but there are some good >> this is newly constructed within the last month or so, new sidewalk. at can you tell us about this? >> as i said earlier, spikas a hearty urban tree. they have aggressive roots and sometimes they daniel the infrastructure, with the fica tree, we can repair the sidewalk around it, it doesn't mean we str to remove the tree. but sometimes if the roots are everywhere, the numb of roots to cut or shave, would render the tree unstable, in this case, we were able to keep the tree, a nice upright ficas tree. we expanded the base. and we keep the necessary path of travel for pedestrians but if we open this up so we don't cut a big root. we try to preserve as many roots as we can. >> the path of travel, the city has a minimum travel standard, i believe it is 48 inches. >> it is. >> we easily maintained thap about we see where trees encroach on that or are tripping hazards. >> we never want to go less than 48 inches in the path of travel, ideally, it is more than that, but if it is scrult of losing or keeping a tree we'll shrink down to whatever we need to. >> let

. >>> work on the mcpherson square park began in june to install new sidewalks, benches, flower gardens and irrigation system. the park service says the product should be completed by the end of the year. >>> still ahead, we know what sparked the devastating fire in manassas. plus, a lovely night. what will the rest of the weekend look like? >>> looking at our top headlines, cigarettes are being blamed for a fire that destroyed three homes and damaged seven in manassas. it took over 100 firefighters from three jurisdictions to bring the blaze on victor control. at least one that was killed and two people suffered minor injuries. >>> silver spring police are searching for the driver who struck a woman. her condition is considered very critical. >>> day on the national mall, hundred celebrating the national book festival. more than 70 authors and illustrators manned different stations. the library of congress sponsored the event and alison starling was there to host the presentation. >>> michael douglas is back as gordon gecko, the role that gained him an oscar. it is the story were the s

13 major projects in our neighborhood running from the creation of the head street stairs to a new sidewalk. we were able to get a grant through 3 agencies, bart, dpw as well as cal-trans to put a bridge sidewalks offer the bridge on saint charles. we have a sewer project coming up in our neighborhood. we try to do projects and we have several projects on the board to continue. key is communication we communicate through our news all right we have meetings held and we are lucky. we have meeting hall anasm tlaert meeting hall the next is the 13th we have dues of 15 dollars a year. that's all. but we keep our meetings inclusive you don't have to be a member to come to the meeting. anybody from the public can come and we listen to everybody and everybody has a chance to speak much the key to our organization is keeping things positive and nonpolitical. we don't endorse candidates and don't support ballot measures if we do that we will divide the community people have various viewpoints on issues. we keep it open and listen to everybody and are inclusive. >> coalition for san francisco neighbor

here they are putting in a new sidewalk, a wonderful thing to do. unfortunately there is no alternate means of getting around so people have to walk out in the street around the concrete mixing truck to get around. i mentioned earlier about the grade changes. the slopes of san francisco streets are a real issue throughout our disabled access world. this slide is meant to illustrate that typically somewhere along the front of a building, there is a point where the floor of the interior of the building meets the grade outside. at some point that's likely to happen. and in this case, it meets it right where the door is and they did a good job of locating the grade where it meets the floor. it's a little bit messy but they are doing a reasonable job of trying to comply. level landings: the building code says it should be level so you can come to a stop when you get in the door. that can often be a problem in san francisco where the sidewalk is existing and it's hard to have fully level landings. this is moderately compliant with those requirements, look

if you go to my town up in massachusetts, every other road has gotten a new sidewalk, a new paving. >. patrick and frank are in up trouble there. >> spending hasn't created jobs. >> i agree. >> sean: the president promised that this spending the keynesian model would create jobs. >> they were over sold that thing. i'm not going to defend the summer of recovery. that was a huge mistake. the fact of the matter is, they didn't understand, i think, how hard it was gonna be to dig out of this. it was going to take a long time. it is still going to take a long time. both parties are ignoring what they have to do to get our -- what we have to do to get our fiscal mouse in order. >> sean: these guys are timid, gutless and spineless. let to the delaware race. chris coons the bearded marxist and christine o'donnell, michael from this standpoint, last night we did a segment about conservative women under attack. in this case it seems conservative christian women under attack. the fact she wants to live by her faith and she says for masturbation to take place there's got to be lust in the heart.

money meant for pedestrian prongs like the new sidewalk being built next month along the road. >> so being able to put a sidewalk along this communit roadway is something this community has been oking to do for over 30 years. the ability to put the revenues from the safety program direct sbli this type of sidewalk is exactly what the state had in mine when they authorized these programs. >> reporter: most drivers have learned to live with speed cameras. otrs lik them a lot. >> people shouldn't speed. my kids to have cross connecticut avenue to go to and from school. >> so you you think they're a good thing. >> yes. >> reporter: chris gordon, news4. >>> coming up tonight, stink bugs. all toe place. . >> >>> and the switzerland's >>> and the switzerland's finance m right he in this neighborhood, i grew up learning strong families and hard work means opportunity. and that starts with good schools. it's a tradition here in maryland-- and why in these toughimes i've put education first. we've made record investments in our classrooms... doubled the number of charter schools... and we've f

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new wpa. they are walking over the sidewalks, which is wpa. this was a demonstration outside of dianne feinstein's office. and demanding it not be torn down. the new deal moved in and gave rural areas water and electricity. this is one in modock county and we have cheaper electricity. and then, there were sustainable communities, people think they are discovering this at this time. this one was done in georgia. this is one in maryland green belt outside of washington d.c. this is right outside of the co-op. and then urban roads like this in the los angeles river and this is being built. this is mira loma park. this is lark merced blvd. it's all made of clay. it's going to slump. these are the roads built in the oakland hills. nate, red woods. skyline. and enabled them to go up and develop the hills. the rural roads that go through the coast range. this enabled them to get their stuff to market. this is at road built by the ccc. this is a bridge. this is highway one and you won't know, except you look at the bridge and you will see dates, 1938,

4 years there are younger familys and people with kids and dogs and we have new restaurants and night spots that the sidewalks roll up at 9. >> i think district has beautiful new restaurants and the theater is vibrant and active and it's a single theater that still exists in san francisco. there are improvements in landscaping and to repair the roads. by and large there is an active citizenry that care about the neighborhood and conducted themselves accordingly. >> i think that the district has been a home to a voice of passion and common sense. i think is often missing in civil discussions and that's something that they demand of me as their representative. >> like every part of our great city district 7 still has features for to discover. come down and check out yourself. for next time i am jennifer lowe for sgtv, thanks for watching.

. >> new landscaping and sidewalks aren't enough to let people get down their guard. >> i do leave before dark. >> it seems like a nice area, i'm not naive, i know things happen. >> reporter: people in the area should pay more attention to their surroundings. this after two women were robbed and sexually assault sunday evening. >> it looks beautiful at night with the lights, i would want to work out here at night, but not after hearing that. >> reporter: police won't specify what time or exactly where the attacks happened, since they were near the lake or somewhere in the surrounding neighborhoods. police will only say both assaults occurred in relatively is a included areas. and both victims were on their way home when it happened. >> it makes me scared. i definitely wouldn't walk alone. >> police believe the same person might be responsible in both cases, and they think he was arounded. people we talked to say the attacks won't stop them from enjoying 9 area, but they will be more cautious. >> i wouldn't go out late at night or when it's getting to be late. i wouldn't go out during a ti

wish to perpetrate a costly and dangerous sidewalk scenario on our block when we are willing to remove 10 trees and plant 14 new expense? and when there's an opportunity to plant top-performing trees with unobject truce i have root structures, saving the city lots of money in sidewalk repairs and lowering the city's exposure to lawsuits from dangerous sidewalks. like the case of mr. laciter who tripped in a tree basin in front of my neighbor's house, now is suing the city for tens of thousands of dollars. the d.p.w. may not have been aware of that lawsuit when they made that decision. finally, why was the city denying our block's request when it approved a similar request in 1995 for the 700 block of steiner? the i conic block, the one that everyone takes pictures of.

the sidewalk, and i do not think it is unreasonable to think that similar trees would do the same thing in the future. the resident is apparently willing to make them consistent by providing five newaking the cost of that, repairing the sidewalk, and a think overall, it is more pleasing, because you have several in front. given that in given that their desire is to do that so as to prevent it and that nobody is willing to in any way compensate that, and five years from now, they are not in the same position again, i think it is very, very reasonable for them to want to take this action. if they were taking out it completely, that would be one thing, but they are willing to replace the trees for something which may be much more appropriate for their location, and i see no reason to deny it. commissioner hwang: any of the father -- further public comments? seeing none, we will move to rebuttal. ms. short, you have three minutes. >> a couple of questions. safety is one of our paramount concerns, as well, which is why we are always looking at the safety of the tree, and we would not recommend doing that if it would stabilize vote -- destabilize it. this would be so the we would insure

wish to perpetrate a costly and dangerous sidewalk scenario on our block when we are willing to remove 10 trees and plant 14 new ones at our expense? and when there's an opportunity to plant top-performing trees with unobject truce i have root structures, saving the city lots of money in sidewalk repairs and lowering the city's exposure to lawsuits from dangerous sidewalks. like the case of mr. laciter who tripped in a tree basin in front of my neighbor's house, now is suing the city for tens of thousands of dollars. the d.p.w. may not have been aware of that lawsuit when they made that decision. finally, why was the city denying our block's request when it approved a similar request in 1995 for the 700 block of steiner? the i conic block, the one that everyone takes pictures of. in hindsight, despite the changes of the ordinance in affecting trees, wasn't that decision an intelligent one? would the 7 hucks block be i conic if the city had said no for tourists and film companies be what it is today had the city said no. my wife and i apale to you to say yes instead of no. doing so will be a win-win for our neig

washington, jackson, and broadway, development in all blocs within the study area, new open spaces, and widened sidewalks along the west side of embarcadero. we are very optimistic about this process. we are encouraged by some of the early recommendations, and we look forward to hearing more from the group in the future, a recommendation that was endorsed by our planning commission, and we look forward to seeing some written comments as well for more in-depth review. close in points, a reminder that nebraska embarcadero study is an urban design study. the study builds on the great amount of planning work in the area, including the 10-year land use planning effort led by the court. the study concluded that the land side is in great need of public realm and design site improvements, and finally, planning has designed and doubles and recommendations to address these challenges. we have organized them under a number of key strategies to strengthen the pedestrian at work, including to the west, to create a larger, more tightly knit open space network, and finally, to ensure high quality buildings that frame a

city maintains these trees and any damage caused by these trees to the sidewalk, is it not true that if the neighbors get to put the new trees, they now have responsibility for the trees and therefore for the sidewalk? >> at this point in time, the city would have to fix the sidewalk condition that currently exists and the property owners would be required to sign a maintenance agreement with the city. so they would be responsible for getting the new trees established and then after three years of establishment, if the trees are in good condition and able to survive, the city would then take over maintenance. >> anyway to transfer responsibility to the owners? >> that could be part of the package. commissioner garcia: the other question i have, is it possible to quantify what the difference would be -- let's see, we are talking about, they want to remove eight trees and being allowed to remove one and going to replace it with 14 trees. can we quantify what that difference is in terms of echo logical benefit? >> we could look at the difference of the lost track diameter and that gives you a benefit based on the reductio

her belongings stretched four blocks along the sidewalk. new at 5:30, kristin fisher takes a closer look at how it all got there. >> it is not fair. it's not human. it's cold hearted. >> reporter: at 5:00 a.m., louisa diaz was beyond devastated. she had just been evicted from her home and her stuff was hours away from being shipped off to the city dump. to give you an idea of how much stuff we are talking about, it is stacked up on the sidewalk, in some places six feet high and it's like this all the way down this block of 11th street and if you walk with me, you can see across the street it's the exact same thing, piles and piles of stuff all belonging to the same person. >> she's obviously sick. i mean, hoarding is a disease, right? and this is definitely signs of hoarding. >> reporter: elloicea said she's no horder. she said she was collecting it to send back to poor people in latin america. but some of her neighbors don't buy it. >> do you feel bad for her? >> no, i don't. people would say she was sending this stuff back to her country and

new york city. they're blocking streets, sidewalks and have fallen on homes. tens of thousands of people remain without power so, katie, cleanup crews will have a long weekend ahead of them. >> couric: all right. michelle millner brookline for us tonight. michelle, thank you. turning to afghanistan now where the polls opened just hours away from now for parliamentary elections. and the taliban have declared war on everyone associated with it-- including voters. in the last few weeks, at least 18 poll workers and one candidate have been kidnapped. in spite of that, plenty of afghans are willing to risk their lives for democracy. from kabul, here's mandy clark. >> reporter: as an afghan woman, everything about robina jalali is unconventional: ambitious, young and bristling with confidence, the 25-year-old is running for parliament. two years ago she was in a different race, running for afghanistan in the beijing olympics. she finished last then. tomorrow jalali hopes for a different result. "i represent youth and i represent women" she says. "and both need a voi

same times, he gave a $25,000 bail to a man who was riding his bike on the sidewalk without a bell, and that is a crime in troy, new york. clearly, there are lots of little kids in the suburbs riding their bikes on the sidewalk without a bell, but this guy was a homeless guy, so they arrested him. they brought him before the court. hank gave him a $25,000 bail. he did not have $25,000, so he sat in jail for eight days, and he came back and pleaded guilty. this is really the regular person that is symbolic of ordinary justice. there is a woman who has five kids. she is a nurse. one beautiful spring day she is sitting on the stoop, and she is reading of friends hair, and the police say, do believe -- she is braiding of friends hair, and the police say, and you realize there is a no loitering sign, and she offered to get off, and they arrest her. they bring her before the judge, and they give her a $25,000 bail. she is never given an attorney, and she sits in jail for eight days. she has a relative take care of her five kids. eventually, she comes before the judge. the judge says, we will give you a couple hundred dol

there's news crews and the signs lining the sidewalks as enter tte school where a lot of people willbe voting today.ú bernstein no doubt the underdog here this morning facing jessamy a 11 year incumbent of the position. bernsteinn truly picking up speed, picking up major endorsements, like the baltimore sun and the city policemen. and a nnw one, billy murphy a long time defenss attorney. this morning, bernstein will be makingghis way to the school. he will be greeting voters all morning ong. the high-profile defenss attorney came out of nowhere in this primary, giving jesssmy, perhaps the toughest battle she has encounteree. jessamy was appointed to the city state attorney positionn3 back in 1995 by the city court judges. voters returnnd her to office three times after that. picked up an endorsement froo the baptist ministry's conference. yyu tube video from a recent rally is coming under fire, rallying up bernstein's supporters..3 >> if he is elected, he will be taking us back 60 years. >> it's inappropriate to say thatt >> repprter: jessamy contends that her comments were not racia