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so, for years the portola and it's the portola, foster recognition. and, dan, things started happening. one of the things that gave attention to our neighborhood is when we decided we were going to have a new branch library. ruth wallace came up with the idea of a garden tour and a lot of us thought, a garden tour? our neighborhood? who is going to come? well, we had every -- we've done it for six years. every year we've grown incrementally. after the first two years of raising money for the library -- there's our new library -- we then it was such a great community builder that we recently decided to keep wanting to volunteering and do it. we established a scholarship at city college for the horticultural department. and we have just gone gangbusters. we get good press and we get to see everybody's neighbor -- all our neighbors' gardens. because of the way san francisco s you get to be veuyer because usually you have to go through their garage or their house to see the gardens. and ruth gets known through the neighborhood because she's constantly pee
so, for years the portola and it's the portola, foster recognition. and, dan, things started happening. one of the things that gave attention to our neighborhood is when we decided we were going to have a new branch library. ruth wallace came up with the idea of a garden tour and a lot of us thought, a garden tour? our neighborhood? who is going to come? well, we had every -- we've done it for six years. every year we've grown incrementally. after the first two years of raising money for the...
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the portola needs to be one. similarly, there was a road between two reservoirs in our neighborhood that was supposed to have been -- we opened after construction and we were told no, we're going to keep it closed. and that would effectively have blocked one side of the neighborhood from the other and hundreds of people attended a community meeting and said, no, you keep that open because we can't to stay together. (applause) >> in addition -- this is definitely our year. we've won two community challenge grants. one of them was doing a beautiful mural of a stake on a caltrans -- it's the year of the snake, isn't it? of course we're going to win. (applause) >> the second is for a pocket park on boers at san bruno. it will be the first to be a pilot pocket park -- could say that several time, a pilot pocket park. [laughter] >> one of at least five improving every little corner of all the dead end streets on san bruno avenue. * boce. we could go on and on, everything from the garden tour to the brand-new library to
the portola needs to be one. similarly, there was a road between two reservoirs in our neighborhood that was supposed to have been -- we opened after construction and we were told no, we're going to keep it closed. and that would effectively have blocked one side of the neighborhood from the other and hundreds of people attended a community meeting and said, no, you keep that open because we can't to stay together. (applause) >> in addition -- this is definitely our year. we've won two...
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he's been a tremendous help to the portola garden tour.metime been helping to raise money for the scholarship program at ccsf. young jack ollenger has been in charge of the ralph at the end of the portola garden tour for at least two years now. the first year he was instrumental in that effort and sold many tickets and was able to raise $495. (applause) >> yes, absolutely. and he is so impressive, he decided that he was going to do even more. so, he decided that in 2012 he would top his prior achievement and he actually raised another $830 for that effort. (applause) >> and, so, because of jack's efforts, we are going to have scholarships that will be paid for. you know, the fact that a young person is so committed and so dedicated to their neighborhood and to the city is something that we should all be very proud of and let's make sure that we have more jack ollengers. to that i will turn it over to ruth wallace. and by the way, i don't know what would be of the portola without ruth wallace. so, ruth, thank you so much for everything you
he's been a tremendous help to the portola garden tour.metime been helping to raise money for the scholarship program at ccsf. young jack ollenger has been in charge of the ralph at the end of the portola garden tour for at least two years now. the first year he was instrumental in that effort and sold many tickets and was able to raise $495. (applause) >> yes, absolutely. and he is so impressive, he decided that he was going to do even more. so, he decided that in 2012 he would top his...
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subject property at 1325 portola drive protesting the issuance on january 30, 2013 to sofia new of a permit to alter a building, comply with violation of 201299633, revision to bpa no, 2006/09/06/0482 to document the accurate building height relationship between the proposed elevation of 1325 portola drive and the neighboring building to the west. this is application, 2012/03/27/6917. and we will start with the appellant and you will have seven minutes. >> good evening, board members, i would like to thank you all for looking into this matter. we have been up here many times over the last few years. and on 1325 portola was first proposed and approved it was to be six inches taller than the neighborhood 1337, initially, 1337 was a bench mark used for the height shown. the original drawings showed the highest point the pique to be 6 inches tall and her this approved by the san francisco home owner's association and the building department. those original drawings were later proven to be of incorrect scale and in fact 1325 will be a full six feet taller. to this day it has never been id
subject property at 1325 portola drive protesting the issuance on january 30, 2013 to sofia new of a permit to alter a building, comply with violation of 201299633, revision to bpa no, 2006/09/06/0482 to document the accurate building height relationship between the proposed elevation of 1325 portola drive and the neighboring building to the west. this is application, 2012/03/27/6917. and we will start with the appellant and you will have seven minutes. >> good evening, board members, i...
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it used to be the portola, half of it.y heart is still with you, but i'm glad like the speaker said, it is whole. and that is what's important, is that that neighborhood remains whole so that our city will be whole. you agree? [cheering and applauding] cheers >> so, a few years back there was this little idea to take back the bayview and really began to rewrite the history and the narrative that we often hear about in bayview. and it actually started, ironically, with a small little abandoned swath of land that has grown up to become the cuseda garden. and it's the thought child and the physical manifestation of hard work, of a few community leaders that got together and rolled up their sleeves and got to work. and tonight i have the honor to introduce one of the co-founders, his name is jeffery betcher. where are you? get up here. and jeff is going to introduce to you as he escorts ms. annette young smith to the stage. this lady, ladies and gentlemen, is a lifetime achievement award winner. please, please welcome her to t
it used to be the portola, half of it.y heart is still with you, but i'm glad like the speaker said, it is whole. and that is what's important, is that that neighborhood remains whole so that our city will be whole. you agree? [cheering and applauding] cheers >> so, a few years back there was this little idea to take back the bayview and really began to rewrite the history and the narrative that we often hear about in bayview. and it actually started, ironically, with a small little...
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case no. 6777. 6777 owner 1325 portola drive. sophia u new, 2 # 19 dlong street, san francisco. >> at that time this was a vacant lot. the violation, was removed without permit. on august 14 of 2012, an basement was issued with conditions. a permit was issued in july 15, 2011. that was to install. that work is not complete yet. if it were completed it would clear the violation. staff recommends that you uphold the basement and that concludes our report. >> thank you. is the appellant here? hi. good morning. >> i am here to explain some of the problems that have been on going with -- >> your name? >> my name is sophia new. this was a vacant lot, a brand new construction. there were so many mistakes done by either the permit, the building department, planning and all that. it has come to a point where it was an appealed by my neighbor and rean appealed and it was a very very time consuming and administrative part. so, we attended those board of appeals and the same place here and the neighbor just kept using the same complaint that
case no. 6777. 6777 owner 1325 portola drive. sophia u new, 2 # 19 dlong street, san francisco. >> at that time this was a vacant lot. the violation, was removed without permit. on august 14 of 2012, an basement was issued with conditions. a permit was issued in july 15, 2011. that was to install. that work is not complete yet. if it were completed it would clear the violation. staff recommends that you uphold the basement and that concludes our report. >> thank you. is the...
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details are limited but it appears two boys escaped from the facility on woodside avenue at portola around 10 p.m. last night. both the facility and law enforcement agencies involved are still tight-lipped about the search. >>> five teenaged suspects are in custody in the death of a santa clara county paramedic who was shot earlier in the oakland hills. quinn boyer died at the hospital april 4th, two days after being shot in the head in his car. oakland police say the suspects have admitted to the shooting. they were arrested monday and yesterday, but there's still no word on a motive. >> i am deeply concerned by the fact that the persons responsible for this man's murder range in the age of 14 to 16 years old. that is unacceptable. >> police followed leads about a suspicious car and found it abandoned near an oakland school. the suspects were identified through surveillance video from year the site. investigators believe boyer is a random target. a memorial was held for him yesterday. >>> new this morning, a san mateo father is now being hailed a hero after saving his wife and 7 children
details are limited but it appears two boys escaped from the facility on woodside avenue at portola around 10 p.m. last night. both the facility and law enforcement agencies involved are still tight-lipped about the search. >>> five teenaged suspects are in custody in the death of a santa clara county paramedic who was shot earlier in the oakland hills. quinn boyer died at the hospital april 4th, two days after being shot in the head in his car. oakland police say the suspects have...
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now at portola valley we have downed power lines and highway 84 at skyline boulevard that is blocking all the lanes out there. headed over to the golden gate bridge it looks like traffic is moving smoothly and the crews are traveling northbound so it looks like construction out there is clearing up, and it looks like the drive is smooth but be sure that all the toll bridges will have a high wind advisory for them. if you drive carefully out there you are okay. >> size matters when it comes to getting your children to east less. a study that will have parents going through the such -- cupboards. >> this crash will result in a huge repair job. >> and a video could land a >> just shy of 4:51 on monday morning. this is a look from the camera at the light showing the lovely san francisco. our meteorologist, mike nicco, will have the weather and laying lay will have the traffic congestion because of downed trees around the bay area in a little bit. >> digging is expected to resume in north carolina where two children are believed trapped in a collapsed construction trench. emergency crews h
now at portola valley we have downed power lines and highway 84 at skyline boulevard that is blocking all the lanes out there. headed over to the golden gate bridge it looks like traffic is moving smoothly and the crews are traveling northbound so it looks like construction out there is clearing up, and it looks like the drive is smooth but be sure that all the toll bridges will have a high wind advisory for them. if you drive carefully out there you are okay. >> size matters when it...
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the main problem with that street is that traffic on that street travels at excessive speed from portola to glen park. there is a 1 mile stretch and no stop sign and windy road downhill. cars don't yield to the speed limit and yield to pedestrians. i have seen instances pedestrians entered the crosswalk and had to take a step back so they weren't struck. cars that are close to be rear ended by the vehicles and not anticipating the slow down. i recommend there would be a pedestrian controlled led light to basically inform the traffic on that street that there is a pedestrian in the walk way. thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. thank you so much for addressing pedestrian safety in district 7. it's very relative to the position i hold on the pedestrian safety advisory committee as the vice chair representing senior and disability organizations. noted it was eight years ago former supervisor sean elsbernd said a traffic light was installed at hertz and sigh line and highway 35 so traffic signals have been put on 35 in the past and very relative to senior disability organi
the main problem with that street is that traffic on that street travels at excessive speed from portola to glen park. there is a 1 mile stretch and no stop sign and windy road downhill. cars don't yield to the speed limit and yield to pedestrians. i have seen instances pedestrians entered the crosswalk and had to take a step back so they weren't struck. cars that are close to be rear ended by the vehicles and not anticipating the slow down. i recommend there would be a pedestrian controlled...
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the facility is woodside avenue in portola right near the twin peaks gas station. officers are keeping tight- lipped about the search but it sounds like two boys broke out of the facility around 10 p.m. last night. stay with us at kpix 5. we'll continue to follow this developing story this morning. >>> five juveniles have been arrested in the death of a santa clara county paramedic who was shot in the oakland hills. quinn boyer died at the hospital april 4, two days after he was shot in the head while in his car. oakland police say the suspects have admitted to the shooting. they were arrested monday and yesterday but there's still no word on a motive. >> i am deeply, deeply concerned by the fact that the persons responsible for this man's murder range in the age of 14 to 16 years. that is unacceptable. >> police say they followed leads about a suspicious car and found it abandoned near an oakland school. the suspects were identified through surveillance video from near that site. investigators believe boyer was a random target. a memorial was held for him yesterda
the facility is woodside avenue in portola right near the twin peaks gas station. officers are keeping tight- lipped about the search but it sounds like two boys broke out of the facility around 10 p.m. last night. stay with us at kpix 5. we'll continue to follow this developing story this morning. >>> five juveniles have been arrested in the death of a santa clara county paramedic who was shot in the oakland hills. quinn boyer died at the hospital april 4, two days after he was shot...
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the san francisco chronicle points to a lieutenant at station 39 on portola avenue collected $221,000 in overtime last year, raising his total salary to $363,000. the fire department has already spent their $38 million overtime budget which two months ago in the fiscal year, they are asking the board of supervisors to approve another $4.1 million. the president of the firefighters' union said some firefighters put in hundreds of hours of overtime a year because of chronic understaffing. fire chief joane hays-wide agrees that the current overtime modeled is not sustainable. >> allegations of extreme child abuse has surfaced at and east bay preschool. police say, that it was at the sunnyside infant and preschool in livermore. two women were allegedly tying up infants, and swaddling them so tightly, that they could barely breathe. three of the seven infants were allegedly abused and had upper respiratory problems. authority say, that the two women, sisters, are the owners of the day care. both women are in custody, but on several felonies, including felony child abuse. they face nearly $
the san francisco chronicle points to a lieutenant at station 39 on portola avenue collected $221,000 in overtime last year, raising his total salary to $363,000. the fire department has already spent their $38 million overtime budget which two months ago in the fiscal year, they are asking the board of supervisors to approve another $4.1 million. the president of the firefighters' union said some firefighters put in hundreds of hours of overtime a year because of chronic understaffing. fire...
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we have a sig-alert and this is through the portola valley. highway 84 is shut down. this is between skyline boulevard due to downed branches and downed power lines, as well. you never want did go near the power lines but wait for the power again to show up. we have downed trees and downed power lines and more of that in the san mateo county and headed into sonoma with the details coming up. eric? >> straight ahead a possible breakthrough on capitol hill in an effort to restrict gun ownership. the deal that could be announced this week. >> the big announcement from google about to give another united states city ♪ ♪ if loving you is wrong ♪ i don't wanna be right [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it just tastes that way. [ female announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal -- heart-healthy, whole grain oats. you can't go wrong loving it. bee happy. bee healthy. with clusts of flakes and o's. oh, ho ho... it's the honey sweetness. i...i mean, you...love. >> now more on the breaking news in san francisco where homicide investigators are looking at a death at a h
we have a sig-alert and this is through the portola valley. highway 84 is shut down. this is between skyline boulevard due to downed branches and downed power lines, as well. you never want did go near the power lines but wait for the power again to show up. we have downed trees and downed power lines and more of that in the san mateo county and headed into sonoma with the details coming up. eric? >> straight ahead a possible breakthrough on capitol hill in an effort to restrict gun...
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what we are doing we are on the way to portola valley.ed power lines on highway 84. we will head that direction and check out the situation. we'll have an update later on mornings on 2. for right now we want to take it over to steve paulson. >>> over night they were 65-70 miles an hour. so maybely along the coast some of the higher elevations. sfo had gusts to 50. alex is right if things are not calming down, still around 25- 45 miles an hour. i expect these each hour they keep coming down on the hourslies and that makes sense. some locations really not in on this. there is not much of a breeze but others still blustery to windy. here is sal. >>> good morning. we are looking at gusty winds as you mentioned all over the place. that will effect your morning commute. especially if you drive on bay area bridges. let's take a look at the commute here if you are are driving to work. if you're taking a flight out of sfo i guess that is a commute. you may want to check the status of that flight. airport officials say the delays due to winds are i
what we are doing we are on the way to portola valley.ed power lines on highway 84. we will head that direction and check out the situation. we'll have an update later on mornings on 2. for right now we want to take it over to steve paulson. >>> over night they were 65-70 miles an hour. so maybely along the coast some of the higher elevations. sfo had gusts to 50. alex is right if things are not calming down, still around 25- 45 miles an hour. i expect these each hour they keep coming...
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details are still limited but it appears two boys escaped from the facility on woodside avenue at portolaund 10:00 last night. though the facility or law enforcement agencies that are involved are still tight-lipped about that search. >>> apparently it turns out caltrans did not conduct tests on those bolts that failed on the new eastern span last month. the "chronicle" reports tests were originally ordered back in 2008 but they were never done. caltrans also had quality concerns with the maker of the bolts dyson corporation of ohio. experts believe the bolts failed because they weren't coated properly. that allowed hydrogen to get in making those bolts brittle and many of them broke. >>> sheriff's investigators are looking into two acts of sabotage on a utility equipment in southern santa clara county. underground fiber optic cables belonging to at&t were cut near monterey highway early yesterday morning. it disrupted 911 and other services. at&t now offering a quarter million-dollar reward in hoping of finding the suspect. also gunshots damaged several pg&e transformers causing a hazard
details are still limited but it appears two boys escaped from the facility on woodside avenue at portolaund 10:00 last night. though the facility or law enforcement agencies that are involved are still tight-lipped about that search. >>> apparently it turns out caltrans did not conduct tests on those bolts that failed on the new eastern span last month. the "chronicle" reports tests were originally ordered back in 2008 but they were never done. caltrans also had quality...
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what we are doing we are on the way to portola valley.ts of downed power lines on highway 84. we will head that direction and check out the situation. we'll have an update later on mornings on 2. for right now we want to take it over to steve paulson. >>> over night they were 65-70 miles an hour. so maybely along the coast some of the higher elevations. sfo had gusts to 50. alex is right if things are not calming down, still around 25- 45 miles an hour. i expect these each hour they keep coming down on the hourslies and that makes sense. some locations really not in on this. there is not much of a breeze but others still blustery to windy. here is sal. >>> good morning. we are looking at gusty winds as you mentioned all over the place. that will effect your morning commute. especially if you drive on bay area bridges. let's take a look at the commute here if you are are driving to work. if you're taking a flight out of sfo i guess that is a commute. you may want to check the status of that flight. airport officials say the delays due to w
what we are doing we are on the way to portola valley.ts of downed power lines on highway 84. we will head that direction and check out the situation. we'll have an update later on mornings on 2. for right now we want to take it over to steve paulson. >>> over night they were 65-70 miles an hour. so maybely along the coast some of the higher elevations. sfo had gusts to 50. alex is right if things are not calming down, still around 25- 45 miles an hour. i expect these each hour they...
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among them, 82-year-old ruth bortz of portola valley. she and her husband ran in the marathon. her husband was five miles from the finish line when the bomb went off and suddenly he says the race stopped. >> we didn't know whether it was some huge attack on our country or whether it was just some crazy fool. no one knew what was happening. >> just saw the vehicles. >> yes, he did. he did see all of that. because he was around boston while he was trying to find me. >> she has run the boston marathon 7 times before. first place in her age division twice by the way. her first race, bay to breakers about 60 years ago. >>> bay area runners will pay tribute to the bombing victims tonight in oakland. rockridge sporting goods store, the see jane run organization is putting on a three-mile run one for each person who died in the attacks. >> our hope for this event is that we are going to be able to send a message to boston that we're with you, that our thoughts are with you, our runners are with you. i know there's a lot going people are really -- they are dedicating their runs to bosto
among them, 82-year-old ruth bortz of portola valley. she and her husband ran in the marathon. her husband was five miles from the finish line when the bomb went off and suddenly he says the race stopped. >> we didn't know whether it was some huge attack on our country or whether it was just some crazy fool. no one knew what was happening. >> just saw the vehicles. >> yes, he did. he did see all of that. because he was around boston while he was trying to find me. >> she...
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portola valley. burlingame, san mateo, 58 pacifica and daly city. more so on the weekend. looks okay, too. >> all right. thank you, steve. >>> 8:10. happening right now, all five living u.s. presidents of gathered in dallas, texas for the dedication. george w. bush presidential center. >> one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> don't want to step over the young lady there giving the pledge allegiance. as you can see, the presidents are up there on the diocese. this is the largest dedication costing more than $250. this is the first to include an exact replica of the oval office as well as the rose garden. >> dr. condoleezza rice. [ applause ] >> there's former secretary of state under president george w. bush, condoleezza rice, who has local connections. we'll be continuing to machine ter this ceremony and bring you more -- monitor this ceremony and bring you more. at 8:45, we'll have a live report on this exhibit including a look at some of the exhibits that rokey moments that president bush was in office. >>> a major live event happening in
portola valley. burlingame, san mateo, 58 pacifica and daly city. more so on the weekend. looks okay, too. >> all right. thank you, steve. >>> 8:10. happening right now, all five living u.s. presidents of gathered in dallas, texas for the dedication. george w. bush presidential center. >> one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> don't want to step over the young lady there giving the pledge allegiance. as you can see, the presidents are...