About his familys loss, just one day after a deadly domestic confrontation in the family home. Richmond Police Officer gus vegas. Was off duty at the time he was shot and killed. His family. Stunned by the events. Which involve the father of vegas grandson. Reporter the pain of losing her husband of 30 years can be seen in every tear falling from her eyes. The wife of slain Richmond Police. Pam waiting to be formally charged with the killing. Gus vegas. Pam kron 4s Haaziq Madyun talked with the vegas family reporter reporter there wasnt a dry eye among his children, all consoling each other with warm embraces on this dreadful day through god and family and friend we will get through this reporter officer vegass son joe took the podium standing strong, speaking on his familys behalf for the First Time Since his father was shot dead in his home on behalf of the family. That he ultimately sacrificed protecting his family reporter pastor Scott Peterson has had a close brotherly relationship with officer gus vegas for the past 25 years our prayers continue to go out to the family, only god can reach the depths of the pain and suffering that they feel right now, i just want to ask everybody to continue to pray. Continue with the support reporter Sandra Vargas was too overwhelmed with grief to speak on camera. However off camera she and i spoke, me offering my condolences and saying she married a great husband. To which she replied with a huge smile on her face and said. I thought he was great. That is why i married him 30 years ago. In vallejo Haaziq Madyun kron4news pam the richmond Police Officers assocition has created an account in officer vegas memory. Pam the money collected will to to help the family. Weve posted the information about the account set up and the go fund me page on our website. Kron 4 dot com. Pam an apparent homicide victim was found dead inside a home in san leandro this morning and a suspect in his murder was arrested, police said. Pam officers responded to a residence in the 900 block of juana avenue at 5 30 a. M. After a neighbor reported that he heard a male calling for help, police said. Pam when officers arrived at the house a man who was covered in blood opened the door for them, according to police. Reporter officers detained the man, searched for a victim and found another man inside who was suffering from fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Reporter the man who opened the door for the officers was arrested on suspicion of murder and is being held in custody at the San Leandro Police department, according to police. They knocked on the door. The door was open and there was a 21 year old man. The officers entered the apartment to make sure it was sick inside and came across a man and his late 40s or lifted the spirits believed to be the father of the 21 year old black opened up the door. He was deceased and suffered from a critical step wens. Stab wounds reporter authorities didnt disclose how the victim died. Police are withholding the victims name pending notification of his next of kin and also arent releasing the suspects name or any further details about him because they are still in the early stages of their investigation. Lt. Robert mcmanus said in a statement, we offer our condolences to the family and friends of the victim in this mornings tragic incident. Reporter dan kerman. Kron4 news pam the other big story tonight. Pam 24 of the worlds bes surfers descended on Half Moon Bay for the big wave surfing competition known as titans of mavericks. And it was a good day for local surfers. Pam kron 4s kate cagel is live in Half Moon Bay tonight with more. Kate . Reporter for fans, mavericks is such a big deal. Some come from out of the country just to watch the action. But this year, access was limited because of safety concerns. Reporter the locals came out on top to my career that we can show you videos of the winter. From santa cruz. Surfy mavericks for years. He may be one of the down this people who have ever tackled Maverick Spirit at the age of 14. He is 27 now. He was absolutely beaming at the end of the competition today. There is some incredible video. As he takes on the waves earlier. Reporter conditions showed up. It was a little windy. But it did not disappoint. But there was some intense waves. And the waves. Reporter is, people are excited about this years competition. There was a delight. Morning because of the f o g. One surfer did was an ear trumpet they had plenty of medics out on the beach. Those kind of entries know that they may encounter with 30 to 40 ft. Waves. Some of the best were all here surfing. We will have more of maverick coming up tonight at 6 00. Reporting live at Half Moon Bay. Pam maverick is a big deal. Some come from out of the country just to watch the action. But this year, access was limited because of safety concerns. Reporter kron fours Terisa Estacio spoke with fans about the new measures this year. And how it is affecting their experience. Reporter this is the view many mavericks fans had on this friday and as you can see for yourself. There is not a lot to see fog in the morning and hazy skies in the afternoon clouded the views and then there was this no you can not go up there reporter this year authorities limited the access out of safety concerns. High surf, rogue waves and crumbling cliffs are to blame. All of the local guys have some advantage. I dont care, is my birthday. Just glad to be here. Reporter for some specators, they took the extra measures in parties instead of taking to the bluffs. We are kind of bummed. This is our first time here. The tv coverage is not too good. Kristin rosen mavericks fan we are going to try and go out on a boat later. Tracey ellifritz mavericks fan it isnt bad. Reporter others well, they were not pleased. Reporter for a few, they planned to just keep looking for a better vantage point. Chip lang mavericks fan yeah. We are going to go to another spot. Reporter in Half Moon Bay te pam there is much more ahead at five. Police in the south bay searching for driver who left the scene of a deadly hit and run. Pam what police were able to find. Next. Plus. A horrific crash involving a muni bus. Details of how it happened. Just ahead. Pam and our tech reporter gabe slate takes teslas new auto pilot feature out for a spin. Announcer through president s day at sleep train, get up to four years interestfree financing on tempurpedic, and save up to 300 on beautyrest and posturepedic, plus sameday delivery. Hurry this special financing offer ends president s day at sleep train. Pam San Jose Police are looking for the driver of a car involved in a Early Morning hitand run. That killed a bicyclist. Pam they did recover a key piece of evidence. Grant lodes is here now with what we have learned. Grant this morning San Jose Police recoverd the car believed to be involved in the hit run. A red honda sedan. Abandoned behind a taqueria on south winchester boulevard. Grant thats about one mile north of the original accident. Employees of the taqueria spotted the car when they got to work. Return to index victor bailon, owner of the taqueria says when we came to work in the morning we saw a car parked behind the back door. So we called police. The car should not have been there, the parking lot is empty every night. So the police came and checked it out and it looks like it was in an accident. Grant police say the hit and run accident happened just after midnight. On winchester boulevard and loma verde drive. The name of the bicyclist has not been released. But kron 4 has learned that the person who died was a hispanic man in his 50s. Grant police say the this death marks the citys sixth traffic fatality this year. Pam emergency crews responded to a multi vehicle crash. Involving a muni bus this morning in San Francisco. Pam the accident happened right before noon, at ocean avenue and phelan avenue. Catherine it appears one vehicle rear ended a truck. Which was pushed onto the side of the muni bus. No major injuries were reported, but the area was closed for a short time. Catherine there is currently an investigation on the cause of the accident. Pam Palo Alto Police are looking for a man who reportedly brandished a handgun at a women. During a road rage incident yesterday. Shortly after 5 pm, officers responded to the 3300 block of alma street, where the incident ocurred. Pam a women was driving in the area. When she saw a car speeding. It swerved in front of her. She slammed on the breaks to avoid collision and honked her horn. The two cars continued down the road until the speeding vehicle came to a stop. A male exited. Began yelling at the women and then pulled out a hundgun. The car. Pam but a thief grabs the chance to steal the vehicle with the baby still inside. Catherine heenan is here with two examples of that happening in california this week. Catherine its a crime that happened near san diego twice within less than 24 hours. Fortunately both babies are ok. Catherine in the first case a car was stolen wednesday night in chula vista while a woman was checking into a hotel. Shed left her 18month old son in the back seat. Catherine but the thief actually called police himself and confessed when he realized he had a baby along for the ride. In the second case a woman in escondido ran into her apartment thursday leaving her 5monthold girl in the car. And the car was gone when she came out. Catherine witnesses who were able to give police some details included a little boy who had been playing nearby. Catherine the car in that case was found abandoned at a nearby apartment complex. With the baby girl crying, but unhurt. The search continues for the thief. Catherine in the case of the stolen car with the 18 monthold boy inside an arrest has been made. Brittany High Surf Advisory again but warmer into the weekend. Record warmth possible sun tuesday and rain next week. Brittany mostly cloudy skies and temperatures are still above average. We will get even warmer as we head into the weekend and into next week 71 degrees in napa up, seven degrees and Half Moon Bay, 60 degrees in san jose. And the rest of the night with continue to see other conditions. By 9 00 p. M. , cloudy skies. As we head into the overnight hours. And by tomorrow morning, expect to see mostly sunny skies. Temperatures with mid to high forties. For our inland locations. Looking ahead toward the are still tracking a dangerous surf storm. We are looking for dangers arent current. Rip currents brittany we are still tracking record highs. With potential to break records as we head into sunday, monday and yvette and tutu state. Next week, we are tracking a possible storm that may bring us some rain falls and snow for the higher elevations. We may also have cooler temperatures. But for tomorrow we will range in the 70 degree temperatures. Heading into napa, said the four degrees and 64 San Francisco. 71 degrees, in san jose. That will have your 7 day forecast and plan out for valentines day weekend. Pam on the embarcadero super bowl city is just a memory. Artists are now back to selling jewelry and paintings at Justin Herman plaza. Pam the only remaining symbol of the season is that one could purchase a belt buckle with the 49ers or raiders logo. Pam with football season in the past. The bay area is now gearing up for baseball. Pam the 23rd annual kn br giants fan fest is tomorrow at atandt park pam fans will be able to hear from their favorite players. Get autographs and walk on the field. Pam there will also be an opportunity to take a picture with one of the world series trophies. Pam more than 40 thousand people are expected to attend rain or shine. Pam the event starts at 10 am and will go until 3. It is free entry for every one. Gabe tech report coming up pam and later. The gravity defying video that has taken the internet by storm. Pam we keep hearing about self driving cars. Autonomous vehicles. And many say. This is our future. Pam now, for the first time, a car that is on the market and on the road. Will stay in its lane, steer, control speed, and brake all on its own. It is a self driving car. Our tech trends reporter gabe slate. Shows us teslas new auto pilot feature. Gabe tech trends reporter gabe slate here you are seeing me through quadcopter 4 our drone we brought it out today to help us shoot this very special story. Gabe recently tesla pushed out an over the air Software Update to their model s cars adding a new auto pilot feature. This lets the car drive itself gabe this is a huge deal. This is a major advancement in Auto Technology lets test it out. Grant gabe drone shot of car take off follows car dub in audio art cam gabe we drove the tesla out to a pretty low traffic area out in rural marin nothing around but cows i wasnt quite ready to try this out on a busy highway gabe activate the auto pilot feature at any speed. You just tap the Cruise Control level twice toward you to engage it. Gabe me freaking out letting go dash cam back seat video gabe so now im going to take my hands off the wheel. Oh its so weird. And it just knows to stay in the lane gabe once youre in auto pilot you can take your feet off the pedals you control the speed just like Cruise Control tapping the lever up and down gabe you can deactivate the auto pilot feature at any time and regain control of the car by pressing on the brake. Gabe me freaking out as a turn approaches. Dash cam back seat video oh there is a turn coming up. There is a turn its going to turn . Gabe it was really freaky as curves in the road approached putting my faith in technology at 50 miles per hour. Was difficult. Gabe its doing it. Its taking the turn. God that is amazing its like youre on a ride. A roller coaster. Or like a ride at disney like its on a track and just knows where to go. Gabe one lane country roads are scary enough. Gabe driving them without your a car coming your way in the opposite direction that really pushed me. My instinct was to take back control of the car but i resisted. Truck with curve coming at me dash cam back seat video my hands are off the wheel. Oh this is weird i guess you just get use to it gabe if a car drifts in your lane or dangerously cuts you off. The auto pilot will know and keep you safe. Sot in car talking tesla girl alexis back shot camera it has automatic braking it has side Collision Avoidance so if it needed to it would avoid a car coming in or avoid an accident gabe so this is a car that can stay in its lane, adjust speed, and brake all by itself gabe this is huge this is the first real world legit example of a self driving experience. Gabe for now its intended mostly requires clear lane markings; its not designed city on its own. I asked alexis how does it work . Alexis georgeson tesla how it works her by car pointing at stuff. These little sensors are built in they are all around the car. Gabe a long range radar in the front of the car that can senses a few hundred feet ahead of the car. And a forward facing camera that sees ahead of the car that is what sees the lanes on the road. And then separately the cars mapping in them so the systems are actually learning and improving. Pam the democratic race heats up after the debate. And ted cruz pulls one of his campaign ads. The latest for the race for the white house is next at 5 30. Plus. 17 years after the massacre at columbine. The mother of one of the killers. Breaks her silence. male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. Pam president ial candidate ted cruz pulls a campaign ad after an embarrassing revalation. New polls show Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in a dead heat in nevada. Pam grant is here with news from the president ial campaign trail. Grant lets start with the Cruz Campaign ad and this woman. Her name is amy lindsay and according to imdb,the internet movie database. Her resume includes a small part in the movie. Star trek voyager and a whole bunch of videos with names like confessions of a call girl and Beverly Hills bordello. Grant her latest screen appearance is in an satirical ad where supposed former marco rubio supporters voice their regrets in a recovery group. Does that make you angry . Angry . It makes me feel dumb for trusting him. Maybe you should vote for more than just a pretty face next time. Grant as soon as it became known that this face had appeared in these steamy sex videos. The campaign ad went from im ted cruz and i approved this message. Grant to ted cruz doesnt want anything to do with the ad. A spokeswoman says if Campaign Workers had known of lindsays past they would not have let her appear. Grant on her twitter page, lindsay says she was extremely disappointed that the ad was pulled. Grant donald trump also trump blasting rival ted cruz on twitter, writing if ted cruz doesnt clean up his act, stop cheating, and doing negative ads, i have standing to sue him for not being a natural born citizen. Grant cruz was born in canada to an american mother. A new poll today shows trump with a Comfortable Lead in south carolina. Grant all six remaining candidates will meet in a debate on saturday night. And on the democratic side, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are in a dead heat in nevada, the poll was taken by the republican leaning targetpoint consultants. Grant in south carolina, sanders has a commanding lead among african americans, who make up half of the democratic voters. Grant today, sanders unveiled a daughter of the Staten Island man choked to death by new York City Police and scenes from protest marches against police killings. I want to see an america wher