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

knbc's john klemack has the latest. can see they've built up quite high sand barriers behind you. >> last night, none of this was here. they spent most of the night trying to shore up the shore, if you will. they are still doing it now. we'll see waves kick up over some of this sand barrier. so you can see where the sand may be a little soft and basically nice and smooth. that means water has come over that side. trying to bring in more sand to shore that up. we're about two hours away, just under two hours away from high side. that's going to be a time about 40 to 45 minutes where we'll be seeing some of the strongest waves come through here. they believe that right where we're standing is where we're going to see some of the strongest stuff. they've been spending a lot of time there. they've got double bulldozers pushing the sand towards each other to build this thing up. also pint out the plywood. a wall of plywood to help some of these homes in case that water gets over the sand barrier. the sandbags, the plywood, a

he started as a local anchor at our own knbc in 1968. where, for a time, he anchored the 5:00 p.m. news. tom snyder anchored the 6:00. tom brokaw anchored the 11:00. we learned jess marlow died today. he was on the air in l.a. for 37 years. long enough to qualify for a star on the hollywood walk of fame. he died from complications of alzheimer's. he was 84 years old. >>> well you've heard of a diamond in the rough. that's exactly what happened at the firestone country club in akron. sergio garcia's tee shot on the third hole at the bridgestone invitational went wide. it landed on a woman's engagement ring, dislodged the diamond. for a time he helped in the search. he felt awful about it happening and while he needed to play through, the loose stone was later found through a thorough search of the underbrush. >>> the video of the day comes from far northeastern uk near the border with scotland. two friends surfing when out of nowhere they were joined by a third friend. the seal stayed with them for about an hour, getting on the board, falling off. getting back on, riding the waves i

knbc is in california. you're learning more about the victim in this horrible incident. what can you tell us? >> well, the victim has been identified by the l.a. county corn coroner's office. he was basically caught off guard. let's take a look at the video of his vehicle. his vehicle was covered in mud and debris. some of the mud filled his vehicle and the coroner's office said he likely drowned from the mud flow that happened here in mount baldy. a lot of people caught off guard. they didn't realize the intensity of the storm that moved through the area. flash floods hit campgrounds in a section of the national forest, torrential downpour. family five and their dog had to be rescued by helicopter. fortunately they're doing okay. but back out here live. as we drove up here this morning, we saw bolders on the side of the road. we saw large pools of mud across the highway here. so this is just some of of the conditions people are dealing with. fortunately it has cleared out now. the storm has moved out of the area, but a lot of people were caught off guard. we'll see have

and millions watched jess anchor the evening news and knbc.s disease. jeff marlow was 84 years old. >>> the san francisco globe tells us about an unique in canada. it's staffed with deaf waiters and waitresses. it's solid sign. there are cheat sheets to help. the owners said he wanted to give job opportunities to the hearing-impaired community. business is booming. >>> "the new york times" says that keke palmer will be the first black woman to portray cinderella on broadway. she makes her broadway debut september 9th. palmer says she's thankful for this opportunity. >>> new york daily news shows us the latest words added to the dictionary. selfie, bromance and hash tag. the revised dictionary comes out monday. >> schnitz made the list. >>> michael phelps is calling it quits after the 2012 games in london, but this week, he's jumping out of retirement and into the pool for the u.s. national championship. everyone's waiting to see if he gives the olympics another shot in 2016. phelps said he's helpier this time around since he's swimming on his