at travis. lawrence livermore lab is joining teams around the world in trying to figure out what makes the coronavirus tick. they re using one of the world s most powerful super computers to figure out the proteins that make up this virus and they they can be attacked and neutralized. the virus is not very well understood yet. it s what you can t see that can hurt you. that s why scientists have put long hours into creating this 3d image of the proteins at the core of the coronavirus. the structure of the key protein that we want to target is not known. reporter: scientists are taking their best guess using the dna makeup of a close cousin of the coronavirus, the sars virus that killed nearly 800 people in the early 2000s. from that structure we can begin to design a therapeutic anti-body. reporter: since the two viruses are not identical, the lab s own super computer sierra, rated as the second most lawrence livermore d. scientists used to come up with their mo
there have been no major issues driving on contra costa county or on the east shore freeway getting out to the area. there have been no problems on another overnight shooting on interstate 880 is being investigated right now. it happened last night at around 10:30. the driver headed north on interstate 880 near 880 near the 23rd avenue in oakland. part of the freeway was closed as chp investigated. it is the second shooting on 880 in less than 24 hours. the first was yesterday morning on the mowry avenue onramp around 3 ak. no one was hurt in that shooting. the driver was a specific target in that shootingment. two airplanes from wuhan, china are landing in the u.s. today. the other is at an airport in omaha, nebraska. the cdc says all the passengers are being screened for the coronavirus and will be quarantined for the next two weeks. the death toll for the coronavirus in china now 563. a newborn baby just 30 hours old tested positive for the illness and is the youngest
where there was no rain at all? yes, there was. 1864. i remember that one. that was a tough one. upper 50s where we should be on the high side. that s not the case. upper 50s for few and mid 60s for others and temperatures starting off 30s and 40s on the temps here. there s nothing to be seen yet as far as any cloud cover. we ll keep an eye to see if any fog forms. 60s in santa rosa and 68. and now my good friend sal so far so good. nothing new. there was a lot less traffic in 1964. . there s nothing much yet. let me just quickly go down to these commutes for you. i want to show you that traffic is doing pretty well traffic. a little bit slow as you come off the tracy triangle. and when you re driving in oakland so far so good up to the bay bridge toll plaza. another update just minutes ahead. 501, let s go back to the desk. breaking news coming in from fremont. firefighters battling an early morning house fire. it s happening at driftwood drive. firefighters rushed
31 degrees. it s been chilly out there. going to have another night like that tonight, as well. a freeze warning in place, but for now let s take a look. the sun has come up. it s getting awfully pretty. santa rosa, 44. 42 in oakland. livermore is 30 degrees still. 37 down in san jose, and look at this, we ll take livermore as an example, 19 degrees cooler than it was yesterday. fairfield, 20 degrees cool are e even sfo 14 degrees cooler so that s why you feel it. the wind is still in elevation ten-miles-an-hour, and we re looking very good heading down to the peninsula to the south bay and the east day and we got some cloud cover there. very cool temperatures tonight, and very chilly night, so we ll talk about freeze warning in just a little bit. guys back to you. and we do have traffic that is affected by that stall, or show it to you here, the truck is now on a tow truck on southbound 880 at one point was blocking several, but most of the lanes are getting by. is going to
announcer: now from abc7, live breaking news. breaking news outside l.a. s staple center, fans gather to mourn the laker superstar who gave them 20 years of thrills, clutch shots and acrobatic highlights inside the arena. the sports world lost kobe bryant today in a helicopter crash that also killed his 13-year-old daughter and as many as seven others. he was a bigger than life superstar who came to the nba as a skinny teenager and almost immediately let everyone know he belonged. abc news reporter marci gonzalez begins our team coverage. reporter: this fiery wreckage in southern california, the scene of the helicopter crash that killed basketball legend kobe bryant and eight others. today is a tough day. reporter: witnesses report seeing the chopper in distress moments before it went down today in calabasas. i heard a helicopter just flying way too low, and i heard like a loud thud noise. reporter: bryant was drafted to the nba straight from high school in 1996