the men's central gaol in downtown los angeles. in july, 2010, figura had a phone call from his younger brother juan. juan, a veteran of desert storm had trouble adjusting to civilian life since leaving the army. over the years he had a few minor scrapes with the war. it never amounted to much. what he heard left him stunned. your brother calls you from gaol and tells you that his teeth are busted. >> yes, sir. >> and what else. >> his ribs are broken. >> did he give you any information as to whether he sustained the injuries. >> that the los angeles sheriffs hurt him. >> yes. >> did you believe that. >> yes. >> reporter: figerrela went to the gaol hoping to see his brother. he approached a deputy in the visiting area, and so began his own ordeal at the hands of the los angeles sheriff's department. stop resisting. i yelled out. i'm in handcuffs. this is an x-ray taken shortly after the incident. how is your arm now. >> i want to lift my arm. >> is there pain? >> yes. >> reporter: the gaol system ran by the los angeles sheriff's dep

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but police say they really don't know. >> today the los angeles police say they have a suspect. n in jail in another state. >> los angeles police say they have enough evidence to charge 27-year-old kenneth bianchi with ten of the hillside stranglings. police focused on bianchi only after he was arrested last january for the murder of two college students in washington state. >> what the police did not know is there is not one strangler but two. today in a bellingham, washington, courtroom, kenneth bianchi, in the hope of avoiding a death sentence, confessed to participation in the los angeles hillside stranglings and accused his cousin angelo buono of being his accomplice. >> kenneth bianchi, he was motivated because he was trying to show his older cousin, who he revered, that he was tough. for angelo buono, he enjoyed the fact that he had his younger cousin listening to him. we see this time and time again. pairs of killers who urge each other on, and together they are extremely vicious and violent. >> is there any doubt this is a body? >> no doubt. there's a skull and jaw bone

so the great central valley of california, the coastal range down into los angeles and even over the east side of the sierras, an exceptional drought. and so the green california is really not so green. today we are about halfway through the rainy season in california and the current rain for the entire state is about 75% of normal. and that's why you see this extreme drought occurring, even as of february 18, 2016. the sierra snowpack is less than normal, but still a whole lot better than the last year. when it was zero. as in no snow. so what are we going to do? need to do something, otherwise we're going to have a whole lot more pain in california. so what senator feinstein and i have been doing over the last several months is trying to develop a solution for the immediate drought, to make the most of the water that is available, while still protecting the endangered species, the great salmon runs of the central valley of california, and the coastal rivers, as well as the species of live in the delta california. so we've been working, trying to put together a piece of legislation

by branding them liars after revealing accusations of decades old alleged sexual assault. >>> the "los angeles times" reports a natural gas leak that homes is now plugged. the gas began billowing from a well in porter ranch near los angeles nearly four months ago, sickening people living nearby. >> for the first time in many, many months, the community is able to breathe clean air. >> the current fix is just temporary. before residents can return home, the well must be sealed with concrete and that process could begin today. >>> still ahead, uber riders may soon get some money back. the ride hailing company agrees to settle class action lawsuits over safety claims. uit to be settled over safety claims. th fever, aches, and chills, mom knows it needs a big solution: an antiviral. don't kid around with the flu, call your doctor within the first 48 hours of symptoms and ask about prescription tamiflu. attack the flu virus at its source with tamiflu, an antiviral that helps stop r it from spreading in the body. r p to treat the flu in people two weeks of age and older whose flu symptoms started wi

the passenger cabin. american flight 564 landed safely in los angeles yesterday morning. a hydraulically caused the cabin smoke. the american jet was en route from san jose to phoenix when the crew declared an emergency. >> eight passengers and crew were checked by paramedics, but no one was hospitalized. >>> overseas now. the united states, russia, and more than a dozen other nations agreed this morning to a cessation of hostilities in syria. in munich, secretary of state john kerry says they hope to work out details within the week. before that, the group agreed to this would be a pause in the civil war, not a cease-fire. >>> a new york city police prison after a manslaughter conviction in the deadly shooting of an unarmed man in a stairwell. officer peter liang cried on thursday as the guilty verdict was read. prosecutors argue he handled his weapon recklessly and failed to administrator aid. liang said the shooting was an accident. >>> coming up on the morning news. a university of missouri speaks out for the first time about her actions during a campus protest. >>> la

vital we have safe and reliable gas storage to support not just gas demand but especially in the los angeles basin, electrical liability as well. >> reporter: now the county launched a criminal investigation of the utility and it's also being sued by local air quality regulators. still, socal gas saw earnings skyrocket last quarter and while future fines might be covered by insurance, one might expect that simper's insurance premiums will rise. for "nightly business report," jane wells, los angeles. >>> a blowout quarter for jcpenney. "market focus." the retailer posted better than expected earnings and so its market share grows helped in part by strong holiday sales in the flora and footwear segments. the department store chair expects to post its first annual profit in five years. shares up more than 14% on the day to $9.59. >>> foot locker's fourth quarter sales and profits topped street expectations but the shares tripped after the company said february comparable store says could fall year over year. the stock down more than 4% to 64.14. >>> macy's said it would raise its quarterly divi

. >> not far from jpl, is the morris dam an important part of the los angeles county water system. there, engineers are hoping el nino brings heavy rains they can capture. techknow's crystal dilworth picks up our story from there. >> scientists have been researching the impact of el nino from space to the sea but we have an inside look at how infrastructure is being prepared for the storms. >> we have invested a lot of time and money in doing projects over the last 10 years to make sure that these dams and infrastructure that was built in the 20's and 30's really are employing now the latest and greatest technologies. >> sterling klippel is a civil engineer with the los angeles department of public works. >> when you look out here you see this kind of ring that goes around the reservoir, i'm expecting we'll see reservoir levels all the way to the top of that ring. >> tell me a little bit about capturing the storm water. how do you do that? >> we do release downstream, into our spreading basins and spreading basins are areas that are kind of gravelly, sandy, has good geology for the

the nba. magic goes to los angeles. larry bird goes to boston. opposite coasts. this also helps ensure national interest. larry bird was ashley drafted in 1979. he made it very clear that he would not go into the nba. the celtics wanted larry bird so badly that they drafted him in 1979. they said that is fine, you consider set up the whole year. you can't do that anymore. you can't draft someone and claim their rights later. it is actually known as the larry bird rule. the boston celtics badly wanted larry bird. a lot of people thought it was no coincidence that boston would use a draft pick for great white player and wait a whole year. it just seemed to fit with the racial outlook of the city in the 1970's. now we need to talk about boston. the red sox were the last baseball team to sign a black player. a lot of people thought this was indicative of the racial climate in the city. they were not surprised that boston was last. in the 1970's boston was the center of the anti-busing movement. busing was the single most disruptive social policy of the 1970's. affirma

they have three full-time court reporters at the los angeles courthouse. the los angeles times has one. their reporters work very, very hard. the difference, is there is not a lot of enterprise reporting going on. they're not identifying what they're going after and pursuing it. most of what they're doing comes in from tips. there is a tip line, an email to get stories in. >> brown: hundreds come in any given day. >> exactly. >> brown: they pay sometimes large amounts, sometimes smaller amounts, but that's always a possibility for their stories. >> absolutely. there is a lot of money changing hands. $40, $50 over the course of the day as photographers are paying sources in airports, hotels, rest riewnts, and then bigger payments for the more -- for the more desired videos. >> brown: harvey leven the founder of t.m.z. didn't talk to you, right? >> right. >> brown: but when he has talked about this, he sounds unapologetic. >> he says the video is the video is what he says. if we paid for the video, so be it. paying for information is a condemned practice in j

the early 60's, is it that long ago? >> easy. >> yeah. they are closing clubs in los angeles, chicago, and new york, that means that over 100 bunnies are soon to be out of work. >> oh! >> the tonight show in its continuing concern -- [ laughter ] >> for the plight of unemployed americans thought it only fitting to help solve this problem and relocate some of these bunnies in new jobs, so we called the playboy club and asked them to send us a representative of their club and we invited them to be here tonight. bunny suzanne, bunny jackie, laora, and bunny constance. [ cheers and applause ] [ music ] >> how are you ladies? >> very well. >> it's nice to see you all. maybe we should get the names straight here first. you are? >> constance. >> i'm jacqueline. >> suzanne. >> laora. >> it's nice to have you here. now, they gave you the night off to come over? [ laughter ] >> do any of you have to go back to work tonight? >> no. >> okay. what's your job officially? >> what do you do at the playboy club? do you have different jobs? >> uh-huh. it mainly entails like customer service --

he says half of reported crimes involve sleeping passengers. >>> the "los angeles times" says a man is claiming a 63 million dollar california lottery prize. the winning ticket was sold at this store. the man is suing, saying he turned it in. lottery officials say the ticket was damaged. the jackpot must be claimed by this evening. >>> "the washington post" joins the backlash over the cdc telling young women to avoid alcohol unless they are on birth control. the warning is intended to reduce the number of babies born with fetal alcoholic syndrome. but critics say the one-sided approach is condescending toward women. >>> up next, rooftop parking. an out of control car in california ends up on top of someone's house. we will tell you how it got there. keep it supple and hydrated day after day. formulated with hydrating hyaluronic acid which times its weight in water this refreshing water gel plumps skin cells with intense hydration and locks it in. for supple, hydrated skin that bounces back. hydro boost. from neutrogena hello my love! the flame is out... ugh...today the flame is out, to

. >> so when we visited the los angeles county jail, it was no surprise that our cameras captured one of the many drills that test the readiness of those charged with maintaining order. >> okay, good job, guys. excellent. had a lockdown in a minute 30 seconds. that's a record. >> the state of readiness when doing that drill was intense. there was tension in the air. a couple of weeks prior, there was a riot where no one was killed, but somebody was put in a coma from a pretty bad beating. >> jail is completely different than what it was 30 years ago. for one thing, we have much more violence-prone inmates in our system. in the past, that was never a problem. we did not have major riots, disturbances. we did not have the races fighting against one another in the jail system. >> l.a. county jail officials told us most of that violence stems from one source. ♪ >> almost half of our jail population is street gang members and they are probably responsible for 70% to 80% of the crime that occurs in our jail. and nearly all of our murders have been gang related in one way or another. >> the

after working with this for more than a year, with the los angeles p.d.. the festival community, we have legislation that we believe have struck the right balance between fairness and being measured. festivals are huge economic events for san francisco. in 2014 t economist for the city estimate that the total direct and indirect economic impact of spending just lgbt festivals is about $495 million. it is also estimated that 4270 san francisco jobs were created by these events in 2014. if we actually look at large outdoor festivals, these festivals had more than direct and indirect impact to the city's economy. not only that, but those festivals supported more than 9300 private sector jobs and that did not take into consideration the smaller festivals we take place in the city that impact more than 5,000 people. this legislation is made up of three components. a clear timeline when organizers must apply for an application with the police and the amount of time that will be required. the second thing this legislation does is it creates an appeal process to th

four people are dead and several more injured in a crash on the freeway in los angeles.... the california highway patrol says the accident happened just after 12 midnight on the northbound 5 freeway. a big rig struck several vehicles and then burst into flames. four people were pronounced dead at the scene and at least three others were critically injured. the los angeles county fire department says two more were treated for minor injuries. this year's oscars is shaping up to be a race between hollywood veterans and newcomers... mike wilber takes a look at this year's top predictions. it isn't easy being the academy.... because this year the oscar showdowns are fierce! "you're going to fix it now!"kate winslet already has an oscar on the shelf, but we predict alicia vikander will beat her out for best "the academy loves a newcomer everyone is loving her in the danish girl, she's going to win that oscar. however kate winslet may slip in there and take it from her because they love kate" the hollywood hunks up for best supporting actor aren't going down with out a fight. we're

the kansas city chiefs against the green bay packers inside the los angeles memorial coliseum. e game itself is pretty much the same. what's changed? first of all the game was not originally called the super bowl. it was called the afl-nfl world championship game. the super bowl officially got its name two years later. look how well dressed the fans are. men wore neck ties and the women dressed more elegantly. looks like "breakfast at tiffanies." they paid $10 for the ticket and compare that super bowl 50 where the cheapest tickets in the nose bleed section went for $3,000. speaking of money the cost of ads during the game. in 19607 a -- in 1967 an ad cost $42,000. 2342016, five million. in -- finally the much anticipated half time shows. back then marching bands entertained the crowd. now we have a-list stars like katy perry bruno mars and of course beyonce returns with coldplay this year. the one thing that has stayed the same -- >> wide to the left and touchdown. >> their love of football. this year they are bringing all of that love to the bay area. abc7 fuse. -- abc7 news.

for example, one hospital in the los angeles area charged $400 for the knee mri. but a hospital in smaller des moines, iowa quoted $3,500. that's eight and a half times as much for the exact same procedure. similar dramatic ranges are found within the same region. in orlando, one hospital charged as little as $8787total. another charged close to $2,000 and didn't even include the fee to read the mri. hospitals in los angeles charged from $400 to $2800. raleigh-durham, about $1000 to $2700. des moines, also from about $1,000 to $3500. dallas-ft. worth, $500 to $4200. and the biggest disparity was in the new york city area. the cheapest knee mri was about $440. another hospital in the area -- the most expensive in the survey barbara: i think we called something like 11 hospitals in the new york city region. there was a difference in price of 1,000%, from the lowest price in new york to the highest price in new york. the point is, there are differences and they are huge. and from the research we did, we couldn't figure out what would account for these huge difference

the mri. hospitals in los angeles charged from $400 to $2800. $2700. des moines, also from about $1,000 to $3500. dallas-ft. worth, $500 to $4200. and the biggest disparity was in the new york city area. the cheapest knee mri was about $440. another hospital in the area -- the most expensive in the survey -- charged $4,500. barbara: i think we called something lili 11 hospitals in the new york city region. there was a difference in price of 1,000%, f2om the lowest price in new y yk to the highest price in new york. the point is, there are differences and they are huge. and from the research we did, we couldn't figure out what would account for these huge differences in price. sharyl: in a similar study confined to massachusetts last year, the pioneer institute also found "pricecenformation difficult to obtain" -- even though massachusetts requires hospitals to give it under the strictest transparency law in and the ranges were equally baffling. a dermatologist removing a wart cost anywhere from $85 to $400. a routine eye exam at an ophthalmologist went

the services for miss tate, a remarkably pretty actress who was about to become a mother, was held in los angelesple were dropped from guest lists. parties were canceled. because no one knew if the killers were among them. >> as investigators search for the tate and labianca killers, los angeles police raid spahn ranch. manson and the family are arrested, but not for the slayings. they are wanted for a lesser charge, grand theft auto. >> so they raided the ranch, seized a lot of vehicles that were stolen. a lot of ammunition and weapons. but the search warrant was apparently misdated. so even though they were taken into custody, they were released. at that point they didn't know that they had the killers of the seven tate/labianca victims. >> as police continue their hunt for the killers, manson uses the murders to tighten his grip on the group. he tells them the killings are proof that the apocalyptic race war has begun. >> he held up newspapers and said it's started. nobody go to town. it's very dangerous. we've got to get out of here. so we all ran for our lives, basically. >> manson and his f

. >> kloe car dash kardashian was by his said as he arrived at the los angeles medical center. >> she's the strongest girl in the world. i i said to her, i'm now changing my medical directive because of y and the way that you were with lamar. if anything ever happens to me, i want kloe there. >> okay, kourtney, you're out. kloe is that they can rekindle something between them? >> i think probably right out there, written across my forehead. i consider lamar, he's one of my kids, so i always there to be a happy ending. >> reporter: there was nothing off-limits and tomorrow we talk about her son rob, the people versus oj where she says they got it wrong. >> this was completely fabricated. >> reporter: and chris shares memories of her last vacation of oj and nicole. >>> meanwhile there's fashion events going on coast to coast. swrus tin bieber was in l.a. are they just friend benefits or is it love? or carly steele got the scoop straight from haley. >> he was on the cover of "gq" saying you're someone he really loves. what do you love about justin? >> he's just really sweet, he's a good ki

the entrance to the los angeles harbor has been closed while the search is under way. new on 11 at 11... charges have now been filed in the case of leroy.. a dog found near death in middletown. his owner is accused of starving old boxer puppy was sick.. dehydrated and practically skin and bones when a good samaritan discovered him in an alley. he was taken to a vet... given food and water.. and treated for the parvo virus. he's now doing much better. new at 11.. why was the woman accused of hitting an 11 year old girl .. and then leaving the scene... not held at the hamilton county jail. tonight.. officers are trying to find ruby estepp after she failed to appear in court, nine on your side was first to tell you about this last night.. and we've been working to answer that question for you. - with evan millward live downtown - with what we've found out. in just the last hour - a sheriffs spokesman tells me jail staffers didn't know *what police say ruby estepp had hit.since then we reached out to police as well - but haven't heard back.estepp came in with a citation -

a small plane crashes in the middle of a busy los angeles area street. the plane hit several parked cars and broke into pieces before finally coming to a stop. the pilot survived. he was the only person on board. he was trying to get back to the airport shortly after take-off when the plane went down. the f-a-a is investigating. tax time is also scam time. con artists have a host of ways to get your personal information and money. john matarese shows you the worst of them... so you don't waste your money. it's not just the irs that wants your money at tax times. thieves, scammers, and corrupt tax preparers want it too! which is why the irs is warning about the dirty dozen tax scams for 2016. ------------------many of us have now received what appears the irs.fake irs calls are once again one of the top two tax scams this year.the other big one this year: identity theft, where someone files for your refund. refund.others on the dirty dozen list include:-phishing scams....emails that appear to come from the irs.-preparer fraud, from someone who says they ca

it happened early monday morning in the los angeles area. police say the man hit a woman who was jogging on a bike lane. the woman was actually carried several yards on the hood of the car, before the car smashed into a brick wall. police say the two didn't know each other, and they don't know why the man did it. he's in jail on suspicion of murder. 3 your bedroom window? it happened to a woman in stockton, california. but police say they can't do anything about it. the woman says *two drones were flying around her house. and this is the second time this has happened in the past couple months. the first time... a drone hovered right at her children's bedroom window. the woman filed a police report... but officers say the rules are too vague. the f-a-a regulates drones but specificially leaves "spying and privacy" for states. and california had a bill last year that would have banned drones from flying lower than 350 feet over private property. but the governor vetoed it. 3 and... a girl's swim team in indiana .. is making quite a splash! thei

. >>> the "los angeles times" reports on new details in the orange county yale barack. investigators say the three inmates got help from an accomplice on the outside who gave them tools and a ride to freedom. they also allegedly kidnapped a taxi driver and later got into a fight about what to do with him. duong have a fight. the information we have is the fight was about whether or not to kill the taxi cab driver and bury the bun. >> one of the escapees turned himself in, the other was taken into custody after being spotted outside a whole foods. >>> the comedian's lawyers are expected to ask the judge to throw out the criminal case. they argue cosby had a deal with the d.a. in 2005 that he wouldn't be prosecuted. at the time cosby admitted giving his accuser pills before an encounter in his home. >>> and "the wall street journal" says the cdc considers the e. coli outbreak at chipotle to be over. it drove the stock down over the past three months. singing to himself this morning "we could have had it all." in the run-up to the iowa caucuses, trump has used adele's "rol