a man dead and the search on for a hit and run driver in the south bay. police say a driver hit the man on his bicycle about midnight happening near the intersection of south winchester boulevard and loma verd e drive. kris, police have a deitscription deiscription of the suspect s car. they re also looking for a car that might be pretty easy to spot. take a look. we are talking about a honda civic del sol. not too many of them on the roadways these days. only production for six years back in the 1990s. because of the low profile the car likely has damage from hitting that bicyclist. indicates it s possibly a red honda del sol vehicle. the del sol part is pretty telling. that helps investigators because those cars were only made for a few years. very distinct look. the roadway is about to open in a few minutes, but this scene was closed as police were investigating. now, in regard to the victim, police say they can only reveal that it is a man. the santa clara cou
nic lamb as he got off the boat. he came out on top. more of what he said coming up at 6:00. back to you guys. thank you. local inside knowledge takes the day. all right. maria, thank you for that. some of the surfers wore flotation vests in case they got into trouble. one demonstrated how it works. take a look. there it is. you re safe. you re safe, dude. you re alive. that will get you to the surface in a hurry. one man who took a big spill today said his vest may have saved his life. ken collins said the force of a crashing wave burst his eardrum and he became disoriented. but he was able to pull the cord on the vest and float to the surface. so here are the top three finishers: nic lamb the winner from santa cruz. second travis payne from pacifica another local. he was an alternate and got the chance to compete at the last minute. something of a wipeout in san francisco today. this happened around lunchtime on ocean avenue beside city college. it involved cars
let s start with our chief meteorologist bill martin. what a day out there. yeah. it was. we got out here keba about, six or seven. watching the finals and the prelims and the whole bit. it was amazing day for surf. tide was perfect but the wind was not. today would have been an epic day. epic if the wind had not come up and it made it tough for the surfers and people viewing the contest as well. it made it hard to get into. when you look at the waves guys were taking off on, you would see guys getting stuck in the lip. that s a function of the wind. big waves require conditions more manageable. we have added a bump to the water and it makes it tough to get into a wedge. that is what we saw a lot of guys. i suspect that is why the two local boys did well to some extent because they surf out here often and know what the south shore wind is about. the best thing was the local guys got to shine. the other thing interesting, the wave, maybe 25-foot or bigger. hard to say and th
reporter: supposed to be the family but more people appeared and one of his sons spoke fighting back the tears. the family of rich land police officer gus vegas gathered on the church on the hill and his widow sobbing. vegas son joe talked about the amazing man his dad was. my dad would literally wear his shoes until the soles of the shoes would separate just to make sure we had food on the table. reporter: joe vegas and the family s pastor shared stories and laughs. the vegas family loved the denver broncos through the thick and the thin. we have been broncos fans and last sunday it was gus family and my family that got together and we watched the super bowl together. man did we celebrate. and that was the last time that i saw gus. i will always treasure that memory. i can t help but think now that compassion, the generosity and the love that we re receiving is a testament to the life that he led. vegas killed in his home thursday morning by the father of his g
they are there. headlights are on. it may be a while before we actually see the sun through that fog. but a really mild start i think temperaturewise to our saturday this morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it s saturday february 13. i m ross how long is the fog going to last the this morning i was literally woken up by the fog horn. three fog horns on the golden gate bridge alone. it looked really soupy. even had a little bit of mist coming in on my windshield just a little bit of damp weather out there. we do have the fog. very thick in some areas lasting through the morning hours, then we will have partly cloudy skies for your afternoon. temperatures will be mild once again. there is another look there at all that overcast over the oakland s to ware, widespread, dense fog advisory. first things first take a look from up above all that gray that will continue, again, for the next few hours. by lunchtime pulling back and partly cloudy. here s a look at the visibility re