Yeah, that was a thousand dollar mistake! But lessons were learned and thus is life. The legality of drones is very grey area, technically speaking once you are above 100 feet only the FAA has jurisdiction on where you can and can not fly. The local laws can only apply to taking off and landing. Personally I don't worry about it, I stay away from the big FAA no fly zones like military bases, airports, and national parks. Other then that unless there is signage saying don't fly a drone I will fly it. I plan on flying all over the central coast and Big Sur pretty soon.