot sheet, too x rated to show of sexy pictures she was possibly planning to take. >> i gave my key to somebody who air bnb didn't even check their identification. >>? a statement air bnb said we have zero tolerance for this kind of behavior and have removed this guest from our platform. and they are offer safeguards.

it said hosts could verify i.d. on the website and requiring guests provide a government i.d. sharon said her guest is now gone. air bnb said it is working to cover the cost of the damage. in men lo park. cornell bernard, abc 7 news. a 69-year-old man is in jail accused of killing his wife at the couple's black hawk home over the weekend. homicide investigators say john tourcharia is responsible for the death of his wife. her body was found yesterday. sky 7 hd was over the house on quail run lane in that gated community. he was booked in the martinez jail this morning and being held on $1 million bail. health officials say marijuana-laced candy sent 19 people to the hospital on saturday night who had been celebrating at a quinceanera. melanie woodrow is live outside of the san francisco department of public health. melanie, investigators know where this candy came from.

>> reporter: no, not yet. not at least at this point in the investigation. the family that had been celebrating used a caterer out of the east bay and today alameda count health officials conducted an inspection at the caterer and did not find any evidence of cannabis. these are the gummy ring candies that made 19 people sick at a quinceanera on saturday night. the youngest patient experiencing symptoms just 6 years old. >> rapid heart rate, rapid blood pressure, dilated pupils, dizziness, light headedness, and lethargy and confusion. >> the candy tested positive for thc, the mabin greed yent in -- the main ingredient in marijuana. >> these kids see a candy and they eat it. >> the security guard called 911. of the 19 patients treated, blood tests for 12 came back

positive for thc. >> it is different. the onset could be slower and the duration could be longer. >> reporter: it was at the women's building in the mission district. >> the only thing we include with our rental is space and tables and chairs. >> reporter: the family used an east bay caterer. >> we want to make sure from this perspective that this wasn't an in tensional act by the caterer. >> reporter: the police are not released the caterer's name and alameda county environmental health determined where the food was prepared. writing in an e-mailed statement, there is no way to determine if cannabis was used at all on the premises, as no evidence was found during eh's inspection today. issues related to where the candy came from, who purchased it and who provided it among the edibles are a part of the investigation. >> as edible marijuana becomes more available, it is very important that we control how these edible products are available to the public.

>> reporter: in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. a woman from east palo alto is arrested in connection with nine bay area bank robbers. mary mappa is accused of acrime spree that started in june. they linked the heist in part to a wig found in her home. deputies also found cash and a handgun. they say she robbed banks in livermore, walnut hill, manteca, san mateo, palo alto and morgan hill. she is being held in jail. and deadly force has caused unrest in departments across the country and they are trying to provide officers with more nonlethal options and training. and today san jose police invited to see how training officers participate. and david louie took the class and is live at headquarters. that must have been fascinating. >> reporter: it was. and it is a way for the police to try to engender trust in the

community. the officers had have a tough job. they have to face people who may be concealing a gun and mental illness cases may also have to be evaluated but now they are working hard to try to get officers to consider alternatives to deadly force. >> settle down. let me see your hands! >> reporter: you are inside of a simulator at san jose police used to train recruits and veteran officers and the focus is on seeing if they could diffuse a situation without using force. >> and we understand they have to make split-second decisions and complicated circumstances and they only have a couple of seconds to make that decision. >> and training covers a review of case law and watching an incident including a incident five years ago when a campus

officer pepper sprayed protesters. they urge officers to act with restraint, there is no magic formula. >> you can't guess what a human being will do and every situation is different. >> and as if real life, there are surprised. >> pulled out a black pistol and i believe he fired two rounds at me before i could get a round off. >> the potential threat to others, the severity of a crime and the mental state of a suspect are also factors to be considered. instructors then strap the modified glock and taser around my waist and put me through a situation where a suspect pulls out a gun. >> she made a move with her left elbow. >> what did you do? >> i took cover. >> they hope the public will get a better sense of the commitment to use de-escalation when they can over the use of force. in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. a garage fire in sonoma spread to the dry grass nearby causing a two-acre brush fire starting in a barn on mill creek

road southwest of downtown hillsberg. flames spread to other outbuilding and nearly reached a home and almost got out of control after it hit the dry brush. >> it spread up hill in both direction. luckily we were able to get here quickly and do some drops. >> thanks to those efforts, no one was hurt. now to a wildfire burning in san bernardino county. new evacuations underway. the so-called pilot fire broke out yesterday. abc 7 news viewer ken used hashtag abc 7 now to send us this picture of smoke from the fire seen an hour away in the small community of apple valley. letitia juarez from our sister station in los angeles is live in san bernardino county. hi letitia. >> reporter: good afternoon to you. this is definitely a wildfire as you could help and that has helped to triple the fire in

size since it ignited on sunday afternoon. the pilot fire has scored more than 4500 acres and only 5% contained and 4700 homes now under evacuation. >> an all avenue out assault as water-dropping helicopters tackle this hillside burning close to a shuttered business. on the ground a bulldozer does a line in the dirt to cut off the flames path. the pilot fire burning since sunday tripping in acreage. >> so close that this home is covered in pink fire retard about. >> when they came in and made that drop, the power went out. >> as they drop it on me, at least i'm being protected. >> nichols operating on very little sleep after keeping a close eye on the fire overnight. >> you could hear it last night. you could hear the sound of the fire on the hill. >> he is one of a few residents who stayed behind his wife and three dozen of his neighbors evacuated. many took their animals to safety. even the wildlife got out of the

area. this afternoon federal, state and local fire fighting resources came together to aggressively attack the fire on the air and ground. >> and the plan is to build on the containment the crews were able to establish overnight. >> reporter: mark was happy to see the progress made by firefighters. his property offer 3 spared from the fast-moving wildfire. >> looking at a lot of fire and we had -- we had three or four fire engines there and several firefighters. >> reporter: now the cause of the pilot fire is still under investigation. but fire officials tell us they are concerned since the state is now in the fifth year of a drought and they are worried this could be the worst fire season on record. in the san bernardino national forest. abc 7 news. >> thank you. some evacuees from the soberanes fire were allowed to go home today. evacuation orders have been lifted for the pallo colorado and princess camp areas.

the three-week old fire has destroyed 57 homes an burned more than 60,000 acres. it is 45% contained. tonight part of highway 1 will close between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. tomorrow because of windy weather that could push the fire towards the road. well some are calling it an epidemic. >> the accidental overdose that are occurring -- >> move over marijuana and cocaine. the new problem is opioids and one south bay college is doing something about it. and also ahead, a big victory for chevron. how the bay area company essentially just won $9 billion. and plus pumping gas while crooks siphon your information. michael finney with a new kind of financial crime. and do you have any old pikes of lake tahoe. uc researchers want to hear california's clean air laws are working. we've cut toxic pollution. we're seeing fewing cases of asthma in kids. and the new clean energy economy has created more than half a million jobs.

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a first for santa clara county campus police at the foothill deanza college district that will carry a drug that can revive people who overdose on heroin with it reaching epidemic proportions here and across the country, many would rather be safe thansorry. the four bay area counties with the highest overdoses are alameda, contra costa, san francisco and santa clara. and chris ngen is live at the college in cupertino with the story. this is a bit alarming. >> reporter: and the most recent numbers from the cdc show that from 2000 to 2014 nearly half a million people died from a drug overdose. christmas poli campus police say if they could provent any death from happening, this program would be worth it. it was training day for police officers at the foothill college district.

>> be prepared to ventilate the patient and support and be prepared to give them extra narcan if you need to. >> can you hear me? >> reporter: the topic, opioid overdose and how it is an epidemic across america. >> we have that problem here in our communities. >> and because of that, the police chief ron levine wants to make sure his police officers are prepared to help if they come across anyone suffering from overdoses. >> and they are not street drugs like heroin and some are prescription medications. >> this is the first law enforcement agency in santa clara to equip all sworn officers with a drug known as narcan. >> all the medication does is block the opiates from reaching the brain and suppressing the respiratory system and other bodily functions. >> whether it is on or off the campus, the goal is to save lives. this officer who conducted today's training served as a paramedic before entering law enforcement. >> there is a population that is

at risk, an elderly population when they take the medications if they have a lot, it could be very easy to mistake a pill that they are only supposed to take once a day for twice a day. >> the cdc said americans die every day from an overdose and since 1999 the number of those ore dosing nearly quadrupled. in the sboi south bay, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. chevron has won a victory over the $6 billion judgment in ecuador. the award could not enforced here in the u.s. but the court upheld the finding that the judgment was obtained through bribery, coercion and fraud. they were convicted of damage in a lawsuit brought on by half of 30,000 indigenous residents in ecuador. they are trying to collect the damages. and as we told you, delta is

still struggling to clear a backlog of stranded passengers after a power outage knocked out the computer systems around the world. >> and so what happens now, after the glitch. michael finney is here with more on that. >> a lot of people stranded. thousands of delta passengers were stranded today when an electric malfunction stopped the airline from operating. more than 650 flights were cancel canceled. those who were stranded or severely impacted could have vouchers or refunds coming. you need to contact the airlines. passengers holding tickets for any delta flight today are permitted to change flight without paying a fee as long as the change is made no later than august 12th. if you have travel insurance, benefits may have kicked in. and check with the credit card company used to buy your ticket. you could have benefits there as well. i've told you for years now that identity thieves have been using gas pumps to steal your credit card numbers and i.d. well card skimmers have been

found on top of and inside of gas pups but now dallas police have found a first bluetooth enabled skimmer. the thieves don't have to go back to the pump and retrieve your information, it is sent wirelessly to them. the most obvious way to avoid being taken is to actually pay with cash. of course, that is not always practical. pokemon go has brought about a surge in sales of portable power packs for mobile devices. npd group which tracks smartphone and tablet sales tracks the sale of external battery packs and errors sales of the chargers surged since the game was released in early july. the survey shows sale of external batteries were up 101% over the two-week period from july 10th to july 23rd when compared to the same period last year. dan and kristen. >> thank you very much. researchers at uc davis are asking the public for old photos

of lake tahoe algae. they are trying to establish the level of algae that used to be the norm. lake is getting warmer and water clarity has worsened and what is less clear is the trend in long-term algae growth. scientific data limited because they have only measured algae growth in recent years. the president is bringing his environmental message to lake tahoe later this month. the president will focus on how the united states could protect national treasures like tahoe for future generations. he will join federal and state and local leaders on august 31st. a rematch on martha's vineyard and that is the president driving steph curry around in a golf cart. that is the second year in a row that the leader of the free world has challenged the reigning nba mvp on the links. and you are looking at video as when mr. obama won last year's match- match-up. no word on who took today's big match. >> i doubt either one of them will say. >> code of honor there. >> you are right.

meteorologist sandhya patel checking out our accuweather forecast. >> it is breezy out there. >> it is. it is typical around this time of year. it warms up inland and the sea breeze comes rushing in and behind me nothing but sunshine. let me show you live doppler 7 hd and we'll talk about what is ahead. we do have a few patches of fog hanging tough near the coast but for the rest of you, you are enjoying the sun. and compared to 24 hours ago some areas are running a few degrees warmer than yesterday. novato just came down to two degrees below. from our sutro tower camera, hard to see san francisco in the fog. 64 in san francisco. oakland 69. 79 in san jose and half moon bay is 59 degrees. from emeryville, the shallow marine layer toward sutro tower and the temperatures upper 80s around santa rosa, concord, 88 and low 70s at the beaches to low 90s inland. and from the mt. tam cam, you could count on the fog. not hot on the coast.

patchy coastal fog and mild to warm through mid-week and the warmest day is friday and saturday. and we'll take a look at that on the accuweather seven-day forecast in a moment. so the fog tomorrow morning will be limited to parts of the coastline. most areas will start off in the 50s. there may be a few patches of fog around the east bay as well. when you get going, don't be surprised if you run into pockets of very low visibility. as that marine layer will be shallow. tonight you see where the fog is sitting and at 5:00 a.m. the fog is from the san mateo coast toward the coastline and the fog clears most of the bay area except for a few locations. if you are heading to the boardwalk to santa cruz to enjoy the beach before kids head back to school, this is the time to do it. it is nice out there right now and that mild pattern will continue tomorrow. 75 degrees, mostly sunny and mild. with a uv index that is running high tomorrow. so you want to make sure your little ones have sunscreen on.

ocean beach 64. the mobter a bay 65 degrees. and warm around morgan hill. 81 in san jose. 77 sunny vail. on the peninsula. san mateo 73 degrees. and coastal spots, low 60s. downtown san francisco, 69 and daly city 62 and in the north bay upper 80s around calistoga, 81 in san rafael. in the east bay, berkeley 73. oakland 74. nice and mild. fremont 78 degrees. inland spots you are warm again. 90 in livermore, concord, 92 in antioch. upper 80s around pleasant ton. here is a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. it is a sunny afternoon for most areas. low 60s to 90s and repeat on wednesday with a slight dip and then slightly warmer on thursday. our summer spread for friday and saturday and our hottest inland valleys an that is not bad -- in the mid-90s.

so considering we are in the middle of summer, i don't think you have to worry about extreme heat. 94 -- i believe most people would be okay with inland. >> we'll take it. that is nice. thank you. my eyebrows is raised but i want to hear the story. if there was a reason to let your child play more video games, this may be it. and that is next. an then at 5:30 on world news with david muir. >> the travel chaos tonight. thousands stranded. delta canceling thousands of flights. and the tragedy at the water park as a boy was killed here in the u.s. and another female jogger found dead and the new warning right here tonight after abc 7 news. thank you very much. new at 6:00, disappearing act. the reason so many gas stations are closing in the bay area and it has to do with more than development. that story and more coming up

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a big rig jackknifed and hit the center divider along interstate 880 and that blocks three lanes near davis street at 11:45 this morning. broken pietzs of the -- pieces of the divider landed in the lane. they had the lanes reopened in 45 minutes. lyft is making verbal communication between the customers and drivers a thing of the past. this week lyft customers who need to make multiple stops during a trip could input the extra destination with the app. before they needed to tell the drivers about the additional stops. lyft said the changes will benefit both customers and drivers. there is a huge shake-up in the world of streaming video. hulu will end the free service and transition to all subscription model and they have teamed up with yahoo to provide the free content on an ad supported team streaming site called yahoo view and it is owned by disney which also owns abc 7. australian researchers say

teenage gamers outperform their peers in math, reading and science. and they tested 12,000 15-year-olds using a bench mark assessment program and those who are regular gamers performed 17 points higher on science and 15 points above average on math and reading. by comparison, teenagers who were highly active on social media scored 4% below average. a former jockey who raced horses for years all over the bay area just hit his own jackpot outside of the track. sanchez won $750,000 on a $10 scratcher ticket last month. and it is not his only win. he took home $30,000 on the lottery big spin television show in 1998. the former jockey now trains horses and plans to invest with his winnings. who could resist watching a cotton candy maker spinning that delicious confection. >> the only thing better is getting a chance to eat it.

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i'm tom steyer. just when we're making progress, the oil companies are trying to weaken our clean air laws. but we can stop them. send them a message. we're going to protect our kids - not their profits. ♪ coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00 -- >> it is a popular golf course. >> and golfers are flocking there now to get in one last shot. why this east bay course is closing after more than 16 years. you would never expect to see an eye clinic here, aboard a jet. a look at a concept that is

giving new meaning to eye in the sky. and exploring the sea like never before. how students are giving us a unique look at marine life. that is all coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> see you there. a san francisco police officers took policing to an entirely new and higher level today. >> we were at a complex as the mayor ed lee handed out backpacks to dozens of kids. san francisco police officers organized the event. sergeant freedman raised $3,000 for the giveaway after learning many families could not afford new school supplies. >> to make sure kids have the right tools for the first day of school is very important so school doesn't seem so overwhelming and it seems easier. >> the officers raised enough money for a community celebration and even bought a ping pong table for the complex. >> and school begins next monday in san francisco and hard to believe summer is almost over

but nice effort by that officer. >> world news is next. >> and we all appreciate your tonight, the travel chaos. the computer meltdown leaving thousands of passengers stranded. delta canceling hundreds of flights. also tonight, what we have now learned about the tragedy at the water park. after a 10-year-old boy was killed on the world's tallest water slide, right here in the u.s. new trouble for trump? the new poll out tonight, just as donald trump reveals his new tax plan. and this evening, the new letter. 50 republican officials now warning that donald trump would be, in their words, the most reckless president in american history. the jogger discovered dead, the second young woman in less than a week. and tonight, the new warning. and the american athletes take the lead in rio. michael phelps winning gold. tears from his teammate, ryan held. the stunner for the williams sisters.