and the actual excavation. in the process of doing the excavation, they will install traffic bridges, both to maintain the traffic on the three main streets -- fremont, first, and feel -- as well as a trestle bridge, which i will show you down in the middle of the site -- fremont, first, and beale. the first that is the pre- trenching. that has been going on since june. they are removing the top 10 to 15 feet of soil to remove any debris and soil that we suspect from previous construction and the earthquake debris and everything else that has been thrown in there, making sure that the utilities have been relocated as advertised and getting ready to place the shoring wall. here are some shots of some of that work going on this last month. the one on the left is behind natoma, where they are taking the asphalt off in preparation for the pre-printing. you can see the reason for doing this is to find the constructions in the picture -- you can see some old woodpiles that were not supposed to be there. as i said, th

the excavation is truckthe welde evening hours. with the ambiance traffic noise you probably would not hear a welding machine. director kim: ok. thank you. vice chair ortiz: any other questions? >> thank you, vice chair. that concludes my report. >> vice chair, directors, we have not received any communication of public suggestions on it that's item. vice chair ortiz: ok. let's go to the consent calendar. >> ok, we will go to the consent calendar. directors have not received any indication that the public wishes to have any items sever. your items including the minutes of the june 9, 2011 meeting and item 7.2, authorizing the executive director dick skewed amendments to extend agreements for state abacuses service sees -- for state advocacy services with options remaining to extend each agreement for an additional three years. vice chair ortiz: is sarah -- is there a motion to agree to the consent calendar? can they agree even though we are not here? >> [unintelligible] severed. [unintelligible] >> i will second it. >> he was not h

vice president garcia: the excavation issue? >> the earlier permits, are building inspectors did. -- our building inspectors did. new concrete was born to be put in with the rich ibarra -- was going to be put in with the rebar. if there was something close enough to property line, i would expect the building inspector would ask questions about that. in this case, i do not see where that happened. i got inspection records going back to january, i believe, is where i have them too. vice president garcia: the notice, dbi, or would that be planning? >> i do not know the answer to that. vice president garcia: thank you. commissioner fung: mr. duffy, the foundation permit, the foundation work got a separate permit versus an addendum? excuse me. >> 1130 page street, i am not sure why they applied for that. they must have wanted to get going on some of the existing building and the new foundation. our department issued that permit. since that permit got issued, and since that day and up with1138 page -- with 1138 page street, we have ch

so that is a rock site, rock expedite -- rock excavation. this is part of the temporary shoring system that retains the walls of the excavation and prevents the building, other buildings from falling into the hole. >> where were we? >> we were driving around in the marina. we were looking over the perfectly flat marina green, at the whole marine area, which is also perfectly flat because it was artificial filled from the 1915 exposition. >> that is correct. it was hydraulics and pumped in from the bay. same principle, they built a dike on the outside it, and then pumped in the sand. and as we all know, in 1989, a lot of damage. lawrence can speak to the concept of soft story problems with the buildings, and the look of viable soil. in perfect concert with each other, you get major damage, sometimes collapsed. that is the subject of -- i guess we did a video of that about a year ago? >> would try to pick up all the hazards. >> this is recreation of the natural landscape? >> yes, but the four points set on a rock. there is a natural rock outcr

stating the death and when the excavating will begin. the fact that my client may have known that there was a swinging gate is a far cry from knowing that excavation is about to start with in the area. those are two very different things. on demolition, the difference between the plans which were approved, which were different from the plans we signed off on last year, different in terms of the amount of demolition, the difference in those plans and what would qualify as demolition is 29 square feet of wall. now, when the roof collapsed, 29 square feet of wall was impacted, making this as a demolition which should be treated as such. if this building is unsound and should be demolished, then the whole thing should be demolished. as to the agreement that was alluded to, actually in your record, yes, we did make an agreement prior property owner. that did not run with of land. it did not go to this property owner. it was to cover a portion of my client's attorney fees and having to devote more attention to this matter. so, again, we would

excavation. vice president garcia: thank you. commissioner peterson: i was interested in the prior owner and the previous owner. some design. >> my understanding from their argument is that they believe what was changed is the amount of wall that has been demolished. they do not believe that the demolition is within the scope of what is allowed in the planning code, and we have followed -- the architect has followed a very vigorous calculation process, and it has gone back and forth, and the department will come back and say, "no, we think this should also be to undulated," so that accounts for the difference -- "we think this should also be calculated," so that accounts for the difference. even with that final calculation under the planning code, under section 317, it is within the 50%. commissioner peterson: thank you. commissioner hwang: on the demolition question which was raised by the appellant, how do you respond to the argument that the collapsed roof has, in effect, created further, in effect, i mean, the argument as i u

we are reviewing regulations for excavation. i think we ought to take a look at what we are providing, and are we state of the art. supervisor weiner: thank you, and thank you for raising the issue of electrical wires and others. when it was happening in the city, it was fairly in equitable. supervisor cohen's district got less than it should have, and other districts got a disproportionate amount. hopefully when it starts again it will be more equitable. thank you. >> i am just getting ready to say something. >> i am david mcneill. i think of was on your list. i understand ostensibly about coordination among city agencies, and i will return to that. the thing that bothers me about all of this is that the earlier agenda items had little to no cost to the city and involve exchanges of property, but involved publi -- the city and the college and other well-establish projects. this has to do with hundreds of sites, ultimately. i think there was a lack of precision about exactly what is envisioned, so it is hard for the average citi

the utility excavation permit the department issues is not only to members of the city family -- puc, mta -- but also to your typical utility provider -- pg&e, at&t, comcast, nrg, and a variety of other utility companies authorized to occupy the public right of way, as allowed by the california public utilities commission. supervisor weiner: following up on the question about the is that tick determination and what matches and does not -- about the aesthetic determination and what matches and does not, when does the team -- dpw involve other departments, such as planning? i ask that not to denigrate dpw's as the pick sensibilities. -- aesthetic sensibilities. [laughter] in my experience, the planning department was really the department that made sure things looked right and had good urban design standards. dpw did an excellent job actually making sure the plaza came into existence. so to what extent is -- does dpw in both planning anin the aesthetic evaluation? >> currently as necessary. we do contact planning for certain evaluations. in a majority of cases, the city once the service

the monterey sigh press being the issue and both reports in your packet, both recommend we do not excavate. we were able to lower the building which i think is

what you have a 420 carbon rod that has excavation of 38-40 feet. the entire area that i was looking for -- and there is no soil drainage. this is going to be excavating into a site that is going to have 110,000 cubic yards of soil. you will have sea level rises. the elevation his 0.95-0.91. it is basically at sea level. the sea level is rising. you're building a gigantic bathtub for a 420 car garages. the building has to keep the drug from popping up because the water level is so high. -- the garage from popping up because the water level is so high. there is no discussion of hydrology except for the archaeology of the old ships. you cannot find any of this. it is totally missing a discussion of the impact of building an underground garage with sea level rising and a water cable that is already very high. this is an environmental issue, just not there at all. no eir's have ever been done for this kind of a situation. commissioner miguel: is there additional public comment? >> i just want to say that i oppose as is. bicyclist can get hit. the recrea

the stretch of pipe being excavated was installed in 1948. the quality of the pipe and it's welds have come under scrutiny since the investigation say parts of the line may have been poorly welded together. >> the woman accused of burglarizing the hotel room of alex trebek tells from jail she wasn't in his room. trebek and his wife was staying at the san francisco marriott hoisting the national geographic competition in google. he chased her down the hall. >> i haven't done nothing. i didn't go in his room. i haven't con it. i wasn't in his room. >> we got most of our stuff back except for the one piece of jewelry that i ever wear, it's a bracelet that my mother gave me and the cash. >> police say security caught the woman in the lobby after trebek gave them a description. he is scheduled for surgery tomorrow. >> an initiative to ban circumcision will not appear on the ballot. the judge reaffirmed an initial ruling to pull it from the ballot. the judge decided it violates a california law that makes doing medical procedures a function of the

aren maeir of bar-llan university is leading the excavation and 100 archaeologist are part of his team we are excavating here levels which date to the iron age equivalent to the period of the first temple in jewish history. very sophisticated culture. an urban-oriented culture. urban isrealites were simple twieb tribesman. >> goliath is the most famous residents. >> isrealites were facing a group of people probably much more organized, much more sophisticated and had the military upper hand. >> years before david killed goliath, samson took his revenge by collapsing a temple with his great strength. >> it is a philistine temple. it is reminiscent of samson knocking down the pillars. u>> other proof shows the destruction of the city around 830 b.c.>> hundreds and hundreds of vessels in these houses. we can connect this to an event, 2nd kings 12. the king of damascus campaigned, captured god. >> many won't say their work proves the bible, thoord deny the facts on the ground, julie news, tel es-safi, israel. >>> egypt christians fighting for the future of their country. how they are teami

in the order that was signed in 2005, it said that dpw had received a number of excavation permits from number of utility companies and city departments.

another excavation point 250 feet south west. just feet from the rupture site at glen view and earl. this is so a camera can inspect the inside of the entire length of abandoned pipe. >> basically put the camera in one end and 7 it at the other end. >> ntsb says the september rupture started on one of multiple poorly done weld so pg&e records had shown a seamless 30 inch sealed pipe. the report will be issued on the probable cause in about a month from ntsb. explosion and resulting fire killed 8 people and destroyed 38 homes. bob peligrini house was one of them. now it is well on the which to being rebuilt. >> good to see all the houses that are going up. i herd there's like 5 more if close to it going the permit pull. it's just nice to get the neighborhood the kind of back to somewhat some normality. >>reporter: he's anxious to know what the ntsb and c p uc discover in their investigation. >> it has been a real draining experience. like something i'm not, you know, i never thought i would have to take on. but that's how life is.

away >> excavation for the fourth bore titles it couldn't be fast enough when they watch where the won the war is open to them >> we are now about 1,900 ft. and 300 ft. from the western side they're going to see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel. >> after they meet later on this year and we will do excavation of the bottom portion >> that excavation will take up the better part of next year >> the installation of a electoral system drainage and a final tunnel lining to make it beautiful >> it should be opened in 2013 we >> have totally crews working a round-the-clock parent >> when we come back we will see who is behaving badly. the morning and lets you is behaving badly. british during your car in the wrong state is something for him stanley roberts >> the state of california loses millions of dollars for not registering their cars properly. this officer was it this car was stopped because it of double their buds this driver is doing the right thing registration fees are due a legally upon a movie here and getting employe here. >> after stopping the driver there seems to b

any excavation on the property will effect the root system of that tree. in addition, the owner is on a fixed income. these additional costs to him and to his family may not allow him to even build the project. it's a legacy house. it's not a development to be sold. it's not a spec development. it's there for the family and hopefully for generations to come. in addition, they have approximately reduced the project already in trying to make several, several compromises over the few years. 25%, approximately 800 square25.

if that doesn't work they will cut out a bigger section and require more excavation. there are some valuable fiber- optics underground so they are needing to protect those with plywood so the condition crete doesn't fall down and damage the fiber-optics. certainly they want to protect the workers as they go down there as well. the supervisor also told me that the city may need to come and remove that light pole a little later so this pole hole is getting larger as they get somebody down there to repair it. when residents wake up, some will realize that water has flooded into their garages. water started bubbling up last night about 11:30 and trickled down the road into some residents' garages. businesses may see the same thing as they open their doors this morning, you may find a puddle of water on the floor. for right now, traffic-wise, this excavation is going off mount diablo boulevard a busy road in lafayette. the right lane eastbound is closed right now so just a heads up about that. crews will be here for hours to see if they need to patch it or replace a sectio

the stretch of pipe being excavated was installed in 1948. the quality of the pipe and it's welds have come under scrutiny since the investigation say parts of the line may have been poorly welded together. >> the woman accused of burglarizing the hotel room of alex trebek tells from jail she wasn't in his room. trebek and his wife was staying at the san francisco marriott hoisting the national geographic competition in google. he chased her down the hall. >> i haven't done nothing. i didn't go in his room. i haven't con it. i wasn't in his room. >> we got most of our stuff back except for the one piece of jewelry that i ever wear, it's a bracelet that my mother gave me and the cash. >> police say security caught the woman in the lobby after trebek gave them a description. he is scheduled for surgery tomorrow. >> an initiative to ban circumcision will not appear on the ballot. the judge reaffirmed an initial ruling to pull it from the ballot. the judge decided it violates a california law that makes doing medical procedures a function of the

he says the construction worker was using an excavator machine to relocate some under ground line.-osha completed their investigation. >> we can only say the construction management team will allow work to continue there when it's deemed safe and appropriate and all questions have been answered. we don't believe this will impact the schedule. as we say, there is work going on throughout the project area, and we are moving forward. >> reporter: now the only work that's going to be on hold is in that area where this accident happened. just that cordoned off, caution tape area on the corner of mission and fremont. as you heard the spokesperson explain, that temporary work stoppage is not supposed to affect the over all schedule. the center is still scheduled to open in 2017. live in san francisco, allie rasmus, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> overnight in san jose, a man was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after he hit the scene of a house fire. two firefighters were reversing the engine in the allen rock area, just after 12:30 this morning. they say the man crashed into the engine

. >> excavation for the fourth floor of the tunnel is approaching its fourth-- first year.or those that have to use this system it could not be fast enough when they watched near empty lanes of traffic speed by when they crawled slowly towards the one open for them. those drivers can take some solace in knowing that the work on the fourth floor is now on schedule. >> we are about 1,900 ft. into the tunnel from the eastern side, and we are about 300 ft. in from the western side. >> we may soon see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel but the estivation crews will have to do it all once again. >> after they meet later this year, we would do excavation of the bottom portion called the bench. >> that will take up the better part of next year before hole through the hills can be addressed. >> will have installation of electrical, draining, i am told that it will be very beautiful. >> the project is scheduled to open in late 2013 those waiting in line only have this consolation. >> we have to come -- tunneling crews working around the clock. >> there was a law raise-- th

they have ordered pg&e to do this excavation work. it's part of their investigation into what may have caused the pipeline disaster. but the pipeline they want to take a closer look at is right here next to us. under ground behind this fenced off area. we have a closer up look of who it looks like down here. you can show you that video. this is where they removed an all the foot section of pipeline. this particular pipeline you are looking at hasn't been used in more than 50 years. it's not the pipeline that ruptured in the explosion. this one has been connected to the one that exploded. investigators plan to run a camera through the old pipeline. they are going to take a closer look at it to see if the way it may have been welded or cruxed may offer clues to the san brew knee pipeline ex-- san bruno pipeline explosion. it destroyed 38 homes. many people in the area had months of counseling. it's expected to complete its investigation into what happened later next month. and back out here live once again you are taking a look at the a

new archaeologist uncovered the bell while excavating an english channel. it begins at siloam and ends at robinson's arch. jewish worshippers would have entered the temple mount at the time of jesus. >> the bell has a tiny loop tat top and attached to the robe of a wealthy man. upon its hem you should make bomb granites of blue, purple and scarlet and bells of gold between them all around. head archaeologist eli shukronof says there is no way to know for sure if the bell came from a priestly garment. >> it could have come from anyone. >> he believes the bell fell off the man's garment and into the drainage channel. >> walking in the tunnels of jerusalem and after 2,000 years, we found that bell in the tunnel. >> archaeologists hope to open the channel tunnel to the public later this summer. eli shukronof says it sheds light on the nature of jerusalem in second temple time. cbn news, jerusalem. >> that is all this week for "christian world news" we thank you for joining us. wendy griffith will be back next week.

these are the cuniform tablets that were excavated in the late 1880's and early 1890's by the university of pennsylvania. tens of thousands of fragments of cuniform fragments. the story of anana starts in her adolescence. it travels through her journey as a queen and a goddess, and much of her story is devoted to the love, a very passionate love, for dimusi, who is a shepherd who she takes as her husband, lover and king. and this is called the return. a lament was raised in the city. my lady weeps bitterly for her young husband. anana weeps bitterly for her young husband. woe for her husband, woe for her young love, woe for her house, woe for her city. dimusi was taken captive in aruk. he will no longer bathe in aradu. he will no longer treat the mother of anana of his mother. he will no longer perform his sweet task among the maidens of the city. he will no longer raise his sword higher than the kugar of priests. great is the grief of those who mourn for dimusi. anani wept for dimusi. gone is my husband, my sweet husband. gone is my sweet love. my beloved has been taken from the city. o

to us that they do not want to do this because they do not want to incur costs associated with excavationy don't want to impede the natural light coming into their home, but we hope that the commission can take all of that into consideration as you make your decision. president olague: i'll start calling up those who support the d.r. requesters. jane segal, uta reich afternoon t, joe quickly followed by tony kim. two men's. -- minutes. i'm not sure if the mic is picking you up. >> they switched over. president olague: ok. and the time will be limited to two minutes. >> you want me to start over? >> president olague: yeah, please. >> i'm jane segal. first i thanked you but i'll skip that. i own and live at 315 eureka street, just two properties to the south of 309, 311. i attended the may 19, 2011, hearing here. since then, i have been tracking the design revisions that are being proposed. as we were contacted, we had a meeting last week. while i really appreciate that the project sponsors made an effort to create a facade design change, i'm referring to the front on eureka street that's m