to the project and the west elevation the elevation that faces the appellant. great. well, if we didn't have closed captioning that would be easier to see but exhibit 7 this is sheet a-3.12 was considered the variance hearing there are set backs at the rear there is also the deck above the master bedroom and portions of the front has previously proposed and then i i guess it's good but 8 perhaps but the other plan sets the revised plan sets that shows the set backs that had been here no longer existed to the property line. the deck is removed and that roof plane is carried all the way over and the height are reduced targeted the front we thought those changes with will a minimal impact on the neighborhood and a minimum variance but the appellants sound likes plans are supportable and conversations to be had and other provisions that could be resolved thank you. >> commissioners the matter is yours. >> i'm a little bit confused i have not harder anything to find the zoning administrator abused his discretion if there's differences between the parties i don't kno

last month in my directors report i talked about the on going issue of elevator maintenance andel elevator failures make it difficult. this has been an issue that has been identified by this council as well as advocates especially senior and disability action. under supervisor kim's leadership, the land use and economic development committee held a hearing on elevator and disability access in single occupancy hotels, their investigation by the department of building inspection and health department and by me and also the disability action. what came out of this hearing was a commitment to the city's budget propose by supervisor kim and supported by our mayor to set aside $250,000 for revolving loan fund and this fund will be available to sro property owners that can take out a loan, fix their elevator and payoff the loan and tap that fund. this is a very important first step to address the needs on the private side on privately owned buildings and this is in conjunction with the mayor's upgrade for the housing properties. i think our policy makers have heard your advocacy and they are taki

the third, a report back on elevators. the fourth, an update on mod's website project and the last a shout out to independent living resource center san francisco's grand reopening. so first on staff introductions. i'm delighted to be able to introduce tom. he's seated in the back of the room. tom is a senior building inspector coming to us after 15 years at the department of building inspection. some of the projects he's worked on at dbi was to coordinate training for the staff there including training around enforcement of the disability access rights, codes and laws. he's going to be working with jim whippel as an architectural officer. he's working on the architectural funded projects. like everybody else in our office he'll have other assignments including disaster planning and disaster response. so i wanted to welcome tom. he's really the last piece in the mod staff puzzle with tom's arrival we are now fully staffed and we are very appreciative of that. so welcome, tom. speaking of disaster planning and response, our

i know elevators are expenditure >> we thought it was important that the single elevators warlike one community there's a combrarps to shipley a staircase and a walk up on shipley. >> the only comment i understand that the only comment is if resident on the shipley side are going to be i suspect you using the stairway more especially, if their parking spaces are towards the shipley side of the this i urge you to look at the interior design of the stairways in my condo building those stairways are perfect concrete and metal raildz and they don't clean them half the time it's not a nice thing. i'm in 0 the fourth floor i'd walk up and down more if this experience were nicer picture not architecture wise but you you know what i mean >> commissioner moore. >> quick the architect comment i believe this is the fire exit and they're not adorned for the obvious reason there's existing stairs and they are used for internal circulation is the second choice but not adorn them in any way is if a correct assessment? >> we'll focus on that element and make sure they do that for the main circulation

elevator is based out of fairfield in north jersey.york avenue apartments house mostly senior citizens and, according to several resident the l straightors have had problems. >> yesterday, three people got stuck in the third floor and the last couple of weeks, people have been stuck several times. >> reporter: resident bill medly was in the building when the accident happened around 10:00 a.m. >> someone came on the loud speaker and said lobby is closed. when i walk down the steps the the elevator fell and killed somebody. >> reporter: osha is investigating the accident and grief counselors are being provided. >> horrible. >> reporter: our attempts to speak with management of the new york avenue apartments were unsuccessful. we reached out to the u.s. elevator repair company. they said no comment other than a traged andlences go out to the family. in atlantic city cleve bryan cbs-3 "eyewitness >>> well, we're following breaking news official from his the atlantic city's revel casino announce that they will remain opened through labor d

this man attacked inna, sometime after they entered the elevator together.er body out of the hotel in this suitcase, drove off with her, dumped her body at that vacant lot, then returned. >> all the puzzles started fitting together at that particular point. i knew i had my guy. and i just had to find out who the heck he was. >> reporter: but it's still too early for high fives. isolating the perpetrator on video is one thing. catching him, another. and for ken brennan, that job is quickly becoming an obsession. >> i said hell or high water, i know i'm right. i can feel it. i knew this was the guy. and i was going to catch this guy. >> reporter: see what's next. [ male announcer ] when it comes to performance, no one offers more than sears. it's the only place where you get the top 10 advantage, that guarantees the best price on all top 10 appliance brands. and sears is the proud home of kenmore, the most awarded brand in the industry. so get to sears now to save up to 35% on appliances $499 and over, when you use your sears card. and up to 20% off vacuums. a

regular maintenance is essential to keep elevators running. the firm has experienced engineers living in colombia to train local employees. this man is a 30-year veteran. here, he is explaining how to use a device to check the elevator cables. >> translator: look. here's a defect. even a tiny scratch doesn't go unnoticed. the company is trying to boost its market share with its advanced technical expertise. >> translator: he takes good care of us. he teaches us how to maintain the quality of our product. >> translator: the local staff learn quickly. now they can do everything on their own. >> reporter: but operating in this country is still a challenge. employees need police protection when they travel to a job. colombia used to be one of the world's worst countries for kidnapping and murder. public safety has improved by extreme caution is still needed. the company takes every precaution to keep employees safe. all vehicles have bullet-proof windows. drivers also serve as body guards and carry guns. analysts say further improvements in public

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on this particular day, 14 people were stuck in the elevator around the 14th floor of this building. as you watch this video, you'll notice the rescue. it is taking place. rescuers showed up, but 14 people inside this tiny space were stuck there for more than 40 minutes. think about standing there in a crowded, tiny space. the air got thin. people began to panic. they used a crowbar to pry open the door. you see the elevator is stuck between floors and people have to crawl out of the tiny, tight space, and as they come out, it's hard to believe this many people were in one elevator at one time. >> glad they didn't trample each other. >> they are distressed, some have tears in their eyes. >> can you imagine what that's like? 40 minutes, you don't know how much longer, it's hot, and as the people come out, you notice one woman is pregnant who was stuck in there, and she, of course, was panicking, difficult for her to be in that tight space standing for that period of time. >> amazing nobody fainted. >>> this is a disgusting thing, especially when it comes from your neighbor from held.

where i can most especially elevate, make you happy, elevate the condition, elevate the thing.i can do anything, if i can raise it a quarter of an inch, god knows we have enough people shoving it down. >> you are under something now i want to ask you about. even though you already kind of talked about it, david. and that is how fortunate you feel. i don't want to put words in your mouth but how fortunate, how blessed, how lucky, whatever your perspective is. but fill in the blank, how, whatever, do you feel about being born with this gift to be an artist? because -- my staff know. i say this all the time. i love talking to artists. with all due respect to all the guests i have on this program all the time, i love talking to artists more than anybody for a few reasons. but sometimes i just wish god had made me an artist because you guys. >> but isn't it better to be able to earn a living though? >> yeah. [ laughter ] point well taken. touche. i'm on pbs. i ain't doing much worse than you. how blessed to you feel having been born an artist. >> grateful. been given the gift. don't

there's also 1500 elevators.s why they created this place, the elevator/escalator training lab. think of it as a willie wonka training area. all on display that valuable lessons can be learned. the lab that op 2004 is making a difference in performance. >> i believe our customers have seen an improvement. our availability is up 10%. >> reporter: you half expect a gum ball to come dropping out of one of these machines. but this is serious business. they make sure you're protected, pictures around the room offer a reminder. you should be happy that metro has this elevator and escalator lab to train on because if they didn't, guess where they'd have to train? in the actual system shutting down the escalators that you ride on. metro says they disable them on purpose, or just pressing the emergency stop buttons. technicians learning how to spot a prank or a true breakdown so that you can keep moving. >> still to come on "changing lanes" -- >> now, once you see them in line, you start going like this. >> and then i wal

we did get a few areas in the higher elevation reporting was 01 of an inch today. so, overnight lows in the 50s. 56 in san francisco, san mateo and oakland. a very narrow band of temperatures, mid-to-upper 50s. tomorrow should be another pleasant day. warm in the south bay. san jose, 81. 85, morgan hill. a comfortable 74 in santa cruz. we'll see upper 70s through redwood city, mountain view and could get more clearing along the coast, so 65, pacifica, 6 of downtown san francisco, and upper 70s in petaluma, napa, 75. east bay, low 70s. inland numbers, warm again. so holding steady compared to today's numbers. so 82 in walnut creek and in pittsburg, a little warmer in antioch. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. a chance of lightning is in there but now you know you can see it. don't forget we have the super moon tonight. be looking forward to that. and we have good chances of viewing it from many locations, and then notice how there's very little change, four degrees warmer by next weekend for everyone. >> sounds good. thank you. shu is here with sports. unfo

an airtight safe, a sinking car and an elevator. the fear of death in these situations is all too real so it is up to the rescuers putting their own lives on the line to help those in danger get out alive. it's 9:30 a.m. in phuket, thailand. a fire rages in the kitchen on the first floor of the royal jomtien hotel and quickly spreads. but 16 floors above, american rochelle stimey knows nothing about the blazing inferno below. no alarm, no phone call, no notice at all. her husband is in china away on business, and she's in her hotel room with her 7-year-old daughter sona, when something catches sona's eye outside their window. >> i noticed some smoke. then i noticed it was coming from straight down below the window. and then i heard people screaming. >> rochelle panicked, rushes to the door, only to discover the hallway is filled with smoke. >> my daughter yelled, we're going to die. there were no emergency lights in the hallway, so it was pitch black, and i wasn't confident that in smoky conditions with my daughter and myself upset

this is an elevated car that was the ng in 1900 before subway system was even built, this was an elevated car. it's made of wood and if you just take a step inside here, i can show you some of the it.ures of here is our air conditioning system. what is it? it's an actually open platform can stand on in the very, very hottest days of the summer and get the cold breeze to cool you off. there were no fans, no air conditioners in these cars. ust a lot of people on a hot summer day. these are very elegant and cars.iful you can see here that the glass etchedconductor's cab is with the letters brt, which stands for brooklyn rapid transit. the seats are made of ratan. here was not plastic in those days. there was not fiberglass in those days. and i think people may have a little better then than they do now. of the he upholstery seats is made of rattan so that held up fairly well in those days. >> these are hand holds. canvass.ade of and if you look at these, you can sort of understand where the term strap hanger came from. because now they're made of metal or they're just a metal but in these da

a lot of people would come in and would use those elevators. they would point that out. this would be some of the patrons who would have used the drugstore. most of us might have what we were involved in in the sittings. this would come in this instance. it would not necessarily the peer that this is coming in for the same purpose. that became evident after we started to take seats along the that would have been on this back wall. we came there for a purpose. that was to make a purchase and a challenge. some fractures. say thatd probably they discriminate, we would like to have service, something like that. we would have them up and down the counter behind us so that they would be at a high level. i was feeling uncomfortable about it. they would receive service like the ones that they come in. he was not the owner. he was just enforcing the policy. to arrange ailling meeting. our attorneys that was one of our mentors. thereafter, they made arrangements to have an interview of the drugstore. came backre we ever to work after that. >> we were the first to start this. this

so it's a refurbished elevated car, and it's kind of beautiful in its way. then i'll show you another world's fair car down there for the 1964 world's fair. this car is called the bluebird and it was used to take people out to the world's fair of 1964. it ran along the flushing line and took millions of people out to the world's fair in queens. again you can see the colors, basically the blue and orange, which were again colors of the world's fair. this wonderful streamlined logo, which again was indicative of the design sense of the time. and we've got a modern car here with fiberglass seats, fluorescent lights, with air conditioning, with metal hand holds. with a very streamlined industrial kind of look to it. >> ♪ part of the fun of the world's fair is the subway that takes you there it's a good time feeling in the air ♪ special toe subway the world's fair ♪ >> ♪ trains are easy to catch anywhere, any time, night or day. just pay 15 cents, hop aboard, and you're on your way ♪ >> these ads are kind of 1960's looking, late 1950's, early 1960's looking, beca

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elevators, you cover it with a tarp but it's not like putting it in fixed storage.in minnesota you have 75% of the total available storage located on the farm. farmers have less ability to handle grain beyond putting it in their own bins. at that point it begins to be a problem at some time. >> let me ask you. you said a lot of this grain is for export market. and you have contracts with end users. does this mean that you're not find ailing problem where it will effect end users because they're paying more for grain? >> no, i don't think so, but the problem is getting it to the port on time. the people we sell through through the i will evaluators. they're lining up oaks freight to coordinate with the arrival of the trains. and if the timing is off it makes it difficult and runs up the price and impacts our bottom line on the discounts on our contracts. >> are you satisfied that this hearing and i'm is on top of it and will lead to an improvement? >> well, i think what the they did was more transparency so we have a better understanding of what they're moving, how t

the three or the five trade packages, the middle stairs and elevators and escalators and elevators one bidder, and escalators one bidder and middle stairs two bidders so we have realize the true value of the packages if we had three or four more bidders. you mentioned the risk. there is quite a bit of risk moving forward because the market continues to be hot and we don't know if we're able to get the number of bidders we need for them to be within the estimate but whatever we presented in may was based on that estimate that was completed in february. >> so the fact that we're only 2 million off from the csmc estimate from the 50 million work -- i guess you're suggesting is reasonably assuring in terms of if that same percentage overage comes in for the balance we would still be somewhere within the margin of what this mitigation plan anticipated. >> i didn't say only 2.5 million dollars. it's quite a bit of money and it's 10% of the work and that is quite a bit but the basis of the plan was for the bids -- >> on a percentage basis -- >> i agree. >> so it's 5% off of the plan. although

elevator ♪ >> so something goes down when there is a billion dollars on an elevator.t she is saying. have been battling tons every rumors since this whole thing happened, according to page six, new york post, the couple staying in separate hotels, traveling with lawyers, although i don't know that that's entirely unique, source says that jay-z has banned beyonce from doing any tell-all interviews, that doesn't sound at all, also told the post the couple does not have a prenup, so a lot of people are wondering how long the whole tour thing, or is the whole thing fabricated, orchestrated to boost interest, right? last time the two were together -- >> they didn't seem like that couple though up until that point. that couple that kind of tried to stir things up to get the headlines all the time to be -- seem pretty squeaky clean i thought. >> yes, well, shutdown that hospital wing for the birth of blue ivy, remember that? that was a little scandelous. >> bit much. >> breaking in character. actress cheryle heinz ties the knows with rfk, jr., i didn't even know the two were

love in an elevator by attacking him last may. was featured in her new "flawless" remix featuring nicki minaj. in true beyonce fashion the tune dropped without any advance warning saturday on her website. ♪

those are the following problems they what this is there's an elevation and this is the paris house this is the old house from that exists right now for 3660 the christmas tree thousand house you see the tower right here. the whole development is given when you live there 60 years you get certain things the tower is way out here and the height basically steps down the next page show what was before the planning commission and the variance what was before the planning commission was height out here or with a master bedroom and stepped up to the plate down here and there's a deck here and a roof-deck and an open space right here. what happened between revision two and 3 the entire house this is the place where the turn over say was kept at that height and extended to the paris lot line there's open space behind here and above here. all of that was removed. there is not necessarily objections to the revisions if we know what they are because they've added a lot of other stuff. they've added solar panels that are not in the plans and the solar panels have so thickness and elevation their rat

this comes after our report last year finding the navy found elevated levels. a meeting is scheduled tonight at 6:30 on treasure island for residents to ask questions. for the past week we've been asking the navy and tita for the locations of these additional sites. the navy said it will try to let us know by the end of the week. we will of course be following these developments on treasure island. >>> thank you very much, vickie. so did he fall from the overpass? or was he pushed? that's what investigators on scene are trying to figure out. you're looking at our nbc bay area chopper flying over officers to reports of a man's death on this busy east bay freeway this morning along 880 in hayward. the investigation had part of the freeway shut down and track backed up for miles. michelle roberts has the very latest. >> reporter: police are not releasing details of the victim, but his friends called him junior. he may have been involved in a fight over a girl. this happened before 5:00 this morning >>> chp was called to 880 south in hayward where a man who was hit

we lack forward to reading your pitches and seeing some of you here in the elevator. in elevator pitches, just like the one we just saw, your listener is paying attention to a lot more than what you are talking about. how you present yourself and what you sound like is just as important. and with many more meetings happening with services like skype, your body language and your quality of voice has even more clout than in the past. that's why i recently sat down with susan berkeley, ceo of the great voice company to find out three things you can do to make sure you're representing your brand in the best way possible when you're meeting with people. so i know people who have been ding a lot of webinars recently. one of the tricky things about that, they're used to presenting in a room. it's on the computer, they don't know who they're talking to. do you have suggestions for making it more personal? >> an avatar is a visual representation of your ideal customer. in this case, our client's ideal customer was the owner of a tech company, about 55 years old, a white male.

the cloud base is elevated. as i mentioned, measurable rainfall, some drizzle in san francisco and especially parts of the of south bay. look at sebastopol, 4/100ths. in calistoga, 3/100ths. even if you didn't have measurable rainfall, still trace amounts. as far as the clouds, you could see overcast for santa cruz out towards san francisco. here you can pick out the coverage for el granada approaching pacifica as well and out toward emeryville, berkeley, oakland, richmond, santa rosa at the 11:00 hour reporting are some light rain, still reporting mostly cloudy skies out towards sonoma county out toward guerneville as well. and we'll take a look at some of the current numbers. san jose and the sunshine, 71 degrees. livermore mid-70s. santa rosa, 63 and san francisco downtown checking in 62 degrees at last check. for today, clouds and drizzle especially near the coast to near the bay. i believe there is another live camera looking out toward the bay. from our emeryville camera, you get a better perspective of th

the second they went for the helmets, it changed it, elevated the tension levels, people reacted in a defensive way and more loudly, some of the folks in the crowd became aggressive as they were being cleared out of the parking lot. what was amazing about that, the local community members got between the police and the people that are being cleared out of the parking lot, and kept the peace. they kept the peace, everybody went to the sidewalk, a huge majority of people walked away, went home, and there was a small number of protesters still out here. there's a small number. we're told now we have to go up to the target shopping center where the command center is. we're being told we have to leave. >> you're talking about these numbers, can you gauge how many protesters you're talking about here? >> we are right now, i'm seeing guys scattered around, some hiding behind press vehicles, trying to keep a low profile behind us, using the media as cover, quite frankly. no surprise that the police are telling us to move out of here and go to the command center, so they can weed out the few r

that elevator has seen a significant capital renewal. we were just on property a couple of weeks ago to check out the improvements there, so, we're very pleased that there's capital investment from ownership on elevator key issues for us in many of these master lease facilities. >> okay, thank you very much, mr. updike. no other questions? mr. rose, we'll go to your report, please. >> mr. chairman, member of the committee, a shown in table 2 on page 8 of our report, dph will pay empress between 7 million 9 47 069 dollars to 8 million [speaker not understood]. that's over the course of the first year lease extension. we recommend that you approve the resolution. >> okay, thank you very much ~. no questions, we'll open this up to public comment. anybody wish to comment on aye item number 2? you don't have to raise your hand. please just come on up for public comment. >>> [speaker not understood] public comment. in doing this structure wise, [speaker not understood]. [speaker not understood]. historical tradition of [speaker not understood]

women joining with roger mcnamee , cofounder and managing director or at elevation partners. ask you about uber. they're facing major millet -- regulatory hurdles and they have just hired david plouffe. investors think that it is hotter than hot. how hot do you think uber is given all of the challenges? >> i think uber is genuinely important. they have looked at a horrible inefficiency in our economy, short-term transportation needs, and they have come up with an elegant solution. at riske huge forces that are trying to protect old markets, cabdrivers and all of that. itsumers have voted and feels to me right now as though every regulatory battle will be fierce and uber will win enough of them that it will succeed. to me, what is impressive about the company is it fits so well with this really important trend and urbanization, young people in particular moving to tight city places where they don't need to own a car or a home. frankly, they are going to go to a very interesting personal balance sheet to get rid of the debt. they will avoid homeownership and car ownership. by p

. >> i think the foundation of many cuisine are based on french cuisine, especially when you elevate the cuisine to a much more gastronomic experience. >> i'm just a neighborhood kid, didn't go to university, i give classes at harvard. and i have the good luck to be with marvelous employee, for example no. it wouldn't be logical. and the only thing i have done is learn, observe and ask the why of things.

all right. 30 rock elevator security cam.ht, let's take a look at that. ♪ riding an elevator heading to lunch going to get something for my tum ♪ ♪ turkey sandwich want a turkey sandwich want a big old turkey sandwich with marble rye bread ♪ i ♪ said turkey sandwich want a turkey sandwich [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: quite a security cam. you know, i'm starting to feel less and less secure as we move further into deep google. [ crow caws ] let's check out page 94 of the search results. best places to hide a dead body in rockefeller center. my office. i found that out the hard way. wait. here's something on the same page. secaucus high school year book, class of 1951. what's this have to do with 30 rock? okay. doesn't make any sense. whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. wait a minute. that's 30 rock's senior class photo? named 30 rock center, lettered in basketball, that makes sense, voted most likely to be a building. quote, "we're all in the same game, i'm just winning." wow. 30 rock went to high school. high school's the pits. spe

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this video obtained by tmz sports shows rice dragging his then-fiancee out of an elevator

what we are trying to do every day is elevate that brand and we believe if we elevate the brand and create more addicts across a wide range of demographics, we will serve our brand and we will grow our business and build our model all over the world. that is a very different raison d'etre. i am coming from a lunch with the great steven soderbergh who's doing a show for us that will be on cinemax. steven, who is a great artist, said the liberation i feel working at hbo with excellence as my metric, that is an extraordinary thing. whoever you are talking to in our family, that is a very liberating dynamic. that is our blessing. >> you are attracting people who have been at this for a long time. you mentioned "candelabra," michael douglas comes to mind. >> michael's line to me was, i have been doing this for 40 years. what is in the water here? everybody who i encounter at your company, the marketing team, the pr team -- all we are trying to do is create the best product that we can. that is a very liberating dynamic inside the company. we do not wake up the morning after a show premieres and

there was no drastic change in my style that made me elevate, you know, even more.ever, because the style is still jookin'. it stayed the same. the oath thing -- i've taken ballet two years since i was 17. i took it until i was 19, for 2.5 years. the thing i did get from ballet was the overall core stroke. we already had core strength as jookin', but then the knowledge of how to really use your core strength and just knowing about all of these things. i got that from ballet and i got a lot of flexibility from ballet. a lot of, more elegance, because my style was already elegant. that's what really got katie's mind. the artistic director for the new york city -- not the new york city ballet. before the school isn't memphis. my ballet teach whir i was taking it. that's what got me into my style in the first place and getting into ballet a little bit. she saw the elegance alreadied grace in my style already and saw all of the comparens are can compare to ballet. i'm going the same thing just to different music. done to classical music, people seem to think it's ballet.