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of a terror warning and what homeland secretary. >> good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. the building has been red- tagged and investigators prepare to search for the source of the blast that killed 56-year-old adrian martin. how the man's family plans to carry on. >> reporter: there are red tags on all the door of this menlo park building and will remain through the holiday weekend an indication of the unknown extent of the damage from an explosion here friday afternoon. >> a very big boom, just one single boom. >> reporter: the blast came reportedly as researcher adrian martin mixed three gases, methane, hemmum and hiden. one of the tanks ruptured according to menlo park chief, killing martin and tossing a female scientist into an adjacent corridor. >> she was almost blown out

the door, which was a good thing, because he knocked her out of laboratory. >> reporter: fellow workers helped out. >> some had the wherewithal to drag that individual from the laboratory. so that was a very brave thing for them to do and obviously they care about each other enough to do that. >> reporter: councilwoman ferguson came by to pay her respects and show appreciation for the technology industry. >> i would say that these companies, these start-ups bring jobs to the local area and are an important economic engine that hire our engineers and scientists. >> reporter: the unidentified female scientist suffered eardrum pain and was taken to stanford hospital. adrian martin and husband wife had come from romania in search for a better life and their 17- year-old daughter, a piano student. >> we want to make sure she

has everything that she has to have her career in music. that is what she wanted to do from from a very, very young age. >> reporter: it was after midnight early today when gas dissipated enough for investigators to walk through the building and could see the two laboratories were heavily damaged as were several offices. in menlo park, don knapp cbs 5. >> days before the anniversary of san bruno explosion a crater left by the blast is nearly filled in. the explosion left a massive hold, 00-feet wide and it has been plugged with concrete, so it can't be used again and the road will be repaved and the street should re-open smile this month. heading to the beach this labor day weekend could be dangerous. beach-goers are warned not to turn their back on the ocean of the large waves and rip currents are forecasted for

south-facing beaches like point reyes. >> if you are caught in the funnel, you can be pulled out to sea. i don't want to say it's a common phenomenon in california. >> let's check in with meteorologist jim bernard with the latest on coast yam currents. >> ann, thankfully the coastline will be mostly foggy tomorrow, so that should help keep the crowds down, but large storms in the southern hemisphere has generated large periods of southerly swells across the california coast. waves 4-6-feet. by tomorrow creating the risk of high rip conditions like we just talked about. large breaks near the shore and waves possible as. caution is advised and always a good idea to keep an eye to the surf when you are at the beach. >> jim, thank you very much. well, the gulf coast

getting? some relief after a severe soaking from tropical storm lee. earlier 60 miles per hour winds pounded the boat against a pier in mississippi. at this hour the storm is stalled along the louisiana coast and it's still dumping rain. drew levinson on how this labor day weekend appears to be a washout. >> reporter: some drivers trade their steering wheels for paddle as tropical storm lee flooded parts of the louisiana coast. the tiny town of lafitte was hit hard. emergency crews ordered people to head for higher ground, but not everyone left. >> i was born and raised in this area and it's my home. >> reporter: the storm surge is pushing water from the bayou into town. there is no levee system to pump water from the streets. >> this one is of the main reasons we have been advocating for a levee system here, because you have constant flooding and it's going to

continue. the tropical systems aren't going anywhere. >> reporter: it is causing rivers to swell an upgraded levee system is protecting areas flooded during hurricane katrina of the six years ago katrina's fury flooded 80% of the city . pumps are getting a very good test and there are some folks doubleful about the pumps, but you can see the pumps are working fine. >> reporter: new orleans mayor warns it's still a threat. >> the greatest risk ever for us is to get a lot of rain in a short period of time. >> reporter: forecasters predict it could dump more than 20" of rain before it moves out monday. drew levinson, cbs news. people are truck their homes tonight in san bernardino county as crews continue to make good progress against a wildfire. it broke out yesterday, forcing the evacuation of about 1500 homes. the fire burned about 1100 acres, jumping the freeway and

burning chaparral in the san bernardo national forest of the two homes damaged and two others destroys. >> people should realize that a lot of homes that were in the path of the fire, the ones with good clearance around their homes suffered very littling if no damage at all. >> the fire is now 60% contained. full containment is expected by sunday,000. checking bay area headlines hundreds of laid-off works at solyndra abruptly closed its doors and it is required to give notice before a large layoff. solyndra says its exempt. new security measures in place for today's cal-fresno

state game at candlestick park. it's in response to the violence inside and outside two weeks ago when the 49ers played the readers, accused killing will get a court-appointed attorney. he had asked to represent himself. he is charge wtvg murders ever four women in northern california, but friday he withdrew his request. a marin judge appointed a public defender and saided a preliminary hearing for next month. even in a pot-friendly bay area, people lighting up in public can turn heads burb an event today was as much about selling products as selling the idea of pot. >> reporter: it's billed as the nation's first cannabis street fair right in the heart of oakland. >> it's just great. are you kidding? like-minded people coming to give information and to provide structure and information. >> reporter: it's also a novel

place to legally light up, right next to city hall. >> why else would you come here? for all the bud. >> reporter: the city of oakland seems to be somewhere aware that this festival is raising eyebrows and organizers told us we were strictly forbidden from taking pictures of anyone smoking pot with the background of city hall. >> we want to respect people's rights to use their constitutionally-afforded right to medicate with medical cannabis, but we want to do so that it lous to go to the left. >> reporter: in the blocked off streets surrounding city hall, color hurricane charley characters and products. >> this is the black magic odor bag for your delicate contents. >> reporter: the only thick not allowed for sale was pot itself. >> absolutely, because we have a lot of other products that we're allowed to sell. the only thing we can't sell is the seeds. seeds we're taking orders for and will fill later. >> reporter: the only people allowed to smoke in designated

areas is people with bona fide certificates. >> what is it for? >> anxiety. it does help, for a test or something. >> reporter: didn't pot make you paranoid? >> not at all. it fixes every problem for me. >> it allows my muscles to relax and have wellness and fulfilled life. >> reporter: the fair runs through sunday and tickets are $20 at the gate. in oakland, anne makovec, cbs 5. a need for caution as 9-11 anniversary nears and the warning coming tonight from homeland security and the role small planes might play in a new attack. nine-eleven vi how . it's an emotional process, but also an historical record of the lives lost that day. >> the painful, but rewarding mission for the families of some 9-11 victims and how they are creating a living memorial to their memories online. and an amazing act of bravey, all in a day's work and

how these officers were reward for risking their lives.

before the tenth anniv of nine-eleven. the associated press says th . a warning tonight of a terror threat just days before the 10th anniversary of the 9- 11. at associated press said the fbi and department of homeland security are warning of al- qaida attack using small airplanes. the there is no specific threat, but the terror organization was look into renting small planes and packing them with small explosions and says al-qaida

continues an interesting in recruit westerners for flate train. there will be many events marking the 10th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks and the main will focus on the opening of the memorial. >> using photos to publicly remember her husband, joe. >> i would rather use this one. >> reporter: a bond trade essential who died working inside the world trade organization on september 11th. she is having personal photos scanned for the 9-11 living memorial project, a memorial that lives online. >> to have the write-ups and eulogies and people describing him and to be able to put that all-in-one place, you know? and to have the pictures, you know? >> reporter: two of their three kids were so young when their

father died, that funny guy could who could imitate almost anyone the living memorial was launched by a social worker, who founded the group "voices of september 11th." >> i think it's a healing process, an emotional process, but it's also an historical record of the lives that were lost that day. >> reporter: one of those lives was brad, the oldest of mary's three sons a standout athlete and big brother. >> he had an incredible smile. he was very outgoing, but understated. he was really a role-model for the boys. >> reporter: just 24 years old, brad worked for the financial firm keefe, bruyette & woods on the 9th floor of the world trade organization south tower and he called his parents after the north tower was attacked. >> hey mom, it's brad. a plane crashed into world

trade center 1. >> he was i think shaken, because he had seen someone fall from the 90th floor all the way down. >> i'm not sure if is goes to shut down for the day or what. but give me a call back later. i called dad to let him know. love you. >> reporter: brad was in the same office as joe. after joe had called her earlier, she turned on the tv. >> i saw the plane go into his tower and i knew where it was on the tower. i knew where his office was and i just knew it was over. >> reporter: ten years later they are one of 1100 families to submit photos and writings for the living memorial. the 9-11 memorial at ground- zero has asked for the whole collection. family members remembering how their loved ones lived more

than how they died. >> it gives you that feeling that okay, i'm not alone in this. everyone remembers. >> well, to learn more about the living memorial go to voicesof september11th.org. a memorial to the 9-11 victims is in place outside the state capitol. susan clark was one of the first to place a flag next to her brother-in-law's name, the captain of the flight that crashed into the south tower. >> it seems like forever. it's a long time. it's also so fresh and raw. we miss him terribly. >> we're just honored and proud and i love that everyone has done this and no one will ever forget. >> the memorial includes all 2977 names of the victims, one flag is posted for each name. well, check out some amazing pictures from iowa in

des moines. the flames of a burning suv to rescue injured teenagers. of the four girls inside, only the driver didn't make it, but officers were able to free two girls from that wreckage. the third was thrown clear during the collision. meteorologist jim bernard joining us now with a look at our three-day weekend. not so bad? >> not so bad. toilally this is the last fling of summer and our cool summer weather pattern looks like it's going to continue for the holiday break as we see temperatures near or below seasonal norms. we did see some cooling with the morning low cloud cover giving way foo mostly sunny skies across the region. temperaturewise, upper 70s to low 90s. back into the upper 70s for the north bay. they cooled significantly today. upper 60s into the mid-80s across the east bay hills and back into the low to mid-60s at the peninsula and the coast here. mostly foggy coast side today

and we can expect that again tomorrow as temperatures remain on the cooler than normal side, but barely. a lot of fog moved in overnight and backed up to give us our morning sunshine here for most locations. we're looking at mostly cloudy skies across the region. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. around the bay this evening and for tomorrow, we'll see the clouds clear, nor another warmish day across the interior, where they are looking at upper 80s to low 90s and cooler as a head back to the water we'll continue this cool pattern into the beginning of the week of the we should see a bit of a bump as this clears the area on monday. that will leave us with a little mixing in the atmosphere and slightly warmer temperatures through the beginning of the week and the cooloff again by midweek. we'll look for mid to upper 80s to low 90s for tomorrow across the interior back to the east bay, mid to upper 70s and on the peninsula we can expect mid to upper-60s with upper 50s to

low 60s at the coast. upper 70s to low 80s again low clouds giver way to mostly sunny skies through the day. we'll look for that little bump in temperatures here early in the week, but as you can see by the end of the week, we cool it down again and bring in actually a slight chance of showers in the north bay, which is a pretty good indicator of seasonal change. it is that tame of year and you may be able to feel the difference, but we're cooling off overnight hours as well as the daytime hours. it's been a pretty cool summer for us, but already we're looking at the chance of showers. a slim one, but just the fact that we're even talking about it is amazing. >> not yet, okay? >> we can hold off and pretend. >> thank you, jim. a milestone for the bay area's clipper card and saving money with a vengeance. >> with the economy the way that it is, if you are not saving a buck i'm going to be saving it. >> how far some people will go

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has reached its short life... . it's the hottest ticket in town, the bay area's clipper card has reached an amazing milestone in its short life of the during the last week of august, more than half a million people tagged in with the card. it's popularity extend expand quickly when seven area transit areas become accessible with the card. >> another reason to make mass transit, cab fares in san francisco rose this week and the meter will now start at $3.50. it's $0.55 for every fifth of a mile driven and $0.10 for everybody minute stuck in traffic. well clipping coupons has reached a new level of the some shoppers are digging through garbage cans, but these shoppers say it's the only way to survive. >> reporter: like card-counter in a casino, they know how to beat the odds at the supermarket. >> i got lots of cop coupons.

>> reporter: grocery shopping is a science to them. they are pros at saving money. >> when we did our biggest one a couple of weeks ago we were red in the face and giddy on the way home. >> reporter: jamie and brook have a still and shop only with coupons, thousands of coupons, the spoils of their raids on coupon criticals citadels and newspapers and they head for the battle of the checkout counter, well-armed. more than that i thousand coupon were districted for every man, woman and child many the out and it's estimated that the average coupleoners saves $50, savings that are serendipitous for some represent survival for others. jaimie regularly rifles track bins for newspaper coupons. she is unable to work and what others discard allows her to stock her pantry. >> if you are not saving the

buck the way the economy it is, if you are not saving a buck, i'm going to be saving it. >> reporter: extreme couponing has even sparked the occasion crime. this woman was arrested for stealing coupons from sunday newspapers into sidewalk boxes. she admitted she had done it before. >> i do this to save money. >> jaimie is not surprised. >> people are going coupon crazy. >> reporter: take it from a woman mad about shopping. tony shopping gudas, cbs news.

with 12-losses... christian, . tim lincecum may be the ace of the giants and have an ra below burb you is now tied for the team lead with 12 losses. christian, start the clock. tim lincecum gave up five runs in his last start and not a whole lot better tonight. the d'backs beat the giants 7-2 and once again 6 games up. >> after's and mariners, mccarthy with two strikeout and picks up his 8th win as the a's beat the m's, 3-0. >> stanford and san josi state, andrew luck threw for two touchdowns and ran for one more. the cardinals blow out the

spartans, 57-3. >> cal zach maynard hooks up with marvin jones for two turnovers and bears beat fresno state, 36-21. thanks, kim. serena williams beat fourth- seed victoria azarenka to advance to the fourth round at the u.s. open. >> kim is coming back to cbs 5 at 11:00 for more sports. we'll see you then.