the affect on light and air roby minimal, if any at all. we conducted shadow studies and found that the only noteworthy shadow was going to occur between 11:00 a.m. at 1:00 p.m. during certain periods of the year. that was a project to propose a 25-foot expansion. this is much smaller than that. the impact will be minimal. i also want to point out the existing rear yard of the " d.r. requesters. it is quite large, as you will see it. there is also some vegetation in the area where the home expansion would be expanding into. in the affect on the shadow in the -- in their rear yard is further minimize by that. they also face a perpendicular briard, which the property is already built out to the rear yard. they are guarantee that that will continue to be the case in their very large rear yard area. as far as we know, the d.r. requesters are the only opposition to the project and the other at edison -- and the other adjacent property owner is in favor. and we do not believe this -- the level of extraordinary circumstances and we request the com

found in american of clinical nutrition. >>> minimal rain.ere hoping for some. >> it is evaporating before it reaches the ground could see the same tomorrow night into wednesday. maybe the storm will come in stronger and have some rain with it. even if it does it won't be much. not another soaking like we had a while ago. we don't see that in the cards. the next week or two could be dry with temperatures very warm. that graphic in a minute. first what is hpening right now. clouds on the increase, another chunk of energy comes through with minimal moisture enough to bring clouds and dim sunshine and make for a gorgeous picture back to the east from vollmer peak with mount diablo on the left. you can see a little break in morning. sunshine made it through now the clouds are getting thicker. breezes that we talked about are still over the ocean nearing the coast. half moon bay gusting up to 16 miles per hour the rest of us calm maybe three to five miles per hour. mid to upper 50s with a 61 in los gatos. mid to upper around monterey bay and inlan

found in american of clinical nutrition. >>> minimal rain.ng for some. >> it is evaporating before it reaches the ground could see the same tomorrow night into wednesday. maybe the storm will come in stronger and have some rain with it. even if it does it won't be much. not another soaking like we had a while ago. we don't see that in the cards. the next week or two could be dry with temperatures very warm. that graphic in a minute. first what is happening right now. clouds on the increase, another chunk of energy comes through with minimal moisture enough to bring clouds and dim sunshine and make for a gorgeous picture back to the east from vollmer peak with mount diablo on the left. you can see a little break in morning. sunshine made it through now the clouds are getting thicker. breezes that we talked about are still over the ocean nearing the coast. half moon bay gusting up to 16 miles per hour the rest of us calm maybe three to five miles per hour. mid to upper 50s with a 61 in los gatos. mid to upper around monterey bay and inland. mor

during the drilling process. 40 workers rehearsed the job at the plant's number five reactor to minimize their exposure. tepco spokespersons say the operation went smoothly. workers will insert the endoscope on thursday as scheduled. tepco is boosting electricity rates for its corporate clients. the utility says the rates will go up an average 17% beginning in april due to rising costs for thermal powered generation. tepco president attorneyio nishizawa said on tuesday that the hikes will affect business users with contracts for 50 kilowatts or more each. the company's fuel costs for thermal power generation are expected to climb by about $10 billion this fiscal year. that's because utility has shut down some nuclear plants for checkups after the fukushima accident last march. tepco says higher electricity bills are unavoidable because it's not clear when the operation of these nuclear plants will resume. >>> they appear small and simple, but these dolls play an important role. they give emotional support to people who lost family members in the march 11th disaster. the key is the doll's

off to a cloudy start around the bay area good news fog minimal because of it, soaring temperatures in your forecast. >>> good morning i'm sue hall following your wednesday morning commute, live shot of 80 through berkeley into macarthur maze moving well no problems. rest of -- [ inaudible ] >>> 5 a.m. on this wednesday morning, thanks for joining us i'm eric thomas. >>> and i'm kristen sze many developing news overseas. u.s. navy seals have freed two hostages, including an american at a somali pirate came in a daring nighttime rescue mission. katie marzullo has all the developments live. >> reporter: 32-year-old american aid worker jessica buchanan and her danish counterpart were kidnapped in october. why now? vice president biden told nbc this morning that the u.s. learned buchanan's health was starting to decline. here's the timeline. president obama approved the mission on monday. he was updated on the mission throughout tuesday and then about two hours before the state of the union address the president's counter-terrorism adviser told him the hostages were safely in u.s. hands. t

i mean, the cost is so minimal. with that, i would like to make a motion to approve lighting policy 1. >> second. commissioner moran: i will just add one comment to that, and that is that it does not directly relate, but for years, we have been providing power for free for street lights. as part of our new rate that we adopted, we will be collecting some revenue from that. half a cent. there is a little give and a little take at the same time. motion and a second. >> we have no speaker cards. commissioner moran: any other public comment? any other commission,? all those in favor? oppose? the motion carries. >> the next item is closed session. if you will make a motion to assert attorney-client privilege and invite public comment on any agenda item, and then i will read them before we retired a closed session, should that be approved. commissioner moran: can i have a motion? moved and seconded. all those in favor? motion carries. >> we have no speaker cards. let me briefly read the adams pier 14, a threat to public s

then we think about different steps we could take to minimize impact, and then we talk about what we could do after the event to make sure that any damage that does happen is changed and everything looks just as good as when we started. there was a specific discussion about what sort of site inspections we may do. the city is used to hosting shorter events. what we do is have a site inspection before, and after the event, we have a site inspection, and then we can discuss how to repair any damage that is done, but as the event stretches on, we want to minimize the impact and make sure the city is well prepared. i have spoken to other staff. i spoke to dana and nick, so we have a good sense of what kinds of things can go on and what can be expected. since most of the event takes place in marina green, the focus is on marina green, but there is a bit at the end where we talk about other parts that will be affected. they are thinking of putting large video screens of in union square and civic center plaza. then, there's other parks that just may be affected by people wanting to come and

our construction will minimize its impact on them. we are very grateful to the planning commission for the eir. thank you very much. president chiu: are other members of the public who wish to speak in general public comment on this? if you could please line up -- if folks could line up on the right hand side. any other members of the public wish to speak in support of the project sponsor? mix speaker, please. thank you. >> my name is lisa. i am the director of arts and culture marketing for the san francisco travel association, formerly known as the convention and visitors bureau. my job is to ensure the visitors are aware of the cultural offerings of the city, and to entice them to book travel to san francisco. our current research tells us that in 2010 the total spending for visitors in san francisco is $8.40 billion. we learned three weeks ago that $1.80 billion are attributed specifically to those here for arts and culture purposes. national research by the office of travel and tourism and the americans for the arts tells us colt

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to minimize the decay i have. saying okay, listen. less than 2% of the stock price, if i'm wrong i'm wrong. it's an amount i can lose. it may move against me. >> it's only 2% of the stock price, but still 5% out of the money. the math you have to figure in. i like the name because they're compressing margins but that's because they're investing in the company. let's bottom line this. >> shorting amazon is the financial equivalent to drinking poison. it could kill you and offer limited upside. mike's offers five to one payout costs $390. 390 or death. the choice is yours. carter will stick around for us. meantime, got a question? send an e-mail. we'll answer it in our one on one show after the show on our website. and by the way, we've got a lot of questions about how to figure out the applied earnings. especially during earnings season. scott breaks it down in our web extra segment using amazon, as example. check it out. here's what's coming up next. >>> maybe they aren't loving it. >>> last month they had a bearish bet on mcdonald's.

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it provides minimal impact to our transit system, and a minimal inconvenience to the public. pulling people on and off the bus -- ideally, and what we are doing is asking for the proof of payment while they are on our transit lines, and we simply -- if they cannot provide it, that is when they are asked to step off, and the bus is allowed to go on its way. supervisor olague: this may pertain to the later part of your presentation, but i will ask now since we are talking so much about fare evasion. it seems that the people on the front line of this are frequently the drivers. i'm wondering -- to what extent do you work with the muni drivers, and what type of training do they receive and support? i know -- i ride the bus daily, actually, and i feel that they've really work hard and do their best to be kind of the safeguard their on the bus system -- there on the bus system. in the event and there is not someone from the police department on that line, then what type of training -- not just in this sense, but also i know they have to deal with a lot of issues that relate to ment

the antennas will be minimally visible and will not affect the architectural integrity of the building. the project complies with the applicable requirements of the plan and is consistent with the general plan. i am available of the have any questions. thank you very much. commissioner antonini: -- president miguel: project sponsor? >> in conferring with the city attorney, he discussed this and i do not have a conflict. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm from at&t external affairs. at&t is seeking your approval of a conditional use permit for 500 grant ave. approval will permit at&t to upgrade its existing and tennis currently located on the side of the building by removing and replacing them with up to four roof mounted panel antennas concealed with an antenna screen. the cabinets will be located outside of the public view in an internal storage room on the first floor of the building. they cite is a preference for location. to put this into better context, five under grant street is known as china gem. it has been there for a long time. many people know it. it's located at the int

we talk about how we deal with this situation, to minimize it and say it is just a few officers, the department is generally ok, that there is not a culture here, whether it is a code of silence or a code that we can do what ever we want, it is not dealing with the problem. [applause] i believe that it has to be dealt with. but it cannot be dealt with by minimizing it and saying there's too much media about this stuff, that it is not fair. it is fair because the police are given this incredible power. more than anybody else. you know, i can deal with a cop in court, but i will not mess with him on the street, because he can tell me or arrest me. there has to be a standard -- he can kill me or arrest me. there has to be a standard. ianne is talking about her clients are basically on the street. this is not a minor problem. [applause] >> we of so many other questions that need to be answered, but i think we're coming to the end of our time. this is been a fabulous discussion with our experts here, with all the notes from whence they are talking. i want to thank everyone for their words

might have minimal impacts around the metro area.ou that, we'll talk about that with the evening planner. the day planner, increasing clouds today. highs reaching near 40 this afternoon. the travel problems, though, may be developing tonight. a look at that in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> good morning. if you're in prince george's county, on branch avenue, route 5 approaching allentown read here, please be cautious. some of your lanes may be taken away by the accident there. the fire department still on the scene of that crash. traveling i-95 in virginia, still slow northbound at fairfax county parkway. no accidents, just delays. and you're slow as you head to the interchange. connecting to 395, delays start at edsall, and you can see here at duke, are you pretty slow. even the hov lanes. those delays continue to seminary road. once you pass them, seminar road, so far no major delays just yet. and no accidents to report. if you're taking the rails, looks really good for you. no delays on the metro, marc, or vre. back to y

then we think about different steps we could take to minimize impact, and then we talk about what we could do after the event to make sure that any damage that does happen is changed and everything looks just as good as when we started. there was a specific discussion about what sort of site inspections we may do. the city is used to hosting shorter events. what we do is have a site inspection before, and after the event, we have a site inspection, and then we can discuss how to repair any damage that is done, but as the event stretches on, we want to minimize the impact and make sure the city is well prepared. i have spoken to

companies can participate, he and you will see, through a competitive process, what the fee can be minimized to and what the conditions are. suddenly, everything will be out in the open. it is as important as anything else. all these recommendations are for your consideration. drivers should be a loud to designate a credit card and come with some companies calling through certain accounts with extraordinarily high fees. they should be able to designate their own accounts. he won company already does this. the third recommendation talks about establishing a credit card a minimum with a goal of reducing costs to the drivers. the reason is that it might backfire on the drivers. more analysis is necessary to see how many customers are currently using credit cards for short trips. if they are, those short trips tend to generate higher tips. by forcing cash fees, you might be negatively affecting the drivers. drivers. and do the analysis

i think this is a way to minimize the amount of risk you're taking. less than 2% of the current stock price to make a bearish bet. and it has had some fairly sharp moves off earnings. especially in the two weeks following earnings. we've seen moves 15%, 16% to the downside. >> mike has been bearish for a long time. a lot of people out there are bearish on a valuation basis. dan, where do you stand on that front? >> i think that's a tough way to short a stock like this. to me in october when they were reporting their q3 the stock was trading at an all time high. we know the margins are basically nothing. we know they're losing $20 on every kindle fire they sell and they've probably sold a lot of them. to me the stock is well off those highs last october. it's dangerous. let me tell you what i've learned. you have to think about it wholistically and find out what other things you have going on here and risk what you're willing to lose. if you are wrong, you will lose every dime of that premium. listen. i think it's probably a decent bet, but at the end

limit the type and number of annual events, cord made and control parking and loading activities and minimize noise to protect the welfare of the surrounding area. this approval was upheld on appeal at the board of supervisors. in april 2011 the process was rejected which invalidated this operation. the request before you would continue the existing operation of the center in its current form. without the physical improvements and increases in capacity that were part of the pervez project. staff has included many of the same operating conditions from the previous comparable period these are proposed to maintain operating conditions and minimize impact to the surrounding neighborhood. staff has reviewed a list of events held that the center and severally counted those events that would be considered live entertainment such as concerts' and comedic performances. during this time, the center hosted an average of 54 live entertainment events and 179- live events. this number varies from year to year. staff has proposed a condition that would limit the center to a maximum of 68 live entertainment

in -- avoidance, minimization, and mitigation monitoring plan for the yerba buena island rams improvement project. action item. supervisor mirkarimi: public comment. >> at an earlier meeting, i had pointed out to the gentlemen who was giving some sort of a presentation that we must all remember that this area we call san francisco belongs to the first people. and in case you ladies and gentlemen do not know who they are, they are the [unintelligible] having said that, at yerba buena island, hundreds and hundreds of remains are found. so we have people who come and talk about the eir, and they talk about ceqa, and they talk about this, that, and the other, but they do not have the decency to address the cultural or archaeological factors over which they simply override. in fact, if you go to the university of berkeley, uc berkeley, there are over 10,000 remains, and we have this in the year 2011. so all these things, you know, improvements that we call, should be holistic. we should have some compassion. all these things that we build, they will collapse. but if we, in our arrogance, do no

so the impact on any adjacent properties is minimal, if that. i am inclined to grant the requested variances. thank you. >> commissioners, you are on item number 21. 1948 ocean avenue, requesting discretionary review. >> good evening president fong and members of the commission. before you is a request for discretionary review of the burma -- the building permit applications to establish an entertainment use to operate at a billiard hall with an accessory beverage store selling only non-chocolate beverages and will involve interior tenant improvements. this is within the ocean avenue commercial transit district. this is a revised proposal from the originally noticed project was rigid -- which was to establish another bar selling beer and wine. the site is a vacant one-sty

the work is requesting information about what they are doing to try to minimize foreclosures and defaults and so i have a resolution today, introducing today, supporting the treasurer's efforts, and it is important to note that the treasurer has also been involved in a lot of work around payday loans, also supporting emigrant communities, having bank accounts for the first time for their children, the kindergarten to college program. these guys are experienced doing this kind of work. i just think it is important to do this. the work to be done by whoever wins the rfp is worth about $1.50 million to $2 million. that is not a lot to leverage. i will be looking later at investment strategies that we can get banks to invest our public dollars to be much more supportive of the public economy. that is something i am still committed to working on. but in the meantime, this is a step in that process. i'd think it is important to note that there are many people in the bay area who have expressed concerns about the banking industry, and while this could be a forum, and we will hopefully do this in