as the environment is superior alternative, not the [speaker not understood] ramp that is not the map plan. that's because the implementation of the map plan will have a significant negative environmental impact as existing habitat in the quarter of our city's park land is destroyed to create this replica of a pre-white colonization of the habitat. because this designation [speaker not understood] as environmentally superior supporters were furious with the draft e-i-r the is this why we now need a third consultant? is rec and park going from consultant to consultant at great cost until they find one that will [speaker not understood] data similar map maintenance alternative is better? in the august 5th, 2013 we wall street journal article, [speaker not understood], native and nonnative plants would be environmentally superior. there are officials at the city's rec and park department that said the report used a no definition of environmentally superior set forth in california law. so, with this third consultant, is rec and park consultant shopping until they find one that will tell t

the off ramp is on the east side or the left side of the structure, and the on ramp has a very short acceleration distance has it enters the bridge. the new ramps will provide -- will both be on the right-hand side of the freeway and will have longer deceleration and acceleration zones. the estimated cost of construction is seven 7.5 million dollars and primary funded by highway bridge programs and state prop 1b. the local match portion of this project is to be reimbursed by the treasure island community development. in march the transportation motor . >> >> authority completed the project and the right-of-way certification and selected a traffic management consultant. we are expecting at the end of this month the e76 or the federal highway authorization of approving the funding to move into construction, and with that we would award the transportation authority the construction management contract. with the board approval we will execute the moa's award the construction management and the contracts and award it november of this fall and beginning construction in january of next year

half an acre, we're wondering if this represents the kind of costs we can expect if the same ramp is actually implemented. furthermore, if the same ramp [speaker not understood], then we don't see how it qualifies for a mitigated negative declaration on the c-e-q-a which is what was requested earlier. it feels like we're just throwing numbers around. but to put it in context, that's $2 million is everything that was paid out to an outside -- [speaker not understood]. we have to have another such festival to fund this? >> thank you. >> actually we've got a couple more seconds. >> oh, i thought i heard a buzzer go off. >> go ahead. >>> i'm done. i just wanted to emphasize we're talking about a whole lot of money for a program that really came from oppose rather than support. >> thank you. >> next speaker. and just as a reminder, you'll hear two bells. the first one tells you you've got 30 seconds left. >>> thank you, good morning. my name is bill [speaker not understood]. i'm a lifelong san francisco resident. i live in golden gate heights. i'm an avid golfer and i frequently play at s

we've done the curb ramp. we got the final funding for the san francisco std clinic on 7th street and also for the elevator installation at the maxiseen health clinic. these jobs are designed and in drawing as we speak. we have the final funding for the renovation at the elevator and the elevator rehabilitation process in the homes. that's a $6 million project. building 8090 building and we had elevators that was in critical need of renovation and that project is $4 .2 million. our 8090 elevators, we have our building permits and we certified the contract last week so we're happy. yay! for the arts commission, the council made priorities as to which project should we do first and which should come later down the pike and obviously public health and human services were important. it's hard to do work inside of san francisco general hospital so we knew we had a long ark of projects there. we finished up our projects in civic buildings so we're moving into the arts commission chlts we've done work at the african

in front of your screen you'll see the blue colored off ramp is the new off ramp on the right side of the bridge, standard in terms of geometry and the new onramp will be in orange, a hook type onramp which will increase the acceleration distance to be able to merge more safely on to the bay bridge. this is separate and independent of the san francisco bay bridge. there's no high strength bolts or anything in that regard related to this project. this is more stop sign /tkard construction. construction phase is funded with [inaudible] programs to the tune of 77.5 million dollars. project also inchose some improvements on [inaudible] road to make it much better and accommodate bike and pedestrian traffic. current status is i'm happy to report we finished and completed the plans, specks and estimates in march of 2013. i was here in front of this same committee in that same timeframe requesting authorizations to execute right of way certification documents and we have done that. we have submitted all of the appropriate documentation and we are waiting any day now for that funding authoriz

there's a curb and there's no curb ramp. if you went up to the cross centsing to the front of the steps and went back to the cable, i asked a friend in a wheelchair, what would you do at this point. she said i would throw it in the street by my car and go back around and take it off the sidewalk and stick it in my car. unfortunately the street is below the reach range. we've got a few hundreds of these. i don't know which ones have permits but i would like to know who issued the permits. i think you need a public policy. it does not allow new tech companies to do what they like under the california building code. okay. thank you. >> exactly. thank you very much. >> to the chair if i have an opportunity to respond. we would be pleased to have the opportunity to make a presentation before the mayor's disability council at a future meeting to describe and to tell you in greater detail about the different policies and recommendations that our office has specifically about electric vehicle charging stations. there isn't a law tha

lanes and the ramp open.ng on i-95, northbound near route 23, crash on the right shoulder but debris in the right lane according to callers to the wtop traffic center. and traveling in bethesda continue to watch for the work zone after jones bridge road headed southbound there on 355. at last check you were getting by single file to the right. i'm rob woodfork live at the wtop traffic center, jummy and scott, back to you. >> thank you, rob. 72 degrees, 5:55 your time and coming up, you could soon be carded for manicure supplies. >> that's interesting. and some of your favorite retailers could be watching you while your >> important news for shoppers. maryland's tax-free week runs through saturday. so if you buy clothing and shoes priced at $100 or less, you will not have to pay the state's sales tax. there's no limit on how many eligible items can be purchased at the same time, although items such as backpacks and school supplies will actually not be tax-free. >> and if you shop at westfield annapolis mall an

detectable ramps. they are all detectable.hing down below or protruding that people are going to get snagged up on. smooth clean that nobody is going get caught up on. >> our no. 1 issue is what we see here, the uplifting and shreufting to concrete due too street tree roots. here is another problem we have with street trees. if i have i was a person blind, this would be an uncomfortable way to find out. >> we don't want to create hazards. >> sometimes vendors put sidewalk cafes where people push the chairs too far out. >> sometimes it can be impassable. so much foot traffic that there is no room for a wheelchair or walker to go by. >> san francisco is a lively street life, it can be an issue with people with visual disabilities as well. they have these diverting barriers on other side of this tables and chairs area. if people can find thraeur way around it without getting tangled up, it is still fully accessible. >> we don't want anything special. we want people to basically adhere to the regulations and laws as they are on th

next hour. 95 looking good, smooth ride from laurel to the beltway, inside the beltway on 295 the ramp to eastern avenue, there's a crash involving an overturned truck on the left side. the through lanes are open. 95 looks good in virginia, dale city, woodbridge through newington, travel lanes are open. rob woodfork live from the wtop traffic center. jummy and scott back to you. >> thank you, rob. investigators in st. mary's county classified a suspicious death as a homicide. minetta strickland was found over the weekend. detectives are gathering leads in this case and they're saying if you know anything please give them a call. >> also new this morning, we know that one man is dead after being hit by a car in prince george's county. this happened just before 11:00 in upper marlboro. the driver stayed on the scene and police say alcohol was not a factor in this accident. the road is back open this morning. >> and we've got good news for drivers this morning. gas prices, they're going down compared to last week. >> and we could see prices drop even more as we head into the fall months.

there's on ramp off of bryant and a lot of people take that. but there's an opportunity to build another link off that off-ramp and instead of having everyone going off harrison street they could go bryant and this is not uses forestorage of cal tarantula equipment. presumably it's land owned by caltrans i'm not sure but that would be an excellent place to put a facility and people can wake or take other transportation from there. given the fact we build temporary ramps for the bay bridge in a period of a few months this could be done at the relative cost. i'd like to ask you to explore that possibility >> and to the president. >> and i'm working with caltrans and there's a lot of community concerns about the lot that's there around bryant. the way the lot is used and i'm hoping that the waterfront assessment will put your recommendations recommendations that other staff including the transportation authority and community feedback all on the same table. the assessment helps us to if

a giant ramp there as well. think you might know where this is going. >> oh! >> a giant ramp. wow.h, launched. >> that dude there in the orange shorts gets the serious air in this video. he must be 30, 40 feet in the air. >> i think he looks scared once he got up there. starts doing the flail. >> you get to see the ride they have down here picking up a ton of speed. it's not like they just started a few feet away. they went the whole way up. >> no wonder they weren't pedaling. >> look where the guys are standing by the ramp. the schwart realwater is really. >> better make sure you get out there. >> you got to watch the bike on the way down, too. make sure you don't land on it. >> the bike floats because they have the life jacket on, which perfect. theyach kind of different. >> one guy, of course, is definitely going to do a back flip. this is awesome, fun. >> elevators seem to make awkward situations more awkward times ten. here's greg benson of mediocre films in association with the official comedy channel with another funny prank. this time he's the elevator weatherman. >> gorgeo

it's the connector ramps to northbound 880 and southbound highway 17. it's emergency roadwork, we just got the alert around 4:15 this morning. so we called chp they said an accident last night caused a damage to some sand barrels in the area so they have to do road repair up there now. they say the connector ramps will be closed until 7 a.m. so it could cause a bit of a delay. otherwise your travel times in the south bay so far clear on 101, 280 through downtown and the guadalupe parkway. eight minutes or so between 85 and 101. so coming through the altamont pass looks good maybe a few brake lights through livermore. 15 minutes between the altamont pass and the dublin interchange. and mass transit nothing to no. bart has 14 trains and they are systemwide on time. good news. that's traffic. back to you guys. >>> santa clara 49ers stadium project is now more than halfway done. the 2016 super bowl we know that's already a lock and as kiet do explains the stadium is now in the running to host another big-time event. >> reporter: could it be that arguably th

this on-ramp reopened within the last 90 minutes. a call to san jose police to try and fill in the holes in this story. live in san jose, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >>> happening now at 5:33, egypt's muslim brotherhood calling for a nationwide day of rage protest to this week's deadly riots. the egyptian government is threatening to use deadly force if protests get out of hand again. these are moving live shots. you can see people running there or moving across that bridge very quickly. at least 638 people now confirmed dead after clashes this week between riot police and supporters of ousted islamist president mohamed morsi. meantime president obama denounced the violence yesterday. the state department is considering whether to pull billions of dollars in aid from that country. >>> also new this morning, a woman now dead and a man is injured this morning after a gunman opened fire in east oakland. this happened overnight. oakland police there saying the two were found shot on 100th avenue near san leandro street. this happen

we talked about the fifth street off-ramp.rd is where all the crews are feeding water up there. the fire is out. big distraction, even after the fire gets cleared, they'll have to clear that rig. it's jammed up getting out of san francisco. the visual distraction not a big issue as you get out of the city on the lower deck. that's better news. we look at the backup all the way back to the toll plaza where we have slowing down the eastshore freeway. maybe a few more cars coming out of the maze. it's not so bad for north 880. if you're using the san mateo bridge as an alternate, it's starting to slow coming off the castro valley y. in the upper deck we did have an issue crossing the bay. there was a stall on the high-rise. that was an issue. we're looking the the tri-valley with a typical build. we do see slowing, early for 680, might be more folks driving to work. we'll end with the golden gate bridge as we look from the north bay into the city. a smoother drive, no problems. you're at the limit even though the low clouds are h

landed on the landing ramp quite smoothly. a big piece of machinery, came up with launch ramp. >> that's highly impressive. that's a big rig and that thing got some major air. >> and -- >> that's what i was thinking. dude was going to bounce all over the place. >> big piece of machinery. doesn't look like it was modified all that much. >> makes me nervous for those run away truck ramps. >> one arrway truck ramp is lika runway. >> guy who drives the truck says he could do it again. >> this is impressive but could he do it with a big load, trailer. >> that jackknifed, right? >> there's a chance you can jackknife but it might also jack it, i don't know. >> we think it will jackknife. >>> i have to say this is pretty darn cool. a toyota executive shows up at the house of an nypd officer carrying balloons. nypd officer michael dee in the backyard having a family barbecue. >> why would have a toyota executive show up at a family barbecue? >> because it was a commercial and all set up? >> it is kind of a commercial, but listen. >> we

those connector ramps are shut down until about 7:00 this morning.e area last night. and we will go flying over highway 4. westbound is a little sluggish past "a" street and you will see red traffic sensors closer towards pittsburg-bay point. but once you hit willow pass, you hit top speeds. that's the usual delays there and we're unfortunately beginning to see our usual delays coming out of the altamont pass. 21 minutes between the wind turbines and the dublin interchange. but it looks like once you got past about vasco, then speed sensors do improve. so the heaviest traffic right now is coming through the livermore valley. bart systemwide on time more than 30 trains in fact all running with no delay. muni, cam train and a's train 1 all got off -- ace train 1 all got off to a great start. san mateo bridge, traffic picking up. crowded in the westbound lanes of 92. but no overall problems across the span and one more live traffic camera. we will show you the westbound 580 commute right by the dublin interchange. like i said, you saw those earlier dela

and also, on the west shore line, there is the ramp and saint francis boat yard. and just another view, and kind of showing more of the (inaudible) boulevard in the lower right. and this just shows the master plan for the park and the north, south orientation for the slip way number four which is the central feature and the remnants of what were the slips one through three and closer to the shipyard. and this just shows a view from the crane 30 looking north through the slip way and the critage that was there in the ramp. and this shows slip four of the shore line and it is looking north. and slip way four looking to the south. and crane's 14 and 30 with the building 101 in the background. and these are 14 and 30, part of the slip way four resource. and this is the ramp way, of the slip way which includes the utility rack there on the right-hand side. all character defining features of the resource and the site also includes the number of the rail tracks and on to the right the contributing resource and the building 103, and the western portion of the building 109

a giant ramp there as well. >> he might know where this is going. >> oh! a giant ramp. >> wow. >> launched. >> that dude in the orange shorts gets serious air in the video. he must be like 30, 40 feet in the air. >> he looks scared. once he got up there, he started doing the flail. what? how did this happen. >> you can see them picking up a continue of speed. it's not like they started a few feet away. they went the whole way up. >> no wonder they weren't pedalling. >> yeah. now i get it. >> look where the guys are standing by the ramp. the water's shallow. you better make sure you get out there. >> you've got to watch the bike on the way down, too. make sure you don't land on it. >> the bike floats because they've got the life jacket on it, which is perfect. they each do something different. one guy, of course, is definitely going to do a back flip. >> just awesome fun. >> it's that time again. real or fake videos with ebaum's world. this week, dude instrumenting in his sleep. >> i love it. >> it's just so perfect there then, a pup tosses his cookies and

he's creating a ramp for them so they can crawl out on their own accord. >> so cute. so cool. i hope he gave them an impromptu roller coaster ride. lift them up, give them a ride, before he let them free, give him excitement. >> i'm glad you said that. we see him kind of give the ones left a ride. he's trying to say, come on, i'm need you to come out, i am going to wake you up. >> oh the ride's over. time to go. >> we talked to mike, and he was very proud, happy he saved the seven raccoons. the picture today, two more in a different dumpster. >>> there are different ways to deal with road rage. we've seen the showing of the birdie or the profanity and then there's this, apparently. two cars chase each other down the streets of brazil. they are trying to ram each other. who the heck knows what started it. but they're driving at high speeds doing some dangerous maneuver, putting other people in danger while they're doing it. >> the guy with the camra's going to document this. in here the brakes squeaking. you see the bumper of the silver car is already dented, but they don't sto

there's a new crash right along the southbound lanes at the ramp to 175.t now 95 just a complete mess on that southwest corner. if you are traveling through the tunnels, to delays whatsoever. 55 miles per hour southbound on 95. you're looking at a pair of 5s on the southwest corner of 695 on the outer loop at frederick road. here's a look at the beltway at the key bridge. nothing to get in your way. normal trip of 11 minutes to travel the outer loop from 95 up to 83. that is your time saver traffic. >>> driving on a california highway. dick vandyke was driving on 101 in los angeles when his car caught on fire. the 87-year-old is okay and refused medical treatment. >>> playing high school sports has a lot of benefits. in one area it's coming at a price. why students in harford county have to pay to play. the details straight ahead. also straight ahead, another check of your weather. this is the inner harbor. still dark out there. we will find out what mother nature has in store when we come back. Ñ ♪ i woke up to a lightbulb ♪ every little thing is possible

the man jumped and landed below on this northbound on-ramp. the sand that you are seeing below here, it's pretty gruesome, this is to cover up this man's blood. at one point police using a tape measure to figure out the distance of this drop. it's estimated to be about 40, 50 feet. police say this all started just before 9:00 last night when they attempted to pull over a white sedan in this area. the driver wouldn't stop. eventually he spun out on the 101 connector. this morning san jose police are not telling us why they attempted to pull him over in the first place. >> we're talking to a few witnesses and trying to get their statements and trying to put the whole picture together. >> reporter: of course, if you happen to be one of those witnesses, you are asked to call san jose police. the man, as jon mentioned, suffered some major injuries. he's recovering in the hospital this morning. he had with him in the white sedan two passengers. they were taken into custody by san jose police, interviewed by police. it's not clear if they're under ar

they got those connector ramps open ahead of schedule.rthbound 280 to 880 and southbound highway 17 everything is reopened. it didn't cause major traffic tie-ups. it was wrapped up before the commute got under way. drive times for the east bay the slowest commute around the bay area is that altamont pass to 680, 26 minutes in that heavy category now in the westbound lanes. and a close second for traffic tie-ups is the bay bridge toll plaza. it is jamming up towards the overcrossings. metering lights this morning were turned on at 6:01 so you have a 15-minute delay to get on the bay bridge. upper deck okay into san francisco. and let's go out towards 880 now. this is the east bay obviously nice flow of traffic past the oakland coliseum towards downtown oakland. that is the latest from here in the traffic center. back to you. >>> another big event may be coming to the new 49ers stadium. the major smackdown that could be rocking the bay area in a year. >> plus, it's called the duchess effect. why it's making it hard to find this dress in sto

there's a crash right at the ramp to route 175 blocking one lane at this time.oblems on 195 where there's a crash westbound right at 95. you can follow me on twitter for the latest updates. right now as we take a look at the main lines, the jfx free of delay. 54 miles per hour southbound to cold spring lane. here's what the beltway looks like on the west side. 11 minutes to travel the outer loop from 795 down to 95. you're looking at an 11 minute trip on the outer loop from 95 up to 83. that's your time saver traffic. >>> stay with us, there's much more coming up. you're watching good morning maryland. outdoors, or in. transitions® lenses automatically filter just the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it's meant to be seen. maybe even a little better. visit america's best today to ask about our newest lenses, transitions vantage and transitions xtractive lenses. experience life well lit. ask which transitions adaptive lens is best for you >>> 15 minutes away from 6:00. for the past few months we've gotten used to not sharing the roads with sch

we cleared the ramp, made our beds. we talked things through, how we might get out. what to do. >> the 33 men had to accept there would be no way out that night, or maybe ever. this mine might become their tomb. >> translator: i slept, but with one eye open, watching. you should have heard that silence, a silence from hell, total silence. >> as the men tried to sleep below, on the surface, the rescuers were using seismic tests to determine the extent of the damage. it was revealed that eight separate levels of the mine had collapsed on top of each other. a rock fall the size of the empire state building. wives and relatives of the missing from the nearby town of copiapo began to show up, including lily gomez, wife of the oldest miner. >> translator: i immediately went to the mine, the first woman to arrive. there were lots of men. everybody was desperate. no one knew what was happening. no one knew anything. the boss came and said, don't worry, tomorrow we'll bring in machines. we'll clear the blockage, and all the miners will be out. i told him, you can't fool me. i

quarter pipe ramp which participants can ride a skate board on the ramp. each person gets pads and helmets and provide what they need and it's a chance for people to try it out with people assisting them on how to do it. there's a variety of sponsor booths and giveaways, promotions and athlete's signing. there's concession stands which are food trucks and portable restrooms. we're excited about this event because it serves the mid 20 age although i know phil likes to do it and really is a great event for them. so we're excited about that. attendance is expected to be over the course of a day about 10,000 people. the issue with this event is the issue on the community because it does require the civic center to be closed for the installation. we've done a lot of work and improved this year the impact on the public. as if it was last year you'll see if you look at the over head the play grounds remain open and accessible the entire time. for this year we're keeping one of the grass areas open at all times for the public to use. so the detour worked with us t