people still love their bathrooms. people think of them as an important room, as an investment for their home. yes, there is the gamut. some people are really just for function and utilitarian. some of them are large and lavish and everything in between. >> we are going to start looking at a couple of little vignettes of bathrooms. we can talk about fixtures and use that as a springboard for questions for our audience and discussions from some of the manufacturers we have here. let's start by looking at one right back here. this is a really interesting one because this has some of the characteristics of a traditional san francisco building. it has this starting with the board, i think it is called, and it has both old-fashioned kind of pictures and real modern stuff. what do you see here? >> looking around, it has gone a soaking tub. >> it has little jets in a, so like a spot/hydrotherapy kind of thing? >> exactly. what people need to be mindful on for these types of tubs are two things -- number one, they have a motor

the basement area had a room and a bathroom that were completely uninhabitable and remain so. in fact, we did something before we moved into the house. we had a young family. in 2006, we did something to meet the needs of our growing family. i am sorry. these are the four houses. the person who lives next door had already added a large area

kitchens are the ultimate and social room, while bathrooms are kind of the opposite. bathrooms, like kitchens, are part of homes and houses, so they are part of architecture, and they are opportunities for people to express themselves, to express their style. they are just an important element in the house is in san francisco. >> i think we can talk about how bathrooms had changed in san francisco. the old-style we're used to have a separate compartment for the bathtub, and now, we have a whole different concept. >> traditionally in san francisco with victorian and edwardian, we had split bathrooms. a separate room for a toilet, and a second room for a tub. i have done

if you do a bathroom remodels, they are saying the job cost $18,000, you might recoup $15,000. the hard part in determining that, to compare apples and apples, is to look at a house in the sunset district with a single-family home with one bath, or is it a 3-bedroom condominium in the castro where maybe everything else is really done fairly recently and updated nicely, but maybe the bathrooms never got updated? that would probably change dramatically the resale they'll -- value on that universes' the house in sunset. these are wild figures. we have to go to seek professional advice with the intent of satisfying your goal, whatever your goal would be. this is a question when representing sellers that we get all the time. it should i do this or that? you really need somebody that is in the industry to come with you and go through and say, don't do that, but painting this would be great, but don't put in a new counter in the bathroom or kitchen. it is item by item, neighborhood by neighborhood. sometimes, sellers are under the impression that if they agreed to the kitchen, that wi

it was never inspected, but dbi issued a permit any way to allow the illegal bathroom to continue. this authorizes re-roofing excluding the dormer, which was clearly done to avoid addressing the illegal nature of this structure, not that it makes any whether proofing cents. my complaint against this addition is that it is being legalized. now is the time to legalize or remove both structures in conjunction with the repair work. even though the condition -- it did affect where the events were placed. my complaint about this remodel was open for 19 months, and nothing was ever happening. this past january, without ever taking place. mechanical code violations were visible on the exterior of the building along the side yard, and that passes illegally onto my property. appropriate things were not made because these would exit directly in front. located above the kitchen. therefore, the exhaust and the end system for a remodeled, also, also other things were changed. the owners have moved back into the house. they have completed much of the work described in the permit that were suppose

the basement area had a room and a bathroom that were completely uninhabitable and remain so. in fact, we did something before we moved into the house. we had a young family. in 2006, we did something to meet the needs of our growing family. i am sorry. these are the four houses. the person who lives next door had already added a large area with 10 beautiful new windows. so, naively, we expected that we could do the same. we did not anticipate the absolute opposition and obstruction of our project that was to follow. we had numerous meetings and reviewing plans, to no avail. it became obvious that this -- that ms. wuerfel has no intention of allowing us to improve our home. but years later, i am at the board of appeals. is it reasonable for a homeowner to have to justify a wanting windows in their home to provide ventilation, which open and close, and to comply with fire safety codes? is it reasonable that we should want our children's home environment to be more free? none of these factors are important to ms. wuerfel. they don't need to be. they affect our family life on a d

this is the bathroom it happened inside there. then you see the bullet hole, that's where the bullet went through. students say they reacted after seeing that this morning. officials reacted quickly after they found two students had fired a gun inside of a portable bathroom. >> we don't have any indication that the bathroom was brought with the intent. the specific intent to cause harm to anybody. but again, at this point that's just speculation. >> reporter: the two boys were arrested. later as police interviewed the first two it came out another boy was also known to be carrying a gun. that student was taken out of class and arrested after police found him carrying an unloaded semi automatic weapon. all three boys who were either 15 or 16 are now in berkeley police custody. a police spokeswoman told ktvu finding weapons brought to school is not that uncommon. >> this may be uncomfortable for some of the viewers to hear, but we're quite certain there are weapons in schools every day that we're not aware of. >> reporter: now this

bathrooms there. it will not interfere with the exits. there is four or 5 feet back their way from the door. >> i do not know where they are going to sing. >> it is small. >> you can make a motion, or you in a discussion, or you can do both. president newlin: we probably want to hear from the police department about this change. >> i do not believe the police department has any objection. president newlin: i guess we need a motion to change the hours to seven days a week. >> i do not know if the motion would be to change. you can ask that they submit an amended application so whatever you say to they will be reflected. commissioner: ok. >> we probably might like it to have seven days a week just carte blanche. i do not know if that is what we would encourage, but we would probably encouraged that flexibility to be open maybe a third or fourth night of the week. obviously thursday, friday, saturday, a special event may be on monday or tuesday. does that make sense? president newlin: yes. >> the suggest

the bullet went through the bathroom wall but no one was hit. >> i feel safe at my school. i don't feel like i'm in danger of getting shot, but it's a little concerning that there's kids playing with guns in the bathroom. >> police immediately locked down the school. during their investigation officers say they received a tip that another student also had a gun. police removed that student from class and found an unloaded semi-automatic weapon. all three students were taken to juvenile hall. the principal says as a matter of state law they will be recommended for expulsion. >>> a stockton man who may be linked to several bank -- bay area bank robberies is in custody this morning in arizona. surveillance cameras caught 23- year-old dustin burt in action at a chase bank in danville earlier this month. he was arrested during a traffic stop in arizona last week after officers discovered he had a warrant for his arrest. police say burt may be linked to other bay area robberies. he will be extradited to california soon. >>> well, in a story you will only see here on ktvu channel

because of the bathroom thing? >> no, no. >> jimmy: because that's a little -- it's very natural. >> not the bathroom thing. another thing. >> jimmy: uncle regis, does he watch them while you guys are out of town? >> no, uncle regis actually watched them this year with michael strahan, they lost a sports bet to me. and it was incredible because lola actually had a tea party with them. i'm not kidding and put makeup on both of them. >> jimmy: really? wow. i don't like the idea that regis is leaving. i feel like you guys are getting divorced or something and i'm like -- >> i swear we're not. we're not getting divorced. we're not getting divorced. >> jimmy: do you get any say in who replaces regis? >> oh, i'm sure i don't. >> jimmy: oh, you don't? >> no. i mean, but, however, we were -- i just want to say, we did say when he decided to leave, it was like one of these things where, you know, you're like, why are you doing this, don't be ridiculous, you're not going anywhere, and then he, you know, and then you understa

the reconstructed the bathroom. there was just -- there was an ada bathroom. there was a unisex. they needed to resurface and create a barrier-free path of travel from entry into the restaurant to the outdoor seating area. in addition, they had to receive a permit from the bay conservation development commission for the outdoor seating to allow this, so they installed public seating and trash receptacles. this portion of the upgrade was $154,000, bringing the total investment to $289,000, so this was their second large investment. hi dive, prior to the completion of the improvements, requested a second -- a term extension to help amortized these costs. the tool that we have to do this would be under the 1993 retail leasing policy. that would offer a sole source leasing opportunity. we determined that in fact, they do qualify under the policy. they are a tenant in good standing. their lease term expires august 31, 2012. therefore, they do not have enough time left on their lease to amortize the cost. in exchange for the second investment and upon your approval, for its staff is re

the bathrooms and two-store units are on the second four. san francisco is not a city that turns its back on tenants. do not forget that you are not alone. we have friends who can take action. i ask you to say yes and did give yourselves to the people of parkmerced. say yes, and you will have done a wonderful thing of great magnitude. [bell] president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> supervisors, i am a 14-year resident of park merced. the reason there is opposition to the project is because the opponents do not like the project. this will allow the board to weigh in. we currently have one owner who wants to do the right thing for parker said in the city of san francisco. if this does not go through, this will happen to us again. the project will be borne by the current residence. there are benefits to the west side, including much-needed transportation, and as an observation, there are 8000 residents, of which i m1. you the supervisors would be here. i urge you to do this. thank you. >> good evening. my name is mike corbett. i see this as

bathroom accessibility is an issue. accommodating wheelchairs' in many homes is not possible because of the wit of the doorway. dance and elevators needed in some homes are not commonly installed and cannot easily be put in in some places. besides that there is the issue of needing assistance with keeping up one's residence as one ages. daily living chores, some seniors need assistance, which becomes an impediment to staying in their own home or community. on the social side there is the access to community, which might dwindle as people move away or populations change. a community and neighborhood can change over time. we have reviewed in home provisions of services as part of this review and analysis. we found that there were programs in place to provide home modification services provided by the city. however, there are a few of them and they serve only a small number of communities targeted to seniors by providing services. the programs listed here, rebuilding together san francisco, community and home injury preven

we talked about the number of bathroom stalls. whether there are equal numbers of bathroom stalls, that is not really equitable because the line is out the door for women and not for men. but to his credit, the mayor, when he was head of public works, took this seriously. when women complained that they were cut out of information loops about job openings, he introduced the career center at the yard where all employees could have access to formally posted job openings. when we discussed the lack of women in middle and upper management, he scrutinized the promotion practices and committed to advancing more women. when women expressed a desire to network throughout the department, mayor lee sent a personal letter to the home addresses of women who worked in the department, inviting them to join a new women's employee group that continues today. please join me in welcoming our mayor, edwin lee. [applause] mayor lee: thank you for that very kind introduction, family. hello, everyone. welcome to this lovely part of our city hall. this

business community and to include, i want to include the homeowners who are waiting to remodel a bathroom, kitchen, the smaller contractor who does horizontal additions and the list on this evening's agenda. the items are environmental exemption review process, appeals that come before the board of supervisors, d.p.w. permit applications and the online tracking system and a.d.a. i would like this evening to be about discovery and education. we are all members of san francisco community. let us make it a productive evening. in conclusion, i hope to have another meeting sometime soon with the planning department. they were unable to get ready for this one, so we hope to have a meeting with them in the near future. some of the people from a.d.a. approached me in the last few days and they were wondering why we had the a.d.a. so far down on the agenda, so i would like, i'm sure it's on there because of scheduling and maybe, virginia, you could answer that. virginia. >> yes, commissioner, murphy. a.d.a. was scheduled on the agenda as the last item primarily because it was an informational item

twa two sprays incidents, first one bs a gun accidentally went off in the bathroom. two students were arrested a short time later and witnesses helped find them later. a third student was arrests after they received a tip that the student had a gun. that gun wasn't loaded. school officials are working to step set up a hot line where students can report crime. >> we don't have an indication that the weapon was brought with the specific intent to cause harm to anybody. >> this may be uncomfortable but we're quite certain that weapons are in school every day that we are not aware of. >> reporter: no one was hurt when the gun went off in the bathroom. police found the gun a few blocks away. two boys were arrested that are 15 years old. the other boy is 16. they are face a year expulsion and felony charges. >> eric: oakland police is are the hunt for a gunman that killed two men and a dog sitting on a porch in oakland. investigators say the shots were fired from across the street and they have no suspect description immediately available. >> kristen: prosecution's star wi

two students were in the bathroom, one of them showing a semi automatic pistol in the bathroom it went off. the students were just playing with the gun, and there was no fight going on. an anonymous tip came in saying another student had a gun. officers removed that student from class and found an unloaded semi automatic weapon. this is the fourth gun found on this campus this year and police say it's not that uncommon. >> this may be uncomfortable for some of the viewers to hear, but we're quite certain there are weapons in schools, every day that we're not aware of. >> reporter: school administrators emphasized students should feel safe at berkeley high and this student says he does. >> i feel safe at my school. i don't feel like i'm in danger of getting shot. but it's a little concerning that there's kids playing with guns in the bathroom. >> reporter: and the students have all been taken to juvenile hall. all will be recommended for expulsion. sal castaneda. >>> a 23-year-old alameda woman is now facing charges accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy. it was

. >> reporter: the girl was hiding in a bathroom stall when she called 911. >> it is 4:15 and at this school, room 505, apparently the teacher is throwing things and students are hiding in the bathroom. >> reporter: several police officers quickly arrived. >> when we got there we found a calm classroom and calm students and at that time a calm teacher. >> reporter: after interviewing witnesses the teacher had slammed the table down to get the students' attention but don believe a crime had been committed. the teacher identified as john hanes was placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of a school district investigation. >> when when you have a situation where a student makes an allegation that they feel threatened then we feel a strong obligation to investigate what are the actual facts of the case. >> reporter: now the superintendent also wanted to stress that being put on paid administrative leave is not disciplinary action. they are going to investigate the case and that teacher could be back on the job as early as next week. this case has garnered national attentio

police say two berkeley high students were inside this bathroom. they said one student was showing a semi automatic gun to another student when the gun went off. you can see where the bullet went from one side to the other side. school officials say it appear it is boys were just playing with the gun and the gun accidentally went off. there was no fight going on. >> you know to complicate matters we had a power outage at about 11:00. >> reporter: after that, a call came through that said another student had a gun. this is the fourth gun found on this campus this year and police say it's not that uncommon. >> this may be uncomfortable for some of the viewers to hear, but we're quite certain there are weapons in schools every day that we're not aware of. >> reporter: school administrators emphasize students should feel safe at berkeley high and this student says he does. >> i feel safe at my school. i don't feel like i'm in danger of getting shot. it's a little concerning that there's kid playing with guns in the bathroom -- that there's kids playing

two students were in the bathroom, one of them showing a semi automatic pistol in the bathroom it went off. the students were just playing with the gun, and there was no fight going on. an anonymous tip came in saying another student had a gun. officers removed that student from class and found an unloaded semi automatic weapon. this is the fourth gun found on this campus this year and police say it's not that uncommon. >> this may be uncomfortable for some of the viewers to hear, but we're quite certain there are weapons in schools, every day that we're not aware of. >> reporter: school administrators emphasized students should feel safe at berkeley high and this student says he does. >> i feel safe at my school. i don't feel like i'm in danger of getting shot. but it's a little concerning that there's kids playing with guns in the bathroom. >> reporter: and the students have all been taken to juvenile hall. all will be recommended for expulsion. sal castaneda. >>> a 23-year-old alameda woman is now facing charges accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy. it was

. >> adding a bathroom, adding a ron shipp is a sensible. we see a lot of people putting elevators as our population, including us, ages. >> or houses are getting more vertical. >> that is right. no permit is required for a tool shed that is less than 100 square feet of area looking down, bird's eye view. less than 100 square feet, no permit is required. without a permit, there is no trigger for an assessment. >> you could go up two stories? >> no, actually. the planning department has a height limit of i think 10 feet in the required the rear yard area. eight or 10 feet. [laughter] keep your hot tub in your toolshed. >> in this market, if you bought your house recently and you are thinking about doing one of these that you think is going to make your assessment go up, you can always apply and have your assessed value go down. >> we have some information here about that. we will get to that in a second. having a swimming pool or a sauna will change the assessed value of your property. i would get approval. it is the least improvement value t

commissioner hwang: is there any validity to the complaint that the sky light above the bathroom was problematic based on the fact that it is on a property line? i might have misunderstood the argument. >> it could be. as a matter of policy, it is really hard to say when that skylight was put in. if it is close to the property line, it could be a problem. howev, there are some negations. the fire wall could be extended upper the property line to protect that skylight or to protect a neighbor's home from transfer of fire. in that particular case, i am not really sure. i would have to take a look at the actual situation there. vice president garcia: do you have a copy of ms. wuerfels's brief? would you turn to page 4? did you have the opportunity to read this? >> i did. i have not gotten to page four. my pages are not numbered. vice president garcia: it would be the fourth page in. >> all right. vice president garcia: it is headed by "history of unpermitted work." commissioner hwang: we are probably not looking at the same thing. >> ok. vice president garcia: let us take one of the per

one part of the house i am looking forward to is my own bathroom to share with my sister rather than my whole family. i am also looking forward to the downstairs family room. this space will give me -- will give my family and friends a space to have get-togethers and play. my sister and friends will be able to sit and leave simple items on the ground without having to worry my blind father will trip over them. this room will be a great improvement to the home, giving my family and friends room to be together. thank you. >> my name is cheryl clements. i am john's personal assistant. i have been working with him and the family for the past year. they are friendly, kind human beings who take priority in giving back to the community. mr. dibenedetti's disability is not something he likes to discuss openly, but it does have a great impact on his life. my work has been valuable in allowing him greater independence in his daily life. because of his disability, he uses carefully organized systems that must be meticulously maintained. examples include extreme organization systems and separate

in the center, a core made of rare primavera wood houses two bathrooms, a kitchen, and a utility roomsingle tube containing all of the utilities descends from the home's center into the ground. and that's it. mies even anticipated the fox river's annual spring swell. he elevated the house more than five feet above the ground. as the blueprint evolved, so did the partnership between the married architect who'd left his family years earlier and his single client. soon it became more than just a business arrangement. there's no real tactful way to ask this question. do you think they had a love affair? >> oh, i think so. what is more exciting than to have someone who is becoming world-renowned for his work and he's interested in you? and you are making it possible for him to create something that has never been created before. >> baer: edith tucked hand-written notes into envelopes along with her checks to mies. one such missive reads: "dear mies, it is impossible to pay in money for what is made by heart and soul. such work one can only recognize and cherish with love and respect." >> h

it's a challenge for residents to keep the runners from using their yards as bathrooms. the former sponsor dropped their involvement. dazzle spokesperson said the singer told me this morning the company sees a connection between its brand and createtivity many participates bring to the race. despite the new rules the race is sold out. singer says there is a chance more spots will become available. no decision on that has been made. we will try to engage some of the residents here to see if they care more about stopping people from uses their yards as bathrooms. >>> time now 5:37. today's stormy weather will add to the highway troubles along the coast of monterey county. a huge mud slide has closed down a two mile stretch of highway 1 just north of big sur. today's rain will not help out. probably cause more erosion making a bad situation even worse. later on today a team of experts will be out there trying to figure out what caused a big chunk of the highway to look at this. it fell right into the ocean. they are warning the road that links caramel to big sur could be cl

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. >> can i use your bathroom a sec?eporter: well... >> you can go with me to the bathroom if you like. >> reporter: moments later she bolted for the door and into police custody. >> you're under arrest. >> i'm getting arrested? >> reporter: put your hands behind your back. need to get your purse from you real quick. >> for what? >> we'll explain everything. >> please explain. >> we will. >> my baby is in the car, too. >> reporter: as it turns out, roxanne janelle jones was already on the radar of law enforcement when the oberlin park police in kansas and the u.s. secret service learned of our meeting with her they showed up to arrest her as a result of a separate investigation. and, we've learned, her kansas city con used six aliases to scam at least ten families since january. last week, jones pled not guilty to three state charges, including theft and identity theft and likely faces federal charges. as for that baby in the car? it didn't exist. and there's no proof she's pregnant. armen keteyian, cbs news, kansas city