lemonis: backlit, non-lit, front-lit? anthony: i sell a lot of stuff. lemonis: ...who won't be satisfied until he's the biggest vendor in the state. anthony: i want to deal with a lot of national companies. i don't want to deal with mom-and-pops anymore. lemonis: he's incredibly ambitious... anthony: i'm a go-getter. i'm a go-go guy. lemonis: ...but overly confident. todd: how long does this take? josh: probably about three weeks. anthony: we can definitely knock this sign out in a week. lemonis: you guys got to get your story straight. if i can figure out how to check his ego, get him to listen... as a potential customer, i have to worry that you're gonna sue me. anthony: you think so? lemonis: ...he might just get to the top. my name is marcus lemonis, and i fix failing businesses. if you don't like money, don't follow my program. i make the tough decisions. we're closing the store. we're done. i'm not talking about it anymore. i back them up, spending my own money. it's not always pretty... man: perfect flavor. lemonis: ...but this is business. you g

all lanes of richmond highway will move between fairfax county parkway and backlit road to widen route 1. look for that change tomorrow morning. alison: let's check on how the traffic is looking tonight. jamie sullivan is on traffic watch. jamie: it's a slow one. let's begin with the commute outbound on 66. it will take 40 minutes from the beltway to continue to the fairfax county parkway. no accidents that are causing big delays right now. it's just that normal afternoon commute. you can see we have congestion on 66. definitely that is slowing. we have the heavy traffic on the beltway. i want to give you a live look and show you what we are working with. this is near seven lost road. you get a look at the volume the inner and the outer loop. no crashes in maryland working outbound on 270. slow go closer to gaithersburg. 95 to baltimore and maryland. same thing. congestion from the capital beltway closer to get toward laurel. no problems on the road. we had an earlier accident but that is now gone. that is a look at the afternoon commute. back to you. alison: thank you. the richmond zo

both comfort and style, and the old product display was disorganized and cluttered, so i added new backlitur new product really stands out. carolyn: hey, doesn't this look amazing? amazing! woman: if you're happy, we'll all be happy. lemonis: the new salon has just opened, and the entire mood is completely different. woman: this is where we belong, i think. lemonis: with over $300,000 in total renovations, i can see it's already starting to pay off. carolyn: oh, my god. lemonis: oh, my god. carolyn: unbelievable. lemonis: it looks unbelievable. you know what i like more than anything? the fact that the chairs are full. how many new chairs do you have? carolyn: 31. lemonis: so eight more chairs. and look at it. they're all full. and each one of those chairs is generating an additional $6,000 per month in revenue. how do you like how the color bar came out? carolyn: oh, my god. it came out awesome. lemonis: 70% of our revenue is done right here, and this is how we pay our bills. carolyn: now as they use it, they're writing it down. the person that's in charge back there will also scan it so

. >> backlit. >> that works. >> let's do it. improving the lighting so it's more inviting, and we can see the cars better. is this as bright as it's gonna get? >> we're actually in the process of changing those out right now, and then you can tell me if you want to add more. we're updating the electricity and the wiring. we're rebuilding the bathrooms from scratch, so the customers and the employees aren't scared to use them. and we're adding a new sales area, so the customers can feel like they're part of the process. hey, jon, come on over. >> wow. >> when you license a business, you have to also license your image, so i've rebranded the company, including getting uniforms for our employees. it's--it's a totally different feel. we look legit. >> i'm very happy with the progress. i spent way more than expected. i've spent over $350,000, but i know it's got to be right if this is the prototype. i'm confident that i'm gonna get my money back after four or five licensees, and after that there's going to be a really nice profit. >>

it's worth being backlit when you have a sun up the hills. i digress. 580 is not bad. we've been looking at contra costa county. slow traffic on highway 4 over the willow pass grade. that's about it. 680 looks good from the benicia bridge to highway 24. skyfox over oakland as we look at interstate 880, coming up on jack lon -- jack london square and downtown oakland. patrolling from hayward to oakland and the commute looks good. back to the desk. >> thank you. >>> an oakland barber and his two young children missing in the tahoe national forest have been found safe. they were spotted not too from their campsite. tara moriarty is live from outside of the family home in alameda county. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. authorities seem to think that it was their truck, the family's truck that somehow became disabled and that is why they got stranded. they hadn't spoken to the father when we were there last night when ktvu was on scene but hopefully more details will emerge. behind me is the family home. we haven't seen any movement here. nicholas vlahos and his 5-