i do not recognize this as a city document, an official city document. whoever prepared this, maybe this was a tic agreement. but it is not something that we would use as reference for establishing the number of legal units in a building. president garcia: i was just curious as to whether or not it was three units, this being the third, that the request for lives in. or whether there were actually six minutes -- six units? >> if it was being rented out as office space, that would be illegal. this is not a city documentary we did not generate this, so i cannot comment on it. >> i believe this refers to the property across the street. there are some allocations in the brief about the requester's tendency across the street. president garcia: thank you for clearing that up. commissioner fung: the legalization process is different. it needs to be initiated at the planning commission, does it not? >> in terms of establishing this as a legal unit, we do defer to the department of building inspection to establish the legal number of units in the building. a repo

an artist in the 1970's. she started these street sweeping campaigns in the city. she started with kids. they had an exhibition at city hall. city officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility. we thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to recycle, it is a great educational tool. since then, we have had 95 professional artists come through. >> how has the program changed over the years? how has the program -- what can the public has an artist engage with? >> for the most part, we worked with metal and wood, what you would expect from a program like ours. over the years, we tried to include artists and all types of mediums. conceptual artists, at installation, photographers, videographers. >> that has really expanded the program out. it is becoming so dynamic right now with your vision of interesting artists in gauging here. why would an artist when to come here? >> mainly, access to the materials. we also give them a lot of support. when they start, it is an empty studio. they go out to the public area and -- we call it the big store. they go out shopping, take the materials that, and get to work.

in 2007 he became an elected official. a city councilman in pacific, washington.heard -- >> a killer on the city council. >> reporter: he was forced to confront his past again. as his murder conviction became widely known. married 25 years now, he credits his wife lois for helping him understand something he never thought he would. >> i came home from vietnam, i knew fear. i knew anger. i didn't know how to deal with love or joy or happiness or -- i knew guilt. and guilt and fear turned into anger. that was familiar. now i know joy. i know love. >> gives me goose bumps to hear your report, miguel. he talks about being married to his wife lois for 25 years. what does she think about his past? >> reporter: well, they have two rules. very hard and fast rules in their household. one, no alcohol in the house at all. she completely trusts him, but he does say if he starts to thrash about at night, she has to go to another room to sleep. >> wow. what's his advice for people with ptsd, for young men coming back? >> reporter: it sounds too simple. his point is seek help. t

city hall. the group had planned to speak out against an anti-racism campaign launched by city officials, but community groups were there and they blocked any counterprotests. >>> x-ray shows just how lucky a 3-year-old oregon girl was. she's is recovering after swallowing 37 tiny magnets. the toy magnets are only meant for use by adults. >>> finally, an eerily beautiful scene as the iditarod dog sled race continues day and night. more than half of the competitors have competed more than 200 miles of mushing but still a long way to go before making it to nome. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. >> not bad weather for the race. earlier this winter, it was a nightmare. luckily, that's why the race is this time of year, i guess. we're actually not going to start in alaska. we're going to start out in the middle of the pacific, where probably the worst weather in all of the united states is occurring. we've had a lot of heavy rain the last 24 hours. we saw that rain just recently ending on oahu. heavy rain and thund

federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of oak land and the oakland police department in the next couple weeks. tomorrow olson says he will file an official complaint with the city. in oakland, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> the oakland police department's crowd control policy states that less lethal weapons including bean bags should not be used for crowd management or disbursal during demonstrations. bean bags can be used when someone is engaging in destructive behavior, but only if the person can be targeted without endangering other crowd members or bystanders. >>> sfpd is asking for your help in a brutal assault case. look closely at the photograph we're showing you. the man in the middle of the photo is considered a person of interest in the case. the two suspects are on either side of him both described as being asian males. >>> anti-domestic violence advocates want san francisco's sheriff removed from office in the wake his domestic violence trial. earlier this week the sheriff meeted guilty to a misdemeanor charge of false imprisonment. the charge stemmed from a new year's day incident in which he was charged with bruisin

an issue. right here this is officially cupertino city limits. near the edge of saratoga. this is stevens canyon road where it turns into eden road. that's -- not major commute spot but it is an issue with a downed tree. bolders in the road with some as large as bowling balls. that could be factor here as well as other spots around the bay. you can see it is not a major issue, highway 5. 280 moving slowly. woe will follow this as we have that type of incident we expect to hear. more reports of that as folks hit the roadways. south bay freeway, clear right now. >>> thank you very much. all of this rain continues. so does the ricks of mudslides and falling trees. >> just as mike mentioned this is a home in fairfax. huge trees fell and crushed the house late yesterday. luckily no one was hurt. it gave the neighbors a shock. >> i heard a sound that was like a -- jet plane. i said what the bleep was that? maybe a jet plane going by. then i saw it was an earthquake. looked around, came out. neighbors on the street. saw the tree on the ground. >> we appreciate yourself bleeping. a

city. >> a lot of the officials are as much an embarrassment as they are a credit to the city. >> former mayor marion barry says that he's on a list of a handful democratic -- that he has only missed a handful of conventions in 40 years. >> my first was 1972. >> some are not sure it's a good idea. >>a political commentator police because of marion barry's and recent tax troubles and his behavior at the last convention he should no longer be the face of d.c. >> marion barry is a ball and chain that connects us to a time in our past that is something we need to move away from. >> during the denver convention marion barry was accused of throwing his girlfriend out of their hotel room after she refused to perform sexual favors. that's crazy. i had nothing to do with that. >> some believe that he has earned the right. >> there have been ups and downs, but he looks out for the youth. >> the selection will take place tomorrow from 10:00 through 2:00. he has had 31 years of service and intense political wins and he says that he's part of the reason the president got more than 90% of the votes in

city. today the jets making an official announcement on tim tebow the backup quarterback for the nfl season. he was traded to the jets after peyton manning decided to sign on to the broncos, so they sent tebow to the jets. jets had to move the press conference from the normal conference room to the indoor practice facility to accommodate the onslaught of media requests there. well, the press conference isn't sitting too well with some current and former jets. saying, "how many times is a backup quarterback had a press conference?" why not do a conference call like they always do and call it a day? >> a little jealous. >>> 4:54 right now. looks like "the hunger games" is the new king of the box office. pulled in $155 million. >> good start. >> and that's the third biggest opening weekend in history behind harry potter and the deathly hallows part ii. it's outpaced the first twilight movie. >> and i think it may be the highest generating opening for a first time. you know, the sequel is the ones that usually goes monster. >> amazing, amazing, we didn't contribute, did you? >> i didn't go. i m

. >> the iraq war veteran jifred in a protest will file an official complaint with the city.cott olson's attorney, olsen was hit in the head with a bean bag during last october's demonstration. olsen says if that is true someone should be arrested. his sloyr preparing to file a civil rights lawsuit. the investigation is on going and will be completed at the end of april. >> occupy will support an acti e activi activists. they are upset of excessive use of force during the protest. berk hi police went win batons to remove protesters, and remove their tents. >> 5:49. i think we need this in the crazy news category. march madness means a visit to the doctor for a number of men. they see an increase in vasectomies during the first week of the ncaa tournament. >> i don't see the connection. >> men need to take it easy after the surgery and some couch time is is what the doctor ordered. really? >> i've started asking them are you here for this specific purpose and well over half consistently will grin and admit that's why they are here on that date. >> wow. you guys love your baske

some birthday cake, special events lies ahead and saw it marks the anniversary of the city's founding was an officialor rahm emanuel was also there. >> we have come to forks and the road as to the great fire, after industrialization and manufacturing, we have always had a fork in the road and yet we have never shrunk from our challenges. and this is a story of the city and it's the story still being written. >> which chicago became a city 175 years ago today it had about 4100 residents. >> and i was one of them i remember. plenty of people didn't get cold feet at the thought of taking the plunge. we're talking about walking into freezing water. this morning's fall in annual chicago polar plunge. it was 30 degrees this morning and with the wind chill is felt more like 20. but 1700 scantily clad chicago wins cast logic to the wins over lake michigan and prepared to plunge into the water. the speedo guido's are just one team that participates in the 12th annual polar plunged to benefit special olympic chicago. >> any chance of buying get to put a speedo on it and show everybody what we got. >> that was

baltimore city officials are moving forward with a contract that would sell or lease about 15 historic buildings in the city. the city spending board approved the contract with an-based firm that will determine the market value of the buildings, including the war memorial, the civil war museum, and the upton mansion. officials believe the landmarks are underuse and had could be turned into profitable enterprises. >> good morning to you. quality sarah caldwell with your morning commute. you may need extra time this morning. forest park at windsor mill, watch for continued closures due to the water main break repairs. down to 25 miles an hour beginning at 795. they continue down toward edmonton. also looking at a slowdown on eastbound i-70. you're tapping the brakes there. and then fog warnings in effect at all of the area bridges. keep that in mind. earlier disabled vehicle now cleared. let's give you a live view at traffic. very foggy going away from us. intermittent delays from this point from 795 down through security, and then if you're heading out this morning, we'll show what you it looks like at the bay bridge. you can barely see the toll plaza there. no

city favors. the last time an official was actually really outsted by the process of official misconduct, 1932, whene public defender, caught up in a murder for hire scheme, and also tested in the 1970s when george muss cconi wa mayor, but he had that decision overturned by a court. in the long history in san francisco, something not tried very often. >> belva: rachel, what could mirkarimi do if he decided to step down? >> that goes into rachael's question as well. what has he done? he's been a political person for a long time. also a -- a -- a peace officer certified by the state. an investigators in the district attorney's office. might be difficult for him to get a job in that field. you know there, are jobs for politicians if he did have friends that could find somewhere. the former mayor of san francisco always seemed to take care of people, when he was in the state legislature. but he's in a difficult position. a lot of people friends of his, at least political allies, falling away most notably, the chair of the local political party in san francisco, his colleagues from the board of superviso

an earlymorning attack in western iraq killing 25 police officers. now officials say that the killings began when the gang kidnapping two police commanders from the homes in the city. officials do say after the attack gunmen raised an al- qaeda flag at a police checkpoint. >>> amateur video of a avalanche that road through -- rolled through a ski resort in france. dozens of skiers why on the lift when the avalanche happened. no one was hurt. the helicopter had to fly them to safety. >>> the chill of the snow and the fire of lava all in one instant. etna made a comeback at 24 days beginning the third round of activity this year. the mountain and crater gave spectacular fountains of lava as high as 300 feet all straight downhill into the snow. >>> a huge demonstration set for this evening in central moscow after putin scored a decisive victory in russia. he is president once again. here's live look at moscow this morning. calm picture there. putin received 58% of the votes and this was the scene last night though as thousands gathered to celebrate the prime minister's victory. among those supporters there were some protesters. independent election observers claim th

. >>> another twist in the case of an unarmed florida teen. city officials are investigating a leak of information that paints trayvon martin in a negative light. more demonstrations today. students from d.c.s school without walls marched to the white house for justice. jay gray reports from sanford. >> reporter: as the parents of trayvon martin join leaders about hate crime, more about their son's life continue to surface. he had several brushes with administrators and security at his miami dade high school and was suspended at least three times. that as george zimmerman continues to insist martin started the demonstration, breaking his nose and slamming his head against the concrete. >> what's been released so far shows it wasn't george who is the aggressor, it was trayvon. >> reporter: police will only say the scenario is consistent with the evidence gathered. they are concerned about a leak of information in the case. >> we are looking into the leak, the so-called leak, if you will. there is an internal process that is going to handle that situation. >>

an auditorium today. they vowed never to forget the officers' sacrifices on 3/21. officers and city officials then signed the back of a freeway sign. 49 years of service between them. heart felt messages not just about the way they died, but the way they lived. the sign joins one on the other side of the keller avenue bridge, a permanent reminder of four men who died heroically. >> it is the toughest job in america. >> coming up tonight at six, i'll explain why police officers here say their job is even more dangerous today than it was when those officers were killed three years ago. reporting live in oakland, rita williams. >>> and on this day, people were lining up around the block for the chance to be one of the opd's newest recruits. chances are actually pretty slime. >> we're live outside the police headquarters. dozens of people will be getting one of these new asked cars to take to the streets. >> i'm pretty excited about this. nervous, at the same time, excited. >> reporter: they took the written test to become a police officer. >> it meant a lot to me, as far as making a difference i

to please be careful -- an official service advisory. and i rode the cityus and i could not believe how people were not aware they kept her head down and they're not paying attention. they say do not use your smart phone. sit in the middle, the back, the front and it is dangerous to the x sto the. the-exit. if you are robbed? just let them go. >>vicki: now smaller civilian drones are becoming more popular and even impacting your air space. >> take a look to the sweeping views of a multimillion estate in los angeles, calif. at a glance it looks like a hollywood production or the opening credits. this helicopter is what captures slick video. this a real tort is a pricey real- estate and los angeles. this is a real -- is a makeshift. >> i started investing, and calibrating and installed cameras. >> this is a radio controlled, gps until a metric help of flight, automatically. this video could prove to be useful to real-estate agents looking for an edge. >> everybody loves and if they do not know how it is done and if you tell them it is a drone helicopter hit i

an off-duty police car, dating the suspect. the community mourning the death with city officials getting answers about how she was killed. >> we're going to get answers. it won't bring her back, but for the safety of the children. >> reporter: an intense investigation is under way. >> the thought of it is quite frankly disgusting. i require more from our officers. >> and i ask you all just to be strong and make right choices. >> reporter: family members hope others learned from this tragedy as they remember a life lost too soon. the boys were charged with involuntary manslaughter at the juvenile court. i'm meghan mccorkell, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you, meghan. >>> police ending with a pursuit pile-up. crashed into a home on miller road in glennbar avenue. we're not sure how badly the driver was hurt. police tell wjz he is facing charges tonight. >>> abusive power. mike hellgren explains the policing has no confidence in leopold's leadership. >> reporter: the aclu is demanding what they call a county executive. the state prosecutors claim leopold has security details to keep on political opponents. >> it's expressly forbidde

city pipes. the previous attempt to build a water treatment plant ended in scandal in 2008, with an unfinished treatment facility, and city officials unable to account for $6 million. this failure impacts the hundreds of thousands of residents outside the reach of the city's old pipe network, who now pay high prices for water delivery from tanker trucks and water pump operators. and those who can't afford water delivery collect untreated water from the benue river. >> i visited here and i was shocked by what i saw. people were actually scooping water from the benue river, which is massively polluted. and there are several occurrences every year of people dying of cholera, terribly sick from dysentery, typhoid fever, >> reporter: the water minister of benue state says the remedy is finishing the greater makurdi water works. >> so in other words, this is an answer to problem of water. >> this is the answer to the problems of water in makurdi now that we have built the water works, this water has to be sent out to the people. >> reporter: but to do that, makurdi needs a larger pipe network, and one that is in good condition. >> these

we met up at a neighborhood council meeting where city officials were given an update on the crime fightingr a focused effort on 5% of the cities facing the worst crime. the meetings give the community time to talk with the problem- solving police officers and others. >> we'll also rotate public works people, the homeless coordinator maybe, in this neighborhood there is a lot of homeless people. >> reporter: the mayor says the safety expert presented early data on a program tonight, which showed a decrease in the number of shootings in west oakland. >>> and the u.s. government announcing settlements over two fires, both involving pg&e. pg&e and a tree inspection company agreed to pay 17 and a half million dollars for the sims fire in trinity county, starting back in 2004, when a caved tree fell and landed on a transmission line. and they paid for the freds fire that started in 2004, in that case a tree fell on the transmission line, starting that fire in el dorado county. >>> and following a state report last week slamming pg&e's record keeping, the utility is overhauling its system. they a

fund-raising work he did, for being such an able spokesperson all over the city to explain why we need to do this. we all know that in addition to the bond, your elected officials as well as everyone who's part of the capital planning committee and city leadership, we know we need to find an ongoing source to make sure the money we get is going to be a down payment on keeping our roads paved and working over the next decades of our city. we're all committed to that. the excitement of being able to attack the 800 miles of streets, the 300 building structures, the ability to make our roads safer for our seniors, the disabled, kids, pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers, i could not be more pleased. i look forward to signing this of the mayor's new desk and look forward to working with you as we see improvements in every single district and neighborhood of the city. thank you very much. [applause] >> part of the program is dedicated to improvements that will bring benefits to the many muni riders. a key part of that is the mta. during his tenure, the bond was brought to life and successfully passed. it is my pleasure to welcome the director of the mta and former dire

certainly never forget a 72-inch water main ruptured into a dozen hundred three years later, city officials began an elaborate inspection to make sure it never happens again. kai reed joins us live to explain. >> it is hard to forget that huge massive water main break in dundalk second 2009. some new technology is meant to prevent catastrophic breaks like that in the future. the water main break in september 2009 and turned and dundalk into a disaster zone. cars, roads, and homes were flooded. dozens of people lost everything in their basements. the new technology is called a pipe diver. it is used car on a certain type of concrete pipe that was manufactured back in the 1975 and taught in dundalk. it goes down and identifies the location and level of damage inside the pipe. cracks an idea as to what really needs to be replaced when so we do not have a situation like we had in dundalk and those other locations. this is a proactive thing we are doing. >> you are looking at the process taking place near lincoln park. the first site where they are using the pipe diver. it is a link the process and will

we met up at a neighborhood council meeting where city officials were given an update on the crime fightingeffort on 5% of the cities facing the worst crime. the meetings give the community time to talk with the problem- solving police officers and others. >> we'll also rotate public works people, the homeless coordinator maybe, in this neighborhood there is a lot of homeless people. >> reporter: the mayor says the safety expert presented early data on a program tonight, which showed a decrease in the number of shootings in west oakland. >>> and the u.s. government announcing settlements over two fires, both involving pg&e. pg&e and a tree inspection company agreed to pay 17 and a half million dollars for the sims fire in trinity county, starting back in 2004, when a caved tree fell and landed on a transmission line. and they paid for the freds fire that started in 2004, in that case a tree fell on the transmission line, starting that fire in el dorado county. >>> and following a state report last week slamming pg&e's record keeping, the utility is overhauling its system. they are looking a

baltimore city officials are moving forward with a contract that will sell or lease about 15 historic buildings in the city. the contract was approved with anapolis based firm to determine the market value of the buildings, including the civil war museum. city officials believe the landmarks are underused and could be turned into capital enterprises. accentor barbara mikulski had the floor all to herself today in washington d.c.. she was recognized in the longest serving woman in history of the u.s. congress. there were remarks on her history. >> it is my honor and pleasure to rise. i am now the longest serving women in the congress of the united states ever. >> she is a democrat and has been in congress since 1977. congratulations. there is something people in maryland will be seen this election year that we have not seen in a while. >> we look at who is paying for the ads, coming at new at 6:00. >> if you are looking to buy your first home in baltimore city, the edison community could help. details are next. girl: i want to tell you about my friend. his name is ben. ben learned about a homeless boy who had an infected tooth, and the boy d

city officials in berkeley are ordering an investigation into the city's chief of police after the chiefsent an officer to a newspaper reporters home >> and officer: has shot 16 people and is back in the united states. more on that story when we come back. her hadn't ... but did did >> we will continue to see scattered showers, not as heavy as yesterday, it will be pretty windy this evening. let's take a look at satellite and radar. the yellow and red band of rain, as the advanced the clock to now you can see it has pushed out of the area. we are expecting scatter charts throughout the day. by 1:00 we looks back light showers. as we take a look at the 7 day around the bay we will continue to seek on and off showers tomorrow. >>marty: in the national news, the american soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians is back on u.s. soil. the plane arrived in misery on friday. he is being held at a military prison in fort leavenworth. he is accused of going from house to house killing women and children and burning bodies. tsk locally there will be a community event for the african-american

city officials approved an emergency purchase of toilet paper and other paper products.s have been dwindling since september because of a disagreement over a contract to resupply the buildings. the issue was price of paper cups which was also covered in the contract. >>> three high school students have ended their hunger strike. at least for now. they stopped eating a week ago to protoast a $1.4 million cut from the schools bum. the students ended their strike after the school board agreed to use some of its reserves to offset the cuts. the students say they could begin fasting again if it changes. >>> the oakland shelter is in crisis mode. the shelter is looking for good homes for the 31 bunnies at the shelter in total. that is after rescue groups provided foster care for more than a dozen other rabbits that have been at the shelter. they include five pure white bunnies that tend to be the most friendly. >>> golden state warriors finally have the big man they wanted to get for years. last night the warriors traded monta ellis to the milwaukee bucks. in exchange the warr