huang, thank you for being here. and thank you to the department of public works for all of these support and help and trying to have a common sensible approach here. >> good morning, supervisors. currently under the public works co, there are a variety of rules relating to the opening of a sidewalk where pedestrians normally travel. we can require that area to be clear. however, in these cases from when the curbside -- where we typically call the furnishings down -- furnishing zone, in other words, trees and other such things, specifically as it relates to access, we want people to keep it clear for there to be access to the sidewalk. we believe this to be a well thought out piece of legislation. >> thank you. unless my colleagues have questions for you, i do not have any. again, i want to thank you, and especially mr. nuru, who has been very helpful to us in getting as information. i would like to call on carla johnson, who is with the mayor's office of disability. and if i might add, a bernal heights district resi

janelle huang, nbc bay area news. >> the final price has not been established yet. t they expect the pill to be affordable, insurance companies may pick up some of the costs as well. >>> more items are washing ashore in oregon, which could be debris from last year's devastating tsunami in japan. this massive float washed on to the beach in north bend, owe other. which is about 100 miles from the california border. the object is 18 feet long and weighs nearly 15,000 pounds. a towing company was called in to drag it out of the water. >>> let's turn things over to rob mayeda, talk about the next couple days. we're halfway to the weekend. >> almost here. the cooldown will usher us into the weekend right now. we have the sea breeze cooling our temperatures into the 50s. as we take outside to san francisco. golden gate bridge right now, no fog, the only thing slowing folks down, late night construction. one lane northbound there, it's a slow crawl out of the city right now. can you see across the mid span no, fog now, but by tomorrow night. we will see the low clouds come

with that said, i would like to ask john huang of the department of public works to talk briefly about the sta

. >> president huang, do you wish to give the permit holder 14 as well? >> we have to, yes. you do not have to use them all, but that is your time allotment. seven minutes per appeal. >> thank you. good evening. i represent the permit holder tonight. as you heard, the cases before you are linked with the demolition and the replacement of a single-family dwelling. based on the appellants brief, it is my understanding that her issues are not actually with th. it is more with the process of the demolition and how that takes place. unfortunately, most of the concerns that she has raised are governed by local laws, building codes, regulations. they made no attempt to reach out to us. perhaps there has been some breakdown in communication. we feel there has been a breakdown in communication as well. but we are open. we are willing and able to cooperate and walk them through the process, to explain it to them. we're willing to accept limitations on hours of construction. my client has asked for monday through saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., which is less than what is allowed by t

huang before his presidency. as we dug deeper and deeper into reagan's relationship with the club he had seen fdr and had gone to a truman 100 in kansas city when he was still a democrat and would then be taken under the wing of ike when he was beginning his political career as a republican. i was struck by how is -- when we were coming up the driveway he saw over and over again all the presidents which is a reminder every person who served the commander in chief sees himself as part of a bigger club. let me enhance the picture. this was on the cover of time two or three weeks ago. it had never been published before and we were thrilled to put it on the cover. it really began a long time before george w. bush, barack obama and bill clinton with their to pick up the torch. it begins -- what year would you say? >> it begins when the president is in need of some serious help. that is what it would take to bring together such an unlikely partnership as harry truman and herbert hoover. two men with nothing in common p

spanish banks would actually be channeled through an official bailout rather than the european sfrl huangtral bank is being very uncomfortable and will pass the buck. >> a game of chicken going on here. and who wins? >> let's look to the end game. i can't see greece in particular staying in the euro. nobody believes in the end that they can pay back the debt, nobody believes they can become competitive. so the end position is that degrees "gross out and as soon as one country goes out, it becomes -- fixed exchange rate rather than this arrangement with the euro. >> and the history of those schemes has not worked out very well. >> and the cat is out of the bag already. already last year mrs. merkel was saying if you don't behave, you'll have to leave the euro. european central bank was saying something every week. now, as soon as somebody says some country will fall out of the euro, it becomes self-fulfilling. >> we're getting the results from the vote in ireland where they appeared to have approved the fiscal treaty, but this is a fiscal treaty that tightens mechanisms that already were e