According to a news release from Zesty AI, the company has signed an agreement with Florida Peninsula Insurance Co., which will be using Zesty's artificial intelligence location insights program to do comprehensive roof quality assessments. In a news release earlier this week, San Francisco-based Zesty AI announced a new partnership with Boca Raton-based Florida Peninsula Insurance Co. Florida Peninsula will soon use Zesty AI's location insights program to perform comprehensive roof quality assessments on homes and commercial properties. The company uses multiple data sources to gain property ..read more

Video taken on Sunday has many people outraged as a group of about 10 people on a boat are seen dumping trash into the ocean in Boca Raton. The video was posted on YouTube by Wavy Boats, which takes videos of boats riding through rough inlet waters. In it, two people on the boat grab two large filled trash bins and dump the contents overboard. The boat is then seen driving away while all the trash is left floating in the wake. Unregulated disposal of wastes and other materials into the ocean degrades marine and natural resources, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It also p ..read more

The protests and rallies sweeping across university campuses nationwide have left some members of the public concerned about how it may impact Florida students. WPTV reporter Joel Lopez spoke with students at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton who said things were calm on campus. "It's OK to have your side, pick a side, maybe see both sides, but I think as long as everyone is safely protesting, that's fine," FAU freshman Cooper Ross said. "But when you get violent with it or somebody makes threats, that's when it goes too far." Ross said he has previously seen protests break out at FAU ..read more

The Florida Atlantic University Owls softball team holds the top spot in the conference and is looking to close out the regular season with the No.1 seed in the American Athletic Conference tournament. WPTV was at Wednesday morning's practice to see what makes this year's team so special. A successful regular season is nearing the end and the FAU softball team is looking to capitalize. "It's really cool. It's really different," graduate student Presley Leebrick said. "It's awesome to see the way our team works together. I think that's why it's going so well."  For head coach Jordan Clark ..read more

What to know: Tickets start at $35, plus $5 service charge. Buy tickets here. 90-minute showcase of musical theater, pop, and classical performances, alongside captivating dance routines. A diverse array of songs and medleys, spanning various artists and genres From J-Lo and Tina Turner to Mamma Mia. Wednesday, we got to meet the actors featured in Lynn University's 12th annual Celebration of the Arts. They got up early to practice with us on Today On 5's "Shining A Light" segment and showed off an impressive array of costumes, props, and set pieces. One of the pieces was a motorized boat that ..read more

"Sometimes I just want to go back to when I was a natural kid and didn't have to worry about all this stuff." ~ Jacob Gutierrez Life can deal some deafening blows. But what happens when you're a kid and don't have life experiences to draw on to help you wade through the challenges? A group based in Boca Raton has been working to be the answer. The American Association of Caregiving Youth was founded 17 years ago. Trained staff work with the School District of Palm Beach County to identify youth caregivers. These are students classified as children between the sixth and 12th grades who care for ..read more

Palm Beach County Fire Rescue crews contained a 10-acre brush fire in the Loxahatchee area that developed Monday afternoon as Boca Raton firefighters remain at the scene of a brush fire near the Costco that began Thursday morning. At 3:20 p.m., county firefighters were dispatched to the 3400 block of 185 th Trail.   Units found an approximate 10-acre lot with land being cleared, and about 3 acres were on fire, Capt. Tom Reyes said. The fire was being driven that way by gusty winds, and jumped the canal starting a small fire very close to the houses, Reyes said. Palm Beach County Fire Re ..read more

Fire personnel on Monday are on the scene again of a brush fire near a Costco in Boca Raton that started early Thursday and the next day was contained but not extinguished. At 4:08 p.m. Sunday, Boca Raton police sent an alert that all northbound lanes in the 7400 block of South Congress Avenue were shut down "due to brush fire. Please avoid area." But at 5:38 p.m., police said all lanes had reopened. WPTV reporter Ethan Stein said the brush fire is difficult to see but it "really smells like a campfire and it's even been difficult to breathe." The fire was rekindled at 2:30 p.m. in the 217-ac ..read more

Florida Atlantic University is planning to begin construction this summer on a Holocaust museum after receiving a "significant gift" from Craig and Barbara Weiner The university is planning to build a 2,000-square-foot museum within the Kurt and Marilyn Wallach Holocaust and Jewish Studies Building in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters on the Boca Raton campus. It will be called Craig and Barbara Weiner Holocaust Museum of South Florida at FAU. The news release didn't include the donation amount. The gift includes funding for the interior of the museum, including display cases ..read more

Firefighters battled a brush fire that broke out early Thursday morning behind a Costco in Boca Raton. Aerial video from WPTV Chopper 5 showed multiple hot spots in the Yamato Scrub Natural Area at Congress Avenue and Boca Club Boulevard, just west of Interstate 95. WATCH: Chopper 5 video of Boca Raton brush fire Chopper 5 video of brush fire in Boca Raton Capt. Tom Reyes with Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said the brush fire broke out at about 5 a.m., and the agency worked with Boca Raton Fire Rescue to contain the flames. Reyes told WPTV journalist Briana Nespral the fire was under control a ..read more