move. the latest move about robotaxis. labor day travelers are heading home. a check on the airports and roads as we close out the holiday weekend. plus, new moves to keep public transit moving in the bay area and the one big challenge. good afternoon. i'm elizabeth cook. we start with developing news in oakland. a shooting near lake merritt lake merritt. it happened before 12:30 before madison street. this is video from citizen app.

the fire department and ambulance arrived, provided medical help to the victim and transported the person to the hospital. we are working for more information and will bring you major updates. to san francisco now, there was a contentious protest outside the headquarters for driverless car company cruise. anne makovec is following that story. >> reporter: this advertise the latest in a growing battle over robotaxis in the city. today's protest coming after reports came out that cruise cars blocked an ambulance in san francisco. fire department report says two cruise cars delayed the ambulance and that the patient died soon after arriving at the hospital. during the protest, loud music suddenly started playing from inside the cruise headquarters drowning out the noise of protesters outside. [ music ]. >> reporter: our crew at the scene said the music did

eventually stop after organizers talked to cruise security. cruise tells us they are disputing the claims that their cars were in any way blocking the ambulance. meanwhile, people at the protest say they are protesting today on labor day specifically to protect drivers. >> see this rollout of self driving technology as a tipping point for rolling out the new age of ai. so, ai automation, we are talking about millions if not billions of workers being displaced not just here locally but nationally and globally. >> cruise said they could release video of the incident with the fire department. we don't have it yet. our reporter jose martinez will have more at 6:00 p.m. cbs news bay area. liz? >> anne, thanks. in the east bay, thousands of health care workers rallied. they are negotiating contracts with kaiser and prime health care. workers are sounding the

alarm on patient care because of staffing issues. >> we are having a staffing issue where a lot of people are not getting the care that they are needed. the wait rooms in the er are six hours to 12 hours to see the doctor. the morale for the health care heros is very low. the reason why it's low, we are being ignored. our request for extra care to give to our patients is being ignored or in the form of staff is being ignored. we are not being respected. >> we are waiting for a response from prime health care. kaiser says it continues to bargain in good faith. in a statement, kaiser permanente says this year the union's leadership is seeking a single national wage increase. the same increase for everyone. this would not reflect market labor costs and would prevent us from addressing fair market wages. in santa rosa, a labor day tradition. the north bay labor council held the annual pancake

breakfast. it's part of the afl-cio and represents 70 groups. labor day weekend travelers are making their way back home to the bay this afternoon and this evening. taking a live look outside for some of the bridges and roadways. aaa estimated that 80% of the people traveling for the holiday were driving. some of them are dealing with a big freeway closure on i-80. they are closed from vallejo to hercules including the caltrans bridge. they are making repairs to the road. westbound i-80 is scheduled to reopen at 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. airports are busy as people end the holiday time away. the tsa expected to screen more than 14 million passengers this labor day book ending the busiest summer travel period the agency has ever recorded. shawn chitnis is at san jose mineta as travelers make their way back home. >> reporter: it's an easy way to start your trip if you are beginning here at san jose

mineta airport on labor day. we haven't seen too many lines or a large crowd so far. take a look at the situation earlier in the morning when we were first arriving. one of the clear advantages of using this airport on a busy travel weekend and what officials say should technically be a busy travel week through friday. we were at another airport over the weekend and on friday of last week where we saw the excitement and the busy travel week beginning. again, it's an advantage of having multiple airports in the bay area and people visiting were sure to take advantage of it. >> i went to a birthday party in san jose. i was going to san jose for a dog's birthday party then a family reunion. going home now. after arriving here, relaxed airport. not as cluttered as lax. yeah, i mean, it's very good. >> san francisco businesses were hoping for an uptick in foot traffic this labor day

weekend. they say that doesn't seem to be the case. some say publicity about san francisco's crime and homeless nice kept customers a way to bring about a quiet holiday weekend. business activity is not back to pre-pandemic levels. >> we are surviving. we are not thriving. >> i wish the city does something better with the homeless. >> we hope that tourism bounces back and it's better than 2019. >> despite the economic challenges closer to downtown, pier 39 is seeing big crowds this weekend. a spokesperson tells us sales are about the same this summer compared to 2019. let's take a look at the weather. cooler than average holiday weekend coming to a close. meteorologist darren peck is here with a look ahead. >> we had great weather. some of the best in the country. we had a warm up today compared to where we were over the weekend. we take a look first at san jose where it's already in the upper 70s. that's around what the daytime high is here. the

numbers are climbing back into the low 80s for the next five days. just a little comparison on what san jose can expect looking forward. you won't change a lot. in other words, today was the noticeable warm up from the weekend where we were mainly in the low 70s for daytime highs. today low 80s. the next five days low 80s, warming up to the mid-80s by the weekend. temperatures are not that far off the mark for where we should be for this time of year. just to show you, those are the daytime highs for tomorrow. i will show you the seven-day forecast for everybody in the complete first alert forecast in a bit. liz, back to you. transit month is underway in the bay area. while agencies work toward improvements, there is one big problem. as max darrow reports, the system is in critical need of riders. >> it's no secret that public transit struggled to bounce back after the pandemic. transit agency leaders hope this month will help up lift the system and highlight the

importance of keeping public transit across the bay area moving. for eight years transit month celebrated the role of public transit across the bay area. this year the celebration comes at a critical time. jim allison is a bart spokesperson. >> we need to signal to elected leaders and the rest of the public that this is still a valuable resource, something that deserves to be invested in and we are in a critical period where the federal money is running out in the next year and a half. >> reporter: allison says bart ridership is around 40% of pre-pandemic levels. they are not alone with a slow recovery. ridership across most bay area transit agencies is not roaring back. throughout september bart and other agencies will incentivize people to take public transit with things like contests and prizes. there will be events and discussions surrounding topics like safety and how to improve the system. i asked allison about safety on bart. he says perception isn't

always the reality -- >> the numbers tell a different story that crime is actually relatively rare for bart riders. >> reporter: the agency is implementing several new strategies to make bart safer. >> beginning september 11th we will have trains with fewer train cars. you are less likely to be on a train car by yourself. >> reporter: that will allow police officers to better patrol the trains. another change, they will be replacing fair gates across the system. we will have the first array of new fair gates at west oakland station in december and replace them within a year and a half. this will help detour some of the unwanted behavior by people who were able to sneak in the system without paying. >> reporter: september is typically a good month for bart. he hopes it will continue to be the case this year. >> if people give us a chance during transit month they will find this things changed. >> there are transit month

events across the bay area. the kick off rally is tuesday at noon outside of san francisco city hall. head's up if you head into san francisco. howard street between third and fourth streets is closed ahead of the city's dreamforce convention next week. that event goes from next tuesday through thursday. still ahead, an exodus out of the desert. people are finally starting to make their way out of the muddy mess of burning man. a key member of the 49ers is missing from the field. we hear from two defenders who say

a huge loss in the music world today. the former front man of the san jose rock band smash mouth has died, steve harwell entered hospice care. he suffered from heart disease and other health issues. he was a south bay native and 56 years old. this just in. people attending the burning manifest city value got the green light to leave the venue after being trapped in nevada's desert because of stormy weather. tens of thousands were stranded over more than a half inch of rain

fell on friday turning the site into a muddy mess. elise preston has the latest. >> reporter: organizers are opening the front gate allowing revelers to leave. a rare downpour turned the ground into a soupy sea of mud and muck and left roads impassable. >> you don't expect this kind of rain and the effect, nobody has seen this kind of effect ever in the history of 1988 on. >> reporter: a deluge caused organizers to lock the front gates, render porta potties unusable and limited access to food and water. 70,000 attendees were sheltering in place. >> we have enough tuna for a week. >> reporter: some made their way through the mud to the main road and eventually to the reno tahoe international airport. >> on the ground things felt

not only safe and comfortable actually fun because we, you know, were there for our community and we came together and made the best of it. >> reporter: satellite images show how massive the annual counter culture festival is. thousands attend ever year. the burning man spirit involves taking everything with you and leaving no trace. >> this is the best ever. i am having the best time. >> reporter: whether they leave immediately or stick around to watch the effigy of the man burn monday night, revellers are certain to share their stories about the unforgetable experience in the desert. >> organizers postponed the festival's main ceremony from last night to tonight. the traditional burning of the wooden figure known as the man. there was one death at burning man after the wave of downpours but the cause is under investigation. america's largest airline is going to court to try to stop a web site from promoting

a travel hack known as skip lagging when you take a flight with a connection but get off the plane at the layover instead of the final destination. it's legal but it can be risky. american airlines is suing skip lag. american claims that it deceives the public with claims of access to a secret loop hole but argues the website doesn't save flyers money alleging that many of the fares displayed or higher than on american's website and tickets issued by skip lag are at risk for invalidation. industry analyst says skip lagging violates the rules that flyers agree to follow when they purchase a ticket. >> airlines will take every step they can to protect their businesses. they don't like the use and abuse of hidden city fares. >> skip lag settled earlier lawsuits by southwest and orbitz. united had the case

thrown out in 2014 when the website's founder was profiled on "cbs mornings" running the business out of his small new york city apartment. in a statement, he tells "cbs mornings" we will fight the ridiculous lawsuit until the end to protect consumer rights to the lowest airfares. let's get back to the weather. a pleasant labor day for folks that weren't working. nice to get outside. >> it was. it's a little warmer today. the pattern is changing. western well below average over the weekend. the impressive rain was in the desert. why was black rock such a mess, burning man, accumulated rainfall over the three days. you can see the shades of blue. half an inch to an inch of rain fell. that is the dry lake bed. it's not unheard of to get rain in the desert in late august, early september but you have to have the odds that right to have

that many people on a dray lake bed to turn into that mess. the rain responsible and the pattern responsible for driving that is coming to an end today. what happens now, we start to go back to somewhat more typical conditions. as we look at san francisco, there is the marine layer off the coast. 69 in the city. 20 miles per hour breeze. when we go inland, this is where we notice things getting back to normal. you are going to -- we didn't get out of the 70s all weekend. con cord mid-70s yesterday. it's 83 now. the temperatures have started to climb back up to where they should be this time of year. we will sit here a while. if we look at the big picture, there goes the rain. that dumped the mess for burning man. that system is gone. what we are watching, there is another weak area of low pressure. watch it on water vapor. that doesn't provide rain. what it does do, keeps the temperatures from climbing higher than they would have otherwise and adds a boost to the marine layer. so, here is

tomorrow. we build the marine layer in a little bit. we don't wake up to the intense gray that we had today but gray skies today, widespread. it hung around. tomorrow less of that. more sunshine to start tuesday. we continue this trend of a doubt letter warm up. look at the numbers over here. now are are mid- to upper-80s. santa rosa 83. san jose letter 2. san francisco 68. on the mark for this time of year. if you look at it in the seven-day forecast, there is a subtle warming trend. oakland mid-70s to near 80 by sunday and monday. north bay valleys, you will go from the mid-80s to around 90 by sunday. san jose low to mid-80s to right around 90 by monday of next week. inland east bay, a lot of 80s then low to mid-90s start showing up by sunday and monday. it will get noticeably

warm. for the next few days, on the mark for average. back to you. >> sounds good. average is good. thanks, darren. it's game week for the 49ers as they get ready for the season opener on the road against the steelers. vern glenn has a look ahead. >> reporter: this is the volkswagen red and gold report. this time next monday, the 49ers with or without nick bolsa will be 1-0 or 0-1. the defense thinks they have a winning recipe. >> i can make a turkey. i can make a ham, i can make chicken. whatever you want. i can't do the side. i'm not patient for it. >> they feasted on opposing offenses last year. they combined for 250 tackles and are ready to eat again this season utensils optional. >> i am eating my dessert. how

are you eating? with your hands? >> is it true you said -- he is the kind of guy -- he is the kind of guy that would eat with his hands. >> that's right. that's right. that's all of us. linebackers you want guys that get down and did your at the in the trenches. >> i'm vern glenn. still ahead, a push to change sunscreens in the u.s. why some say we need to be more like other countries when

on the health watch a study out of spain finds ai may help spread the word about the safety of covid vaccines. the study found the tool known as chat gpt is debunking myths and fake stories about the vaccines. researchers say it's a reliable source of nontechnical information especially for people who are not doctors or scientists. there is a push to change sunscreen products in the u.s. because they may not be as effective as the sun protection available in other countries. in new york, some lawmakers and advocates want to make

approving new sunscreen ingredients easier. a 2017 study from memorial sloan kettering found half of the products in the u.s. offered less protection from harmful rays than versions in europe. sunscreen is regulated as a drug. potential new ingredients undergo extensive safety and efficacy testing. sunscreen in other parts of the world is regulated as a cosmetic. >> there are more wildly available chemical filters that have a broader range of protection against the uva and uvb. >> it has been more than two decades since a chemical filter for sunscreen was approved in the u.s. coming up, what to do with gallons and gallons of excess wine. we will explain why one country is destroying it. remember, you can watch us any time anywhere on our streaming service. catch our live updates and news and

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coming up at 5:00 a closer look at light pollution in the night sky. it ruins our view of the stars but there is a simple fix. imagine so much wine that a country is paying millions of dollars to destroy it. right now france has 80 million gallons of surplus win. enough wine to fill more than 100

olympic size swimming pools. it's so much that some winemakers can't charge enough for it to turn a profit. instead of selling it they distill it into purchase alcohol and using it for cleaning supplies and perfume. it will cost the country $216 million. france's agriculture minister says the goal is to prevent a price collapse and give wine producers a source of revenue. heart-breaking. it takes a lot to make wine, especially in france where it's a religion. >> i find it hard to believe they couldn't find good homes for the wine. >> doesn't make sense. we know a few people here that would be okay with at. >> ♪ ♪ 's be on tonight chaos at the off grid festival burning man. thousands of attendees trapped in the remote desert after two months oin