>> and an effort to spruce up a portion of sonoma county is sparking a debate. some might call is controversy but others call it good business. at the heart testify all, a chicken. >> the abc7 news report he wayne freed shows us what people are talking about. >> sometimes it takes more than a good burrito or grilled chicken. >> they are really good. >> no doubt, but what it took for them to get a 20% bump in business, this, a chicken sculpture, now mounted up above the entrance. >> i am the culprit. >> he transformed a two mile stretch of sonoma county near boyes hot springs. it's not what it used to be. >> most people drove with their heads down and i came up with the idea how about if i brighten it up a bit. >> this is what happens when sonoma county funds it an art experiment? >> not to me.

plus, troubling new findings at sonoma county jail. a kqed investigative report. news coming out of san francisco, the city's embattled police chief stepped down yesterday, hours after the shooting death of a black woman by a san francisco police officer in the bayview district. it was the third officer-involved killing since december and came amid growing calls for chief greg suhr's resignation. mayor ed lee made the announcement yesterday after meeting with suhr. it was an about-face for the mayor, who has long stood by the chief. >> the progress that we've made has been meaningful. but it hasn't been fast enough. not for me, not for greg. and that's why i have asked chief suhr for his resignation. >> the mayor named as acting police chief tony chaplain, deputy chief and a 26-year veteran of the department. joining us is kqed reporter alex emslie. the tension surrounding fatal officer-involved shootings has been going on since last year. wh point? >> i think there was a culmination of pressure. there had been a growing call that regardless of what the department

in sonoma county. >> so there are no plans to search in sonoma county, but i learned from pearl's family that they will be gathering from vallejo tomorrow at 5:45 at the overpass where pearl was taken. they want to hold another prayer vigil and they are trying to keep pearl in everyone's hearts. >> certainly tough. you have been with them for most of this week, tough time for them. >> i feel for them, hopefully pearl will come home. >> here is a look at? of the top stories we'ring iting tonight at 11:00. >> in san francisco, every memorial day for the last decade has been a time of mourning for one bay area family, instead of celebrating they are reminds of the dangers of drunk-driving. 25-year-old jacob manufacturer news was on his way home when his car stalled on 101. the tow-truck was only minutes way which a drunk driver plowed into his car as he sat there waiting. ten years later his mother is now in full support of senate bill 1046, which if passed will require people convicted of drunk driving tovo an ignition interlock system installed in theirs car, alecia reid, kron 4 news. >>

remote parts of sonoma county and then all the way down in a short amount of time. they are just looking for any tips that could lead to her. >> very difficult. pam, thank you. >>> coming up on "mornings on 2: the 9", such a controversial story. terrifying moments after a child fell into a gorilla enclosure at the cincinnati zoo. next the drastic action zoo officials say they had to take and the social media backlash that's now following. >>> and new developments in the killing of a novato high school student. the third arrest made in the case and the charges he now faces. i have asthma...

sonoma county sheriff's officers are here at their request, i should say. the piece of information

green's body was found may 11th in a field in sonoma county. he disappeared in april. he went to the pancake house in millbrae, telling his roommate he was going to meet lee. green and lee had a acrimoniuos break up. the lawyer says lee's mother should be considered a flight risk. >> they sought to get a warrant based on a false allegation that mrs. lee, senior was not a citizen of the united states, which she is. >> she had reason to believe tiffany would harm the children or instruct others to harm them. the judge ordered authorities to remove them from the home. the judge denied trung lee's motion to reverse the order. >> the family of kate steinle filed a lawsuit today against the federal and local government for the killing. >> the family says missteps by agencies led to the death. and form the 32-year-old was walking with her father at pier 14 last july when she was shot to death. an undocumented immigrant is charged with pulling the trigger. steinle's family blamed ross mirkarimi after the city decided not to prosecute the defendant. >> he acted without legal au

that rings in true in sonoma county where a chicken consult yur has renewed debate designed to boost the economy. we're live along highway 12 where you can say feathers are ruffled. >> reporter: you know how they say if you slap a coat of paint on something you can brighten something up? they're painting buildings. that's the one with the chicken on it and there are a lot more where that one came from. it's a two mile stretch through so familiara county not intended for the color blind. >> you can't put a bright band aid on a wound. >> reporter: so say critics of this project. when sonoma county funded a project to spruce up business this artist saw an opportunity for a social experiment and you're looking at it in an area that used to be invisible. >> most people drove on with their heads down so i came up with the idea how about if i just brighten it up a bit. >> reporter: he calls it the branding of a region and businesses like this it's paying off. >> 20% up in gross. >> reporter: really? >> because people see us and they notice us and they think it's interesting and they figure

in sonoma county, kron 4 news. >>> meantime friends a families of pearl pinson came together at overpass in vallejo where pearl was taken. many people dressed in pink, pearl's favorite color and came there to put down flowers and posters and candles at this makeshift memorial. investigators found pinson's cell phone at that offpass that led them to identify her as an abduction victim. today the family says they are holding on to hope she will be found alive. >> pearl was in danger. i just didn't understand of the gravity of how much danger she was in. >> she is waiting for help and she is scared and if there is someone who knows, if they know anything, we need her home. her family needs her back. >> reporter: pinson a student at the high school in vallejo knew the suspect fernando castro, but authorities do not believe that pinson willingly went with him. after two days' of searching, the clmers says it has no further plans to look for the is a-year-old in that willow creek area of sonoma county and we'll keep you updated on the developing story. >>> sheriff's deputies and rescue teams a

green's body was found may 11th in a field in sonoma county. he disappeared in april. he went to the pancake house in millbrae, telling his roommate he was going to meet lee. green and lee had a break up. the lawyer says lee's mother should be considered a flight risk. >> they sought to get a warrant based on a false allegation that mrs. lee, senior was not a citizen of the united states, which she is. >> she had reason to believe tiffany would harm the children or instruct others to harm them. the judge ordered authorities to remove them from the home. the judge denied trung lee's motion to reverse the order. >> the family of kate steinle filed a lawsuit today against the federal and local government for the killing. >> the family says missteps by agencies led to the death. and form the 32-year-old was walking with her father at pier 14 last july when she was shot to death. an undocumented immigrant is charged with pulling the trigger. steinle's family blamed ross mirkarimi after the city decided not to prosecute the defendant. >> he acted without legal authority in c

the late wednesday or she was walking to school this is video from yes to the investigators in sonoma county session on land and water for any signs of our. >>reporter: men said it will be gathering here to find her they're still looking for holding out hope the she is still alive tech of a division of the we have tested and a researcher and wanted to confer and vallejo but we've also confirmed in sonoma accounted there was a search for a call on their gender into the sonoma county sheriff's department said the of the surging with a creek road that area in general of we were able to speak with her sister tech listen to what she had to say. >>will tran: bears his picture right there he was shot and killed investigators wanted to capture him while he was the southern california but he shot at police officers to dismiss this case even more difficult the reason why is now the cannot and tara kemp would have obtained video with an interview with the witness who tells the story of how. >>will tran: this is a pitcher of the kidnapper behind the wheel just before the shoot out there was a chance in

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sonoma county sheriff's officers are here at their request, i should say. the piece of information led them to this very spot along the coast. >> so i'm not doing nothing until she is home safe and sound. >> reporter: this is who everyone out here is hoping to find, 15-year-old pearl pinson, from vallejo. search crews have been out here since 2 p.m. about a dozen people searching on foot and sonoma county is looking for pearl from the sky and water, too. >> we haven't ruled anything out at this point. again, this is still very much a search-and-rescue operation we're hopeful. >> reporter: sheriff's officials right hand saying what led them here to a town so far away from vallejo. >> we're praying for you, pearl. >> reporter: 19-year-old fernando castro is the suspected kidnapper. 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

good evening. >> sky 7 hd was live over western sonoma county late this evening where sheriff's were beginning to search a rural area near jenner after getting a tip although not saying what the tip was this case now spans several counties. pearl was kidnapped wednesday morning, yesterday afternoon the suspect in the case was killed by police near sol advantage. >> we have more from the search scene in jenner. >> search for the missing teenager now focus down the rural road behind me here in sonoma county couple miles from the ocean here in jenner. this is about 65 miles from where the 15-year-oldkí was last from sky 7 hd. solana sheriff won't say exactly what led them to this location. but clearly there was something substantial in their lead that led them here wechlt see both ground searches with dog and boat out on the water. this is a residential area that runs right along the russian river. now this search comes just one day after pearl suspected kidnapper 19-year-old castro was killed in a shoot out with afternoon. casttor spotted in gold saturn after amber alert issued early se

in sonoma county, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >>> and back in ve va, witnesse saw her calming for helpon a pedestrian bridge above interstate 780 on wednesday morning. that bridge is near her home. >>> authorities in marin county are still trying to identify ad third suspect in the murder of a novato high school student earlier this week the name of the victim has been release and we're learning about a possible motive. >> reporter: investigators released the name of the teen who was killed wednesday at this novato hiking trail, 17-year-oln ed win josue ramirez guerra. >> we are continuing to try to paint a picture of exactly what took place and why. >> reporter: during an afternoon news conference there was a question whether this week's attack was related to a sexual assault case reported to novato police at this park last week. >> there are some common names but weather there's any true nexus between that and the investigation we have right now, we have not clearly defined that. >> reporter: at the apartment community where s.w.a.t. teams swooped in to arrest the 17-year-old suspect

there in embarcadero where they document sea birds, marine mammals, and the fish they feed on in sonoma county. they are looking for changes. >> if we don't establish a base line we won't know if it is changing or staying the same. >> the team spotted one killer whale and 15 hump backs, and for

sonoma county and napa county extending to the inland areas as well of the east bay. not a big change out there. santa rosa 63. san jose 65. livermore right now 63 degrees. as far as wind speeds, winds are up there once again. that has been a constant in our forecast. 17 miles an hour out toward oakland and fairfield. some more wind reports for usfl, gusting 28 miles per hour in san jose, that's against to 23 miles an hour. dramatic picture here looking out towards san francisco bay out toward the golden gate bridge and clouds try to hide the marin headlands there. you can see overcast pushing into the region, or the lower clouds, also higher clouds as well. this was the case today, looking out towards the mountain from our baypoint camera, cool to mild pattern, not going to change too much. lots of 60s over the next few days. the warmest locations for tomorrow and tuesday, right around 70 degrees. overnight lows tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy skies, temperatures in the mid-40s to the 50s out there. look at this in santa rosa in the north bay, mostly cloudy, we'll ta

breaking news in the search for a vallejo teenager now focus odden a remote area of sonoma county. we are there live. >>> plus -- >> there is a lot of activity taking place as we speak. >> after police arrest two students in a deadly attack, the search is now on for a third. >>> also ahead, a woman jumps into the bay after fighting with her boyfriend. why she now owes thousands of dollars. >>> and getaway day in the bay area finds one airport ready for the crowds. >>> i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. we're turning up the heat for the weekend. >> announcer: abc 7 news starts right now with live breaking news. >>> a sheriff's deputy searches from a bridge. volunteers span out on the ground, even the water is being patrolled in jenner. everyone on the lookout for a missing vallejo teenager. >> right. this is the scene now from sky7 hd live right now as you can see the search continues in this area. they are hoping you see two people volunteers there searching the water line hoping for some dikts indication of pearl pinson's whereabouts. but the search goes on as we speak. e

the solano county sheriff's office said it has no futher plans to look for pinson in the willow creek area of sonoma coast state park. >> marty:big news we are following in sacramento county. the body of a missing father has been found. sheriff deputies found kyler jackson's body near in walnut grove, which is about 30 miles east of anitoch. jackson and his one-year-old daughter kaylee went missing earlier this week. family members say they left from antioch to sacramento and haven't been heard from since. sheriff's deputies have not found kaylee not jackson's car. he was driving a 2002 silver ford taurus. all warriors owner joe lacob could do after klay thompson's record breaking night was bow down. >> marty:thompson's record breaking 11 playoff three pointers helped carry the warriors to victory over the oklahoma city thunder -- while on the brink of elimination. >> reporter: a game so momentous or gloria was the best place to watch it. the warriors took on the funder oklahoma city their fans the stake at home turf ready to watch a game six every basket and turnover the crowd was right there the c

and i'm steve aveson. >> pam:today rescue crews scoured an area near the sonoma county town of jenneryesterday 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 ju

now the investigation has taken authorities to sonoma county. sky fox has been flying over the area. we've seen searchers near willow creek road in the small coastal town of jenner. investigators say they were responding to what they considered a significant tip that was called in to the sheriff's department hotline. at least a dozen people are on foot with two search dogs. there's always search crew on a boat combing the river and a sheriffs helicopter did a flyover of the area as well. today the missing teenager's sister said the family is trying to stay hopeful but they're worried the only person who could help find pearl is now dead. >> i'm heart broken that she's still gone and that they killed him. he's the one with the answers. he knows. he's the main so and they killed him. unfortunately, it's heartbreaking to know these gone as well, because he knows where she's. a. >> the girl's family is planning to take part in the search this weekend. they're asking tore the public's help as well. >>> the family of kate steinle is suing local and fe

he is serving 18 years for robbery. >>> details on a deadly cross-in sonoma county. a man is accused of hitting and killing his friend after she got into a car accident. the chp says just after midnight, tile touric was driving behind the woman when she loves control -- lost control of her car and her vehicle overturned. she was not wearing a seatbelt. towerric was booked on manslaughter and dui charges. >>> security officers at anjos zoo killed this 400-pound gorilla this afternoon to protect a three-year-old child. the zoo's direct user said the 17-year-old gorilla grabbed the small boy when he fell into the exhibit moat. >> a sad day all around. the right choice was made. it was a difficult choice. we have protocols. we do drill with dangerous animal response teams. but we have never had a situation like this at the cincinnati zoo where a dangerous animal needed to be dispatched in an emergency situation. >> the child is expected to recover after being picked up and dragged by the gorilla for ten minutes. >>> back here it's warm to downright hot in some areas. a p

how he was killed does that was evident he was murdered body was found although he was on the sonoma county the san mateo county sheriff's office is leading this investigation during the time he went missing hiker at the rose garden golden gate park's found herself on at the time his body was found evidence showed foul play he was later identified through dental records. >>: the investigation teams involved is aware of everything is being said and then following up on everything they can they have to in the when. >>reporter: they're no suspects or people interested been identified and are they said they do have, of leaves and they're following up on. >>grant lodes: that is to you're missing whose mother nicole was from murdered and san francisco park last month she was the best by employing. >>maureen kelly: shall for the of the crime family is speaking of her murdered sister nicole and then reported missing a professed although the dollar had not been seen since mid february our body was found in a shallow grave in a mclaren park and provide police had been searching for the child for more

instead, the focus has been shifted to sonoma county. >> we're just hoping for the best, you know, we can't help but think of the worst. >> reporter: rose says her sister's a fighter and her family is not about to lose hope now. >> i love you so much, we're here praying for you. thank you. >> reporter: again, searchers from sonoma county has teamed up to search an area near jenner. you are taking a live look at that search right now. they're searching both the ground and the water. no word yet on if they have found any sign of the missing teenager. nbc bay area news. >>> hints of a pose be a motive as the manhunt continues for a homicide suspect. caught deputies escorting one out of a home in handcuffs. live in nevada where we've just learned the eye denity of one of the victims. >> reporter: that's right, we are told this is a victim that was killed. they are saying he's a 17-year-old. meantime, the mayor here in nevada spoke out today, offering her condolences and also assurances that everything is being done to solve it. they continue to hunt for a third suspect linked to a stabbin

for the north bay tomorrow, watch this area here, northern sonoma county. towards napa, slight chance of seeing a few mid afternoon showers tomorrow. you can see high temperatures staying below average as we start the week. numbers in the upper 60s around san jose. warmest spot south of downtown. temperatures in the mid 60s. low 60s near san francisco and the north bay. couple of spots to watch, the northern end of sonoma county and napa counties could see a chance of an average shower. here's the low that brought the cool weather this weekend, being replaced by another area of low pressure. settg up just off the central california coast. between now and tuesday afternoon we will see these chances of showers and notice the temperatures. for san francisco the average high should be 65. second half of the week we might see numbers starting to come up a little bit toward thursday and friday. highs in the upper 60s to start the week. thursday and friday temperatures in the low 70s. tri valley temperatures just like san jose, cool start to the first half of the

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. >> pam:today, investigators were in sonoma county. searching on land. and in the water. for any sign of pearl. searchrers ahead. but first, kron 4's justine waldman was with pearl's family and friends. >> reporter: only getting harder for the family. rose and since sister the florida abortion is less show were in people's hearts. >> reporter: one of the be here to show their support. the 15 year-old freshman vanished on wednesday but mrs. heard screaming and gunshots coming from the overpass by her house man witnesses say was dragging her against her will 19 year- old castro died in a shootout with police in santa barbara on thursday. possibly taking any answers as to where she could be. along with the sadness the family feels comes a deep determination. the sister also tells me there will be a search here at the overpass at 10:00 a.m. on saturday. the goal is to bring her home. >> steve:new today we obtained police dispatch -- cell phone video -- and an interview with a witness all unfolded. this is a picture of the kidnapper behind the wheel just before the shootout. t

this is all that's left in sonoma county also solano county and lake county, a few light to moderate showers. new showers bubbling up over the diablo range, heads up livermore, pleasanton, dublin, even san jose. the activity over monterey county and to our south and east will eventually move through the bay area this evening. and i want to show you what happened earlier today with more than 25 different lightning strikes in marin county, solano county, and also out toward the delta including oakley, rio vista, brentwood and just to the north of concord. that was the most active part of the day. but that has lifted to the north. let's look at what we're having going forward. isolated thunderstorms this evening. a thunderstorm chance once again tomorrow and a better chance for widespread light rain. very few areas actually got rain today. there's a better opportunity that it will rain at your house coming up tomorrow. if you have any weather photos or videos you can always upload them to cbssf.com or use the hashtag, kpix 5 on facebook, twitter and instagram. any of this rain impacting

we talked with this sonoma county mother. her son eat tlugs a feeding tube. she says hospital staff promised to provide a nurse but the hospital had no one to send, blaming an lack of pediatric home care in her area. the investigative unit started digging and we found now more than ever nursing agencies are turning down patients. local counties are putting kids on waiting lists. parents are trying to figure out what to do. >> to have been in the hospital for so long and then come home and just feel so isolated and feel like nobody is looking out for you or nobody is thinking about you is just -- it's heartbreaking. >> and tonight at 11:00, the extreme measures another family is taking to find home nurses for their daughter. we take their struggles to the millions who are struggling californians. >>> a massive fire prompts large-scale evacuations. ahead, why fire officials here are watching and learning from that fire in canada. >>> also, get ready, your pg&e bill will soon be going up significantly. >>> plus, not worth the risk. the zika virus provides a chan

on may 11, the body of green was found along the highway in sonoma county. were working to get more information from the san mateo county sheriff department about this particular investigation, but as far as we understand it. two people have been taken into custody with the connection to the death of keith green, and we hope to get more information throughout the morning, and we will keep you updated. >>> the time is 5:35 am. >>> a man suspected of killing the morgan hill teenagers sierra lamar is scheduled to appear in court, and the trial was scheduled to begin this morning. we are live from san jose to explain what is expected to happen.>> reporter: the family of sierra lamar has learned not to get their hopes up because the trial has been delayed before, and it may happen again today. that is because the defense for the suspect, garcia torres, is asking for more time to review the evidence, and because they are tied up on other cases. the suspect has been held in jail without bail since 2012, accused of kidnapping and murdering 15-year-old sierra lamar, l

over the higher hills but the north bay tomorrow stay tuned for areas north i think up toward sonoma countyu could see a few stray showers during the day. you can see it toward lake county. meept, our temperatures starting off in the 50s, by lunchtime into the 60s and daytime highs 60s and 70s. very similar to what we had today, lots of low clouds to start, partly cloudy, hazy clouds to finish, 70s around san jose, north bay temperatures in the 70s and mid-70s around the tri-valley tomorrow. seven-day forecast shows the effects of this ridge of high pressure, warmest days of the week coming up for wednesday and thursday. so there you go, san jose seeing temperatures climb close to 80 degrees on wednesday, thursday still pretty warm, but notice the temperatures dropping off as we head towards friday. san francisco, same trend. not quite as warm as the 80s, you need a stronger offshore wind pattern to do that. doesn't look like we'll quite get there. upper 60s, near 70 around san francisco, cooler for the second half of the week, dublin, tri-valley upper 70s to low 80s for the middle part of

investigators are focusing on the remote area and sonoma county about 50 miles from where she was kidnapped on wednesday. undid of miles from where accused kidnappers work killed thursday. from the air to water search crews focusing on four square miles looking for any sign. one dozen volunteers not done neighbors doors and searched through the wooded areas but so far efforts turned up nothing. >> we have not ruled anything out at this point again this is a search and rescue operation and where hope a we -- hopeful we will bring perl home to her family. >> he was seen in this bridge in vallejo with her alleged kidnapper castro. he died in a shootout with police thursday. despite previous reports, pearls sisters that perl did not know castro. >>> details of the sexual misconduct scandal rocking the oakland police department prompting leaders to review the department's recruitment process. and we are learning the sex scandal involving oakland police officers may involve another law enforcement agency. alameda county deputy is under investigation down in his involvement with the women at the c

. >> effortp to spruce up a portion of sonoma county has gotten people talking.ial. others describe it as good business. at the heart ofhh it is a sculpture of a chicken. wayne has the story. >> sometimes it takes more than a really good burrito or grilled chicken. >> no doubt but you know what it took for the market to get a 20 percent bump in business the last couple of weeks. this. a chicken sculpture now mounted above the entrance. >> i am the culprit. >> rico are the may intransformed two mile stretch of highway 12 in sonoma county near hot spring not what it used to be. >> most people drove on with the heads down so i came up with the idea how about if i just brighten it up a bit. >> this is what happens when sonoma county$h funds a project to improve the facade of local businesses. it becomes an art experiment. >> no it's not art to me. >> clearly the project has critic but also fans. martin calls the the branding of a region at businesses like plain jane consignment it's paying 8. because people see us they notice us and think it's interesting. >> and fig

. >>> now at 11:00, the desperate search for a missing 15-year-old girl shifts to the sonoma county coastline. crews are now combing rural wilderness for the high school student who has not been seen in more than two days. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. she was abducted kicking and screaming on wednesday. police say she was taken in vallejo. today efforts to find her shifted 70 miles west to the coastal town of jenner. >> the latest on the developing story. >> reporter: investigators say a strong lead brought them here to the willow creek area just outside jenner, california. >> why here has been a big question. >> reporter: it's one investigators say they are not ready to answer. more than a dozen people spent the day searching four square miles for 15-year-old pearl pinson, with additional crews in the water and air. >> this is still very much a search and rescue effort and our number one priority is bringing pearl home safely to her family, and we do believe that is possible. >> reporter: pearl's family also believes she is alive. >> it's heartbreaking knowing that she

. >>> breaking news out of sonoma county. a 27-year-old woman is dead after she was ejected in a rollover accident and run over by the car following her. it happened just before 12:30 south of very avenue on davis street. it's an unincorporated part of the county. according to the chp the woman was speeding when she rolled her s.u.v. and was ejected on to davis street. another man ran her over. the woman died at the scene and the man is under arrest for suspicion of dui. other breaking news out of santa cruz. an inmate has escaped and is still at large. 46-year-old leeroy hamilton walked away from the minimum security the ben lomond concentration camp last night. he has brown hair and brown eyes and was working as part of the camp's firefighting crew. officials say hamilton was wearing gray pants when he left the camp, or gray sweats, rather. he's currently serving an 18-year sentence for robbery. you are asked to call authorities if you see him. in developing news, search teams had resume their search for a missing 15-year-o

breaking news out of sonoma county.ma woman is dead after she was ejected in a rollover accident and run over by the car following her. it happened before 12:30 this morning on santa rosa at northbound davis south of railroad avenue. officers say she was speeding when she rolled her suv. a man who was also speeding then ran over her. the woman died at the scene. the man is under arrest for suspicion of dui. >>> let access check the bay area forecast with lisa. >> chris, taking you to santa cruz, we have fog. 51 degrees. we will have sunny skies at our bay area beaches here, as well. mid 70s later on. 57 now in morgan hill. 50 half moon bay. the golden gate bridge, nice and sunny. enjoy the day. 60s at the coast. upper >>> and welcome back to "gma" on a saturday morning. chaos on the campaign trail. dozens arrested at a trump rally in san diego. protesters push back with batons. police in riot gear as the democratic race for the golden state heats up. hillary clinton and bernie sanders both fighting hard for those delega

this weekend officials ended the search for the missing teen in sonoma county near the russian river. >>> a teen suspected of having been involved in a deadly shooting in novato has yet to be found. students from novato high were shot and stabbed on a hiking trail wednesday. one died, another seriously hurt. two suspects were arrested for murder. >>> new video of a fire in sonoma county that closed highway 160 for several hours. the flames engulfed a large barn, also burned a car about 4:00 today. this is west of stony point road of cotati south of santa rosa. wind and humidity made that fire much worse. the second floor of the barn looked like people had lived there firefighters say but no injuries reported. the highway reopened 6:30 this evening. >>> memorial day was no day off for a business owner at a santa clara shopping center. last wednesday flames roared through the rancho shopping center on el camino real, destroying one business after another. the fire also threatened to snuff out a popular upcoming cultural event. as robert handa shows us, the community stepped up and saved

sonoma county sheriffs found his body near highway 101 in sonoma county a week ago. >> right now our focus is to find out what happened to keith and it's our job to do the best job we can for him and for his family. >> detective its have not said -- detectives have not said how green died. so far no arrests. >>> pittsburg police opened fire on this armed man and accidentally shot two people trying to help. the emergency workers loaded the men into ambulances on kinley drive. late last night those suspects' mother told police that her son had a gun. police say they shot the suspect after he reached for his firearm. bullets hit his leg and also struck his father and his brother. all three men are expected to survive. >>> three san jose police officers accused of using excessive force are being investigated for a separate case months earlier. last night we told you about the federal lawsuit file over this surveillance video. it shows officers hitting the man and now officers are in a similar resisting arrest case. now the city, officers union have not comment abouted. >>> tonight two br

. >>> now at 11:00, the desperate search for a missing 15-year-old girl shifts to the sonoma county coastline. crews are now combing rural wilderness for the high school student who has not been seen in more than two days. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. she was abducted kicking and screaming on wednesday. police say she was taken in vallejo. today efforts to find her shifted 70 miles west to the coastal town of jenner. >> the latest on the developing story. >> reporter: investigators say a strong lead brought them here to the willow creek area just outside jenner, california. >> why here has been a big question. >> reporter: it's one investigators say they are not ready to answer. more than a dozen people spent the day searching four square miles for 15-year-old pearl pinson, with additional crews in the water and air. >> this is still very much a search and rescue effort and our number one priority is bringing pearl home safely to her family, and we do believe that is possible. >> reporter: pearl's family also believes she is alive. >> it's heartbreaking knowing that she

his body dumped near heelsburg in sonoma county. i buzzed the front gate hear several times to see if anyone wanted to talk. we did see two women inside holding a child, but no one answered. green had been staying with family friend angela dunn when she went missing. she told me by phone she talked to his mother and they are all relieved there is an arrest in this case. in hillsboro, abc7 news. >> abc news reporter vic lee first broke the story on twitter. we will continue to have updates or our station twitter account, abc7newsarea. >>> the police are investigating a double shooting in the city's north beach area near san francisco and taylor street it happened just after 10:00 last night. the victims were taken to san francisco general hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. no arrests have been made and a motive is still unknown. >>> in the south bay investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire that chased a san jose family out of their home. a neighbor took this cell phone video of the fire on sagewood lane in e

. >>> you're watching breaking news, searchers spread out along the sonoma county coast, looking for a teen-aged girl kidnapped and feared dead. good evening, thanks for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. we have sky 7 hd, the search in a rural area near jenner after getting a tip. >> pearl pinzon was kidnapped 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

. >> reporter: acting on tips, investigators shifted their focus on the sonoma county town of jenner. a day after the kidnapping, the sheriff's office said castro's car had been spotted by surveillance camera in nearby marin. search and rescue crews spent 2 days exploring bushes and nearby waterways. saturday afternoon that search was suspended indefinitely. >> i believe she is somewhere close. i'm not going to stop until she is found. >> reporter: right now it's unclear what brought investigators to jenner. in the meantime her family says they will continue to search for her in vallejo. >>> there are no official plans to search for perl but the family remains hopeful. >>> now look at our top stories. >> a boater found the body of a missing 1-year-old girl in the sacramento river. just about 1/2 mile from where her dad's body was found last night. the father and daughter left from antioch to santa it -- san diego -- 7 cisco last night. it's likely they went along the sacramento river. the car is not been found. reporting in the newsroom kron4 news. >>> here the church is celebrating t

. >> and an effort to spruce up a portion of sonoma county is sparking a debate.ome might call it controversy but others describe it as good business. at the heart of it all, a chicken. >> the abc7 news report he wayne freed shows us what people are talking about. >> sometimes it takes more than a good burrito or grilled chicken. >> they are really good. >> no doubt, but what it took for them to get a 20% bump in business, this, a chicken sculpture, now mounted up above the entrance. >> i am the culprit. blame me. ricoh has transformed a two mile stretch of highway 12 near sonoma county near boyes hot springs. it's not what it used to be. >> most people drove with their heads down and i came up with the idea how about if i brighten it up a bit. >> this is what happens when sonoma county funds it. a project to improve the facades of local businesses. it becomes an art experiment? >> no, it's not art to me. >> clearly the project has critics and also fans. some call it a branding after reasoning. and some say it's paying off. >> because people see us and notice us a

the body of keith green was found in sonoma county, and it was found by sheriff's deputies. but they kept it quiet as they launched a homicide investigation. they've released very few details, but here's sal zune know. >> this case has taken a turn and is being investigated as a homicide. >> reporter: this after keith green's body was found in sonoma county. friends and family have been wallpapering millbrae with posters of the missing 27-year-old hoping for leads. he had last been seen april 28th at the millbrae pancake house. green had been staying with family friend angela dunn the last six months. she told abc 7 news he was going to meet an ex-girlfriend to work out a custody problem. >> i gave him a hug and said, be true to yourself and be strong. >> reporter: she reported him missing the day after he vanished. the day after that, his cell phone was found in golden gate park. on may 11th, smoem na county sheriff's deputies found a body in a field off highway 101 near geyserville. >> he was identified through dental records and as far as it being a homicide there was evi

an effort to spruce up a portion of sonoma county is sparking a debate.e might call it controversy but others describe it as good business. at the heart of it all, a sculpture of a chicken. >> the abc7 news report he wayne freed shows us what people are talking about. >> sometimes it takes more than a good burrito or grilled chicken. >> they are really good. >> no doubt, but what it took for them to get a 20% bump in business? this, a chicken sculpture, now mounted up above the entrance. >> i am the culprit. blame me. ricoh has transformed a two mile stretch of highway 12 near sonoma county near boyes hot springs. it's not what it used to be. >> most people drove with their heads down and i came up with the idea how about if i brighten it up a bit. >> this is what happens when sonoma county funds it. a project to improve the facades of local businesses. it becomes an art experiment? >> no, it's not art to me. >> clearly the project has critics and also fans. martin calls it a branding after reasoning. and some say it's paying off. >> because people see us