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Fire Victims Ask: Who Earns Interest on Insurance Payouts?
Nearly two years after the North Bay wildfires, homes are slowly being rebuilt. But some homeowners say their mortgage holders are shorting them thousands of dollars, at a time when they need every cent to get back on their feet.
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Not Safe for a Quake: Report Flags 68 Buildings on UC Berkeley Campus
Dozens of seemingly safe buildings on the campus of UC Berkeley are in “serious” danger in the event of an earthquake according to seismic assessment documents reviewed by the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit. Records show 68 buildings and structures including classrooms, dorms, libraries, and research laboratories that received a poor seismic rating and will need to be retrofitted or...
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‘They're Waiting for Us to Die': 10-Year Battle Over Health Benefits for University of California Lab Retirees Heads to Trial
Ten years ago, the University of California retirees who spent their careers at Lawrence Livermore National Lab sued their former employer over a broken health care promise. The retirees say the University of California is raking in millions of dollars each year at their expense after offloading them from the UC health plan and accuse the Regents of using a...
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Latest Hole in San Francisco International Airport Runway Part of Continuing Problem — SFO is Sinking
NBC Bay Area’s Investigative has been covering the continuing problem of sinking land under SFO for months. The Bay Area’s busiest airport is built on landfill, creating problems for the operations staff that have increased during the last two years.
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Caught on Tape: BART Officer Unwilling to Take Police Report After Armed Robbery
A BART police officer caught on tape trying to persuade a teen armed robbery victim not to file a police report because it would be a “waste of resources” is facing an internal affairs investigation after NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit obtained a recording of that phone call. Senior Investigative Reporter Vicky Nguyen reports on a story that first aired...
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Assemblyman Calls for Crackdown on Identity Thieves Posing As Uber/Lyft Drivers
Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham, R-San Luis Obispo, wants state regulators to crackdown on identity thieves who use stolen information to register as Uber and Lyft drivers. Those stolen IDs allow criminals and unlicensed drivers to circumvent background checks and vehicle inspections.
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Sinking, Pooling, Cracking: Runway Problems at San Francisco International Airport Cause More Delays for Travelers
The next time your flight is delayed at San Francisco International Airport, you might have something besides the weather or maintenance problems to blame. It could be what scientists call “subsidence.” In simple terms, SFO is sinking.
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Law Enforcement Struggles to Catch Fraudulent Uber and Lyft Drivers
An NBC Bay Area investigation has exposed that drivers continue to create accounts with stolen information and rent them out to anyone willing to pay. It started with a Lyft account and recently NBC Bay Area was able to rent several Uber accounts. The app history on one account shows cars logged more than 200 trips in just a few...
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How Vulnerable Are Bay Area Bridges to a Major Earthquake?
Over years of research and investigation, NBC Bay Area found hundreds of bridges (which includes overpasses) in California and the San Francisco Bay Area that are vulnerable and need repair, even without an earthquake. These bridges are old, deteriorating or in need of critical immediate repairs. In other words they are bridges most at risk of failure if an earthquake...
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VIDEO: Police Brutality Complaint Prompts SJPD to Release Body Cam Footage in Officers' Defense
Was it excessive or necessary? That’s the question the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit sought to answer after a viewer submitted a cellphone video showing four San Jose police officers forcibly arresting a man who appeared to be in the midst of a mental health crisis. Senior Investigative Reporter Stephen Stock reports in a story that aired on November 21st...
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A Deadly Bridge Collapse in Italy Shines Light on California's Aging Bridges
A deadly bridge collapse in Italy is raising new concerns about the safety of bridges in the United States. The highway bridge located in Italy’s port city of Genoa was 51-years old when it collapsed on Tuesday, killing 39 people.
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Class Action Lawsuit Claims California is Failing to Provide At-Home Nursing Care for Sick Kids
Families of some of the sickest children in California are taking legal action against the state. They filed a federal class action lawsuit on Thursday, which challenges California’s failure to deliver what it promised.
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Deported U.S. Military Veteran Gets Citizenship
For what is believed to be the first time, a deported veteran living outside the United States has been granted citizenship. Fourteen years after he was first sent to Mexico, decorated U.S. Army Veteran Hector Barajas is preparing to come home to the United States where he’s scheduled to take the oath of citizenship in early April. Immigration officials confirmed...
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Officials Order Inspection of Moccasin Dam After It Teetered on the Brink of Failure
State officials have ordered an inspection of Moccasin Creek Dam located in Tuolumne County, after it was on the verge of failing Thursday afternoon, according to San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.
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California's Tough Gun Laws Make Trafficking Illegal Firearms A Lucrative Business, Former Smuggler Says
Despite some of the toughest gun laws in the country, a former gun smuggler tells NBC Bay Area that illegal firearms will continue to flow into the state as long as guns can be purchased with relative ease in other parts of the country. In fact, the wide disparity in regulations creates a lucrative market for those willing to risk...
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Fire Scientists: Wildfires Don't Have to Destroy Homes
A wildfire sweeps through a California community, burning trees and vegetation, but leaves the majority of homes fully intact. That’s the scenario researchers are working to create for neighborhoods at risk, following the most destructive wildfire season in recorded history. But scientists tell the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit that state and local emergency planners have been slow to support...
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Equipment Malfunction and Flawed Design of Alarm System Caused Massive San Francisco Blackout
A consulting company hired by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to investigate the cause of a massive power outage in San Francisco in April concluded that the problems involved equipment failure and a flawed design of a critical alarm system.
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Officials Order Safety Review of Entire Oroville Dam
The California Department of Water Resources announced this week the Oroville Dam will undergo an overall safety review.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Billion Dollar Fire
Even after a disastrous wildfire that destroyed more than 500 homes and 70,000 acres, critics say PG&E insists on cutting costs – and increasing risk.
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What Happened to Eden Lynch?
Nearly six years after the mysterious death of 3-year-old Eden Lynch, Eden’s mother and maternal grandparents contacted the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit, frustrated her last known caretaker never faced criminal charges. Senior Investigative Reporter Vicky Nguyen reports on a story that first aired Aug. 30, 2017.