blake johnston was charged last october - in a sex case involving a 14-year-old oregon girl.after checking his cell phones and computers -- investigators now estimate there could be more than 300 other potential victims worldwide. it's believed that johnston used social media sites to communicate with victims. in the south bay.a settlement of nearly a million dollars today for the family of audrie pott. in 20-12... the 15 year-old committed suicide after three boys sexually assaulted her after she passed out at a party -- and then shared photos. today, her family and the parents of two of the three boys involved agreed to terms. 950-thousand dollars will be paid by the defendents' insurance companies. the boys apologized in court.and will make presentations at high schools about the dangers of their behavior. the pott family settled with the parents of the third boy last month. still ahead. tragedy in the north bay after a small plane crashes in an open field.killing the pilot. and.a rollercoaster of a day for people stuck on this ride at disneyland. >> gary: the giants and t

blake johnston already faces multiple charges. he has been in jail since late last year, but now, investigators say they have identified more than 30 victims and there are probably more. they say johnston met young girls online. in fact, in one case, he drove from the bay area to oregon to meet a girl and took his own daughter. the girl was found at johnston's home in martinez leaving roller skates and a suicide note next to a bridge. >>> in walnut creek, three guys got away with an atm full of cash. one man distracts the clerk while the other attaches a cable to the pick up truck. then they rip the atm out of the ground and load the machine in the back of the truck and take off. >>> tonight, san francisco police say they have caught the man who did this. take a look at this video. walked up to a homeless man who was minding his own business in the tenderloin and bashed his head with the pipe and then the attacker just walked away. the away. >> everyone has a right to feel safe. especially in san francisco. >> an officer saw the v

. >>> and now, the investigators say that blake johnston of martinez had more than 300 explicit images of children from the u.s. and across the world. he is believed to have had contact with at least three of the skrik tims, and may have abused many more. johnston was under arrest in october for allegedly luring an oregon girl from her home to the bay area. >>> take a look at this, a drive drive-through atm, sort of. 5:00 a.m. today, these suspects pulled into the gas station at a walnut street and one of the suspects distract eded the attendant, and his partner attaches a cable to the atm, and then he pulls off taking theatm with him, and now the police are looking for the white ford truck. >>> and a follow-up story of how the community is supporting fallen officer michael johnson. $24,000 and counting is how much money a south bay bar has joined for the family. hundreds of people showed up at the pub last night to show their support. this is after his memorial and burial. even johnston's father and members came to thebry brittania pub. >>> and now shgs, the giants are hosting the a's

. >> catherine: blake johnston wassex case involving a 14- year-old oregon girl. >> catherine: based on analysis of his cell phones and computers -- investigators now estimate there could be more than 300 other potential victims. both in the u-s -- and worldwide. >> catherine: an investigation is underway used as a meth lab. >> catherine: police and firefighters responded to the 4900 block reports of a strong odor coming from the apartment. >> catherine: this is video from our helicopter partnership withpolice had to force their way in. and discovered chemicals and material that can be used in a meth lab. >> catherine: a haz-mat team was called in. so far... the tenant has not been identified or found. >> catherine: today in san francisco longshore and warehouse union voted to end a labor dispute. >> catherine: delegates agreed to recommend a tentative five-rank-and-file members will vote by secret ballot may twenty-second. >> catherine: the deal is expected to be accepted. shipping companies and dockworkers have been in negotiations for the last 10 months. >> catherine: the u-s adde

investigators say blake johnston of martinez had more than 300 illicit images of children from the u.s. and around the world. he's believed to have contact with at least three of those victims and may have abused as many as 30 of them. the 41-year-old has been in custody since his arrest last year. >>> take a look at this. two men steal an atm at a walnut creek station. this happened at 5:00 yesterday at the shell station near b.a.r.t. one of men distracts the attendant, and then they attack a kabul, pull around the atm. they're liking for the white ford truck and the men. >>> a follow-up to a story about how the community is supporting slain san jose police officer michael johnson's family. two south bay pubs have raised $25,000 for his family. hundreds of people, including officer johnson's father gathered at bring tanyon arms locations in almaden valley and san jose thursday night. they folded the memorial and burial of the officer. there also was an auction which will add to the total donations for johnson's family. statistic officer was shot and killed in the line of duty on march

luring and under age girl across state lines authorities now believe there may be more victims blake johnstonst october and the sec's case involving a 14 year-old organ girl after checking his cell phones and computers investigators now estimate there could be more than 300 other potential victims of world wide johnston use social media sites to communicate with his victims. >> reporter: the happening right now authorities are looking for the suspect involved in an east oakland homicide it happen thursday morning near 82nd and plymouth street officers were called to an apartment and found a man was unconscious and not breathing he was later pronounced dead at the same. police say the victim was an oakland resident but have not said if he lived in the apartment his identity has not yet been released. >> reporter: coming up on kron 4 morning news weekend celebrities are honoring paul walker more details coming up after the break. >> reporter: now time for the kron 4 tech report with gabe slate >> gabe slate: remember the whole bank eighth thing how i phone + would bend the new rival may have a

blake johnston already faces multiple charges. he's been in jail since late last year. but now investigators say they've identified more than 30 victims and there are probably more. they say johnston met young girls online. in one case he drove from the bay area to oregon to meet a girl, he even took his own daughter with him on the trip. the girl was later found at johnston's home in martinez. she had faked her own death, leaving some roller skates and a suicide note next to a bridge. >>> the teenaged boys who sexually assaulted audrey pott at a high school party and then took pictures have apologized to her parents. it's part of a settlement the boys reached yesterday to end a wrongful death lawsuit. they've also agreed to make presentations at high schools about the dangers of drinking and sharing nude photos. in 2012 audrey committed suicide after rumors spread that naked photos of her were being shared online. >>> the san francisco police department may be losing eight officers. chief greg sur wants them fired for exchanging racist and homophobic texts. the message

blake robert johnston was arrested last year after he police said an under aged oregon girl faked her own suicide to kol come to the bay area with johnston. yesterday federal investigators found explicit images on his devices believing he created some of the images and may have had contact with at least three young girls. >>> police are investigating a possible abduction attempt in concord. this letter was sent out warning parents earlier this week. it says a woman claiming to be a student's mother asked for her to be sent to the park inging lot for an appointment. the school contacted the mother and found out it was false. the student admits she shared personal information with a stranger on social media. >>> well, if you're up early enough you may have seen this morning's lunar eclipse. the shortest total lunar eclipse in 100 years got under way earlier today. here is the view of it from our cam camera around the time it peaked at 4:58. this is the view now from the griffith observatory in los angeles. if you were able to see it, you may have noticed the blood moon, reddish in color

blake was arrest the last year after an underage oregon girl faked her suicide to come to the bay area with johnston. they found explicit images of hundreds of children on his devices. they believe he may have had contact with at least three young girls and created the images. time is 6:08. >>> police are investigating a possible abduction attempts to concord. administration sent this letter out warning parents last week. it said a parent claiming to be a student's mom asked for her to be sent to the parking lot for an appointment. the school contacted the mother and found out it was false. the student admits she recently shared personal information with a stranger on social media. >> did i see it? if you were up early enough you may have seen this morning's lunar eclipse. take a look. this is the view of it from our exploratorium camera around the time it peaked around 4:58. here's another view of it from the observatory. you may have noticed a blood moon, reddish in color caused by sunlight scattering off the earth's atmosphere. all in all it lasted for about five minutes. so if you weren't out th

blake was arrest the last year after an underage oregon girl faked her suicide to come to the bay area with johnston. they found explicit images of hundreds of children on his devices. they believe he may have had contact with at least three young girls and created the images. >>> police are investigating a possible abduction attempts to concord. this letter was sent out warning parents. it said a parent claiming to be a student's mom asked for her to be sent to the parking lot for an appointment. the school contacted the mother and found out it was false. the student admits she recently shared personal information with a stranger on social media. >>> we are going to get some rain this weekend but hardly enough to change our situation. california is in crisis. and there may be no place feeling the pressure more than the city of santa cruz. abc7 news reporter david louie has more from santa cruz where $1.4 million in fines were imposed. >> a mandatory stage 3 water emergency will put santa cruz back where they were last year, asking people to cut back this time 25%. last year they exceeded a 20% goal