i am emily scott and i am myra's partner. i will be living in the upper unit when the project is complete. i wanted to address a few comments made at the commission at the last hearing. it was pointed out that we had friends and family to speak on our behalf, but no neighbors. we should point out to the commission that we actually have 11 letters of support from our neighbors. you should have this map on paying 3 of your pocket. we have the support, either written or verb alfrom all of the neighbors across the street, the owner of the apartment building adjacent to us, the neighbors directly behind us and their adjacent neighbor. at the last meeting. mr. howser had four neighbors spoke on his behalf. they didn't speak against the projects as much as his alternative plans. they never talked about concerns despite the multiple outreach opportunities they provided. if they had, with would be happy to explain the plans, the subterranean living space, acceptable to mr. howser and his wife was not acceptable to us. we have met with

my family met myra and clare. they have always been thoughtful neighbors. they endured without complaint living next door to a loud disruptive and lengthy construction project when 313 eureka was renovated by the owner. throughout the construction process, they remained cheerful and supportive neighbors even when the owner erected support beams on their property without permission and when construction impacted the fence in their yard. we have attended the neighborhood meetings they held last year and spoke with them directly with the project. they are respectful to open discussion and feedback. they have a great personal time and expense made many changes to the original plans for the sole purpose to try to satisfy the two d.r. applicants and have kept us included and informed throughout the process. i have received hard copies of all changes and have received verbal and written updates throughout the process. this has been a very long and challenging experience for their family. i respect their ongoing willingness to work with their neighbors. they have b

. >> reporter: myra says she will leave the gold behind next time she comes to the bart fruitvale station. >> i would never come here from berkeley. i'm registering for school and this is the way i'm going to get to school. >> she learned that men in the early 20s target mostly women wear gold jewelry in the fruitvale district and lake merritt area. >> they walk up to them on foot. most of the females are distracted by cell phone and they snatch the gold chains off their neck and run away. >> sergeant says dozens of the robberies have taken place the last three months. the price of gold being $1800 an ounce has a lot to do with the thefts taking place in daylight hours. especially around commute times between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00. the robberies are also on the rise. oakland police have some advice for women using public transportation. particularly in the fruitvale area. wear gold jewelry under your clothing. avoid using cell phone coming or waiting for public transportation. walk in well-lighted areas and program the oakland police department emergency number in the cell phone. 510-777-321

the 5-year-old boy was struck yesterday at a crosswalk at silver avenue nearle myra. police are searching for a 1980s model dark hatchback with a missing passenger's side mirror. two and a half weeks ago, a 9-year-old boy visiting from pennsylvania was hit by a suspected drunk driver. >>> a woman struck and killed by a muni bus friday has been identified as 23-year-old emily dunn of san francisco. dunn was hit in the crosswalk as a bus was turning from 18th street onto hartford street. the bus has been taken out of service and the driver's being tested for drugs and alcohol. >>> well, a rite of passage this weekend for thousands of college students, from berkeley to the south bay, moving into their dorm room. for about 200 returning students at san jose state, homes will be the clarion hotel. the university ran out of dorm rooms because of a record freshman class. more of the upper classmen are taking the placement in stride. >> i think that even though it was like a last minute thing, you got to make the best of it. >> the hotel offers a pool, hot tub, cable tv, plus

myra, patrick, gabriel, clare. >> good evening, commissioners, my name is nrra and i live at 311 eureka street. i plan to move back in when the project is complete. at the last hearing, it was suggested that we continue to work with our neighbors to try to arrive at a compromise. i realize we could have done a better job explaining to you how much we have already worked with our neighbors because it might not have been obvious. i have to say, i do take issue with the suggestions from the d.r. requesters that we haven't done enough already. so our packets include a timeline of meetings that we had beginning in december of 2008 when we invited our neighbors over to look out our designs before we submitted them. we made modifications to the plans based on feedback from the neighbors as a result of that meeting. we then made modifications to the plan during the residential design review process executing on each of the suggestions the design team made. the plans were approved last june and the d.r. filing date was a year ago on july 9 of 2010. in the 13 months since then, we have had hours

. >> reporter: myra bautista manages a small human resources staffing business in walnut creek. she is hoping to connect with companies that are looking for temporary contract employees. >> my goal is to meet as many chance will sit down with me -- companies that will sit down with me, listen to what we have and come out with great relationships and future contracts. >> reporter: also make a big push this year the u.s. small business administration. despite the national economy, it has money to lend. some loans in the $150,000 range are just enough to get promising businesses off the ground. >> we are saying to people, look, if you have a good product or you have a good service and you want to get the word out and you want people to know about it, now's the time to invest. now's the time to grow it. >> reporter: back at bonilla's business, he and his partner hope that by staying successful through these tough economic times, they will benefit once the economy rebounds. >> what is of importance to us is using this opportunity to build our company, to be stronger. >> reporter: and

the sand caved in, trapping matt myra for nearly half an hour. >> relax, relax. >> reporter: until, at i couldn't tell if anybody hehed me screaming help. >> reporter: a cautionary tale for anyone headed to the beach this summer. if you're a parent you probably tend to breathe a bit easier when your kid's building sand castles because you figure the sand has got to be safer than the surf. turns out that might not be the case. even a small beach hole can be dangerous for little kids. the danger from shifting sands. a few minutes is all it takes to suffocate someone. a recent harvard study documented more than 50 cases in the past decade. nearly half of them fatal. >> the number of sand wall collapses was greater than that of unprovoked shark attacks. >> reporter: it's such a serious risk some communities are banning deep beach holes altogether. myrtle beach in south carolina's already done it. los angeles county may soon follow suit. what advice do you have for parents? >> don't let your kids dig holes. >> reporter: the lifeguards busy watching the water are trained to help. but better

myra helms of ronda, north carolina. 102.to check out a books. now she has a kindle. and we have hajime ota of union, california. beautiful, beautiful japanese decent. 100 years old today. loves to work in her vegetable garden and share her bounty with her friends. you can't beat that. a good charitable lady. dorothy and henry jaeger. dorothy and henry have been married for 75 years. bloomington, illinois. longevity is never going to bed angry. heard that before. that's it. that's all. now back to new york, they never go to bed angry. >> never do. up next, live concert from country superstars, the zac brown band. ri ♪ >> narrator: the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> grammy for best new artist in 2010. this morning we're excited to welcome them to the plaza for the very first time. ladies and gentlemen, the zac brown band playing the song you our viewers chose, "chicken fried." ♪ you know i like my chicken fried ♪ ♪ a cold beer on a friday night ♪ ♪ a pair of jeans that fit just right and the radi