because the suspect's car was captured on a license plate reader here near the bridge near the sir francis drake on-ramp. this is something that's expanded the search area which was already huge. the focus at this point on the search for pearl pinson. the 15-year-old girl was seen screaming for help yesterday morning on a pedestrian bridge in vallejo. officers say she was being kidnapped by an acquaintance fernando castro 19 years old. this car seen on surveillance video near the richmond/san rafael bridge yesterday. >> new information that the car was seen in marin county, we have sent additional resources to that area to start searching the area. and again, now with the suspect being in southern california, we have a significant amount of areas to cover. >> reporter: this is the rest of that search area from where things started. last seen 300 miles south in solvang in santa barbara county where officers shot and killed the suspect respect last night. castro is in the gold car in this picture leading officers on chase. they tracked him from san luis obispo. his vehicle was spotted because of a

so this is now part of a very wide search area near the richmond/san rafael bridge near the sir francis drake area of marin county. here is a look at the rest of the search area on this map. it's from vallejo 300 miles south to solvang in santa barbara county where officers say the suspect ended up stealing a truck, and he was shot and killed by police. these pictures show moments before fernando castro died in the shootout with police. he is in a gold car leading officers on a chase in solvang. others scrambling to get out of the way before bullets flew. he shot first, they shot back and killed him. he was wanted for the kidnapping of 15-year-old pearl pinson back in vallejo. she was screaming as he yanked her. . >> she had blood on her face and found some at the scene. >> reporter: the two knew each other but they don't believe she went with him willingly. they also found disturbing notes at castro's home that indicated both he and this girl could be in danger. of course, this investigation made more difficult since the suspect is dead. live in marin county, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> new th

. >> search teams will look at sir francis drake boulevard in addition to vallejo and a large swath ofand and waterway south of the bay area. the chp spotted fernando castro in san san luis abyss stow con. a pursuit into santa barbara county where he was killed in a shootout. >> a phone call from my aunt. when we got here 20 shots were fired. >> back in vallejo family and friends gathered to pray at the apparent site of pearl's a abduction. the foot brej over 780 not far from the family's home. it was 7:00 a.m. wednesday when people heard screaming. >> it was like when you are getting chased and screaming for help, like that. like in horror movies. >> she would have been walking to the school bus stop. they are not giving up hope she will be found alive. despite this, a pool of blood, her cell phone was found here. >> we want to know where she is at and where he left her. >> they believe pearl was possibly shot on the bridge. they have not pros -- processed the suspect's car. >>> and developing news in the north bay. abc7 news captured the tense situation as s.w.a.t teams moved into a

. >> search teams will look at sir francis drake boulevard in addition to vallejo and a large swath of land and waterway south of the bay area. the chp spotted fernando castro in san san luis abyss stow con. a pursuit into santa barbara county where he was killed in a shootout. >> a phone call from my aunt. when we got here 20 shots were fired. >> back in vallejo family and friends gathered to pray at the apparent site of pearl's a abduction. the foot brej over 780 not far from the family's home. it was 7:00 a.m. wednesday when people heard screaming. >> it was like when you are getting chased and screaming for help, like that. like in horror movies. >> she would have been walking to the school bus stop. they are not giving up hope she will be found alive. despite this, a pool of blood, her cell phone was found here. >> we want to know where she is at and where he left her. >> they believe pearl was possibly shot on the bridge. they have not pros -- processed the suspect's car. >>> and developing news in the north bay. abc7 news captured the tense situation as s.w.a.t teams moved into

that gold saturn was seen in marin county 9:30 am near the san rafael bridge in the area of sir francis drake boulevard. they are hoping somebody might have seen the car, maybe they stopped somewhere on their way between marin county and where the suspect was found in santa barbara county. so a lot of work going on through the night. they expect to reconvene tomorrow and try and have more information then. >> at this point we know that the two were acquaintances but we don't know the exact nature of the relationship, if they were dating or just how they knew each other, right? >> reporter: julie, the sheriff did say that they were acquaintances. he said that it wasn't clear they knew each other very well. but again she didn't show up at school on wednesday and now the suspect castro is dead in southern california. and the search for pearl is still going on. they say they hope anyone who thinks they might have a good slightest clue, call them or the local authorities so they can get as many chips as possible and continue this search until she's found. >> we hope they find her soon. jana, thank

tom sweeney has been on the job it feels like forever at this -- francis drake hotel, over 40 years.ey. tara moriarty shows us how mayor ed lee today proclaimed tom sweeney day in his honor. >> taxi. taxi. >> reporter: for 40 years, tom sweeney has been a fixture on powell street in san francisco. the famed and friendly doorman in the beefeater suit at the francis drake hotel. >> between 500 and 700 suitcases a day. you could about 200 tabs a day. standby if you want. it would be a lot of people -- a lot of lost people without it doorman here. >> reporter: it started as a summer job. >> i got accepted to the police and fire department but i was too young to go in. so i held onto this job until i got the call. but i wouldn't trade this for anything. my most asked question is where does the cable car stopped, at least $25,000 -- 25,000 times a year. >> reporter: he has got a hollywood star on the sidewalk, a doll in his likeness, his own signature cocktails, and even his own signature saying. >> oh yeah. oh yeah. oh, yeah. oh yeah. >> to be able to share him with san francisco, he is a

minute drive from novato and other road work there, northbound 101 the reverse commute at sir francis drake off ramp they are doing expansion work so heads up. we will look at the southbound commute in a few minutes. >> an official shock playoff in downtown san jose treated to a scaled down version of a home game with sharks mass account sharky and the tank patrol and the p.a. announcer there. they are in st. louis for game two of the western convince finals trailing the blues in the series. the puck drops at 5:00 p.m. >> if you go to oak today, police will want you closely part of the operation to look for motorcycle safety. oakland has had 230 motorcycle crashes in three years. officials hockey they will bring that number today. >> today, the transportation authority of santa clara is offering discount pass for teens and kids for the summer that is $75. it can be used for unlimited rides between june 1 and august 31. the pass is send on light rail trains and buses for anyone 18 and under $630 less than regular monthly passes for kids and are sold until july 15. >> planned new apple store

the necessity focus is on surveillance cameras in the area long sir francis drake boulevard and along green bay. they got a hit a car, a picture of a car in marin county taken on surveillance cameras of the car it was believed she was taken, and we will check all cameras in the area. they believe 19-year-old fernando castro took pearl. he was shot and killed in a shoot out with police yesterday. now her family in vallejo wants to know where she is. >> we want to know where she is, he left her. show was abducted and possibly shot on the bridge, the overpass over 780 on wednesday morning. people say they heard her screaming. this image of her, the image of the car near the san rafael bridge. mess did not see her in the car. they would like to see more pictures or hear from anyone else with information to help them find her. >> thank you. this morning, the search is on in marin county for suspect flee. police arrested two 17-year-olds after a shooting left one novato high school dead and another hurt. sky 7 was over this home yesterday at 2:00 when marin s.w.a.t. team made the first arre

are all at the him as you could expect coming up on 4:40 with road work, northbound 101 at sir francis drake the bright, bright, road work lights coming 59 you southbound direction. caution here. that should be picked up by action this morning. that is a look a not bay road work. we will have a fail accident in remote area of skyline boulevard and we will tell you about that in a few minutes. >> new stress over california's high-speed rail plan, the move in washington that could push the system's time tailback several years. >> trouble for people who rely on wal-mart prepaid debit cars and they may not be wannwith sodastreamter? you turn plain water into sparkling water in seconds. and because it's so delicious, you'll drink 43% more water every day. sodastream. love your water. (boy) grandpa, look what i got! (woman) oh dad, wait 'till you see the bike we got for jake. (narrator) hearing loss happens gradually with age... making it easy to ignore. yet most older americans aren't getting their hearing tested. untreated hearing loss can keep your loved ones from enjoying what they cherish mos

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the necessity focus is on surveillance cameras in the area long sir francis drake boulevard and alonghey got a hit a car, a picture of a car in marin county taken on surveillance cameras of the car it was believed she was taken, and we will check all cameras in the area. they believe 19-year-old fernando castro took pearl. he was shot and killed in a shoot out with police yesterday. now her family in

a traffic camera recorded castro's car, a gold saturn, in the area of sir francis drake boulevard at 9:30 yesterday morning. >> we currently have deputies in that area searching, looking for other clues, anything that would give us information as to where pearl is at this point. >> no whitney amber alert went out. a license plate reader triggered the traffic camera but the surface images did not show pearl sitting up in the car. investigators don't know if she may have been lying down or in the trunk of the car. castro was killed in a gun battle with authorities. after a chp officer spotted his car in santa barbara county, they chased that car into a mobile home park. witnesses report hearing at least 20 gunshots. pearl's family and friends are comforting each other hoping she will soon be found safe. >> she will be home. she will be home. >> relatives and friends gathered yesterday in vallejo at a pedestrian overpass along interstate 780 at taylor avenue where pearl was last seen. witnesses say they saw a man dragging her away and that she was bleeding and screaming for help. >> i a

. >> that man, we all see at the sir fran francis drake hotel. his name is sweeney.as a star of sorts on the walk. and there is the sweeney teeny. he says it all started with a summer job. >> i got accepted into the san francisco police department. i was too young so i couldn't go. i traded for this job. >> he says he get his picture taken 500 times a day and the question he hears the most is, where does the cable car stop. >> mike knows it now that sunday is a mother's day. 90% of moms are hoping to receive something special. >> let's go to mike for the special woman. >> she is so happy. >> she loves that i'm over here. >> i'm joined by fashion blogger sadie murray. good for having you back. i was telling them that i just realized yesterday that sunday was mother's day when shy son was getting some balloons for his teacher. >> for the mom, entertainer, make her life easier with this keurig. this is the craft that has the four cups and the green mountain top. >> this is huge. this is a beast. cocktails for dinner and after dinner. >> start her morning with a nice cup

.>> you've probably seen tom sweeney, a well-known fixture at the sir francis drake hotel and he is sot it has a hollywood star of sorts, a doll in his likeness and a signature cocktail, the "sweeney teeny." he says he started it as a summer job. >> i was too young to go into the police department of fire department, so i did this job until i could get the call, and i would not trade this job for anything. >> sweeney says he gets his picture taken about 500 times a day. and the question it has asked the most, "where does the cable car stop?" and he has a great personality. >>> the time is 6:27 am. >>> three men under arrest after being accused of robbing 23 bay area restaurants and bars, and how they call them, and the video that we have of trained exclusively -- video that we have obtained exclusively. >>> good morning, the highway 24 commute okay, and slow traffic on other in-state freeways.>>> a lot of high clouds continuing to roll in, low clouds as well. waiting on the system that will get here in a few days. hey i think the internet just went down. huh, why don't you give it a se

suspects car was seen in marin county at 930 this morning going over the san rafael bridge and on sir francis drake all right. the girl was not seen. deputies want any homeowners or businesses in the area who may have video of the car or the suspect, they want to talk to you and see the video. it's very important for their investigation. what we don't know tonight is the relationship between the victim and the suspect. that is still a major unknown. the 50-year-old was last seen with the suspect yesterday morning. she was bleeding and screening according to witnesses. the suspect had a gun. now, maybe the only person who knows where she is is dead. >> it can propagate things because we can't ask him. we can't interview him. we have a team of dedicated investigators working diligently around the clock to bring her home safely. it makes the community involvement and information that much more crucial to the case. >> they say they've been making phone calls. if she is out of state or city, they need to call right away. all the things, we pray that she is found and brought home safely. >> reporter: tha

it shows that gold saturn sedan driving along sir francis drake boulevard yesterday at about 9:30 in the morning. in this image you can see the suspected kidnapper in this case fernando castro behind the wheel of that car. now shall the image does not show -- now, the image does not show the victim, pearl pinson, in the car. she could have been lying down or in the trunk. now, this morning the 15-year- old girl remains missing while the man accused of abducting her is dead. that was the violent scene in santa barbara county after chp officers spotted the car at the center of this amber alert. officers wound up getting into a shoot-out with the suspected kidnapper in a mobile home park there. when it was all said and done that 19-year-old had been shot and killed. now, investigators believe castro kidnapped pearl at gunpoint early wednesday morning from a freeway overpass in vallejo. last night her family held a vigil. they are holding out hope she will be found safe. >> i am overwhelmed. i am worried sick about her. so much is running through my mind. i don't know what to believe rig

the man was last spotted here in morin county along sir francis drake boulevard. his car was picked up on a traffic camera. that's why authorities last night searched for evidence in and around the bay waters near the richmond san rafel bridge. that search turned up nothing. now investigators are following up on other leads in the case in hope of finding pearl. they will launch additional sefrjs today. the 15-year-old was kidnapped from a freeway over pass in vallejo. investigators believe she was taken by 19-year-old fernando castro, a young man that she knew. knew. now after an amber alert was triggered yesterday castro was spotted in santa barba county and in the end he was killed during a violent shoot out with chp officers. sheriff's investigators say the suspected kidnapper now being dead makes it all that much more challenging to find this missing teenager. teenager. >> it can complicate things because we can't interview him and find out more. d find out more. we have a team of dedicated investigators that are working around the clock to bring pearl home sa

morning, so for another 20 machines or so, and this is road work in the lanes north 101 around sir francis drakes right lane and the shoulder affected here and it is in the reverse commute direction in the lanes now, until 7:00 this morning. we will look at the busy drive times for tuesday in the next report. >> thank you, sue, a pit bull that charged at a police officer will most likely be put down. according to the press democrat, a man called money sunday yesterday after the same pit bug nearly attacked him earlier. as the officer was taking man's fame the dog charged at officer. the officer shot at at the ground and the dog was capture asked taken to animal services. the owner claims the dog break free from the chain. >> police are looking for two armed robbers, after will inning victim to a home at 27th avenue around 10:00 p.m. and held them up for a wallet the one victim has minor injuries. police say the robbers got away in a more said s.u.v. >> the first criminal case against bill cosby is starting, due in court in pennsylvania for a key hearing in the criminal assault case much the hear

tom sweeney, the famed door man at the sir francis drake hotel is now celebrating 40 years of servicetara moriarty tells us, mayor ed lee proclaimed today tom sweeney day. >> taxi, taxi! >> reporter: for 40 years -- >> nice to have you. sigh again. >> reporter: tom sweeney has been a fixture on powell street in san francisco. >> good to see you, bye-bye. >> reporter: the friendly door man in the beefeater suit. >> you get about 200 cabs a day. all i can say is there would be a lot of lost people without doormen. >> go here and make a right. >> reporter: it started as a summer job. >> i applied to the san francisco police and fire department, but i was too young. i wouldn't trade this for anything. my most asked question is where's the cable car stop. just jump on, give them $7 each. >> reporter: sweeney is so popular he's got a hollywood star of source. his on the part signature cocktail, and even his own signature saint. >> oh yeah, oh yeah. >> to watch him every day and to be able to share him with san francisco, he's a treasure. >> i took this job and made it happen. >> reporter: h

this is tom sweeney, the sir francis drake hotel on powell street well-known fixture, he is a hollywoodorts on the hotel sidewalks. he has a doll in his likeness, and his own signature cocktail, the sweeney teeny. he said it all started as they summer job. >> i was too young to go into the san francisco police or fire department and so i did this until it got the call, and now would not trade this for anything. >> he gets his photo taken about 500 times a day, and the question he gets asked the most, "where does the cable car stop?" and he has the answer. >>> the big ask that will appear when the arena is finally built. -- big act that will appear when the arena is finally bill. >> paul mccartney will be the first performer in sacramento, returning october 4 for the first time in more than 10 years. >> the old man can still rock, and he is an inspiration to all of us old men. >> i just about dropped my phone i was so thrilled to see the news. >> and he is part of the global one-on-one tour, featuring many of his hits that cover five decades of history, and that tickets go on sale at 10:

. >>> swastika and references to white power were painted on sir francis drake high school in san anselmo on may 17 and 18. the graffiti didn't contain specific threats but a school resource officer will spend more time on campus. >>> a family in san leandro is mourning the loss of a mother and daughter after an accident with an amtrak train. it happened yesterday afternoon on the tracks at washington and chapman. 30-year-old vanessa enriquez and her 3.5-year-old daughter were stuck in traffic. police believe that the vehicle behind them may have forced them onto the tracks before the train slammed into the suv. >> it was trapped under the front end of the train and the best way to describe it is the car itself was not recognizable as a vehicle. >> a relative told us that vanessa was rushing to pick up her young son from school at the time. >>> sonoma voters will get to decide whether to ban genetically mod modified crops and seeds in the unincorporated part of the county. so say it's fear, not science. only voters living in unincorporated areas will be allowed to vote on the proposal in

a traffic camera recorded castro's car, a gold sat tenor, in the -- saturn in the area of sir francis drakelevard near the san rafael bridge 9:30 yesterday morning. >> we currently have deputies in that area searching, looking for other clues, anything that would give us information as to where pearl is at this point. >> now, when that amber alert went out, a license plate reader triggered the traffic camera but the surveillance images didn't show pearl sitting up in the car. investigators don't know if maybe she was lying down or was in the trunk of the car. castro was killed in the gun battle with authorities after a chp officer spotted his car in santa barbara county. the police chased the car into a mobile home park. witnesses heard at least 20 gunshots. >>> in the meantime miss pearl's family and friends, they are comforting each other, hoping she will be found safe. >> she will be home. she will be home! >> family members and friends gathered yesterday at a pedestrian overpass in vallejo right along interstate 780 at taylor avenue. that's where she was last seen. witnesses report seei

a traffic camera recorded castro's car, a gold saturn in the area of sir francis drake boulevard near the san rafael bridge at about 9:30 yesterday morning. >> we currently have deputies in that area searching, looking for other clues, anything that would give us information as to where pearl is at this point. >> when the amber alert went out, a license plate reader triggered the traffic camera but the surveillance images did not show pearl sitting up in the car. investigators don't know if she may have been lying down or possibly in the trunk. castro was killed in a gun battle with authorities after a chp officer spotted his car in santa barbara county. officers chased the car into a mobile home park. witnesses reported hearing at least 20 gunshots. at this point pearl's friends and family are comforting each other hoping she will soon be found safe. >> she will be home. she will be home! >> the group of relatives and friends gathered yesterday at a pedestrian overpass in vallejo along interstate 780 at taylor. this is the spot pearl was last seen. witnesses report seeing a man dragg

that's tom sweeney, a familiar sight outside of the sir francis drake hotel on palo street.d star of sort on the hotel sidewalk. there is a door and his own signature cocktail. the teeney sweeney. it started as a summer job. >> i got a job as in the san francisco department but i was two young to get in. i would not trade this. >> and he says that he has his picture taken 500 times a day and the most common question he is asked, where do the street cars go? >>> and former boxing champ shane sugar moseley heard a bang, went out and saw a car in flames. he got the child and then went back to get the father. he was crying, saying, thank you for being there. you are mike lie angel. thank you for being there and protecting my son. he was very, very, very thankful. >> the father suffered a minor back injury. the baby was not hurt. >> time is 7:57 >>> an investigation into east palo alto continue noose a whom site -- a homicide. in minutes, what police know about the victim and the suspect. >>> and the mother of popular rapper tupac shakur died. >>> we are looking at some improveme

want to speak, we came here from georgia to california and san francisco in 1957 i attended sir francis drake elementary school, now malcolm x. academy. since i was a young man i was always impressed by the business people and pastors and everyone in the community, elder and i learned a lot truly enriched with wisdom. a lot of pioneers and trail blazers are dying off and i think people in the community around the neighborhood they call me the historian and a poet because i chronicle and document the history of our people and everybody for over 50 years. it's so important, like -- i got a chance to meet a lot of people like mosai hardware going on 80 years, archie reynolds, club long island that caught fire recently. club long island i documented 60 rhythm and blues performers, etta james, i can do roll call but the bayview hunters point be neighborhood has been an african community and fillmore has been totally not represented but i remember people in the fillmore like vince morris, uptown clothier, we could have safe passage to go to any neighborhood. we go play at the beach. young people th

want to speak, we came here from georgia to california and san francisco in 1957 i attended sir francis drakentary school, now malcolm x. academy. since i was a young man i was always impressed by the business people and pastors and everyone in the community, elder and i learned a lot truly enriched with wisdom. a lot of pioneers and trail blazers are dying off and i think people in the community around the neighborhood they call me the historian and a poet because i chronicle and document the history of our people and everybody for over 50 years. it's so important, like -- i got a chance to meet a lot of people like mosai hardware going on 80 years, archie reynolds, club long island that caught fire recently. club long island i documented 60 rhythm and blues performers, etta james, i can do roll call but the bayview hunters point be neighborhood has been an african community and fillmore has been totally not represented but i remember people in the fillmore like vince morris, uptown clothier, we could have safe passage to go to any neighborhood. we go play at the beach. young people they sho