unfortunately, the knbc chopper misses the finale. >> we ended up being there so long that we had toeave 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 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

area, fritz coleman from our station knbc. fritz, we don't often see eyes off the west coast. does that mean we're still awaiting the most intensity? >> you're right, brian. the eye is the center of the storm, and that has yet to make landfall. we're just getting the initial funnel systems, the initial waves. in a four-hour period this morning, we did more rainfall than we've done all season. 3 to 4 inches and even more in some of the foothill areas. in the recent burn areas in the san bernardino mountains where miguel was. we may do this amount again tonight or greater. we've had 4 inches in some of the heavier spots. an average los angeles rainfall is 15 inches. so it's a big storm, but in our classic style, we've done too much, too soon. when you a lot of rain in a bridgestone/firestone period of time, we get the mudslides, the debris flows and the urban flooding we're having right now and a lot of snow at the local mountains. it's not a drought buster. this probably is not it, brian. >> all right, fritz coleman in los angeles for us. fritz, thanks, as always. >>> now we go