many of the first buildings in the marina were, in fact, single-family houses with front setbacks, side setbacks and gardens. this is one of the early marina gardens on marina boulevard. we also have side yards that are developed in several different ways and as in the letter we wrote to you. some of them are front to back. most often occurring closest to the water to the marina boulevard and in this case also to another body of water, the house of fine arts lagoon. in some cases we have [speaker not understood] developed side yards. in this case and common cases a one-story garage and also a secondary one-story entrance. but all of these cases have in common is they were built adjacent to residential buildings with property line windows which provide light and air to the rooms overlooking the side yard. this is another example of a one-story garage. this is in fact the case you saw about a year ago and i'm going to come back to that later. what we have not said or as mr. armor implies in his d-r response is that all of these iterations or any of them are uniform [speaker not understood

>> we were driving around in the marina. we were looking over the perfectly flat marina green, at the whole marine area, which is also perfectly flat because it was artificial filled from the 1915 exposition. >> that is correct. it was hydraulics and pumped in from the bay. same principle, they built a dike on the outside it, and then pumped in the sand. and as we all know, in 1989, a lot of damage. lawrence can speak to the concept of soft story problems with the buildings, and the look of viable soil. in perfect concert with each other, you get major damage, sometimes collapsed. that is the subject of -- i guess we did a video of that about a year ago? >> would try to pick up ale hazards. >> this is recreation of the natural landscape? >> yes, but the four points set on a rock. there is a natural rock outcrop their. the natural material was reclaimed land, because it was the original airport for san francisco. it was about 4,000 feet long. in those days, they had small propeller planes and it was adequate. the bridge itself

trade center so we could actually see the planes going in to the building and our boats were at north cove marina which were outside of the world financial center which is attached to the world trade center center. >> near the end of that devastating day, a firefighter named dan mcwilliams saw an american flag on the back of a boat called "the star of america." he climbed up, took the flag and pole off and fell in line with a friend of his george johnson and billy eisengrind. >> unfortunately the one that passed away told us this was our flag. he said by the time they got to the boat they had taken thing in and the he went to ground zero and saw our flag pole and the flag they raised. >> the pole is there. >> they took the pole and transferred the flag in to another pole, larger one. >> so we knew right away it was our flag and it was. there we just didn't do anything about it. our whole life was downtown. we actually met in the world trade center in 19975. we lived on chambers street. we'd walk down by the river and go to the office and it was pretty anything you needed was in the building. you

the marina, especially that in that they are overlooked by property line windows also characteristic of the neighborhood. commissioner antonini stated for the testimony in that hearing that there were several types of side yards in the marina. francisco case, like the case before you today and both properties are corner buildings in the marina, adjacent to residential structures with property line windows overlooking the side yard. there is also similar 1390 francis could is proposing a deck in the side yard and 3700 broderick is proposing in fact enlarging a balcony and adding a new balcony in the side yard which the planning department has also designated as a rear yard. the buildings are also the projects are also dissimilar in a couple ways. side yard on broderick is notably more open, more characteristic of the side yard on its block, more critical to the light and air of the immediately adjacent neighbors and whereas francisco only proposes -- only proposed exterior deck broderick proposes both exterior balconies and substantial construction and three different directions. you may recall staff recommendation for that case was to -- no d-r approve the project and you may also

. >> reporter:at 7:50am just before the apple store opened in the marina there were 244 people in line. the first person in line arrived at 6pm thursday night to camp out. one night sleeping on the street that's nothing. this hard core apple fan slept on the streets for days in front of the palo alto store >>you feel like doofus for waiting in line but you are doofus with cool phone >> reporter:yes. it is lame and dorky to wait in line for a phone. but this time it turned out to be the right move >>doors opened. apple employees cheered when the store opened and greeted the first in line with a warm welcome after that the crowd quickly realized there was nothing to clap about >> "all space greys, no silver no golds" >> reporter:employees walked the line with their file box of cards representing their inventory and broke the bad news >>"i don't have any silver in at&t" >> reporter:right off that bat the first 10 people could not get the the higher end iphone 5s model the way they watned the color, size, carrier if with an iphone they had to be flexible >>no more gold for a&t - yeahhhh ma

extreme and the fault goes off, the shaking will be pronounced >> how many people were in san francisco in 89? anyone in the marina in 89? >> if you were in the main portion, the ground excelleration was 90 percent. if you way 100 pounds, the pound moved with 9 pounds. if the hay ward fault goes off, most of san francisco will feel 20 to 25 percent, the marina which will shake 30 percent. so if the hay ward fault goes off, san francisco will shake 3 or 4 times harder than in 89 and twice as long. >> the haward fault has return cycles plus or minus 10 for the last 140 years. the last was 1868. we are 140 years since the last haward fault went off. so, i would say, it's pretty likely it won't slip within the next 10 years. that will give you ground shakesing 3 to 4 times as last time. >> we have, pat and i and i couple of other people have run a program how to prepare in your life and home with problems related to an earthquake. that's not what our discussion is today. it's more of a global policy issues. one is proximity to the fault. how certain are geo technical engineering that the actual proximity of the fault

in '06 the heavily damaged areas were field ground and in '89 the heavily damaged areas again were the marinaouth of market and boluxem street where four people died. mission creek where on shot well the exact style of houses tilted over. >> so the soil type and building type work together -- >> yeah. now in 0 h. #- '6 there were areas not on fill that didn't suffer damage. now in terms of earthquake damage, you can see there's a correlation that is so large in terms of the soil conditions between '06 and '89 when you have the next earthquake go off on the hayward fault, those same areas are going to be heavily damaged. >> is the area that people say is a potential damage out in richmond and sunset which was not built up in 1906 and is now hifly built up and more susceptible to damage prosecute the san andresa and not the hayward fault? >> yeah. if you look at the statistics the hayward fault is so overdue probably a 30 or 40 percent chance in the next few years whereas the san andreas, the grounds shaking that came out of the report was around 50 to 60 percent of gravity. to give people an i

our boats were at north cove marina, which was right outside the world financial center, which is attached to the world trade center. >> ae third firefighters billy eisengrime. >> unfortunately, we were told right away that this was our flag. told us that same day. he said, you know, by the time he got to the boat had he had taken the flag, and he went over and saw our flag pole and he saw the flag that they raised. >> this is our pole. >> the pole was right there. >> they took the pole, and they actually transfer the flag into another pole, larger one. >> so we knew right away it was our flag and it was there. we just didn't do anything about it. our whole life was downtown. we actually met in the world trade center in 1975. you know, we lived on chamber street. we would walk down by the river and go to the office, and it was just very pretty and anything you needed was in the building, and you could go to lunch. you could go to dinner and walk home afterwards, and it was very simple. it's sad every time i think about how nice life was then. >> in new york this flag has found a new home.

were like those firefighters for that moment. >> we headed down along the waterfront near the marina. re were a group of firefighters carrying somebody on a stretcher. as they were walking, they were kicking up the debris. so you had these billows of white ash. as they pass me, i saw that it was another firefighter. and they carried him down toward the -- where some yachts and other boats were, and sort of down a gangway. >> this is the image here. >> yeah, yeah, that tower flag. >> you see the rescue boats there. >> and i went down to photograph them loading the wounded firefighter onto one of the boats, and he survived, thankfully. and he contacted me later asking if i could share some of my photographs so that he could try to piece together what happened to him that day, because he didn't remember. >> on my walk, i kept asking people for film. so i went around and then i was at the sailing club where all the boats are docked. that's when i saw this guy who was apparently freelancing for "the new york times." i never got his name. he gave me a roll of film and he turned and we saw th

and i watched the races on the marina green where they were already dismantling some of the grandstands because they thought it was all going to be over. one more race. >> dennis, a great comeback, yes. but you got to have heard the people -- you must have heard the people saying, come on, the fix is in. >> reporter: yeah, right. well, the fact of the matter is they made some boat changes and you have to look at this race today new zealand blew it at the beginning of the start of that first race. that's the reason they were penalized. i didn't see any reason for a fix there. so the debate will continue as america tries to win this improbable comeback. >> it will continue until the next america's cup race too. thank you so much. >> larry ellison was scheduled to give the keynote address today at the oracle openworld conference. he didn't show. he sent one of his people to give the address instead so he could stay at the america's cup races. why not? dennis mentioned the score now tied at 8. the winner needs 9 to win the cup. the final race scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at 1:15 weather

. >> reporter: at 7:50am just before the apple store opened in the marina there were 244 people in line. the first person in line arrived at 6pm thursday night to camp out. one night sleeping on the street that's nothing. this hard core apple fan slept on the streets for days in front of the palo alto store >>you feel like doofus for waiting in line but you are doofus with cool phone >> reporter:yes. it is lame and dorky to wait in line for a phone. but this time it turned out to be the right move >> doors opened. >> reporter:apple employees cheered when the store opened and greeted the first in line with a warm welcome after that the crowd quickly realized there was nothing to clap about >>5-23 my tape "all space greys, no silver no golds" >> reporter:employees walked the line with their file box of cards representing their inventory and broke the bad news >>"i don't have any silver in at&t" >> reporter: right off that bat the first 10 people could not get the the higher end iphone 5s model the way they watned the color, size, carrier if >> reporter:they wanted to walk away with an iph

to perpendicular to the bay to address the students not being as close to the marina traffic as they could be if they were the opposite way. and all of our faculty has been over there. as i said, multiple times to really walk through that and understand what those expectations are and can at any time request additional support and parent volunteers should they feel the activity requires that. >> okay, great, thank you very much. >> if i may add, just clarify one point with park and rec. why we don't need to do more activation of open space immediately at the building. a question came up, why we use inside the building and little marina green. and it's that the open space around the palace of fine arts is a designated -- it's a nonstructured recreation area. since we are a group use, we do not interfere with public access. we actually go across. so, that's why we have a protocol, but that's why we choose -- that's r why we're going to those recreation areas. >> got it. commissioner moore. >> i just wanted to express my full support for the project. i think it is a very wonderful continuation of the applica

were very benevolent with giving them the height. ~ height but they want more. now, my question is, what do we want to do for the policies for the marina and cal hollow? because both the cases i just mentioned were won in each case. there are three more coming up very much like this. are we going to do -- obliterate a way of life for the exception of one person and one couple for a house this size? that's my question. thank you. >> okay. are there any other speakers in support of the d-r? okay, sorry, one second. seeing none, i am going to call the project sponsor, please. >>> how much time? >> you will have 5 minutes. >> actually because there are two d-r requestors and they each got five minutes, you actually have 10 minutes as well to match their time. >> thank you, jonas. >> if you leave them there, we'll hand them out. i don't think 11 by 17 will get on there entirely. >>> good afternoon, my name is david armor. i'm a principal with [speaker not understood] architecture. 3700 broderick street is owned by john and angela grall, the recently retired customer who chose to make san francisco their home for the rest of their lives afte

have been improvise and the report did not pinpoint the sites from which they were launched at residential areas of damascus marina but man has the details. therefore released by u.n. inspectors says that there is clear and convincing evidence that chemical weapons were used in the rebel held damascus suburb of ghouta on august twenty first but the report does not answer the key question of who launched the attack nonetheless u.s. ambassador to the united nations samantha power says the forty one page document made clear that only the syrian government was capable of carrying out a chemical weapons attack british and french officials have already at her sentiment in the meantime russian ambassador to the united nations batali churkin says that allegations that the syrian opposition used chemical weapons should not be shrugged off i think some call it was jumped to their conclusions when they were saying that this such the report definitively proves that it was the government forces who used to go weapons in the. first of all didn't have a chance to look at the report in part of the u.n. report inspectors describe

coming to you live from moscow i'm marina josh and we start in syria were government forces are battling al qaeda linked rebels who are attacked a christian village earlier this week malala is home to some of the world's oldest christian sanctuaries and is one of few places where western army the language of christ is still spoken for rebels have now been forced out but fierce clashes are continuing in the area our correspondent to mask has more. i tried to go to my little village shortly after we heard that the clashes erupted there and it's just one hour drive from damascus north of the capital but we were stopped by the army and warned that it could be a one way ticket because first of all the road from damascus to milo is not safe but even if we're lucky enough to get. to the village the clashes still continue there and the raw are still some snipers who are active on the ground so the situation is very dangerous so it's better not to go there as we were told we're hearing that the fighting is between the army and the militants mostly from. al qaeda affiliated groups fighting here in

it was a decision made by the planners of marina to try to make separations between those homes. maybe they were some of the first built, maybe they were influenced by the residential parks movement that was prevalent in the '20s in san francisco where playstations like st. francis would and forest hill and c-e-q-a for being built. we heard as it was built in testimony, as time went on and more of the marina was built it became denser and closer. even the houses in the heart of the marina have almost all flats or single-family homes have very good size rear yards, even though you can't see them because the houses are next to each other. you know, i think in this particular instance, a lot of the sources of light come from that corridor. so, those are my main feelings on the situation and i would be very much in favor of the addition, as i say, to the upper floor. i don't have big problems with the addition in the rear, although i appreciate project sponsor's offering to cut a little bit of that off. but i have a problem with the addition to the north. if there does have to be an addition and we'

marina was built in the 1930s. this has been quite an education these past few months since we were forced to follow our discretionary review with the sibleys. [speaker not understood], the resounding theme and comments were consistent. isn't it very difficult if not impossible to get i variance in the city? ~ according to code doesn't 25% of the lot rear and/or side yard need to be nonbuildable? isn't that one of the largest homes on the block already? why would a neighbor want to block your sunlight coming into your home? i don't even remember receiving a notice regarding this project. >> sir, your time -- >>> in closing we hope you consider all of these points made by our neighbors. >> sir, your time is up. >>> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >>> good afternoon. i'm pamela [speaker not understood], darren's wife. our home is very special to us as it's the place where we live and create memories with our family. i'm a stay at home mom with two young children. most of the time is spent in our sunny kitchen where we eat, play, eat, play, and i'm sure you get the picture. if you came to our home you would see that

well marina as of now twenty two people who were onboard the arctic sunrise will remain in jail for the next two months says investigation continues then that's not a sentence that's basically time that the court gives for investigators to do their job and present their case that there will be another hearing on monday as we understand in the court in the city of more months will decide what to do with the other eight members of the proof it would be safe to assume the same decision will be made with regard to those individuals russian investigators explained that the activist will not necessarily have to spend exactly two months in jail they could be released. earlier it all depends on how fast the investigators should go see the judge decided against releasing the individuals on bail citing a concern that they could leave the country before the investigation is over we know that the detained activists refused to answer investigators questions invoking the right under the russian constitution to remain silent and not to testify against themselves on board the greenpeace ship the arctic

it's very special because it has to scale and angle and the projects were doing which is in airports olympic village and the marina you know they're not just commercial projects per se they also have this social olympic angle it's kind of a p.p.p. type projects you know the public private partnership thing where the government is helping us a lot with different structure you know for example in the seaports you know we have invested over six billion rubles which is roughly two hundred million dollars into the project however the government also have built have invested almost acquired some of the same amount of money in order to build the infrastructure support for that and if the return doesn't come argument's sake do you think there's going to be some punishment that he's going to beat. you know i don't think it's a it's a not a blaming game you know we we're not looking for anyone to blame if we turn doesn't come the government wants to see that investors do complete the obligation and you see here you know you know the olympic village you know this nice building is already standing ready to you know except a f

like i do about suspenders yeah is it part of you is that part of you that did not were planned today i now am air marina's shirt with a stain on it but the stain cost a lot of money to put as an effect is there not right you did that in a liberal year knows that i am sure why didn't you were playing today. i don't know i don't really think basically very short answer is i pay no attention to what i put on and i want to leave i'm from oklahoma and it's just that's what your way. around a little home of tulsa oklahoma will be that's big yeah is it true. where the wind comes out of the valley and in that way haven't we sure as hell sweet i love oklahoma. as mel brooks was a tulsa is it true that there's a tumblr blog dedicated to buying you new clothes yes it's called let's buy bill hader some new clothes yes that's true i knew they had clothes for you now they just they just basically just a big piece of advice to me ryan seacrest picks up my jeans he does he didn't like the jeans i used to when he sends me jeans he says yeah that impress you know. ryan ryan jealous of bill ritter the bills on t.v. more tha

marina green. when i was discussing this, she mentioned the reason they were doing this was because the other two intersections at lion and baker were not safe. ~ i actually totally agree with that in substance, but i'm not sure the right solution is to have -- hope that these young children are going to always go down to broderick and cross at the appropriate place. and, so, you know, i'm hoping that if authorization is given, which i said i'm generally in support of, there be conditions attached to that around the safety of these students because it sounds like their p-e classes and physical activities would be taking place on little marina green. and i'm not a traffic engineer so i don't have any specific things to prescribe, but i would hope that somebody who does know would take the opportunity to think about signage and traffic calming features that we would associate with schools that are zoned that way and what we normally see around school yards. also given that once the students are on little marina green, there is actually no fencing you would normally see on a playground at other schools in the cit

marina green once going for over 100 bucks are now free. today, as the teams are racing up and down the bay, crews were already racing to take down the marina'sacing village. >> what you see happening at moment is we started the process of removal of, let's say, some of the bleachers. >> reporter: the extended races have made sailing fans of hotel and restaurant owners like owner of pier 23 bar on the emba embarcadero. >> it's been chaotic and fun filled. we've made great money. it's been a lot of fun for us and we're having a good time. we continue to have a really good time. >> reporter: somehow the races have gone on long enough to turn diehard football fans like tony into sailing nuts. >> i'm coming back tomorrow. yes, i am. and, yeah, usa! >> reporter: joe rosato jr., nbc bay area news. >> it is a lot of fun. here's how it works. tomorrow at 1:00 in the afternoon, larry ellison will call jeff ranieri. if the wind is cooperating we air the america's cup final right here on nbc. >> got a lot of pressure on you, jeff. >> i know. >> get the call from larry. >> i know. if larry called me right now, i'd say it's probably about a 75% chance it

is a trend that's been occurring as long as i've been living in the marina, which is to allow bigger houses on small lot spaces that were never intended to be occupied by such big houses. we personally had a situation several years ago where we were promised that the project sponsor immediately to our east would not encroach on our light and safety. and when the ultimate house got built, it was twice its original size and, in fact, the entire east side of our house was blocked. and to make matters worse, the property line is encroached upon so that we have no exit for our children. we have two daughters and we now have no exit on a breezeway that used to run through our house which obviously in the marina is critical given the seismic issues. so, i think what i would ask the commission is we respect -- in our case we respect that our neighbor's right to build and encourage that and we oppose the idea of expansion, but i think there is a run away trend in the marina which was never intended to have such large houses and such intrusive projects and ones that block light and air to so many. i think it is a fair time to ask

. >> reporter: there were lots of good places to watch the races here along the marina green today but not a lot of plays to park. so if you want to -- not a lot of places to park. so if you want to watch them, come early. >> thank you, don knapp. >> the games of the 23nd olympiad in 2020 are awarded to the city of tokyo. [ applause and cheers ] >> tokyo celebrating after being named a host for the 2020 summer olympics. the city beat out istanbul and madrid. they last hosted the summer olympics in 1964. it was seen as the safest course for the international olympic committee because of the city's experience organizing major events and its sense of economic security. >>> a grass fire in south san francisco is now out but not before burning at least 40 acres and causing some scary moments for people who live nearby. no homes were evacuated near san bruno mountain but dozens of homes were threatened by the flames. kpix 5's brian webb is at the mountain and talking to firefighters and people who live nearby. brian. >> reporter: the firefight something finished. now it's time for the invest

get to china venezuela's foreign ministry says these incidents were an act of aggression and violation of international law artie's marina portnoy has the details. nicolas maduro plan to china was denied that's according to foreign minister elliott how he said washington prohibited the plane from passing through u.s. airspace over the rico forcing the world leader to find an alternate path now while speaking to reporters about the incident foreign minister how i denounce the move as a won't act of aggression on the part of north american imperialism against the venezuelan government unquote president maduro was due to arrive in beijing this weekend for bilateral talks with the chinese government and venezuelan officials insist that mr majority will reach his destination despite the interference of foreign minister how argues that no country can deny air space to a plane carrying a president on an international state visit he also added that he expects the u.s. to rectify this situation now the latest this is the latest incident will no doubt bring animosity to of the already strained relations between washington and cara