it happened at her home in montecito in santa barbara county. s spoke with the santa barbara county supervisor who said this could damage the area's aquifer. >> thousands of wells have been drilled without any monitoring provided to the county or local water agencies. we have thousands of straws into an aquifer that provides water to the public and we don't know how much water is being taken out. >> according to the hollywood reporter, several of winfrey's celebrity neighbors including jeff bridges are voicing concern she may be hogging ground water. santa barbara county still considered to be in a moderate drought. >> a classic coming back. nintendo be bringing link to your smartphone. the "wall street journal" reporting that the company is developing a mobile version of the legend of zelda. shares of nintendo jumped in japan on that news. the cost is unclear. but nintendo right now charges $10 to download its mario mobile game. zelda sold about 75 million copies since being released in 1986. >>> right now at 6:00, another shooting on a busy eas

this happened at her home in montecito in santa barbara county. c news spoke with the santa barbara county supervisor who says this could damage the area's aquifer if it's true. >> thousand of wells have been drilled without any monitoring that's provided to the county or to local water agencies. we have thousands of straws into an aquifer that provides water to the public and we don't know how much water is being taken out. >> according to the hollywood reporter, several of winfrey's celebrities neighbors including jeff bridges are voicing concern she may be hogging groundwater. santa barbara county is still considered to be in a moderate drought. >>> we have reported on many of them now. a new airline incident making headlines. >> a new jersey family says they were kicked off a jetblue flight to las vegas over a birthday cake they brought on to the plane, but as nbc's tom costello reports the airline says there's more to the story. >> reporter: this morning another day, another video of an angry flyer. >> my kids are upset, and now we've got to s

the fire in santa barbara county , a man was burning a log in the wind blew smoke out of the fireplacee. they said he carried the log outside and used water from the faucet to put out the fire. ambers from the log dropped on the ground and ignited grass. the choir spread and eventually it burned 11.5 square mac miles. -- 11.5 square miles. tonight, there is a round of proposals to split up a school district. >> the office that oversees school district organization heard from supporters and critics to separate five schools. they would lead -- leave the school direct and create a smaller school district. it would be made a worth gait high school and elementary schools that feed into the foothills and those are valley, bankrupt, and walnut acres. there was a comments section last night. they heard from teachers, parents and students. the arguments are divided over the issue. supporters say they are trying for 30 years to get more local control of the schools. the critics say the plan would remove the most affluent part of the district and create ethnic and economic segregation. >> my conc

the next day, castro was spotted and killed in a shootout in santa barbara county but pearl was no longer with him. >> every tip is not the one we want or need. >> reporter: rose lives on social media, response to every beat and holds monthly vigils for pearl at the overpass. she says she visits often to feel pearl's.. >> whatever closure i can get all my family can get, that's all we ask for. if she could be found alive, that's great. if we find her dead, at least we could put her to rest. >> reporter: it's been a year of dashed hopes. possible sightings that did not pan out. and rather than mark this date at the crime scene, friends and family gathered at the ball field because it's a place pearl was happy and loved to hang out. >> i remember it like it was yesterday. >> reporter: they shared funny stories about her and shared some group hugs. for a girl who was only shy at first. >> but then she got to know us and she opened up and had a good sense of humor. she cared about animals. i think she wanted to be a veterinarian. >> reporter: here to support pearl's siblings and parents, the

what we know about the cause of last year's damaging wildfire in santa barbara county. >>> good morningc moving along pretty well. if you are driving in san francisco, northbound 101 approaching the 80 split. >>> fog is trying to form but inland it won't matter. 80s and 90s. but there are signs of a major change starting tomorrow. we will take a look at the wednesday temps coming up. >> looking out across the bay. a beautiful wednesday morning. steve knows i know. >> this is bad company. >> bad company. >> see, we are all over it. we thank you for joining us. it's the middle of the week. wednesday, may 3rd. >> good morning. i'm pam cook. i remember that song but i don't think i listen to a lot of bad company. thank you for joining us. are they out of chicago? >> well, you want the history? >> well, sure. the van called free and all right now. >> classic. >> one of the most respected lead singers by other fans out there. >> paul rogers. >> the golden voice, as they say. >> he knows everything, and about weather as well. we do have clear skies. i'm trying to find some fog. if you are on t

. >> the test of a missile defense system a success, an interceptor rocket along the santa barbara county coast. that rocket shot a mock ballistic missile. the defense department could do the same if north korea aimed at the u.s. >> they are demonstrating capeability range, altitude and capacity. >> north korea conducted a test of its own landing in japanese waters. north korea is years aways from developing a missile reaching the main land. >>> a board approving lighting for the san marin football field. debra is standing by in novado. this is the third stadium to have lights on the athletic field. >> yes. only two have had lights until now. now san marin got the go ahead. it is a turning point in their history. >> thethe varsity football team. >> the player stepped forward. >> working on homework. it allowed me to have a better understanding to pass each of my tests. >> no two schools are alike. >> an issue dividing the community after two years of study. >> the stadium project is a feel good project not a needed one. >> the opponent lives near the field where 8 80-foot tall lights woul

the next day he was spotted and killed in santa barbara county but pearl wasn't with him. >> rose livescial media responds to every lead and holds vigils at the overpass. she goes to feel her spirit. >> anything we can get is all we ask for. if we find her dead at least we could put her to rest. >> so many leads that didn't pan out. >> i just remember like it was yesterday. >> they shared group hugs for a girl who was only shy at first. >> she got to know us and opened up and had a sense of humor. i think she wanted to be a vet. >> the mayor and the lead detective. >> why? why her? we don't know. >> they were strangers. castro's car was caught on camera the day he took her. it turned up nothing. pearl's blood was in the trunk but not enough to determine she was dead. >> i care about her too. i want to find her. >> her friends graduated without her. ♪. >> a 10,000 dollars reward is offered. ktvu, fox 2 news. >>> neighbors helping neighbors, making sure everyone has enough to eat by stocking pantries where the food is free. >>> a stabbing of a football player. >>> students assaulted and b

santa barbara airport friday afternoon. a short while later. . it started having engine trouble.dave zaniboni/ santa barbara county fire capt: "they were returningack to the airport. they began having mechanical problems. they were in contact with the airport tower and they were unable to make it, obviously, back to the airport and they rash landed here."the helicopter crashed onto a maintenance yard just feet from the golf course. . slamming into two vehicles. . and then bursting into flames. golf courseemployees rushed in to help."called 911, had the mechanic dial 911 and then we grabbed the fire extinguishers and suppressed the fire as the people were getting out of the helicopter. then after that, assisted them to get away from it cause afraid it was going to go up in flames, which it eventually did."all three were taken to the hospital but are expected to survive."that's the best you can hope for on something like this, i think." (justine) the f-d-a has just approved a new drug for a-l-s. its maker says the drug can slow down the patients' physical decline by 33-percent. it is the first drug approved specifically for the condition in more t

the big fire in santa barbara county was started by accident.in his fireplace when wind blew smoke out of the fireplace and into his home. he carried the burning log outside and used water from a faucet to put out the flames but embers from the burning log dropped on the ground and ignited the grasses. the fire quickly spread and eventually burned 11 and a half square miles. no homes were destroyed but it took four weeks to fully contain it. >>> rising temperatures after our wet winter have fire officials concerned about this year's fire season. >> some firefighters are getting a head start on the season. we saw sacramento firefighters training to battle the flames. >> reporter: it's that time of year. the time of year when sacramento firefighters find themselves working outside, working what they call wildland fires. >> yeah. we've had several in the city in the last few days. >> reporter: and as the number of field and forest fires tips up, every firefighter is coming down to practice their wildland skills. >> water. >> we basically get every

surveillance cameras traced his car to jenner, then to santa barbara county where the next day, he died in a shootout with police. detectives, never found more than traces of pearl's blood in the car. no sign of a body. >> don't know where he took her, what he did with her or why he took her. i mean, the question is sfwhie or where she is senate one year later this overpass of 780 remains a memorial. impossible to miss when walking through. hard to ignore, when driving beneath. for family members, let any just hope that the rest of us, never know such pain. if she is watching anything you want to say to her? >> pearl, i love you. please come home. >> we haven't stopped looking for you. >> the city of oakland will pay out $1 million to settle a claim involving several police officers caught in a sex scandal. the sclclaim was filed, by cele guap. the former sex worker says she was exploited by the officers four charged with having sex for the minor and giving confidential information. guap says she had sex with two dozen officers from various dem departments. >> homelessness in the east b

anything in the way of rain but in the southland they are getting some rain and some thunder from santa barbara county and south. futurecast shows mostly clear skies for us tomorrow. it looks like a nice monday. fair and chilly. it will be breezy tonight. the winds right now are gusting to 21 miles per hour . temperatures bounce back to the 80s inland and we will then get coastal clouds and temperatures back into the 70s by midweek. 80s from reading. yosemite, partly cloudy skies. the airport had heavy snow 24 hours ago in tahoe. it will be sunny at sfo tomorrow. back in the bay area, after overnight lows in the 50s tonight and sun up tomorrow morning, we will be looking for numbers to rebound to above average. san francisco at 67 tomorrow. oakland, 72. south bay, mid-70s. east bay, the same. 70s to low 80s as well in the north bay. the numbers will be confined to the 70s in the santa rosa. we will look at numbers mostly in the mid-80s for lake county. warm the next couple of days and then thursday, friday and saturday the numbers tumble. the temperatures come down but no rain comes down. >>> we have

(dave zaniboni/ santa barbara county fire capt): "they were returning back to the airport.y began having mechanical problems. they were in contact with the airport tower and they were unable to make it, obviously, back to the airport and they crash landed here."(justine) employees of the golf course rush over with fire extinguishers to supress the fire and pulled the occupants from the crash. all three passengers were transported to the hospital. they are all expected to survive. (jr stone) still ahead... why "liking" an instgram post got a middle school student suspended from school. the caption that concerned teachers...(justine) and looking for your 15-minutes of fame on social media? we talk to youtube stars about... how you can get lots of likes... and turns those likes into cash. that's tonight's kron4's in depth... (justine) everyday around the world millions of videos are being uploading into cyber space. some are serious, some are silly, and some have viewers scratching their heads... but only a few will be seen by millions of people. (jr stone) tonight we go in de

. >>> a pair of earthquakes hit last night in santa barbara county the first one at 9:42 was a 4.1. as centered eight miles west of, um, isla vista and the uc-santa barbara campus. the second 3.1 happened a minute later long the coast. there are no reports of damage or injuries. >>> now to a live look at "sierra at tahoe" where there's fresh powder again this morning after a year that provided a record snowpack. mother nature just won't quit. another dusting fell above 5,000 feet. look at that! >> yes! amazing. about 4 inches of snow did acame late. it's currently 33 degrees there currently a high of 51. we have a special weather statement in effect for the truckee river as it continues to rise and perhaps overflows. take a good look at our live weather camera in the direction of the east bay and mount diablo in the background there. and there's the scene looking out from our transamerica pyramid due south towards the peninsula. currently we have temperatures in the low 50s around the peninsula. san jose at 53. santa rosa still cool at 46. and when you factor in some of these winds,

then a fire that burned many miles in california scorched more than 11.5 miles of land in santa barbara countyd hundreds of evacuatio evacuations. a man was burning a log in his home when the wind picked up and filled the home with spoke and the man carried the log outside and dropped embers on the ground and that's what ignited the brush. >>> and then bracing for another round of rain in missouri. there were five deaths and damages the homes, and people doing whatever they can to protect their homes and businesses from swollen rivers. >>> and then kau seeny made similar pass last week and they were hoping to hear the sound of silence because that would mean no dust was hitting the aircraft putting its delicate parts don't know what that is either, and it sounds like white noise to me but it's the sound of thousands of ring particles but not a lot of dust. it will smash into saturn will not survive. >>> and berkeley's report says the police agencies the police agencies $400,000 in overtime pay. >>> three kittens are safe after being rescued from inside of a cherry-pick khur. animal rescue offi

an interceptor rocket was launched along the santa barbara county coast. military officials say the rocket shot a mock ballistic missile out of the sky over the pacific ocean. u.s. officials say north korea is still some years away from developing a missile that could reach the u.s. mainland. >>> coming up, we continue to monitor breaking news on the bay bridge. a massive traffic backup being caused by a man sitting on the middle anchorage of the western span. you can see him in the center of the screen here. traffic is backed up well into the east bay. more on this breaking news story in just a moment. >>> google's company nest labs is uncovering new technology for home security cameras. nest is using google's facial recognition technology in its cameras. they'll be able to identify people by using images in a photo app. the new camera will cost about $300. you'll have to pay $10 a month for the plan that includes facial recognition. >>> cisco systems got another 250 workers in san jose as a plan to cut a total of 1100 jobs worldwide. filed a notice with

surveillance cameras traced him to jenner, then to santa barbara county where the next day he died in the shootout with police. detectives never found more than traces of pearl's blood in the car. no body. >> they took his life. >> reporter: one year later this overpass above highway 780 remains a memorial. it is impossible to miss when passing through. hard to forget when driving beneath. and for family members, let's just hope that the rest of us never have to know. >> if she's watching this, anything you want to say to her? >> pearl, i love you. please come home. >> we haven't stopped looking for you. >> reporter: in vallejo, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> san francisco police have launched a homicide investigation after a discovery in bernl heights. a jogger found the body of a stabbing victim around 5:30 in bernl heights park. the portion of the park where the body was found is closed as officers look for evidence. the entire park reopened just before 11:00. no arrests have been made. >>> sky 7 was over the may fair bart station at san leandro. police investigated the discovery of

firefighters say a massive wildfire in santa barbara county last year was started by a man trying toing log. the sherpa fire burned nearly 10- thousand acres in the los padres national forrest. investigators say a man was burning a log in his fire place when the wind picked up and filled his house with smoke. that's when he took the burning log outside to put it under a faucet and dropped burning embers on the ground. more than 400 people had to be evacuated during that fire. ( mark ) former presidential candidate hillary clinton is reflecting on her election loss. she says she's taking responsibility for losing but she is not letting anybody forget that she won the popular vote. <"hillary clinton/former presidential candidate: i did win more than 3 million votes than my opponent, so it's like, really. > clinton was speaking at a 'women for women' conference in new york. she reflected on what she called russian interference in the election and questionable decisions by the fbi in the closing days of her campaign. .< hillary clinton/former presidential candidate: it wasn't a perfect c

it has been raining all weekend long around san luis ibispo and the mountains above santa barbara and los angeles countyadvisory with 3 to 6 inches of snow at 5,000 feet. they got the brunt of the low that brought the wind and cloud cover yesterday. mt. tam looks hazy. a lot of sun out there today. 51 in the city. san jose same deal. 575 in oakland with upper 40s from gilroy to half moon bay. another perspective from sfo where the winds have settled do you here, as well. temperatures climb through the upper 60s today for your afternoon high. average in san francisco is about 64. actually about 67. 71 on the peninsula. and we're looking at low to mid 50s right now from fairfield to novato. 52 in concord with 50 in santa rosa. emeryville more 70s today with the sunny and warmer day today. temperatures warm not only today but tomorrow into tuesday. and looking at the cooler days on wednesday, that's going to set the stage for not only the cooler second half of the workweek but into next weekend. if you have mother's day plans, a little breezy and on the cool side. high surf advisory till 2:00. current wave

santa barbara. i did see 52 degrees. and that is really cold. and 50s and 60s for some and it will not take long to get warm here. and we had 30s up in lake county today. but that is not the case today. but some locations already upper 50s to near 60. so 30 newspaper truckee. and -- up in truckee. this system may come up from the south and give us a little push on the fog. today and tomorrow it is all about the warmer temperatureses. mid-70 -- temperatures. and mid-70s by the water's edge and inland near 90 degrees. and i think we'll see a little warmer temperatures tomorrow. and we started the week temperature well below average. it did not take long this time of year. so sunny and warm and cooler next week. >> i have to say something real quick. i met a wonderful family in the wonderful country. the dad is a police officer and the mom is a police officer. they watch us every morning. >> i was actually and honoree. i think sally and i were inducted into the daily city police. >> they were just wonderful. i just had to say hi to them. >> so much service from one family. >>> with the weather heating up as steve just reported, san francisco big pa