an antiques store. commissioner fung: an antique store. >> when we are confronted with something like this, when it puts someone out of business or even someone from a property, we do our best to find it all began -- all we can to see if a violation exists, and then we research other things, if there is a nonconforming use that can continue. there are other methods to allow it to continue, we are very diligent in doing that. commissioner fung: you know, it in that era, 1986, most intense stores were tax dodges. -- you know, in that era, 1986, most antiques stores were tax dodges. >> i think mr. sanchez has said it all, and i appreciate your suggestions. what we're looking for is some way to allow this to continue. there has not been an adverse impact on the neighborhood. it just seems a shame that at age 70, to have his property management, and, yes, there are other properties managed, but those are actually -- you have one of the property in san francisco, right? this just provides the service as the t

would be something -- >> yeah, antiques is the more modern term. >> how old does something have to be before it is antiquarian. >> i don't have an answer for that. >> ballpark. >> 100 years. >> okay stretching back and back. >> yeah, you will see -- i remember someone having sumarian scroll or clay tablets, those go back to bc. >> that is very old. >> steve blackler will be joining us and boris bruten when we come back today, we gather to recognize the selfless decision of one of the most influential women of our time. the woman who, after having one too many drinks, chose not to drive home buzzed. here today to honor rachel is the family whose lives she spared. >>> we are back we are talking about books, old books and antiquarian book fair. the 44th annual buy eni can't like fair that comes to san francisco the 11th and 13th of february we want to urge you to consider going out there. steve blackler is with us and now we are joined by boris of plaza books you are both in the city? >> i am in the town of sonoma. >> i am in santa rosa. >> shows you what i know. let's go back we were ta

you can still replicate the modern marvels as well as the antique marbles.ot like to call it imitation marble. >> the basis for the technique is a mixture of plaster and color pigments that can be molded into any desired shape. it is then sanded and polished several times. this column is destined for a manor house in yorkshire. the man from the established family is having his home restored. he once the columns to match the marble of the fireplace. >> he is a connoisseur of the two materials. you will not be able to tell the difference between this and the marble. there is not a lot of difference visually. having said that, there is a small difference when it comes to the touch. marble is a little bit colder to the touch. this is slightly warmer. >> producing the new columns is laborious. it will cost the homeowner around 30,000 euros. authentic sea and a marble like that used in the fireplace can no longer be found. >> the end result is what i wanted. i am thrilled with it. >> michael restores and builds elements around the world. the faux marble was especi

which brings us to a final point about these antiquities. as interesting as it is to actually walk among the classic sites, any serious traveler knows you can see stunning relics from the ancient world in europe's major museums. now, the story of how they actually got here is a fascinating one in itself. the pergamon museum in berlin offers a colossal representation of archaeological practices of a century ago. this gigantic temple altar from pergamon, turkey, was excavated by a german team of archaeologists, then shipped home under an arrangement with the turkish government. germany was just one of the western nations competing to fill its museums with these treasures. after decades of such practices, the countries of origin wised up and passed laws prohibiting the export of their antiquities. but not before the west's great museums amassed some stunning pieces and ushered in a century of debate as to whether the works had been stolen or saved. a museum like this is a good place to get a handle on evolving styles in the ancient world. art h

. >> tell us about this antique controller. what makes it different from a modern controller? >> the elevator is running on the original d.c. power. really simple in operation. does not include a lot of the features we would have in an elevator today, automatic door operation, dispatching, push button operation. none of those features are present, but this is the original from 1913. on this side, we have all the relays that actually control the elevator. the safety service -- city circuit, position, speed, and control of the power to the motor. >> here is a really interesting piece of historic machinery. tell us about this. >> this is one of the main safety devices of the elevator system, and the device still exists today even on modern elevators. it detects if the elevator is going into unsafe over speed conditions. it is attached to the road itself, and the car over speeds, bees fly balls would come out, and the governor jobs would come out and grab on to the governor wrote, which would hold the break or the safety on the elevator to cause it to stop. >> if you have problems

they didn't want anyone to go in and steal these priceless antiquities. then the egyptian army moved in, put some armored vehicles around the main entrances, and people were very supportive of that. >> all right. richard engle continuing his reporting in cairo tonight. richard, thanks. >>> we talked about social media. one more word on that specifically twitter. this crisis spread like wildfire on twitter and other services. we have a live feed up here now, you can look over my shoulder. these are all actually slower than realtime comments. anyone who is leaving a twitter comment, talking to each other on the subject of the uprising in egypt, it's going that fast. there's that many of them. if anything, it slowed down to accommodate all the traffic. and this is despite the fact that egyptians shut down the internet there in egypt. a british newspaper put together a graphic of internet traffic. you see it falls off a cliff when, assuming along with the cooperation of service providers, they shut off internet service. but resourceful people in this electron

they went off to rome to study the ruins of antiquity.uld be secretive, moody, and competitive, but mostly they learned from and inspired each other. florence's treasure-packed uffizi gallery features a room of masterpieces by sandro botticelli, who, for many people, is the quintessential renaissance painter. he was one of the first of the period who dared to use ancient mythology, playing down its paganism with its innocent-looking maidens. his images stay with you. who could forget the birth of venus, as she appears fully grown, naked and newborn, standing on a clam shell, protected by the winds and her maiden-in-waiting? or the allegory of spring in pastel colors, a romantic vision of classical greece? all things in nature and legend are possible subjects. next to the botticelli room are two paintings by a young leonardo da vinci, the wunderkind himself. here we see his promise in an early painting, the annunciation, made when he was about 20. the adoration of the magi, painted 10 years later, is unfinished but packed with human feelin

sidewalks along this stretch with art installation, opening events, live music, and new arts and antique markets at u.n. plaza. >> this area has been sleighted for many years, at least the past 25 years. i think that this redevelopment project and the n.e.a. grant are very positive signs that we have political will and a lot of momentum to really make the mid market area what it could be, which is a vibrant area where everybody is welcome and it's a place to be in san francisco. >> to get a feel for the future of the central market arts and culture district, be sure to catch out an upcoming concert. for locations and times, visit peopleinplazas.org. to learn more about the central market revitalization initiative, visit sfartcommission.org. thank you for watching "culture wire."

everyone was everywhere in the ocean since antiquity because of the month and wins. it's why you find remain as many, not just a few that many seventh and eighth and ninth century mosque's of arabs and persians in coastal china. it's why you have chinese navigators from the humane dynasty, visiting yemen and southwest arabia and those of mongol islamic descent making the pilgrimage to mecca. literally, everyone was sailing or upscaling abound everywhere. because of this, the indian ocean up until the arrival of the portuguese in 1498 with foss coder, sailing to india -- let me put any site here. we often read in our history books that bosco do, come on the portuguese navigator discovered india. he didn't discover india. what he discovered or rediscovered for the europeans was the wind system was the monsoon the wind system that would allow one to sail from what is today kenya and east africa across the arabian tea to palletized in the western -- on the western coast of india. when da gama arrived in india, he instituted 500 years of western dominance over the greater

. >> people would be more antiques would be something -- >> yeah, kind of the more modern term. >> so how old does something have to be before it is antiquarian. >> good question i don't have a ready answer for that. >> give us a ballpark. >> well, antiquarian, 100 years. >> okay. stretching back and back and back. >> back and back and back yeah, you will see -- seems i remember someone having a sumarian scroll or clay tablets those go back to bc. >> that is old. steve is with us we will be joined also by boris brutan when we come back. stay with us >>> we are back we are talking about books, old bookthe antiquarian book fair, 44th annual buy biennial fair, i want to urge you to go out. we are joined with boris of plaza books in the city you both in the city? >> i am in the town of sonoma. >> santa rosa. >> well, shows you what i know. let's go back we were talking about the display of antiquarian books and you brought steve, a couple books show us one. >> yeah, i just brought two books they are keeping in what i said before the the antiquarian book is an art fact of the past so one b

days of rallying has had its fallout impacting not only the country's economy but its cherished antiquitiespolice attempted 50 men accused of breaking into the egyptian music. snipers and troops control the grounds of the tomb of king tut's tom and other treasuries. its future hangs in the balance. it sets up a showdown between the people and their president that could tip the balance which one takes the day. abc news, cairo. >> iran has summoned u.c. sarah shourd to return to the country and stand trial on february 6th. charges along with her fiancÉ and a friend still in custody. shored was released on bail and returned to the united states. she organized an auction over the weekend to raise money. the three were arrested in july 2009. shored says they were on a hike when they accidentally crossed the iraq/iran border. >> several puppies are dead after a fast-moving fire at a fremont pet store. terry mcsweeney is live at puppy paws with the story. terry? >> yeah, fremont fire investigators are still on the scene out here and as they're looking at this puppy paws shop, looking in the corner

stands alone in a field, one of the best-preserved monuments from antiquity. segesta's original inhabitants, the elymnians, became hellenized, and for a time, allied with athens. experts disagree as to whether the temple was ever finished. at segesta, you have the rare opportunity to actually walk inside a greek temple and feel the ancient stone beneath your feet. on a hill above the temple, the theater presides overviews across the sicilian plains all the way to the sea. to experience the theater as the ancients did on a timeless summer evening, ask the tourist office in palermo for a schedule of plays and concerts. here in the quiet countryside, ancient sicily, the sicily of legend and myth, feels almost tangible. like ulysses, who came upon sicily in homer's epic poem the odyssey, we have many adventures ahead before we reach home. the town of enna makes a good base for exploring nearby mountain villages, a remarkable roman villa, and the temples to the southwest. in sicily's interior, you can experience small-town life, virtually untouched by time. the nav

they wear earrings, a necklace, bracelets and rings as if they were part of a jewel rebeuh antique. but why? sometimes less is more. >> and what's the secret for keeping her youthful air? >> i try to set priorities. and not to get too stressed. when you're stressed, you frown. and that's really bad. in general the things that make you frown normally aren't worth it. >> on the contrary, la fressange has something to smile about. she's set to debut at chanel's nexted a campaign. even at 53, her modeling career is far from over. >> amazing woman. new ideas at the berlin base line ground students when they worked with brad pitt who considered architecture his real passion. >> but graft have projects in works from all over the world from social housing in new orleans to sky scrapers in dubai. >> this is how we might live in the future. in this luxury berlin apartment, you can get into the tub straight from the sofa. the graft architect churl office designs open plan rooms that can be divided up as you please. thomas willemeit is one of the company's three founders. >> we often create dia

in cairo, tvuj are sounding the egyptian museum to protect the antiquities there.o correspondent witnessed the violent protests. >> a prayer for egypt perhaps. this country surely need it today. amongst these worshipers, nobel peace prize winner -- the lines are drawn. as friday prayers and, erupt. -- itç erupts. president mubarak is the first target. then they confront the riot police. çthey try water cannons, but these crowds have lost their fear. then out comes the tear-gas. that's right behind me is teargas. they have been firing at all dead. the water cannon -- they have been firing that all day. the people are pushed back and they are not giving up. government and president mubarak. >> the!dear-gas canister just misses us. look at who they are, young people have been driven crazy by the way their country is being run. egyptians talk to each other on facebook, educated english people come and not the older poorer people. >> people in egypt need freedom. >> the police are not giving out, firing huge quantities of teargas. >> [inaudible] >> police have also br

they don't want to be captives to antiques. >> these days, there are lots of great visiting from abroad, connecting to a history that they once shared. locals hope that much needed new blood will be coming into their community. >>> he was part of the team that invented the pregnancy test and has worked on a treatment for bowel cancer, and now professor paul devyn has -- and now professor paul davis has created a new bandage based partly on honey. >> we have transformed the ingredients into something that delivers a new ceiling principle. >> paul davis is talking about honey. he has taken part of its chemical structure to transform the lives of countless patients. like leonard, who had a growth removed from his leg. the wounds stubbornly refuse to heal. after several months, a new treatment was tried. warning, we're going to show pictures of his leg. over just a few weeks, the wind starts to clear rep. -- the wounded starts to clear up. >> it is the most photographed part of my body. it was quite miraculous, the speed with which it worked. within a week or two, it had gone completely. >>

. >> so we have taken a ride in an antique elevator. >> this was an elevator built in 1913. >> we have checked out current elevator technology. >> these were installed in 1972, outside observation elevators. >> it is not standard because there is no tape that runs it. but shane we have seen the future of the elevator technology. >> i am going to push the access key which will access the voice. >> this has precise generation of power, which is important for highly acrilan the landing of the elevator. >> what happens next week and not know but it will be exciting. thank you for showing us this interesting technology. >> ... >> i am the chief building inspector. we are here at the base of telegraph hill to talk about a subject of great interest for the people of san francisco which is rockslide, slope stability, which caused a dramatic front-page news. i am here with two knowledgeable and wonderful guests. i am here with a geotechnical engineer and a geologist. we are here to talk about rockslide, rockfalls, and related issues. what is the difference between a geologist and a geotechnical

everyone was everywhere in this ocean since antiquity because of the monsoon winds. it is why you find the remains of not many, just a few of many mosques of arabs and persians in coastal china. it is why you had chinese navigators from the early ming dynasty visiting yemen and southwest arabia and those of mongol islamic dissent making the pilgrimage to mecca. everyone was sailing around everywhere. because of this the indian ocean up until the arrival of the portuguese in 1498 with vesco did, let me put an outside. we often read in our history books that the portuguese navigator vesco did, discovered india. he did not discover india. what he discovered or rediscovered for the europeans was the wind system. the monsoon winds system that would allow one to sail from what is today kenya in east africa across the arabian sea to the western coast of india. when he arrived in india he instituted western dominance over the greater indian ocean and the western pacific. after the portuguese came the dutch, french, british and american navy at the end of world war ii. before

. >> so we have taken a ride in an antique elevator. >> this was an elevator built in 1913. >> we have checked out current elevator technology. >> these were installed in 1972, outside observation elevators. >> it is not standard because there is no tape that runs it. but shane we have seen the future of the elevator technology. >> i am going to push the access key which will access the voice. >> this has precise generation of power, which is important for highly acrilan the landing of the elevator. >> what happens next week and not know but it will be exciting. thank you for showing us this interesting technology. >> thank you, lawrence. my pleasure. >> we look forward to the next >> we look forward to the next time we join you on building san >> good afternoon, i am the chief building inspector with the department of building inspections brown bag lunch. we do this every third thursday of every month. this building behind me is one of san francisco's great landmarks, a designated landmark? >> it is on the national register list of historic buildings. >> with me i have a few guests, a

days of rallying has had its fallout impacting not only the country's economy but its cherished antiquitiespolice attempted 50 men accused of breaking into the egyptian music. snipers and troops control the grounds of the tomb of king tut's tombs and other treasuries. its future hangs in the balance. it sets up a showdown between the people and their president that could tip the balance which one takes the day. abc news, cairo. >> iran has summoned u.c. sarah shourd to return to the country and stand trial on february 6th. charges along with her fiancÉ and a friend still in custody. shored was released on bail and returned to the united states. she organized an auction over the weekend to raise money. the three were arrested in july 2009. shored says they were on a hike when they accidentally crossed the iraq/iran border. >> several puppies are dead after a fast-moving fire at a fremont pet store. terry mcsweeney is live at puppy paws with the story. terry? >> yeah, fremont fire investigators are still on the scene out here and as they're looking at this puppy paws shop, looking in the corn

vallejo has a downtown that is known for antique spots. you probably noticed the towering ride from six flags discovery kingdom when you pass. what else do you know? >> a lot of trouble. >> a lot of trouble? why is that? >> a lot of fights. pretty dark over here. >> vallejo has been known for many things. crime has been one of them. >> reporter: it's a negative reputation that could be changing. with the america's cup coming in two years, many are hoping to hoist their own local economies, not just san francisco's. >> i don't think it's quite the olympics, but for sailors it's a huge event. >> reporter: jim is hoping it will fill the hundreds of boat slips, some of which sit empty now. >> we think our location is so key, being where we are on the water, near the wine country. we want to work very hard with our tourism partners and hotels. yes, it's two years away but we would like to get a headstart on things. >> reporter: just down the street, the yacht club. >> the america cub is the big race. it's like the super bowl. >> reporter: they

time, it appeared that there was a retail use of the subject location, that it was maybe dealing antiques at the time. later, crown fortune moved into the subject. they did not obtain the required conditional use authorization. the department received no complaints about misuse until there was a conditional use authorization for a yogurt shop in the subject building, and they had a hearing scheduled for november, and we received a complaint on november 1, given that this was a priority, we are not allowed to process any cases that get open enforcement actions. we issued a notice of violation the same day. the property owner for the yogurt shop also submitted a conditional use to legalize crown fortune at the current location. that was an incomplete application, and the project sponsor knew that at the time but did not provide the required materials immediately. that was heard on october 8, for the yogurt shop. they were ultimately approved. i do believe they did open up, but they are out of business. then, in may 2008, the board of supervisors introduced legislation that made many changes

so since antiquity, sailors knew when they would arrive in some place, when they should be. they got very few surprises. this is unlike other oceans, so that the indian ocean did not need to wait for the age of steamships to be united. and because of the monsoon, the indian ocean, 4000 miles across constituted one intimate cultural community. you have malays from the far east, living in large numbers in madagascar, ran up the coast of east africa. you had yemenis from the arabian peninsula in large numbers, living 4000 miles away in the far east and the intimation archipelago. he would gujarat is from northwestern india, living all over the indian ocean. and in addition, you had all monies from southeast arabia, living in large numbers in east africa. everyone was everywhere everywhere and this ocean since antiquity because of the monsoon winds. it's why you find the remains of many, not just a few, but many seven, eighth and ninth century mosque's of arabs and persians in coastal china. it's why you had chinese navigators from the early ming dynasty visiting yemen in southw

he operated various antique stores. he was known for his sense of style and large collection of african art. he also could tell you the insight into history of the lower haight. he was well known as kind of the mayor of the lower haight. he passed away on january 2, 2011. next is maximo esperon. he was a member of the imperial court, passed away at the age of 77. san francisco resident for 44 years known as maxine. was a member of the tavern guild of san francisco and worked in gay bars for more than 40 years. the last few years, maxine was working at new mars. texting was elected in 1973. the rest i will submit. thank you for your indulgence. >> thank you. supervisor campos. supervisor campos: thank you very much, madam clerk. i do want to thank supervisor mirkarimi for introducing the hearing requests on a number of issues, but certainly, issues involving public safety. along the same line, introducing a hearing request that i'm asking be sent to the board's public safety committee to look at the current condition of

we have successfully implemented an antique fair at candlestick park. we are in the process of creating a store at the beach chalet. we just had a very long conversation about implementing bike rentals in our parks. we have implemented special events at candlestick park. we're working on car share. we are working on a new stowe lake concessionaire and a very successful run with the peter pan experience at sue berman park, and working on a new concessionaire for coyt tower and many mobile food vendors in our parks. we have a new lease for portsmouth garage. just at the last meeting approved segue rentals in golden gate park. we've implemented a tourist fee for entrance to the botanical garden. we have very successfully implemented the outside lands concerts. we have a new lease with the pga tour at harding park. we are working on a pro shop at the golden gate park tennis courts. and we are increasing concession revenue at union square through our relationship with cafe rule.

which is an effort to bring business experience to high school students through the san francisco antiquew, where my wife and my chair. i am on the board of the art museum and have led efforts to bring younger trustees and develop a pipeline of people in the next generation of trustees. i have also spent time with their branding and their strategic long-term planning. i want to make a few points here. i do not want to take up too much of your time. first, with regard to the port commission, i want to be clear that i did not seek it. it was presented to me by the mayor in early october. i have actually been on the schedule for a while. second thing i would say is that i think i bring a strong track record and reputation of integrity and transparency. i have people here who probably will talk to that element from the san francisco retirement system. third, especially with the complex issues around the different financial elements of the board, certainly the america's cup and other initiatives going on recently, i bring the relevant financial transactions fell set. i studied international po

vallejo has a downtown known for antique shops and driving down interstate 80 you probably noticed theg rise from 6 flags discovery kingdom when you whip past. but what else do you really know about vallejo. >> a lot of trouble. a lot of trouble. >> reporter: why is that? >> a lot of fights and just pretty dark over here, scary sometimes. >> vallejo has been known for many things. crime has been one of them. >> reporter: it's a negative reputation that could be changing. cup coming in two years many are hoping to hoist their own local economies, not just san francisco's. >> i don't think it's quite the olympics, but for sailors, it's a huge event. >> reporter: jim marcoux ski from the visitors convention and bus bureau is hoping to host a lot of ships. >> we think we're key, being where we are on the water near the wine country. we want to work very hard with our tourism partners, our hotels, and yes it's years away but we really would like to get a head start on things to make sure we can roll out the red carpet. >> just down the street at the vallejo yacht club. cup is the big race.

my appreciation for music, that has--has influenced my songwriting, that has carried the voice of antiquityt to me. i think also as a troubadour, which is really what i am, a modern-day troubadour, that part of my--part of my singing and my songwriting and the choice of songs has to do with the historical match that happens between political movements and social movements and expressions of the heart, which come through in lyrics. and i always pray that i stay very close to that source. in--in selecting songs and identifying songs that speak to you, have there been moments when-- when a totally unknown songwriter has just knocked you out and you've-- there's been a moment of discovery? can you talk about that? recently i've run into a wonderful writer named john bucchino, and i recorded one of his songs on an album of his called sweet dreams. a lot of other singers, performers recorded his songs. jimmy webb did one of his songs-- and liza minnelli, michael feinstein. john bucchino's a superb writer. i've rediscovered and have fallen in love with the writing of janis ian. i think janis ian's

. >> despite efforts by citizens and the military, the nation's state antiquity museum sustained damage. this contains numerous pieces from history. shelby lynne reported from of let up. >> in san francisco almost a thousand people protested against their president. >> downtown with mubarak. >> the demonstration began, where few hundred protesters came to take part the kids president's mubarak's a resume. >> in palestine, 11 not we are much in together like we're doing today in support of the people of each row.ejectt >> this berkeley woman was born in egypt where her parents still live. >> i think that people have the impression that egypt is stable, but that does not mean that is not a regime and oppressive. there are people tortured in prison all the time. i think because of that away as portrayed here we don't realize that. >> they have been oppressed third 30 years. it's time to stand up. >> egypt is my home country in holland,. it saddens me that these people have been in power for so long. >> we're all one voice, one hard to get equality and liberty for the egyptian people. it is

muslim militants have escaped from egyptian prisons and the army is guarding the country's famed antiquities after threats of looting. we have a team of correspondents covering this ever-changing story. and we begin tonight with elizabeth palm per in cairo. >> reporter: it's now day six of these demonstrations. and the protestors haven't given up. in spite of a curfew that was supposed to have started at 4:00 today, but it's pretty much being ignored totally. a dramatic turn of events tonight in the square that's been at the centre of this popular uprising. egypt's bookish nobel peace prize winner mohamed elbaradei defied the curfew to come and address the crowd. his message, it's all over for president hosni mubarak. but so far there's no sign that mubarak is going anything where. today he continued swearing in senior officials to serve alongside the newly appointed vice president and prime minister. a government reshuffle that hasn't impressed the protestors. >> he is trying to cheat us and these two person, the prime minister and the vice president are worse than him. we don't want all th