tonight, more details about the plan for the inner harbor security fence. it includes a tall fence. and city officials answered some questions about that. jayne miller is live downtown. >> some wonder if the temporary fences around the harbor will simply keep people away. if all goes well on new year's eve, expect to see a similar plan at other big events. >> the plan is to ring baltimore's inner harbor temporarily with a fence like this, chain-link, and 6 feet tall. it will extend on that -- from the southeast side of the harbor all the way around to nearly president street on the northeast side. northeast side.

methodical insistent and focused and they converted me i crossed that fence. a little inelegantly would you say. you know i said sort of dangled on the top there like going like a wounded duck but i've i did it because i was with my friends and i really believe in what i'm converted it's a remarkable story of the short yeah it's a remarkable story brooke you were there too and you had your own confrontation with the police i understand it was pretty rough what happened to you. yeah it was i was for george was the one who needed to be arrested because of his position and he did have the fabulous outfit and so i was just there to be supportive and make sure that he was going to be ok we knew he would be arrested so i was just videoing i was with a bunch of peaceful people outside the fence and i don't know what happened what was pushing us up against this fence but there was there was a definite push against the fence it was getting very frightening people were asking others to sit down there was no room to sit down and then a police officer just pushed against

access to a pool without a fence? who has ever built a pool without a fence? it is very strong there. let's take a look at this. look at what they are offering. half of a tennis court. this already exists, but they are claiming to add all of this, but they are adding half of a tennis court. that is it. all of their imagery is just wonderful, but they do not have control over any of this, and this open space that exists. this chart alone needs a thorough examination. i do not have time. we can go around the site and do all of this. they even have their own. one with six tennis courts and two pools, as well as create small, boutique use. this is permitted. if you look at this, there is the embarcadero. the only difference is one has tall buildings. that is the only difference. washington street, the difference is that you could put something there that is more in keeping with the park like atmosphere. none of them, none of these proposals, not in chicago, not the miracle mile, has a condominium sitting in it. proposing it from the original development plan, they

or 5 ft in from both sides of the fence. i also have a question on the plan drawing that is issued for the sperm that, and hopefully somebody here can clarify this for me. let me get this drying out. -- drawing out. sorry. in his drawing, the elevation -- i believe this is existing. it shows the dotted line staircase. i am not sure which property this is. now if i turn to the same elevation, the self elevation, north. you see this bottom-line the staircase? it is twice as big. this is part of the extension, where this is somebody else's property. i understand this is a new addition, but what is that? hopefully, somebody can explain that to me. in conclusion, i am not really here to stop the property owner , i just want the extension to be fair, reasonable, and enlivened the neighborhood. >> if i may, my name is john, brother of jordan and also owner of the property. my name is john kwan, brother of jordan kwan and co-owner of the property. i just want to mention, if this goes forward, it will block sunlight and certainly wil

we have two sets of fences around the facility. the inner fence is a nonlethal stun fence. the inside fence is a 14 foot fence covered with razor ribbon. shaker alarm on the motion detector. we think the perimeter is secure for us. >> security is tight inside the perimeter as well. especially in the secured confinement unit which houses the prison's most violent and disruptive inmates. internal affairs investigators frank littlejohn has been called to the unit to determine if escape paraphernalia has been found inside a cell. >> last night an officer observed a sculpture object or like a dummy which is escape paraphernalia. so they conducted a shakedown of the cell. and in that cell search they found an 11-foot rope. when you put the rope with the face that gives concerns that the guy might be planning an escape. >> this here is the head that removed from the head. and this here is the rope. and it looks like an intertwined sheet that was braided together. it is about 11 feet long that was also removed from the cell. if he was to get outside of a cell and have this covered

a chain-link fence to establish a camp site. earlier >>> dozens of "occupy" wall street protestors were arrested today when they tried to climb over a chain-link fence to establish a campsite. earlier "occupy wall street" protestors gathered at duarte park to mark the 3 month anniversary of th movement. since the original camp was shut down they have been looking for another site. following today's gathering about 50 people tried to climb the fence to "occupy" an empty lot owned by a church. >>> 2.9 earthquake struck three miles north-northwest of santa rosa today about 8:30 this morning. it had a depth of 3 miles. the usgs says nearly 400 people from sebastopol to windsor felt it. >>> in the philippines 400 people are dead after flash floods devastated the southern region. most of the victims were sleeping when raging floodwaters came down from the mountains after 12 hours of rain. hundreds of others climbed to the rooftops. the area is not used to the typhoons that happen fairly regularly in other parts of the philippines. >>>

was no deadline but the police were fencing campers in. and the police chief said someone set a tent on fire. he says he thought there were public safety issue that's warranted this camp being fenced off to contain what he thought could be spiralling violence. they picked up barricades and walked away to cheers of the crowd, the chief says he ordered officers to move out because some protesters were agitated. and this was the capper of a an intense day. tempers are flaring at occupy san francisco. >> people who want to stay, can stay. i'm not stopping you from staying. don't stop me from going to mission street. >> your d.a.is holding me up. >> the g.a.is the general assembly. which has been voting two nights whether to move to this high school. >> there is a conkens shus process. if we don't reach it, it's not valid. >> a bitter rift exposed after seven hours last night. >> occupy residents believe there are a majority of people that would like to take advantage of the opportunity to work with the city and take this space as a safe space.

. >> the inner fence is a stun fence. the other fence is covered with razor ribbon. we have shake area larmz, motion detector in between the fences. so we think our perimeter is very, very secure for us. >> security is tight inside the perimeter as well, especially in the secured confinement unit which houses the prison's most violent and disruptive inmates. today, internal affairs investigator frank little john has been called to the unit to investigate a report that possible escape paraphernalia has been found inside a cell. >> last night an officer had looked inside the cell and observed a sculpt tour object. we refer to it as a dummy like object which is escape paraphernalia. so they conducted a shakedown about this guy's cell. during that cell they also found an 11-foot rope. so when you put the 11 foot rope with the sculpture of the face, then that gives concerns that a guy might be planning a possibility of an escape. >> this here is actually the head that was removed from the cell. and then this here is the rope. it is about 11 feet long. if he were to get ou

. >> and catherine climbed over two fences to get up to the polar bear fence, which he could reach through, so once catherine climbed over that second fence, he jumped up and grabbed her. >> binky gets the jump on his unwitting victim. his long arms stretch through the eight-inch space between the bars. the massive bear with baseball-mitt sized paws squeezes the woman tightly to the cage. >> i ran over in the direction of the screams and i happened to have my video camera with me. >> i saw catherine being held by the hip by the polar bear. he had her off the ground. >> it was the largest animal i had ever seen in my life, and he had catherine's thigh firmly in his grip. >> when i arrived there and saw her like that, i just thought, i got to get her free. >> bystanders watch the bear squeeze his enormous head through the bars. they're confused and horrified. binky plunges his four-inch long canines firmly into catherine's left thigh. his teeth are dangerously close to the main femoral artery in catherine's leg. dr. rayford knows there's not much time left. >> in all my experiences as a phys

more fencing has gone up a round public transportation. earth they have a flashing signs warning people of the traffic in the area. call as you look down the embarcadero, there are no cars parked here. they already have no parking signs out. if you plan on driving into san francisco, you may want to rethink that. >>catherine: preparations are also underway for a new year's eve bash in downtown san francisco. the hotels, bars and restaurants are expecting a crowd beginning early saturday evening. rob fladeboe shows us what is happening. >>rob: judging from the amount of beer delivered, it is going to be quite a party new year's eve in downtown san jose. >> today i delivered 55 cases. 55 kegs and i have done 350 cases of beer. >> there are plenty of parties to choose from. before >> christmas in the park and the downtown ice rink will also be busy. people who are undecided about their plans , >> i am coming to san jose to party. >>catherine: san francisco police one new year's partygoers to know they want everyone to be paid. there will be a

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awe the fencing is up. he saw the cops and jumped the fence and ran to the other guys.il 6:00 p.m. until early this morning. they believe he has two knives, a semiautomatic handguns. they've not been able to find him. they have a great witness. that is the ex-girlfriend here at the rest stop with clark. she said she thought they were going to the beach in san diego. from where we are right now is 60 miles to new mexico. the woman with clark is cooperating. she is trying to help them with the investigation. we expect chp and the sheriff's department down here to continue their search into today. >> thank you very much, kelly. it is 6:36 right now. drug agents and s.w.a.t. teams raided a medical marijuana dispensary in newark and a home in danville. they were for conspiracy and sale of medical marijuana. four people lived at this danville home. agents arrested a woman they claim manages the pot club. they're still looking for three others. an assault rifle, a shotgun, ammunition. 20,000 pounds of pot and $40,000 in cash found inside the house. operators were pocketing six

apparently there was an incident that caused the property to fence it can have access over concerns for liability. it is a difficult piece of photography, as you have heard. it is difficult to market which probably has a lot to do with why it has been vacant. it was never considered a site itself but might be sold to generate funds for public housing. this date back to the prior use. thank you. supervisor wiener: next speaker. >> i that someone else was in front of me, but i will go ahead. i am a neighbor on clinton street. i am in favor of this for a couple of reasons, to of which are community in the green. we have a lot of concrete spaces and good ideas. when you have $pop-up, a lot of smart people come up with reasons why they think their idea should prevail. i was out in early november to help clean up the site. kind of slow being one-handed and all, but i went out there anyway. i did not see developers of their or anyone from city hall. i didn't see anybody out there but people that will benefit from and help it. i think it is green, that is a good thing to keep, we have enough co

or is it going to be closed off and fenced off? which it is. it is fenced off. but what is the plan? no one has talked about the plan. all the talk about is saving endangered species, but they are already being saved. these young people cannot go to expensive golf courses. people think about golfers as people with a lot of money. that is true. there are these big golf clubs that cost a lot of money. sharp park does not, relatively speaking. it is affordable. is that it? well, thank you for listening. [applause] >> thank you. my name is tony, resident of district 1. i am an organic gardener and a member of the san francisco beekeepers association. i have done restoration projects at christie field and san pedro park, as well as with the friends of golden gate park. i want to thank the parks and wrecked apartment for not endorsing the center for biological diversity restoration plan, which included bulldozing 200 acres, excavating the lagoon, and blogging 13,000 trees, which was part of the environmental restoration project originally proposed. i want to thank par

clark ran and jumped over a fence in the area.e was with a female companion, believed to be possiblily an ex-girlfriend who told investigators she was confused by the whole thing. clark told her to run with him and hop the fence. she didn't. she has apparently been cooperating with investigators. he wanted to see beaches down in southern california, and that's why they were headed that way. investigators did spot his dodge intrepid down there at the rest stop. there is still a man hunt that went on last night. i do have calls to the sheriff's department. they're the ones handling the investigation. haven't heard from them yet this morning. as soon as i do, i'll let you know what they had to say. that's the latest from here. reporting live, i'm christie smith. back to you in san jose. >> it sounds like this guy has been brazen in the whole attack. when did it really start? >> i spoke with one sergeant who didn't have a lot of information. this as far as he knows this whole thing started over the weekend. they picked up the ping wed

told you you needed this fence. >>> it is the division 3 high school championship game. the very first high school game ever played in san francisco's at&t park. >> oh. >> saint ignatius wild cats win and they're going to celebrate with their fans. as the players for saint ignatius rush over to celebrate with their fans, it's about 5,000 screaming fans that are standing on temporary bleachers and with the excitement of the celebration, the front bleachers failed. the railing fails. and the fans fall toward. >> looks like a couple fell down, like four or five feet. >> fortunately nobody was taken to the hospital because all the injuries were minor and everybody was able to walk away. >> wow. that's lucky. it was a significant dropoff. that one guy was like he flipped head over feet. >> you could tell that nobody was seriously hurt because seconds later, the players are still excited and throwing their helmets in the air and the fans are still pumped. if somebody broke their neck, i think they would like -- >> look at this girl in the corner in the white shirt. she also we

this is a wall, fenced in community. when you think about who will be living here, these are going to be the most expensive condos in the city. you have to keep in mind the fact that there is a growing one% movement of people becoming very aware of this. this is a very important site in terms of accessibility for the waterfront and the environment we want to create that makes people want to come to the waterfront. i do not see this doing that. i would like to mention that i was one of the original members of the golden gateway chess club. we have no other facilities or other sites where this could be duplicated. the tennis courts were eliminated without warning. thank you. >> i am speaking as a reporter on waterfront matters going back to the 1950's. the waterfront has always been very important to me. i am echoing what nan and others have said. if this project is built, it will open the floodgates. developers will line the waterfront with a wall of high rises. thank you. >> good morning. it is usually good afternoon. i

the right photograph indicates the existing fence which is a privacy fence on an existing debt. looking at the right photograph here, this is peeking over the fence and you can see the view screen that has been placed by the neighbor as well and looking down, you can see the built structure of the viewing platform the neighbor has created out there which is a triangular form and even though it is not a closed space, it is a built structure in a mid bloc situation. i want to walk through it did -- want to walk through the design quickly. 25% setback line is very close to where the neighbors of viewing deck is. we have set back approximately seven or 8 feet from that line and you can see how the extension works here. this is the current house as it exists today with the current back on the second level. as mentioned, the living areas are on the second floor. the ground floor contains a garage with a bedroom and covered deck. with this extension, the upper area, we would be keeping the deck at the same height and below the deck creating an extension out in order to create a master

was real, we get ensure every inch of the fence was real, not virtual. -- ensure every inch of the fence was real, not virtual. a lot of people said, my goodness, the senate is horrible, we are not going to get anything. we kept trying to calm people down, saying, wait for conference. that is a big step. you cannot just look at a bill and say that is it. there are all kinds of steps going on. if what you care about is not in the basic bill, it does not mean that it is over. that means you work to find the champion to will advance your cause. at this point, rather than focus on the specifics that need to be in the bill, the important thing is focusing on the fact that congress needs to do it, and the rest will naturally follow if we have the political pressure to get the different parts that people care about in. >> bill, you gave us a reality check earlier about what we can expect in a cir bill. what needs to happen, what is likely to happen before a bill is authored? what compromises to you think will be made? >> mary and i are friends, but let me respond to her because i think she was

he will see a chain-link fence and a sign that says you can't play. go out there in february and march, he will see that side almost 50% of the time. i like a grass field as much as the next guy, but with this much demand for field space, even if we had a maintenance budget, the only way to make it viable is to close them for large chunks of time and close them again every time there is a substantial rain. that means the field can only be used in certain seasons and games and practices are regularly cancelled. it happens all the time, even if it is sunny outside. thousands of kids each week are out of luck. it simply means to be able to use the space that has already been provided for sports. in the same way that roads need to be paved to meet the demands of city usage, home turf on these fields allows the most people to benefit from the park and all its intended uses. in a city that has a huge shortage of playing fields, an act of half the population and -- [chime] president olague: you can always submit your comments. and just leave it on the railin

and resource monitors, but resource monitors cannot remove people who have decided to breach that fence, they cannot issue citations. i did not know if they will be trained on citizen's arrest, so there are something still up in the air with regard to the enforceability. with regard to accountability, we have for a lot of these measures both the of that authority and the city mentioned as responsible for implementing them. that is great, i like to see cooperative responsibility, but a lot of times it does not work. one entity will say we thought you were going to do it, the other said we thought you were going to do it, and from the public point of view there is nobody who is accountable. it is a little frustrating to have two or more entities named for these measures. we would also like the funding. i know that ceqa does not require that you identify funding sources, but it seems like an ice strong implication that whoever is name is responsible for implementing the measure will also be responsible for coming up with the money. i am a little nervous about having oew named as being resp

the neighbors have announced that the fence be painted. we have volunteered to do it. -- the neighbors have asked the defense be painted. we have volunteered to do it. we have announced that a copy piece of land be open and available for open space. for many of us, it is the height of hypocrisy to be rewarding what should be a code enforcement action taken against the developer, and you are rewarding him with a high change. as my husband and others have pointed out, this is the beginning of the end of an open waterfront policy that has stood the city in good stead. i do not care to live in a place like miami beach. if this developer and others waiting in the wings get their way, that is what is going to happen to san francisco. that is not necessary when there are alternatives. none of the neighbors are saying no to anything. we are trying to take a look and a viewpoint of what makes san francisco special. having the waterfront height limit at a level which keeps the water from open is -- waterfront open is certainly in the best interest o