. -- on the ramp. it is a shame the owners have to go through lawsuits, but their property was never ada and accessible. the solution would have been inside the building. i spoke to the architect. they said it would take up too much rentable space. the burden would fall on the community and property owners. i have tended to have struggled. i have a word rents considerably just to keep them around. if this -- i have a word read considerably -- lowered rents considerably. if this goes down, i will lose tenants. there are business issues. this is also an economic issue. i do not know if you would like to see some of the pictures, but i can show them. i was told there is precedent for this kind of brown. -- of ramp. i went to the zen center to look uat the ramp they have built. it takes up only half the sidewalk. i sat there for half an hour. there were two people who walked by, so it is a completely different environment than what we have. here is a picture of the property we are talking about. one of the

it is not really a ramp.the only thing that is a ramp is this area, and the rest of it is just a raised sidewalk that is fairly level. we also looked at the notion of having interior, solving the problem within the property itself, and that is shown here. as you can see, for each of these spaces, it would take a fair amount of space to put ramps inside. we also looked at a five-foot wide ramp, but the department told us of was not a feasible option, because the ruling would be in the middle of the sidewalk. as far as the issue of parking, i know that is a concern that it is going to be difficult to get from the parking space to the sidewalk area because of the railing that runs the length of our split level sidewalk, and along the front of the building, there are eight parking spaces. five of them are actually where the proposed split level sidewalk will be. it is not all of the parking spaces, so of those parking spaces, two will be able to go around their own car to get onto the sidewalk. the other three ca

the railing requirements be required to be on the big end of the ramp. ultimately, something could potentially be done. i don't know specifically how it is established. it is reinforced concrete? i don't know the costs associated. i have to rely upon a professional response to that question. >> we will take public comment. anyone interested, please step forward. how many people are interested in speaking? >> by name is les silverman. we own the building on the same block, but on the corner. we have three storefronts the face clements' street. i want to support the appeal. i feel that the ramp and the fence represent a major alteration to the traffic on our block and will impact our retailers in a big way. we also have had to lower our rent for the three retailers in the last four years, three years. because of the really poor economy, they are hanging on by a very thin thread. changing the dynamics of the bloc will change the traffic, most definitely. there is a lot of foot traffic. there is a lot of foot traffic in front of our buildings, and retailers

it is the on ramp and the off- ramp, they're both shut down. there is a traffic alert in effect.nd there is that suv that was involved in the crash. one person was killed. two others were taken to the hospital. chp sergeant john soto joins us once again. he is live from the scene. so sergeant, we understand that eight people were in that suv at the time of the crash. and earlier, a chp officer had told some of our news crews none of the people were wearing seatbelts? >> that's correct. we have initial reports, there were eight occupants in the vehicle and none of them were wearing seatbelts. >> and again, the cause for this crash, we think it is weather-related, at this point? >> well, we're going to say it was going too fast. it was speed-related. it was going too fast for the wet roadway conditions. and subsequently went off the roadway. >> and again, at this point, you still don't have an -- an eta, an estimated time to get the on and off ramps reopened? >> yes, as we're speaking, we opened up the eastbound capital expressway on-ramp to northbound 101. and that is -- we have v

it will be flat and then you immediately start ramping down. you want to form a v.they will be going up and down accordingly, immediately along the threshold of the entry area. since the sidewalk ramps away from the threshold, they will be walking at a slant. it creates different issues for pedestrians. >> one more question. when you looked at the property and came up with a solution, was the third store occupied as a separate store? was a combined at that time? >> my understanding, it was the checker that was on site. his understanding was that all three thresholds' and 03 doors were going to be used at various times. >> id has changed. if you went out there with two doors at the threshold were operational, they are combined with the bookstore. would you still recommend the long route? or would you try to come up with a smaller footprint for the solution? >> one thing that we need to a knowledge is that currently it is not being used and ultimately, the doorway, if it is determined that it is going to be reused, it needs to be accessible. in the future, they will n

the off ramp is closed. i hear that the on ramp may be affected, may be closed at the scene as well. so use tully to the north on yorba buena to the south. because it's a holiday there is a lighter flow of traffic. it does sound like this will be another half hour if not more till the off ramp can be reopened. we'll track that and the rest of the south bay smooth despite the slick roads. you heard the officer say lower speeds. it can be an issue. the rain could have played a factor for the construction of the bay bridge but that was cleared before that rain came through the area. now we deal with the wet roads. meteorologist christina loren you knew the rain was coming. what do you see for the rain? >> we actually had so much come through so quickly that there are areas where that rain was able to accumulate. so, this morning watch out for puddles bonding though for the past hour or so we have been trending drier. we will continue to trend dry as we head throughout day today. the sun will break through the c

to kaydon, that's a shared ramp. that's a shared ramp. iy0 >>> developments as samuel and kelvin, two of 17 officers charged head to court. documents show police traced 8000 telephone contacts between a cell phone for the majestic towing company to 12 police officers over a 13-month span and 2000 contacts with another 47 police officers. 17 officers were charged but more than 50 officers were involved. financial records show checks written to 13 officers, including two who were not criminally charged. documents show a large number of people knew about the scheme and complained. adjustors and rival towing companies expressed concerns. officers were accused in the towing scheme 2%çof pushingxwst to business to the majestic auto shop repair after responding to crashes. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> today the governor will deliver remarks at the maryland network against domestic violence memorial service. it's tonight in annapolis. the group is remembering men, women and children who died res during the past year. cel

on the westbound capital expressway on-ramp to northbound 101. several chp at the scene. since this is a fatal accident expect that area to be blocked for the next couple of hours. we'll keep you posted. right now everywhere else in the south bay is quiet. >>> you can thank the sun or the crews but the bay bridge has reopened early. sergio quintana is live at the bridge with the good news. >> reporter: good news especially if you were expecting to drive into the city from oakland and you were dreading having to take one of the alternate bridges. you can see this morning westbound traffic is open a full day and a half ahead of schedule. this is what it looked like 7 p.m. last night. crews wrapped up last minute details on what was scheduled to be a three-day job. by 7:15 chp officers let the first batch of drivers over the reopened top deck of the bridge. crews say the sunny saturday and sunday this weekend helped squeeze that schedule down. this weekend partial closure of the bay bridge is part of the ongoing construction of the new span replacin

the ramp driver is the unsung hero of the taxi industry, because the good ramp driver, one that does what he is supposed to do and picks up the wheelchair, they have to take the time to help the customer into the vehicle and secure in the vehicle, have to take the time to allow the customer to exit the vehicle, and none of that is paid time, so for a ramp driver, and they are doing a good job, we really should be acknowledging their service. but the paratransit is subsidized for the customers. the next slide relates to our capital plan. in the five-year capital plan, the sf emptying -- the sfmta has a couple of things. the first is the top light comedy element on the top of the vehicle, that tells you whether or not a taxi is available. i was surprised to learn about one year after i was in this job is that there is incredible frustration with the customer and the taxi drivers when the plight system does not work to communicate between the driver and the customer when the taxi is available. for example, the backlighting of the advertising may make it difficult to see if the light is

this is northbound 101 at capital expressway, and again, the on-ramp and the off-ramp there at capitalxpressway, they are both shut down. because of this overnight fatal accident. so at one point, there was a person reportedly trapped in the vehicle, we're not sure if that was the person killed but we understand one of the cars involved in the accident, it had eight people in it. and we just learned this from our radio partners kcbs. so we are flying chopper 5. headed to the scene now to check out the backups in the area. we know the sensors are picking up pretty slow speeds and the chp is actually advising motorists to avoid that area. so 280 is going to be a better bet in that stretch. and all right, out toward the bay bridge. the other big traffic story is the bay bridge, opening way ahead of schedule. more than 24 hours ahead of schedule, in fact. and so far, traffic is nice and light. we know this is not going to be a regular commute day. it is obviously a holiday for a lot of folks. but to check in on current conditions of the bay bridge. and talking more about the way ahead of s

we just heard from chp that that ramp will be opening soon.mbers is there and he may have more information as to what contributed to this crash. let's go back to the desk. >>> police are now investigating an officer involved shooting. that happened late last night on 62nd avenue and east oakland. allie rasmus joins us from police headquarters, allie? >> reporter: they have cleared this officer involved shooting which all began when officers responded to a report about a robbery in that residential neighborhood. when officers arrived they found two men in a vehicle that they believed was connected to that robbery. let's show you the information we have. one of the men in the car police tried to pull over jumped out and started running away and that's when they discovered that man was armed. we don't know what happened at that point and we don't know if the armed man drew his weapon or if there was some sort of confrontation but the officer shot the man and wounded him. the other man in the car drove off and police are still looking for the seco

northbound gw parkway ramp to the inner loop of the beltway. in fact, i'll show what it looks like on the map. that's where it is but not affecting the beltway. if you're crossing the american legion bridge in this area, you will be okay. it is not in the roadway there on the beltway itself. if you're planning to head northbound on 95, a couple of long slow stretches. we'll take a live look in lorton. delays will begin in quantico to dale city and woodbridge and newington into springfield. we'll take a live look in spring field. it's been incident free but heavy trying to get up toward the beltway. could be that wet road conditions are affecting your drive. 395 northbound this has been heavy for a while as well at duke street heading through landmark. it clears up though in alexandria. coming up in area roadways at back to you, mike. >> thank you, monika. >>> 6:31 now. mitt romney is celebrating a big win in the florida primary last night. he's focusing on the economy and the general elections in november now. >> three years ago this week a new

on-ramp closed might be for a few hours you may want to consider ralston or 92. flooding reported in a few spots especially san francisco south 101 past 280, north 28 osi sar chavez flooding -- reporting 880 accident northbound high street blocking many lanes another accident southbound. >> that's hey lot. -- that's a lot. heaviest rain from fremont south of the dumbarton bridge into the santa cruz mountains lesser radar returns through the san ramon valley secondary line of light showers through southern marin and sonoma. cold front moving through our neighborhoods now that's why these showers while moving west to east the whole batch is moving down to the south ahead of this front. once we get behind it we go from steady rain to shower the next 36 hours. we'll talk about snow not only in the sierra but here too. christian has your news of the day >> right -- firefighters hunting for hot spots after a wind difficult event fire damaged a duplex. amy hollyfield is live at the scene. those winds a factor. did people have to evacuate? >> reporter: the firefighters c

>> new crash in oakland northbound 880 on the 66th avenue off-ramp it is blocking the off-ramp.westbound across the san mateo bridge supposed to be a stall reported, i don't think it is blocking anything. it is definitely looking more crowded westbound here past the toll plaza, eastbound traffic is fine despite an earlier crash. we'll check out the very foggy commute in the north bay, this is 101 headlights moving southbound through san rafael. also in the south bay 280 and 17 dead dog was reported on the connection ramp from northbound 17 to 880. >>> 6:10. >> >> it is the fourth time -- is the fourth time a charm? district hoping voters are in a better mood to improve reading, writing, math and science programs. >>> that was the first round. >> plus, first he broke the laptop now he's breaking his silence. the father behind this viral video speaks bout what happened after he killed his daughter's computer.úúúúúúúúúúúú >>> this right here is my 45 that was the first round. these are exploding hollow point rounds. >> the viral video on youtube has been seen nearly 30 million time

but again the on-ramp is shut down. main lines of the freeway are okay but the investigation could be ongoing for a while. the car just completely ran off of the road. it is a wet and very windy start on all the bridges. here's the san mateo bridge. wind advisories in effect here as well as the bay bridge. we have numerous flooding reports in, as well. a couple of multi-vehicle crashes apparently this one in castro valley. involving eight vehicles. they have several lanes blocked going against the commute eastbound 580 by 16th avenue but it's very slow across the stretch. similar story on the nimitz. you can see it backing up now as far as the coliseum. there were a couple of accidents one near high street cleared quickly but sounds like one near 23rd is still blocking lanes so your drive time is turning into the yellow now so it is starting to slow in those northbound lanes of 880 right by the coliseum. drive time almost 25 minutes now between 238 and the maze. the bay bridge once again wind advisory in effect here. wh

>>george: this is the ramp section, the incline of the bridge. normally, that would be filled with traffic. these flashing lights are workers are restarting the restart in paving work. part of the reason the work is being done is to allow both sections of the bridge open together at the end of 2013. let's take a look at your alternates. we have cameras on the san mateo bridge. traffic eastbound is the evening commute headed home back towards iraq. this is traffic headed toward the peninsula. you might see extra traffic here because of the closure of the bridge. and the other primary alternate will be the golden gate. foot fax right now the bridge is configured with three lanes in each direction. they will keep the bridge configured for extra lanes southbound. >>grant: bart will have to do some heavy lifting this weekend to compensate. 14 bart stations will have on limited service from 1 a.m. on saturday until tuesday morning. for >> first, i want to tell you one thing, they have wasted no time. he ceded vehicles coming down into the construction

fatal accident on the capital expressway off-ramp continues to block the off ram many and on-ramp to was an suv driving too fast, one person kill. 101 fine in both directions if you -- you may want to consider tully as an alternate if you are taking mass transit bart on saturday schedule, transbay service on ac transit extra service on the ferries out of the east bay and muni on a holiday schedule. >>> 6:39. >> in case you didn't hear i said shocker with when frances mentioned, you still have to feed the meters on this holiday. >>> if you want to know who the next president is going to be you might want to look at scald street. >>> surviving 60 days in the snow. what one driver -- one driver said kept him alive. >>> the illusion that has drawn thousands to what happens to be a california waterfall on fire. >>> bust we are is back with the -- with what the san francisco giants coach is ordering his star catcher not to do. >> reporter: oakland police shot a man overnight, how manhattan is doing what he was doing at the time he was shot -- how theúúúúúúúúúúú@@úúúúúúúúú land o'lakes spre

everything has been moved off that ramp. metrorail is in good shape. 270 southbound had a crash near 80/urbana. we'll go live to newschopper7 flying over 66 and look at all those headlights. out of manassas through centreville its laws and then route 50 past 123 and again to the beltway. let's go to a live maryland shock where it is quite across the american legion bridge. >> a little bit of action out there but not a big deal, just some areas of light rain. most of it is pushing east of the metro area. notice the line ever in stretching from philadelphia throughout wilmington. it goes down to annapolis. from lorton and fort belvoir further south down the potomac into western charles county and the crossing the potomac and into stafford county, we have areas of light rain. we could have a few more sprinkle here and there through lunchtime but otherwise, we will have some sunny breaks into the afternoon. some isolated light little sparkles not amounting to too much but some breaks in the cloud cover today which will help brin

to a floor section so that there is another ramp or, where there is currently a ramp in the middle, we have lowered that structurally so that it is all on one level to make the practical for usability and from the standpoint of accessibility. so, 4500 square feet of assembly space. 12,000 square feet of office space. one of the significant differences on this one is as you have this assembly space, there are more occupants in a requirement for more bathroom fixtures. one other thing is on the right here. have added a second means of egress from this space because we exceeded the allowable path. looking at a comparison to the previous space, but this blue space is much smaller. it all has to do with the trade up -- trade-off between the assembly and the b office. with more people kept within a seismic trigger a 634 occupants, that means that this is the maximum occupancy data can get, with hurricane conditions. this is compared to 70,000 people in option one. just like in the previous scheme, there are still sprinklers in the middle section. just like the previous scheme, they're sti

this includes streets, sidewalks, curb ramps, and all of the connectors for residents and visitors.e are also responsible for maintaining and insuring that our roads and right of ways are safe, accessible, and enjoyable for everyone. this all happens with incredible support that we get from our mayor, the board of supervisors, and other agencies. that includes our valued customers and community partners all working together. we have representatives from walk san francisco, the san francisco coalition, members of the local 261 who work hard with us from getting the bond pas sed, san francisco capital planning committee, the office of the city administrator, norman kelly is here, the mayor's office of public finance, the mayor's office of disability, the san francisco planning department, others and all the staff, the public utilities commission. we have been working hard with them to make sure that we support all of the projects and that we will be ready to implement. we're here today to launch the bond program that will make a significant -- that will make significant repairs to our

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your entrance ramp may be opening soon. yes, it is opening very soon. that's good news. should see some relief. and 66 eastbound still seeing a little volume as you make your way past nutley. this accident's clearing. now back to you both. >> thank you. >>> our time is 5:41. an amazing acts of bravery. a woman caught in this armed voish talking about the man who gave his life to save hers. >>> not what you want to see as a carry-on item. >>> good morning. welcome back. we have breaking news now. firefighters are on the scene of a house fire in rockville. the flames ripped through the home along julia terrace. news4's megan mcgrath is live there with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, joe. firefighters have this blaze under control. we still have smoke, and there are a lot of crews on the scene just watching over things to make sure that no hot spots flare up. the hot spot broke out on julia terrace early this morning. according to firefighters on the scene, it appears that the blaze began somewhere in the carport area of the home and then spread inside the ho

ramp now closed as far as northbound 101 access is concerned. this is because of a major accident. sounds like there may be one person who has died as a result of this, there may be up to six or seven other injuries. waiting to get details. chp sent five cruisers to the scene and we're watching for more detail. bob redell is heading out there. we're looking at the accident there off 101. 87, a little slowing, speed to the 50s where you see the yellow. that will likely sort itself out. we'll track that as well as this accident off of montague expressway at river oaks so westbound montague has an accident where a car went off the road and into a tree so. there may still be crews there. maybe even blocking that slow lane heading through the area. the rest of the northbound routes are moving smoothly as you move out of san jose up to mountain view and sunnyvale, palo alto and up the peninsula. lower bay shore no problems, 101 clear of construction. a smooth drive here as well as 280. we see slowing showing up on the dumbarton bridge. no overnight co

have anything blocking any lanes or on-ramps.golden gate bridge light in and out of marin county. i-80 berkeley headlights westbound east 18, 19 minute drive from the carquinez bridge to the maze. if you are aheading cross the bay bridge or the san mateo bridge breezy conditions you might find breezy conditions across the bay bridge and san mateo bridge, traffic is light i put a couple of sensors there people moving over 70 miles an hour, just both hands on the wheel across the span. let's go to the waze traffic app, we have commuters on the roads. we have someone here on 101 a traffic spotter moving along over 40 miles an hour. i can't find any problems right now. of course we have great names. i hope you can join this community it is traffic spotters go to abc7news.com/waze to download the free app and also become part of the community. >>> russian and ukrainian special services apparently foiled assassination plot against prime minister vladimir putin authorities say they were planning to kill him after the election in which h

and the ramps were to enable people to move very quickly from upper levels to lower levels if they wereing their baggage with them. >> originally, a skyscraper was supposed to be built above grand central, but it was too expensive, so plans were scrapped. >> so instead, at the very last minute, relatively, the architect decided to put in this barrel-vaulted ceiling with a painting of the constellation. this mural was repainted on a new surface in 1940 because the original had become so dirty from automobile pollution, from smoke, from the trains, from cigarette smoke. it's kind of hard to see -- you really have to be looking for it, but that hole was cut in 1958 so that a wire could be suspended through the ceiling. it was connected to the steel structure that holds the roof of the terminal of the main concourse up. and an atlas rocket was suspended right in the middle of the space here, and the reason for that was that russia had just launched sputnik, its first satellite, and the space race was off in the united states, and americans were very nervous about russia being ahead of us te

i was told there is precedent for this kind of brown. -- of ramp. went to the zen center to look uat the ramp they have built. it takes up only half the sidewalk. i sat there for half an hour. there were two people who walked by, so it is a completely different environment than what we have

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they are supposed to close the on ramp exactly at 8:00 p.m.. >>grant: 14 bart stations will be running limited service late tonight and lasting into early monday morning. the upper deck reopens tuesday morning. trains will run once an hour at the following stations. these are the stations that will have overnight service which is once an hour. stay with kron4 for continuing coverage of the countdown to the shutdown. after pam have a security breach leads to a father taking a newborn baby away from the mother and out of the hospital for the child was medically cleared to be released. this happened at 1:00 p.m.. the sheriff's department explains why it is not considered a child abduction. >> it is a newborn, they both have custody. he has every right to be with the baby as much as she does. she said she does not feel the baby is in any danger. it is against medical advice, but it is not a crime. at this point we would like to get in contact with the father. >>pam: the father was last seen driving away from a hospital in a 1996 gray ford taurus. >

580 connector, the northbound 880 connector and the west grand on-ramp. they are all scheduled to stay closed until 5:00 a.m. tuesday morning. ama dates is in emeryville burkts we begin with thomas roman near a deserted toll plaza. >> yes, it is of the carolyn, cal trans says they would have the bridge closed by 8:00. when we saw the last come through the toll plaza, look behind me. there is an army of workers out there tearing up the old roadway. they are trying to beat the clock and the weather to get the approach to the new bridge done on schedule. bay bridge traffic started to slow to a trickle before 8:00. the last car passed through at almost exactly 8:00. dozens of chp officers blocked off access at about 7:30. cal trans says the chp and the motorists who listen to the warnings helped make this a smooth and quick operation. >> there are so many feeders coming into the bay bridge that it can take up to an hour for chp to clear it and take it to closure. we had so little traffic tonight that we were able to cut that time down to just 12 minutes. >> t

expect that ramp to be shut down for some time. i'm captain roy taylor. >> some delays expected in that area on the ramp to northbound route 10 from ritchie highway. we're seeing some problems in howard county air route 32. tracking an accident. another problem on northbound 95 approaching moravia road. charles street in this city, watch for a crash at lanvale st.. 26 on the west side past 795 and those delays continued down towards edmondson. says frederick road and you can see the delay on the southwest corner from liberty down to frederick road. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. 29 degrees on tv hill. folks in an italian village get together for a good old- fashioned food fight. >> we are still taking your answers to our water cooler question of the day. would you be willing to try a hamburger that was grown entirely in a lab? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> the italians were seeing orange during this festival. this happene

the ramp taxis do more difficult and more demanding work than any other cabdrivers. if you hundred dollars worth of incentives really makes a difference. it is an acknowledgement that is very important. there are a couple of other issues here. i have run out of time, but our company will continue to work on improving dispatch. one thing that we cannot do and that we do need you guys to work on is more taxicabs, and printed yearly, we need more at our company, not just more taxicabs in the city. our biggest problem is that we are routinely completely overwhelmed with the dispatch service orders to the point where we have every single taxicab and our fleet will have the mitterrand and 100 orders on the board. it is an absolutely hopeless situation. the answer is more taxicabs. we are cautiously optimistic that the board members are going to move in that direction, so if you can enjoy them on, please do. thank you. supervisor wiener: next speaker. mr. grueber. >> thank you. i am with united taxicabs. there is one message and i would like to convey. it is that there must