it matches the neighbor of hickory should be it is below the rear neighbors in the medlock space andwe believe it sort of carefully and, thoughtfully scales within the block >> i would agree on hickory street that it is scaled properly. i think where i'm having trouble is that we are-i mean the rear façade granted you've got a lot of room in front kind of reads as a three-story building because you're going upgrade their where contextually, most of those buildings don't. you are dealing with one lot that's been divided and this is the common condition in hayes valley on these smaller alleys and these lots. i mean, sometimes you're the properties garage on that and i think you have that condition down hickory street. so i think that from having trouble. it reads as a four-story-a three-story massing there without a ton of room given the size of the lots and the fact that their properties are built out pretty far into the lot which now you're issuing-it's a context we are dealing with. then you couple that with the fact that really it's a small office on top there are kind of causing t

it matches the neighbor of hickory should be it is below the rear neighbors in the medlock space ando we believe it sort of carefully and, thoughtfully scales within the block >> i would agree on hickory street that it is scaled properly. i think where i'm having trouble is that we are-i mean the rear façade granted you've got a lot of room in front kind of reads as a three-story building because you're going upgrade their where contextually, most of those buildings don't. you are dealing with one lot that's been divided and this is the common condition in hayes valley on these smaller alleys and these lots. i mean, sometimes you're the properties garage on that and i think you have that condition down hickory street. so i think that from having trouble. it reads as a four-story-a three-story massing there without a ton of room given the size of the lots and the fact that their properties are built out pretty far into the lot which now you're issuing-it's a context we are dealing with. then you couple that with the fact that really it's a small office on top there are kind of causing

east bay has been inundated with mud and boulders about mile north from niles canyon road.sot john medlock/alameda county public works 11-15its going to be closed for a whilealameda county public works says they first noticed the problem last week when mud and rocks started falling from about 500 feet up the hill. they shutdown the road thursday between niles canyon and palo verde but monday morning what came down the hill got much worse .sotthere are significant boulders one is the size of a small car about 5 to 6 tonscleaning the road is straightforward safeguarding the hillside is another matter sotwe will pull down the loose stuff and then we may have to lay a steel net on the hillside.the road will remain closed until that's done in the meantime, niles canyon road was open in the afternoon, but it was starting to flood thanks to alameda creek, which looked more like a rushing river local say they've never seen anything like it.sot i have never seen it like this.. children play in this during the sumersot its pretty amazing133/pretty amazing crews in marin county are working to repair

john medlock, the deputy director for maintenance and operations for alameda county says anything from rain to wind can trigger the rocks to fall. "the reason why we closed it." but despite the closure, people still tried to get through."yeah, sometimes people think a road closed sign or warning applies to everyone but them."but officials with alameda county say turning around... could mean the difference between life and death."i understand they have to take every precaution seriously."alameda county officials are hoping to open at least one lane of the road by tomorrow afternoon. reporting in alameda county, lydia pantazes kron4 news. hillary clinton helped the u-s postal service launch a new collection of forever stamps... and these stamps commemorated the late fashion designer.... oscar de la renta. 10 of the stamps in the collection honor the late designer's fashions. and the eleventh stamp is a portrait of mister de la renta. clinton joined former new york city mayor michael bloomberg at a manhattan ceremony. she praised the dominican- born de la renta ... as an inspiration to st

john medlock, the deputy director for maintenance and operations for alameda county says anything from the rain to wind can trigger the rocks to fall. "the reason why we closed it." but despite the closure, people still tried to get through."yeah, sometimes people think a road closed sign or warning applies to everyone but them."but officials with alameda county say turning around... could mean the difference between life and death."i understand they have to take every precaution seriously."alameda county officials are hoping to open at least one lane of the road by tomorrow afternoon. reporting in alameda county, lydia pantazes kron4 news. and in the south bay... northbound lanes on highway-17 in the santa cruz mountains are still closed this morning. crews are working to clear the mudslide that has blocked the northbound lanes off and on for more than a month. rain and dangerous conditions have delayed that work over the past few weeks. caltrans says there is now a geologist on site to assess when it is too dangerous to work...and when crews can resume. there is still no estimate to

road in the unincorporated community of castro valley and niles canyon road in fremont, said john medlockctor of the public works agency's maintenance and operations department.during monday's powerful storm, a boulder collapsed on top of the road at mile marker 8.73.at this time, there is no estimated time of when the road will reopen. will reopen.when the road estimated time of there is no estimated time of when the road will reopen. it's not just mudslides causing problems on bay area roads... there have also been reports of downed trees...all over the bay area. this was on highway 13 yesterday in alameda county. you can see a tree blocking one of the lanes. fortunately... it did not hit any cars when it came down. in the south bay... the anderson reservoir continues to spill over it's banks. the dam is at capacity and now excess water is rushing down the spillway. the santa clara valley water district says it will to continue to release until the spillway reaches 2000 cubic feet per second. then they will close the outlet at the bottom to relieve any additional pressure downstream....