two decades ago, it was completely rebuilt because of the loma prieçto earthquake.gers are crossed that there will not be any earthshaking today. our deputy administrator will talk about the shape specifically. i wanted to take a moment to thank our host, edwin lee, the mayor of san francisco. he has championed an equal focus on response and recovery. today he is our host in this majestic civil service building, probably the most majestic civil service building in the country. fema can take credit where credit is due. over the last several years we have been expanding especially in catastrophic planning with our partners from the greater bay area in catastrophic earthquake response plans we developed in 2008 and 2009 -- excuseç me, 2010. i wanted to set the stage about what we're here today to keep in the back of our minds. the type of event we're talking about could literally provide çdamages inñr theç scope ofç e kinds of implications. 1000 bridges totally destroyedç networks disrupted or dysfunctional for two yearsç, maritime prison for weeks or months. çth

this is mira loma park. this is lark merced blvd. it's all made of clay. it's going to slump. these are the roads built in the oakland hills. nate, red woods. skyline. and enabled them to go up and develop the hills. the rural roads that go through the coast range. this enabled them to get their stuff to market. this is at road built by the ccc. this is a bridge. this is highway one and you won't know, except you look at the bridge and you will see dates, 1938, 1939. the airstrips are ccc. and the one out at treasure island. long beach, burbank. this is oakland and the whole built line railroad was redone. 19 is a pwa project and our great amphitheatres are from that time. this is santa barbara bowl. this is the forest theater in carmel and these are ccc workers putting huge bolder. here's 6 thousand people getting ready to enjoy oklahoma in that theater. big basin is a ccc project and this one, on the east river, new york. a project built where people from the lower east side could see performances and still do. our parks and recreation. almost all from them. that's the conse

during the loma prieta earthquake, many residents saw safety in the hospital just because they felt safe there. maundered standards -- modern standards of care. you can see from this image. our current three-bed room meets the current requirements and standards for a single patient room. the seismic reading of the building is such that it may not be able to withstand an earthquake such as that that northridge experienced in 1994. it will be a state of the art hospital that will provide the standard for modern health care practices. it maintains our current 54 acute-care beds, which will be predominantly private and fully handicapped accessible. it provides space for new and evolving procedures and equipment. it means the highest category for seismic safety, allowing it to function during a major earthquake. is a modern hospital that preserves our history and commu. it also includes the 22 new skilled nursing bed facility to provide the transition for our elderly patients. we have received numerous letters of support from agencies in san francisco, as well as over 2000 cards signed by our

so we are going to be actively looking for someone, perhaps, loma to team up with us to do an update. so that is going to be our first project to see if we can get something together on that. we have been kind of looking at possible ways to go about a long term vacancy legislation which would be to have long term vacancies be required to file some sort of information with the city, it is still pretty much up in the air and we will be continuing forward with bouncing around ideas for that. >> we discussed small business week and decided that we would like to bring some of the full commission the idea that the chair of the small business week would traditionally be the president and that person would have the chance to decide whether or not they wanted to that i can that position or not. and after that, if they decline then it will be open to the entire commission, to elect someone to be the chair of that small business week. >> that is our report. >> okay. >> thank you. >> permitting committee report. >> item 15. permitting committee? >> yes. we met also this month. and we had some dis

transamerica pyramid, i think it was instrumented and i keep reading that it drifted a foot in the loma prieta earthquake. doesn't seem like much to me. how do these buildings perform in seismic events? >> historically no modern high-rise building has ever collapsed in a major event except for one building in mexico city where it was designed as an office building and the government converted it to a book warehouse. and they filled the floors up this high with paper. which effectivelily mad effectie building three times heavier than it should be. as a class, these buildings are probably some of the best buildings you could be in. >> but there was an interesting anomaly that came up as a result of the northridge earthquake in los angeles in the '90s. that was the welded steel joints which we up to that point thought were absolutely terrific, allowed a lot of movement, turned out to not just fail but to be weaker than we thought, to crack. there was an enormous effort coming forward, to figure out how this happened, how to prevent that in the future. >> part of the problem with those, the

down communication it isolates iran it's taking diplomacy and it is creating you can't avoid that lomas the so to speak this is one taken in our why it was taken and it was that canada as very much approximately united states we have religious ration of the military between the two countries there's consultation in foreign policy it's well known that the harper government really more or less follows in the footsteps of washington and i think that they want to it's precisely counter that the first step now it's not just need to say the least that when the foreign minister there made the statements he also said well there are no reports of on one actual attack on iran every by. he's talking about an attack on the wrong israel's talking about it almost talking about it it's part of the election campaign it's an act of it's a rogue nation it's very unfortunate because we have to maintain a dialogue with contrails i believe he's wrong create conditions which could lead to you know accidents. when you can follow this and many other stories online at the moment here's what else is there for yo

closes down communication isolates the rod it's taking diplomacy and it is creating call boy good lomas the so to speak this is what you can in all of what was taken in canada is very much a policy of the united states we have religious ration of the military between the two countries that's consultation and foreign policy it's well known but the whole really more or less follows in the footsteps of washington and i think that they want to it's precisely kind of the state with us there now it's interesting just saying. police there when the foreign minister made the statements he also said well there are no reports of on an actual attack on iran so everybody is talking about an attack on iran israel's talking about it not parma song about it it's part of the election campaign it's an act of it's a recognition it's very unfortunate because we have to maintain dialogue with countries and build peace rather than create conditions which could lead to you know to a military accidents. now take a look at some other stories from around the world a suicide bomb attack on nato headquarters in th

down communication it isolates iran it's taking diplomacy and it is creating you can't avoid that lomas the so to speak this is what until you can in our life take it in washington cannibalism in much of the united states we have an integration of the military between the two countries there's consultation in foreign policy it's well known that the harper government merely more or less follows in the footsteps of washington and i think that they wanted to put science leak out of the first step now it's interesting to say the least that when the foreign minister there made the statements he also said well there are no reports of on one actual attack on iran everybody is talking about an attack on iran israel is talking about it not bombers talking about it it's part of the election campaign it's an act of it's a recognition it's very unfortunate because we have to maintain dialogue with countries and build peace rather than create conditions which could lead to you know to a military accidents you know just a moment here an r.t. will get to the world update for an hour though when the de

what happened in the loma prieta earthquake, it's a simple process to retrofit those.costs $3,000 to $4,000 and if we do an educational campaign to homeowners to let them know this would significantly reduce earthquake insurance and keeping tenants. >> thank you. we have reached the final question in the debate, and the question is this. what in your opinion is the single most important policy issue in san francisco today? and if elected, what would you do to address it? and we'll start at one end of the table and move to the other. so miss breed or miss selby. >> boy, it's hard to pick one. i think that right now we are really suffering -- i'm going to look at district 5 in particular. we have a safety issue in district 5 right now. it has gotten more dangerous, particularly in the lower haight, hayes valley and even in pacific heights. we have a situation where in 23 days this were 100 assaults. and of those 100 assaults, 67 of them were for iphones. i actually have a relatively simple solution for this. i would like us to look at -- it would be nice if you could ask

air mass thompson the pineapple express is running into the west end of the continent look at that lomards alaska. it delivers warm wet air and heavy rains but a boggles the jet stream way up into the arctic at theas it delivers warm air. look at the forecast for tomorrow which shows that storm passing up by the canadian border increasing our wins it will pass through with a shower tomorrow night. before it gets here here are the wins tomorrow morning. a closer look at how temperatures tonight will drop off. tomorrow night fairly cool away from the lake. 68 tomorrow probably even 72 and 70 on thursday. a partly cloudy day and only around 60. a look back at the strike, amazing images of the seven day labor fight that kept chicago school kids out of class. we have to work as hard as we know how and we have a responsibility to end this strike. in the morning no cta members will be inside our schools. this strike is not necessary, totally avoidable. it's about quality education not being in the classroom and 100 degree weather in the summertime and social services, there are lots of other i

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has enjoyed being hosted by both of the bay area's major league baseball teams and a parade of the lomading in vintage cars. still ahead, the theory is joined by a high school coach of the week and, what is wrong with alex smith wearing a san francisco giants the fog cap? gary will explain next in sports. half sphere it's >>gary: we are in detroit, brad anderson since coming off of the disabled list has been red hot, but not tonight. aid to run double down the left-field line. 2-0 detroit. later in the inning with bases loaded he fell forward and landed awkwardly. he left the game. they are saying it is a strained of late. right now is 5-0 detroit in the seventh. but giants will be in action tonight. they could conceivably lead to the division title. hi >> alex smith was issued a $15,000 fine to wearing a giants cap to a press conference. >> everyone is willing to work and everyone has a great attitude. >> washington could have won the game, but he made a mistake he threw the ball at the opponent. >>gary: when we come back we will meet a high-school coach of the week. this guy can reall

will have had 24 seconds after the loma prieta quake to slow down or stop its trains. >>> in that videoe see people with hoods on, puffy coats and parkas, not exactly what christina loren says we'll be wearing this weekend. >> no, you're going to be taking off each of those items if you've had to use them at all. it's been a pretty warm week so far. we've been above average each day and now we are going to soar above average. 90 is pretty hot but that's where you'll be today inland. 80 degrees bayside today, 70 degrees at the coast. and we're still keeping showers on the same seven-day forecast with three days out of the seven in the triple digits. so everything is going to change dramatically. we have a lot to talk about coming up. first we'll check your drive at 5:26. mike is busy too. >> even for a friday we have to get through the commute. picking up the volume westbound with these headlights coming off of the san mateo bridge approaching foster city in san mateo. you can see the high rise here. if you have a 16 by 9 display, over on the right you see just a couple of headlights. fr

lanzandote por una cuesta como decimos en puerto rico, es una loma, la gente se lanzaba, lo hacen, puedee el coxis. >>> deja que llegue a esa edad. >>> estÁ bella. >>> este tipo de personas lo hace acostados. >>> deja que se caigan para que vean cÓmo le quedarÁ la pompa. >>> utilizan un traje especÍfico en cuero, con protecciÓn en codos, pompa, espaldas. >>> ponen la mano. >>> mira este. orale. >>> frenan de esa manera. y tienen que andar con casco estoy protecciones, es bien divertido pero ojo. >>> quÉ divertido. >>> no les gusta? >>> no, no, nada. >>> quÉ es divertido para ustedes? >>> ir al mall, hacer shopping. pintarme. >>> hablando de pintarme las uÑas, no sÉ cÓmo pueden, estuve dos horas y media. >>> hoy te toca otra. >>> no te pongas graciosa. >>> venga, venga. >>> cuÉntame del festival. >>> sÍ, el festival del pescado. hay un festival de mole, en donde la verdad lo que hacen es reunirse un grupo de familias, para recaudar fondos, es una cosa bien padre. todo el dÍa se cocina el tipu de pescado. y lo que hacen, es de todos los sabores y gustos, para ayudar, es una familia que tie

that area is roughly bordered by blossom hill road, loma prieto drive, cobble road and curry drive. comes after mosquitoes carrying the virus were confirmed to be in the area. it's scheduled to start at 11 p.m. so far in california, there have been more than 90 reported cases of the west nile virus in 18 counties. five of those cases have turned deadly. contracosta county officials announced the first bay area case earlier this week and a second case yesterday. officials say this is the worst west nile season nationwide in more than a decade. >>> san francisco city officials are celebrating the opening of a new playground in the mission neighborhood today. that playground at 19th street and valencia and guerrero is reopening after a 7.5 million dollar renovation. the new playground has new play equipment, a new synthetic turf play field and tennis and basketball courts. >>> are you looking for a job? you could have a chance to work at great america for the upcoming halloween haunt season. from 10 this morning until 4:00 this afternoon a job fair is being held at great america at the