unfortunately, the knbc chopper misses the finale. >> we ended up being there so long that we had to to go get gas for the helicopter. and we got just far enough away to where i couldn't keep the camera on the chase anymore and the guy pulled over. >> the suspect is a 17-year-old and booked on several charges including car theft and assault with a deadly weapon. because he's a minor, authorities won't release any further information on the case. jason is eager to share his l.a. adventure with his friends and uploads the video to youtube. minutes later he can't believe his eyes. >> i looked at the counter and it said that several people had already seen it. i'm like, i didn't send it to 200 people, only to like three people. in a day or two it had gone from zero to a million. >> it just exploded. people couldn't believe that it happened, and more and more people wanted to see it. >> and it kind of brings the news directly to your home. i mean, how often does that happen? it was almost too perfect. >> but many viewers are suspicious of jason's terrific timing. >> people are saying it's

knbc's miriam hernandez reports from los angeles. >> reporter: rock singer courtney love takes the standstified the tweet landing her in court was private. she denied the reputation of her former lawyer ronda holmes. it said holmes was bought off. the plaintiff said that's word that holmes accepted a bribe to turn against her client, courtney love. according to holmes' lawyer says one tweet damaged holmes credibility and her business. >> this has gone out to courtney love's twitter army of 40,000 users at the time. she's repeated it in other places. and you just never know, people don't call you up and say, hey, i was going to come be a client of yours but i heard you got bought off and i wouldn't come anymore. they just stop coming. >> reporter: social media experts say this case is a reminder tweets are public, even if you think you're communicating with just one person. this professor teaches media at usc. >> when we think something was temporary and only for that moment, there's a permanent rofrd it and that record can come back to haunt us. >> reporter: whether the case could potent

. ♪ this magic moment ♪ >>> live pictures from knbc in los angeles.es on fire in the foothills northeast of downtown los angeles. mandatory evacuations under way. they brought in the super scoopers as they're known. in the past few minutes police arrested three recklessly starting the fire. remember, there has been an historic drought in southern california. here's where we bring in our own jane wells. it's 85 degrees there. jane, it's a lot warmer there than most places. talk to us about that and also the drought you've had and how it's impacted the crops? >> reporter: you know, brian it is so dry here. not just warm, but dry. california and drought have gone together like peanut but around chocolate but we're coming off a record year. the governor hasn't technically, officially declared a drought but said basically that's coming. permanent crops at the ex-tense of season's crops in the ag company. that could mean for you you could start to see salad prices and spaghetti sauce get more expensive. >> the land that you see that normally would be servic

as we show you these pictures from our affiliate knbc, the wind has picked up this morning and it's causing some of this fire activity to sort of pick up again. it's been pretty much calm overnight. 30% containment so far. authorities hoping to get more conin thement today. meanwhile 2,000 residents waiting to hear when they will be allowed back into their homes. firefighters scramble to control a rapidly moving wildfire threatening the suburbs northeast of los angeles. super scooper fixed wing aircraft, helicopters and ground crews racing against the weather. the blaze about 30 miles from downtown l.a. led to thousands of evacuations and destroyed part of the historic mansion once belonging to the singer sewing family. >> this is something that caught us by surprise. early in the morning as we were driving down the long driveway, that driveway was starting to catch fire. so you could see it. >> reporter: january temperatures stretching into the 80s, humidity below 10% and the forecast of hot santa ana winds threaten to turn the modest 1700 acre brush fire into a frightening conflagration.