zach brannon turned 23 in 2010. i just picked up a degree in history from a college in indiana, no idea what to do next. and then he saw an offer for a job in japan, a two-year stint teaching english to elementary school kids, no japanese language skills required. >> why japan of all places? >> i don't think there's any rhyme or reason to it. i think it was just offered to me and i jumped on it. >> the town they sent him to in japan called kuji, a long way from his hometown of nashville, nashville, indiana. on sundays he skyped with his parents john and terry. john is a musician and terry a school guidance counselor. >> how did he seem to be doing? >> it was rough at first, the language thing was the big thing. >> you were a stranger in a strange land. >> yes, yes. >> was it a lonely feeling? >> yeah, it was. but it was made better by the fact that there were other foreign teachers in town. >> along with the teachers, there was one other person, a volunteer who helped the foreign teachers adjust, a local english spe

the second lease is police evidence storage at 777 brannon. so there, the board recently adopted the zoning text amendment which was a prelude to consideration of this leas that allows the restoration of the current self-storage unit to return to the property upon the termination of the city's lease, if the city doesn't buy the property. that was an important element, so i'm pleased to see we have that planning matter behind us d apanoved by the board following planning commission's unanimous recommendation. iprbasically a long block away from the hall justice at brannon and 7th. it's just 30,000 square feet in size, just under that. it is so full buildg lee. it's delivered in one chunk, so e aren't phasing this one. the lease commences july 1, it's a 10-year initial term with two five-year options. so you see the consistency of 350 rhodes island, brennan and bryant, being able to return to an entirely differnt hall of justice site. remember there was a rationale for doing leasing, because we have a long-term vision to bring these units togeth

those stops will be at fourth and brannon, yerba buena, moscone station at fourth and folsom, union squaret's on stockton street at union square, and chinatown station, which is where we are right now at stockton. so construction crews tell me that they have actually been pouring concrete for days now. but the big deal this morning is the fact that they are pouring port of the actual subway station floor. they say it's only a section of it. they wish they could get it done in one day but that's impossible. this project will continue through the end of the year. in chinatown, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> a threat is looming over palo alto residents. some just learned that they could be forced to sacrifice their homes to ease some of the traffic. city leaders say that at least 20 trains an hour will go through palo alto once caltrain is done electrifying the tracks. that means guardrails will be down at 4 crossings halting traffic and causing gridlock. city staff are looking at solutions to separate the tracks from the traffic but all of them include buying property on eminent domain, which is m

those stops will be at fourth and brannon, yerba buena, moscone station at fourth and folsom, union squaren, that's on stockton street at union square, and chinatown station, which is where we are right now at stockton. so construction crews tell me that they haveing concrete fora but the big deal thimorning acn is the fact that they are pouring port of the actual subway station floor. they say it's only a section of it. they wish they could get it done in one day but that's impossible. this project will continue through the end of the year. in chinatown, jackie ward, kpix 5. . >>> time now 6:31. some of the traffic in oakland not looking too bad. jaclyn will have a traffic report coming up. and "salesforce tower" camera looking north towards marin. you can seth reddgorange. a gorgeous start. get ready for a weekend that's going to be nice out there. we are going to see a little change on saturday. but then the warmup really begins. looking west clear except for right there over sutro tower. that's where the clouds just kind of like to linger just near twin peaks but it looks like most of