down stream on the left side and this major excavation immediately down stream the excavated about 7illions cubic yards looking down street 7 hundred vertical feet of excavation as you can see the new way is starting to take shape in the middle of the photo kind of what i call an upside down l in that photo and that spillway is essentially the new spillway that will allow the probable maximum flood of 50 thousand cubic of flood in a case ever that magnitude i'd like to pointed out in terms of recent construction a few madam chair dots on the spillway from the aerial photo if you look at those colons those are actually about 25 feet of massive concrete so the structures are starting to take shape those will eventually be more than 45 feet high as well as the separation of the dam and the spillway that is looking at down stream towards the baseline and the concrete is powder in a checker board fashion this is a fixed slab and those powers are in such a manner we void cracking due to heat dispangs while it cures i'd like to mention the service in february which is a major milestone for

here, david webster and his team prepare to excavate. that has grown on top of the buildings, and then attempt to clear away the mystery of the lineage heads. as copan evolved from a chiefdom to a state did the lineage heads acquire an additional source of power ? the team plots the size and distribution of the mounds. large variations will show significant differences in wealth. man: okay, bring it a couple of centimeters closer to you. okay, a little bit farther away from you. good, good, right there. keach: from their measurements the archaeologists create a contour map. the tallest mounds outside of the acropolis surround a central courtyard. the largest mounds date to the time following the death of 18 rabbit. surrounding the large mounds are smaller ones. they are almost unnoticeable. digging into the small mounds, the team discovers low stone foundations once covered with pole and thatched houses. david webster. webster: there's a lot of this cobbled masonry with stuff taken right out of the river. the rooms are small. there's a w

whose doing the excavation? >> nobody's doing any work. >> not now. >> no work going on. >> we will hear the rebuttal from the appellant and go to public comment. >> thank you. just as a direct follow up the santos urita, letter, in communications back and forth was produced commissioned by the unsited owner, included in the material to the currently two sided owners trying to ask them to take on unilateral repair of the walls, that references a construction project, that is complete, it's not for either of the properties, adjacent it's the corner of washington street and devisidaro that is not involved in this dispute, that is passed. i do want to point out that our license surveyier does dispute the location of the footing, or the measurement on the martin run survey i understand he would like to make some quick comments on that and we would also have very quickly, the structural engineer speak ago about the condition of the wall. >> actually, can i ask a quick question? before our department got involved, bef

. >> i have a different suggestion i'd like to include something about the fact the excavated spaces are existing that is rare you have two floors excavated space already. >> thank you for that. >> from the natural grades. >> i think i'm referring to the fact is dug out laughter. >> commissioner hillis. >> and agree it is important to note to maximize other outdoors we will be make missing the storage or other underground uses i'm supportive also. >> is that a minimal to the maker of the motion? >> okay. so we have thoek to approve that matter with conditions with an amended findings for off-street parking as read into the record by staff noting that the existing area is already excavated and that the efficiency will be mathematics mississippi's the storage. >> i didn't need that. >> we'll eliminate that noting if the existing space is already commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson o'connor no arrest commissioner richards no arrest commissioner wu and commissioner president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes that passes 5 to with commissioner ric

police aren't sure how it got there but they say it may have l'[ó been dug up by the excavating equipment >>> it was a weekend of wild weather in the midwest. take a look at the tornado caught on video in iowa. the video shows the wind ripping the roof of a school in lake city. they were rushed to the basement

what remedies does the navy put in place to insure the development will be safe again, i taunted excavationsundreds of course of yards of sewer and storm drains and soil vapores traction in our competitive summary there was circles of ground water contamination there's that vapors coming from the chemicals going into the ground they'll literally put in a well, which is a fancy a perry or peace officer rated pipe they'll treat the vapors and remove the contamination so another way to institute the treatment of ground water that's another fancy word for injecting substance to break down the subsidized and i think jefferson county the bacteria and once the food is gone it is broken down to not a harmful chemicals they do several areas successful they've i think rejected zero iron a fancy name for ground up iron that is i think rejected into the ground water and chemical reaction where the chemicals are broken down into non-toxic chemicals another remedy that's been put in place durable covers on the next slide another remedy containment and cap on the land filing fill so the parcel e-2 if you l

it will continue every day until that area is excavated. >> it could be weeks and months.er, we're going to take it day by day. >> reporter: the ruptured pipeline belongs to a texas company, which has a troubling safety record. a study by "the los angeles times" newspaper says the company has had 175 maintenance infractions since 2006. the company says it doesn't know exactly what caused the pipeline breach. >> since we are one of the largest operator of pipelines across the industry in the united states, the number of reporting incidents by percentage is well within industry norms. >> reporter: no people have needed medical attention, but it is taking a toll on wildlife. experts took an oil-soaked see lion away for treatment. >> we have teaming looking for animals, and aerial surveys looking for marine mammals offshore. >> reporter: residents are distressed. >> i think it's terrible. sounds like clear negligence to me. >> the part that bugs me was this was productable, and you could have had some type of preventable issue just in the events that occurred. >> imagine losin

an electrical issue caused theel excavator not to work and the monument was closed. we'll send you a sig alert on the app as soon as we find out whether the monument will be open. >>> for the second year in a row, the scripps national spelling bee crowned two winners. take a look at the winning moment now. >> nunatak. >> n-u-n-a-t-a-k, nunatak. >> kansas native vanya shenkar spelled each work correctly. her sister won in 2009. just a smart family smart kids. both winners are going home with more than $38,000 in cash and prizes. last year was the first tie in more than five decades. >> at least they can spell really well. >> really well. congratulations. >>> changes could soon be on the way when it comes to the curriculum and how it's taught in d.c. schools. >> what students and teachers could be in for is coming up. >>> and do district officials now bell excavated edlead levels and homeless shelters. >>> live outside this morning, most people in the 50s and 60s, but what about when you leave . >>> your children may soon be able to learn more about sock ra raties as s

so last night crews worked with archaeological support and monitoring to excavate more than 400 yards of saturated oil soil. starting at the far end south of the area in the actual release location. air monitoring is being conducted in that area. for both volatiles as well as hydrogen. and this morning crews are moving down toward the highway from the source area, and continuing to excavate contaminated soil beginning to flush out the actual culvert, the drainage path way that led from the upland side of the highway down to the ocean. and are working to capture that oil and collect it. epa continues to work with our federal state and local partners in addressing the contamination as effectively as possible, and our continued focus is the protection of human health and the environment. we appreciate the cooperation of the community and as captain williams said, we respectfully request for volunteers to plug into the process where they can rather than to go out on to beaches by themselves. we recognize the inconvenience that people over this long holiday weekend, and we hope that we can

. >> operations will continue throughout the evening in the excavation area up to the pipeline and itl just continue everyday until that area is excavated and contaminated soil is removed from that area. >> it could very well be weeks and months, however we are going to take it day by day. >> reporter: the ruptured pipeline belongs to a texas company called plains all american which has a troubling safety record. a study by the los angeles times newspaper shows the company has had 175 federal safety and maintenance infractions since 2006. that's three times the national average. the company says it doesn't know exactly what caused the pipeline breach. >> since we are one of the largest operators of pipelines across the industry in the united states, the number of reportable incidents by percentage is well within industry norms. >> reporter: no people have needed any medical attention as a result of the spill but it is taking a toll on wildlife. birds, marine mammals, fish and crustracians and took an oil soiled sea lean away for treatment. teams walking up and down the beaches looking

. >> reporter: 7 california officials all-american pipeline say that they're making plans to excavateossession of the pipeline that still the law the california coast on clear when excavation began at the company still measuring this bill as it cleans up along the santa barbara coast line a second sea- land of rescue from oil spill has died and there is a caring for her surviving marine mammals that are brought in for treatment while the officials say at 13 birds mostly brown pelicans eight marine mammals including dolphins and sea lions were found dead. >> pam: official assembly has taken precautions against unconstitutional ballot measures a similar loss to change the process required to qualify for a measure and this comes after of previous proposal advocated a gay and lesbian people pair of bills advanced one is to increase the filing fees for initiatives from a judge in dollars to $8,000 and as a measure would have disclaimers on any composed measures sinology but that measure could be unconstitutional both bills will go to the state senate. >> reporter: east bay regional park po

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will continue every day until that area is excavated and contaminated soil is removed. >> it could be and months however, we're going to take it day by day. >> reporter: the pipeline belongs to a texas company called plains all american. a study by "the los angeles times" newspaper shows the company has had 175 federal safety and maintenance infractions since 2006. that's three times the national average. the company says it doesn't know exactly what caused the breach. >> since we are one of the largest operators of pipelines across the industry in the united states, the number of reportable incidence by percentage is well within industry norms. >> reporter: no people have needed medical attention as a result of the spill, but it is taking a toll on wildlife. experts took an oil-soaked sea lie on in for treatment. >> we have crewing liking for wildlife. >>> residents of santa barbara, population 90,000, are distressed. >> i think it's terrible. sounds like clear negligence to me. >> the part that bugs me is this was predictable, and you could have had some type of preventative issue j

with 100% certainty if anyone may have been trapped under the rubble until the area is completely excavatedthat could take another day or two. it's not clear when the businesses will be allowed to reopen. kellye: a big construction progress -- big construction project will get underway tomorrow. workers will close the west entrance to install the first of four new escalators. there will only be accessed to the east entrance. to keep the station open, the escalators will be replaced one at a time and that of simultaneously. the project will take about three years to complete. coming up, and unexpected stop -- what stranded nearly 100 people at the zoo and how long they were stuck. and a new contender for the white house -- why a former johns hopkins surgeon is throwing his hat into the ring. but first, new protest -- the reason thousands of people rallied in the drastic measures announcer: you are watching abc seven news at 6:30 -- on your side. kellye: violent protests in tel ozen police officers injured. what been dan as a peaceful protests turned violent as demonstrators tried to break in

company says it's unclear why excavate excavation might begin. thousand gallons had been recovered from the ocean and volunteer workers clear up the coastline and like area beaches, 10 square miles like in the ocean after the pipeline ruptured may 19th. while the officials say the 13 birds are owned pelicans a marine mammals including dolphins sea lions found dead in the oil. please >> darya: looking for a pair of burglars that went to a home earlier this month as surveillance video from inside the home you can see the two guys and they're walking around this as an herington court a street there on may 15th and loss autos and 345 in the afternoon they walk and look around and then the police confesses to black teenagers maybe 58 years old pattern through a window on the back of a house. added up pleading with the duffel bag filled with electronics and jewelry. in a >> darya: refacing cameras on the strains in building install of the northeast corner line between busing to lawson washington same route where train derails two weeks ago in philadelp

the excavator at work there. a lot of relief that the carcasses and their stench will finally be gone. after weeks of sitting on pacifica beach the sperm whale and humpback whale appear completely deflated. a pile of rotting flesh and bones. surrounded by birds and something else. >> solid maggots. they're just raining down off the thing. >> around 7:30 this morning crews hired by the san francisco recreation and parks department began work with the excavator. the process will take a minimum of two days. ten hours each day. san francisco consulted with a machine biologist who deemed the natural decomposition process appropriate but as the whales broke down the pungent odor grew. >> it's in your mouth and everything else. it's brutal! >> i like shellfish. if you leave clams out and mussels out too long when they start to turn and you get that sweet/sour odor before it gets really bad -- >> reporter: relief is in sight. even so the time it took to reach this point is leaving a bitter taste in some people's mouths.

the oil spill, the investigation in to the cause of the leak will take some time as crews need to excavate the broken pipeline and then inspect the leak. >>> murder charges for a man who killed a mother and her 14-year-old daughter in livermore, brian jones had a blood alcohol level of .14 nearly double the legal speed limit, he was speeding when his car went off and hit esperanza and her daughter. jones was arrested in fremont yesterday afternoon. >>> police in gilroy arrested a 23-year-old man in a suspected drunk driving crash that killed four young people, anthony barone faces charges of vehicular manslaughter people were killed in the crash four were passengers in the suspect's car, he tailed to navigate a turn in the road and hit a concrete drainage ditch place say drugs and an open container of alcohol found in the car. >>> if you were travelling over the san mateo bridge this weekend, you'll have to find another route the bridge will shut down at 10:00 tonight stay closed until 5:00 monday morning, thts second closure this morks crews will finish resurfacing work on the deck of the

. >> the excavations are in red we'll have the interference to go under the street. >> my next project is the largest project in the water system improvement program this is the southeast plan that involved a lot of kworpthsdz with the community groups and public when 9 commissioners such the planning commission and the board of supervisors or this ftc commission they help us in city hall this is a beautiful building it really is the inner workers of the building you feel you're in the heart of government and it's exciting to be part of that board of education of the san francisco unified school district for tuesday, april 28, 2015 is now called to order ms. casco. >> ms. fewer mr. haney ms. mendoza-mcdonnell ms. norton mr. walton okay. he's not in the room ms. wynns drumming and santa monica and mr. chin thank you please join me

. >> well, repair crews managed to excavate and remove the area that burst and now they are in the process of installing the new section but it will be a while before they restore water service to people on this block. this is what it looked like this afternoon shortly after 1:30 when the water main burst. >> when i came out to get my mail all a sudden i saw the burst it looked like a volcano. >> we heard noise and then boom, and there was water coming out. like a fountain big fountain coming out. the gusher spews rock on the street and on a neighbor's driveway on ashburn road. >> the water came bursting out to the top of the trees chopper 6 hd came from above with the gusher reaching 30 plus feet into the air. >> it made a lot of noise and workers said it took almost an hour to shut off the water. >> are you without water? >> no water. >> it's going to be a while before they get it back on? >> yes, probably. >> and right now ten homes remain without power aqua america estimates it should be restored by 8:00 tonight and they expect to repair and reopen the roadway by 10:00. that is the lat

and, you know, you want to excavate this character. mother and becoming a sergeant and all these new things that i'm still trying to figure out. and that's pretty exciting after 16 years. >> seth: yeah. having played new york city police officer for 16 years, i would imagine that actual new york city police officers are just thrilled to see you. >> they are. it's cute. you know, we have like this -- it's this like weird connection. you see them walking down the street and i'm like, oh, they're my people. [ laughter ] hey! and like, i hug it out with them. >> seth: right. >> i'm a hugger. and that's weird. not that cool. and -- but then there's always the people, i'm like, hey, i'm sergeant benson and they're, like, hey, it's a crazy lady. >> seth: right. >> so, it's always kind of half and half. but fun. it feels good. >> that's uh -- well, congratulations on everything. thank you so much for being here. >> are you kidding? thanks. >> seth: it's such an honor to have you. mariska hargitay, everybody! the season finale of "law and order

we know that there are ecological excavations going around, and we respect that there is a lot of traffickingoing on, so we are very worried, alarmed about the situation. >> that was the director of unesco speaking about the situation in palm are a just a little earlier on -- palm ira -- palmyra. they called him the king of the blues, and his incredible voice and skill made him hundreds of fans. the 15-time grammy winner has been a poor health in recent months. he was 89 years old when he died yesterday. u.s. president barack obama led a tribute to be be king -- b.b. king. they even sang together earlier this year. take a listen. ♪ singing alongside u.s. president barack obama. the sad news that b.b. king has died at the age of 89. to talk more about him, i'm joined in the studio by a pianist, composer, and blues singer. thanks for coming to join us. looking at those pictures, only in february in fact, singing with the u.s. president. how do you explain the fact that he had this incredible, in during popularity that lasted quite so many decades? >> it's amazing. he was such a talented guy and

. >>> coming up on "g.m.a.," dangerous flooding in the south people in texas excavating there's been dozens of water rescues. rob marciano tracking it all overnight. we'll switch gears not to name drop but the one and only george clooney is joining us live in time square. your average thursday, guys, back to you. >> see you in 8 minutes,. >> 15 seconds. >> reporter: matt doing the math. we're seeing the effects of the derailment. they have added extra cars to the west trenton line we're expecting delays with the cherry hill west line and 20 minute delays with the single tracking on the airport line. flower town we have an accident this is bethlehem pike at wies avenue. >>> in allentown 42 degrees, 50 in philadelphia. cool enough for a light jacket. but this afternoon we get an improvement. lots of sunshine and low humidity and shorts and ts on the way. so, here's what we're looking at today. 73 degrees is the high, that's on the average high. low humidity as good as it gets. 54 the overnight low which is right around average. if you're out running errands the mornings are great time,

. >> the federal government has ordered the company to excavate the damaged pipe which will undergo tests to see why it failed. rob reynolds, al jazeera, santa barbara, california. >>> people have voted in ireland on a referendum whether to legalize same sex marriage. the poll could make ireland the first country in the world to allow gay marriage by popular vote. >>> a man who is paralyzed from the neck down is now able to move a robotic arm using his thoughts. he's the first person to have this type of technology emplanted in the brain. caroline malone reports. >> great strides have been made in bionic technology. now has the ability to move a limb again. >> we felt that having smart activity helps the limb move smoother. i get quiet and if i get frustrated, the activity won't work at all. >> it is not his arm but he is able to do one crucial thing he couldn't do before. pick up a bottle and drink on his own. implantation into a part of the brain. when he thinks about moving it activists a prosthetic. he -- it activates a prosthetic. doctors implanted sensors into his remaining leg whic

. >> the excavations are in red we'll have the interference to go under the street. >> my next project is the largest project in the water system improvement program this is the southeast plan that involved a lot of kworpthsdz with the community groups and public when 9 commissioners such the planning commission and the board of supervisors or this ftc commission they help us in city hall this is a beautiful building it really is the inner workers of the building you feel you're in the heart of government and it's exciting to be part of that

permit in a october 2010 i close to thanksgiving 2010, i presented my first complaint they start excavating all around the lot around 3 times 6 feet deep i started calling the believable they came mr. duffy said to the work and said to get a surveyors measurement and until now we're here with higher than 10 foot walls my south windows have been covered they're my east side windows and south side belong to the birth bedroom in the house that was the master bedroom the windows are covered facing south and that's why we sent e-mails we need your help this is almost 5 years we're getting not only mentally ill but physical because we have no air or light ventilation has been covered all around this area completely we have no light no air we need your help we're getting very ill thank you. >> other speakers in support of dr requester. >> i also live at 49 monday night that's my mom i lived other 59 monday night all my life i'm asking you no legalize this was not subject to 311 review so the original permit as you can see it didn't go above 10 feet that was the original permit therefore we're not

there is a bobcat on the other side a small excavator that is now moving dirt and putting it into thefew minutes before the truck was there, you can get a lay of the land. this construction is going on mainly behind the main building here. there's a lot of renovation going on. but yesterday around 10:00 there was a collapse. a 40 by 40 foot section of the garage section here came down taking down several levels below it. when they gan to search with ab cadaver dog alerted on the pile. then they started to shore up what remained of the structure so they could get in there. now, we have seen members of d.c.'s search and rescue or collapse team here on the scene. and they are still here at this point. we don't know however, if there has been anything newfound. we'll try to find that out for you. what happens here is although this building is under renovation people not only from the watergate complex but others use that garage for long-term parking. the effort remains underway. as far as we know now, the last big news was a cadaver dog alerted on a debris pile here. you're live at foggy

it is 5 stories in the rear other thing i explicit mentioned to create the 5th floor basically excavatingignificantly from the gray line process process. >> what is for us not architects what do you mean. >> it means they're digging down if the rear yard there's a significant retaining wall but if you look at the existing grade line it runs more than half of the floor in terms of height. >> what's the difference between the height. >> in terms of what we allowed. >> right. >> we allowed basically that the rear yard property line can extend beyond the planning code mandated rear yard requirement so wouldn't the plans be the same the only difference an elevator and other things removed since we saw it in japanese. >> in terms of no. >> there's variance but the variance allowed the rear wall of that building to go further into what would have been a code required rear yard. >> well, i'll say that most of what i heard was asking us to change what has been approved by the variance this is a rehearing i wasn't hearing quests requests to do other things to the building. >> i think this is correc

. >> the excavations are in red we'll have the interference to go under the street. >> my next project is the largest project in the water system improvement program this is the southeast plan that involved a lot of kworpthsdz with the community groups and public when 9 commissioners such the planning commission and the board of supervisors or this ftc commission they help us in city hall this is a beautiful building it really is the inner workers of the building you feel you're in the heart of government and it's exciting to be part of that. >> welcome to the regular april meeting of san francisco ethics commission take roll commissioner vice president andrews sxhoorn supervisor malia cohen it's my understanding that commissioner hur is in a cab in route from the airport because of a detailed flight he'll be here within the next thirty minutes as a result i'm going to first call item 2 and then i'm going to skip down to item 5 and item 3 actually in connection with item 20 consent agenda are considered by the board to be routine and will be enacted by one resolution in the form or for

determine the cause of an oil spill off the coast of california, officials say that first they need to excavate the pipeline and then determine what went wrong tuesday's spill involved about 105,000 gallons of crude oil and crews managed to cleanup more than 9,000 gallons as of yesterday. >>> a good samaritan saved a woman in a wheelchair. this shows a man pushing his wife across the tracks and one wheel got caught in the tracks and the woman fell to the ground when the train was approaching that is when andy driving by saw chapd and jumped out and pulled her to safety. >> i was pulling her off the tracks and he stopped right there and he would not have stopped in time and thankful that everything came out okay. >> the woman had a few scrapes fortunately but she is doing just fine. one of the world's most famous landmarks closed because of crime. the eiffel tower usually welcomes thousands of visitors but pick-pockets made employees walk over the job they are exaspirationed with thieves that prey on tourists here, they are working on security but it's unclear when the eiffel tower will reopen.

street property because it was the foundation of the next property that was failing due to their excavation. you will remember it's a very similar situation, i would also like commissioner lee would upheld the order of abatement. i would not, you know, want to site the owner who has the encroaching wall. i understand it's unsafe for them, and their walk way, i do think that i don't want to get drawn into the civil matter of whose property it is. i think that the wall needs to be fixed if the civil matter goes on and the recouping of cost is dealt that way, that is fine. but the issue that is before us what we have responsibility for is to make sure that the wall is safe. i would uphold the department's recommendation. >> commissioner mccarthy. >> i concur with the commissionerer's here especially commissioner lee. i put my shoes in the property owner, in this particular case the devisidaro case, the 2308, have been cooperative heting people in there to make their case i think -- the lady forgive me your last name -- kate -- show us the proof where this wall is part of our property, they fai

federal firm if i recall -- officials are investigating the leak but the pipe will need to be excavatedo find the cause of the rup sure. it was thoroughly tested two years ago and underwent similar testing two weeks ago, but those results haven't been analyzed. the california governor declared a state of emergency in santa barbara county part of the emergency proximation read: >>> the chief executive of the company that runs the pipeline apologized while visiting the scene of the spill on wednesday. >> we deeply regret that this incident has occurred at all. we apologize for the damage that it has done to the wildlife and to the environment, and we're very sorry for the disruption and inconvenience that is caused on the citizens and the visitors to this area. >> the accident occurred along the same stretch of coastline that was covered in a massive oil spill in 1969. that spill is still the largest in california east history and helped launch the country's environmental movement. this accident will probably lead to closer scrutiny of pipelines nationwide. >>> isil is inching closer to s

. >> last night crews worked with archaeological support and monitoring to excavate more than 400 yardsturated -- oil saturated soil starting at the far end south of the contaminated area in the actual release location. air monitoring is been conducted in the area. for both volatiles as well as hydrogen sulfide. and this morning, crews are moving down toward the highway from the source area and continuing to excavate contaminated soil beginning to flesh out the actual colbert the drainage pathway that led from the oakland side of the highway down to the ocean. and are working to capture that oil and collect it. amy: on thursday, the santa barbara independent revealed the ruptured pipeline operated by plains all american is the only pipeline in the county that is not required to be equipped with an automatic shut-down valve in case of a leak because it operates outside of the regulatory oversight of the county. this latest spill recalls a catastrophic blowout at an oil well in the same area in 1969, when union oil's drilling platform spewed an estimated 3 million gallons of crude along 3