one, the building official determines the need for an investigation based on observations in daily activities. general reasonable suspicion that something has occurred. the other is a valid complaint, received from a citizen or an external source. currently the department receives anonymous complaints where we maintain cut potentiality and the person does not have to give a name. yesterday we got an e-mail from australia of someone who had seen online an image of a bedroom in the city where the child had put a bed room under a clause that might carry potter. they ask if it was a violation. one example of a complaint that comes from that type of source. often the complaints are not valid and we make that determination. the third condition is we get a referral from another city departments. planning, public works, and we will that respond to that. generally what happens is we will come out and make the inspection, but as they come in we have a process of complaints received, where the deputy director or assigned staff will sign that complain to another inspector if it is beyond the scope of the

think that is probably at the basis of this, just making sure that our new building construction is consistent with policies. >> that is the decision of the building official, not the mayor's office on the housing of the state. >> i think there's advisement that comes forward, and i think that is probably underlying this. >> are we going to get any fees for doing all this extra work? >> no. >> i have another question. for instance, if we did it for just the projects that the mayor's office on disability had some jurisdiction over, on other instances, if they request plans, just like the public request a copy of things, then they could get it but paid for it? there are certain circumstances where plans can be copied. it has to be for the maintenance of the building. it is state law, for the maintenance of the building or the use of an architect to help improve the condition of the building, but anybody can do the plans. we have been. city agencies can come in and he plans any time they wanted. we have the ability once they are scanned, and we give it to several office that did cut the budget office's that come in and view the plans. vector -- to reproduce t

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by the first floor on this building and this has the official address of the city. the date the address was issued and maybe the date the address was changed and other alternate addresses we may initially applied to the building. when you look for the history of your building not only do you look at every address it might have been called by. example you might ask for both streets it intersects and always reference block 21, 29 block or block 1f. we're referencing blocks and addresses are nothing but trouble. people make them up. they come and go. 1125 abc. we have tremendous problems so use blocks primarily. >> in addition to map's there's other resources showing characteristics of lots that are very valuable resources. that's title companies. your title companies the major ones in san francisco, all have original copies of the assessors block map's and changes to those individual blocks which include lot line adjustments and ease meants that often make all the difference in whether another city agency will accept something or agree to a change in that thing. with t

building has been evacuated. what can you tell us. >>> we're at the medical office building on the grounds of sinai hospital. a short time ago, the officials were called to the building for the report of a fire. they struck out the rest of the box and there are a dozen pieces of fire equipment. the building is evacuated and there's smoke and the odor of smoke in one of the stairwells inside the building. one has suffered, what's believed to be smoke inhalation and that person is going to be taken to the emergency room here at sinai hospital. the firefighters haven't determined the source of the smoke and the building is evacuated. we'll keep you updated. >>> all right, thank you. >>> and we're keeping a close eye on the weather this noon after a rainy start to the day. a live look outside now and clouds still hanging around. there's blue sky to the south and east. marty bass is in the out back and bernadette woods in the weather center. >>> it's a turbulent atmosphere now. we're wrapping up the storms and the rain. we can show you, there are some out there. we'll take you back in time. notice here, that's the clock. these are when the stor

the blast went off in the town of kohot tuesday night and destroyed more than ten buildings. officials say the victims include six police officers and their family members. pakistani authorities suspect islamic extremists were behind the attack using a car loaded with explosives. the blast comes a day after another bombing of a police station 80 kilometers south. 19 people were killed in that attack. pakistan has been dealing with devastating floods triggered by heavy rain in late july and authorities say islamic militants have ramped up operations while the government focuses on flood relief work. >>> the japan coast guard has arrested the captain of a chinese fishing boat on suspicion of attempting to obstruct an inspection in japanese territorial waters. the 41-year-old chinese captain was arrested early on wednesday morning after his trawler collided with a japanese patrol ship off the senkaku islands in the east china sea on tuesday. coast guard officials say the trawler was operating in japanese waters. they also say the fishing boat ignored a warning to stop and collided with th

in a few jewish settlements in the occupied west bank, building has restarted, despite an official construction freeze. it is a response to the killing of four settlers by, saw this week. israel says the freeze stops at the end of this month. palestinian president says that if it is not extended, he will walk away from the talks. >> we call on the israeli government to move forward with its commitment to end all settlement activities and completely lift the embargo of the cover -- completely lifted the embargo of the gaza strip. >> the conflict is changing. it is no longer simply nationalists fighting over land.

the building into a library. they that they won't leave until they get a meeting and cbs officials say they'll meet with the parentsey vacate the building. >>> the purpose was to bring attention to neighborhood violence and the mental from community leader and is politicians are that the people that are committing crimes are not coming into their neighborhoods but are people that live among them. democratic candidate tony frequentwinkal says education is a fee factor adding to only one-third of black males only graduate. >> a project promising to including broad ban services and bring 500 jobs to the state. governor pat quinn says it's important to build the economy. >> a lot of businesses the first thing they ask about now, how fast is your internet connection, how much broad ban do you have, how big are the pipes. >> the high-speed broad ban will reach five counties lee, carroll and most of the money from the project will come from a $36 million reward that they secured in february. >> in his weekly radio and internet zreess today, president barack obama is urging republicans to stop blocking legislation that wou

in a few jewish settlements in the occupied west bank, building has restarted, despite an official construction freeze. it is a response to the killing of four settlers by, saw this week. israel says the freeze stops at the end of this month. palestinian president says that if it is not extended, he will walk away from the talks. >> we call on the israeli government to move forward with its commitment to end all settlement activities and completely lift the embargo of the cover -- completely lifted the embargo of the gaza strip. >> the conflict is changing. it is no longer simply nationalists fighting over land. a religious war is being crafted steadily on to that. back on the ground, there are people on both sides who think they are doing god's will. at home, mr. netanyahu's government includes ministers who do not want what they called jewish land to go to palestinians. mr. abbas cannot speak for all its people. hamas, which condemns his presence here, controls gaza. they all looked relaxed as the journalists were ushered out. they will not be behind closed doors. >> the u.s. middle east envo

the building it will certainly be attractive to tenants. >> says the courts building in the heart of downtown oakland. officialsorate offices from the downtown location. the company's been in oakland since 1913. in the meantime of course as kron 4 and dan carmen shows us the move is good news for the city of pleasanton. >> to tear this old washington mutual complex in pleasanton backcourts plans to house its new research and development operations and in the process relocate more than 500 employees from oakland. >> provides hope for folks in the work trading opportunities for employment possibly in the future and the synergy of having all these businesses come to pleasanton is not only got four town but for the try valley. >> clorox is not the first to look pleasanton's office space especially since the brand is a relatively low. >> seeing medium-size companies in the neighborhood of 200 employees to about 500 employees companies relocating from other parts of the bay area. >> for example this credit union is moving from san francisco to this pleasanton location and tech company is moving from concord to this p

were receiving alerts via text message of what was going on that there was a shooter in the nelson building. officials think that their plan worked well. >> the first means that we communicate is with an emergency text message. that went out before i got to my building and to the hospital. that text message went out over the hopkins cell phone. we followed that up with e- mails. all staff members are encouraged ruin teenly -- routinely, new hires are encouraged to sign up for the emergency text messages. >> reporter: now, this whole situation was wrapped up in about two and a half hours. they say this all went well and timely. they say as we were questioning them about security, they say there are not metal detectors in all buildings. thousands of people go in and out of all of these johns hopkins buildings every month, every year and it's not fees toil have metal de-- feasible to have metal detectors. >> they say they give out 80,000 of the bracelets every day so 80,000 visitors. >>> here is the latest on the hopkins hospital shooting. gunman 50-year-old warren davis shot a surgeon inside the nelson

building. the officials converted the 100,000 square foot warehouse into classrooms, complete with 150 energy-saving skylight and there is a huge gym, playground and tricycle track. the school offered pre-8th grade. >>> and they fairly new to the u.s. and they're making their mark. they seem to be everywhere, buzzing and flying around. not going to hurt you. they're a home owner's headache and a farmer's nightmare. here's beth parker with what we call stink bugs 101. >> reporter: at his office, brian duncan has a funny feeling that somebody's watching. >> it's creepy to be honest. i'm not the halloween kind of a guy. >> reporter: it's the brown stink bug, peeking through the blinds and eyeing up the pen collection. most on the outside looking in. >> we get all kinds of bugs and this is the first we have seen thousands of any kind. >> reporter: it's a native of china and first spotted in the u.s. in the mid-1990s in allentown, pennsylvania. this is the worst time of the year. y that sucking the juice from farmer's crops and invading homes and businesses. >> reporter: frankly, they lost count. >> they

the venue was hosting a private party at the time officials say the building had been recently inspected it was more overcrowded. four people have been killed and fifty two injured as a result of a massive gas pipe explosion in a san francisco suburb at least thirty people are in hospital with three of them suffering critical burns dozens of homes burnt down off the blasts. names which billion to twenty meters officials don't know yet what the gas partner . and coming up in ten minutes here naughty martin andrius continues his exploration of brushes golden ring of old towns this time he visits was down a museum of the country's ancient art and architecture. i'll bet of a factories a serious full spectacular sights a trip to one of russia's gold ring cities and towns will enrich your knowledge of traditional russia and be in the warm september sun all the snow covered winter months rest fairy tale destinations will certainly proved to you how amazing russia really is. now it's time for a weekend business news we have created medicare. oh welcome to business good to have you with us they h

the buildings are being customize. team officials say away from the cameras, there is still work to be done. the mood has certainly changed. >> we are very pleased with the accommodation. we have been working very hard. we are at a stage now where we are satisfied with what is being provided. >> there is still skepticism about delhi. >> i think the problem in his -- is coming it is under-resources. it does not have the ability to deal with the facilities the way the committee does. >> they are still working on the final touches. the authorities are working against time. >> this event is supposed to showcase it from the rising economic and diplomatic power. instead, it has exposed weaknesses within the state system. it has proved to be rather interesting. chris morris, bbc news, delhi. >> the united nations food agency has convened a meeting on the unusually high price of food. an export ban on wheat in russia has led to a shortage of food for some of the world's poorest people. it is unclear of how much of this is due to short supply

the corner of our eye, we stomp on it, smash it. we're on high alert. >> baltimore city health officials will hold a meeting at the war memorial building in downtown baltimore. the focus today is bedbugs. basically health officials will be on hand to answer questions the public may have about bedbugs, also they say it's important to get here early. seating is limited. >> the cit ritters actually turned up in the frederick county public library. a worker found bedbugs in a pair of children's books there. the county hired exterminators to make sure the library is free of the insects. a couple has filed a $500,000 lawsuit over an infestation in their apartment. they were forced to throw away most of their possessions because the apartment was never properly treated for bedbugs. once again, this meeting starts at noon today at the war memorial building in downtown baltimore and again, seating is limited and it's free to the public, but they say get here early. >>> you know, many of us have been personally touched by breast cancer. >> perhaps you're a survivor or going through the battle right now or know someone who is. >> reporter: breast cancer is a tough bat

the left side of your screen is a news conference were waiting on now that will build these the state officials in the area they're still gathering in a soon as that news conference comes will take live. um let's check in with are what does the lender kimberly. >> i want to take and interactive image that i found on the l.a. times website what this is is first of all but the neighborhood looked like before the pipeline explosion. you see the pipeline explosions but as you scroll over you can see it change any could see exactly the neighborhood where those homes were destroyed and of your pictures of is talking about i can show exactly where the devastation they were up in a chopper to they around 1138 m traded these pictures you can see if complete homes still intact to surrounding the devastated areas where you really can't see anything from the homes left. again were taking pictures videos or comments go to www.kron4.com we'll take them on www.kron4.com alright >> can were waiting for several officials to begin a news conference there are couple people want their yet that's what's causing the

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agreed to absorb all of the officers and many of them will walk in the same building which will become the sheriff's station. the city officials say they have no choice but to close the police department. the self pity is they say a small deficit and a san carlos city officials have agreed to outsource the also have the votes to make this work. will be voting later this month and a takeover and the 31st. >> looking for two men who art suspected of murdering and kidnapping. mahomet's. this is the picture. they killed francisco lopez. lopez and wanted to steal the mayor is one. marijuana. there are people stranded on the boat after running aground. that group included three children. they set out after sunset and ran out of gas. went on it to an island. now on the bill was injured. a powerful earthquake struck ms. hill and appeared will surely some rubble. police officers cornered off some streets or rubble was strewn about. five buildings have collapsed ended no tsunami warning is issued. there's still no sign of the oil platform fire in mexico. the coast guard originally said the crews were on able to fight the oil well. there

he agreed to sketch a route leading to the site where the bodies of executed polish officers had been buried there was a building with senior officials relaxed talkative dasha all country house was nearby. it's a very place by the riverside. spent a lot of time relaxing here on the wives and children of minor officials who live here and large ditches only thirty meters from the houses were filled with thousands of bodies. the technology of covering up traces of math executions was worked through down to the minute detail but in the polish case and covered them then had to do their job as fast as they could the bodies of polish prisoners were tossed into large ditches and covered with earth and. the land surrounding what used to be the n.k.v.d. death as in the for that region was examined in the summer of one nine hundred ninety one the first horrific finds were uncovered a few days later the investigators job was made easier to to the fact that there is compact clay soil in the region which. doesn't allow air to filter through. the bodies in that mass graves showed almost no signs of decomposition there was an easily identifiable pol

the communist official. was among other high ranking officials indorsing the execution of the poles. the building standing opposite the monument to kellin in. the n.k.v.d. regional headquarters this is where the lives of the polish prisoners were cut short. more than fifty years later dimitri took around the local n.k.v.d. was interrogated by investigators from the military prosecutor general's office. afterwards showed me to talk or have archived documents proving his guilt realized that it was in vain to deny anything and gave a detailed true testimony. my men didn't shoot more than three hundred people a day only once did they shoot as many. that had to be done under the cover of darkness because the nights were now too short. so they brought two hundred fifty people in a time and we shot them during the night. those about to be shot were taken to the basement one by one supposedly to have their papers checked but once that they were stripped of their personal belongings and valuables and me then did it occur to the prisoners but they were never going to leave that place a life even. one quest

the war memorial building. the meeting focuses on the bedbug problem in the city. health officialsns and concerns about bedbugs. baltimore city health officials are mapping out a strategy today in the battle against is bedbugs. >>> people in harford county will soon from a new place to shop. the new kohl's opens today in forest hills. you're looking at a live picture in the front of the store. there are dozens of people outside rating to be the first to take advantage of all those good deals when the store officially opens its door. which will happen in about nine minutes. the store is bringing 150 jobs to the area, it's the 21st kohl's store in the state of maryland. the new store is located at 50 osborne parkway. >>> more than 400 inns are letting active and retired members of the military stay for free, on november 10th, the night before veteran's day. you can log onto our website, we have a whole list for you, go to abc2news.com. click on the national news section on our homepage. . >>> much better tampa, instead of 12,000, you got 17,000 last night. saw the rays clinch a playo

to sketch a route leading to the site where the bodies of executed polish officers had been buried there was a building here where senior n.k.v.d. officials relaxed talkative dasha a country house was nearby. it's a very place by the riverside and cadets socials spent a lot of time relaxing there the wives and children of minor officials lived here and large ditches only thirty metres. thousands. down to the minute detail but in the. had to do their job as they could the bodies. were tossed into large ditches and covered with earth. used to be the n.k.v.d. in the region was examined in the summer of one thousand nine hundred one the first horrific finds were uncovered a few days later the investigators job was made to the fact that there is compact clay soil in the region which doesn't allow it to filter through. the bodies in that mass graves showed no signs of decomposition there was an easily identifiable polish military uniform. in the uniform of polish police their bodies were almost intact and this is listed fossilized remains. seventy three sixty five bring to downplays. polish forensic scientists joined counterparts in identifying

the merger, there could be revenue. revend kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a building tumbles to the ground in northwest baltimore triggered a frantic search for survivors. officials confirmed nobody was trapped inside the rubble, which was once a vacant home on druid hill avenue. another vacant building has collapsed and baltimore city. this was early this morning in norfolk avenue in northwest. we're still trying to get information on that. four people are dead after being thrown from their vehicle. this happened along route 50. police say that crash involved a couple of box trucks. it is not certain if weather played a role in the crash. >> a white supremacist will spend years behind bars. he was sentenced for the beating of james privett. attack would not have happened if the man was white. >> authorities want to keep an eye on social media outlets in their fight against terrorism. this could lead to a change in wiretap laws. that possibility is getting a mixed reception. >> it is not hard to find a connected college student. is asomputer screen close as say laptop or a cell phone. >> i honestly cannot doing anything wrong. i think is fine. >> this has been ok

. >> reporter: the students spread out through the community and schools putting their graffiti art on buildings. officials there say the art makes a difference towards the campus and youngsters. >> once they have made a contribution to the buildings they go to school in, they feel differently about it rather than coming here on the weekend to graffiti the campus, they feel protective and have a sense of ownership. >> today maybe the first day of the project, but it's not all about drawing. the first part of the course helps them examine their lives and let them know the community is supporting them. robert honda, "ktvu channel 2 news." >>> san francisco investigators ask for the public's hope. they hope someone will recognize a woman found dead. >>> also ahead, a military ceremony today marked the start of the next phase of u.s. involvement in iraq. >>> major league baseball if human achievement can be determined not by speed or strength, but by character, then it's easy to see who the most amazing athletes really are. be a fan of dignity, acceptance, and the human race. volunteer, coach, or compete in sp

. >> reporter: the students spread out through the community and schools putting their graffiti art on buildings. officials there say the art makes a difference towards the campus and youngsters. >> once they have made a contribution to the buildings they go to school in, they feel differently about it rather than coming here on the weekend to graffiti the campus, they feel protective and have a sense of ownership. >> today maybe the first day of the project, but it's not all about drawing. the first part of the course helps them examine their lives and let them know the community is supporting them. robert honda, "ktvu channel 2 news." >>> san francisco investigators ask for the public's hope. they hope someone will recognize a woman found dead. >>> also ahead, a military ceremony today marked the start of the next phase of u.s. involvement in iraq. >>> major league baseball season heads into the final months with a huge brawl today. the san francisco medical examiner has released a sketch resembling an unidentified woman. she was 40 years old, 129 pounds with wavy brown hair wearing a blue sweatshirt, gr

the people and businesses are back to normal... until we make this right. >>> wow. dramatic video from india. an illegally constructed building collapsed on sunday, it was declared unsafe after it developed cracks. local officialslding right before it came crashing down. it appears everyone got out in time and no one was hurt. >>> back home, the men's final at the u.s. open is scheduled to start today after a rain delay. storms on sunday soaked the courts in flushing, new york, forcing the matchup between nadal and djokovic to be postponed, the third straight year the season's final grand slam tournament will be finished a day late. >>> in the world of professional tennis, there is an athlete who dominates like no other, she's got a winning streak that anyone would envy. but only a few people even know her name. >> reporter: whatever excellence in tennis meant before this woman has redefined it. she is celebrated by legends of the game whose accomplishments she has outstripped simply the best tennis player on the planet, over the past ten years. >> she's also one of the greatest athletes out there and i'm very happy for her. >> reporter: she is esther vegere, her game is wheelchair tennis, by now should be call

the building. >> reporter: fumigating the building was the easy part. then library officials had to decide what to do with the bedbugs they already had on hand. and they came up with two options. either to freeze them or to fry them. well, actually, they opted to bake them. placing them inside the back of their delivery truck where they believe once the temperature reaches 120 degrees no bugs, only books, will survive. >> i don't want them in our house. that's all i know. >> reporter: in frederick county, jeff hager, abc2 news. >> exterminators will treat all the county's eight libraries. it's two book mobiles and delivery van. the patron was notified who dropped them off. >>> bedbugs are on the attack across the country. a student in washington state is among the latest to fall victim. jacob quinn is covered with bites on his arms, legs, back and neck. he ended up in the emergency room. he had just moved into a new apartment two weeks ago. >> we got flashlights and did a deep search. we found them in the carpet, in the corners. >> reporter: jacob is recovering with prescript

and instead of renovating the state office buildings they will be toon down. >> state officials say totateú office buildings would cost up to $100 million. so the state plans to lease office space from private ú%velopers on the same spot. but thht financial arrangement is prompting questions from some state lawmakers.3 >> if we are going to kind of doing a reverse mortgage on that, and lease that property out for 100 years. do we need to o? if we already own it. >> delegate holman has analyzed the details. worries that 1 and a half billion dollars price tag could debt limit. it is a claim that is upported3 by may of 2009 report from the maryland department of legislatiie services. said the tax benefits from the center are overstated and some state owned buildings still have high vacancy rates, including 30 percent vacancy rate at the world trade center. >> we know we have been in a budget deficii situation for a and the trends do not look positive. ú% why would the state take, a risk, offpuuhing our credit limit, to the max, on a project right now? >> some commercial realtors say the d

the white house just over three weeks ago. a state department official said today the u.s. was disappointed that israel allowed the building moratorium to expire. u.s. official middle east envoy george mitchell heads back to the region tomorrow with stops in israel and ramallah. both sides have accepted an invitation to resume talks in paris next month. >> ifill: for more on what's holding these talks together so far, we turn to ghaith al-omari, the advocacy director for the american task force on palestine, and a former advisor to president abbas. and david makovsky, senior fellow at the washington institute for near east policy and the co-author of "myths, illusions, and peace." for let's talk about myths, illusions and peace, gait al on ari. what happened today. why didn't the palestinians walk away from the table as they promised they would if the settlements were not frozen. >> because they realized that the price of walking out from the talks is very high s very high from a domestic strategic perspective. ultimately they have no choice. and if you want to get a palestinian state the only way to get is through negotia