close assemblies in the future. >> they will have to have ventilation holes. finally all existing existing balconies, decks and hand wells would have to be inspected within six month thofs requirement being approved plus reinspected every five years. that's a huge under taking building owners would have to pay for. then it got curious. just we don't know and we about going know or determine how the moisture got in. >> when we asked the planning director if inspectors actually looked at and i proved tall water barriers

okay sound [ indiscernible ] coming at 6:00 how trial lawyers deserve and want to find out exactly how that did happen. we will have that story at 6:00. if they are considering examining all of these balconies throughout berkeley, what about people who have one of those balconies? who should they do in the meantime? >> i think they should be concerned. only because if balconies are out there for any extended period of time many of them are older than ten years. they should have them looked at. once this law is approved by the state and that change takes place everybody will have six months to hire a person who has real credentials to determine whether or not their balcony is

up to code. eve five years after that will be inspected. it's going be a great big project here. still hospitalized but are said to be improving. a grass fire caused tense moments this afternoon. the fire started on a hillside in the vista grande area and burned 15 acres. helicopters and air tankers helped put out the flames.

no homes were damaged. many homeowners cleared the brush and the dry grass surrounding their homes. firefighters in oakland say they found the body of a 58- year-old man inside a burning apartment today. it happened before 11:00 a.m. this morning in an apartment on east 15th street. the man was pulled out of the building and pronounced dead at the scene. officials say the fire was contained to one unit and no one else was hurt. investigators are working to figure out what started the fire. police are trying to figure out how a police dog got out of its cage in a patrol car and why the dog attacked a police officer who was walking into work this morning. ktvu's cristina rendon spoke with police, what are they telling you? >> reporter: the department is just shocked and saddened that one of their k9s attacked an officer on his way to work. the officer had to fire back in self-defense and now both

officer and dog are recovering. >> reporter: in a place of security where officers are trained to protect and service, no one expected a k9 to attack an officer in the parking lot of the police department. the officer shot the k9 in self- defense. >> the k9 was inside a secured vehicle while the handler left him there. we are trying to figure out what transpired. >> reporter: the dog similar to this one was shot once. now recovering. the officer who was bit on his hand is expected to be okay. >> it merits an investigation. how it occurred to begin with. the actions of the officer, his response to what was happeningimators an investigation. >> the k9 will be looked at. a lock on the cage could only be opened by the handler. a trainer told me there is a

history of failure for button powered cage locks. >> we will try find out what happened to ensure they are safe to be used and safe to be around other officers. . >> reporter: they have been working together since 1961 pthe department is sad -- the department is saddened. >> the officer has been on the force for four years. the k9 has been here for three years and this dog, you know, it is going to be okay but will likely be retired from service. >> a bizarre case because the dogs are highly trained and they have no idea what city off the dog -- what set off the dog? >> reporter: they don't. it is under investigation. we just don't know what happened in the moments leading

up to the attack. >> thank you. a new report finds racial inequality in san francisco's court system. the report finds a striking difference between the way blacks and whites are treated. blacks are 7 times more likely to be arrested. 11 times more likely to be booked into jail and 10 times more likely to be convicted. one woman said in her experience san francisco is one of the most racist cities in america. >> black folks can't afford $4,000 rent? you know, all the black folks in san francisco are in the projects. [ indiscernible ] >> the study was done for the san francisco reentry counsel. he says it shows san francisco lags behind the rest of the state when it comes to equality in the justice system. now to south carolina.

the confederate flag flown for the past 15 years at the state house grounds. today lawmakers voted 103-10 to debate if it should stay there after 9 people were killed inside a historic black church. john roberts reports. >> reporter: demonstrators gathered in south carolina today calling for the confederate flag to be removed from the state house grounds saying it is a racist symbol. the call comes after the race related killings of 8 churchgoers and their pastor. supporters say it is not the flag that committed the crime and they want it to stay, others say it belongs elsewhere. >> time for did i recall get past -- south carolina to get past its history. it belongs in a museum. >> law makers are heeding the pressure. voting in favor today to hold a special session to discuss the flag's removal. the controversy has also

expanded outside charleston where symbols are being vandalized. this one in baltimore. >> it is definitely a time reevaluate. >> reporter: u.s. flag maker announced it will stop producing and selling confederate flags. a number of retailers are also taking action banning the sale of the confederate flag and related items. among them amazon, sears, ebay and walmart. >> it is consistent with the kind of position the president has taken when it comes to the confederate flag. >> reporter: preparations to lay it victims to rest are being made. president obama will deliver the eulogy for senator clementa pinckney on friday. vice president joe biden will also be in attendance. john roberts, fox news. the san jose city counsel is meeting at this hour talking about whether uber and lyft should be able to pick up fairs

at san jose mineta international airport. right now services can only drop off passengers at the airport. some taxi drivers are critical of a program that is under discussion saying it would hurt their income. [ indiscernible ] >> going very slow now. used to have every day, like, 3, 4 pick up. now like every day we have 2 or one. that is it. >> taxi drivers face stricter regulations and pay higher fees because they run a dispatch center. under the proposal it was discussed today they would need to pay fees as well as go through fienter fronting, background checks and in-- finger printing, background checks and inspections. set to choose their next city counsel member. they were the two two vote getters but neither received 50% of the vote to win.

the winner of the election will fill the seat left vacant. he was elected last november. okay. just take a guess at who is on the cover of sports illustrated? steph curry. the magazine came out today. there it is. the cover shot sews steph curry kissing the trophy after the warriors won the nba finals and the caption says all that glitters is gold. he helped the warriors win their first nba championship in 40 years. as you know he was also the league mvp. steph curry has been featured on the cover of sports illustrated 5 times. still ahead, a right of passage for teenagers put on hold. why one driving school suddenly closed and left parents and students scrambling. an out of control wildfire burned 16,000 acres. the effort to contain the growing wildfire south of lake

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california based niagara recalled 14 brands of niagara bottled water over e.coli concerns. it was produce in pennsylvania. the company says it was issued after an operator failed to report evidence of e.coli in the water supply. it is sold under arcadia, 7- eleven and nature's place. in the midwest the national weather service confirms 5 tornadoes touched down in illinois and other states last

night. one tornado ran right through the middle of coal city. an hour outside of chicago. downed trees and power trees are hampering rescue efforts and in michigan a tornado damaged 7 homes ands businesses -- and businesses. and churches. here is how people described it. >> never seen damage like this in our immediate area. the road up here, a couple miles that was just tree after tree after tree. >> indespite of the winds only minor injuries have been reported. wildfire south of lake tahoe is not slowing down. it is 10 miles south of marklyville. it burned 16,000 acres and right now there is no containment. firefighterssay their first job is to protect -- firefighters say their first job is to

protect that town. it could make the air hazardess to breathe. it was sparked by lightning spark and winds fanned the flames. roads have been closed and people have been told to prepare in the event evacuations are ordered. >> you feel the power of fire. >> plenty of trees here. i know the wind direction can change very quickly. so i am keeping my fingers crossed. praying. drinking beer, hoping that helps. >> firefighters say the steam turene is making it difficult to -- terrain is making it difficult to fight. crews are there for 16 hours a day. this is what you worry about when we have a drought. let's bring in our chief meteorologist. what are the conditions? >> it is not as bad weather wise in terms of the droughts.

nothing really extreme. no red flag warnings or anything close. like we talked about last night, talking about historical drought. california's history, back in the record books, it is about fires. we have a lot of fires. this is a drought we have never seen. now we have drier and more dead fuel than we have ever seen in the state. that is going to cause problems. that is one story today. the fire, one down in los angeles, as you know, a couple small fires around here. as we head into this summer, that is going to be the story. you have the water, you have the drought. huge story. that is ongoing. you have the fire component to the drought. a symptom of the drought. the jet stream to the north. right? all the clouds. where is the fog? we had patchy fog off the coast earlier. in this area here. the fog -- it will come back tonight but it has been sparse.

i got a bunch of texts today. twitter stuff on the social media, people saying i can tell it will be warm because the fog is not there or pinched down. that is what i tell you, when the fog is gone this time of year it means the high pressure is pushing the fog away. hot tomorrow. hotter on thursday. with numbers on thursday, thursday could make it into the upper 90s, low 100s. that will be a day that we have to worry about fires. winds at sfo, 30 miles per hour. not atapeical. going to the ball -- atypical. going to the ballpark, good one tonight. 62 degrees. temperatures in the low 60s. you will need a jacket by the 9 9th inning. forecast tomorrow morning, fog comes in like they forecast it.

they, the models. that is what we had. watch how fast it goes away. boom. 9:00, 10:00 it is gone. warmer than today. but then, thursday, boom, temperatures go up. typical pattern. this is what you expect. we get this pattern. what is not typical, temperatures are warmer, fog is not as abundant. so we are seeing less fog and less cooling at the coast. as we go into wednesday, we will see lots of 60s along the coast. i don't think we will see record heat. tough to get records. but we will see warm, 95 vacaville tomorrow. 93 fairfield and brentwood. you know what else takes a hit? fire danger. you get air quality issues. big time. that is where we are heading

now. east bay, contra costa county. livermore. eastern livermore. air quality will take a hit. you know that. each day, towards thursday you will notice more browning in the air. friday temperatures drop down and then back into the cooler pattern. the concern here is wednesday into thursday for big fires and small fires, in the hills or brush fires. >> all the warm nights don't cool down. >> right. the warmer the night the better a chance of a fire. >> thank you. law enforcement agencies today ran in support of the northern california special olympics summer games. members of the oakland police department hit the streets this morning with the flame of hope. they headed north to happed off the -- hand-off the torch to berkeley. >> this has been going on for as long as i know, 10, 15

years, a long time commitment from the law enforcement community to support special olympics. >> the northern california games are set for this weekend at uc davis. after that los angeles starting july 25. ahead here, flames so intense firefighters had to use chainsaws to fight it. also how it started and a man trying to repair a car. >> coming up at 6:00 p.m. san francisco residents say they are fed up. what they are doing to make sure a man accused of being a serial tagger is stopped and animal rights activist rally for the protection of elephants. the details on the proposal under consideration by lawmakers.

man suffered serious burns in a fire that started as he was welding a leaky gas tank on a car. the flames were so intense as you can see, that they had to use chain saws to vent the flames. firefighters say the man drained the gas tank before but there may have been enough vape iser to start had fire. a neighbor say he tried using a fire extinkuisher and a hose but it was too big. . >> he had a fire extinguisher, she tried to grab that and give it to him but it got out of hand fast. >> the man is hospitalized with second and third degree burns

on his arms, chest, face, and head. his wife and the family pets made it out safely but the pets peru were give -- were given oxygen. a men restaurant says one of its burritos lured a a homeless man down from a crane. he climbed up the crane on sunday. he said he hadn't been fed. the cafe said monday morning a police officer ordered a burrito and offered it to him if he would come down. he was up there for 14 hours. people are now calling it the life saving burrito. the district attorney's office says he is due in court tomorrow. it is a feature people have been waiting for. gmail haz an undo send button. use -- has an undo send button. after it is sent you have that

much time to collect the undo -- to click the undo button. you can enable it by clicking on the gear wheel icon at the top right of the home page and click on settings. protesters disrupted disrupted the meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors as they considered increasing the number of police officers. >> the protesters stood and turned their backs while chanting. they say millions of dollars that would be used to hire police officers would be better spent on children and minority communities. three supervisors are offering a resolution to meet the city's growing need. driving school shut down with little notice and now parents and teenagers are angry and also worried they won't get their money back. >> a slim down in store for oakland city streets. what plans for a road diet

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new at 5:00 p.m. a right of pass fragteenagers. getting their christs. but it will be tougher now after a school closed. at the start of the busy summer

season. ktvu's ann rubin joins us now outside the closed driving school. frustrated families tonight and it doesn't look like they will get their money back. >> reporter: that's right. offices are shut down. there is no one here to answer questions and people who paid will likely have to pay again somewhere else. >> reporter: like many other 16- years-olds he had been eager to get behind the wheel. he is now looking for a new driving school. >> i was angry. it is frustrating. i was looking forward to do it. >> reporter: his family signed him up with stanford driving school. and then a letter came in the mail, the school closed. >> there was no recourse, no way to contact anyone. no explanation of what happened. >> reporter: the office which moved to lose altos is closed.

the website and phone shut down. she had planned to buy the business but said there were things disclosed in the process that would have made the sale impossible so they shut it down. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: hundreds of potential students were effected. some who paid money through may. >> the school conveyed they were open for business. and they took money till the last minute. >> reporter: many are turning to other schools now. the california driver academy says their phones have been ringing off the hook. they said students aneed a letter proving how many hours they completed. . >> we try to squeeze in as many as possible. >> reporter: they are offering discounts to students left in the lurch. they are already booked through july. >> it will be a huge speed

bump. yeah. frustrating. >> reporter: some people have had luck halting payments, other are considering civil action. >> what can they do in the meantime if they can't get into another driving school, can they go to the dmv for help? >> reporter: they recommend you file a complaint online with them. however that does not mean you will get any of your money back. >> thank you. a man died this morning after falling through a roof sky light in san francisco's mission district. paramedics got a call this morning saying a man fell to the ground near 14th street. authorities say the man was between 30-40 years old and was on the roof drinking before he fell. his name hasn't been released pending notification of his family. the san jose police department is asking for the public's help to find a robbery

suspect. investigators say on april 15 a man called out to a woman who was walking on blackford avenue. when the woman turned around the suspect was standing there exposing himself and when she tried to get away the suspect took her purse and ran off. the suspect is a black man, 5'8", with a heavy build. a musician in sacramento is speaking out about being the victim of a hate crime. he says what upsets him is the man who was arrested has now been released. our sister station talked to him and his wife. >> we are at the top of our game. >> reporter: sunday went from fun to terrifying. >> it was, like, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in 5 minutes. [ singing ]

>> reporter: he is a guitarist. he says he was talking in mid- town with his brother and two musicians from the band when a man with a knife came towards them yelling gay slurs. he ran and called his wife. she relived that terrifying phone call. >> come get me. come pick me up. i just got stabbed. help, help, help me. >> reporter: later she was in a hospital bed -- he was in a hospital bed. he sent us these photos. police were able to arrest the suspect. a 25-year-old. but he was released on bail. now there is another warrant for his arrest for hate crime charges. >> hopefully, hopefully he will get locked up soon because if you were there and you saw -- it could happen again. there was something weird about it. >> reporter: he is trying to stay positive with help from the community as a reality of

what happened sinks in. >> you could be standing next to somebody, you don't know what people, you know, are thinking. what they could do to you over nothing. >> i don't think the emotions have hit us yet. [ music playing ] >> reporter: the other victim's band is still scheduled to play friday night. there are fundraising concerts planned in the coming weeks. >> the suspect was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm. and is now facing hate crime charges. sean "diddy" combs says he was defending himself during an incident yesterday on the ucla campus that ended with his arrest. his son is on the ucla football team. according to tmz he got into an argument with a coach who had disciplined his son. that argument escalated and he was taken to los angeles county jail and booked on assault

charges. he was released after posting 160,000 bail. dick van patten died. he is known for his role on the tv show eight is enough. a spokesperson said he died due to complications from diabetes. he appeared on broadway at the age of 7 and starred in several movies. he most recently appeared on the show hot in cleveland. dick van patten was 86-years- old. still ahead, an app to allow kids to order their own ride shares. >> and new information in that prison escape in new york. what a prison worker is accused of using to smuggle tools into the prison. >> a hot day on the track. we will take you for a wided ride in advance of -- wild ride.

new information is coming out about the two convicted murderers from the maximum security prison. new york prison worker joyce mitchell would give baked --

okay. we have a gremlin there. new information about the two escaped convicts who escaped from a new york state prison and the woman who helped them. joyce mitchell smuggled tools hidden in frozen meat and he

would give baked goods for guards in exchange for favors for richard matt and david sweat. joyce mitchell's husband said she admitted her involvement the day after the escape and she told police about a plan to kill him. he said at that point she backed out of the plan. search teams say the area they are focusing on is a rugged patch of wilderness. >> what is difficult the terrain. you can go from a forest area into swampy area. . >> road blocks are set up in the area, 20 miles south of the canadian boarder. authorities found dna evidence of the inmates on personalizems at a -- personal items at a cabin. documents show the u.s. eavesdropped on the last three presidents of france. there is no confirmation about this latest news from the national security agency.

the nsa appeared to lessen inen -- listen in on french officials. there was no immediate reaction from the current president of france. on capitol hill today the committee -- the director says the records of 4 million current and former employees were compromised as a result of a breach. that number could go as they learn more information. >> any federal employee from across all branches of government whose organization submitted service history records to opm may have been compromised. >> officials say efforts are now underway to left the employees know their personal information has been breached. san francisco sheriff announced his department got a $950,000 state grant aimed at helping mentally ill offenders.

the money goes towards transitional housing and support. it is intended to help people arrested for misdemeanors. officials say last year 43% of inmates admitted to ajail were seen by -- to jail were seen by mental health workers. a study concludes 2/3 of american adults are over weight or obese. the study finds 35% of men and 37% of women are obese. 40% of men and 30% of women are over weight. obesity has been linked to chronic health conditions. the study appears in the journal of the american medical association. streets in oakland could be getting slimmer. why the city may close some lanes. >> how a woman landed in the hospital for days partly

because of her skinny jeans. nurses had to cut the pants off of her. >> a heat up around here. some spots into the middle of the week could reach 100 degrees. i will let you know when and which spots. >> a check on the evening commute right now. that is the maze. the cars coming towards us is the commute direction. you can see it is very heavy. the other direction towards the bay bridge and oakland is moving okay at this hour. now across the bay to hospital curve. the lanes on the left, those are folks trying to make their way to the bay bridge. it is heavy at this time of night.

new at 5:00 p.m. if you drive in oakland, the city is in the process of getting rid of lanes and will replace them with bike lanes. calling it a road diet. ktvu fox 2 news reporter allie rasmus tells us which road could be effected next. >> the grand bakery on grand avenue is no place for a diet but the road may have a slim down in store. >> by taking the lane out i don't think it will flow. >> reporter: he is talking about plans for a road dit on grand avenue -- diet on grand avenue. they want to exchange a lane of traffic for a bike lane. >> we are responding to the demand that we see from

resident who want to drive when they need to and walk or bike when they need to. >> the volume of cars have declined and bike ridership tripled. there are 10,000 people who bike to work every day. he is one of them. he can't wait for a bike lane. >> it needs it right now. today. >> reporter: why? >> immediately. >> reporter: why? >> every time i ride my bike the doors open up and hit me. >> reporter: what would it look like here on grand avenue? right now they have four lanes of traffic. two in each direction. a diet means they get rid of one lane of traffic and swap it out for a bike lane. . >> oakland has done 43 and they haven't changed a single one. if it was causing congestion the neighbors would have been on the phone to city counsel the next day. >> reporter: telegraph avenue is next to lose a lane of

traffic. later this year from 16 to 29 street. >> it will definitely cause a lot of traffic backups. >> reporter: on grand business owners say -- >> share more. >> reporter: the grand avenue road diet is still in the planning stages. a hearing is scheduled for next month. allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. exxon mobil has halted drilling on three platforms off the coast of santa barbara. they say last month's oil spill crippled their pipeline. as a result the company was forced to halt operations last week after the county rejected its application to truck oil to a refinery. on may 19 the pipeline leaked 100,000 gallons of crude. a woman from trail is ruhad to be -- australia had to be gut out of her skinny jeans

after they cut off her blood supply and caused her to collapse. a woman in australia spent hours squatting in her jeans cleaning. she said she felt her feet go numb and later she tripped and fell. she had lost all feeling in her lower legs and feet. squatting in tight jeans cause swelling that damage muscle and nerve fibers. she spent four days in the hospital. staff had to cut off her skinny jeans because they said there was no other way to get them off of her. >> who would have thought? skinny jeans. >> i know. >> oh, my. >> crazy. our weather now. how is it looking outside? a warm day around the bay area. >> warmer than yesterday by a couple degrees. warmer still into tomorrow. and significantly warmer on thursday with highs in to the upper 90s, low 100s. that is the big story.

the heat up inland. warming today. it will warm tomorrow and thursday is the day. these were the highs today. fog free along it coast right now. for a good portion of the day. fog should return to the coast into the evening. a live camera shot. you can see in the distance, berkeley, yeah. you got the idea of the winds blowing. that has to do with the camera shaking around. blowing 30 miles per hour at sfo. gusts to 35 miles per hour in fairfield. jet stream is to the north. as we look for fog along the coast, it is nowhere to be found. patches will form tonight. it will have an impact tomorrow morning. then it is gone quickly and the warming continues. fog comes back on friday,

friday night. 77 napa right now. 88 fairfield. warmer than yesterday by 5 degrees. high pressure is building in. air sinks and warms, air quality takes a hit. the microclimates set up accordingly. 70s and 80s around the bay. 90s, mid-90s inland. this is tomorrow. on thursday 80s, low 90s around the bay and upper 90s, low 100s inland. at the coast, low 60s. mid-60s. upper 60s. during the warmest day friday. tomorrow mid-80s. mivorous lore valley 90s. and mid--- mid-90s. this is tomorrow. sunny tomorrow. concord, hour by hour, 58 in the morning. 86 degrees about 4:00 p.m. which is typical. maximum heating for this time of year. you get the picture.

a hot one tomorrow in concord. fog forecast for the morning. thursday pops in. no fog. that is thursday morning. fog free. your warmest day. fog off shore. thursday is the warmest tay. fog comes back -- day. fog comes back on friday. five-day forecast -- five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. temperatures drop towards the weekend. fire danger is at a peak wednesday. tomorrow -- yeah. into thursday. thursday is my biggest concern. [ talking at the same time ] >> long fire season. >> thank you. he is an expert driver but he is only 17 and he has been racing since he was 4. a teenager takes us on the track before his big race this weekend. >> coming up at 6:00 p.m. new figures show fewer people are living in the streets in silicon valley what is behind

the drop. if you suffer from jet lag, there is an app for that. the equipment you need to make it work.

9 san francisco professors will remain on paid leave till a judge decides whether the department waited too long to discipline them for exchanging racist text messages. the police chief wants to fire

the officers for text messages made public in march. the decision prevent the police commission from disciplining the officers till their lawsuit is resolved. a site that lets parents arrange a safe ride for their children introduced new service called shuttle. starting today kids can arrange their own rides. customers pay for the service online so kids never have to deal with money. it is modeled after uber, lyft and side car. the founder says the first thing they thought of was safety. >> the cornerstone is trust and safety. it starts with our drivers. these are nannies, teachers, baby sitters in your community. they go background checks, national screening, local screening. >> children also get passwords to make sure they are getting into the right car.

parents can track the rides using gps. it is $9 a month and there is a fee that starts at $12 a ride. it is san francisco based company but rides are available all around the bay area. president obama's push to get new authority when it comes to negotiating trade deals is closer to reality. in a rare alliance with the white house republicans are pushing for passage of trade promotion authority while democrats are strongly opposed. >> reporter: in a key test vote this morning republicans were able to get enough support to squeak out the 60 vote threshold needed to pass authority making final passage all but certain. >> it is showing democrats can join republicans to knock down unfair barriers that discriminate against the middle class. >> the legislation of high importance for the president

who wants to finalize a trade package. nations who are refusing to sign any deal that could be changed after the fact. >> tps a bill that gives the president the authority to negotiate this trade deal. and have congress vote on it but not be able tomonday -- to amend it. >> reporter: taa is designed to help businesses and workers hit by trade deals and was included to gain democratic support. >> there are winners and losers. they will argue it creates more jobs than they lose. i don't agree with that. >> the house split the two bills only approving tpa for now. fox news. the california department of motor vehicles will issue

1960s legacy plates. drivers could see them in 2-3 weeks. you can apply for one online through the dmv website. the plates look vintage but they have a modern twist. they have to be created to reflect light. ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00 p.m. starts now. the city of berkeley considering changes as they point to a possible cause of the deadly balcony collapse that left six people dead. good evening. hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> one week since that deadly balcony collapse in berkeley and today the city announced dry rot contributed to the cause of the collapses. now the city's building department want more rules to prevent the same thing from happening again. ktvu's tom vacar is at the scene of the accident with more on what the city is saying. >> reporter: we are not only going to get to all of the

reasons that this collapsed, the folks, the victims will have their day in court. >> reporter: a week after the balcony collapse berkeley's building department says the code should be upgraded. >> we will make recommendations. >> reporter: all future balconies, decks, stairs will have to have ventilation holes to prevent water build up and ports to make inspections easy to do. they would have to be made using approved materials. finally all existing balconies, the onces out there right now, they would have to be inspected that owners cost within six months of this requirement's adoption plus reinspections every 5 years.