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 statewide amber alert. the two were acquaintances. her family says they didn't date in any way. they are very concerned about disturbing notes found in the suspect's room. anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> novato plus are looking for a third high school student suspected in an attack that killed a classmate and seriously injured another. investigators in marin county collected evidence from this apartment when one of the teens was arrested yesterday. police arrested a second student for wednesday night's attack for fairway drive in novato. classmates are still trying to come to grips with what happened. >> mind-blowing. that's something that happens in this kind of neighborhood? you know, it's -- like marin county is the country club golf course nothing really happens around here like that. >> novato high school was closed yesterd

yesterday the teen suspect in pearl's abduction killed in a shootout with police in solvang today.investigators shifted their focus back to northern california. kron-4's charles clifford explains what led police to the town about 70 miles north-west of where pearl was last seen. the search for peal pinson spans hundreds of miles. grant lodes is here to break down what has unfolded in this case.in just the past two days. peal pinson was last seen in vallejo wednesday morning.she was on her way to school.when kicking and screaming.she was taken from a freeway overpass. the suspect.19-year-old fernando castro. so the search for pinson obviously started in vallejo. but yesterday.a little more than 24 hours after pinson disappeared. == her alleged abductor showed up in the santa barbara county town of solvang. that's where he died in a shootout with deputies. == and now today.as chuck clifford showed us.the search has fanned out to the sonoma coast in the small town of jenner. that's a quaint spot that locals and tourists head to.at the end of the russian river. >> reporter: elected to bring any det

this one day after the speckeded kidnapper was killed in a shootout near solvang thursday afternoon. he was

you see him in the gold saturn leading officers on a chase in solvang. others scrambled away before bullets flew. >> a guy almost ran her over. when he got her, 20 shots were fired. >> reporter: castro was wanted for kidnapping 15-year-old pearl pinson. witnesses said he was yanking her as she screamed for help. >> pearl had some blood on her face and we also found some at the scene. >> reporter: investigators say pinson and castro knew each other and they found things that concerned them in the house. >> you don't know what's going on. >> we are asking our community, please provide any information and help us bring pearl back to her family. >> in vallejo, pearl pinson's friends hope for the best. as andria borba reports, they held a vigil last night >>> reporter: punctuated with prayers and songs from peter pan, family and friends gathered on the pedestrian overpass in vallejo where pearl pinson was last seen. >> she is a fighter. >> she needs to know her family and friends are looking for her, that we're all praying for her. come home safe and sound. a

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 this morning a firefighter was hurt battling ahouse fire in alameda overnight. take a look at the flames shooting through the roof of the home on fountain street. crews had it out around 1:30. no word of the extent of the injuries. a person who lives at the house escaped safely. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> five people have been arrested in connection with dozens of fre

spotted near solvang. >> reporter: there is a small memorial here where pearl was seen yesterday morning. it's a difficult time for family and friends of the teak. -- teenager now that the man who knows where she is dead. a father's anguish. this afternoon, the man believed for her abductor shown in this gold saturn was spotted on highway 101 near solvang. >> we continue to look for her and are worried about her safety. >> reporter: leslie says she heard the frightening sounds, screams police believe came perfect pearl he is pi-pinson. >> when you're getting chased and screaming for help, like that. in horror movies. >> reporter: police found pearl's cell phone on the bridge. search teams looked for any sign of the teen, her friends and family wait for word. after all that happened in santa barbara county. >> now, it's just a big search, hoping to find her alive. >> emotional. i'm going to keep faith that we'll bring her home. >> i have been her friend two for two years. out of those two years i loved being her friend. i hope she comes home. i don't want to talk right now. >> reporter: p

. >> and the suspect's car was spotted near solvang. >> reporter: there is a small memorial here where pearl was seen yesterday morning. it's a difficult time for family and friends of the teak. -- teenager now that the man who knows where she is dead. a father's anguish. this afternoon, the man believed for her abductor shown in this gold saturn was spotted on highway 101 near solvang. >> we continue to look for her and are worried about her safety. >> reporter: leslie says she heard the frightening sounds, screams police believe came perfect pearl he is pi-pinson. >> when you're getting chased and screaming for help, like that. in horror movies. >> reporter: police found pearl's cell phone on the bridge. search teams looked for any sign of the teen, her friends and family wait for word. after all that happened in santa barbara county. >> now, it's just a big search, hoping to find her alive. >> emotional. i'm going to keep faith that we'll bring her home. >> i have been her friend two for two years. out of those two years i loved being her friend. i hope she comes home. i don't want

pictures of what unfolded just a couple of hours ago as officers chased the suspect fernando castro in solvangre than 300 miles away. a closer look at the car shows a disturbing detail, castro alone, pearl nowhere to

. >> and the suspect's car was spotted near solvang. >> reporter: there is a small memorial here wheren yesterday morning. it's a difficult time for family and friends of the teak. -- teenager now that the man who knows where she is dead. a father's anguish. this afternoon, the man believed for her abductor shown in this gold saturn was spotted on highway 101 near solvang. >> we continue to look for her and are worried about her safety. >> reporter: leslie says she heard the frightening sounds, screams police believe came perfect pearl he is

this one day after the speckeded kidnapper was killed in a shootout near solvang thursday afternoon. he was spotted in a gold saturn after an amber alert was issued. pearl was not with him in the car. >> this is search a search and rescue operation. we're hopeful we're going to bring pearl home to the family. >> it's heart breaking knowing she's not found. and upsetting fernando was killed. he is the one with the answers to the questions. >> reporter: the family is holding out hope she will be found alive and safe. they've been focusing their efforts where she is seen in vallejo. solano county sheriffs are the lead but sonoma county and we understand the fbi is now involved. at this point it's not clear how long the teams will be out hire the evidence here is that pearl was seriously injured so there is a fair amount of urgency to this. in jenner, abc7 news. >> thank you. investigators identified a murder victim that left a person dead. he was 17-year-old edwin ramirez gurera. investigators say he was killed when four teenagers met with a fifth person on a trail near the school on we

and the suspect was killed by police near solvang. >> reporter: the search for the missing teenager is focused down this rural road behind me here in sonoma county, just miles from the ocean here in jenner. this is about 65 miles from where the 15-year-old was seen near her home two days ago. solano sheriffs won't say what led them to this location. there was something substantial that led them here, we're seeing searchers with dogs as well as boats on the water. this is a residential area running along the russian river. this one day after the speckeded kidnapper was killed in a shootout near solvang thursday afternoon. he was spotted in a gold saturn after an amber alert was issued. pearl was not with him in the car. >> this is search a search and rescue operation. we're hopeful we're going to bring pearl home to the family. >> it's heart breaking knowing she's not found. and upsetting fernando was killed. he is the one with the answers to the questions. >> reporter: the family is holding out hope she will be found alive and safe. they've been focusing their efforts where she is seen

on a chase into santa bar behalf in solvang where he was killed in a shoot out the it is believed pearl was shot on the foot bridge not far from her home. all the search on for the third suspect in an attack that killed a marin county high school student and injured another. two students are already under arrest. here are the latest development. >> teams swarmed the homes of the two were it is both are only 17. they attend redwood high school in larkspur. hands up. >> this is new video of one of the raids, and it it is at arms in novato the suspect surrender asked a couple hours earlier they entered a hell on role land boulevard and video shows the arrested. neighbors who witnessed the dramatic scene were reluck tap to talk. a woman did not want her face on camera. the mom was here and gave the police department the key to the house. >> we are talking about juveniles, the people we have arrested are juveniles and students at redwood high school. >> the teen victims attended novato high school with classes can selled yesterday. a letter say it was to ensure the safety of students and sta

pedestrian bridge over 780 in vallejo but late this afternoon castro was spotted and killed by police in solvang. maria medina is live at the police command center in vallejo. the question now is, where is pearl? >> reporter: the search continues. 36 hours after pearl vanished, we'll go ahead and take a look at pictures of what unfolded just a couple of hours ago as officers chased the suspect fernando castro in solvang more than 300 miles away. a closer look at the car shows a disturbing detail, castro alone, pearl nowhere to be seen. officers were able to corner him. heres what happened next. >> back up, back up! [ gunfire and helicopters ] >> in that video you can hear shots are fired. somebody yelling back off, back off. unclear you know why the shots are from police or the suspect. but again, that suspect is confirmed dead. family members hold out hope that pearl will be found alive. >> we're going to find you. >> reporter: for more than 24 hours rose pinson and her family have prayed, searched and waited helplessly. what do you think happened? >> all i know is that he kidnapped her. and i

yesterday the teen suspect in pearl's abduction killed in a shootout with police in solvang today.investigatorshifted their focus back to northern california. kron-4's charles clifford explains what led police to the town about 70 miles north-west of where pearl was last seen. the search for peal pinson spans hundreds of miles. grant lodes is here to break down what has unfolded in this case.in ju

he led police on a chase in solvang last night. officers said he shot at them which resulted in them firing back and killing him. so this does remain a statewide effort in search of pearl and search teams that you can see right now from chopper 5 are active. they will stay that way until it gets dark out tonight. search efforts may resume tomorrow morning or not depending on what they find tonight. >>> we have learned the identity of the north bay high school student shot to death. the 17-year-old was killed on a trail and another student was wounded. kpix 5 reporter emily turner is in san rafael where she has been talking to a friend of the victim. emily. >> reporter: i have. in fact, the name of the victim the marin county sheriff's department released this afternoon as you said edwin [ indiscernible ] a 17-year-old young man and family friend said he was a good kid a stellar soccer player. he was really in tight with his family and he can't believe that this is what happened to him. understandably he says the family is incredibl

you can see him in the gold car without pearl as he is leading officers on a chase in solvang. officers said he shot at them and they shot back and ultimately, killing him. pearl's sister rose tells us that the search efforts will resume at 2:00 this afternoon right from this pedestrian bridge in vallejo. and the vallejo county sheriff's office is expected to brief the media this afternoon on any updates they may have. in vallejo, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> novato police are looking for a third high school student suspected in a violent attack that left one classmate dead and another seriously injured. two teens were arrested during raids yesterday for wednesday night's attract near fairway drive. investigators say the three suspects and both victims went to novato high school. the school has been closed since yesterday. classes resume on tuesday. >>> the family of kate steinle now filing a federal lawsuit over her death on a san francisco pier. the complaint targets the bureau of land management, i.c.e. and sheriff ross mirkarimi. the family wants them to be accountable for prov

he was chased through the central coast city of solvang. the suspect is dead, still no sign of that missing girl. >>> swifrping gears here. if you have a virtual assistant from amazon, apple or google, you may have to hush your kids. according to an investigation in the guardian. the cyvirtual assistants that order things from the internet may violate the children's online privacy protection act, how companies can get personal information from children under 13. if they're listening they may be violating your children's privacy. >> back in a moment with the eye-opening prank at a local art museum. ==anim== ==take vo== we'll introduce you to thstanfod >>> coming up tonight at 6:00, the stanford grad headed to rio. the olympic race she's about to set course on. we'll have that for you coming up tonight at 6:00. >> a prank by a san jose student has made its way around the world. his friends put a pair of glasses on the floor. there it is. they couldn't believe their reactions. probably something you're hearing from these two. visitors took got

it happened in solvang, a town 300 miles south of the vallejo overpass where she was taken. >>> daly city police are getting help from the fbi to find a bank robber. this man is their target. police believe he robbed a first national bank on mission street the morning of may 18. the fbi says he showed a teller a note demanding money and bolted once they gave him the cash. authorities aren't saying how much money the suspect got. >>> investigators in marin county say a third suspect is under arrest in connection with a shooting and stabbing that left a high school student dead. 20-year-old elmer rivera was arrested. two high school students were attacked wednesday. one died, one wounded. two juveniles also students at novato high school were arrested on thursday. another juvenile suspect is at large. there's no word yet on a motive for the attack. >>> you may notice extra patrols out on bay area freeways today. that's because the chp is involved in the click the it or "click it or ticket" program. research shows in california, roughly 50% of people in fatal crashes are not wearing sea

this is happening in the central coast community of solvang. this afternoon.officers spotted a car matching the suspect vehicle description. >> grant:that vehicle.last seen on an overpass yesterday in vallejo. a chase ensued.shots were fired.police say the suspect.fernandro castro.was holed up in a trailer for a time.then took off.allegedly stealing a pick-up truck. >> grant:more shots were fired.and police say the suspect is slumped over the steering wheel now believed to be dead. there's been no sign of pearl pinson.who was last seen screaming for help yesterday morning. >> grant:we're working to get more information right now.stay with us for updates. >> vicki:back here in the bay area, the search for pearl pinson continued. investigators say it is a race against time to find the teenager, who they believe was injured when she was abducted.kron4's haaziq madyun was in vallejo today keeping an eye on the search. >> are extremely concerned for her safety. her family will occur that safe and sound. >> reporter:the urgency to locate 15-year-old

vallejo on wednesday and yesterday, pinson's accused kidnapper was killed in a police shootout in solvang that's hundreds of miles away from the search area going on in jenner. kpix 5 reporter jackie ward is in jenner this evening with the latest on the search. jackie. >> reporter: ken, you just spoke to officials from solano sheriff's county and they are here because they talked to sonoma county. sonoma county sheriff's officers are here at their request, i should say. the piece of information

her kidnappers died during a shootout in thursday in solvang hundreds of miles from the vallejo pedestriandge before she was kidnapped. >>> the fbi is stepping in to the ring to daly city police to track down a bank robber. this man is their target. police believe he robbed a first national bank on mission street the morning of may 18. the fbi says he showed a teller a note demanding money and bolted once they gave him the cash. authorities aren't saying how much money the suspect got. >>> a third suspect is in custody in connection with a deadly stabbing and shooting in marin county. 20-year-old elmer rivera is held without bail accused of being an accessory to the crime. the two victims both novato high school students were attacked wednesday in a remote area of the country club neighborhood. one of the victims died. two juvenile suspects also novato high school students were arrested thursday. another juvenile suspect is still at large. there's no word yet on the motive. >>> the holiday weekend is marred by tragedy following four drownings in northern california. two teenaged boys are p

police shot and killed pearl's alleged kidnapper on the thursday in the santa barbara county town of solvangthat's 300 miles south of where pearl was kidnapped. >>> a heartbreaking end to the search for a missing father and daughter last seen in the bay area. a boater spotted the body of a small child in the water yesterday in walnut grove about 30 minutes south of sacramento. it's believed to be 1-year-old kaylee jackson found a quarter mile from where her father's body was found saturday night. the father and daughter were last seen here in antioch. investigators say there was no sign of foul play. >>> between cold beers and great burgers it is easy to forget the meaning of memorial day. bay area reports about the true meaning of memorial day weekend. >> reporter: wherever you live in the bay area there's very likely an event in your neighborhood a short drive away. here in the south bay there's a very large event with a couple of hundred people expected at oak hill cemetery in san jose happening just before lunchtime today. in lafayette, there's a special memorial day vigil happening at t

he was shot and killed during a shootout with police in solvang yesterday.art of it was caught on cell phone video. gunfire witness say they heard about 20 gunshots. police had spotted his car on the freeway. chased after him. and cornered him in a mobile home park. details are still coming out about what happened next. but castro died in a shootout with police. back here in the bay area. a memorial has been growing for pearl pinson. we saw people bringing flowers and candles and leaving them on a freeway overpass. this is the spot where pinson seen being abducted on wednesday. those who came by say they're hoping she's found and the family gets some sort of closure in the case. kron 4's charles clifford is following the search up in jenner right now. it is a remote location so it is hard for us to get in contact with him at times. but should we get any updates or new developments will bring them to you when we can. we'll keep monitoring this story and bring you the latest on kron 4 news at 8. the family of kate stienle. the >> pam: woman shot and killed on