thank you. >> good evening, i'm claire freel and i will be occupying the lower level in 309. i would like to address the concerns. i would like to thank the fords for their willingness to participate in a dialogue with us. regarding light and air. in an effort to provide clarity, we conducted a comprehensive shade study. this study concluded that the shading is different than it is with the existing building. to further address the fourth concerns about shading, we offered to set back the second floor by three feet and the third floor by an additional two feet along our north side property line. we also offered a rear setback of six feet on both the second and third floors. these changes offered result in a reduction of 311 square feet. our building is located 37 feet away from the ford's building clearly providing a.m. will opportunity for air. regarding massing, the fords who live downhill state they support mr. haaser's ex cavings plan. i object to this. this plan suggests building and installing property line windows below grade on our north property line under an incorre

we would like to have two family units to allow me and claire to live cufflely. improving this plan is a long-term plan. we engaged with our neighbors to gather their input and had many meetings, phone calls and email exchanges to make sure we were providing the opportunity for feedback. as our drawing will show, our plans have changed significantly to provide concessions that will address any concerns that have been raised. it's our opinion and that of the san francisco planning department staff that the objections put forth by the d.r. requesters feel to meet the requirements of extraordinary circumstances. it is our belief that the plaket from 313 objects to our project because he wishes to protect his view to the north and his property line windows. they will have to be covered up when we improve our home. he is all too familiar with the reality neither of these are protected so he is trying other tactics. as you can see this from an article, this is the view they have over our building to the north. his claim that the building has historical significance has

but do say he is responsible for the armed robberies of the pharmacy in monte claire and then the high street robbery. >> we did recover items taken from the robbery. >> reporter: cbs5 learned it was bottles of codeine cough syrup on the streets called purple drink. highly addictive, users mix it with soda and jolly ranchers county. they kept the robbery suspect on the scene that entire time. >> we talked about it in earlier lineups, mention of a sexual assault and also there was mention of a robbery. they didn't necessarily link them together. he is referring to the vial ant 3 a.m. sexual assault of a 38-year-old wife and mother in this oakland hills mother. >> there were two children in the house. they were not harmed. they were not in danger. they were asleep. >> reporter: turns out that home is just over 2 miles from the monte claire pharmacy, the first drug store to be hit. cbs5 cameras captured this detective checking the suspect's car. she's a sex assault detective. >> sergeant, it is our understanding that a sex assault investigator was here on scene. can you confirm that? >> i

brother built our home on the peninsula to start our new family, much like we would like to have for claire and mire ra to support their growing family. i firmly believe that the plans proposed are reasonable and well within the guidelines provided by the city code and include generous concessions offered to the neighbors to try and satisfy their concerns. >> i feel the unsole is ted inaccurate alternate plans are unreasonable and would directly deprive the lower unit of natural light. that is a theme i have heard throughout the opposing team, the preservation of natural light. what i'm hearing proposed is they would like to take away the natural light from our home. it doesn't seem balanced. another theme that i hear is, keeping the cottage-like theme of eureka. i think the proposed plan that we have put forward to you adheres to that diversity. i would ask that you accept our proposal and let us move forward so we can continue with our family plan. thank you. >> kathy. >> good evening commissioners. as a san francisco homeowner i'm here to show my support for the freel project. as a first

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>> there was four of us, myself, manu, claire and anton. we were riding in a rebel vehicle, we exited the vehicle. about a few minutes later two heavily armed qaddafi vehicles came over the hill firing and shortly after that we were all captured. >> suarez: so you realized right at that moment that this was something more serious than simply being stopped, having your papers checked, being momentarily detained? >> oh, definitely, the level of fire towards us was something i hadn't experienced before and i was in afghanistan. accurate fire directed at us. we pressed our bodies to the ground and they got out of the vehicles and came closer firing. >> suarez: sco so you identified yourself as journalists. how were you treated by the soldiers? >> i had to jump up and say "journalist." i wasn't sure if they knew we were journalists. we were certainly unarmed. we were hit a couple times, struck with the butt of an a.k.-47 and punched and claire was dragged by her hair and also punched as well as manu. but after that initial moment of aggression a

the other in monte claire. police tell us as they searched the vehicle they found items in the back of the car that match items taken from each of those pharmacies. they are telling us again that individual is in custody. we are still on the scene gathering more information and we will certainly bring you much more as it becomes available. for now, dana, back to you. >> all right. robert, this is allen. just a quick question here. at one point they thought this suspect might be involved in an early morning home invasion robbery in oakland. is that still a theory? yes or no. >> reporter: no, allen. as i addressed at the top there was a large police presence here. police have certainly been on high alert because of that sex assault and that home invasion robbery. certainly a lot of police on the scene. but they tell us they were on heightened alert as well because they had had those two armed robberies. they apparently also had a vehicle description and that acura apparently matches the description of what they h

claire, can i talk to you? >> absolutely. >> this is claire shamblin.y about family down there. what happened? >> i'm from tuscaloosa. my grandmother still lives there on lake avenue. her house was mostly destroyed. she was very lucky, got into the basement just in time. her house is actually the only house that is even partially still standing in that neighborhood. so we feel very, very lucky. but please, please donate to the red cross or whomever you feel appropriate. they need the help down there. >> if you want -- this was put together very quickly, this fundraiser. if you want to join the next one, we have a website for you. because the alabama alumni are working hard on this. it's dcbamafans.com. if they put together another fundraiser in the next few days, you can find it there. ♪ [ music ] >> at the gin and tonic in northwest washington, john hanrahan. >>> the red cross is looking for donations to help the tornado victims as well. you can call this number or log on to its website, redcross.org. you can make a $10 donation to the organization by

pronouncing that and finally, don't know if this is for treasure island or historic preservation, but claire, who may have spoken already. i'm not sure. >> thank you. it's been stated by a few people i know what a landmark looks like. i would say i don't and none of us do but we're learning. we share the city with different social and culture groups and they're introducing what a landmark is to us every year and that's the exciting park about san francisco. but unfortunately, sometimes people are focusing on the city as a play of profit, of money making and not as a resident. i think the question raised in north beach question is interesting in illustrating. by voting to go ahead with a proposed library, you opened up other preservation questions, the view corridor, baseball field. what are you going to do about those? these are new issues. if perhaps you listened to the h.p.c., you wouldn't have these two. solve one problem maybe but have two new problems ma may come back to haunt you. >> thank you. now it's time to sing. >> i have graphics too, please. ♪ what happened to the city we knew w

. >> i want to thank gabby, claudy and claire for that great wake-up song. >> reporter: doctors say thehree-term congresswoman has made remarkable recovery. she's able to talk and has some mobility. >> she gets better, you know, all the time, day after day. >> reporter: even before his mission kelly was confident giffords would keep making strides while he was gone. >> when i get back in a few weeks, she's going to be noticeably different than when i left. i mean, i know that's the case. >> reporter: giffords' surgery is expected to last anywhere from one and a half to two hours. recovery should be short, a day or two at the most. captain mark kelly sent his first e-mail from space writing to his friends and family that he's confident his wife's condition will continue to improve adding that she'll prevail. betty? >> we sure hope so. joel brown in washington, thank you, joel. >>> the head of the international monetary fund remains behind bars in new york city this morning under a suicide watch. dominique strauss-kahn charged with sexual a assaulting a hotel maid is under growing pressur

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korea town says folks in month claire and fruit vail are interested as well as san francisco's marina district. >> now, a word about safety first spreading, community districts in fruitvail are taking a closer look. >>> the largest cable saddle is set to be put on the bay bridge. it's a clamp-like device on top of the bridge tower. it's going to hold a mile long cable. once it's installed, the suspension cabled will be strung across the deck, then form a single cable. the $6.3 billion project set to be completed by 2013. >>> let's check in with christina. a lovely evening last night. finally cleared up. >> did you get out on the patio? >> i played frisbee with the kids. >> good morning to you. if you want to play frisbee, the wind is not going to impact you. it's gusty right now. we are going to see a lot of improvement in terms of the wind and the low pressure that brought us the showers yesterday. as we head throughout the second half of the day, we are starting out mostly clear. we saw the bitty showers. well, still wrapping around the system of low pressure. take a look at this. t

cla clair, a huge tv star in france. >> she has these majestic blue eyes. it's such a couple. it's more than a couple. i would say it's a team. >> reporter: love, of course, is one thing. sexual violence is another. [ speaking foreign language ] four years ago, on a tv talk show, a young french writer, tristane banon, said strauss-kahn attacked her in 2002. [ speaking foreign language ] banon never pressed charges. her mother, fearing for her career, told her not to. in court today, the prosecutor said the powerful defendant was a flight risk and should be denied bail. >> he is a person of means, of sophisticati sophistication. by all appearance, he has the resources to evade capture -- >> reporter: in fact, strauss-kahn was arrested on board a plane at jfk airport, about to take off for france. more evidence, prosecutors say, of guilt. but his lawyer, benjamin brafman, organized otherwise, forcefully. >> this theory he ran is simply not true. i've also indicate head went to the airport on a flight that was booked long before this incident for a meeting in germany. we have the

authorities say the suspect robbed high street pharmacy on mcarthur boulevard and mount clair pharmacy. >> police credit a witness who quickly jotted down the license plate of the suspect. >> reporter: police are still searching for more possible suspects that were involved in these robberies. has news has learned some of the items stolen, cough syrup with codeine. the sergeant says this suspect could be the same man who sexually assaulted a woman in the oakland hills early friday morning but he doesn't know for sure yet. >> i have no information to tie him in with that sexual assault. the investigators, they will gathther information we have, they will look at the suspect, contact the victims and so forth and they'll make a determination whether they feel there is enough information to tie him in. >> reporter: there was a sexual assault investigator at the scene, but cuvington says that's not unusual to see when more than one crime has occurred on the same day. in oakland, reggie kumar, kron4 news. >> we want to give you a closer look at the area reggie just mentioned where that woman

the armed robbery of the monte claire pharmacy. how do they know?vidence was on the backseat. >> we did recover items that were taken in the pharmacy. i won't elaborate on what those items are. >> they were bodies with codeine cough syrup. highly addictive, users mix it with soda and jolly ranchers candy. they blocked the street for hours following the 80-mile per hour chase that started at 55th. even kept the suspect on the scene the entire time. were they seeking more? >> we talked about it earlier in the lineup. there was a mention of a sexual assault and also a mention of a robbery. they didn't necessarily link them both together. > he's linking to the 3:00 a.m. sexual assault of a wife and mother in this home. >> there were two children in the house. they were not harmed. they were not in danger. they were asleep. >> turns out that home is just over 2 miles from the pharmacy, the first drugstore to be hit. so while police say there's not necessarily a link, cbs 5 cameras capture this detective checking the suspect's car. she's a sex assault det

. >> parking won't be allowed on several blocks of santa clara claire street until 2 tom morning and the sheriff's office will be out looking for drunk drivers. >>> today is the starts of a san jose program for people who want to have gang-related tattoos removed. teens and young adults who complete a 10-week program can get tattoos removed free of charge. the course includes lessons on top, like trust, communication, and career prospects. once participants complete the course in july, they will qualify to have their tattoos removed for free. >>> a new twist for the state budget. more money has been found. $2.3billion to be exact due to additional income tax payments. this will help close the remaining $15 billion budget deficit. but it's also putting a wrench in the governor's plan to balance the budget. he wants voters to extend more than $11 billion of taxes and fees that are about to expire. those extensions have been strongly opposed by republicans who just want more spending cuts. but people we asked this morning are okay with extending taxes. >> appear less taxes move to a che

[applause] we have den kaufman, karen granen, claire watckins, bayard fong, and richard kirtchee. commissioner wynns: president, i just want to clarify it -- president mendoza: 1 second. i want to thank the members for being here this evening. commissioner wynns: i want to clarify something. twice, the funding has been mentioned as being $30 million. since voters voted for $60 million, i think we ought to explain that the funding is supposed to be $60 million a year. only $40 million of that through the first third and the third third would be under the control of the school district because of budget issues at the city. that has been reduced so it actually is $30 million. that does not include the one- third that goes too early education. just so voters do not think they voted for 60 but it is really only 30, once we get there it is supposed to be $60 million, $40 million of which is in the control of the school district. president mendoza: thank you. any other comments from board members? i want to thank you as well. it is one of the first bodies i sat on as well. i encourage yo

. >> claire broke her back more than 10 years ago. she welcomes the news. >> it is a fantastic step forward. it is part of the big picture of things working toward trying to find a cure. >> rob can only still move his legs for a few minutes at a time. more research is needed to see of this result can help more paralyzed people. >> that brings us to the end of tonight's program. you can get constant updates any time on our web site and to find out what we are working on. you can visit our facebook page. for all of us here at bbc world news america, thanks for watching. have a great weekend. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click-to-play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to wo

but indonesia's finance minister who claired the talks told reporters that the participants agreed that the japanese economy will soon return to a full-fledged recovery path, despite the disaster. that is all we have this hour on "newsline." thanks for staying with us on nhk world.

clair who is up watching this morning. she may have seen this. they posted this on facebook.s image i am about to show you, not the time-lapse but we are looking at cloudy start to the day a few breaks of sun and scattered showers that popped up to your north. look at this. you can see the wind shift. see the cloud shifting direction once we get that brand new air mass in here. well, we have seen beautiful scenery from the naval academy but have you seen this. look up right now. >> oh. a double rainbow. >> double rainbow. all the way. >> oh, wow. >> wow. >> what does it mean? jason got this at falls church, virginia. it hit twitter and then just exploded all over the internet yesterday evening. what a gorgeous view. i want to point out and i've done this before, but the primary rainbow, brighter one on the bottom has the outside colors red. the secondary rainbow in the reverse order. being see the red on the bottom and going in the other direction. beautiful pictures. thanks for sharing that. put smiles on our face and now sharing in the chilly blue back towards the west. wid

including claire and alex van straubenzee. they raised money for schools in uganda in memory of their son who was killed in a car crash. a young man william and prince harry knew from childhood. >> they've got a genuine feel for the charities. >> reporter: the prince and princess have duties in addition to their charities. their first official visit will be to canada in june, and there are rumors they might make a brief stop in the united states so americans get a chance to see them up close and personal. one of the few who shared their first married moments was official photographer hugh burnand. >> i like the gentleness of the way one hand is resting on the other and they're connected and standing right side by side. and i think that has something to do with how they are. they're very much a couple. >> reporter: their life is now a balancing act-- one part public that will always come with the royal job. but they are already asking the press to respect their privacy so they can be like any other set of newlyweds, so they hav

claire as well you'll meet up with claire later today? very important story. i mean, what's going on right now is, it's fascinating on a journalistic level, you know, here it is dictator been in charge for four decades and now there's an armed revolt of people who feel like they were forced to take up arms, and won't accept the gadhafis anymore and really believe that they can have some kind of democratic government. >> so that's a yes or a no? >> that's a yes eventually. >> really good to have you here and i know your family is happy you're the one on tv this morning and not them. >> thank you so much. >> thanks again. thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now over to erica. >>> on tuesday opening statements at casey anthony's murder trial. her lawyers stunned the courtroom claiming her 2-year-old daughter, caylee, accidentally drowned and that casey's family covered it up. "in session" correspondent beth karas was in court when the bombshell dropped. the defense opened with this bombshell. they're going to need some evidence to ba

the stash was at a home in oakland's monte claire neighborhood.ers hauled away two truckloads and still there was stuff left behind. a realtor knew that the house was up for sale and called police after finding lee craigo there. the neighbors say that craigo told them that he and his pregnant wife and child were renting the place. >> we thought a family was moving in and we were really happy. >> it was surprising to hear something like that was happening up here. >> they found goods from ten different burglaries. >>> other bay area headlines now. san jose police are preparing for more route behavior after some vandalism during cinco de mayo celebrations last night. plus the home playoff game for the sharks on sunday. four businesses near highway 101 were damaged. one man was stomped on the head. another stabbed. in all, seven people were arrested. police say it was a small group of bad apples in an otherwise friendly crowd. >>> a san ramon police officer made his court appearance today. he is charged with several felonies including conspiracy to s

we would like to have two family units to allow me and claire to live cufflely. improving this plan is a long-term plan. we engaged with our neighbors to gather their input and had many meetings, phone calls and email exchanges to make sure we were providing the opportunity for feedback. as our drawing will show, our plans have changed significantly to provide concessions that will address any concerns that have been raised. it's our opinion and that of the san francisco planning department staff that the objections put forth by the

the community business district representative here in korea town says respectives in month claire and fruitvale in oakland, and in the marina district in san francisco, are expressing interest. >>> it's the next 48 hours that might be just as revealing. more details tonight about the former governor and maria r.shveri here's video of schwarzenegger pulling into his estate. all new insight perspective. and why a lot more could surface soon. a hollywood superstar, political power player and publicly a family man. former governor schwarzenegger is now being criticized for nearly every direction. schwarzenegger biographer, ian halperin, says he's not surprised by the news. and says even more shocking details of schwarzenegger's private life may soon come out. >> i learned that he possibly had kids with up to six women. it was not a shock when i learned of this one child out of wedlock in bakersville. >> reporter: halperin says while working on a biography of the former governor just last year, he interviewed the women and believes each story. their stories were compelling. and none of the

i want to thank gabby, claudy, and claire for a great wakeup song. it's always good to hear.utiful day in space. >> monday's blastoff was caught on video by an airline passenger. after the launch, congresswoman giffords said, quote, good stuff. giffords now returns to rehab as she recovers from a january assassination attempt. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," gas prices fall, and jerry lewis calls it quits. ashley morrison with the latest on all of that. good morning, ashley. >> good morning, betty. a mixed day for the asian markets. tokyo's nikkei went up a fraction while hong kong's hoong se hong kong's hang seng went down. oil continues to fall. it's now near $97 a barrel. washington gets it latest on housing starts and industrial production. on monday, tech stocks dragged the market down. the dow lost 47 points while the nasdaq gave back 46. drivers are seeing a little relief at the gas pump. the average price for a gallon of regular fell three cents to $3.95 a gallon. prices are starting to drop as crude oil continues to fall. some analysts think gas will fall another 50 cen

neighboring communities like louisiana fayette and monte claire district have seen an increase in residential burglars. >>> they will not seek the death penalty against a psychiatric patient charged with murder. accused of killing donna gross last october. he pleaded not guilty. prosecutors say they consulted with the victim's family before reaching their decision. >>> and the west nile virus is making an early appearance. a dead crow found last week has become the first confirmed casualty, only the second of the year statewide. the state department of health says the wet winter followed by a warm spring could mean a difficult season. >>> actor charlie sheen brought his show to the bay area. the violent torpedo of truth tour arrived tonight at san francisco's auditorium. sheen announced that the profits from the merchandise sold will be donated to brian stowe's medical care. stowe remains in critical condition after being beaten by dodger fans in la nearly a month ago. >>> communities still struggling to recover from the worst tornado storms in decades. >> we have been doing search and rescue

city council may have tee claired a fiscal state of emergency which he says would give emergency powers to force some of the same proposals they're looking at in san francisco. higher retirement age, larger contributions to your pension fund. in that case most likely there's going to be a legal battle saying, can you do that? we've got our vested rights as sitting employees, how can you unilaterally about in and do this? >> belva: two approaches but both coming from the same problem. no -- there's no silver lining as to money made at the state -- >> except printing machines. public defender jeff adachi has made pension reform or changing how much money the city puts into the pension his number one priority. he went to the ballot last year. it looked like for a long time it was going to pass. then the unions as well as most of the city officials said this was a terrible idea. it was sunk at the ballot. pretty resoundingly. he's trying to gather signatures to put another measure on the ballot which he says will save substantially more money than mayor lee's proposal. in fact, the mayor is

pronouncing that and finally, don't know if this is for treasure island or historic preservation, but claire, who may have spoken already. i'm not sure. >> thank you.

. >> the e legs isn't going to replace the wheel claire t definitely will make accessibility better. it's not replacing it yet. but just to be able to stand up and cook and not have to reach for things and not have to ask somebody for help, that's what the e-legs is going to create is more independence than wheelchairs. >> reporter: stephanie says she now feels tall. maybe it's the e-legs, maybe it's the newfound freedom and independence. in san jose, kiet do, cbs 5. >> wow. incredible. >>> he was caught drinking and driving. why one bay area's vice mayor won't be charged. >>> then transferring your money made easy. the banks that will allow customers to use their cell phone numbers. >>> do you have scrawny eyebrows? find out what some women are using to boost their brows and grow more hair. that's coming up in healthwatch. >>> and we saw a few scrawny showers across the eastern portion of our district but other parts of the bay area had legitimate downpours. this is our live cbs 5 weather camera in livermore. we have your pinpoint forecast as eyewitness news continues on cbs 5. ,, w

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among them was claire gillis. her parents appeared on this program appealing for their daughter's release, and her mother says she is ecstatic and looking forward to seeing her. now, to afghanistan, where least 25 people have been killed in two separate incidents. first, a suicide car bomb aimed at police cadets left 13 dead. in the north of the country, a dozen people were killed after thousands turned out to protest an overnight raid by nato in which demonstrators claimed civilians have been killed. >> running through the streets, chanting, "death to america," thousands of angry locals came to protest what they saw as the killing of innocent men and women. they carried the bodies of the dead with them. nida said that those killed were insurgents, but the demonstrators, including some government officials, were adamant that the dead were not taliban. this man said, "for your helicopters came to our village. first, the besieged our homes. then they killed my family. we are not taliban. we are not al qaeda. i do no

. >> reporter: katlyn and her 8-year-old sister clair are among the youngest of san jose public library's million annual visitors, something that makes the staff very proud. >> so we actually have calculated how many go to giants games. how many go to sharks games and a's games and add them all together and more come in libraries. >> reporter: they try to close a $112 million budget hole. the library may lay off 80 people and close its 18 branches four days a week. >> it's definitely going to impact me. might push me into starbucks. >> reporter: for wifi, sure, but for people without computers, that's not much of an option. >> a lot of businesses don't accept applications on paper anymore. you have to go online to get jobs and libraries are hooked up to those computers. unemployment. you apply for unemployment now and people come into lshs and need to be doing that on our computers. >> reporter: fletcher has a computer but his job right now is finding a job, and the library is his office. >> it was closed on monday, so i have to find something else to do. and then to see that, it didn't o