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Business & Tech

Top 10 Airbnb Scams Bamboozling Users Out of Money Across the World

“The plumbing suddenly broke” is the new “dog ate my homework” on the often-inhospitable hospitality platform.

Orinda Shooting Prompts Town To Change Rental Rules, Airbnb To Vet Guests

The Halloween shooting that cost five people their lives at an unsanctioned party in an Orinda Airbnb has led the city council to enact a 45-day emergency ban on all un-hosted short-term rentals.

Business & Tech

Airbnb to Crack Down on 'Party Houses' After Orinda Shooting

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said in a series of tweets over the weekend that the company was banning all "party houses" in the aftermath of a Halloween shooting at an unauthorized house party in Orinda.

Will Airbnb or Homeowners Get Sued Over Halloween 'Mansion Party' Shooting?

As details are emerging that suggest an Airbnb in Orinda had been used by guests to host loud parties before Thursday night's Halloween shindig that ended in the shooting deaths of four people, questions are swirling about who may be held responsible.

Elderly Palo Alto Airbnb Owner Returns Home to Find Party, Gets Robbed

A Palo Alto man in his 60s who went to check on a smoke alarm that went off at the home he was renting on Airbnb got accosted and robbed, twice, after discovering an unauthorized party at the house and trying to shut it down.

Monday Morning Headlines: Airbnb Complaints Decline in SF

Ghost Ship fire defendant Derick Almena is expected to take the stand today, seven people were killed in traffic collisions over the weekend, and the government is planning to drop a lot of rat poison on the Farallon Islands.

Business & Tech

Airbnb House Fire in Sonoma Tests Company’s Insurance Response

A Sonoma couple learned the hard way that Airbnb's $1 million “Host Guarantee” is not exactly a guarantee, or at least not a quick one.

Party At Illegal Airbnb In Bernal Ends In Gunfire

Bernal neighbors are angry over a party on a Saturday night ten days ago that ended with an eruption of gunfire and a scattering of scared partygoers, with some running across roofs and

Day Around The Bay: Airbnb Host Says Surveillance Cameras Were Just For His Sex Parties

Fire related news: SF State is calling off classes Thursday evening, effective at 5 p.m., and closing down the campus due to poor air quality through at least Sunday. [SFist] As of

Day Around The Bay: Disgraced VC Threatens Accuser With Legal Action

Airbnb says “soon” all SF listings will be legal, as Berkeley hosts rush to comply with registration law by Oct deadline. [Curbed][Daily Cal] Supervisors are considering tossing out the sale of Presidio

Airbnb Deactivates Accounts Of Attendees Headed To Alt-Right Rally In Virginia

#YouWillNotReplaceUs pic.twitter.com/u1YRGlq6rj— Cecilia🙋🏼Davenport (@CWDaven) May 14, 2017 As PayPal and GoFundMe have recently done with alt-right figures doing fundraising, Airbnb has taken a stand against users who appear to

Day Around The Bay: Woman Sues Airbnb Over Sexual Assault

Say goodbye to the iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle. Apple is killing them off, but keeping the iPod Touch for some reason. [CNet] It's Gilroy Garlic Festival weekend! [ABC 7] A Santa Fe

Oakland Man Busted For Allegedly Running Brothel In Airbnb

A crackdown on hourly rentals in Tennessee hotels has apparently sent sex workers into area Airbnbs, with one Oakland man allegedly traveling south to cash in on the brave new brothel world. ABC

Airbnb Host Who Discriminated Against Asian Guest Gets Fined $5K

For the first time, an Airbnb host who exhibited racism on the platform an all too common occurrence — will be held legally responsible and penalized. Tami Barker, the owner of a home at

Video: Airbnb Host Pushes Woman Down Flight Of Stairs Over Late Check-Out

"You're not the great artist that you think you are, you're not the queen that you think you are. You need to leave now. This is not Africa," said a Dutch Airbnb host

Airbnb And HomeAway Settle With SF, Will Require Hosts To Register With City Before Posting

Airbnb and HomeAway announced Monday that they are dropping a lawsuit that was challenging San Francisco's ordinance that penalizes them for the scofflaw behavior of their users. As part of the settlement agreement,

Woman Refused Access To Airbnb House At California Ski Resort Because She Is Asian

25-year-old law student Dyne Suh booked a cabin on Airbnb in Running Springs, California, near Big Bear Lake, for her and her fiancé on President's Day Weekend. She says that she had booked

These 12 Airbnb Boxes In the Outer Sunset Make A Great Case For Short-Term Rental Regulation

Matthew Schutte, your host at 4229 Moraga Street, identifies himself on his Airbnb listing as "a political theorist, a privacy advocate, a big wave surfer and an innovation coach." But Schutte is selling

Mayor Never Convened Promised Working Group On Airbnb Regulations

A working group to propose improved Airbnb regulations that Mayor Lee promised to set up by the end of February 2017 when he vetoed the 60-day rental cap is nowhere to be found,

Airbnb Follows Up '#WeAccept' Super Bowl Ad With Pledge To Help 100,000 People In Need With Short-Term Housing

Following on an announcement last week by Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky that the company wanted to provide emergency short-term housing to those affected by President Trump's travel ban, the company has doubled down

Second Day Of Protest Hits SFO As Airbnb Offers Free Rooms To Those Affected By Travel Ban

Protesters are set to descend on the International Terminal at SFO for the second day in a row, at noon on Sunday, to express their outrage over Donald Trump's actions with regard to

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Airbnb Moves Into Restaurant Reservation Game With Resy Investment

Airbnb just dropped some serious cash in the lap of restaurant-reservation app Resy, marking Airbnb's first official foray into restaurant booking tied with travel and lodging. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the

Squatter Horror Story Involving Berkeley Professor Has <i>Mother Jones</i> Wishing Evictions Were Easier

Many #CALaws but 1 hasn't changed.A homeowner's worst nightmare: tenant not paying rent,refusing to leave. C u @8:30 pic.twitter.com/wsvAT3RlxK— Ella Sogomonian (@EllaSogomonian) January 2, 2017 A short-term

Ethics Commission Fines Broke-Ass Stuart For Misuse Of Funds During 2015 Mayoral Campaign

In a matter decided by the Ethics Commission in December, San Francisco media personality Broke-Ass Stuart (whose real name is Stuart Schuffman) will be fined $2,552 for a violation of the San

Ousted Tenants Employing Private Investigators To Bust Illegal Airbnbs

San Francisco Airbnb hosts not playing by the rules now face a new challenge: private investigators out to catch them in the short-term rental act. However, as Bloomberg reports, the latest salvo in