also, a more fun issue is the part that i love what has been going on with the new parcels we have taken over, some parking spaces throughout the city. what is so unique about those is that if you do not want to spend money, it is hard to sit outside. you want to be outside on a beautiful day, there are not a lot of places to do that, and i think this offers a unique opportunity for people to enjoy the streetscape without having to spend money if they are not in a position to do so. those are some of the issues in passionate about. i welcome questions and look forward to hopefully working with you again. supervisor campos: thank you, colleagues. any questions? great, thank you very much. why don't we open up for public comment? if there is any member of the public who wishes to come forward on this item, please come forward. you each have three minutes. >> good morning. i'm here to speak on behalf of gwyneth borden's reappointment to the planning commission. she really hit the ground running when she was nominated and appointed two years ago. i have noticed, as well as to echo her statem

assigned at the time it's created so that when someone comes in and does pull a building permit for a new parcel, that we have the lot in our system and not have to go find it in d.p.w.'s system. so we are working towards that. that's also a coordination effort with the assessor's office. due to the recording of the final maps and the lot line adjustments. we're kind of streamlining that process a little bit. chairman murphy: what's the average time now for p.u.c. turnaround? director day: p.u.c. turnaround on plans? chairman murphy: yeah. director day: actually, now, since july 1, we're actually sending out all of the plans to all of the departments within the first -- at the time they're submitted. that's one of the reasons for requiring the eight sets of plans. so we're getting back the responses from p.u.c. within the first 30 days if it's not over the counter. so everyone is responding back to us within 30 days. chairman murphy: does p.u.c. have staff on the fifth floor? do they have a desk there? >> yes. they have two desks there. they actually have staff. they're actually located -- their

they are hoping to get in a new parcel tax on the ballot. >>> the number of fatal crashes involving teen drivers has dropped. according to a new federal report they fell to 36% within wise is to have the highest death new york and new jersey the lowest. experts safer cars and highway improvements. mel gibson will not make an appearance afterall in a sequel the popular movie the hangover. he's been cut from the film because some of the cast members were not happy about working with him. gibson is currently involved in a bitterly custody battle. he's been under fire because of a release of phone messages where he threatened his wife. >>> one of the world's top conservation groups is making a disturbing prediction. tigers could become distinct in 12 years. a top leveling meeting could help reverse the crime. the group is leading a world- wide campaign to double the number of tigers in the next dozen of years. there woulssive crack down and increased effort to protect tiger habitats around the world. >> sounds like they are talking about bengal tiger. just to clarify that. let's go to sal. >

city officials may also consider a new parcel tax in the near future. we want to check in with say -- with tara now. >> i can't keep up with them. they keep popping up. right here, 101 north at lawrence expressway, we have an injury accident there. this one just popped up. it may be some time before they can move that over to the shoulder and get that taken care of. if we take a live look at 280 san jose, this is south of where both of those accidents occurred. you can see on the right-hand side that's northbound traffic, extremely heavy right now. it's been this way for the past little while. there is a very pretty shot of the sun coming in. definitely give yourself some extra time there. this backs up to the macarthur maze. steve? >> yes. >> what's going on? >>> it's sunny. even in san francisco we could have a pretty big drop in temperatures. the sea breeze has not kicked in. highs 60s to 90s. a red flag warning ended at 6:00 a.m., still a little breezy. but at the surface hardly any wind at all. it will be cooler for all as we head into the weekend.

in the petition phase, they corrected the parcel data on their petitions, and they provided new informationn their parcel data that was different than what the assessor's rolls had. we have updated their assessments based on the corrected parcel data they gave us. this results in a reduction, approximately 7,000, in the assessment budget. we've changed the numbers in the management plan and engineer's report to reflect that. we have update the time line to show where we are at of today, and we've cleared up some administrative inconsistencies. so i would like to, if possible, introduce the representative of the steering committee. he she has been working with the c.b.d. steering committee for over a year, and she would like to go through what is being proposed in terms of what this district hopes to do, what the petition results are, the services that we would like to share with you that the district proposes to implement. with that, i would like to turn it over to karen. >> very good. thank you. >> great. thank you, lisa. good afternoon, supervisors, chairman avalos and supervisor elsbernd

they are hoping to get a new parcel tax on the ballot. if that passes, they say it is possible the schools could stay open. >>> we want to check on the progress with sal castaneda. >> this morning, we had a problem in san bruno, on southbound 280, which was causing slow traffic leaving daly city. but we still have a problem, southbound 101 at hillsdale. it's a minor crash. but you may see it there. traffic on 101 is doing pretty well. and of course, with the president's visit in millbrae area right now is where the president is. millbrae, burlingame. i still think 280 is a better bet than 101 at this point. moving across the bay now. hayward, union city, fremont. that traffic a little busy, heading south. nothing really too bad heading north. moving along to live pictures. this is westbound 24 in the east bay. you can see westbound 24, lafayette, on the right-hand side. it does move well. you can see bart. and bart is a good way to get around this morning. they are reporting their trains on time. westbound bay bridge has been a 10-minute

there will be three new single- family homes located on the other three parcels. the three parcels are in with 49 feet at the corner, 24.8 feet, 28 feet, and 28.5 feet. these parcels to meet the planning code. they are completely code compliance. i would like to read a brief technical issue about this. all four lots are located within 125 feet of the intersection, and each lot measures at least 1750 square feet. under section 121 of the planning code, each lot is at least 25 feet wide for the portion of a lot that measures 1700 square feet. there is an interpretation that states if a lot is deficient by up to a quarter of an inch, which is 1% of the required lot with, it is still considered to be a 25 foot wide lot. parcells b and c, the middle parcellss, measure less than the 1% deficiency. therefore, we rounded up. all four parcels to meet the planning code requirement. they are 25 feet wide for three of them and 49 for the fourth. in terms of the pattern of development in the neighborhood, the lots are zoned rh-1, which is residential single-family. it is not z

earlier yemeni security forces arrested a female student suspected of sending the explosive parcels to us to new gods. and on doris at least fourteen people have been massacred by gunmen during a football game the group armed with assault rifles opened fire at point blank range at a stadium in the northern city of san pedro sula the motive is on a clear but police believe the killings are linked to the drug trade it comes almost two months after gunmen stormed a shoe factory in the same city killing two. well witches and zombies have been taking center stage in moscow as people are celebrating the freakiest holiday of the year about how the week of course this weekend clubs have been full with a crowd that has swapped its glad rags to real rags and wigs artie's tom barton join the fun. it's hollow we got time for trick and treating and dressing up but here in moscow it's really an occasion for jessica here's an idea one of the clubs in moscow will see not just scary costumes but the whole variety of weird and wonderful garb to see my rights to see the system policeman to see whole souls of profe

fighter jets to escort passenger planes from the united arab emirates into new york city's jfk airport because it was carrying a parcelfrom yemen. >>> at least 21 people have been killed, 45 wounded in a suicide bombing northeast of baghdad. authorities say the assailant blew himself up at a cafe and many of the victims were women and children. the attack occurred in a neighborhood predominantly made up of ethnic kurd shiites. >>> now merapi has been erupting just two days after a killed 33 people on the island of java. officials brought people to safety. tens of thousands of people have left the area or have been as accurate. >> mount merapi was still spewing clouds of smoke and ash on friday, with the lava flows down the hillside, causing a remote threat. officials of evacuate residents living in the danger zone. villagers who initially ignored the orders were brought to safety. medical personnel say many are still in shock after losing friends and loved ones in the initial eruption. >> i just let go and pray to god. i hope this will be over soon and there will be no more casualties. >> but experts said the volcano

parents and educators are working on another parcel tax to stop the closure spirit district plan to make the newax the same for business and residents the farrell parcel tax had businesses pay more. for 30 5:00 a.m. new details please in berkeley called it a suicide but now they say a student who shot himself in his room at the see fraternity may have done so by accident. jonathan blum has the latest. >> whether it was a suicide or a tragic accident berkeley police said they have yet to determine if their way they say it was this house where he died after shooting himself. members or type let the impact of this tragedy has reached beyond this house. >> it has been down exchanges between fraternities have been cancelled it has affected many lives. >> douglas down the street he said he saw the commotion in the middle of the night. >> between 5-12 police cars. there were quite a few guys it was your cracking appeared >> the student died from gunshot wound to the head. initial indications suggested he filed himself your classmates say the 24 year-old student was a veteran from the war in iraq appear

parcels we are talking about. this is the existing house. these are the three new single- family homes. there is a lot of green space throughout the neighborhood. there will be remaining green space in the rear yards that will still enable their to be plenty of open space, what we call the dog not of a block. the planning commission found this was sufficient -- what we call the donut of a block. the planning commission found this was sufficient. president chiu: are you finished? supervisor campos: -- supervisor chu: just a couple of questions from the department. this item is not a conditional use or an eir. this is an appeal of a personal map. we need to consider whether we are taking a look at a proposal that would be consistent with the general plan, whether the site is physically suitable. you spoke a little bit before about the fact that primarily what we are going to be seeing is single-family homes being developed in an area that is a predominately single family location. you spoke a little bit about whether it is generally the nature and feel of the neighborhood that you have th

let's take a look at some other stories dominating world news today and yemeni authorities have arrested a woman suspected of sending explosive parcels to u.s. synagogues bombs were found on u.s. bound planes in the u.k. and by officials in yemen have also seized over twenty suspect parcels with suspicion falling on the country's active okada cell last year to tampa to blow up a detroit bound airliner. going to have massacred at least fourteen people during a football match in the northern city of some patter of saw the group armed with assault rifles pulled up in a car and opened fire at point blank range the motive is unclear but police believe the shooting may be linked to the drug straight it comes almost two months after a gunman stormed a shoe factory in the same city and killed eighteen people. iran says it's prepared to hold talks on its disputed nuclear program in advance for the move came after the u.s. confirmed it was working on a new fuel swap deal for the country the u.s. and other western powers accuse iran of using its civilian nuclear program as a cover to develop nuclear weapons iran denies the charges saying its nu

fighter jets to escort passenger planes from the united arab emirates into new york city's jfk airport because it was carrying a parcel from yemen. >>> at least 21 people have been killed, 45 wounded in a suicide bombing northeast of baghdad. authorities say the assailant blew himself up at a cafe and many of the victims were women and children. the attack occurred in a neighborhood predominantly made up of ethnic kurd shiites. >>> now merapi has been erupting just two days after a killed 33 people on the island of java. officials brought people to safety. tens of thousands of people have left the area or have been as accurate. >> mount merapi was still spewing clouds of smoke and ash on friday, with the lava flows down the hillside, causing a remote threat. officials of evacuate residents living in the danger zone. villagers who initially ignored the orders were brought to safety. medical personnel say many are still in shock after losing friends and loved ones in the initial eruption. >> i just let go and pray to god. i hope this will be over soon and there will be no more casualties. >> but experts said the volcano

new stadium for the a's. they may not have enough money to buy the last parcels of land for a downtown stadium. however a's team owner lou wells stepped up to the plate by buying some of at least all of the land. there are several obstacles to the plan. they include giants claim to territorial rights of santa clara county. >>> some cats at the peninsula humane society by benefit from san francisco giants fever. they are adoption fee for giants colored cats. the normal fees range from 50- $80. the humane society say there is are 50 color cats. >>> emergency closure is still in place this morning on the san mateo bridge because of a crack found in a critical part of the bridge. jade hernandez joins us live. >> reporter: commuters should use the bay bridge to avoid traffic. crews are working this morning and. and we are use monitoring the traffic this morning. drivers don't seem to be having any problems this morning. one of the three westbound lanes is still coned off while crews work. commuters should keep in mind if they are head into the peninsula. right now cal train is starting to fix a a te

new road crop opened today. city officials say the city's redevelopment agency doesn't have enough money to buy the last parcels of land needed for the stadium. but team owner lou wolf says he will find a way to get it done. major league baseball hasn't given it's final stamp of approval and san jose still has to vote on the its approval. >>> a truck snaked it's way through part of antioch south of highway four unleashing an insecticide. but some tell us the spraying came as a surprise. amber lee has the report. >> reporter: we're in the backyard of family home in the spray zone. experts are asking people not to let water stagnate in pools such as this one because they can attract mosquitoes. less than an hour ago, a crew with the vector district drove through the neighborhood spraying. officials say they need to spray pesticide to stop mosquitoes from transmitting the west nile virus. this homeowner questions whether spraying is necessary with only three human cases county wide. >> we have a large population, i don't think that's a large enough percentage to spray. but it's up to the health department isn't it

good news if you're looking for a part-time job for the holiday. as the united parcelay they're expected to hire 50,000 employes of the holiday. they're beating up short-term plays for their peak season between thanksgiving and christmas. workers will be hired to be driver helpers' and packers. a significant number of the seasonal of players that will be offered permanent positions that will last beyond january. >> 6:48 a.m. right now, here's what you need to know if you want a check this out. to date from 1 to 5 the blue angels will be practicing their circle of arrival maneuvers. so that is today look up, if your in san francisco between one and five. on friday between 1 and 4, there will be a full there's no rehearsal. and that will be hosted by our own pilots. and your copilot in the morning during the continued george. and then on saturday and sunday, the air sure it will be one from one to four. the blue angels will fly for the last hour. the first ship has come into port for fleet week, this is one of the navy's newest and technologically advanced ship. it is a

problems with the new fare passes and why thousands of riders have yet to make the switch. >> and an east bay parceltax that would force an international oil giant to become a good neighbor to local school system coming up tonight at 6:00. >> and we'll see you then finally end has come for the sony walkman. >> if you're like us you probably didn't realize they're still making that player. >> and this was initially a bust sony only selling 3,000 of them. >> the company sold 200 million of them. the end comes on the ninth anniversary of the ipod. >> and we did not realize there they were still making that thing. >> i love the walkman. >> and world news is up next. i'm dan ashley. from all of us here, thanks for watching. we appreciate your time. insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and hoping for different results. i've built businesses. i've built a business. met the payroll. met a payroll. i enter this office beholden to no one except you. i will owe my office to no one but you. i don't owe anyone a

new stadium for the a's. city legallers say they may not have enough money to buys last parcels of land. however team owner lou wolf will stand up to the plate to buy some. there are several obstacles. they include the giants claim to the territorial rights. >>> some cats on the peninsula humane society could soon benefit from san francisco giants fever. the humane society is offering a special $9 adoption fee. normal fees range from $52-$80. they say there are 50 orange colored cats. >>> time now 6:35. one lane is still closed because of an ongoing emergency repair project. jade hernandez is joining us now. how traffic is effected now. jade. >> reporter: good morning. we are live on the bridge this morning. we're monitoring traffic. we warned drivers about the work that has caused a lane closure here on the san mateo bridge. we will remind you again. commuters should use the bay bridge. just to avoid any tie up. you can see traffic is slow just a bit on the bridge this morning. crews worked overnight and closed one of three westbound lanes to fix a ten inch crack found in agile girder.

new road crop opened today. city officials say the city's redevelopment agency doesn't have enough money to buy the last parcels of land needed for the stadium. but team owner lou wolf says he will find a way to get it done. major league baseball hasn't given it's final stamp of approval and san jose still has to vote on the its approval. >>> a truck snaked it's way through part of antioch south of highway four unleashing an insecticide. but some tell us the spraying came as a surprise. amber lee has the report. >> reporter: we're in the backyard of family home in the spray zone. experts are asking people not to let water stagnate in pools such as this one because they can attract mosquitoes. less than an hour ago, a crew with the vector district drove through the neighborhood spraying. officials say they need to spray pesticide to stop mosquitoes from transmitting the west nile virus. this homeowner questions whether spraying is necessary with only three human cases county wide. >> we have a large population, i don't think that's a large enough percentage to spray. but it's up to the health department isn't it

new building as far away as possible. the project is against all the adjacent property, and this is also -- you can see the neighboring buildings also occupies the rear yard of their parcel. and we have tried to not block the windows of that property. i am available to answer any questions but wanted to bring up carly williams to talk briefly about this project. >> i am the current owner of the property and i am also the founding director of the capp street foundation. i would like to do that the property once the legal matters have taken care of, for the foundation to oversee this property. i wanted to give you a very brief history of how i got here. i have been on the board for a number of years, and it in late 2007 i was in the commission's meeting when the curator presented a sculpture by artist, david ireland. it had been traded at of a bottle of -- a matter of material that he found when he first came to this place in 1975. he wanted to incorporate this into his work. putting this in the context of the committee, she gave a brief background of the house, and at that time mr. island had moved away because of his health reasons and house was going to be on the open m

new terminal, the first of its kind. it will build the site adjacent to haneda terminal. it will cost $1.7 billion and cover 200,000 square meters. by using the newest equipment that automatically sorts parcels and over 200 discharge stations yamoto said it can offer more efficiently. they plan to start operations in october 2012. >>> next for you is a recap of the latest market figures. >>> next comes saki ochi with the weather forecast. >>> hi, there. welcome back to your world weather update. we are keeping an eye on our tropical storm system here. rather, now a typhoon. it has really strengthened over the past couple of hours, packing winds of over 120 kilometer per hour. much stronger gusts will remain in the northerly track and start veering towards the northeast, getting very close to the southern islands of japan and possibly approaching mainland japan. a little hard to tell just yet, but either wail, outer rain bands could affect these developments. we need to keep a close eye on its developments over the next week or so. inland areas of china still seeing rain. that will taper off later today. similarly dry for the korean peninsula as well. japan will see pretty unsettled condition

new library. that report states in 1956 the library and recreation and parks commission specifically recommend, quote, that the north beach library be located on the triangle parcel of property located between lombard street, columbus avenue and mason street. and that mason street be closed between lombard and columbus. the exact same plan that we are considering today. you and i as city appointed commissioners have a chance to correct a 50-year mistake. the e.i.r. under consideration is accurate and more than adequate as it clearly shows that the plan to build a new north beach library on the triangle parking lot and expand the joe dimaggio playground is the correct course of action. please join your fellow commissioners and approve the north beach e.i.r. so we can use this ground wisely for our children for the future. thank you. president miguel: thank you. >> do you want to have that? >> commissioners, my name is dawn and i'm the planning and capital manager for the recreation and park department. thank you for taking time tonight to hear about this important project. the draft e.i.r., the recreation and park department feels provides an excellent analysis of

parcels that had originated in yemen. >> it was thought more than a dozen were shipped to the u.s. aboard numers air carriers and distributed on to ups cargo trucks in nework and possibly new jersey. no active devices were ever found. >> one package i should say that was identified as being possibly involved with this threat. that package has been scanned by our bomb squad and has been clead. >> across the atlantic, othe potentl devices, cartridges with wires sticking out of them wereound aboard planes in london. >> nothing has bee found. there are planes that haven't been fully expected. >> president obama was notified late last night of two suspicious pages aboard cargo plights. extra security measures were in placfor those flights in philadelphia and newark. abc news, new york. >> abc 7 aviation consultant ron wilson says security for air cargo is better than it was before the september 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in america but most are still not x-rayed or even searched he says cargo airlines, shipping companies and the government are all to blame. >> shippers will solicit the government for permission to get access to ship cargo on passenger and ca

new home in san jose has hit another snag. city leaders say money problems may prevent the city from buying the last parcels of land needed for a downtown stadium. team officials say a's owner lou wolf may step up and buy some or all of the land still needed for the proposed site which is a few blocks from hp pavilion. there are still a few obstacles until the team may move to the south bay. major league baseball and the san francisco giants may also sign off on the plan. speaking of the giants in just about 24 hours from now, they'll be playing game one of the national league championship series against the philadelphia phillies. the pitching match up is as good as it gets. sal castaneda is live where the giants got to test out the field today. >> reporter: it's been a little bit windy out here on the east coast. yeah everybody has been talking about that pitching match up for game one. giants practiced on the field today and they seemed lose and relaxed as they went through their routine. the winds here lock to play a big part in this weekend's game. despite this being the first time the giants have made it to the nlcs sinc

parcels of land at the proposed stadium site. that land by the way would cost $20 million. mayor reed and the city council are reviewing the agency's budget. the "mercury news" reports team owner lew wolff may help fund the purchase if necessary. the bulk of the stadium project would be privately funded. >>> and the giants are in philadelphia this morning. the team got there last night gearing up for game one of the nlcs. tim lincecum and roy halladay are pitching. it starts at 4:30 our time on saturday. >>> they say they were discriminated against for being gay. >> we waited in line patiently like everybody else. >> where these bay area men went to get ice cream, got a rather chilly reception instead. >>> and we're down here in the consumerwatch call-in center where other volunteers are working to solve your problems. coming up we'll tell you what they're working on right now. >>> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the cbs 5 weather center. started out with some low clouds and fog along the coastline today. a sign of changes just in time for the weekend. we'll talk about that coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, discrimination at an ice cream shop. >>> two sa