stephanie sierra is pushing the state's insurance commissioner for answers. 2020 glass fire that ripped through napa county, mark and elma o'brien are facing another hazard that has left their property with a different burn. >> there is no questions. they just came back and said, "you are done." stephanie: their insurance provider, aig, dropped them as the company announced in january they are pulling out of the state for certain categories of homes in the regulated insurance market. >> we were left to scramble and we have been trying to find an alternate insurance. i went to probably three or four different carriers and got turned down. stephanie: weeks go by, they tried farmers, state farm, and aaa with no luck. >> they go, what is your address? they type it in, you hear the pause, and they say we are not insuring in that area. stephanie: the o'briens have yet to file a claim. since the glass fire tore through their neighborhood, burning down 60 homes on their street, they have made investments to reduce their wildfire risk, something known asardening your

i team reporter stephanie sierra spoke with the bay area based nonprofit tracking the impact of this deadly trend. five minutes and 15 seconds. this tiny test strip can save your life, then check founders alison heller. indian schultz have partnered with more than 40 businesses across the bay area to distribute these test kits in places like bars, nightclubs, restaurants, book clubs, tattoo parlors and thrift shops. these venues have seen a 46% increase in demand over the past four months, and now they're seeing why rainbow fentanyl it's the latest version of fentanyl or fendt coming in. form of brightly colored pressed pills or powder that looks like sidewalk chalk. this photo is from a recent bust in oregon, investigators say dealers are using the attractive colors to target young teens. in some cases, pressing the drug into food like fruit loops, and the scary part is local bay area. vendors say it's working. it has been interesting. we've heard that young people have been going to our bars that we work with being very polite and up front saying i am under age. i'm not here to dri

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karina: stephanie sierra, thanks. kristen: the oakland police department is claiming a small victory to address a rash of rolex watch robberies around the bay area. the department today released photos of two firearms with extended magazines seized early tuesday morning. officers arrested two suspects and recovered one rolex. the department is urging people to be aware of their surroundings at all times. >> after we experienced rain showers in the bay area, it is back to sun today. spencer christian is here with the forecast. what can we expect today and tomorrow? spencer: and so is the heat. in our inland areas we have mid 90's all around in places like livermore, fairfield. 102 at ukiah. 96 at cloverdale. this kind of lingering heat can present some health risks. we ought to show you the heat advisory, which remains in effect for solano county and most of lake county. overexposure to the heat can produce heat related illness. if you must be outside, seek shade if you can. stay hydrated. a look at the drop monitor sh

abc 7 news i-team reporter stephanie. sierrat investigators are calling the black market for social media. is hard to imagine there's a black market out there for social media accounts, but this story paints a bizarre picture of how it all works the suspects do whatever it takes to harass their victims their families to the point where they fear for their own safety and it's all over an instagram and twitter handle. for chris eberle this bizarre nightmare started in march 2020 with a strange text. i i really couldn't figure out like if it was if it was a joke the former netflix executive received this message that said hey christopher gonna need at ginger on instagram harassment to you and family. we'll start now my heart also kind of dropped a little bit. it was like, this is super weird. i replied with lol and they wrote back. haha. okay everly thought that was the end of it until 30 minutes later. he gets a phone call. it's a local 650 number. so i answered and the guy on the other end said yeah. hey, i'm outside with your to

abc 7 i team reporter stephanie sierra has that.eporter: californiac has some of the highest traffic fines and fees in the nation. but a new state law aims to help your wallet. >> punish people extravagantly for traffic violations. just with fines. fines make it a small portion of what people owe. also with a ton of mandatory fees. stephanie: rio sharp is an attorney for the committee for civil rights. he explains it aims to cut down costs, eliminating traffic late fees imposed before july 1 of this year. >> prior to july this was a $300 late fee imposed against nearly anybody who missed a deadline, no matter how small or large their traffic offense was. stephanie: for someone, jaywalking it is a $35 fine. but if you add all the mandatory court fees it comes down to around $297. it is without missing the deadline. but if you did miss your deadline. >> court would -- courts would add a $300 civil assessment on top of that, more than doubling your balance. stephanie: now, instead of that fee, any late traffic fee will be capped at $10

stephanie sierra is pushing the state's insurance commissioner for answers. ephanie: after their beloved ranch survived the 2020 glass fire that ripped through napa county, mark and elma o'brien are facing another hazard that has left their property with a different burn. >> there is no questions. they just came back and said, "you are done." stephanie: their insurance provider dropped them as the company announced in january they are pulling out of the state for certain categories of homes in the regulated insurance market. >> we were left to scramble and we have been trying to find an alternate insurance. i went to probably three or four different carriers and got turned down. stephanie: weeks go by, they tried farmers, state farm, and aaa with no luck. >> they go, what is your address? they type it in, you hear the pause, and they say we are not insuring in that area. stephanie: the o'briens have yet to file a claim. since the glass fire tore through their neighborhood, burning down 60 homes on their street, they have made investments to reduce their wildfi

liz: that will stephanie sierra reporting for the i-team. along with several other consumer organizations since several levels -- several letters calling on the commissioner to use his good authority to close this loophole but the department of insurance rejects these claims and will still require insurance companies to recognize and reward consumers mitigation efforts by offering discounts. still to come on abc7 morning, the redacted affidavit authorizing the search on trump's mar-a-lago home that is not public. details on the heavily redacted documents taken by fbi officials. business is at san francisco's ferry building in a big way. they look at what is driving the post-pandemic rebound. hi, i'm eileen. i live in vancouver, washington and i write mystery novels. dogs have been such an important part of my life. i have flinn and a new puppy. as i was writing, i found that i just wasn't as sharp and i new i needed to do something so i started taking prevagen. i realized that i was much more clear and i was remembering the details that i wa

let's get straight to abc 7 news reporter stephanie sierra live in the newsroom with the latest stephaniet this? well, karina what we know so far is that two planes crashed on approach to the watsonville municipal airport. we just got this footage in from our crew on the scene. we're told two planes were attempting to land when they collided in the air. this happened around 3 pm and multiple people have died witnesses described what happened? our houses over there and we were in our pool outside when we heard the two planes collide and then when we looked up we saw the one plane like flew over our house and the one engine i think was like smoking a lot and then it kept flying that way and it started to go down and then when it actually hit the ground it like exploded so that's when we got out of the pool and we went out to see and it but by then the fire was pretty much out but then we saw a bunch of people over here and that's when we like found out that there was another plane we ran over to the street and we saw like it explode and the fire was pretty much out if it even was on fire. b

stephanie sierra is here with a warning. reporter: this scam is evolving so fast.ting access to your phone, cameras, even location. all it takes is one wrong click and your privacy may be exposed. >> i was shaking. >> i feel bad for my family. reporter: these are voices of victims of a cryptocurrency scam. this is when a suspect meets a victim on a dating website or social media platform and builds a fake relationship. the end goal is to get the victim to invest in crypto. cash, but a digital currency. this man -- same story with this woman. $1.3 million gone. >> it is gone. reporter: a special agent says cases have tripled across california so far this year. specifically targeting asian americans. >> the criminal organization is expanding. reporter: within the past three weeks, he warns the scam has a new threat. >> they have access. >> the i team sat down with an alliance to crackdown on these climb -- promise. >> this is compelling. it looks like any other app. nvciche. reporter: financial analyst explains victims are downloading counterfeit apps like coin base

stephanie sierra, abc7news.season -- in recent years the fire season is getting longer and more brutal. spencer: we all need to be thoughtful and mindful as we go into the season. here is a look at what you can expect tomorrow morning. we will have lingering low clouds and fog to start the morning with patchy drizzle as well. midmorning, it will all burn back to the coastline giving us a sunny day. overnight low temperatures, mid to upper 50's. highs tomorrow, mid 60's at the coast. upper 80's to near 90 in the warmest inland spots. not a hot day tomorrow. looking at the accuweather 7 day forecast, temperatures comfortable and mild. temperatures will soar into the upper 90's inland on thursday and friday. saturday and sunday will bring us hot weather especially inland where the hottest locations will see numerous 100 degree ratings -- 100 degree temperature readings or higher. dion: does that align with history? is it usually around this for labor day weekend? spencer: we get a boost in temperatures late summer

live in the newsroom stephanie sierra abc 7 news stephanie. thank you. well the other top story we are following tonight the arrest of two men in connection with the june shooting death of a safeway employee in san jose police. say the investigation involved us marshals and utah authorities after the suspected shooter left the state abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo has the latest the suspects in this case are young 18 and 19 year old san jose residents accused of shooting and killing 24 year old many quasar. this happened at the hamilton avenue safeway on june 5th at 3:30 am according to police the suspected shooter is 18 year old tavita to a calau he was arrested in utah on august 11th with the help of authorities there and the us marshal service then just yesterday 19 year old jacob perea was arrested by sjpd's covert response unit booked for conspiracy police believe the victim may have confronted the two suspects about something when to a collau fired the deadly shot and there's no reason why an 18 and 19 year old should be out on our city str

the dealers are using apparently to target teenagers and young adults abc 7 news 19 reporter stephanie sierra. spoke with a bay area-based non-profit tracking. the impact of stephanie wood is obviously a deadly trend it then check is an oakland. providing these tiny test strips that can detect if fentanyl or fent is in drugs and they're seeing first-hand from their vendors that this new rainbow colored fent. attracting young teens in our area in five minutes and 15 seconds. this tiny test rep can save your life then check founders allison heller and dean scholt have partnered with more than 40 businesses across the bay area to distribute these test kits in places like bars nightclubs restaurants book clubs tattoo parlors and thrift shops. these venues have seen a 46% increase in demand over the past four months and now they're seeing why rainbow fentanyl. it's the latest version of fentanyl or fent coming in the form of rightly colored pressed pills or powder. that looks like sidewalk chalk. this photo is from a recent boston organ investigators. say dealers are using the attractive colors to