Airbnb bans ‘party houses’ after California shooting kills five

Contra Costa County Sheriff deputies investigating a multiple shooting in Orinda, California, on Oct 31, 2019. Four people were killed and four others wounded in a Halloween night party shooting at a large rental home in a wealthy San Francisco Bay Area community, police said on Nov 1. — East Bay Times/AP

ORINDA, California: Airbnb's CEO said the company was taking actions against unauthorised parties in the wake of a deadly shooting at a Halloween party held at an Airbnb rental home in California.

In a series of tweets, Brian Chesky said on Nov 2 the San Francisco-based company is expanding manual screening of "high risk" reservations and will remove guests who fail to comply with policies banning parties at Airbnb rental homes.