, the "dexter" garage.ou put this itguy down. >> clark even took twitchell to the back of the garage, the suspected crime scene, hoping it would trig arer erger some level of remorse. >> bring back any memories? want to tell us where the body is now? get this over with? get you back to the station? okay. let's go another way. >> back in the car, another detective heard off camera starts working on twitchell. >> you whack your victim over the head, beat the [ bleep ] out of them, chop them up, carve them p up. this pales in comparison, but you can't take it. >> but twitchell said nothing. at least not in person. he had certainly said plenty in "sk confessions," if, in fact, he was the author. but the document was incomplete, ending in a jumble of unrecoverable computer code. >> we're going to the computer guys, come on, you've got to pull up more. we're right where he dump ped the body and we don't know the location. >> so a detective did a slow methods cal search on the desktop computer found in twitchell's

any advertisements in these parking garages since the beginning of the agreement in 2009. titan has reported little interest in purchasing advertising space is in parking garages given the poor economic climate. but we noted the airport, their agreement resulted in advertisements located in elevators and passageways in the airport. these parking garages titan has the possibility of selling advertisements and are all located in downtown san francisco. in mission and other very high traffic locations. supervisor campos: was there any analysis over what is happening with privately-and parking garages and the kind of advertising had that -- kind of advertising that happens in those places and whether or not they are able to secure advertising? >> we started looking at that and we did not have much -- we looked more at the publicly owned parking grudges in other cities. >> we tried to benchmark with other cities. all lot of this is proprietary information and we had a hard time obtaining it. we did call different advertisers in different areas in terms of their procedures, such

there was prior testimony on the garage hearing superior -- on the garage hearing. they were told he was moving his mother in and they had to move out. this was rented out as a tourist rooms and corporate housing. this is not affordable housing. we are concerned. our preference is to have three rent-controlled flats. one of the people living there is here today. we think it is disability discrimination, because he has epilepsy, and some people do not want him there. part of this systematic plan to remove rent-controlled housing, and it is in the papers we filed, and to arrive permits to the bathrooms, and each time there is a permit application, he said it was with the department. that is not what you do for a flat. that is what you do if you do room rentals. it is not affordable housing. he admits in his papers that everything is going to the market rate. if you look at his website common-law -- at his website, he is advertising rooms for rent for weekly rentals, corporate rentals, and vacation rentals out of place where san franciscans live with heirloom antiques

they are trying to say that the garage is unsafe. i presented a policy to them, two variances, and we put a -- i worked for muni rail. press the button and the car will go. there are no safety problems. i will mention, these buildings are big and out of place. if you point out exhibit f and look at lucy gomez's house, sh e has a hosuuse over 2,000 square feet. look at the aerieal views, they are over 2000 square feet. and they are complaining about the project that are not any bigger. they're not. i would hope that you would review this and look favorably on the project. president olague: are there additional speakers in support of the project sponsor? d.r. requestor, you have two minutes. >> commissioners, he did approach me and we had a good conversation. what i said to him was that if there are no -- everything is conforming, but there are no issues to be addressed and no safety issues, we will probably have a pretty good project. that is not what we found. there are still issues, maybe they can explain them with the safety of the

it% is allocated to parking garages under the plan. -- 50% of it is allocated to parking garages under the plan. will it be similarly allocated so that the businesses that moneys will be offsetting that? i would not want a situation where we are borrowing $50 million to rehab parking garages, and yet the cost of that is spread over our system, systemwide, if that makes sense. >> the charter right now says parking revenue goes to muni. we believe that by spending $15 million, revenue should increase, so that is our hope. right now, some are not really very attractive to park in. so any incremental revenue that comes out will be given to muni, so that is the charter. we are anticipating muni getting more money out of fixing them. director heinicke: i understand the money comes back, but i want to know that the plan is by borrowing $50 million to spend, we will get more than $50 million so this will not be a situation where we are asking our bus riders and everyone else to subsidize rehab of parking garages, that the revenue will actually come out of the parking garage system itself once

we are asking youtub to disallow the garage. we are requesting a site survey so that we can tell how long the buildings are going to be when they get built there. and we ask the project sponsor to make a reasonable attempt to satisfy our concerns regarding the drainage into the parking. president olague: we will hear from supporters of the d.r. requestor at this time. [reading names] i'm sorry, there is a second requestor. we have two d's. go ahead. >> thank you for your time. i am going to talk about the mass in relationship to the rest of the neighborhood. my name is michael mchaden. yesterday i took some pictures from the overpass. this is lucy's house and over here is 1569 hampshire street. based on the plans that we have, i found the relative high compared to lucy's house -- here is a closer view of allthe lot. this is 1569 hampshire street. based on the dimensions that i had, i prepared some cut-outs. the purpose of this demonstration is to show that the three-story building is not in conforming with the special use distri

now, this garage is a particular attention because it is the garage of the east bay dragons. a very well known and well established motorcycle club here in oakland. at this hour, police are not saying if the man they found shot several times inside the garage is in fact a member of the motorcycle club. but as we slowly pan our camera back over, police are telling us that there were no members inside the main section of the eastbound dragons club. however, three or four individuals had been on the sidewalk just prior to us going live. some of them were talking about the individual being shot, saying it was a relative, but they are not speaking about exactly who was there. we are also receiving reports that there was a suspect, possibly the gunman running northbound here on 88th avenue. he had a black mask on. police are gathering information. we are going to stay on scene and get more information and bring it to you before the close of this newscast. that's the latest from east oakland, back to you. >> i know it's early in the investigation. last weekend, the president of the

what was in front is the garage door that has been blown off. it's bent and mangled. we are on the northwest square in cupertino. fortunately nobody was home. nobody injured. the chronicle reporting they had went out. if you take a look at the damage material behind that garage door, that is something you would find in a typical fire. that was a fire after the initial blast but in another tragic twist there is aparticipantly another fire yesterday that destroyed everything the initial blast didn't destroy. of course this begs the question how did this happen? pg&e and the state are investigating. now here's the other issue coming up this morning. i want you to go over here. take a look another this area over here that looks like it has been dug up. pg&e had to dig up three different spots before getting the gas shut you have a response time a hot issue in the wake of san bruno disaster. it looks like we may have had a similar issue here. that is not all. yesterday pg&e crews found six more leaks in their neighborhood. bringing the total leak to seven. we are gathering

i have a garage full of stuff i don't use. there is a place on tunnel avenue if you are a city resident you take it down there and show them you are a city resident and they will take it. call us. say, i can't get down there i have, they might come out with 50 gallon drums if you have waste or oil they will come and pick it up. if you have gasoline you haven't used in a while they will come and pick it up. the main thing is safety. we don't want to end up like this guy. he didn't heed the warnings. for each one of these to carry out this guy, how many guys are backing them up? i figure 4 a piece. we don't send in a team unless we have the same amount of people and then some to back them up. to get you to gage what an incident is the guy with the big thumb. the rule of thumb is this. if you cover the incident with your thumb you are far enough away. does it look like he's got it covered with his thumb? you see the smoke going to the side. he's still too close. he's got to back up further even with the rule of thumb. we want you

if a city owned garage has space available.it works >>> drivers in san franciscan now use cell phones to find out if a city-owned garage has space available. that person texts 877877 and enters a code for one of the 14 city garages and the information comes back immediately on the number of spaces and the prices. good deal. a list of the codes for each garage is available by sending the message sfpark. city officials hope the new program can chip away at congestion and pollution not to mention the stress of getting into a garage and going, what do you mean you don't have any spots? >> i tried it this morning and got an answer like that, 600 spaces in union square. nice, huh? >> hopefully you weren't driving while texting because that's the issue i have. don't crash trying to find a spot. >> i wasn't. >> good girl, grace. [ laughter ] >>> we are seeing clouds mix out a little sunshine come through. it was a little gloomy this morning. look now in dublin, plenty of blue sky out there. a little bit of cloud cover elsewhere in the

i was working. >> reporter: the force of the explosion blew off the garage door. pg&e is under a spotlight since last year's massive deadly explosion in san bruno. this week, the national transportation safety board released a report about that explosion. given pg&e's history, the ntsb and the california public utilities commission are also taking an interest in what's happened in kuper cuppertino this week. >> we are, thankful that nobody was hurt. we are here to answer any questions or concerns >> reporter: the explosion was caused bay buildup of natural gas in the garage. an investigation reveals six other leaks. >> it's concerning for us. we don't want to find leaks in our systems. we are committed to getting to the bottom of not only this community but other places. we want to make sure that everybody is safe. >> feels safe now because they checked everything. >> reporter: the door-to-door served two purposes. public safety and public relation. you are taking a live view from the mass cam. you can see that the fire went through the roof of the home. that's be

a car left dangling from a san francisco parking garage. joe vazquez has a unique vantage point on this near disaster. he is on the fourth floor of the moscone parking garage with what exactly happened. joe. >> reporter: dana, this is how a bad day gets even worse. the battery died on this car. it was out of control flying down the ramp. it crashes through a barrier here. the car actually stalls up here but the barrier goes down to the sidewalk narrowly missing people below. it was a strange and dangerous sight. a car hanging halfway out of a parking garage across the street from the moscone center. the south of market lunchtime crowd was atwitter. it happened on the fourth floor this. parking valet didn't want to talk on camera but said a fellow valet was helping a man whose battery was out. they were trying to push it into a parking spot from the middle of the aisle. the parking valet in the driver's seat the car other than pushing when everything went wrong. with the power out there's no brakes or steering. the only way to stop would hav

there is six garages behind me, six units, it may have started in the garages. they were involved in a fire, as well. >> firefighters pulled back from the building after part of the roof collapsed. one man was sent to the hospital with to his leg. another man was treated for smoke inhalation. >> in contra costa county this morning, crews have contained a brush fire in the hills around martinez. it happened around bear creek road. the fire burned about 50 acres before firefighters put it out earlier this morning. >> you know what i did for the first time this morning, turned on the heater when i was getting up. >> that tells you something about today's weather forecast. >> today, a little coolering, especially up in the north bay where we are seeing 50s. 51 in santa rosa. everybody else in mid to upper 50s. temperatures are running about 1-3 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. during the afternoon hours, we're going run pretty much the same to nearly 8 degrees cooler than yesterday as we get on into the heart of this cooler air mass, the strong sea breeze th

. >> and you're basically jamming the garage door into the frame.th windowsçó and louvers, is stronr than the frame around it and what actually was failing was the building, not the garage door. >> make shoo you are you explain you don't attach it to the door because you won't be able to open the door. >> so we'll be trying to present some information on how we do it and make recommendations when we finish the testing in the next omonth or two. the city is looking for ways to cost effectively retrofit building. this are other things you should do that are cost effective. >> the important point to make is we're all striving to make our homes more earthquake resistant, not earthquake proof. we cannotÑi earthquake proof lie we can waterÑi proof jackets and rain coates are water proof, but our home and property can be made to be resistant and the more recent codes are -- allow us to be more earthquake resistant than the older codes. >> that'sç"right. nothing is earthquake proof. some people build buildings thaó are designed toñr be continuousy operation

the garage door blown clear off. and this pile of debris looks like mostly books and paper that was burned here. this place does look like a total loss at this point. the fire began in the garage and then burned up to the second story. firefighters evacuated two neighbors units but no one was home. pg&e actually found seven leaks in a two-inch pipe, plastic pipes that feefd the gas -- feed the gas into these homes. it took pg&e crews nearly two hours to shut off the gas. what set off the blast wednesday afternoon is still unclear. pg&e promised to, quote, investigate this and take corrective actions. we're going to turn every stone to see what we can determine what happened here. this cupertino explosion happened just a day after federal regulators slammed pg&e for how it responded to last year's san bruno blast that killed eight people. the national transportation safety board says it will follow up on this case and see if there are any similarities with other accidents. back here live, firefighters actually noticed

the garage door blown off.now boarded up and this pile of debris with books and paper and things that were badly damaged. firefighters say the fire began in the garage and burned up to the second story. firefighters evacuated surrounding units. no one was home. the person who lives here apparently left 15 minutes before the wednesday afternoon blast. so that's the good news. pg&e then found seven leaks in the two inch plastic pipe around the area. those are of course what feed the gas into the home. it took pg&e close to two hours to shut off the gas. but what set it off is still unclear. this happened just a day after federal regulators slammed pg&e for how it handled last year's san bruno explosion that killed eight people. "we are going to look at commonalities with other investigations and we'll take any appropriate follow-up action. given our recent experience with investigating accidents in california, we think this is an appropriate level of involvement," according to the national transportation safety b

. >> jackson's painful odyssey came to an end when he pulled into the fifth admission parking garage. >> luckily they squeezed the little sign on, and a very tight parking spot. but when i got up in there, it took me a while to find parking in here alone. >> had jackson known about the new parking text service, his journey might have ended a lot sooner. with the new teach, drivers can text 877-877 and put in the code for one of 15 san francisco parking garages. in just moments they'll find out the address of the garage, the rates, and the number of spaces available. >> the idea is drivers before they get in their car find out what garages have space. >> it's all part of the federally funded sf park program aimed at improving transportation. >> it's not good for anyone if people are circling around, looking for parking or double parking. to get them off the road and matched with a parking space as quickly as possible. >> it only took a quick explanation for he was up to speed. sfwl it texts you the rates. it texts you spots available and how many available. which is super cool. >> othe

a mazda came flying out of a parking garage park go garage. it was dangling above third street.arking garage worker was trying to help a customer move the vehicle after the battery died. somehow he lost control and went a little further than they expected. shattered glass fell to the street. >> there is large metal support that held the car back boy bie four bolts. these sheared three of the four off. >> there was glass everywhere. we had to get something to eat while they cleaned up the mess. >> the garage worker complained of sore knee but other than that nobody else was hurt. >> alanis morissette, jay leno and will i am was in san francisco last night but it was more than a just a concert. don sanchez as celebrities teamed up to help raise money for a new children's hospital in san francisco. >> this is not an offer shock. it's another earthquake. [ laughter ] >> getting laughs from jay leno. ♪ >> and music from alanis morissette and raising $5 million for the new children's hospital. >> i think it's fun and people say, you go here and raise money. it's not hard work. it's a

you can see the garage down there. that's where witnesses say the victim was targeted and then police say that the suspect took off in this direction right here. the violence erupted around 9:45 last night. the victim was rushed to highland hospital but we're told he died about an hour or so later. police say the victim was shot several times. some witnesses say the bullet struck his chest and arm areas. club members showed ktvu a photo on the wall inside of the club. they say the victim was the man on the right hand side known as stuttering mike. police have not confirmed if he was a member of the east bay dragons but they did tell us about the club's reputation. >> they do do some good things for the community and the neighborhood here. i've had some other run-ins with them that haven't been as pleasant. >> reporter: twitter has been abuzz since the shooting. one person wrote, i hope that ike is good. those dragons need a secret location away from the youngsters. he didn't make it. another wrote, rest in peace to my

he has talked about modifying the garages. he has only raised the for a couple feet, the driveway is the same size and s[chime] president olague: thank you. >> i have to change my glasses because i can't see. >> can you pull the microphone down and speak right into the microphone? >> my name is lucy gomez, i have been living there since 1968, december 5. i have been there 43 years. that wall has been there since 1923, i think. so now after n.y. 83 years, they want to start building? why didn't they built before they put a wall of? ok? i raised my family there. he is right next to construction. ok? they want to put up that building, and the walls will look like a prison wall. had the worst part of its is that they have a four-car garage. can you imagine, one by one, a family with four cars taking turns to get out? when you have to go to work, i would never recommend anyone to fit into that project. i am hoping and praying that you don't let anything, a permit to go through because it would be devastating for the community there

raw sewage, human feces was spilling into my garage. after doing my own research in finding out that the construction company is not certified to do lead inspection or even a real general contractor, i called them and i spoke with the license board, who encouraged me to write a complaint about them. they line also in the declaration, saying they were construction workers employed to do certified lead abatement. that was really fast. commissioner fung: is the work in your unit finished? >> no. they have not done anything. >> the permit is suspended. commissioner fung: still suspended. commissioner garcia: have you looked into whether or not this is an issue for our board? >> i did not get to that. i'm sorry. i had one paragraph to say i realize that this is not really an issue for the board of appeals, but as the rent board has stated, and unsavory new trend with property managing attorneys, they simply circumnavigates city ordinances and rent board ordinances, and constructively her read -- harass people and evict you out of your apartm

in fact, making the switch could be a matter of simply going to the right garage. greg abbott may look like just another mechanic in an l.a. garage, but he's the spark of an underground movement. >> the business that i've gotten is taking existing cars and converting them to electric. there's actually a huge market there. >> mitchell: he is known as "gadget." >> i am the pied piper. i'm the instigator and will get other people to come in and make things happen. >> mitchell: and he's the unlikely film of "revenge of the electric car" which tracks the death and rebirth of an industry that has struggled along for more than a decade. >> i have another car just for parts. >> mitchell: filmmaker chris pain royalsed gadget's role in getting the technology on the road. >> somebody has to be first one out there. >> people at gadget keep studying the example so i think this is a much more powerful seed in the way things change than maybe people give credit for. >> mitchell: gadget's been in the forefront of electric conversions long before there was silicon valley upstart te

was there anybody else in the garage when the crash happened, do you know? >> reporter: we were talking about 1:00 in the afternoon. there were other people around here. but, you know, you have a guy driving, one pushing, and it went out of control through the side of the building. >> thank you, joe vazquez. >>> an east bay crime has people shaking their heads. a toddler with special needs is without her custom made walker tonight. it was stolen from her front yard. 2.5-year-old cambria hurst uses a $3,400 walker. she was born with a rare genetic disorder that causes developmental delays. the walker was stolen from the family's home in alameda on sunday. the family is willing to forgive whoever took it. >> bring it back, no questions asked. we just need it. >> something like this that helps a special needs child adapt to the world, something we would like to find very, very much. >>> a new walker will take months to order and bill to help her physical and mental development. if you have any information, please call alameda police. >>> veteran san jose police

car comes flying within inches of flying out of a parking garage. what led to the crash. >> and singer appears in san francisco tonight. this was more than just a concert. >> big waves took the california coast. as well as >> big waves took the california coast. as well as welilililililililililililililili go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters. >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. of. >> talk about close call. car nearly taking a nose dive out of parking garage. 1 this afternoon on fourth street near san francisco moscone center. lack how close this thing came to disaster. the sedan had mechanical problems. dead battery. garage employee was trying to help the driver move it but something went wrong and employee unable to stop the car as it crashed through a metal barrier and out of the side of the building. glass an

>> what a scene around 1:00 this afternoon here in this garage.aid it's a cross from mosconi center. and the gar yablg can hold 750 cars and one of them, a blue mazda almost made it out the fast way out of the building. police are still piecing together exactly what happened. but this much we know. an employee helping a customer move that mazda. he might have been pushing it freh

he was shot in the garage. police say the suspected shooter they believe had been kicked out of the club earlier that evening. they think the shooter came back for revenge and shot a manage several times in the garage. the victim died later at the hospital. my first question as a reporter when i heard about this, could this have anything to do with the shooting over the weekend of the president of the hells angels club down in san jose who was shot in sparks, nevada? and there was some concern by police at that point that there could be other retaliation violence with other motorcycle gangs. police don't think there is any connection between the two shootings. it apps at this appears that this was related to being kicked out earlier in the evening. >> thank you,. >>> washington will help put more cops on the street in the city of oakland. the city is getting money from a federal grant. mayor jean quan will be representative barbara lee at an news conditions this morning to give us details. the grant is coming f

you will get a list of the city owned garages. send another tex with a code and a new message indicates how many spaces are available and how much it costs. the service is free but your carrier might charge for the text. jeff bush kron 4 news. >> reporter: new technology for doors show you. this is a rearview mirror with onstar built in. called the onstar smv rearview mirror. now with this mirror anyone can add onstar and its features to their car. costs $200 and you choose a plan starting at $19 a month. for more information log on to www.kron.com. gabe slate, kron 4 news. >>> cooler out there today but it will be warmer for the weekend. tomorrow a mild transition day. we will see fog in the morning, even drizzle close oo the coast line. temperatures in the afternoon wants the fog clears, comfortable, 70s inland, 60s for the bay shores. saturday less fog, warmer conditions. sunday less fog. warms up more. upper 80's inland. sunday, upper 70s for the bay shores. tomorrow morning, widespread fog through the bay area. dense close to

the tale of garages. you can see that. that is going in. that is a garage three stories underground. the south beach marina apartment. they have got lights. the other has an elevator in light -- an alliance. these create norway's. it hits the other building across the street. a refrigerator that never went quiet. that is about the sound of what would be happening in your apartment across the street. what creates the noise is a fan and a motor. the motor is tied to the electric grid. the electric grid is tied to something that looks like that. in the bayview. some of this is happening. president chiu: thank you very much. >> thank you for my time. two minutes goes fast. >> good afternoon, supervisors. stop the rape of the public library. do not support the friends of the public library. it should be obvious by various public comments today on various aspects of the same problem, which is the destruction of the democracy and destruction of our public assets, which are independent. influence peddling -- peddling, and it has been said that suns