that might protect the bottom of the hill but it doesn't do anything over the hill. >> it has long been my understanding that the city of san francisco says and the building department takes this position that there is no one buildable lot -- unbuildable lot. i wonder if this is realistic. >> if money is an issue, we can develop solutions that will mitigate the impact. that a solution can be eliminating the hill, that can eliminate the problem. or build a structure right into the hill so there is no longer an exposed face or bold enough of iraq together so that it acts as a big buttress to prevent further movement. -- or hold enough of the rock together so that it acts as a big buttress. we are allowing the wall of the building to act as a retaining structure. there was a time when we did not get any. there was an epic one before in 1982. we brought with us and rainfall charge. >> you were saying that this is somehow correlated to rainfall. this goes from 1914 until 2006. it is the red line in the backgrounds which are the annual rainfall from each year is plotted on here. you can see i

re tom hill, at one time second street ended at howard. at that point, there was a large hill. the wealthy people of san francisco lived on top of the hill, and churches were built along howard. then the city fathers in the 1920's let us knock down the hill, let us extend second street, and it finishes at the ballpark now. as you move south along second, that whole area, you get into rock. many of these old warehouse buildings, as you approach rincon hill, are sitting on rock. if you go down to king street, which is the street that fronts the ballpark, if you cross the street from the ballpark and the look on the sidewalk, there is actually a little brass plates that depict the location of the bluff that existed, the transition from the beach to the vertical cliffs that existed at second street. at second and king. all of that was taken down, and they have built warehouses. now at his condominium developments. and portions of mission bay. the first building of mission bay, third and townsend -- i am sorry, third and king, it is a rock site. if you go further into mission bay, i

-- for rincon hill. we started looking at that for the other commitments, with rec and park, dpw, and others. >> there can be additional tools, public-private agreements. where we have one single property owner who receives such a benefit from a particular improvement. so that could be done opportunistic lead. it is possible, for example, there is a significant project very close to a parka, -- park, and we can see if they will support a similar one at the rincon hill site. supervisor kim: what kind of time before it comes back for approval? >> there is an estimated budget, and we would also come to you with the proposed maintenance plan. supervisor kim: this may have been in the report, but is there an actual definition about efficiency? >> at this point, it is more of an art than a science. there are some in the general plan for parks, some general plans for a neighborhood versus regional-serving parks, but, frankly, there has not been a universal standard for all of the things that people say they wan

>> hill: quite a number, jim, thanks. turning our attention now to overseas and the wave of antigovernment protests. they started in the middle east, they have now spread to djibouti in east africa where thousands are calling for the president to step down. in bahrain today, soldiers opened fire on protesters, mostly shiites, who've been shut out of top jobs in government, a government dominated by the sunni minority. in jordan, fights broke out between supporters of king abdullah and protesters calling for democratic reforms. while in washington, the white house urged governments to show restraint in responding to peaceful protests. we have two reports from the middle east tonight, and two very different situations. we begin with allen pizzey in bahrain. >> reporter: the protesters made another attempt to take back bahrain's main square today. police and soldiers fired antiaircraft guns in the air and rubber bullets and bird shot at anyone who approached. but the bravest, or the craziest, refused to be intimidated. >> (t

i am part of the russian hill neighbors design group. i have tracked this project since becoming a member. after it initially met its board about and passed 18-1, i became aware of the project and have tracked it since then, until today. i have been in communication with the developers and have received a lot of the same e- mail you have received in regards to a position of the project. -- opposition to the project. i have known that the developers have worked with the neighbors as best i can -- they can in accommodating modifications to the project. i do not see any reason why this project should have been in front of the board of appeals or in front of the supervisors. i am still in support of the project. thank you. president chiu: next speaker. >> my name is patricia handlen. with my husband, i am the owner of 1267, the city adjacent to -- the property up the hill adjacent to fall 69. i read the appeal and the planning response. i was proud to see how carefully and accurately our planning department studied and carefully responded to

representing the rincon hill process. there was, i think, a development. this is for the recreation and parks to arrive at this. i am under the impression that that analysis is with the adoption of the plan. >> -- chair chu: that would be good information to be provided to our office. whether or not if you had an rf d, should there not be a real investment, other things would be possible. -- should there not be korea investments, other things would be possible. we are really, in a way, giving additional benefits to an area that would not necessarily need it for the project to be completed, right? so in terms of helping us think about this, what is the developers' portion? there are the impact fees. would we not be able to purchase the land? it has been entitled. that project development is happening. it is going to occur. we are not arguing that we need to make this development for it to happen. it is going on. an extra amount of allocation, in terms of dollars to provide public amenities, is it that we cannot possibly provide the public amenities with the

the years that it was up here, it gave the name telegraph hill. it survived although the structure is long gone. come to the 1870's and the city has growed up remarkably. it's fueled with money from the nevada silver mines and the gold rush. it's trying to be the paris of the west. now the beach is the suburbs, the we will their people lived on the bottom and the poorest people lived on the top because it was very hard getting to the top of telegraph hill. it was mostly lean-to sharks and bits of pieces of houses up here in the beginning. and a group of 20 businessmen decided that it would be better if the top of the hill remained for the public. so they put their money down and they bought four lots at the top of the hill and they gave them to the city. lily hitchcock coit died without leaving a specific use for her bequest. she left a third of her estate for the beautify indication of the city. arthur brown, noted architect in the city, wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it wa

my name is jamie hill. i am with the rincon hill association. the demolition of the embarcadero freeway made the town not so attractive for residential uses compact -- uses, so we are trying to turn this into a friendly ear area for folks to live and also for office space. -- a friendly area. there is no redevelopment. it is sort of on its own for building an infrastructure. i support this area plan infrastructure program to help do that. in our neighborhood, there are a lot of young professionals, like myself, and most of us live there so we can walk to work. it is very easy with the transit center be in there and also the financial district, the jobs being right there to walk to work -- the transit center being there. and children, there are kids living in the towers, and i assume there will be many more in the future. for them to be able to exercise and build their muscles is very important. the street scape is also important. supervisor kim has already mentioned that street safety is very important. speaking of cookies, we make a lot of cook

castro valley, san leandro. 64 morgan hill to gill roy. cooler santa cruz because the fog is on the coast. and that means half-moon bay 59. 63 men lo park. 59 san francisco. after tomorrow looks like sunshine and warmer weather towards the end of the week. >>> all right. thank you, steve. we have an update to a story we've been following this morning that could effect you if you're flying anywhere. this is a live picture of dfw dallas-fort worth international airport. it just reopened. it had to close down for about an hour because of icy runway conditions there. of course dallas is a huge hub for american airlines. and a lot of bay area flights on american connect through dallas. but the good news is the airport has reopened. we had earlier reports that the international airport, george bush international airport in houston, was shut down because of severe weather there. that of course is a big hub for continental airlines. both of those airports have a lot of traffic that goes through the bay area. but the good news again dallas- fort wo

we have the rincon hill development as a 55-story height limit. they were able to essentially print money in bulk. when they wrote the check for the south of markest development fund my understand is -- understanding is that president man was smiling. there is a lot of money out there. but now we're going to take a tax increment on falling prices over the next years? the reason we're doing this is because smo -- no one wants to challenge developers and this board does not have fiscal development to actually followthrough on the commitments to makes to developers to subsidize infrastructure to very profitable developments. we're going to lock in a chunk that should go to pay for sewage, d.p.w., all the infrastructure that development requires. that means as our property tax income is falling we're going to see services that are already looking at hundreds of millions in deficit further deteriorate. what we need say balanced approach here that those who are making money on -- off the city entitlements to pay the freight. it's like i'm coming to a re

in the hill tops, mill to low 30s in the morning.usly cold enough to drop some snow and you'll wake up to some snowy views. you can see a passing shower going on by. one of the more mild spots we're seeing this morning, now notice the temperatures inland out to the tri valley. livermore, plenty of snow in the higher hills. 39 right now in sunnyvale and up into the 30s. notice the scattered showers and occasionally you'll see it turn to white. this is factoring in the air temperature and likely snow above 2,000 feet. you can see the showers rolling into san francisco and oakland, out towards the east bay right now, showers come in towards the west as they hit the higher hills, livermore, yes, it is changing over to snow, close to 2,000 feet. we're going to see this cool, unstable air aloft move across the bay area during the day. we'll see a mixed bag of some sun at times. scattered showers and possibly some isolated snow shower. we'll have to watch out for some patchy frost for ice tomorrow morning and your temperatures will rebound

the hills, and napa as well. we'll take you to sanra.rafael.a that is also this winter weather advisory. some of the highest totals will come from our east bay hills. we're looking at three to six inches possible. we had quite a blast of snow this past weekend, so this is just going to add to thingshe a compound to the travel troubles you may face friday and saturday. now, we don't want the snow to overshadow the cold. we're going to detail how low these numbers will go. yes, more on that coming up. >> we're looking forward to the snow. >>> new tonight at 5:00, oakland police are asking the public for help in their search the man in this surveillance video. he is the suspect in the violent sexual assault of a woman on  february 7th. investigators tell us the victim was attacked at 10:00. anyone with answers is urged to call the oakland family youth and sfs division. >>> friends and classmates of two walnut creek teenagers who drowned in that rafting accident are holding a candle light vigil to remember them. th

so we couldn't even walk up the hill. it was i discovered, previous traffic made it like a sliding board, so we had the trenching tools and the bayonets carving not places to put your feet to grab ahold and pull each other up. when we finally got to the military crest of the hill and the chinese hello the topographical crest which is up higher point, and we sought out and we knew the chinese would be coming at us that night. we couldn't dig fossils so we got ten dead chinese bodies and stacked them are none of us to give some protection against the bullets and the weather and a was a machine squad leader and had a beautiful field of fire for that night and the of your machine was up above and we had a good crossfire going. so we knew they would be coming in full force. the worst thing that could happen in combat from the machine gun is for his weapon and not to fire. my weapon froze up and i'm yelling at my men to throw hand grenades to stop them from penetrating power lines, and as i was working on the gun trying to get

it is throughout the city, most notably twin peaks, edge hill, telegraph hill. every once in awhile, you hear about those who make the news with a rock fall or landslide. usually occur in the telegraph and twin peaks. . above the rock are the soil deposits. the most common is dune sand. it is nothing but rocks that has been worn down from the sierras and deposited along the beaches. the wind blew that dune sand over most of the city. it is this mustard color. on the avenues, it is very thick. it can be up to 400 feet thick. as you moved south across slope boulevard, that is the tolar foundation. it was named after the first to score every in -- after the first discovery in the cemetery. the man was out there and noticed this material was unique. he started mapping it. he traced it all the way up to slope. the dune sand generally has the consistency of sugar. it is fine grained sand. it is usually loose. it is poorly graded. the colma foundation can be the same stand but it is denser. it may have to play in it. it is much stronger. it is an excellent supporting m

maybe a pop-up shower in the hill tops for sunday. but certainly a lot drier than the weather we had today. for monday, stay tuned. another low will rotate down the coast. this may toss showers along the coastline. but for now we'll call for a mainly dry forecast as we head into monday afternoon. tonight, chilly. north bay locations could look out for some patchy frost or ice in a few areas. tomorrow's high, looking a little better. we'll see some upper 40s to low 50s for high temperatures tomorrow. that's up quite a bit, actually, five to ten degrees warmer than today's highs, for most of the bay area only in the 40s today. for tomorrow, those low 50s might feel balmy in some areas. another gorgeous morning where we'll see a lot of snow-capped peaks around the bay area. we'll see if mount hamilton closes in on a foot of snow before this thing is done. right now, six inches and counting. it's heavy snow falling right there on the radar right near mount harekiones rpeor at. ski . >>> >>> the giants are now all gloves on deck, as the en

the east bay hills and the diablo range. what were expecting, this will start tomorrow afternoon in the north bay, going all the way until saturday morning south of the golden gate. snow levels will drop to 1,000 ft. by friday. we will see one to 6 in. of accumulation. snow levels will drop even lower by saturday. will be enough moisture to see snow down at sea level after the main band of rain push this through? even if we do, that's no will not stick to the roads. it will stick to grass and trees. also, a freeze watch in effect for the north bay, the entire north bay where temperatures will plummet down to the twenties. several hours of the subfreezing temperatures and it will warm up by midmorning. the rain and snow, snow levels will drop tomorrow afternoon in the north bay. anything above 2,500 ft. at first and then down to a thousand feet by later on in the evening will fall with snow. we will see good instability with the snow, the areas of heavier rain down at the surface in snow or on the higher elevations. 11:00 p.m

water poured out of the hills and on to the roadways. and those crews told kron4 that they will be out again tomorrow to deal with the storm moving in tonight. >>> new tonight at 11:00, some hills borrow residents are concerned about a huge tree that could fall at any moment on power lines or passing car. kron4 tells us what authorities have done to try to prevent this from happening. >> these roadblocks that you see behind me have been placed on the road because of a large tree. it's leaning against another tree and is very close to high voltage power lines. it was damaged by recent storms. it a two lane road, so with one lane open, it's difficult for cars to make it to the top of the street. michael lives across the street. he hopes the wind doesn't kick up overnight. >> a bit worried, but not overly concerned because again, it is at -- if it falls, it is going to hit a part we most likely will not be in. >> the tree is being removed saturday afternoon and once it's gone, this portion of bru nfield will reopen. >>> the weather situatio

solomon hill gets the put-back. the wildcats up one. it came down to this, the huskies trailed by one. darnell had a shot of the lay- hup that was swatted out of ground by williams. williams saved the day, they web it 87-86. the wild casts improved to 12-2 in conference and washington, had its fifth conference law -- conference loss. >>> the cornhuskers hadn't beaten a top three team in a few years. it's a three-point game in the final seconds. the longhorns can tie with the three. but brown comes up short and they celebrate in lincoln, 70- 67 the final, texas loses for just the fourth time this year and the first time in conference play. >>> bay area products steve lavin and st. johns trying to impress the commitment -- the tournament. the panthers got the lead by 1. dwight murray then drives the baseline and throws up a reverse lay-up that goes. pittsburgh has to go desperation. brad's shot comes up well short. if you thought hardy looked like he might have been out of bounds, you would be right. but it's a no call -- that would have

morgan hill and martinez. public works crew is in the oakland hills getting ready to deal with icy road conditions over the weekend. >>haazig: in preparation for the possibility of snow and black ice, when roads in the oakland hills, the public works department is loading up sand into these huge dump trucks. the san will be on standby should the roads become dangerous due to ice as temperatures drop here in the east bay. public works supervisor david said the sand will improve traction for autos driving down the steep hills and twisty roads here in the oakland hills. >> it breaks up some of the ice, and basically gives them an added attraction that is needed during these of what periods. >>reggie: in the 21 years he's been here is only seen the san use was before to do was slippery roads to the cold weather. >> it's something unusual for us. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: stay with kron 4 for continuing coverage of kron 4 and always send us your snowy weather pictures just e-mail them to breaking news, th

there were 8 pieces of legislation concerning discuss the creation of the pilot project on rincon hill. commissioners, while you did not consider the specific ordinances, you did consider the enabling ordinances on legislation on july 22 of last year. at that time you heard the resolution for the area infrastructure finance district and would establish a committee to advice the city on policies and recommended the approval with the understanding rincon hill would be the first pilot project and recommended that the city consider two additional considerations. first you asked the board to seek additional funding to add a second pilot project for the eastern neighborhoods abed and second that the city conduct additional studies on the general fund. since your action, the apif committee has been formed and see the development of drafting the policies that would governor the use of ifd's as well as the completion of a fiscal impact analysis studying the long-term effects of rincon hill pilot on the general fund and a net fiscal surplus at build out. staff has served on the apif committee to

snow was covering the hills overlooking walnut creek and dusting the hill top peeks. as well as the hills above pleasantton in the trivalley. and almost a half foot has fallen on mt. hamilton road so far. if you're brave enough, you could always bike it. >> it's a little slippery. you have to be careful, but it's awesome. >> this is the mountain amp, yeah, it's slippery. all of the seats are covered with snow, but sitting seems over rated. >> we have made snow angels and had snowball fights and climbed snow mountains. >> ann makavik, cbs 5. >>> viewers from all over the bay area are sharing their snow pictures with us. the first one is from julie. and the next one is from rusty in lake county. snow in clear lake's oaks north of napa. and robert and ruby chambers showed us the view from outside their window. >>> well, the trek this year was a lot smoother. the snow cleared off making it for a smoother ride. how people are dealing with the changes in the weather. >> just because the snow has tapered off, doesn't mean business has. lots and lots of money coming in. >> a

this is the hayes street hill.he question this morning, will it be an uphill battle to keep the race arrive. >> that would be bad for the city. that would be bad for the city. born and raised here. i love the bay tu breakers -- beta breakers. >> it's such a fun celebration because it comes through the streets. >> and the woman you just heard from ran in the race step years ago. she was glad to hear officially this is not the last beta breakers. this race has embodied for many a unique spirit. but recently, drunken debauchery has caused problems. this is first year, the beta won't have any sponsors and it had been the first without alcohol and floats. there are a number of participants would have also been capped at 50,000 entrants. here's what the race's spokesman told us 15 minutes ago by phone. >> this year is a transitional year because we're really stopping the one thing that's caused issues for the race and that is drunk be knuckleheads and people who come in floats filled with liquor. >> beta breakers is may

he's live in the oakland hills. >> here in the oakland hills, the temperature is dropping and that's not all. let me show you what dropped on woodrow off shepherd canyon. this is michael's house and a big tree snapped off and landed on his second story balcony. one big of that limb was hanging on the electrical wires that landed on his house. when the storm front came out this morning, the wind was really howling. >> i woke up 6:00, thought what's going on. really heavy. the rain was heavy. hours later we woke up with the sound of the tree. >> what did it sound like. >> it's a huge like a truck hit something. really -- i cannot describe it unless you hear it. i don't wish for anybody though. i don't for anybody. >> inside the house, a limb poked through a couple of small holes in the ceiling. this is the second time in five years that a tree has his his house. after the first time he cut down 11 trees around the property. the neighbors complained but this morning he has to be thinking should have made it 12. from the oakland hills, mark matthews. >> thank you very much. more than 1,0