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clinically proven unisom helps you fall asleep faster and stay asleep so you wake rested. unisom.l asleep faster. sleep longer. >> welcome back. a good monday morning to you. thanks for starting your day with us. i want to check in with mike. he's got a look at the commute. >> good morning. we're looking at 580. we saw early slowing including coming toward the dublin interchange. that has cleared for the most part at least west of portola. 22 minutes, slow from the alta mont pass. here focusing on antioch approaching l street. things lighten up then clear toward love. haven't seen it for a couple of weeks. livermore, the interchange there with 24 and 680 moving smoothly. and a nice drive in toward caldecott. no problems. and no metering lights a it the bay bridge. a live look, i'll let you know t latest, they say no metering lights and we don't see a backup a. good steady flow but lighter under the low clouds. watch the wind across the bridge. a live look at the golden gate bridge. fog is an issue. it's creeping all the way down the coast so be careful. there are patches of dense

clinically proven unisom helps you fall asleep faster and stay asleep so you wake rested. unisom.all asleep faster. sleep longer. >>> ever since the movie "march of the penguins" came out, those adorable little birds have become all the rage. >> they are cute. now the california academy of sciences in san francisco has introduced a new app that will offer you 24/7 live access to its popular colony of african penguins. the app is called pocket penguins and is available free to apple iphone and android users. if you log on to the app and download it, you'll be able to toggle through three views. with one view you goat watch them swim under water. the museum advise says the best time to watch is 10:30 in the morning and 3:00 in the afternoon. of course, that is when they chow down. >> apparently it's interesting to watch a penguin eat. >> lots of fish. >>> thanks for being with us tonight. nightly news is next. >> see you at 6:00.

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