Daytona Beach

Daytona Beach, Orlando and Cocoa won't be as chilly as Palm Coast and Ocala

Headline Surfer® photos / The fog predicted this morning came to pass as shown in the scene-setter at far left is clear from this scene-setter in Port Orange. The weather has been seasonable to the liking of this young surfer in the inset shot on New Smyrna Beach, but overnight it's going to dip into the mid-50s along the coast and even colder in interior cities like Ocala.

DAYTONA BEACH -- It's going to start feeling more like Thanksgiving up North after today's expected high of 82 in Orlando and a couple degrees less in Daytona and Cocoa. 

Headline Surfer photo by Henry Frederick / Just a couple of weeks ago, it was bikini weather on the hard sands of Daytona as shown in this scene-setter. Now? sweat pants and sweaters.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Enjoy the seasonably-warm temperatures near 80 today and Tuesday because by mid-week, it's going to be a lot colder at the World's Most Famous Beach with temps dropping to the low 70s.

Surfers in wet suits will brave the frigid waves, but beach goers in bikinis and speedos will likely be covering up.

Headline Surfer® graphic / If the race for governor were held today, Charlie Crist would beat incumbent Rick Scott, a poll by the 24/7 internet newspaper shows.

DAYTONA BEACH -- A week-long poll on by Headline Surfer® via HeadlineSurfer.com shows 54 percent of respondents favor Charlie Crist over Gov. Rick in head-to-head competition in the 2014 election for governor.   

County Chair Jason Davis, shown in the far left photo on his Harley for Biketoberfest, stands in far contrast to his image on the dais in this Headline Surfer photo. Davis produced a video of the biker rally. 

DAYTONA BEACH -- First-year Volusia County Chair Jason Davis doesn't like it when people call him a politician. American Badass instead?

DAYTONA BEACH -- Bikes, babes and booze are the common denominators for Biketoberfest, the annual Fall motorcycle rally in greater Daytona Beach that draws tourists nesr and far.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Volusia County Councilman Joshua Wagner was a strong proponent of the new fiscal year budget of $701 million and was pleased to see bipartisan support for it. He tackled the tough questions in Headline Surfer's online newsmaker show, "The Sunday Conversation."

No details released on double-track fatality by Daytona Beach PD

DAYTONA BEACH -- Two motorcyclists are confirmed dead after crashing into each other on the track during a riding school demonstration Thursday as part of Biketoberfest, an official there confirmed.

"Yes, there were two deaths,"DIS spokesman Lenny Santiago told Headline Surfer just after 3 p.m. today, adding details of the double fatality are contained in a Daytona Beach police report, which he was earlier told police were distributing to media.

Headline Surfer video by Henry Frederick / A man and woman take off on their chopped Harleys on Main Street in Daytona Beach. Check out how the woman biker handles the steering with her high-rise handlebars like a piece of cake.

DAYTONA BEACH -- More and more women are riding their own bikes at the motorcycle rallies in and around Daytona Beach.

DAYTONA BEACH -- NASCAR legend and two-time Daytona 500 winner Bill Elliott's lap speed record in qualifying that stood for 26 years has finally been broken by a hot shot driver in a flashy sports car.