finally, is there to buy for attic rafters and the building? this is a little wall section at what happens at the intersection of were the rafter tales come out. if they are 2x4 on the ceiling or attic, it is not habitable space, and they probably come down as refractors on 24-inch centers and overhang. if you put in 2x10 rafters, did he know the plans called for 2x10 rafters to go and so it would be habitable space and it would and drop the entire roof and make it new? did he understand that when he signed off on this over-the- counter permit? that would be a good question to have him answer. president peterson: thank you, sir. ext. speaker, please? -- next speaker, please? >> good evening. my name is linda, i'm a friend of nancy wuerfel, and i know for a fact for many months the house has been open to the elements. the windows have been open and the rain has been banned. you know what a rainy season we have had. the harassment has not been one way. at one point, the neighbor put big walls up and actually had something written on them that was

it is utilizing certain construction techniques to capture the attic space as a livable space, which is why the dormers are being placed in there to create the appropriate height for livable space. but it is hard to tell what happens to the ceiling, the original ceiling of the building that was below the attic space, and what framing would have been required to upgrade that to become the floor. it is clear that the existing roof in its entirety is gone. the framing plan shows entirely new framing around the entire roof outside of the dormers, although the note of adding plywood sheeting is scratched out. that is why i knew there was something up there on top of the new roof. so i am not sure that i would buy that this project is not -- it does not need to have some level of notice. i am going to also require that the department -- i need to see the permit history on this. i remain undecided. vice president goh: i agree with that. it was alleged the planning department did not see adjustments to the plans. i do not know what that means in terms of what they did review and what they di

. >> reporter: the fire ran through the attic and left extensive damage. the firefighters upgraded the fire to a two alarm for back up. firefighters pulled out paintings and furniture from the home trying to salvage what they could by daylight. >> firefighters will bring in a special vacuum truck to suck out the insulation from the attic. other wise that fire can burn underneath the insulation for days. this fire is still under investigation but they think it may have been electrical. jade hernandez, ktvu news. >>> a battle is brewing over the fate of about three dozen trees. about 40 eucaliptus trees have been deemed a safety hazard. about half the people who attended public meetings agree with that assess ment but there are other residents who think the trees are in no danger of falling and they want a better maintenance plan for the area. the public work's department says they will render a better decision on the matter next month. >>> residents in san mateo county are being warned of a bob cat spotting. authorities say anyone spending time outdoors sho

we come into buildings where people built out the garage and attics with no permits and it's a totallyfferent issue. >> i'd like to add when that does happen they have to be brought up into compliance. they will be looked at today under the 2001 california building code and come january we will look at the 2007 california building code. >> yeah. my third question remains, is there a separate category of criteria that have to be met such as common area that may be wouldn't be required by the building or housing code. or the same is qualifying for an apartment building? you see what i'm saying. everything is based on the california building code today. >> the common area you decide in your ccnr's? >> what you can do is you can look up on the internet look up condominiums and the definition and you see it's specific and tells you what part of the building will be commoned and what part, the only part you will ever own is the unit you occupy. everything else is common. you can look up the definitions i think that will help. >> hi. i have 2 questions but i don't think they are very long. fi

planning is to determine what effect these changes will have on the attic room and the building's facade. i wish lastly to address the legal structures built in 1984. i chose to discuss the matter of the on permitted horizontal extension and dormer with my neighbor when they were ready to make improvements to their house in 2006. however, the owner eventually did not wish to involve the neighbors and their plants. only after they moved out and was no chance of discussing this matter with them but i file a complaint in 2009 with dbi to report the un permitted structures. now the legal dormers an integral part of the project and no consideration of my objection because of privacy matter. the horizontal complaint is still in limbo, tied with the still active 2007 application. this is a mess. now's the time to inspect and legalize all the on permit it work that has been done on this house. the neighbors and i are willing to work with the honor to improve the property when we are approached with accurate sets of plans and a senate seat -- and a sincere interest in mutual concerns. i believe t

it was a challenge for us because it got into the attic space. >> no one was home at the time. the man who rents the home was staying with his home in antioch. another fire at a detached garage. the two fires were just a couple of miles from each other, but they did not think they were connected. >>> today, dennis harero will file a court hearing that says aleto peer can run for another term. she only served three years of her first term when gavin newsom was elected major. >> the rounding up rule that has been in place since 1990 and governs term limits with respect to incumbents said that any supervisor that served more than two years of a term would have that rounded up and it would count as a full term. >> she says the judge's ruling was fum. for now, she is still eligible to run for reelection this november. >>> today, it was said a vote would be postponed. the change of heart cam of meeting with officials in washington dc. the league can have more time to consider allowing the a's to move south into what has been considered the territory of the san francisco giants. >>> a

. >> reporter: flames spread quickly through the attic. since the home is located in the hills and surrounded by trees the firefighters upgraded the fire to a two alarm for backup. firefighters tried to salvage what they could by day light. that fire can burn underneath insulation for days. firefighters say this fire is still under investigation but they think it may have been electrical. >>> bp will likely begin a test on that newly installed oil well cap sometime today. the test will involve slowly closing down all three valves in the cap to stop the flow of oil and then monitoring the pressure for 48 hours. depending on the pressure bp will either leave the cap in place or channel some of the oil to four collective ships. the cap is a temporary measure to stop the oil while two relief wells are drilled for a permanent fix. >>> president obama made a brief trip to michigan today. mr. obama spoke at the ground breaking for a factory that will make batteries for electric cars. although government cannot create the jobs that would relate to

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. >> the fact is many attic still exchange needles in vain. >> don't be surprised if results is needles lying around in parks and other places in vienna, or addicts sharing needles or using the same needle several times. is disgusting this is happening -- is discussed in this is happening. >> the subway station may be cleaner, but if the number of hiv infection climbs as a result, it is a high price to pay. >>> that wraps up "the journal." thank you for joining us. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >ere is the forecast for germany. temperatures will drop by about 10 degrees celsius across the country, with rain in many areas. the cooler conditions will continue over the weekend. there will be scattered showers on saturday. turning to the rest of europe, central and northern areas will be significantly cooler, but the south and east will remain dry and hot. now here's the forecast for selected cities around the world. which foot was it? best make that "best wishes." we don't want them gettin? no, i suppose not. have always done it. why should she watch the

crawlspace to storage, cap existing foundation, roof framing, add three dormers, stairs from basement to attic, replace windows and trim in kind, and remodel kitchen and bathrooms. president peterson: thank you. ok, ms. wuerfel, you have three minutes. >> i am nancy wuerfel protesting the approval of a building alteration permit to the house next door. this appeals about mistakes made by all the parties that contributed to issue a permit in error. it is also about the unresolved the legal structures on the subject property. at first, the owner has submitted plans containing numerous errors and omissions in the existing dimensions, materials, and layout which do not reflect the present conditions. the proposed scope of work and plan drawings do not fully describe what is to happen in this project, nor are there sufficient engineering drawings to accomplish the work intended for the retaining walls and upgrades. there are inconsistencies between the plan sheets, making it confusing to know which sheet is correct. plan notes refer to drawings that did not exist anywhere. the structural designs ar

. >> here's a soft story occupied attic with the ground floor wit a big hole in it.i want to point out these front stairways are often made with different material than the building, so they move at a different period of frequency than the building. almost always you'll see separation but not a critical hazard. >> they'll get damaged just pla on fixing them after the earthquake it's cheaper than now. >> now in this slide you see a more modern building. in the earl '70s, '73, '74 is when the modern seismic safety codes went in effect. buildings built after that have a reasonable chance of survivin without major collapse, but buildings built before '74 or thereabouts are the ones we're mostly concerned about. >> the percentage of building i san francisco fre '74 is huge. >> most of them here's another corner building to give you an, we once again don't know, it ma be upgraded but we don't know. and there's lots of other types of buildings. there are brick buildings, concrete buildings where people have residential are particular hazard because they're nonductile and no

buildout, there's a very broad structure that is created and so many of the documents are quite program attic so this may be changes that occur within the project that are actually contemplated in those documents, meaning there's a range of potential opportunities. so i think if we were going to consider this, i would recommend changing material things to the material amendment but i will note that it is atypical that usually in the oversight of development plans, it's approval of the plan itself and the key documents. president chiu: is there further discussion on this, colleagues? >> just a question. supervisor chu: this is a question to mr. sullivan, the city attorney. with regard to all of the proponents that are talked about in this material change amendment, the material changed to the infrastructure plan, the open space and the transportation plan, et cetera, currently as these all have come before the board of supervisors and we've approved it currently and broad stroke it in i see general form, if there were any changes to that or amendments to that, what would have to happen anyway?

the photos, which had been gathering dust in her attic, will be sold at auction next month. tonight that might leave you clucking. british researchers claim they have an answer to the age-old question: which came first the chicken or the egg? the scientists say they've discovered a protein necessary for the creation of an egg, a protein that comes only from, yes, a chicken. so, they say, the chicken had to come first. and the chicken came from? up next, more from katie in new orleans. one that could be fatal. but plavix helps save lives. plavix, taken with other heart medicines, goes beyond what other heart medicines do alone, to provide greater protection against heart attack or stroke and even death by helping to keep blood platelets from sticking together and forming dangerous clots. ask your doctor if plavix is right for you. protection that helps save lives. [ female announcer ] certain genetic factors and some medicines, such as prilosec, reduce the effect of plavix leaving you at greater risk for heart attack and stroke. your doctor may use genetic tests to determine

crash my attic rational that it was the beach and this is another question but moscow is the more. with the probably the most suspect that they've grown in russia for that and she says he was a. renowned spanish architect spotlight will do that shortly right after a break we'll continue this interview so stay with us don't go. into those you should. just repeat. speech from a cinema and landed in your living. specimens is sitting straight to your stereo display a life filled glass is no problem genuine three d. concert she updates here on. the central. thank. you. welcome back to a spot a long time now we know of and just to remind you that my guest in the studio today is just that i said bill you know i renounce spanish architect and c.e.o. of the metropolitan agency barcelona regional. dr sebelius you mentioned new york you compared moscow to new york and saying and then later you you continued saying that moscow has a possibility to to to become a great great city now. do you like new york because well i mean i love seattle well atlanta is i like atlanta washington's ok but new

this one had been built so no one would see it, like an attic accessed through a hidden floor. the structure was rectangular, like a cupboard. i touched its face with probing, diagnostic fingers, measuring it my eyes. 3 feet tall, 2 feet wide and 3 feet deep. i got up on my haunches and lightly dusted off the granaries roof which was undamaged. for 3,000 years not a breeze had entered this chamber, not an inkling of light. what tightly woven baskets were here, what woven textiles, what stockpile of cobalt blue and honey-colored seed corn left many years before the boom of spanish rifles. with my fingers i traced through the dust of fallen rock debris on the granary roof. when i'm out there looking for stories and routes and trails, i find things like this. i have so far come upon 3 baskets in the desert and 3 different whole ceramic vessels that people had put underneath ledges and these are things that i don't dig for, i just look in cracks and crannies to see what's left behind. you find pieces of sandals or sometimes whole sandals. you find little bits of people, signs that

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did a good job of getting in and knocking it down, but it was a challenge for us getting into the attic space. >> reporter: four enjoys and a -- engines and a truck arrived on the scene. the chief just told us that two rooms sustained heavy damage in the house. one, a living room and the other a bedroom. this could indicate that the fire started in two separate places which could point to something suspicious. the firefighters have ruled out an electrical house. the home owner had renovated the house recently putting in granite counter tops so she is disappointed, but covered by fire insurance luckily. the man who rents the house was staying in antioch last night, so that is the good news. reporting live, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> well, this morning, the police are looking for two men responsible for a stabbing on the t line. they stabbed the victim three times during a fight on the platform at third street and la sal avenue yesterday. the victim is expected to re- complete. >>> today, the police are leaders are for >>> the san jose city leaders are expected to pul

it was a challenge for us because there were challenges to the attic space. >> no one was home at the time. the man who runs his house was staying with his brother in antioch. the san pablo fire started about an hour later. everyone got out safely. no word on what caused the fire. even though the two fires are just a few my from each other, investigators do not think they are related. >>> a major milestone for the bay bridge. this time one of the structures that will eventually stand 500 feet above the bay. that story -- still ahead. >>> and a little bit warmer today. the fog is cleared from the coast right now. things are warming up. i will have your forecast for tomorrow. >>> let's go to david stevenson who is in the city with what's happening with the immigration update. >> reporter: a number of protesters protesting outside of nancy pelosi's office went down the street and sat down. they are blocking the street in protest of what they have said has been slow progress on national immigration form. you can see a number of police officers in the street. a number of protesters that ar

it sliced through the attic and second floor, heavily damaging the home.ver jumped out of the cab as it rose into the air. it took six hours to right the crane but the home is still unlivable. >> very lucky no one was in the attic when that happened. >> no kidding, wow. >>> now more on that tropical system that matt gutman mentioned. a little bit earlier. it is currently a tropical wave, drenching puerto rico, haiti and the virgin islands. >> right now it's a guessing game but forecasters say it may bring heavy rain to south florida by tomorrow night. if it keeps gaining strength it could grow into a tropical depression or tropical storm bonnie within the next few days. of course, that oil spill, that's the last news folks in the gulf want to hear. >>> here is a look at your forecast. stormy from the high plains into the midwest, ohio valley, and northeast. up to 80-mile-an-hour winds, downpours, and flash flooding in the dakotas, kansas city, indianapolis, cincinnati, and from boston to d.c. showers from houston, jacksonville and the carolinas. >> 91 in n

firefighters on the roof of this building that tells me that they're concerned the far happening in the attic been my experience that that often happens in that's why the attack the fire from above. right next door to the building is a building that apparently is abandon and has been boarded up. i see the doorway where the door used to be the boards are broken and loose i believe there suspicion that could be something suspicious. right now looks like the fires under control and no word yet if anyone's been injured. >> right jeff the key for the update on this far. >> right now we have closed or crews all over the bay area covering stories important stories to you. >> lawyers for ac transit driver is argue that a new contract unilaterally imposed by ec transit should be blocked. they say it's up to an arbitrator to decide what the new contract will look like. ac transit argues the old contract expired in there's nothing wrong with an imposing a new contract which includes new work rules. a judge will make her ruling likely on monday. and in oakland kron 4 news. >> continuing our big story as

island the news section of the eastern part of the bay bridge we'll tell you we need to know if your atticor the birds to the and if you need some extra time big stuff going on the bridge this morning or in a minute. this friday, the giants game will be on nbc we will carry dateline nbc that will be on 8:00 p.m. it will be followed up with the kron4 evening news at 10:00 p.m. wwe smackdown will move to saturday at 7:00 p.m. and dr.phil can be seen friday at 3:00 p.m. we will be right back. and we're back one man before 5:00 a.m. a top stories the new bay bridge gives a major milestone this morning as a 525 ft. tower is put into place where arrive on scene from a treasure island for the very step of instructions george rask is standing by with a live report will visit their shirley saw. ac transit is median new threat of no deal is reached by union members and how it could affect you getting around this weekend. if you draw fire is burning at of control in southern california the governor has declared a state of emergency will details straight ahead as this fire continues to destroy thousan