. >>> members of the los angeles city council want an investigation into whether fracking could have played a role in yesterday's earthquake. it involves breaking apart rock deep under ground. and some have linked the oil extraction technique with earthquakes in oklahoma, and ohio. there is a fracking operation close to the epicenter of yesterday's 4.4 quake. oil and gas companies argue that the technique is safe. >>> playing hooky made them heroes. three high school seniors are credited with springing into action when they saw smoke. >> going to get food. on the way we saw smoke arising from a house. and so first instinct was to see what is going on. >> in the house to the right. and we both just had the same instinct to go in the house together. and we do and we picked up the chair and grabbed the dog. and she said i'm on fire. and that was just shocking to me. like, to hear that. >> the teens went back to the home today to take a second look at the damage and relive what they went through. the principal said he is proud of the students even if they did ditch class. >>> let's bring

los angeles city fire came in with a swift water rescue team. >> that dog is very well behaved. >> reporter: predictions of the largest rain event, preparation has been all week. >> the planning for this particular day started immediately and it's continued nonstop all the way through until today. >> reporter: and the more water that comes, the more convinced homeowners are they need to get out and comply with the mandatory evacuations. >> we implore you to get your belongings together and get out. >> we've put some stuff near the glass, so if it breaks it won't go everywhere. >> reporter: and a reminder here how close fire danger is, even in a rainstorm. a bolder rolling off this hill exposed roots still smoldering. a hot spot from the fire that was on these hillsides a month ago. >> we're going to be concerned for the next five years. >> reporter: those homes won't be safe until the trees and brush grow back to anchor these hillsides. and that's because like we've seen in this fire that just decided to flare up a month after they thought it was out, the rainfall can be over, a few weekks

tuesday los angeles city council voted unanimously to do the same. san francisco has an opportunity to join leader including many other bay area communities. often behalf of our san francisco members, we urge you to adopt this proposal to prohibit e-cigarette use in all places in order to ensure all workers and patron can breathe free [speaker not understood]. >> thank you very much. next speaker, ms. estrada. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. again, my name is jessica estrada and i work with vietnamese youth development [speaker not understood]. i'm just here to support this regulation of e-cigarettes, not ban. and to regulate e-cigarettes in the same way cigarettes are regulated. i first became aware of this issue when youth at the center i work at told me how crazy popular these e-cigarettes are in their high school and neighborhood. [speaker not understood] she had a lot of friends under 18 who smoke these things. research connected with the san francisco unified school district where they conducted a survey of 1500 youth ages -- seventh, eighth a

. >> pelley: today the los angeles city council voted unanimously to ban e-cigarette use in most publicces. e-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that create vapor containing nicotine but no smoke. these new regulations treat e-cigarettes the same as tobacco cigarettes. in a moment, an update on a mysterious discovery that had people all over america asking, why not in my backyard i? hey kevin...still eating chalk for heartburn? yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief! their type 2 diabetes... ...with non-insulin victoza. for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar, but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza. he said victoza works differently than pills, and it comes in a pen. and the needle is thin. victoza is an injectable prescription medicine that may improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. it is not recommended as the first medication to

the los angeles city council voted unanimously last night to restrict electronic cigarettes just likethat means you can no longer use them in parks, bars, restaurants, beaches and workplaces. >> right now a team of international observers is headed to crimea. as top diplomats from the west and russia meet in paris to find an end to the crisis in the ukraine. talks had already been planned for envoys from the u-s, britain, france and russia in paris.to address the civil war in syria. but that changed after russia's military takeover of ukraine's crimea region. >> here is a live look from our helicopter partnership of abc 7 news. this is where bart service was stopped after a person was hit and killed. that accident happened at 11:30 p.m. and the tracks are still shut down. we will have an update to coming up. >> welcome back. our developing story, no bart service and parts of the east. here is a live picture of the south hayward tracks. investigators are recovering evidence do to a person been struck last night. to to the south hayward bart station as is close. >> people are being forc

the los angeles city council has voted unanimously to advance a ban on fracking in the city. the motion passed on friday instructs the city's attorney to draft new rules that will impose a moratorium on fracking intel environment protections are in place. los angeles would be the first oil-producing city in california to impose a ban on fracking. the powerful pro-israel group aipac is holding its annual conference in washington, d.c. protesters led by codepink added outside the convention hall sunday to protest israel's treatment of palestinians and call for peace and diplomacy with iran. this is codepink's medea benjamin. >> for the american people. the american people want diplomacy to work. the american people don't want war. the american people look at iraq and say, oh! aipac was one of those groups that pushed us into that war. how did that war turnout? >> president obama is due to meet with benjamin netanyahu at the white house today. the meeting comes as israel faces condemnation over the killing of palestinians in the occupied territories. over the weekend, israeli tr

the los angeles city council voted to ban e cigarettes.rdinance prohibits smoking them at bars and anywhere regular tobacco smoking is prohibited. some studies find ecigarettes are less harmful than smoke but others say they contain dangerous chemicals. >> it is a kitten on a mission. this little guy taking on that big dog ten times its size all for a piece of meat. the two are battling it out, as you can see. >> the fearless feline not giving up despite dangling from the dog's mouth. eventually the dog wins this dinner battle. >> i think the dog was having a little fun with that. >> cute. now six minutes till the top of the hour. every parent can relate to this, but should the people around you have to hear it? >> new parents get a nasty note when they bring their baby on vacation. we ask you to weigh in. as a business owner, i'm constantly putting out fires. so i deserve a small business credit card with amazing rewards. with the spark cascard from capital one, i get 2% cash back on ery purchase, every day. i break my back around here. f

los angeles. it's more residential. it's more community. >> jackie goldberg is a former los angeles city councilwoman.n 1995 she represents a district where the city is building a subway. it's one of the largest public works projects of its time, and some of goldberg's constituents are complaining about it. >> we don't need a metro rail as they are proposing it. let's get back to the buses where the people can be moved around properly. >> not only are residents complaining, but so are the business owners. for them, it's less about the subway itself than the construction. they're losing money. >> it takes so long to build these things underground and you just don't have much choice but to tear streets up and close streets. businesses were putting big signs on their property saying, open for business during construction, because it looked like you couldn't get there. and people were angry. >> so when a water main breaks at the construction site on hollywood boulevard, goldberg holds a press conference to bring attention to the problem. as goldberg stands in front of news cameras, the water main problem

yesterday los angeles city council approved new rules to ban so-called the vaping.tes like washington are considering imposing hefty taxes on e-cigarettes seeing them as potentially rich source of revenue. a lot going on in this space. they are betting on e-cigarettes for future growth in the u.s. and overseas. take a look at those stocks because this could be the future of smoking. take a look, all of the stocks are down today. you have the major market averages all to the downside. the closing bell will ring, the market could be facing a wall of worry this year. so how do investors hedge hedger portfolio against risk? we will talk a strategist his firm has 50 billion assets under management. liz has more from the history museum. what do you have coming up? liz: it is a hub of excitement. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the biggest brains are in silicon valley and the silicon valley. one of those big brains is a real pocket scientist. on the next big thing. stay tuned. in the new new york, we don't back down. we only know one direction: up so we're up early.

los angeles city fire came in with a swift water rescue team. >> that dog is very well-behaved. >> reporterorm preps, predictions of the largest event in three years have been on all week. >> started the exact day after the fire ended in our town. the planning for this particular day started immediately and continued throughout today. >> reporter: and the more water that comes, the more convinced homeowners are they need to get out and compile with the mond mandatory evacuations. >> get you belongings together and get out. >> we put some stuff near the glass so if it breaks it doesn't go everywhere. >> it looks like almost smoke. >> reporter: a reminder of how close fire danger is even in a rainstorm. a boulder exposed roofs still smoldering. the danger of mudslides won't be over once the rain is passed, either. >> we'll be concerned for the next five years. >> reporter: these homes won't be safe until the trees and brush grow back and put down good roots to anchor the hillsides. and that's because just like the fire can flair back up a month later, these rains can soak into the hillsides a

. >> today, the los angeles city council unanimously voted to ban e-cigarette use if public places. beaches and parks where tobacco smoking is also restricted. the battery-powered devices have been marketed as smoking cessation aids. they enable to people to inhale the vapor. it is a $1.000000000 product. >> this product is not safe. all the young people are smoking it. it is approved electronic gadget that appeals to them. they like it because it is a novelty. it is addicting them to nicotine. >> vapor lounges in stores will be exempt from the ban. e-cigarette cruised for theatrical purposes will also be allowed. >>> facebook is setting us sights on drones. the social net work is in negotiations to buy titan aerospace for $60 million. cbs 4 it is a company that makes solar powered drones that can fly for five years without landing. they can be used add atmosphere economic sanctions satellites to expand internet access. it is all part of mark zuckerberg's dream to bring affordable interaccreditation -- internet access to everyone. >>> fat tuesday festivities in full swing in new orl

los angeles. >> several cities including miami, new orleans and portland have banned app-based services altogether. >>> well, a man who lost both legs in afghanistan is biking right through our backyard. after biking more than 4,000 miles with no knees, legs or feet, rob jones is in san francisco. the maren veteran began his journey in maine last october wanting to pay back charities who helped him recover. biking through 17 states and all kinds of weather, jones is in the final stretch as he heads south to camp pendleton. >> it's been long, a lot of it's been really tough. but i wouldn't change it. i'd keep it just as challenging as it was. and still glad that i did it. >> he hopes to raise a million dollars. he plans to reach san diego by mid-april. >>> coming up, booted from the classroom for being bald. how a 9-year-old show of support backfired. >> there may not be a badge for what this girl scout just accomplished but she is definitely going down in the history books. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, she shaved her head -- to support her friend who has cancer. >>> a 9-year-old girl banned from school becaus

experts fear if the big one hits on the same fault that runs through downtown los angeles, the city of angels could see the same kind of destruction san francisco saw in the 1989lomo earthquake. >> the potential for a lot of damage is pretty great here. >> they say there's about a 5% chance this 5.1 earthquake that damaged the home behind me was a foreshock, a preview of a bigger quake. the good news, the further we get away from friday night those odds go down. rhino wins, abc news, fullerton california. >> quite a mess in tucson after basketball fans went wild last night. the tucson police pepper sprayed the rowdy people after fans got rowdy. the team lost in overtime in the ncaa tournament, so fans took to the streets letting out their frustration. police say the evening started out calmly enough but later fans started throwing beer bottles and firecrackers at officers. they had to bring in extra units with batons to get the people to disburse. no fans or officers were hurt, but 15 people have been arrested. >> the political fallout continues after the arrest of state senator leland

los angeles's home to the largest urban oilfield in the united states and. so now the city attorney has to come up with an ordinance that would completely prohibit the practice here in los angeles but we have to remember that it doesn't prohibited in the surrounding communities where fracking still going happens and there are several other counties here in california that still use the practice. in the last year there was an attempt to completely ban fracking throughout the state of california. but the energy lobby along with lawmakers here are still very much in favor of exploiting our oil and gas resources whether it's on land or whether it's in the water so. they did pass a law which requires oil companies to report where they're drilling and to report some of the chemicals but it really doesn't go far enough according to some activists who say that the legislation was watered way down compared to when they wanted to ban fracking completely and of course jerry brown is a very big proponent of fracking and that's really quickly talk about the petition what are they hoping

experts fear if it hits on the fault through downtown los angeles, the city of angels could see the same kind of destruction san francisco saw in the 1989 earthquake. >> i'm on edge. potential for a lot of damage is pretty great here. >> reporter: he's another stat from the seismologists to think about this morning. there's about a 5% chance that that 5.1 quake on friday night was what may they call a fore shock, a preview of the bigger quake. the good news, the further from friday night, the chances go down. but i got to tell you, that's little consolation when we keep feeling these little quakes. >> yeah, i can only imagine. hope the seismologists are wrong about this one. ryan, thank you for your reporting this morning. we appreciate it. >>> a lot of other news overnight. and as always, over to mr. ron claiborne. a look at the headlines. >> good morning, everyone. >>> a wild night on the streets of tucson, arizona. where hundreds of university of arizona fans hit the streets, unset apparently over the wildcats' loss in the ncaa tournament to the university of wisconsin in overtime. 64

it struck about 20 miles southeast of los angeles between the cities of la habra and brea in orange county. the temblor hit just of a 9:00 last night but an hour before that there was a 3.6 in about the same area and then all night long about 30 aftershocks. many communities reported power outages which knocked out traffic lights and there were water main breaks reported near the quake center as well as some gas leaks reported as well. in carbon canyon a rock slide reportedly caused this car to flip over. coincidental coincidentally, one of the many aftershocks happened right in the middle of the usgs news conference about that big quake. >> and now we're having an aftershock. >> there you go. estimated magnitude. >> 2.6. this is very normal, but the normal includes a very wide range of rates of aftershocks and so this is on the higher side of the average. nothing at all abnormal about it because we see very large variations and there has been plenty of sequences with even more aftershocks than this one but it is definitely a good healthy aftershock. >> certainly interesting to watch along

he lives in los angeles in temple city. he changed his name when he left japan.ysterious computer code or. -- coder. .any assumed it was a pseudonym newsweek claims it is this man. he has told the associated press, this is not me. >> the main reason i am here is to clear my name that i have nothing to do with bitcoin. i have nothing to do with developing. i was just an engineer doing something else. said he had not heard of .itcoin until three weeks ago newsweek stands by their story. longer involved in that and cannot discuss it, it has been turned over to other people. he later said that he had been misinterpreted. seemedoin fans skeptical. i have also read hilarious prologues -- blogs. the key concern is invasion of privacy if he is really the man behind bitcoin, this cryptic digital currency. has gonehe lengths he to hide himself. why would he not have changed his name? if you wanted to be anonymous the whole time, he would have done everything he can to stay anonymous. adam draper, an incubator for bitcoin startups, makes this very point. the only point we w

los angeles as well as several other counties, including riverside, san bernardino and orange county. it was followed by as many as two dozen aftershocks. l.a. police and fire department report no major damage to the city of los angeles, but it really got a lot of people shook up, erica. >> that it did. all right, rehema ellis for us in los angeles this morning. thank you. >>> searchers over the indian ocean have spotted more debris today as they look for that missing malaysia airlines jetliner, but no one knows yet whether these new objects belong to the plane. bill neely is in perth, australia, monitoring the search efforts for us this morning. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester. another day of searching in the new target area, but i'm afraid the same old outcome, no breakthrough in the search, being hampered by poor weather and poor visibility. we're now into week four of this search, day 22, and still nothing that can prove any of these pieces of debris are tied to the missing plane. eight planes went up today from australia, new zealand, china and japan. the chinese plane reported three suspicious objects, one white, one red, one orange. they took photographs, but again, no proo

followed by boston, seattle, san jose, bridgeport, connecticut, new york city, austin, san francisco, honolulu. and, number one, los angelesith three california cities in the top ten, our sympathies on the west coast tonight. >>> and march madness is in high gear. but last night at the kentucky/alabama game, it was every man for himself in the stands. watch. a dance-off began. first, a kentucky fan got his groove on. down the banister. and then, another fan decides to strut his stuff, even convincing a friend to join in. march madness really has begun. >>> and a curve ball for extreme athletes competing in the iditarod, that grueling 1,000-mile race across the frozen alaskan tundra. only this year, it's not so frozen. unseasonably warm weather, a lot of sunshine, has melted the snow and made the trails dangerous. it's 30 degrees out there. but mushers are calling it a minefield, the roughest trail they've ever seen. the sleds hitting the tree stumps. and their dogs with some battle wounds, tonight, as they make their way. >>> and up next, right here, a magical transformation. go with a man who helps unlock long, lost memor

provides 90% of the water, stakes are high and pressure on to secure water for the city. >> the limiting factor for los angeles is water. sooner, rather than later it will come back to bite us. water is not an unlimited source. >> it turns out, the city of excess has one of the highest per cap ita water consumption rates in the country. despite the major conservation efforts. the biggest culprit not hotels and casinos, but landscaping. at golf resorts, but in suburban sprawl. >> 70 to 100,000 new residents move here. las vegas saw a dip, but it's making a comeback, and the water supply must meet future demand. that is approximately 2 million people that depend on our organization to make sure that every time they turn on the tap, water comes out. that is a responsibility that we do not take lightly. >> indeed, the water authority will take big money to fulfil its mission. >> if dry conditions continue, pipes will be exposed, making pumping water impossible. >> at a cost of $817 million, the authority will build a third intake, sucking water from near the bottom of the lake. it's an expensive project and not th

los angeles river. it's less of a river and more of a concrete flood channel that's normally a trickle. right now, it is a raging rapid, three times the los angeles citysearch and rescue team and pull people out of this rapid back here. it gets to be a dangerous situation with homeless encampments and people who get too close to the river. the second situation is going on, and mountainsides near asuza, california, about 45 minutes east of where i'm standing right now in griffith park. and that's a mountainside that burned just a month ago. now, as the fire comes through, it rips out all the vegetation and root systems and everything that would basilically hold a mountain together. so these folks in these neighborhoods you're looking at are living underneath a mountain that is just about to come ap t apart, because it takes in so much water. and then the soil gets saturated. it's not just soil, but it's ash that gets mixed with water into the sludge that pours down into their neighborhood. and as that sludge pours out, alex, rocks come out underneath that. rocks the size of volkswagens. they can push homes off their foundation. they can justin undate t

now it's time for the good the bad in the very very low to fade your sleep leave the good los angeles city council on friday l.a. city council unanimously passed a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing or fracking the moratorium bans all well stimulation activities or in the city of angels until those activities are proven to be safe it also makes los angeles the first oil producing city in california to ban fracking thanks to dick cheney fracking is pretty much unregulated at the federal level let's hope the actions of at least city council can convince lawmakers in washington to take action on fracking before things get out of control the bad george will during an appearance on fox news sunday yesterday the conservative washington post columnist complained that gay rights activists are acting like sore winners check it out. it's a funny kind of sore winner getting rights movement that would say a photographer doesn't want to photograph my wedding and i've got lots of other photographers i could go to but i'm going to use the hammer of government to force them to do this it's not a neighbor

99% of the shares traded and he got into railroads are to build a railroad connecting los angeles to salt lake city and on to the east. opening the port of los angeles. he is a visionary in that regard. along the way he needed a watering stop for his railroad to store water and pick up supplies and that became las vegas, which he auctioned off at its founding in 1905. but he sullied his reputation from the politics and soon the early 19 hundreds he was in all the magazines covers. a well-known figure in new york and across the country. lampooned in cartoons and often ostentation. he had a huge art collection and would throw open the doors of his mansion in new york city to allow the public to tour the five art galleries. that was his family home in new york city. 121 rooms for a family of four. that is the circumstance that she grew up in after coming over from paris and 1904. >> there were the two children. huguette was the youngest. >> yes. >> in the first daughter and her sister died tragically. >> yes, her sister died just short of her 17th birthday of meningitis. this is well before penicillin

los angeles for a long time. i have taken the concept of a headquarter office and divided it. we now operate artwork functions, all of our functions, from three citieshe planet. los angeles, houston bowl, and singapore -- is the goal, and single port. singapore., and we employ stakeholder management relationship systems. we make sure that any stakeholder around the planet is -- receives follow-up service at any time of day in a unified, structured way. , how did you get this job? >> my name was put in with a lot of applicants. frankly i had not known icann well. someone suggested that i would do well to search the internet community that frankly gave me so much. my entire career was used on thataging the innovation is allowed on the internet to create companies and value. and it company was bought was bought and i'm starting another company when my name was put into the lot. icann has a nominating committee. he board puts into place. with tensith a firm of applicants. i was a finalist. i remain very humbled and honored by the choice the board has made. >> joining us to discuss some of the policy issues is my guess from politico. think it is an excit

panorama city in los angeles, all of these suburban developments were funded with the explicit condition that no homes be sold to african-americans, and no homes could be resoled to african-americans. this is not a unique connecticut problem. you find the same concentration of minority poverty in cleveland and detroit and baltimore and los angeles, and the san francisco bay area, in seattle and portland, chicago. throughout the country, the safely federal policies were played out and created a purposeful segregated society. >> so richard, andre echoes that sentiment: >> connecticut moves in the right direction on its own as can the rest of the country, or is a major policy shift needed to get us there? first your thoughts, and after the break, a few more stories we're following. >> welcome back, we're talking about segregation and inequality in connecticut schools. and we asked what they thought it might take to get it back on track. >> the community is smart and impassioned and they care and give solutions: we have a great video comment. >> unfortunately, the way we paid historically fo

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there are three cities in los angeles county with actually higher at 10%. >>> san rafael city council voted unanimously this evening in favor of a ban on plastic bags. they join dozens of california cities with similar bans. tonight's vote was the second and time reading. the ban will go into effect september 15. stores and vendors are expected to offer recyclable paper bags. >>> eric maher is introducing a ban on e cigarettes. he expects a ban similar to one 20 years ago. >> we passed a law in 1983. it was a huge fight. the tobacco companies spent over $20 million trying to repeal it. >> they would be restricted at least 15 feet from a door like tobacco cigarettes. >>> the federal government sued sprint today for allegedly charging the government too much for wiretapping services. telecom companies that comply with government orders to bug phones are entitled to reasonable reimbursement costs. authorities claim sprint combines service, and equipment expenses which inflated the bill. companies are supposed to go through a separate process. sprint claims it did not break any laws, and

but passengers at san jose shouldn't worry traveling frequently between the city and los angeles. there are 6 others, all offer daily flights to los angeles. more than two dozen flights between the two cities. southwest is there, hopefully price should not increase. it's simply a business decision. the expectation from business analyst is that the planes that have been servicing will move over to dallas. we talked to a couple of passengers. one said it new big deal but another guy told us virgin is the only airline he wants to fly out of san jose. he has to decide if he wants to keep driving. the good news is you'll still be able to get to l.a. easily here out of san jose. peggy, you're going to do that soon. >> i am today. so i was listening closely to you. see if this would affect me. so thanks for the update. >> a girl on the go. you see in the bay area a lot of people may be flying it, it's a great weekend. >> it's going to be nice a. little on the warm side. if you open up the windows in your home later on its a good way to combat that. we're going to see a nice breeze. 74 san

there are three cities in los angeles county with actually higher at 10%. >>> san rafael city counciled unanimously this evening in favor of a ban on plastic bags. they join dozens of california cities with similar bans. tonight's vote was the second and time reading. the ban will go into effect september 15. stores and vendors are expected to offer recyclable paper bags. >>> eric maher is introducing a ban on e cigarettes. he expects a ban similar to one 20 years ago. >> we passed a law in 1983. it was a huge fight. the tobacco companies spent over $20 million trying to repeal it. >> they would be restricted at least 15 feet from a door like tobacco cigarettes. >>> the federal government sued sprint today for allegedly charging the government too much for wiretapping services. telecom companies that comply with government orders to bug phones are entitled to reasonable reimbursement costs. authorities claim sprint combines service, and equipment expenses which inflated the bill. companies are supposed to go through a separate process. sprint claims it did not break any laws, and will

it's enough to meet the needs of the city of los angeles for more than a year. >> wow. >> big city. >> a lot of water. >> linda, thank you for that. >>> police and fire officials responding to a report of hazardous materials made a gruesome discovery at a bay area hotel. the crews evacuated the berkeley city club about 2:00 this afternoon. within the past few minutes, we learned that they found a dead body in a third floor room. no word on how long the body has been there. police and hazmat teams are still on the scene. >> live look as police and s.w.a.t. teams move into a home on san pedro avenue right now. we're told a man has barricaded himself inside. now neighbors say it is a standoff that may have started with the man's pit bull. they say it got loose and bit someone at the beach and when cops knocked on his door, he refused to answer. we'll keep you updated as the scene develops. >> word of a fundraiser for a group of san francisco police officers facing corruption charges. their union is raising money for their legal defense. the case was sparked by surveillance video show the

crimes in the middle of nowhe nowhere are the same criminals they're arresting in oklahoma city and tulsa and los angeles, even new york. they're all criminals. >> reporter: and based on the word around the campfire, they're on the trail of these guys. david wallace and larry smith, aka snag. both work as ranch hands. >> somebody will call us and tell us where snag is to get the pressure off them. that will be the plan, buddy. >> i know both of them. one of the guys worked here on the ranch. >> snag and wallace have been around cattle all their life. and quite frankly, they're pretty good cowboys back in their days. but their down fall was they got strung out on dope. >> reporter: the cops say snag and wallace, known felons have left a paper trail here at the stockyards. they used their own names to sell the stolen cattle. chief flowers put his posse on their tails. >> we started to develop information about these two individuals taking cattle and taking them to the livestock market. >> reporter: selling stolen cattle is ease sirr than you might think. markets like this move thousands of head of cattle a

enough to serve the entire city of los angeles for more than a year, but most of us can't have any of it. tonight, a judge is questioning if that needs to change. it's a story you'll only see on kpix5. and it's a story of waste new york not, want not. how your left overs are being turned into electricity. >> kind of like how they make the sausage. i don't want to know. >> okay, ken. we'll see you in 30 minutes. thanks for watching us at 5:00. the cbs evening news is up next. >> and the latest news and weather on our website, kpix5.com. >> enjoy the sausage, we all want some. >> pelley: tonight, new developments on the missing jetliner. what did investigators see in the emails of the two pilots? seth doane tracked down a friend of the captain. >> reporter: who has a flight simulator in their house? >> pelley: russia seizes crimea. the white house responds. charlie d'agata, elizabeth palmer, and bill plante on the biggest east-west confrontation e the ld war. the head of g.m. acknowledges terrible things happened in a delayed recall that claimed 12 lives. jim axelrod reports. and 24 men

ecigarette smokers will be banned in public places in los angeles. the la city council vote to go ban them at bars, restaurants. they treat ecigarettes as traditional tobacco products. supporters say the ban will protect kids but opponents say they will stop people from being able to kick the habit. it is called one of the world's greatest archeological treasures. what's being done to fix and protect the ancient city of pompeii from flooding. >>> the very different kind of ice storm. what they are doing to clear the ice clogging the great lakes. >>> you are looking live right in and out at budget hearings on capitol hill. defense secretary chuck hagel testifying this hour. he opened his remarks saying the pentagon is now looking at measures to support our allies during the ukrainian crisis but millions of dollars in cuts in the defense budget, lowering the number of armed troops to levels not seen since world war ii. catholics around the world are observing ash wednesday today marking the beginning of lent, a period of 40 days of fasting leading up to easter. se

dollars the per capita gdp debt to thirty one thousand dollars the california in los angeles the third place the city's downtown right there. the four hundred twenty thousand us dollars the average national gdp and twenty pound is there to look at the big band continued to weaken the falling prey to the majors the new role on a portable for the average person. many people could choose to commute. what did end up renting houses the different here than plush comfort i need to be done with living in a rental chinese leaders expressed their opinion the label one broke while. white collar workers who were troopers appears to be delivered twenty five thousand dollars dollar a year after deducting all the living cost. mikey only eight thousand dollars less each year. he may never be lifted for ninety thousand dollars before they retire however another wave which is reputed that idea. when the change of mind opening let them find a house numbers you can buy a car to commute between the home in office another way but that doesn't agree quo. you want to live in a suburban area can imagine driving to or even thre

its epicenter south of los angeles in orange county, the oc near the city of la habra. the shaker wasn't strong enough to cause major structural damage or serious injuries, but it did trigger a small rock slide that overturned this car. the driver is okay. a few water main breaks were also blamed on the quake. the ground shook just after 9:00 friday night in the sixth inning of the dodgers game. >> we might be experimenting -- or experiment, i experience, i should say, an earthquake here. >> everyone just sat still. is it happening? is that an earthquake? >> reporter: this came comes less than two weeks after news anchors ducked for cover during the so-called st. patrick's day shaker. >> earthquake. we're having an earthquake. >> reporter: so no wonder southern californians are on edge. still, this is l.a. so plenty of people tweeted about their earthquake experience, and, yes, some even took some not-so-steady selfies as the ground was shaking. seismologists aren't quite sure yet but worry this is the real wakening of a fault line they haven't heard from in decades. th

fablg factory in beautiful downtown burbank -- >> while it was technically always los angeles county, burbank is a citywn. to us non-californians, they made fun of the name mercilessly. so did johnny carson. many tried to catch a glimpse of johnny's parking space. in this case, johnny himself encountered a young reporter named maria shriver. the list is extensive, from jack benny to jay leno to flip wilson, bob hope, the midnight special and hollywood squares. and if you want to know the real history of the place, just ask our friend, veteran video engineer chuck klein. >> if you dug up studio 4, you would find the swimming pool, where they did specials, water ballet. underneath studio 1, you find a bowling alley. danny kaye used to bowl there, that is why to this day it is referred to as "the bowling alley." >> as for us, when we're in l.a., this shot will look different. the newsroom will be gone this weekend as nbc news los angeles moves into new digs. >>> when we come back from new york tonight, something different about hollywood's newest action thriller, including the audience lining up to see it

the "los angeles times" reports this could help cities decide how to spend their transportation dollars. >>> coming up, the maker of a popular yogurt takes action to make it more healthy for ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ get your taste of the season, at raley's, bel air, and nob hill. >>> 4:50 and a look from our roof camera, not a star in the sky with low clouds over san francisco will make it cooler than yesterday, so hopefully you enjoyed the sun and get the vitamin d you need asked we are moving on with the forecast. >>> students at uc berkeley are aiming high in attracting a commencement speaker. students for change want to invite president obama to give the 2015 graduation speech. the idea has picked up the unanimous support of the student senate and uc president who was president obama's homeland security secretary. supporters believe the president would give a nonpartisan address calling for more support for public education. the college republicans are not opposed to him coming to berkeley. >> you may not realize it but there is a holiday: it is pi day, not the kind you can eat but celebrating the g

you're working with the mayor to prepare los angeles but one of the issues with los angeles, like many major citiesis you have a lot of older homes made of concrete, made of lumber, they haven't been brought up to codes. how are you going to tackle that? how is los angeles going to prepare? >> well, the big issue is, as you say, those older buildings, building codes are not retroactive so they just aren't as safe as the new ones. we need to find a way to incentivize making those changes, because you can retrofit your building and make it safer. whenever i've bought a home, i have done that a few times in the l.a. area, first thing we do is hire a foundation specialist to tell us what we can do to make it stronger. we have got to find a way to incentivize that. with this very low insurance coverage, people don't have that mechanism to get you to do the fire alarms and the other things that reduce your fire insurance. so i think it will require us coming together as a community because the benefit of retrofitting is not just on the owner. we are really concerned about the long-term economic viability

company that provides billing for san francisco general hospital and city clinics says several computers were stolen in los angeles county. they contain names and in some cases social security numbers and dates of birth for more than 55,000 patients. the step says many affected are homeless -- city says many affected are homeless and they're working hard to notify them. >>> a grassfire in pittsburg is described as unusually aggressive for this time of year and with the drought emergency firefighters say it may be a sign of things to come. the contra costa county fire protection district acknowledged today it was stretched thin when that fire started yesterday. fire station 87 in pittsburg has been shut down because of a lack of staff. if it wasn't for the help of a cal fire chop earn, the flames could have -- chopper, the flames could have continued to spread. the three alarm fire scorched 40 acres. they are trying to conserve water because a wasted gallon now is one they won't have this season. they are cutting back on watering lawns and washing fire engines and limiting water usage during training drills e when

followed by boston, seattle, san jose, bridgeport, connecticut, new york city, austin, san francisco, honolulu and -- number one, los angeleshere commuters spend a whopping 64 hours a week stuck in traffic. and that's longer than a lot of workweeks. with three california cities in the top ten, our sympathies on the west coast tonight. >>> and march madness is in high gear. but last night at the kentucky/alabama game, it was every man for himself in the stands. watch. a dance-off began. first, a kentucky fan otease ar. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easier. celebrex can be taken with or without food. and it's not a narcotic. you and your doctor should balance the benefits with the risks. all prescription nsaids, like celebrex, ibuprofen, naproxen and meloxicam have the same cardiovascular warning. they all ma

reporters he's growing tired of finding a new stadium deal and would enter taen moving to another city like los angelestay tuned. nfl banned players from dunking on goalposts after touchdowns. players will get a 15 yard penalty if they do. and we end on a sad note buffalo bills owner ralph wilson died at the age of 95. he was the founder and sole owner of the team. he was instrumental in helping bring about the merger. bills went to four super bowls but never won. this sports report brought to you by orchard supply, hardware he owned channel 36 in san jose back in the 80s. >> big loss for nfl. >> yes. >> join me tonight at 9:00, a terrifying moment on camera. a construction worker trapped in a fire. mazing rescue at 9:00 >> then at 11:00 a high school team with big league hearts the gift to a group of little leaguers. it's a touching very you don't want to miss >> march develops agents of shield airs at 8:00, and we'll be back with abc7 news at 11:00. >> go to watch abc.com or down load the app from your app store. >> that is this edition of abc7 news. our breaking news continues now on twitter. we app

reporters he's growing tired of finding a new stadium deal and would enter taen moving to another city like los angelest's ridiculous. stay tuned. nfl banned players from dunking on goalposts after touchdowns. players will get a 15 yard penalty if they do. and we end on a sad note buffalo bills owner ralph wilson died at the age of 95. he was the founder and sole owner of the team. he was instrumental in helping bring about the merger. bills went to four super bowls but never won. this sports report brought to you by orchard supply, hardware he owned channel 36 in san jose back in the 80s. >> big loss for nfl. >> yes. >> join me tonight at 9:00, a terrifying moment on camera. a construction worker trapped in a fire. mazing rescue at 9:00 >> then at 11:00 a high school team with big league hearts the gift to a group of little leaguers. it's a touching very you don't want to miss >> march develops agents of shield airs at 8:00, and we'll be back with abc7 news at 11:00. >> go to watch abc.com or down load the app from your app store. >> that is this edition of abc7 news. our breaking news continues now o