the presiding officer is michael garcia, and joining him are the commissioners, the board's president will be absent today. to my left is the deputy attorney. she will provide any legal advice this evening. i am the executive director. we are joined by representatives from some city departments who will be speaking tonight. the zoning administrator is representing the planning commission hearing good sitting behind them -- the planning commission. at this time, if you would go over the meeting guidelines and conduct the swearing in process. >> the board requests you turn off all phones and pagers please carry on conversations involve where curator they have seven minutes to present cases and 3-4 rebuttals. -- 3 minutes for rebuttals. to assist the board in accurate preparation of minutes, members of the public who wish to speak on a particular item or asked but not required to submit a speaker cards when you come up to the podium. speaker cards and hands are available on the left side of the podium as well. -- and pens are available on the left side of the podium as well. if you have

joining vice-president michael garcia is commissioner frank fung, commissioner hwang. at the controls, we have the board's legal assistant. i am the executive director. we are so joined this evening by representatives of some of the city departments that will be participating in the hearings this evening. we have the senior planner and assistant to the zoning administrator representing the planning department and the planning administrator, and joseph dufty is here representing the department of building inspections. it at this time, if you could please go over the meeting guidelines. >> the board request that you turn off all phones and pagers so they did not disrupt the proceedings. please carry on conversations in the hallway. the rules of position are as follows, appellants, permit holders, and representatives each have seven minutes to present their cases and three minutes for a bottle -- for rebuttals. members of the public were not affiliated with the parties have 3 minutes each to address the board and no rebuttals. members of the public who wish to speak on an

staff sergeant michael garcia and sergeant christopher sutherland made the ultimate sacrifice by giving their lives in service to this nation. . it was at this point that it's important decision involving the defense of our nation becomes most personal. instead of thinking in abstract terms like casualty, weapons, equipment, we are confronted with the reality that these are not just soldiers. they are in fact our friends, our neighbors, our sons, fathers, brothers. staff sergeant garcia and sergeant southerland represented the very best america has to offer. their contributions serves as an enduring reminder that the freedoms and liberties we hold so dear are afforded to us only by those who wear the uniform and loved ones who support them. let us pause today to remember the sacrifice these brave soldiers made on behalf of this great nation. and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly, for five minutes. mr. connolly: madam speaker, we're two short weeks away from defaulting on american debt which would devastate our

heidi klum nina garcia and michael kors.it's great. itit the first time that all of us get to meet the designers on the first episode. and we do make a few cuts. >> all 200 thought they were already on the show and we said no, you still have to doo one morereasting process with us. they had to prove to us why they should be on the show and then we cut four. >> you guys were telling me off-camera there's a young lady just from day one, we meet her, can you give us a sneak peek on that situation? >> we were a little skeptical when we saw her rack of clothes. they looked so professionally made. michael, tim and i were a littlee skeptical. >> she's been sewing for four months. >> she's a former beauty queen -- >> she's a beauty queen, miss trinidad. >> the sketches were perfect. as if it was a master craft. >> yes. >> she had such a great sense of style. let's give her a chance. because you never know. >> are we going to find out if she's an impos or the. >> we'll see. >> sometimes the judges don't agree. >> which is why we love

garcia-cannon. after a hair he woulding experience, two men who capsized off the california coastline are home. lee and michaelen arrived in novato to open arms. they are relieved to be safe but heart broken that not everyone is klted for. it was chaos in the water and their will to survive is what got them through it. >> i was in the water for 20 hours and we had numerous fishing boats pass us. >> another man didn't have a life jacket. i don't remember his last name. his first name was bob. and he grabbed on to the ice chest. we had two ice chests and i happened to notice that it was my ice chest and inside my ice chest was another personal flow dags device. >> they were horribly sunburned after being out there so long and also mentally exhausted and very angry at the captain who they think is at fault. they say when the boat was sinking, all crew members had life jackets while the fishermen scrambled to find anyin t that would float. a lot more ahead. we'll be right back. ha >>> welcome back. here's a look at lunchtime. 80s inland as the sea breeze turns a little stronger today, cooling off in places like th

michael scott. >> not telling you what -- -oh !>> >> more from your local news. @w@7@g@'@7@7@g@g@g@g@g@g@'@7 >> good morning to you. 7:56 now. i'm laura garcia pg&e crews about to get to work in the san bruno neighborhood. that was devastated by last year's deadly pipeline explosion. marla tellez is live at the site this morning with what's happening in the glenn view neighborhood today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. i hung up the phone with a pg&e spokesman who says that two pg&e excavation crews should be out here any minute. they are due to be here at 8:00 this morning. their assignment as ordered by the public utilities commission t california puc, is dig up the abandoned section of pipe that was originally part of the gas line that exploded. this pipe has not been acttive since the mid 1950s. it will be turned over. it's going to be time before actual building can begin out here. that's because a spokesman tells me crews need to decommission line 132, the line that blew. it's not until that happens that the area can be paved over and construct can begin. laura, the first step of digging up the pipe is expected to take