there were houses on top and there was a very steep slope. you can see some debris slides where the sand is slowing. then you drop into a gully or a drainage swell. the top of the landslides' is just a drop in the middle where another clock has pulled away from the edge. the higher hill on the outside edge of the rich and the depression is the drop. surface erosion is an acute issue. >> you can see the evidence of the houses directly adjacent. we have similar conditions to that. if you go around the corner around the seacliff, where in fact there has been significant movement and in fact many of the homeowners along that portion of the seacliff have had to come back in and do extensive foundation repair and massive walls to protect the home while the slope [inaudible] >> here we have the shallow slides, a debris slides. during earthquakes, they are both activated and the movement on the deep sea slides accelerates as well as the official material that erodes. >> if there's one point that is brought home from this discussion of landslides is s

. >> the north slope belonged to all of the eskimos, not to the state of alaska. they are mere trespassers. >> i strongly doubt that there would be oil production on the north slope if we hadn't been a state. >> the attitude that we had then was one of unity. [sweeping music] ♪ >> male announcer: statehood! was funded by: [cheerleaders chanting] [cheers and applause] [sports announcer speaking indistinctly] >> male narrator: the comforts and pleasures of modern living were a long time coming for the pioneers of alaska and for the native people who've been here for millennia. to win statehood in 20th-century america, alaskans had to unite, tell their story to the nation, and convince a skeptical congress. fortunately, this land bred people with drive and talent, and over the years, they and their spectacular homeland won a special spot in america's heart. still, powerful forces that controlled alaska's vast wealth weren't about to give up their influence--not without a fight. in 1939, a new yorker named ernest gruening headed north to be the new governor of alaska.

there is slopes. there is all kinds of geometric issues that make it difficult to try to fit this way side platform into an existing environment. we are looking at additional locations whether there could be feasible for future platforms. i want to mention some of the areas that we are looking at. we are looking on the n line between 19th and sunset. i know this one at -- that will be one of the first ones that we build as an additional platform. we are looking on the j line, i mentioned we were able to put a platform on the project we did recently right at market street it's right on market. it means there is a clear and accessible stop. there is an accessible stop. it has a lot of drive ways. every single block has multiple drive ways. we can't put it right in front of a driveway where someone can't turn in and out of the driveway. we are looking on the l line at a few locations. one that has been requested by customers is between the zoo and sunset. the other two locations that we are looking at ar

the average slope should follow this red dotted line whereas under with this additional 68 percent is jumping up by one point and using different data point to the data calculation. we have determined that the varying points take into account the average grade but add an additional 35 feet which is not what the planning code permits, it's the very starting point. it should follow a parallel line back. the result of this erroneous application is twofold and has far reaching it packets. with the respect to this project, it has the allowable height limit by a foot. the project needs to be scaled back or adjusted accordingly or the applicant would have to apply for a height variance. as the larger over arching policy point, this could set a dangerous press precedent fought height. we propose that tht over than what is exceeded over the code. >> based on your calculation, what is the dimension at the front wall to your red line? >> so, the dimension at the front wall, do you mean where the property started? where the proposed fourth floor addition starts? >> i'm assuming that's the propose

or to get regulations down the slippery slope from net interest from protecting net neutrality to. you know prohibiting what kind of porn people watch i think that the debates are connected in some ways but i think that from a regulatory framework there are not as close as we would think tony perkins is working on you know that you know those who are there are conservatives who want to say you know you you can't have certain certain kinds of things on the internet and already i mean already there's there's child porn and there's terrorism you can do those two things on the internet without have a god coming down on you. so no i mean it was always did you make a very good point none of it was always the idea the gradualism is dangerous so you think about it in terms of once you start to say ok we're going to break there are certain things that we have all of us is not a child porn clearly. is illegal so putting on the internet is illegal but to say that certain things that we're going to say this or that is are not going to be an internet problem is that you know one administration

we might have issues with slope stabilization behind the switch yard that we need to look at but beyond that, there was some equipment that was a lay down area. the switch yard was lost but that was about it. >> so good afternoon, todd, i'm the cfo. i wanted to walk-through with you a few of the items as far as recovery. so as we migrate from the urgentcy and move toward the recovery, we're figuring out where to maximize recovery dollars either from insurance that we have or through state and federal sources so we're looking at boths. updates on where we are, some of the losses will be covered by the property insurer. the adjusters have been out there for three or four days. they wrapped up that work last week and now they're in their waiting stage waiting for us to submit to them and what we believe the cost are. we need to do further work before we're at that stage being able to submit that claim and part of that including doing our assessments and wrapping up those assessments so we have all of our documentation in place to help justify the claim we will be making. a lot hard work is

gwen: there's a real slippery slope thing going on. >> it's the slippery slope and the disconnect. he says on the one hand he wants assad to be out but the other is this will have no connection to that previous strategy. gwen: this is not about regime change unless when it is, when john mccain says it is. >> we saw on the vote in the community of foreign relations in the senate john mccain ball could at the authorization ever,000 language because it wasn't strong enough so they tweenged it. that this attack is going to degrade the syrian ability. that's different. that means affect more things and maybe tip the balance of power. what we see is this committee on foreign relations is the sliply slope. it needs to get more aggressive to buy john mccain off. gwen: you have to listen to this piece of sound from john kerry during that hearing, speaking of slippery slope, when you stalk to -- talk about exactly how far you'll go. let's listen. >> in the event syria imploded, for instance, or in the event here was a threat of a chemical weapons cache falling someone, i s of don't want to t

and i mean part of it is we'll do some slope stabilization to serve our roads so we have access to our facilities but there's a lot of burned soils and that's what the federal assessment team has been looking at so they'll be areas where they do expect some erosion so maybe they're going to put in some control measures or damns to help the flow. the irrigation districts are concerned because the burn streams from our drinking water facilities and they were concerned about how much erosion might occur and flush into pedro. we're engaging them in a discussion as well. >> can something be built to hold back? >> they can. there are some measures that they can put into place, these types of bails and things of that nature to keep it out the water waves, but we're talking about a huge area so they have to be strategic in a short period of time before it starts to rain and snow in the mountains. >> we don't have much time. >> no. >> thank you. >> so the next item is quarterly budget update. >> okay. talking about options and financial performance. this is your pre-audit experience and early p

we've had to lay back the slope and that's preceding well shown here is what we call the spill we cut on the same side of the valley a little bit further down stream and unfortunately we've discovered new features of concern in that area that could cause some slope instability so we'll have to add some reenforcement to that hill. and our record and fema team are working to determine how best to address those challenges. we're also involving the technical advisory panel and the california department of safety. i believe we will have a better idea of the magnitudes of that cost and impacts of those changes within a month. it's certainly within the contingency funding we have and that's why we have that type of funding. this is an area obviously with a lot of seismic activities. it's not unusual for those types of locations to energy those features. this slide shows the grout work take place on the opposite side of the valley on the right side. wu you can also see further in the slide down below the placement of the dam we're starting to move material into the new dam and also, this is a

it's burning on the slopes of mt. diablo along morgan territory road. this is a live look before the scene. there are evacuations in effect for residents living near curry creek road and oak hill road. cal fire reports the fire is just 10% contained. other agencies are assisting in the battle against the fire. no injuries have been reported no structures damaged at this point. we'll have a live update on this fire and another fire in sonoma county at 6:00. we'll see you at 6:00. >>> this is "world news." tonight, making his case. the president and his team preparing that address to the nation. why get involved in syria and why now? amid new and disturbing images of that gas attack. as president assad speaks tonight. what he says will happen if the u.s. moves forward with a military strike. >>> extreme weather. the rivers of mud, the sinkholes opening. the punishing rains. and tonight, the new concern, preparing for intense heat and nighttime frosts. the weather whiplash on the way. >>> palace jitters, after an intruder makes his way parainto buckingham

oil and gas companies already operating in the region pay taxes that finance the north slope boroughs $350 million budget. >> without that support of the industry we won't have anything. our people got to have jobs. >> reporter: anthony edwardsen is the president of the ukpeagvic inupiat corporation that promotes economic growth in the north slope. >> i believe strongly when it >> reporter: oil was discovered in nearby prudhoe bay in the 1960s and has transformed an area that at the time was largely without electricity, running water and modern schools. >> i believe strongly when it comes to the industry that we benefit as long as it's divided among us in an equal way. if we don't participate, we're going to lose out. >> reporter: the north slope has produced as much as one-fifth of the nations oil. but even today debate continues among inupiat's on further offshore development that could threaten their native traditions. >> they realize that there is a bounty off their coast that could really improve their lifestyle but do they necessarily want to change their way of life and you kno

this is one of the things that happened and the slope stability that we're going to be dealing with. again >> do you have a question? >> yes. so three to four hundred poles was part of what was shut down. >> correct. >> and the powerhouses are back on line but the transmission line? >> those are taking the electricity a long ways away. those came in through undamaged but the smaller lines are on wooden poles so it you drive up cherry you'll see the poles and those are our poles. we have another sector that goes up to cherry lake and down into the early intact area those are the poles that burned and those are still out >> those are still out and about will be for the next several weeks. >> those are generators; right? >> we need them to do the work. coming back again, just, you know, our crews are actually dropping all the hazardous trees we hope to get this done so we can work with the forest service on the failed timber. we're in the recovery mode it's still an active emergency where we haven't stood down our emergency center. the damage looks like it need to be done 0 our transiti

these are live pictures on the eastern slope of mt. diablo.we're hearing it's 1500 acres that's grown in size overnight. close to 500 firefighters will be there later today. they are setting up a camp near dublin this morning. airdrops are set to begin around 8:00 this morning. about 100 homes have been evacuated so far. the good news, it appears the smoke appears to be going up, as there's little to know wind. we'll keep track of the fire throughout the morning. >>> the debate over striking syria kicks into high gear today when congress returns from a month-long recess. kyla campbell is in our ktvu washington, d.c. bureau to explain what the obama administration is doing to rally support. kyla? >> reporter: tori, we know that president barack obama is sitting down with six tv networks for interviews. the white house could boost democratic support for strikes with a heavy hitter. hillary clinton will be at the white house for an unrelated event today. but she's expected to make a statement supporting president obama's call for military interve

so it needs to be a 3 inch -- and the degrees i'm not exactly sure, i think it's a 45 degree slope. >> it's a gradient. so the floor comes up so you don't have a sharp corner. it has to be bulldozed so you can scrub it all off. >> the importance of sanitizing your working surface and if you are handling raw meat to make a little bleach solution, you can use a teaspoon of bleach per about a gallon of water and you can wipe things down and it won't taint the food. a lot of it evaporates before -- you know, you are not going to get a bad taste in your food, but you are going to kill any salmonella or any bacteria issues that can happen. because a lot of cutting boards have grooves in them, whether it's plastic or wood, and it can collect bacteria and you can make yourself fairly sick or your family if things aren't sanitized and cleaned really well. making sure to wipe things down, sanitize, run them through the dish washer and take your time with it. . >> that's wrapping it up for today, brown bag lunch. this was fantastic, thanks to town hall, terrific servers, terrific food. thank you

curriculum that they can read and understand that things will get worse because we're on a downward slope. socialism is interesting the slope down to bankruptcy the history section of the book i show how cultures collapse they always collapse so people are born up here and they die down here and we have problems things need help it is that we all the way down people from europe will stop by to sign live in socialism in england or germany and they were fine. another friend says tell me about the whole system andy said it is horrible. yes you can go to any hospital to get help right away but it is 30 after eight months at a time of his major they don't have anything like america but they do in the private health care sector in england with other hospitals like? hours. can you get an mri? that day. it is a beautiful example of the slope of socialism people think not on the other hand, but the wonderful free enterprise driven system that offers so much more. there is a lot of hope to get back to the basic principles. >> host: where does president obama said in your view? >> guest: yes. he is

while it may be stable sporadically, when the earthquake comes, the slopes may fail. as a minimum, they should retain the services of a geotechnical and structural engineer, and there are well qualified people who come out. i am not just talking about and inspection service, i'm talking that licensed engineer, geotechnical, to look around, look at the maps available, and write an opinion letter as to the adequacy of the structure or the soil. there is another thing to consider when you are buying and building to the east of the van ness ave. a third map. this map depicts the area of the fire that followed the 1906 earthquake. the blue is where all the buildings were destroyed or badly damaged by the fire. as a result, the ashes from those fires remained on site. in those days, lead paint was used to paint the sides of buildings. it is a known carcinogen. it is a hazardous material. what they did was after the earthquake, they took these mounds of sand, the valencia st. hill, if you go up market street, you know how it starts to climb? imagine that was a much larger hi

i would note too that the on this it is sloping down. so this is a down sloping lot. the properties on the south side of 26th street are on higher ground and you will find more 3-4 story buildings there and the property does go down to the north that it does go downhill. >> that was likely added before the change to the rh 2 where you know the introduction of the pop out -- >> that's a good question, based upon what this project architect said, it sounded like it may also comply with the section 136 pop out. so it sounds like the appellant is saying that that building was extended in the late 90s which would be a time where we had the pop out. that property was built in the same fashion as the subject. >> okay. thank you. >> okay. >> tony greko. this permit was a site permit. just an little background history. this is a permit for removal of plaster. our inspector went out and found they had gone beyond the permit and we issued a notice of violation and that was in 2012. prior to that it's when the site permit was filed. this permit went through the standard review si

speed flying is similar to paragliding but meant to create a fast thrilling ride close to the slope. >> if you own a new apple iphone, they are more breakable than previous models. the company that provides protection plans for gadgets did the testing and they are submerged in water, dropped 5' off the ground and the company tested other smart phones but the worst performer in the drop test was the galaxy s4 of samsung. google's was the best. >> we will check with our meteorologist, mike nicco, is there a warm-up? >> we will have a remain -- warming trend. look how he the air is across san francisco to berkeley, nine degrees warmer today in concord and san jose at 83 and 81 and fremont is seven degrees warmer at 78. san francisco is four degrees warmer and santa rosa at 70 and 82 and oakland is three degrees warmer the temperatures are close to average. here is the storm track up to the north with high pressure moving into the business and that will keep most of us dry and maybe a sprinkle around eureka. 72 at tahoe and 79 in yosemite and headed down south los angeles is sunshine and

though it's not an act or not as much fire activity and that's because of fall rain and erosion and slope conditions as deputy carlin mentioned. the process, i'll be before you telling you how that's going because it could take up to a year and they come back after the fact and do audits to make sure the numbers tie if eligibility for reimbursement did occur. insurance reimbursement takes 30 days at best and that's after they are reported out to you and we get an early indication if it's an accepting claim. the damage to bring you up-to-date on the most updated estimated damage cost, it's summarized here for you and it's broken down into the water enterprise and power enterprise. if summary it's $40 million of projected cost of which some of that will be he will yibl for insurance reimbursement. but it's a lot of work between now and what those final numbers are as we hammer through the line of the contract and get the final condition assessments. the major categories that you see there are power distribution. the home power house in particular the roof that dgm had previously spoken abou

>> granite mountain, worked their way down the slope, through the boulders and brush until the flaming front cut them off from their escape route. >> the state's official investigation is at best inconclusive. they had four options to escape the rapidly approaching wildfire. the one they chose proved deadly. why they chose it remains a mystery. >> that information is with them, not with us. everybody we interviewed, and the information we gathered, it says exactly why they made that move. that decision-making process went with those 19 men. >> the report blames an unexpected shift in winds and unusually combustible fuel in an area that hadn't burned in nearly half a century. once they were trapped in this brush-filled valley, they had two minutes to deploy their fire shelters as the flames

and in fact i think that another key consideration here is that this is a steeply sloped lot. and that is important because that differs from the flat lots and in fact, in terms of the way that the building code would determine this property, would actually be a three story building, with two subbasements this is very, very different than the described five story building that they are talking about. and another aspect to the project is that because it is a steeply sloped site, we have gone to the efforts to terrace the project up the hillside, the project is in a 40 foot high limit because of the slope of the site and the average height is roughly about 35 feet and it is actually not 54 feet as represented by the dr requestor's material. and another key aspect to our project, that should be noted, is that with the terracing of the hillside the project is never two more stories above the adjacent grade and we have been deliberate of the design and 40 percent of the floor area is underground and a substantial portion of the building is buried underground to limit the mass of th

the height limit has different rules whether you're down sloping or up sloping, that are permitted (speaker not understood). >> (speaker not understood). >> well, it would be a seven foot fence. the fence would still be measured to the top relative to the grade, so yes. there are circumstances, there is a zoning administrator's interpretation if you have a case where you're retaining a grade and you have a neighbor whose grade is much higher than yours, there are case by case circumstances where they would allow you to maintain a fence on top of the retaining wall. you wouldn't want it falling into your backyard. one questionv question then we'll be moving on. >>> (speaker not understood). >> it can be up to 10 feet high. you need a permit, anything 6 feet to 10 feet needs a building permit. once you get a building permit, -- >> you have to get calculations. >> through appeal building permit. your neighbor might say i don't want a fence 16 high. since there is a permit issue involved, they can take issue with it and go to the board of appeals. >>> (speaker not understood). >> the question w