protesting the issuance on april 4, 201111 to kap investment, permit to alter a building fora a new patio. we will start with the appellant. >> before we start, there's not a full board so i respectfully request this matter be continued until it can be heard by a full board? >> we have a procedure in place and here is how we operate. we have the hearing when we have four commissioners and if the vote were to be 3 -1, we continue the matter ourselves pending the opinion even though it might not have passed what might have been overturned, pending the input of the fifth commissioner. >> ok. all right. thank you. >> my name is megan chechile and i am representing golden gate valley. we're here for one reason. the permit does not work for the neighborhood. i live at 1791 union street which is across the street from the front of the brickyard and i have lived here for over 23 years. this case is not about the neighborhood or myself being against the brickyard or their business. during the 23 years i have lived here, there has always been a sports bar across the street. the brickyard is the lat

patio's on union street. i would just like to point out that this is not a new thing to union street, and we would like to hopefully enjoy our patio's. thank you. >> ibm jeffrey levine. i have been a 20 year resident of san francisco and a neighbor of the brickyard on union street for about 20 years. i 100% support the management and the establishment of the brickyard, and all of the issues are positive in the neighborhood. fahey. -- thank you. >> this reminds me of what i experienced in chicago. i lived across from a german bar, and i love the hollering. just by sitting in my apartment, i was able to know when there was a home run or a score. it was great. and now, a live across from a theater, and it reminds me help quiet of the neighborhood is, a in a really wish the theater would put in an open window, and that which i consider the lecture series, and that would be a good thing . i think rowdies' boards bars are a thing . -- icing browbeat sports bars are a good thing. -- i think rowdy sports bars are a good thing. >> the brickyard is frequented by many people, and i serve on the board of directors of a group,

patio. and if i insulate it with new windows it's costly. and i don't know of a solution at this time. >> there is a cheaper fix and that is particularly for night time when you want to warm up you make insulated kurt tains for the windows. roll them up in the day when you want the light. when the sun goes downoir when it gets dark roll them down and seal them and you will be done. you can make them at home. you can have somebody professionally make them and they will look better depending on your sewing skills. i did that had i was a tenant living in an old victorian in oakland i made my own window and borrowed i sewing machine and put it together and you can do it and will make an impact on the window. you can go to any of the websites like homeenergy magazine and from there you can find how to make your own kurt tains. when they say insulated curtains what it has is a vapor barrier in it so the warm, moist air in the house doesn't come into contact with the glass and you don't get the condensation in there. the heat that's in that moistur

was to raise the land and clear this out, and start over with a new palette. 20 years ago or 30 years ago, if you stood out on the patio, what you would see is basically a parking lot. you would see a lot of land in close to downtown that had not been developed. because of the hard work of the commissioners, and the hard work of the agency's staff including people like kathy here in the front, because of the hard work of community members and members of the city family, now what you will see out the window is a cultural district, an entertainment district, a shopping district, and a place where visitors come from all over the world, the convention area. this is the product of decades of hard work, patience and diligence on the part of many people. one thing i want to say that is very important is that, this building will actually be an incredible contributor to the kind of final piece of the transformation of yurba buena. they will change the buildings of this is facing mission street and inviting people into the very important things to do. this will contribute to the community. and the admission of target is a wonder

new products like that? >> absolutely. we take things straight out to the patio, unwrap them and leave them out there for a couple of days and let them air out. most of the off gassing happens in the first few days as you unwrap them out of the plastics. >> some plastics, there's actual bpa in the plastics. can you talk about the concerns in the blast iks. these are baby products that children are chewing on and a lot of people are going to bpa-free now. >> there are chemicals in plastics and they're estrogen mimics. young girls are reaching puberty younger and younger. >> it's because of the chemicals in the plastic, you think? >> it's because of that. the pair brabens in our skincard they're making girls hit puberty at a younger age. >> we just heard of the link between cell phones and cancers and gli only as. what about the internet in my home and what should i do about that kind of bombardment? >> we're energy beings. we're made of atoms that are energy. so our cells communicate. there's a lot of energies talking and if we disrupt them with unnatural, man mad

new development. this includes compensation for any losses that occur related to losses of buchans' or patios, extension of time for tenants to select a replacement units, improvements in moving benefits, as well as a strengthening of contracts during the construction. secondly, i offered amendments to ensure that as tenants are moved we require the replacement units be built on vacant land before anyone is asked to move, that we ensure that neighbors who live close to each other can be allowed to move together. i also wanted to address the situation that governs and that would assist our long-term tenants, who have been at parkmerced for 10 years or longer, who have lived in garden court apartments. we are requiring that several blocks of garden apartments not be demolished until the end of the project to allow certain long-term tenants to move into gordon apartments -- garden apartments as they are vacated. there have been issues about what happens in the small chance that the development agreement -- >> [shouting] please, please, please. you pay your taxes and -- supervisor mirkarimi: we are going to

patio covers go back on the furniture. >> you can leave them on for a while. >> let's get to sports now. >> now the xfinity sports desk on nbc bay area news. >> the giants areamage control tonight after yesterday's biting comments from general manager brian sabien. he lashed out at scott cousined. he is the player who collided with buster posey last week. now, during a radio interview brian sabien said if cousins never played a game in baseball again, we would all be happy. the giants tonight issuing a statement. it reads, in part, brian sabean's comments yesterday were you said out of frustration and out of true concern for buster and not meant to vilify. brian has been in contact with florida marl irnz general manager larry beinfest to claire fews his compensates and to assure him there is no ill will against the player. he has also reached out it to scott cousins directly." we spoke to giants president larry bear a short while ago. >> out of frustration, and still pretty raw emotional time for us having losing for the season a guy who means so much to us. having said that, we're looking forward and we're looking forward to buster's recovery, and we're ce

patio furniture and leaves and make sure that you are safe. we're watching the situation, so far so good. there will be a newsconference down here at 10:00 a.m., back to you. >> kron 4 spoke to the mother of oscar grant who is angry at the early release of mehserle's. >> the sentence was so lenient. people who do less offensivees e given more time than what this officer was given for killing my son, it is tragic to see such an injustice in the system. herdsman to think about how we have not come far from the times of the ku klux klan. we are still fighting that same battle today. it is a shame. >> coming up in the next half- hour, we will hear from the seven year-old daughter of oscar grant. you can join the discussion and give us your opinion on our facebook fan page. tell us what you think about former bart officers mehserle and hem been released. >> james fletcher is watching the forecast. >> a lot of look from the roof camera, a mix of blue skies and low cloud cover. san jose is warming up considerably. 60 degrees currently. the warm spot, antioch. we are talking about the wind, there is a little bit of a