they hope to figure out what happened to dan defoe. i amy hollyfield. >> a man is dead and another is injured after this horrific crash near a major oakland intersection. this is mcarthur boulevard and high street, the car is sheared in half after a violent collision with another car. our reporter is at the oakland police department and you spoke to memorial would knew the driver? >> question, i did, also, police officers are investigating all possibilities if this crash that took place at 10:30 last night. in the end, a young map's life is lost and a baby boy is without his father. >> a crash scene does not always look like this. this is on mcarthur boulevard near high street in laurel neighborhood of oakland is particularly horrific. an acura was richard apart when it hit a tree. half of the car ripping a politic away from the or half. the passenger survived. he was taken to the hospital. he was listed in stable condition. the driver died at the scene. [ inaudible ] >> dant. said his nephew, 21 years old, jamil brown lived in oakland

they were hoping that they're able to figure out what happened to dan defoe. >> a candle light vigil is planned tonight for these two missing santa cruz students. they were swept away by a wave on monday. a large outcropping when a large wave knocked them into the water. after 22 hours with no signs of the the pair the coast guard suspended the search on tuesday. it starts at 7:00. >> oakland police are investigating whether drugs or alcohol played a role in this deadly accident last night in the city's rural neighborhood. an acura was ripped apart when it hit a tree near high street. the driver, 21-year-old tenille brown died at the scene. police say he was speeding. friends and family are now grieving. a son, father, nephew is now gone. >> i >> a passenger injured in the crash is in stable condition. >> investigators looking into the cause of tuesday's deadly greyhound crash in san jose. they made the announcement this afternoon after performing video footage. they will look at everything. >> the crash history and pavement characteristics in the area of the crash includes the crash

dan defoe was seen tethered to a surfboard.thers tried to bring him to shore and lost sight of him when they were hit by a large wave. >> the amount of time that's lapsed. the conditions would cause you not to have a possibility of survival. >> warnings are going out to swimmers and surfers. waves are expected to reach 12 toe 14 feet today. >>> caught on video. a scuffle between a student and a security guard at an oakland high school. what led up to it and what the school police chief is saying about it. if super bowl is two weeks away. and the street closures in san francisco start tomorrow. up next the concerns that's causing for business owners. >>> bay bridge toll plaza right now looks pretty good getting into san francisco. no major problems getting in to the city. we'll tell you more straight ahead. >>> a combination of cloudy, windy, and some rain. and some areas are getting the wind but it's not widespread yet but it looks like a rather windy friday. more on that coming up. >>> welcome back. time is 4:29 and you're tak

the body of 40-year-old dan defoe was recovered yesterday at rodeo beach.t is near the spot where friends found him unconscious on wednesday. they try to revive him, but he was swept away by a large wave. he was an experienced surfer. >>> for people are dead after a gun man open fire in canada but it happened yesterday at a high school and at a second location in northern saskatchewan. the gun man allegedly shot two of his brothers at home, then went to the school. a23-year-old teacher is among the dead, canada's prime minister spoke about the violence from switzerland. >> the community is grieving, and all of us, across the country, our hearts are going out to the families and to the whole community. >> at least two other people were wounded per the royal canadian mounted police now have the suspect under arrest. so far, he has not been publicly identified. >>> more problems with the bay bay bridge. coming up, what is being done about all of those leaks. >>> good morning everyone, it was like old times at oracle last night. i am not just talking about the

well, the search for that missing surfer continued today but is now a recovery mission. 40-year-old dan defoe was spotted face down in the water yesterday. two other surfers tried to revive him, but they were separated. leighanne, an important warning tonight for beach goers? >> well, let me just start off by saying friends and family were here all day waiting. they are now done with the search and real kov ri and no sign of him. just to answer your question, just know everybody that these big waves are common here, of course, during the winter months. but, more so because of el nino. >> the search for 40-year-old was set to continue, but the unfortunate announcement came before dawn this morning. >> we did switch this morning from a search and rescue to a recovery. >> defoe's wife and family were too distraught to talk. >> there's a point where the amount of time that's lapsed, the conditions would cause you not to believe that you would have a possibility of rescuing and would be doing recovery. >> yesterday, at dusk, defoe was surfing when he was seen in the water face down. two other surf

teams now say there is no hope of finding him alive with a large wave hitting 40-year-old dan defoe on wednesday. surfers spotted him face down in the water and tried cpr and tried to pull him to shore but he was washed out by another wave. >> ten cars parked in vallejo towing yard are nothing but burned wreckage this morning. this is reason: the vehicles caught fire last night on the yard on broadway street near highway 37. crews had a hard time put the fire out because the cars were parked so close together. flames video through the tree and no one was hurt. firefighters are still trying to figure how the fire started. >> look at the man in the surveillance video. the santa cruz county sheriff believes he could have is the at least a dozen cars on fire in southern california on wednesday near park avenue spotted in the area. the fire caused $100,000 in damage. no one was hurt. >> vallejo police need your help to identify two men suspected of theft. investigators say video surveillance over two days shows both person kissing -- casing the apartments. they later returned and stole main

it was dan defoe. he likely drowned on wednesday. fellow surfers say he was floating in the water knocked unconscious. others tried to rescue him but were pushed back by the surf. crews called off the search after 24 hours. his body washed ashore this morning. >>> did city employees take bribes for city contracts? three former employees face a long list of charges. keith jackson, zulu jones and nazli majahare are charged with bribing and money laundering. >> the people's business is done with transparency and fairness. >> they will likely have an opportunity to turn themselves in. >>> tonight by the judge will not be indicted on a lesser charge in the disappearance of sierra lamar. he is accused of killing lamar. the lawyers for garcia torres claims that the grand jury was not given the choice of indicting him on lesser charges. search volunteers are still looking for the body of the missing girl. >> i feel no spirit with him. i feel a negative force. i was right behind him. and i hope he gets what he has coming to him. >> the capita

family members are identifying him as 40-year-old dan defoe.d it got a call about a surfer in distress and in need of cpr before 5:30 last night. two other surfers were trying to bring him back to rodeo beach when they were hit by a large wave and just couldn't hang on. the search is underway early this morning. we will continue to follow developments and bring you any new information on this missing surfer as we get it. >>> gasia, time is 7:34. a san francisco police policy that has been around for 20 years is under the spotlight right now. and after recent controversial shootings, critics want the police use of force policy to be changed. ktvu fox 2's brian flores, you're in san francisco. tell us about important meetings taking place today. >> reporter: yeah. good morning, dave. continues to be a contentious issue and there is a way that the public can give their input on it. we will talk about that in a moment. last night there was a contentious meeting as well during the police commission meeting. we will talk about that right now. in fact

a large wave hit the 40-year-old dan defoe on wednesday.s spotted him face down in the water and tried cpr, but he was washed out by another large wave. >>> here in california an el nino powered storm could bring two feet of snow to the sierra. a winter storm warning will stay in effect until tomorrow. we've seen snowflakes falling and chain controls are in effect on highway 88 from hands station to pickets junction. chain requirements on i 80 are only for trucks at this moment. we'll have a look at the conditions. >>> in kingvale, it was 6100 feet elevation and further up the hill it's been snowing all day. here is a closer look at the ski resorts we're at a short while ago. as mentioned it's been snowing all day at higher elevations. that is good news for the slopes. we talked to snowboarders and skiers. >> this is really wet. i was out there and this wasn't fluffy. it's good for a base. >> it's awesome. we had fresh powder. and about maybe three feet of new snow. >> we had no trouble getting to the high country. it was wet and raining, s

a large wave hit the 40-year-old dan defoe on wednesday.s spotted him face down in the water and tried cpr, but he was washed out by another large wave. >>> here in california an el nino powered storm could bring two feet of snow to the sierra. a winter storm warning will stay in effect until tomorrow. we've seen snowflakes falling and chain controls are in effect on highway 88 from hands station to pickets junction. chain requirements on i 80 are only for trucks at this moment. we'll have a look at the conditions. >>> in kingvale, it was 6100 feet elevation and further up the hill it's been snowing all day. here is a closer look at the ski resorts we're at a short while ago. as mentioned it's been snowing all day at higher elevations. that is good news for the slopes. we talked to snowboarders and skiers. >> this is really wet. i was out there and this wasn't fluffy. it's good for a base. >> it's awesome. we had fresh powder. and about maybe three feet of new snow. >> we had no trouble getting to the high country. it was wet and raining, s

the marin coast, teams say there is no hope of finding him alive and a large wave hit 40-year-old dan defoednesday. he was spotted face doing in water and they tried cpr and pulling him to floor but he was washed out. >> hayward mess are looking into a deadly shooting last night. officers arrived they found two me on the drowned suffering gunshot wounds. when dieed. the 19-year-old was taken to the hospital in critical condition. ten cars parked at a tow are yard are burned wreckage, and you are looking at the reason why, the vehicles caught fire at pock last night as the yard on broadway street near highway 37. crews had a hard tim putting this out because the cars were parked so close. flames video to a tree and no one is hurt. firefighters are still trying to figure how this fire started. >> look at the man if this surveillance video, the santa cruz county sheriff think he could set at least a dozen cars on fire on wednesday. it happened near pack avenue. the man was spotted in the area. the fire caused $100,000 in damage. no one was hurt. >> police need your help to identify two men sus

. >>> bay area search crews are no longer searching for a missing surfer, 40-year-old dan defoe.he was seen wednesday afternoon, unconscious in rough waters off the beach, still tethered to his surfboard. two other surfers tried to pull him to shore but they lost sight of him when they were all hit by a big wave. >> the conditions would cause you to believe it's a recovery. >> the warnings are out on the coast for swimmers and surfers. waves are expected to reach 12 to 14 feet today. >>> a man accused of being in possession of a bronze statue has made his first court appearance. he did not enter a plea today. you can see him hiding his face. family members say someone else stole the bronze statue. police say there's no excuse for having stolen property, especially an $80,000 life sized statue of the coach. >> i don't know all the circumstances, but what i can say is that if someone handed me a bronze statue that said california crew across the chest, i would probably think that it belonged to somebody else. >> they found the statue cut into pieces and he had intended to sell it a

crews called off the search for 40-year-old dan defoe. he was last seen unconscious in rough water, right off the beach, still tethered to his surfboard. two others tried to bring him in and they were all hit by a large wave. >> the amount of time, the conditions would cause you not to believe you'd have a possibility of rescuing and you would be doing a recovery. >> warnings are going out along the coast to swimmers and surfers. waves are expected to reach between 12 to 14 feet today. >>> still ahead, we'll tell you about toll takers robbed. coming up in 20 minutes, the investigation that tracked down the thieves. >>> the east coast is bracing for worst. we'll have a live report on the preps being made for the approaching huge storm. >>> the morning commute looks great in the east bay. no at big crowd heading south. >>> and they have a lot of snow taking shape southeast and towards the mid-atlantic. this will cause travel delays. snow or ice in the carolinas. our cosmetics line was a hit. the orders were rushing in. i could feel our dead

a large wave hit dan defoe on thursday. other surfers spotted him face down in the water, they tried cpr and pulling him to shore but he was washed out by another large wave. >>> in oakland the official process to keep the raiders for at least one more season gets under way on monday. that's when the authority that runs o.co coliseum will meet behind closed doors to discuss how they will approach a lisa tension. the two sides have agreed to begin discussions. last week the raiders lost out on their bid to move to southern california and owner mark davis still has not confirmed where the team will play next season. >>> 8:06 on this saturday morning. weatherwise any fog out there right now? >> actually, it's not too bad. we have some sunshine that's bright thing your saturday but also we still have showers in the forecast from emoeryvilleme upper elevation winds, gusts at 29 miles an hour here, 56 degrees and scattered showers to track for you. we'll talk about that east coast storm and the look ahead just a few minutes away.

all morning long crews on jet skis were searching along the coast where 40-year-old dan defoe was last seen. his family and friends have been holding out hope. emergency personnel say el thin yow has helped create some dangerous conditions. >> with el niÑo we've add substantial amount of storms. we have a high surf advisory starting tonight at 3:00 a.m. that will extend for approximately 24 hours. >> also this week two young adults were swept off the shoreline to their deaths in santa cruz county on monday. the two u.c. santa cruz students were with friends when they were caught by a large wave that pulled them in. a search for the pair was suspended on tuesday. investigators with the ntsb and the california highway patrol have released new information about tuesday's fatal crash of a greyhound bus. >> at this time it looks like the mechanical systems although they were heavily damaged we have not found any indications of mechanical defects on the motorcoach. our survival factors investigators have begun to examine the interior of the motorcoach. >> the crash claimed the lives of two w

a large waiver hit 40-year-old dan defoe on wednesday adds he surfed.ce down if the water. they tried cpr but he was washed out by another wave. >> ten cars parked at a vallejo towing yard are nothing but burned wreckage. here is why, the vehicles caught fire at 6:30 last night at the yard on broadway street near highway 37 and crews had a hard time putting the fire out because the cars were parked. flames spread through trees. >> look at map if this surveillance video, the sheriff deputy believes he may have set a dozen cars on fire in southern california on wednesday the man was spotted in the area and it caused 100,000 in damage. fortunately, no one was hurt. >> police need your help to identify two men suspected of theft. investigator say video surveillance over two days shows both men casing the regency townhouse apartments. thoughts say they later returned and stole maintenance equipment including a generator, backpack, leaf blower and power tools and drove three vehicles to the department, a new black honda, white 1990s thunderbird and a full siz