none of the buildings have yet hit justin hermann plaza. you can see -- you can identify the transit tower a bit. it is the longest one in the middle. you can see the architectural top rendered on there. this is roughly the time that the maximum shadow would fall on justin hermann plaza, so you can see it is the top of the hermann plaza and falls on a portion of the sunken plaza and a bit on the market street extension. this park, as i mentioned, is shadowed by a couple different buildings, so this potential max mm 50 minute time is not consistent. it is a few minutes from the transit center, i will let it play. almost an hour goes by. another building goes by roughly over the market street extension area, where the market is where people pass back and forth through the ferry building. then by 3:00 it is totally gone. we can come back and show the videos during question and answer but i will move on back. so one other thing we did for four of the major open spaces was to actually go out this summer and actually do some usage observations of

first justin hermann plaza. justin hermann plaza is about 2,000 feet from the transbay tower *, a similar distance from the other two buildings that might shade it. the potential shadow from the new buildings would happen in late fall, very early winter. as little as 15 minutes, as much as 50 minutes total. the times of day when that might happen are about 1:00 to 2:40. it is important to note as you can see the duration, maximum of 50 minutes is shorter than this time of day, two 2:40, an hour and 40 minutes. that is important because the 15 to 50-minute period can happen at different times. at some times it happened between 1:00 and 1:50, sometimes in later parts. actually this park is unique because the buildings are shaded at different periods of time. one might be shaded 10, 15 minutes. half hour another building shades it for another 10, 15 minutes. the chart on the right is something we have provided for a few of these open spaces, which helps to visualize the magnitude of shadows. the chart is a theoreti

coming downtown, critical mass will happen at justin hermann plaza at 6:00.ant to avoid that area if at all possible. >> eric: five minutes to go before we go. depart four the giants as they move to to detroit. >> kristen: morning >> kristen: good morning, 6:54. what a gorgeous shot. city by the bay. kind of dry and cast of orange glow for the giants, of course! yeah, we're going to say that as they head off to detroit and that is going to lead off five things to know before you go. number one, few hours the giants will take off for detroit needing two more victories to win the world series. they shut out the tigers at at&t park. game three tomorrow at 5:07 p.m. vogelsong will try to keep the string of great partnershiping going. >> east coast is bracing for a storm of epic proportions, the death toll rose to 22 in the caribbean from hurricane sandy. forecasters could merge with other storms by tuesday creating a mess. >> and update to a story, petaluma mother says her 15-year-old son is safe. there were concerns he could be danger after running away on monda

justin hermann plaza, if you are leaving san francisco, be aware there could be some traffic jams >>risten: california puc has launched an investigation in the nine month outage of nuclear power plant. they report it could result in utility rates being lowered or money refunded to customers. it will look at the costs incurred in the long running outage which resulted from defective recycled steam generators. they are paying more than a billion dollars in costs to the plant. >> police are looking for a man that at least robbed half dozen banks. they released this photo. he is wanted for holdups in campbell, los gatos and most recently at sunnyvale bank of america. the robbery started in august. man is described as 5'9" with a stocky build and police say he does not appear to have been armed during the robberies. >> kristen: next week, winter season begins with tougher penalty. air quality management has higher fines for people that burn wood during spare-the-air alert. they will receive hundred dollar fine. second time offenders will receive a $500 ticket, up from $400 last year. it r

at justin hermann plaza. it will head straight up market to civic center plaza. carolyn tyler with the preparations. >> david thompson is the master float builder. his reputation is being put to the test. 48 hours notice they haveshing s floats. the challenge is the parade is tomorrow. >> the parade is tomorrow and paint takes 24 hours to dry. we're more than nervous. >> billy philadelphia got the call yesterday that the giants want him to play the caliope while they wait for the parade to begin. >> i'm very grateful they called me. my stock went up with my wife and kids. >> they expected up to million fans to celebrate. just about every city department is involved in trying to make it a success. at city hall today. mayor combined the year of the giants with the year of the dragon and ceo larry bare. >> this is paper dragon that hosts a world series baseball that just represents the great fortune that giants have brought to the city. >> the celebration features new changes. the route will be a straight shot down marketed, no side streets for a better police enfor

san francisco or coming in the city for a friday evening, critical mass will begin at 6:00 at justin hermann idea to download this free abc7 waze app. it's free and it will navigate you around any traffic jam. here we go -- that is looking at embarcadero and bay bridge coming into san francisco. it is free did i mention that. check it out and use it and have fun. >> kristen: next, thieves targeting muni riders, warning from san francisco police going on today to everyone who rides muni. >> and earthquake rocks southern italy. panic and evacuations that follows. >>> welcome back. check out our picture from the roof cam. notice the difference between this morning and yesterday morning. it is dry. in fact it is clear and much cooler. 40s and 50s. so dress warmly. we have a warming trend on the forecast and travel forecast in a few minutes. >> eric: new this morning, a moderate earthquake rattled parts of southern italy overnight. it shook a rural region 60 miles east of naples. it sent panicked residents into the streets. it also led to the evacuation of a hospital. italian authorities report n