. >> lawrence livermore national laboratory is delivering a message to private industry. >> we've done a lot of upfront r&d. >> it's open for business. livermore gets about $1.5 billion in funding per year, mostly from the government, which goes to projects like this. >> we can create temperatures of hundreds of millions of degrees. >> the national ignition facility is the world's largest and most powerful laser. when fired, temperatures in the core reach tens of millions of degrees. scientists use it to simulate nuclear weapons detonations that helps the government manage the country's nuclear arsenal and provides insight on advanced energy research. livermore is also a leader in high-powered computing. it's home to the world's fastest computer built by ibm, which is do things on a scale that industry can only dream of. >> it might be noisy in here, but that's just the sound of a lot of computing going on. a super computer can do 23 billion calculations per second. that's 20 million billion or 20 with 15 zeroes after it. companies, including general electric, exxon and boeing, use thi

>>:this morning demonstrators will march to lawrence livermore national lab to protest nuclear weaponsversary of the bombing of hiroshima. the protestors are upset at the labs continued research in to nuclear weapons. they plan to gather outside lab at the corner of vasco and patterson pass roads this morning at 7:30. transportation authorities are looking for better ways get fans to the games at levi's stadium. before the football season the santa clara valley transportation authority says, the first event last saturday-- the san jose earthquakes soccer game---- moved about 9-thousand people by light rail and express the v-t-a says, it might deploy more light rail trains. to ease wait times and crowds. v-t-a- also says, a new track will be completed soon. the first pre-season 49ers game >>:happening today.the coliseum authority will vote on a final to deal to kep the a's in oakland. that deal includes a 10-year kron 4's jackie sissel is live jackie? >>: jackie were just a final way across of down in the eyes and crossing the t's. it's gone through see the three political force at this

. >> jersey at lawrence livermore laboratory developed new cushion on material to prevent injury. lab found a way to design and create the material using a 3d printer and silicone base ink. spokesman at the lab says the material exceeds the performance of foam. >>> common travel concern whether airline is going to lose your luggage but as wane discovered at sfo today travelers good at losing their own stuff at the airport. >> also bear low pressurely for loren and possibly forgotten. >> people travel with all kind of city. they lose a lot here in the irritating if tsa line. at sfo this year passengers left behind 20,000 items and claimed only 2500 of them. >> we probably got about i'd say about 200 square feet e-not a lot of rain for davis whose company keeps track of all this stuff. every box on the shelf represents one day in the mont month. tsa keeps a tally of the items picked up since january 1st of this year. 9 07 lap to. 2335 pairs of sun glass. 30 pair of shoe. 85 passport. 8 25 driver's license. 357 memory sticks. and really cool hat. it's a burden on airport across the c

lawrence. >>> wineries in livermore and up in sonoma are gearing up for a big labor day harvest festival. kpix 5's roberta gonzales is live in livermore with more on the big wine weekend. you're already enjoying the grapes. >> apparently. >> reporter: mmm. i kid you not. these are divine. this is what sauvignon blanc likes like. steve, tell me about the big harvest festival this weekend. >> sunday one day only this year harvest festival all the wineries will be doing special things, bands, food, tasting,a great way for people to discover livermore valley wine country. >> then what happened after we pick it? >> reporter: fruit goes to the winery. we put them in a press. goes fresh beautiful juice this morning. they will go into fermenters tomorrow morning. and they will start turning into wine right away. >> reporter: so i'm tasting -- i'm really enjoying these. [ laughter ] >> reporter: when does everybody at home get to try this? >> this particular wine is a kind of a quick turnaround for us. all stainless steel fermented fresh crisp lola is what it will be called and it will be availabl

livermore. 87 degrees in the napa valley. and 68 degrees in san francisco. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. stall in the eastbound lanes 580 through livermore. westbound the commute still looks great. we are hoping for lighter traffic overall. this is the start to the long holiday weekend. sometimes fridays before a three-day weekend we see fewer cars on the roads. you can see a few slowdowns out of tracy and the altamont pass but overall looks okay. past north flynn it clears out. drive time is only about 14 minutes right now in those westbound lanes between the altamont pass and 680. bay bridge toll plaza looks great so far. no delay at all. yesterday it thinne out early. we hope that's the case today. in oakland, the roadwork should be cleared by now at 5:00 the scheduled time when they were supposed to re-open all lanes, the northbound 280 extension closure continuing all weekend. so this morning we could see some traffic tie-ups especially later on in the morning commute. use 101 as an alternate but expect heavier-than-usual traffiom

livermore. mass transit is on time. with the forecast, here's lawrenceouds and fog a little more patchy around the bay area and not a big amount. we'll see an earlier burnoff and warmer temperatures outside. looking toward russian hill clouds are broken somewhat looking like fall. it looks like it will be warm into the afternoon especially in the valleys. temperatures in the 80s, 70s and 80s inside the bay and 60s toward the coastline. ♪ >>> think about commuter confusion, drivers heading towards washington encountered some squiggly lines on interstate 66 monday. temporary striping pulled away from the asphalt and caused a mess. there were no accidents. drivers had to slow down. road crews were out early this morning. and all the lines are now straight again. >> that could be confusing. welcome back to "cbs this morning." charlie and norah are off. sharyn alfonsi at the table and anthony and i are still here. >>> the volcano trapped underice that today. we'll look at the eruption and the disaster that left millions distraught. >>> pl >>> the seattle time

livermore. slow towards 680. drive times slow 32 minutes from the altamont pass and 680. here's lawrencet of clouds around the bay area, not as much drizzle this morning although a little bit outside. not heavy drizzle like yesterday. still the sea breeze strong enough to carry clouds well onshore. that area of low pressure that deepened the marine layer down to southern california where it's producing rain towards san diego. so we have improving weather this afternoon with some mild to warm conditions. as we'll see mostly sunny skies away from the coastline, warmer weather to round out the rest of the week. that slow going to continue to slide on through for today. we have some drizzle early on this morning near the coastline. once that low moves on out, high pressure starts to sneak in and our temperatures will be warming up the next couple of days. so about 86 degrees and comfortable in sacramento for this time of year. slight chance of thunderstorms up toward yosemite. 95 and partly cloudy in fresno and 68 and mostly cloudy into the monterey bay. temperatures today will be running co

livermore, 93. 83 degrees in san jose. 76 in oakland. and 71 degrees in san francisco. all right. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. out the door we go. to marin county, once again we're see the overnight roadwork north of the golden gate bridge coming into sausalito sensors at the waldo tunnel. once you hit the span everything looks okay. they should be doing lane changes here shortly getting another southbound lane open into san francisco. if you are traveling on 880 in oakland, you will hit some overnight roadwork through your downtown oakland exits along southbound 880. looks clear though once you hit the oakland coliseum. and also more roadwork eastbound 580 coming off of the richmond/san rafael bridge approaching canal. and just another reminder, northbound 280 closes this afternoon between 101 and king streets. we also have giants games all weekend long. there's one a day game today so fortunately that start before the closure happens. but there is one a night game tomorrow and saturday and then another day game on sunday so plan ahead for those. and so far all your travel times in the east bay look clear i

livermore. about 81 degrees in san jose. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. and things look busy already. we have a jump-start on the morning commute for sure out at livermore and coming into pleasanton on the westbound lanes of 580. we haven't seen any incidents, no real reasons why. but westbound 580 already up to -- it was saying 21 minutes. now it's about 19 minutes between the altamont pass and 680 but you can see the bulk of slow traffic before you hit vasco road. bay bridge toll plaza, all clear even though on the other side of the bridge westbound 80 by fremont street there is a stalled box truck blocking one lane. just some slight delays in a couple of the cash lanes though at the toll plaza itself. that's your "kcbs traffic report." back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> 5:01. building inspectors in wine country have another busy day ahead of them today. kpix 5 reporter ryan takeo joins us live from napa where dozens of buildings are too dangerous to enter. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: hi, frank. we're talking about 70 buildings red-tagged. it's wild here on 4th street. check ou

lawrence. a member of the "kcbs phone force" says they are picking up the overnight roadwork from livermore into pleasanton on westbound 580. drive time is clear so we are seeing a little bit of slowdowns maybe approaching the north livermore exit. 15 minutes between the altamont pass and 680. just some minor slowing westbound through the livermore valley. here's a live look outside the nimitz once again a lot of overnight roadwork. this is a hot spot for roadwork in the overnight hours. this morning it's northbound and southbound both directions in san leandro approach marina and southbound 880 coming into downtown oakland. right now no delay on the sensors though in either direction so looks like traffic is getting by okay. more roadwork north of the golden gate bridge. we were seeing a few flashing lights earlier across the span. they should be opening another southbound lane here shortly trying to get four southbound lanes open in the commute direction just in time when the morning commute begins to pick up. and once again we really have been closely watching bart after those big delays last

livermore. altamont pass sluggish as you work your way westbound. that's traffic. here's lawrence. >>> we are expecting more sunshine outside today, gianna. of course, starting out with some low clouds and fog. even some patchy drizzle near the coastline but looks like it's broken into the south bay. so toward the afternoon, we'll bring you a whole lot of sunshine today. these temperatures going to pop up away from the coastline. out toward the beaches still cool there. 60s. but some of the numbers inland under mostly sunny skies this afternoon, could be near 90. sunny on the weekend with near normal temperatures and that's not a bad place to be at this time of the year. high pressure nudging in as that low starts to kick further to the east. not a real strong ridge but enough to bring the temperatures up today and probably right through the weekend, as well. 91 degrees expected in sacramento with sunny skies. 96 redding. lake tahoe 77 mostly sunny. partly cloudy yosemite. 90 degrees. 98 and hot in fresno. low clouds and fog a little more broken this morning as we head throughout

livermore valley. a check of the forecast now. here's lawrence. >>> yes liz, this is getting exciting we have some showers out there right now. the monsoon continues. that subtropical moisture making its way into bay area and bringing with it some rain drops this morning. maybe even some isolated thunderstorms. you can see the low really right over the central part of the state that's wrapping around the moisture back into much of the east and north bays right now. we're seeing the scattered showers continuing now some possibilities of heavier amounts of rainfall and there's a chance we could see some thunderstorms. as you look out over the bay, the skies a little bit broken we've got some low clouds and fog out there as well. 50s and some 60s at this hour. by the afternoon, there are slight chance of a few more showers and an isolated thunderstorm. temperatures will be down because of the cloud cover. plan on lots of 70s a few 80s inland and some 60s ament the coast. back to you -- at the coast. back to you. >>> california of course needs the re

lawrence. this is that magic time when they have hopefully cleared a lot of the overnight roadwork. looks like the livermoreeasanton commute should be reopened. they should have reopened the far right lanes. we are seeing slowdowns through the livermore valley as you approach north livermore. drive time is still clear 15 minutes from the altamont pass. if you are heading to oakland, there is some overnight roadwork or i should say there was some overnight roadwork near your downtown oakland exits. that was scheduled to wrap up by 5:00

lawrence. and outside we go. we're already seeing some slowing. we have an early jump on this morning commute out of livermore and into pleasanton. especially from north greenville out to even past vasco, you see the drive time is slow. so we wondered if they got a late start picking up some overnight roadwork but turns out everything is clear. we just called caltrans and they cleared the overnight roadwork from the altamont pass and livermore just a lot of commuters right now trying to get to the dublin-pleasanton side of the freeway. here's a live look at the golden gate bridge. southbound traffic flowing again so they may have held traffic just temporarily like we said in our last traffic report they cleared some overnight roadwork that was on the north end of the golden gate bridge in sausalito. theyway, we have of the all clear -- anyway, we have the "all clear," north- and southbound 101 between san francisco and marin county. your other bridges, here's a live look at the richmond/san rafael bridge approach. you can see a few headlights westbound there. so far, so good all the way across the span from r

livermore, 81 in san jose, 74 in oakland and 69 in san francisco. all right. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence.07 all is quiet on the roads right now. we have a couple of things going on later this evening though that could cause some traffic jams. we have the giants playing over at at&t. that starts at 7:15. take on philadelphia. then an oakland raiders preseason game over by the oakland coliseum. that starts at 7:00. so again, 101, 880, all around the bay area, kind of in addition to the usual evening commute home you have a couple of bigger games going on. so just a heads up. for right now, though, like i said, here a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. looks good. they even cleared out those earlier delays in some of the far left cash lanes. and now it looks good no delay on the sensors at all between the incline and treasure island. and outside we go. the nimitz freeway they must have cleared some of this overnight roadwork. they were supposed to clear it past 5:00. southbound 880 coming into downtown oakland. the drive time suddenly changed to clear in the northbound and southbound la

80 degrees in concord. 84 in livermore. 79 in san jose. 72 in oakland. 69 degrees in san francisco. all right. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. we will take you out to the east bay. we'll start off on 880. if you are traveling anywhere near downtown oakland for at least the next 20 minutes, you're going to see various lanes blocked and it looks like it's northbound and southbound. northbound between 23rd and broadway, southbound between jackson and fifth. again, all this is supposed to wrap up by 5:00. here's a look closer to the oakland coliseum. the drive time now is about 15 minutes between 238 and the maze. you can see maybe even a few flashing lights, looks like maybe a police car heading up to monitor things. it's just your overnight roadwork right now so won't slow you down by much. and if you want to wait it out, again, wait another 20 minutes or so. also, if you are heading to the richmond/san rafael bridge, we have that usual overnight roadwork between canal and castro. here's a live look closer to the toll plaza. traffic is very light at this time of the morning getting into marin county. and over at the bay bridg

north bay about 80-degrees in livermore one of the warmer spots. 80 san jose and about 68 in san francisco. time for a road check for that we head to liz. >>> and thank you lawrence. some puddling on the roads this morning and we are seeing a number of spinouts or at least this one blocking lanes is coming into daly city where there's a little bet of a jam -- bit of a jam already this morning. northbound 880 by hick i can boulevard. blocking the two -- hickory boulevard. locking the two left lanes. southbound as well. mostly just kind of spectator slowing. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. so far to good coming into the -- so good coming into the city. and either direction between oakland and san francisco no major roadwork. and overnights this westbound traffic heading onto the richmond san rafael bridge. everything is clear here. eastbound only the left lane was getting by and again expect to see a slowdown there that should be wrapping up by 6:00. according to caltrans. and we are off to a great start if you want to avoid the roads altogether. b.a.r.t. system wide no delays. that's your latest kcbs drive to work. back to you guys. >>> liz thank you. ha

lawrence. this is that magic time when they have hopefully cleared a lot of the overnight roadwork. looks like the livermore to pleasanton commute should be reopened. they should have reopened the far right lanes. we are seeing slowdowns through the livermore valley as you approach north livermore. drive time is still clear 15 minutes from the altamont pass. if you are heading to oakland, there is some overnight roadwork or i should say there was some overnight roadwork near your downtown oakland exits. that was scheduled to wrap up by 5:00. they took the accident at canal off the report so that accident is gone. it was in the eastbound lanes of 580 near canal where they were also doing a lot of overnight roadwork. should have also wrapped up. mass transit so far, so good on this friday morning. that's your latest "kcbs traffic"." back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> 5:01. the dmv says it's broken up one of the state's biggest car dealership odometer tampering case in the area. a couple from antioch under arrest after an undercover investigation. george and danielle guevara are accused of rolling back odomet

livermore. by the afternoon, we have some 80s for the valleys. a lot of 70s inside the bay today and some 60s toward the coastline. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. and we'll go back out to the altamont pass. this accident is still there. any activity though is definitely off to the right- hand shoulder. fortunately it's only about 52 miles per hour right now as you pass the accident scene it's not going to slow you down much so it shouldn't delay you by more than a minute or two. here's a live look also in the east bay northbound and southbound southbound. we got your usual roadwork up and down the nimitz freeway. this morning it is southbound 880 between jackson and embarcadero that should wrap up in the next 20 minutes. same thing on the approach to the richmond/san rafael bridge, westbound 580 approaching castro street traffic down to one lane. at the toll plaza traffic is still light. again there are some delays. they have been doing that work overnight. and in the east bay the roadwork continues again in our usual spots eastbound 24 counter commute on the approach to the caldecott tunnel. that is scheduled until 6:00. sometimes caltrans pi

livermore. 82 san jose. and about 69 degrees in san francisco. all right. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. have a hot spot definitely growing in south san jose. there's an injury accident motorcycle accident. still waiting for an ambulance to maybe block another lane but right now two lanes are blocked northbound 101. it is right by the coyote creek golf drive exit. i got to kind of check behind me. that's the latest tweet from "kcbs traffic." northbound 101 you can see the traffic jam growing. it's now backed up to tennant so the latest tweet from kcbs says it's backed up to cochran but delays on the sensors are farther south. so the backup is extensive especially for this time of the morning trying to get to san jose. we'll let you know when they can hopefully re-open some lanes here pretty shortly. here's a live look at 880 in oakland. also kcbs drove one of their mobile units through and it sounds like there's a stalled big rig blocking the off-ramp southbound 880 approaching 16th. main lines of the freeway not affected. that is your latest "kcbs" drive to work. back to you guys. >> th

through the livermore valley, we are seeing the usual slowdowns but slightly better than normal from the altamont pass and 680. with the forecast, here's lawrence. >>> we have patchy fog now not as extensive as the last couple of days. we are going to see some cooler temperatures. the sea breeze picking up. some of those winds to 30 miles per hour right in through the delta. still we are going to see a lot of sunshine into the afternoon. the clouds start to break up. boy, it's going to be a beautiful day inside the bay and the valleys. but temperatures going to come down two or three degrees and looks like the weekend should be great. high pressure going to strengthen overhead. our temperatures going to actually warm up a few more degrees. but today we have a weak low that's making its way just to our north. so that will be enough to reinforce the marine layer just a little bit along the coastline and bring that cool breeze. but with the breeze comes some very good air quality all around the bay area. you can breathe deeply the clean air. temperatures in the central valley 89 in sacramento, 99 and hot in fresno, 74 lake tahoe, 94 yosemite. suns

livermore right now. this afternoon, 70s and 80s inside the bay and 60s toward the coastline. that's a look at weather, guys. back to you. >>> lawrence 7 afghan police officers are dead after one of their colleagues opened fire at a security checkpoint. the gunman is at large. last night's attack happened hours after another shooting in afghanistan that killed a u.s. general. a man dressed as an afghan soldier opened fire on a military post in kabul. the victim is major general harold greene the highest ranking member to die in battle overseas in 44 years. 15 allied soldiers were wounded including eight from the u.s. >>> happening today an important vote regarding the short term future of the oakland a's. kpix 5's anne makovec joins us with more. >> reporter: there is the final hurdal long road for the -- hurdle in a long road. the deal was approved by the oakland city council, alameda county and is headed to the coliseum authority for the final vote. it is a 10-year lease but that doesn't mean a's will stay for ten years. the coliseum might be knocked down much sooner than that. the oakland raiders, who share the coliseum, want to b

livermore. 82 in san jose. 79 in san rafael. and about 67 degrees in pacifica. time for a road check, for that we head to elizabeth >> thank youer lawrenceng to do a little look at the altamont pass. delays begin at tracy and 205 around mountain house and once you get past vasco you can tell they turned some yellow sensors to green ones and then brake lights closer to the dublin interchange. our usual traffic pattern loosens up past vasco. drive time 20 minutes between the altamont pass and 680. here's the bay bridge, this is typical stuff, as well. 5:34, they haven't activated the metering lights yet but the cash payors are the ones waiting in a little backup. the fastrak lanes are still fine and again usually in the next 10 minutes that's when they turn on the metering lights and we see bigger delays. they are calling for tow crews southbound 101 south of the airport at sfo. sounds like chp is still on scene and they should have this wrapped up by 6:00. that's your latest "kcbs" drive to work back to you guys. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. >>> marilyn hartman won't be hanging out in any airports for the next two months. an l.a. j

lawrence right after the break. stay there. >>> good morning. the 580 commute is a mess. still one hour delays for westbound traffic leaving the tracy area. bound for livermorere opened because of the earlier accident along 580. and if you plan to make the bay bridge commute set aside extra time. long delays there as well leaving mcmcarthur maze. >> and we have hazy sunshine outside expected today. starting out with low clouds and fog and high level clouds as well but high pressure that's going to crank up the heat this afternoon. it's going to get hot in spots inland. 90s maybe with triple digits in some of the valleys. 70s and 80s inside the bay and 60s and low 70s towards the coastline cooling down over the week end a little bit. a few monsoonal clouds on wednesday. female announcer: you're on the right track to save big during sleep train's triple choice sale. for a limited time you can choose to save hundreds on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. or choose $300 in free gifts with sleep train's most popular tempur-pedic mattresses. you can even choose 48 months interest-free financing on the new tempur-choice with head-to-toe customization. the t

livermore valley much improved from a while ago after that earlier crash at isabel. down to about 24 minutes now between the altamont pass and 680. that is "kcbs traffic." here's lawrenceof low clouds and fog around a good part of the bay area. just some patchy stuff into the valleys. in dublin you see some of that patchy fog and mixture of sunshine. more sun on the way. some warmer temperatures today as high pressure going to strengthen especially into the valleys maybe 80s and low 90s there. 81 san jose. 74 oakland. about 69 in san francisco. the weekend looking good maybe slightly warmer on saturday. hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:30? ah... (boy) i'm here! i'm here! (cop) too late. i was gone for five minutes! ugh! move it. you're killing me. you know what, dad? i'm good. (dad) it may be quite a while before he's ready, but our subaru legacy will be waiting for him. (vo) the longest-lasting midsize sedan in its class. introducing the all-new subaru legacy. it's not just a sedan. it's a subaru. >>> hey, san francisco! welcome to candlestick park. >>> a hard day's night in san francisco. sir paul mccartney helped turn out the lights forever at san francis

livermore valley because of an earlier stall approaching i see belmont stakes. that is your latest "kcbs traffic." here's -- approaching isabel. that is your latest "kcbs traffic." with the forecast, here's lawrencelouds have moved in and how about this neat shot from our mount vaca cam looking good? the low clouds sweeping onshore this morning breaking up but we'll have a cold front bringing showers in far northern california. we on the other hand going to get a lot of sunshine and passing high clouds. the temperatures will be mild today. 70s inside the bay and a few 80s for the valleys, 60s at the coastline. >>> one, two, three -- >> the new england patriots and their owner robert kraft join the ice bucket sensation. they challenge their division rivals to do the same. that would include the miami dolphins, buffalo bills and the new york jets. we've been telling you about the online campaign raising money to fight lou gehrig's disease for als. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." jane pauley is here sitting in for gayle king all this week. >>> good morning. coming up in this half-hour, the brooklyn bridge is guarded 24 hours a day. for weeks people wanted to know how anyone could breach secu