herrera is willing to compromise to restore some harmony to the neighborhood. it is getting crazy out there, so lastly, i would like to indicate, it was indicated to me that she did want to compromise. she would consider it after this argument was put together, so i am asking for a compromise, and we can all leave here with something. thank you so much. commissioner: what is mr. herrera willing to do? >> we are willing to cut the para pat-down -- cut the parapets down. we are going to cut them down. commissioner so it would be 21 inches? >> which will maintain. commissioner: so that would be 21 inches. >> 21 inches down, which will maintain the integrity of the roof, and it will not cost us a new construction projects and a disabling problem for the entire neighborhood. i personally feel, looking at what i understood has happened here -- does anybody else have any questions? president peterson: i am sorry 3 your time has been up. scott sanchez. >> i am sorry note -- i am sorry. your time is up. mr. sanchez? >> scott sanchez. the appellate has proposed all sorts

i'm sue herrera.et all your business news on cnbc. >>> or you can get your business and tech report before the markets open weekdays on "nbc bay area" with scott mcgrew starting at 4:30 in the morning. >>> if you think your tattoo will cost you a job opportunity, think again. a new study shows that tattoos are becoming less of an obstacle to finding employment. the report shows that as the number of people with tattoos increases, it becomes more acceptable in the workplace. 45 million americans have at least one tattoo, according to the u.s. food and drug administration. and while only 15% of baby boomers have tattoos, 38% of millennials have some sort of body art, and half say they have two or more tattoos. >>> americans have been buying less clothing over the last few years, because of the economic slump. but sales of swimwear are actually up. and the big surprise, they're up in the men's department. sales of men's trunks are up 20% in the last year. >>> coming up next on the "bay area sunday," drin

cheryl herrera with the department of public works street mapping. she will relate to you issues related to condo conversions. and timothy lee for the san francisco rent stablization board. he will give us information on his knowledge on the elis [inaudible] our presentation will walk you through the presentation come good afternoon condo conversions. set aside you may have been told about condo conversions hold questions until all presentation ares complete. the mic located in the center will be available for your use. if we don't get your questions wool will ajourn to the hall outside and attempt to answer all of your questions. now to begin may i introduce from dpw condo conversions cheryl herrera. hold all questions until the presentations are completed. >> good morning. yes. my name is cheryl herrera and worked with dcht public works for many years. i will dive right in. most of the information covered today can be found on the department of public works website sfdpw. org. if you don't have access to the internet or can't access it call 554-534

i am a lawyer from the east bay and a friend of the herrera's for over 35 years. i am doing this pro bono. i have associated a law firm to put together the papers, and it is my job to put this matter on tonight. part of the firm is with me, and she is going to be handling some of the paperwork. thank you so much. the first thing we would like to show you is a picture of the decision that was made in this case at a design review hearing . the decision was made on january 15, and a notice of violation came out april 19 against -- excuse me, june 17th of 2010. we are here appealing that decision, and asking for an abatement of the penalties, and asking that the matter be redefined by this board. when i say redefined, i am talking about an issue that came up during the course of reading the decision. as you can see, the decision says that one of the actions they want the people to take is to lower side and rear parafets to six inches. we didn't know what that meant. we thought that meant that they wanted to lower them to six inches above the existing roof line and the

dennis herrera is live in san francisco. first of all, good morning, mr. mr. herrera. >> good morning. >> why are you filing this. >> this has viescy rated a key component, the rule that's been in place since 1990 and governs term limits. it said until it what struck down, that any supervisor who served more than two years of a term would have that rounded up and it would count as a full term. as a result of the judge's ruling, what we have now is a two-tiered scheme that says if you are an elected supervisor, you get eight years. you get the entirety of that -- that first term uncounted per term limit so that you could possibly serve up until 12 years in august if you are employed as an incumbent. that was not the intent of the voters had they voted on term limits in 1990. it was to inhibition the advantages of political beanscy -- encome bancy. >> so from a layman's standpoint it appears that when she stepped when when gavin newsom stepped away, she -- >> reporter: right. >> should this still count for her? >> well, this obviously involves her, who served th

jose herrera, the father of our distinguished city attorney. let me just say a little that about him. he passed away on june 26, 2010 in new york. you is just a month short of his eighty fifth birthday. he was born in 1925 where he excelled as a student and went on to study medicine. as a young man, he served in egypt at the first united nations emergency force. this was the unit to that secured an end to the 1956 crisis. the following year, he emigrated to the united states where he soon met and married his wife of nearly 50 years, patricia. together, they settled in the long island community where they raised a family, where he established a successful medical and psychiatric practice. along with a distinguished teaching career, he served as an adviser to the administration where he helped pioneer compassionate and groundbreaking treatments for addiction and mental illness. in fact, their success at adopting these methods is one of the things that governor rockefeller is recognized for, one of his most outstanding legacies. in addition to his

dennis herrera thinks she's termed out. but she served only three of the first four because she took over for gavin newsom. >> the will of the voters is made very clear, that they wanted to put term limb is on supervisors and they never intended to create a two-tiered system where an appointed incumbent can serve nearly 12 years and a popularly elected supervisor can serve eight years. >> she's confident herrera will lose the appeal. >>> this afternoon, governor schwarzenegger ordered more furloughs for 150,000 workers. the governor says the furloughs are necessary to safer money -- to save money. allie rasmus is live with the expected impact? >> reporter: well, for most californians, the furlough will meet longer wait times for dmv offices like this one in san francisco. it could also mean other delays in state services and for more than 100,000 state employees this will amount to a 15% paycut. >> i certainly understand the logic behind it, since there is such a big -- such a big budget deficit. since i sit at the back of

herrera says that the first three years should count for a full term. >>> san jose mayor chuck reed officially withdrew his request to place a new ballpark initiative on the november ballot. asked the mayor to hold off to another and he is still seeking a city called the resolution in support of moving oakland a's to san jose. such a move requires the approval of major league baseball but because of the territorial rights belong to the san francisco jets. >> commissioner of major league baseball has requested that we not have a ballot measure regarding baseball on november 3 and has offered to help pay for the cost of the special election in the springs. >> critics can voice their opinions at next week at close to the council meeting. >>> california is known for its wonderful beaches but according to a new report thousands were off limits to do pollution. according to the 20th and l deep water quality report there were more than 2900 beach closings and health advisory days. the state ranked 20th out of 30 coastal states in beach water quality. the northern california counties says the worst in

jose herrera. supervisor mirkarimi: can we do that for the whole board? >> thank you, supervisor campos. next is supervisor avalos. supervisor avalos: just an amendment to our schedule that i am introducing for next week, we would designate august 10 to be a special meeting that would solely be heard to deal with any kind of made oral veto on the budget. that will be our item for introduction. >> supervisor mirkarimi. supervisor elsbernd. supervisor dufty. supervisor dufty: i have a number of items. i want to thank supervisor maxwell for joining me on this. not much is known about the actress's career, the issue is one of the leading actresses of the golden age of movies in the '70s. i remember seeing many of the films that she starred in, an era in which almost every other week and there is a new full- length feature. she was in film and went on to star with clint eastwood in 1975, a very major role. in that era, she went on to a very strong television career where she appeared in series like "l.a. law" and "cagney and lacey." her husband portrayed her h

jose herrera, the father of our distinguished city attorney.just say a little that about him. he passed away on june 26, 2010 in new york. you is just a month short of his eighty fifth birthday. he was born in 1925 where he excelled as a student and went on to study medicine. as a young man, he served in egypt at the first united nations emergency force. this was the unit to that secured an end to the 1956 crisis. the following year, he emigrated to the united states where he soon met and married his wife of nearly 50 years, patricia. together, they settled in t

top of the eighth, jonathan herrera. his first homer of the season. 8-7, rockies. marlins down 8-7.nd donnie murphy to the rescue. a walkoff. his first homer of the season. marlins win a wild one, 9-8. >>> elsewhere, miguel cabrera and the tigers taking on the rangers in motown. cabrera, biggie, biggie, fourth of the season. scary moment in the bottom of the sixth. austin jackson, line drive, right back at dustin nippert. a ct scan, taken to the hospital, was negative. bottom of the 11th. the 6-4-3 double-play, ends the inning. top of the 14th. tied at 6-6. nelson cruz, takes enrique gonzalez pitch gone. cruz, his 12th homer of the season. >>> and lastly, alpert pujols and the cardinals, hosting the third-place phillies. cards down 4-3. see this one coming. supposedly a down year for pujols. his 22nd homer of the year. the cardinals double up the phils, 8-4, the final. >>> that's your sports update. back to you in new york. >> our thanks to adnan virk. >>> up next, the stories we'll be following today, including >>> now, a look ahead to the stories we'll be watching on this tuesday.

quÉ es lo que dijo lorena herrera?cho en radio y asÍ en televisiÓn nunca. >> chismote- >> ca! >> ahora vamos... >> ahora pasamos aquÍ en despierta amÉrica con las noticias y la Única y original neida sandoval. >> yo te escucho y no sabÍas que eras tan guapo, josÉ antonio! siempre los escucho aquÍ en la ciudad de miami. un saludo para tardes calientes. >> voy a comentarles ahora que un policÍa de nueva york fue arrestado por golpear con su vehÍculo policial a un ciclista y no reportarlo. una cÁmara captÓ el accidente. el policÍa luis ramos se llevÓ una luz roja, golpearon al ciclista y le dieron una venda al ciclista y despuÉs no reportaron el hecho. el ciclista fue atendido en el hospital por cortaduras en el rostro y una fractura en la nariz. >> el fondo nacional en memoria de los oficiales dice que 87 policÍas murieron mientras cumplÍan con su deber desde el primero de enero hasta el primero de julio. ♪ >> el estado mÁs pequeÑo de la naciÓn se ha convertido en un nuevo centro de batalla de los que comparan una orden

i'm craig herrera. lots of 50s everywhere. if you are expecting someone to come into sfo today, some flights are delayed up to 52 minutes. that cold air is going to be with us. we continue to get more mild conditions as we go through the afternoon. today, highs only into the 70s and 80s. we'll see a couple of 90s well closer to the central valley. we'll get some of those. by tomorrow, we continue with cooler conditions as well. more fog tomorrow morning. be prepared for that if you'll be at the beaches. stay nice and warm. weather. matt? >> all right, al, thanks very much. as al just mentioned a storm churning in the >> and that's your latest weather. matt? >> thanks very much. as al just mentioned, a storm churning in the tropics has crews working on the disaster in the gulf preparing to temporarily evacuate. but there are some people still hard at work. nbc's carey sanders is in the gulf on board a ship that is used to track oil beneath the surface. kerry, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. i'm on the deck of the re

now, craig herrera has a look at where the storm is headed now, but first we start with nbc bay arearisten dahlgren who is watching things. she's in new orleans now and has the very latest. kristen? >> reporter: hey there, brent and laura. this was supposed to be the weekend that they were finishing work on the relief wells, doing that static kill in the hopes of getting a permanent fix to this leaking well, and instead now they are having to evacuate the well site, move all of the ships, all the personnel off the site. they'll leave the cap in place, saying that it has contained the oil for the past week or so, and they think that the well has enough integrity and the cap won't do any damage. but it will be unmonitored for a while. they're also having to remove the robotic subs and the cameras watching everything off of the site. those will be the last to go and the first to get back once the storm passes. they'll check things out, make sure there wasn't any damage while nobody was watching the well. but this is also now causing a delay, because by the time they get everything offsi

>> craig herrera knows about them. he's an expert. >> he studies them. >>> keep your eyes peeled for brad pitt in the bay area. >> i'd rather see that than a chupacabra. >> see if you might see him sporting green and gold coming up next week. >>> more than 100 people end up handcuffed in a protest in san francisco. we'll show you why coming up. >>> and a little boy is dead from a dog mauling and his grandfather is in jail. find out what could happen today. >>> a grand father should be in court today after pit bulls kill his grandson. find out why police say he's to blame. >>> hi there. bob redell. do you know what you think of jet airliners today and you look at this thing here? boy, have we come a long way. we'll tell you why the workhorse of the aviation industry is coming back into the spotlight. we'll have that coming up in a live report. >>> thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm brent cannon. it's 5:31, happy friday. >>> you'll be happy when you hit the road. >> very happy for the caltrans wor

want to bring craig herrera in. am going to assume this has something to do with a low pressure trough or disruptions in air flow. am i correct on this? or your going to say i'm a complete idiot and stick to your other job? >> we actually, there's a lot of factors that go into it. swon the low pressure you were talking about just off the coast. another one. talk about the heat in the central part of the country. let me show you first off. we start with average highs for this time of year. 68 average high for san francisco. i'm going 60 today. 85 san jose. 77 today. 82 santa rosa. going 77 today. we have been cooler this entire season. yeah, we've got a little spin off of here. this is the upper level low. that's what he was just talking about. there's a spin counterclockwise. sending us cooler conditions and fog. also, over the central part of the state we've got some very hot temperatures. and, remember, heat rises. when the heat rises, something has to fill the space below. so all of this heat is rising over the c

i'm craig herrera.e right now, san francisco, a lot of the fog out there, nice cool start to the morning. temperatures will come up a couple degrees today from where we were yesterday. by the way, it's dog day at the park if you're heads to the a's game, 7:05 game time, bring your pum pup. you want to. 60s along the beaches and in san francisco, 64, 70s for the north end of the bay. the same through the weekend. enjoy it. >>> and if you want to track your weather or tropical storm bonnie go to the weather channel on cable or the new and improved weather.com online. meredith? >> al, thank you very much. up next, are designer sunglasses really worth the higher price tag? eye experts weigh in right aftir ♪ ♪ oh, love me ♪ oh oh oh ♪ just love me ♪ oh oh oh ♪ just hold me ♪ oh oh oh ♪ just kiss me ♪ oh oh oh ♪ just want me ♪ l-o-v-e ♪ love, love, love, love ♪ ♪ ♪ l-e ♪v- ♪ love, love, love, love ♪ l-e ♪v- ♪ j-e-l-l-o ♪ j-e-l-l-o ♪ j-e-l-l-o [ child giggles ] where? it's really good. do you see it? it's call