Media was a big reason why. At first glance you think you had walked into the superdome or one of those wild super bowl parties. But this, folks, is the media center, the hub of the nfl Network Featuring my old broadcast partner eric davis. Its not like im working in a coal mine. Its not like im having to work for a living. This right here is tons of fun and i just get to do more of it. Who can complain about being here this week . The number of media here is recordbreaking. They live and have lived for the past two years to make your experience incredible. So have an incredible experience. Reporter it is also headquarters for 5,000 credentialed media, broadcasting and writing nationally around the world. Everything they can to promote player safety i think were seeing more and more of that. Reporter everything is here to make the medias job easier. Need some jambalaya . Just ask. My news director is going to love this because i dont have to expense it. The nfl feeds the hand that feeds them. Literally. You already had breakup. It was in the hotel room. This is second brunch. This is my second breakfast. Reporter they didnt become a 9. 5 billion company in 2012 on their own. You want proof in only 12 tv shows have reached 40 million average viewers. 11 of those 12 have been nfl postseason games. If you treat the media well they will say good things about you. Reporter the media center is the super bowl conduit to the rest of the world and we are all working very hard for you. Also not a bad place for free stuff. Now what these go for on ebay . Reporter later on in sports, how did president obama get embroiled in a super bowl controversy including jim harbaugh . Thats coming up a little bit later on. Allen, you need a pen . Forget the pens. Youre getting free jambalaya . You know the media. You know how the media operates. Free food . Were all over it. Thank you. Dennis is going to bring us live reports from new orleans all week. Vern glenn, Michelle Griego, also there. And in a few minutes, we are going to hear from Mike Sugerman, who is on the road to new orleans tonight. New at 6 00, we are in the middle of a particularly nasty flu season. This year, many bay area hospitals are strictly enforcing a new mandate that healthcare workers get flu shots or wear a mask at work. Cbs 5 reporter Ann Notarangelo shows us how its working. Reporter prior to this year if you worked in healthcare in contra costa county, getting the flu shot was voluntary but this year the county Health Department mandated employees either get the shot or or while they are working in patient care areas to wear a surgical mask. Reporter at Sutter Delta Medical Center in antioch, as of november 96 of the staff got the shot up from 67 two years ago. Best thing to do for the patients. Its for patient safety. Its for my safety, my family. Reporter alameda and santa clara counties also adopted this mandate this year. Contra costa county says it is gone from 64 when it was voluntary to 74 this year. There are a few people that vocalize that they werent happy with the requirement. Reporter the California Nurses Association strongly encourages its members to get flu shots but does not like that its mandatory. A spokesman said it would be better to isolate sick patients and give nurses better sick leave so they dont have to work when sick. At sutter those who have been vaccinated have a sticker on their badge. Even manager knows who didnt get vaccinated and they ensure that theyre wearing their masks. We havent had any complaints with one or the other. Reporter there are flu stations where masks are ready available and the new policy is taken seriously. This person says she expects her coworkers who opted out to wear masks. I will ask them why dont they have a mask. And if not, they need to step out of the patient care area. Reporter the goal is to stop the flu from spreading in medical facilities. Its going to be difficult to prove if the policy worked. People will still get sick and who knows how bad it might have been. In antioch, Ann Notarangelo, cbs 5. Bay area headlines. A crash involving a gasoline tanker truck and several cars snarled traffic on the eastbound lanes of the bay bridge this afternoon. There was no gas that leaked. No injuries. But three lanes had to be closed while the accident was cleared. All lanes are now open. In san mateo county, three people died after a car crashed into a utility pole. The chp is trying to figure out why the 21yearold driver lost control on highway 92 in foster city last night. The driver and two brothers died. Those brothers are 12 and 16 years old. A Third Brother and another person in the car survived. In east Oakland Police say an eightyearold girl is expected to survive after being shot. A bullet struck her leg at 2 30 this afternoon. It was near 65th and avenel. No word of arrests. In San Francisco investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a fire in a highrise in chinatown. The fire broke out in a bedroom on pacific avenue between stockton and powell. No serious injuries reported. If you have driven to the golden gate lately, you might be wondering whats going on with the doyle drive project . There is a new ramp that looks finished. Cbs 5 reporter joe vazquez asked if it is, why isnt it open yet . Reporter if you are trying to get from the sunset to the marina you still have to take the long way. But look right there to your right. Theres the beautiful new ramp. Why cant you just take it . Yeah. We do get the question a lot. Its tantalizing. Its here. It does look complete. It is complete. Reporter after two years of construction including the demolition of doyle drive, the new ramp looks ready to go and right next to it is traffic moving north and south toward the Golden Gate Bridge and way from it on a newly built bridge. Well, then, why cant you use that ramp to get on it . Because, it turns out, they are only halfway done tearing down and building the rest of the so called presidio parkway project. Right now, this is a temporary situation. You can see this new bridge, the old one right behind it with the original truck needs to be torn down. Then they will build a twin bridge in its place alongside the other new one. At that point, traffic will no longer be crowded onto one bridge with movable median markers. Currently while this bridge is carrying both directions of traffic theres not enough sight lines and merging distance. To put additional traffic on that southbound, theres just not enough room for cars to merge safely. Reporter its not safe to ramp on right now with traffic going in both directions and it wont be ready until late 2015 when the entire project is complete. Ultimately there will be another twin bridge built and three more tunnels and a whole new interchange. So theres a lot more that people will see in the coming months and the coming years. Reporter joe vazquez, cbs 5. Doing donuts on the 880. The sideshow that shut down the bay area interstate. Im Mike Sugerman taking the hard way to the big easy. The road to the super bowl. Im in roswell, new mexico, talking to 9er fans. Stick around, my story is coming up. We were the big sunny today. Mainly sunny skies, chilly and breezy. Find out when that will change on a clear evening and well also talk about how chilly its going to get tonight. Your forecast right through super bowl sunday next. Go 9ers all the way through. Another dynasty coming on. Lets make it six super bowls this time. When kaepernick gets to that moss field he gonna throw some bombs and the ravens gonna fall from the crabtree and we gonna have raven soup. Q that shut down a busy bay area freeway, did not amuse the chp. Cbs5 reporter john ramos has the video its called a sideshow but the stunt that shut down the busy bay area freeway didnt amuse the chp. John ramos has the video. Reporter saturday around 4 p. M. It came to a halt because of this. This video shows a complete northbound lane blocked while cars spin doughnuts in the middle of the freeway. The chp says five or six cars were involved coming dangerously close to each other and people on the shoulder. If it was somebodys idea of fun, the chp clearly isnt laughing. People know its not okay. They have to take a stand. They have to do whats right. They have to speak out against it and people are friends of these people. Its like letting someone drive drunk. Its not going to happen. Does it . It does. Its not okay. Reporter oakland is a city that prides itself on its progressive image and tolerance for dissent but some people think fostering that image has led to an acceptance of lawlessness. I dont really care if oakland is a world class city or not. Thats irrelevant to me. Im more concerned about oakland being a good place for me to live. Reporter even young people who say it was fun to watch admit it was a little over the top. Youre from kansas. Would you have seen Something Like this kansas . No, you would go to jail. Reporter the chp says they are looking for those involved but that wont be enough. Everybody needs to get involved. Its not necessarily just highway patrol. You need to speak out. You need to tell these people its not okay. Reporter in oakland, john ramos, cbs 5. The roads to the super bowl can be a long one for players and fans alike. Even longer driving there. Mike sugerman is taking the scenic route on the way to new orleans and he joins us now via broadband connection in roswell, new mexico. Hi, mike. [ pause ] reporter roswell, new mexico plugged into my car and im talking to you live on San Francisco tv. Its unbelievable. People have no idea what im doing except that they see my 49ers gear and in the last hour three people have come up and given me hi5s. A lot of 9er fans on the road. We have run into a bunch of them. This is the fourth day my wife and i have been on the road. Im trying to talk her into the fact that this is a second honeymoon. She is not buying it. But we have had a lot of fun. We left our house on friday. The first stop was in San Bernardino in a place you might not expect to be staying. Really . Honey, most of its yours. Shes right. [ car starts ] road trip [ music ] i have been driving all night man [ music ] reporter long road to the big easy started hard. But things looked up when we got to our first stop. The wigwam motel. Reporter the wigwam motel about 460 miles from the bay area in San Bernardino. This property is located on route 66. A gentleman by the name of Frank Redford loved the concept of teepees and built it for people to stay on their travels. Reporter built in 1949 one of a network on the route now one of only two. The family took it over 7 years ago. Its a piece of americana you dont see anymore. Reporter heidi and her husband stayed the night we were there, theyre from antioch. As a little kid we used to drive by and saw the teepees and always wanted to go in and see them. And so i told my husband about them. So we just booked a room and came down and stayed last night. Reporter she had her reservations. I heard there was actually a hooker hotel. Reporter there was a dark time in the 80s but all that is changed. Inside is the completely normal room like you stay at any motel, refrigerator, tv, bed. Reporter kumar is a big cigar smoker. When he found out i enjoyed one now and again he said he had the perfect smoke for me. Going to the super bowl. Reporter yeah. The colors represent the team thats going to be winning the super bowl this year. Reporter red and gold. Red and gold, my man. Reporter all right, baby. We had a great time at the wigwam. [ car starts ] road trip reporter next stop . Well cross that bridge when we get to it. So roswell, new mexico today. Tomorrow, hopefully, amarillo, texas, where im taking the 72 ounce big challenge. If i eat a 72ounce steak i get it for free. Otherwise, it costs 72. You have to pay up. Mike sugerman in roswell, thank you. Well certainly find out about that. Those steaks are huge. But theres nothing to lose because he is going to expense it if he has to pay for it. That takes the edge off. 4. 5 pounds of cow. Thats a lot. Thats a big steak. Everythings bigger in texas it feels like springtime in california. Sunshine, breezy, chilly, but what a gorgeous evening. Looks calm when youre looking from inside your house which im assuming you are right now watchin channel 5. Santa rosa 63. Oakland 60. But the majority of us stayed in the 50s. Concord 59. Redwood city 57. San francisco 56. Half moon bay 55. Cbs 5 hidef doppler always scanning. See that little green thing at the top of your screen through sacramento . Thats the radar beam. It always sends out a signal. The question is what is it receiving back . In this case it is receiving nothing back because theres no rain anywhere close to the bay area. High pressure is off to the west. We can tell this because the rule of nature is Northern Hemisphere where we live winds always flow clockwise around High Pressure so watch the clouds going up toward canada and alaska and then coming back down. Right now we are on the eastern fringe of the high that kept you cloudy with high, thin cirrus cloud cover at times today. Tomorrow though the High Pressure dome begins to move toward us so i expect full sunshine throughout the bay area tomorrow. But it will still be chilly. Still on the eastern half of the high. And that means we are still getting our influence coming down from the north. So you have sunshine but highs generally in the mid to upper 50s. By wednesday, thursday, friday and saturday, High Pressure is closer to us. We dont get that northerly influence. The atmosphere warms up. And youre going to be in the 60s. 60s starting wednesday. So what to expect . Nights will be chilly 30s away from the water like tonight toward concord and toward napa you will be about 34, 35 degrees but sunny and mild afternoons and dry all week. 50s tomorrow, upper 50s for oakland, concord, vallejo, napa. Livermore 57. San francisco 56. Extended forecast, look at all that sunshine i know we need the rainfall. Need some mountain snow. We are not getting it this week. 60s wednesday. Mid60s through saturday. Right now it looks dry as we get ready for victory on super bowl sunday. Sounds good. Super forecast. Thanks, paul. How deep is your love for the 49ers . Sounds like a bee gees song. Meet an extreme bay area fans support for the team caused love to slip through his fingers. Im Dennis Odonnell at the super bowl in new orleans. One of the questions for jim harbaugh today, why hasnt his linebacker aldon smith gotten any action in the past five games . Harbaugh said he is the mvp and the victory over the Atlanta Falcons because he had great pressure had a great game and he says its low hanging fruit. You have to look a little deeper and that aldon is being double teamed. So look for big pressure from the 49er linebacker in super bowl xlvii. This afternoon. San Francisco Police authorities are cracking down on counterfeit 49ers gear. This afternoon, San Francisco police busted vendors selling fake 49ers tshirts at the intersection of geary boulevard and stanyan. Counterfeit gear may be cheaper but police warn its not legal. How can you recognize official nfl merchandise . Experts say look for a hologram, tags, and you guess it, a much higher price. One bay area man knows all about authentic 49ers gear. He has been collecting it since the 50s and as cbs 5 reporter Patrick Sedillo shows us, it is now out lasting both of his marriages. I live for this. This is what i do. Reporter Martin Jacobs of San Francisco might be the 49ers biggest fan ever. I would say totally maybe 2500 items. Reporter his first wife had her own opinions about his love affair with the team especially one quarterback. She said that i like montana more than her. It was probably true at the time. Reporter that ended that marriage. But he remarried and his love of the team still distracted him. That ended up in a divorce. But i have never divorced my 49ers. Reporter this is a helmet from 1955 and the first thing that martin started collecting was chin straps. And the way you got these is when the game ended you ran on the field. This is joe perrys. Bob saint claire. Thats the 1955 49ers and here you have the press guide. These are the cards that were printed that year of the teams. This is a steel stadium chair. Reporter he has so much stuff in archives sometimes the 9ers look to him for help. Harbaugh ill send him an email with a suggestion. Reporter he was caught once selling tshirts without approval. They werent licensed. I brought them to stanford and had employees and hustling the shirts and the place came. Reporter he begged them to let him go. They did. Just let me see the game. Take all the shirts you want. I did get to see the game. Reporter he is not going to new orleans because of his health and he is going to watch it in his living room, family can attend, but theres one condition. Absolute silence dont bother me. I have a son who comes down and if he starts yelling and screaming i tell him to shut up, sit down, relax, because, you know, im focused. Reporter reporting from San Francisco, Patrick Sedillo cbs 5. Coming up in our next half hour, the push to make San Francisco a true sports capital. An exclusive oneonone interview. Mayor ed lee tells us how the super bowl could be a game changer for the city. Plus in the wake of the deadly fire in brazil, we ask, are bay area nightclubs doing anything to avoid a similar disaster . And why women with Breast Cancer might actually want to avoid a mastectomy. Before copd. I took my son fishing every year. We had a great spot not easy to find, but worth it. But with copd making it hard to breathe i thought those days might be over. So my doctor prescribed symbicort. It helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. Symbicort doesnt replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. With symbicort, today im breathing better. And that means. Fish on symbicort is for copd including chronic br