i retrofitted it to a very high standard.an you retrofit brick buildings to a high standard, if you choose to, since i was going to occupy it. it would be embarrassing for an engineer to be in a building that is damaged. >> there is an issue of what standard. is it collapse prevention or immediate occupancy or immediate use. often i have found that the marginal cost difference is quite low to go to that next level. maybe a little more when you go up to the -- when you want to keep using immediate occupancy. but people need to understand that and make a conscious decision. do not leave the decisions to the engineer. these are not engineering decisions. they're your personal decisions as an owner. >> since i was the owner i made the decision to go up. >> very informed owner. we will walk up to the rialto building on the corner up here. keep walking. (♪ music playing ) >> we are here just a little further down mission street past annie alley toward new montgomery. it was badly damaged. this was also burned? >> it also experience

our goal was to get 1 million homes retrofitted with the recovery that. there are 125 million homes left out there, so we are not going to be running out of work. we have also upgraded commercial building space and put in 156 megawatts. this is all under this recovery act. this has been a very significant clean energy investment for the whole country, and it is important to the whole national energy economy and achieving our environmental goals, because buildings alone are 40% of all u.s. energy and a certain percentage of all u.s. electricity, and the irony is you have a very fine and sophisticated energy generating industry, providing 70% of their energy into structures that are not sophisticated in the way they use the energy, so the good news is there is a huge amount of opportunity to do this. the other theme is that in addition to being able to provide a cost-effective way to meet our energy and other goals, it is a very strong driver of economic growth, and for clean energy, it is central to the economic future, and there are at least two reasons f

this is the retrofit. this is dry rot that has not been addressed. the permit expired august 2011. for dry rot and the bell tower that we're talking about putting 2,000 pounds of equipment, there are holes in the wall. this will follow us. -- fall on us. it is unmanned. tio collect money to put the community at risk for a structure that has been not proven to be sound is not necessarily -- necessary or desirable. this is a high residential area. there are other options and we ask you please to consider them. there will be redundancies. [bell] >> thank you. if i called her name, come on up. -- your name, come on up. >> i am an art sstuden -- student and in turn in the neighborhood less than a block away from the church. -- intern in the neighborhood less than a block away from the church. we value the esthetics of the neighborhood and i believe this cell phone tower would be better situated in a more commercial environment. the residential area is a beautiful neighborhood. i feel as though people living in the area would appreciate the tower being installed in a more commercial and

the steel pricing you see, that's an earthquake retrofit from the 1930's when the field act first was started. this is glen park before, for those of you who have been by glen park and celebrated their anniversary. that's glen park today. one structure, controversial bright blue colors, some of the neighbors are upset with the bright blue colors. this is sort of one of our most interesting stories i think of all of our schools we worked on this summer. one of the saddest and most neglected, probably, other than m.l.k., was cobb. i think there was a sense among the staff, probably among the students and certainly anybody that drove by that this building had been neglected for many, many years and the question is, what was going to happen in its future? for those of you who have been by cobb in the last month or so, that's the same view today. this is not the same building. this is the view of the courtyard and the arcade. the arcade was turned into the new school entrance and a space they can use in the rain and during the days as an overflow space as opposed to being a gated off no ma

we have not retrofitted our buildings. i felt -- i feel like we are like katrina.we knew the levees were not strong enough in at new orleans. we knew that the levies needed to be reinforced. in northern california, we know that, say, along the hayward fault that if it were to happen today at the level of retrofits that have been done, we will lose about 15,000 lives. in oakland, i will lose one- third of all my rental housing. there are soft story housing and other projects. for may, is to try to get monies freed up for a revolving lending pool so we can retrofit housing stock and buildings, because it only costs, on a single-family home, less than $10,000 to retrofit a home. even with the real estate crisis, you say then a quarter million dollar home on the east bay with about $10,000 worth of work. the fact that we're not mobilizing along both sides of the bay, particularly where we have stopped -- soft story buildings and multi-story units for some of the poor people and some of the high-rises for richer people is, to me, sort of waiting for another katrina to h

if the retrofit replacement of the gps receivers in the market, if you have to do a retrofit will you be paying for that or will that be the peron that is having to retrofit on say a farmer for example? >> that's a very important question because for nine months with the gps manufacturers have done is they've said there's only two parties in this debate. the's the lightsquared network and the users of gps who are going to be affected. the have conveniently left themselves o of the equation. i don't think that the user should have to pay a cent. we have already paid, and the total value of the commitment is over $160 million at this point to solve the problem for the vast majority of consumer devices. for these precision devices where there is no solution that we can put on our transmission except to abandon the band entirely, given we are talking about 100 to 2,000 devices may be a few more than that but that is the order of magnitude we are talking about coming and that our power levels have been for six years that that is the right outcome. >> very good. now i want to go to mr. gree

if the retrofit replacement of the gps receivers in the market, if you have to do a retrofit will you be paying for that or will that be the person that is having to retrofit on say a farmer for example? >> that's a very important question because for nine months with the gps manufacturers have done is they've said there's only two parties in this debate. there's the lightsquared network and the users of gps who are going to be affected. the have conveniently left themselves out of the equation. i don't think that the user should have to pay a cent. we have already paid, and the total value of the commitment is over $160 million at this point to solve the problem for the vast majority of consumer devices. for these precision devices where there is no solution that we can put on our transmission except to abandon the band entirely, given we are talking about 100 to 200,000 devices may be a few more than that but that is the order of magnitude we are talking about coming and that our power levels have been for six years that that is the right outcome. >> very good. now i want to go to m

money, money, money for infrastructure retrofitting. one thing i have not asked for but injury to me and the previous presentation is i would like to really learn more about

money, money, money for infrastructure retrofitting. one thing i have not asked for but injury to me and the previous presentation is i would like to really learn more about how you were able to take the google maps and the data and move quickly. secondly, what lessons you learned in helping restore roads, transportation, and schools. schools are key to rebuilding the community and keeping that connectedness. any of the lessons from japan or the disasters that your help in, to share those, because the military institutions have access to technology and experience that a local government would not. >> my wish is that knowing that there will be disasters of every kind that we may face, my wish is that every resident, business, and a person that goes to school in the bay area can appreciate the individual responsibilities they have to be part of a strong neighborhood and strong cities that are doing everything they can to take the fear out of these disasters and the building relationships and communications. and actually, being part of dec

. >> his plan would include financing to help pay for the retrofitting. >>> a boston boy said he felt like he was flying. that is how he describes being dropped into the arms of a firefighter. this is a story we told you about yesterday on the morning news. the boy's grandmother dropped him out of a window to escape the flames and smoke. >> she started to drop me down. >> his arms and legs were flailing so i was not sure where he would end up. >> his grandparents were able to escape the building. boston police say it was set by a 28-year-old man in a failed suicide attempt and he's now facing arson and attempted murder charges. >>> hayward woman hits it big, how she plans on spending her $2 million prize. >>> we are in the nation's capital, what they say makes it different on the washington mount. -- washington monument. . >>> welcome back to the morning news, take a look at this, giant winds turned up a dust storm, you can see it brought traffic to a halt. the wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour, no injuries are reported. >>> there are some changes this morning for cal train riders, b

this building is undergoing a seismic retrofitting. this building, the project is expected to be completed by the fall of next year. krodan kerman, kron4 news. >>pam: terisa estacio was light at city hall. >>terisa: when the earthquake hit, those posters were shaking back and forth into the ground underneath me shook violently. workers from city hall started coming out. employees from public works quickly showed up to inspect city hall for damage. there were several meetings going on inside of city hall when the earthquake hit. a city council member was in one of those meetings. >> it was a hard shake for about 10 seconds but then, it stopped. city hall has great seismic protection. it was a little scary. >>terisa: some of the public works people are going around as a precaution. and i am sure that emergency personnel are in the field checking things out. >>pam: in oakland, a resident tell us how his apartment was damaged. >> all of a sudden, it sounded like a firework when all. a gain and shaking, i thought, oh my god escalation point

in the '89 earthquake i was the engineer retrofitting that building. it sustained a lot of damage. we did some research, and we're able to actually find the daughter of the engineer who built the building. according to her, the building was severely damaged. instead of going hmm not a good idea we better change it. they pulled out the building and rebuilt it to the same specs. >> after the 1906 earthquake the codes did not change and the standards didn't change and people generally rebuilt buildings as fast as they could without substantial seismic upgrades. can anybody tell us what is going on here with the building? here we have craig. go ahead. >> speak this way and loudly. >> what is going on here is an 8 to 14-story addition on the top of the historic building. first of all, you should know the original building here is steel and terra cotta building that in the '60s was clad with metal panels on

line item 67 d, that there will be a stronger and bigger number that will result from the seismic retrofitting, and hopefully with that out reach that will take place, that more residences will get into the seismic retrofitting and help to bring this number up. commission>> item 5b, update ond legislation. >> good morning, commissioners. bill strong. just a quick high light. we provided few details in your packet, but supervisor chu has introduced at the end of september a new piece of legislation try to help small businesses come into compliance, especially in the leased buildings on ada requirements, because that will amend the planning administrative code, they probably will not come back to the board committee until late this year or possibly early next year. the only dbi aspect of that is the one to put into the wall that we will prioritize this type of work for ada compliance. we actually are ready do that as the director has told me upon request. the other legislation that the mayor did sign and the board passed unanimously, the green building updates. there is still in front of the boa

. >> now many of the targeted buildings will be fitted for the retrofitting project. >>> sal? >>> pam, dave things are much busier, if you are driving to any of the bridges give yourself time. in the south bane north bane, it is backed up and as you drive passed 880 it is still slowed on the lawrence expressway hitting north. we have a 20 minute delay and if you are driving on the commute in livermore 580 is slowed and again we move the map to the south bay, 580 is not all that bad if you are on 85 in the southern part of san jose. >> let's go to steve . thank you kindly, a good morning to you all. they are wrapping back around and it is mainly the lower clouds. yesterday that east wind came in and we were rocking it up. oakland airport was 84. see it slipping by? really it is the fog, temperatures in san francisco and oakland both dropped in the last hour three to five degrees and that's significant. san jose sitting at 60s and 51 in napa and holding on in the valley or the delta. now it is a west wind, 40 miles per hour and it is a cooler direction, 87 in santa rosa and san

it would be as was pointed out, it would be the election of the property owner to retrofit or not. he could demolish and build a new structure if he so chose. >> that is correct. we're talking about nonconforming uses. a use that is no longer permitted and find an avenue to allow them to rebuild if it was unintentionally destroyed but they're not required to rebuild. commissioner antonini: you can elect to have paid a higher premium to afford to do the code changes to bring our new structure up to code, this has to be looked at someone judiciously. i am going to vote for this but there are some things that are in code for reason that were not there long ago when these buildings were built. health and safety would not be applied in this situation. >> the ordinance applies to -- [unintelligible] commissioner antonini: for residential, things would apply as though it was a new building. >> this is for any nonconforming use, residential or other. commissioner antonini: thank you. >> on that motion, commissioner antonini, aye. commissioner borden, aye. commissioner fong, aye. commission

it is a part of the earthquake retrofit. if work is not complete, it is almost complete. when it was created there was a train in the transbay tube and passengers and the train operator were unaware that an earthquake occurred. >>darya: by the way, where are you a and did you feel it? >> i was sound asleep, but i did feel it. i am at home in alameda. something woke me up and i figured it was an earthquake. >>darya: stake you for checking in with us this morning. when you are asleep, these things happen so quickly. i felt like it was maybe two seconds. we are working to get usgs on the phone and speak with our live cruz in the field. in san francisco will tran did not feel it, jackie sissel did it feel it in oakland. >>james: he is near the middle of where the earthquakes occur in one week ago today. >>darya: we are going to go to will tran in san francisco right now. we are here on the best evidence. we felt the earthquake is quite strong. it was quick but sharp, you felt nothing? well >> i did not feel anything. yoli eceves is here with me, she did not feel anything. we

. >> that is why memorial stadium is being retrofited for earthquake safety now. let's talk about what has been happening in the berkeley area since last week. we counted 10, a dozen or so quakes of this size what do you think is going on? >> there have been only three quakes and smaller aftershocks associated with this sequence. i've seen sequences like this in the past it has been a couple decades in this region. i wouldn't term it entirely unusual but they don't occur often on the hayward fault system. >> precursor of something bigger? >> we can't say that. if you look at the hayward fault, we see lots of small quakes and little pocket along the fault up to about magnitude 4, 4 1/2. we don't see anything larger often maybe once every couple of centuries or so. so the probability that this sequence is indicating something larger is small, maybe 1%. >> the depth we see is six miles. we had calls from various parts of the bay area from people who felt it. is that depth, is the shallowness of it the reason it was felt so widely? >> actually, if you are really close

at last so much work that we have to do to retrofit major bridges and roads in the bay area. >> reporter: bringing you live pictures again from chopper 5 of the new span of the bay bridge and construction, the 6.$3 billion bridge is expected to open to traffic fall 2013 and as you heard, the bay bridge project manager said it is pedal to the metal now to get this project done. >> thank you, juliette goodrich on the island. >>> the shuttle program may have ended earlier this year but nasa is still hard at work. >> main engine start, one, 0, and liftoff of the delta 2 with the npp satellite. >> a weather satellite was launched this morning from caledonia's vandenberg air force base. it will orbit 500 miles above earth monitoring global climate change and weather conditions. >> the conditions are good for skiing. boreal fired up their lifts this afternoon making it the first resort in california to start ski season. the lift will stay open until 8:00 and reopen tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and speaking of weather, looks like it is great for people heading to the mountains but what about h

no wonder there are cranes today part of a $320 million project to retrofit this stadium and they areetting constant reminders of why it's necessary. from where the bart train exits through tunnels in the east bay hills, to where the hayward fault glimpse the back side of the claremont hotel, to where it makes the unkindest cut of all, splitting memorial stadium, we have now had three magnitude 3-plus quakes in a week in this general area. this part of the fault has sprung 15 small quakes since december 2006. what we know it means is that this is an active part of the 35-mile-long fault. now, does it mean that it's getting closer to springing a big one? like the magnitude 7 quake in october 1868? i'll tell thursday, we're not getting farther away from the next big quake. and 60 minutes from now, we are going to be talking with usgs geologist david schwartz who will tell us whether or not these series of quakes have anything to say about the next big quake on the hayward fault. so we'll chat with you then, allen. >> all right. a lot of people hoping these little ones just release some

there's so much work that we have to do to retrofit major bridges and roads in the bay area. >> reporter: the $6.3 billion bridge is expected to open fall 2013 and has the bay bridge project manager said that it is pedal to the metal from here on out. on treasure island, juliette goodrich, cbs5. >>> coming up, a different type of beer. first of all it comes from the city. >> second of all it is going to johns. one city's tell-all approach to fighting prostitution. rampant prostitution problem. the city has receive >>> the city of vallejo is launching a new campaign, where they is have received -- where they have received permission from the state to set out johns. they are being set up to record vehicles and license plate numbers. the idea is to deliver a very blunt message. the cameras should be up and running in the next couple of months. >>> the banking world appears to be backing off plans to charge customers for using their debit cards. and today, chase and wells fargo both said they are scrapping the test programs that would have added monthly fees for customers who use their debit

retrofits are hard. it seems if we could protect the cable and prevent the problem, that is two ways to go about it comes to protecting the cable makes sense to me. director nolan: other members of the board? members of the public? thank you. >> item 15, discussion and vote as to whether to conduct closed session. director nolan: is there such a motion? second? all in favor? we will >> bod discussed anticipated legislation but took no action. >> we are adjourned. thank you very much. good work, everybody. >> you even that the board running on time. >> we're coming today to join all of us as we kick off our san francisco 2011 fleet week. and i'm pleased to welcome all of you here to celebrate the 30th anniversary of our fleet week. and it's been a long tradition, but one that we're very proud of in our city and county of san francisco. it's an opportunity for us not only to see great air shows, but i think most seriously, to thank our women and men and our armed forces for all of their dedication to our t

so if there is any concern out there we are going to end up having to retrofit and filter because ite zero tolerance and what is going to cost, and i am very curious and i want to hear from all of the panel what we think this is going to cost in terms of that retrofit because at least when it comes to aviation it has to be certified. it has to be certified that's when it gets really expensive. >> if i can respond to that -- that's absolutely true. the fact is we should only move forward this can be done while assuring the safety of life and aviation and we're working with the community to do that. that is something the we believe is non-negotiable. nobody in our company is running out to deploy and network it is going to cause issue with people with air safety in the united states. that is not what we are about and we are absolutely committed to making sure this will work and that the faa is satisfied and the ntia and the and cc. we've worked with the faa for years. we are members -- pardon me. we have worked with rtca for years. we've been members for years on these issues so we've

retrofits are hard. it seems if we could protect the cable and prevent the problem, that is two ways to go about it comes to protecting the cable makes sense to me. director nolan: other members of the board? members of the public? thank you. >> item 15, discussion and vote as to whether to conduct closed session. director nolan: is there such a motion? second? all in favor? we will >> bod discussed anticipated legislation but took no action. >> we are adjourned. thank you very much. good work, everybody. >> you even that the board running on time. >> we are all here today to be pardon of the signing of a bill that is going to put $40 million a year available for doing the infrastructure, fixing up everything so san francisco can take the lead in the world cup race and make it great. what a great place. [applause] what the bill does is make money available, cuts the red tape and streamlines the process. i am not going to tell you how it does it, because you wouldn't want to know. it cuts out things that

retrofits are hard. it seems if we could protect the cable and prevent the problem, that is two ways to go about it comes to protecting the cable makes sense to me. director nolan: other members of the board? members of the public? thank you. >> item 15, discussion and vote as to whether to conduct closed session. director nolan: is there such a motion? second? all in favor? we will >> bod discussed anticipated legislation but took no action. >> we are adjourned. thank you very much. good work, everybody. >> you even that the board running on time. >> i'm susan buckbinder. i'm the director of the h.i.v. research section and of the sore project. on behalf of the entire project and the entire team which is large, i want to welcome you all to our ground-breaking ceremony and just give you a little bit of background on the aids office itself and the reason for the soar project. the aids office is really a unique research institution. in addition to the care that's provided and the resources that are given to

we're talking about earthquake retrofit and we just had some earthquakes last week. so this is definitely good timing to have this done as quickly as possible. >> you bet. juliette goodrich, thank you so much. >>> it looks like customers won. the big banks that are backing away from debit card fees. >> and solar scrutiny. what the white house could be forced to give up following the solyndra scandal. >>> she stayed 16 months without paying any rent. she changed the locks. >> her trail of eviction goes back 15 years. >> we want to talk to you. >> why landlords cannot stop "the tenant." coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, rent. the conseque >>> these days a lot of people struggle to pay their mortgage or even their rent. the consequences of not paying often means you lose your home or apartment. tonight though we look at one particular tenant a woman who has used her expertise to evade paying rent time and time again for years. >> boy this really takes me back. >> reporter: connie cook's garden doesn't grow like it used to. >> so many hours put in out here. >> reporte

i will not tease ed potential headquarters, that those buildings be retrofitted to the highest standards, that their operational the day after it a disaster. >> on the top of my wish list is a resilient port. we literally have three to five days worth of goods on ourselves and our stores and our hardware stores, gas stations will be dry. and our ability to bring in supplies is of critical importance. having facilities that can receive those supplies, getting the goods on the shelves. >> and i guess i would go back to the average citizen. my wish is that each and every citizen or resident in our community will be prepared to be on their own for weeks. and i want to move faster on at the communication between our surrounding regions so we can talk to one another in the case of a major disaster and have different ways to communicate with each other. >> major league, you touched on something i want to ask you about. it seems to me that it has not been a policy in general, no one's fault, that the group of mares and people in influential positions have not been getting together and looking at

to use that money that can be available for people to be able to use the money to make the retrofits to tie the building down, to put it in the sheer walls. to do the things that are really required. and as a convery against, they tell me that over 6 -- and as a consequence, they tell me that over 60% have been retrofitted for emergencies and hopefully when the big one comes we'll be in a situation where we'll see that our buildings do survive if they're strengthened enough to survive. i was amazed when i had a beautiful home in the south part of berkeley. it's on the flats. we had our home earthquake safe in the early 1970's and i talked to this guy and he was saying, you know, a lot of homes are earthquake safe but they really didn't do a very good job. they did it but they thought they were bolting things and make the right kinds of things but in some cases it doesn't -- really wasn't what it was supposed to have been. i said, why don't you come take a look at my house? sure enough, he goes in my house and said, come down here and climb down here and take a look. it's bolted but n

when it hit as i mentioned the retrofit continued on. through a memorial stadium, this is about five earthquakes in just one week. there are large cranes in the vicinity of 12 stories in-15 stories working all over the stadium. they continue to work this morning. no issues that it is not disrupting work out here. >>daria: even though it was a 3.6 it was felt very in a very large area. will tran was an unjust and herman plaza covering the occupy movement and he could not feel anything at but the people next to him felt it. >>reporter: exactly! a woman in oakland was getting ready to come to the farmers' market and i spoke to a muni driver they both felt it and this is what they had to say. >> i live in a basement apartment and oakland to the entire house was shaking >>reporter: how long? >> not very long. >> it was not as bad as the one the other day. >>reporter: we are seeing more earthquakes more frequently? >> it was released scary but it was over before i could get too upset. >> it shook a little bit, that is all. >>reporter: how did

this is with the goal of inspiring the energy efficiency retrofits of our commercial building sector. i am also excited to announce that we just launched the green finance sf program that will help building owners' access funding for energy efficiency of graves -- upgrads that can be paid back over the life of the building. we're sending west waste to the landfill. we have a great announcement that we've gone from 77% to 78% diversion from the landfill. progress is helping san francisco to reduce our carbon footprint. the waste sent to landfills produces methane. it is 22% more potent than carbon dioxide the mandatory composting and recycling law diverted tons of waste starting in 2009 that would have otherwise ended up in a landfill. currently, san francisco is still sending 444,000 tons of waste to the land fill. that is the equivalent of killing this building 32 times over with trash -- filling this building 32 times over with trash. we're still spending too much to the landfills. 2/3 of what is spent could be recycled or composted. if everyone in san francisco were diligent about

this is a test flight of sofia, the retrofitted boeing 747 as it takes off from california. inside, a 17-ton telescope and computer imaging system which comes from germany. the german american mission is to look at the stars above the clouds. this is the mission control center in bonn. this is the head of the german side of the project and he is following the plan's progress. >> on this monitor, i see that the plane has an hour before it lands in california. this is critical. the observations will allow us to calibrate our instruments precisely. >> an array of computers is attached to the telescope. they convert the infrared view into images. entire galaxies appear as pixels. the image of the zero ryan nebula shows how it looks from a standard telescope. -- the image of the orion nebula. this is crucial to showing how stars are formed. the mission is scheduled to last 20 years. a clear view on a universe that still holds many secrets. >> i cannot wait for those images to come back. on mars? >> they will work on that project as well. we will be looking at the question, are in

we need to retrofit not only this bridge but a lot of other major structures in the bay area. >> reporter: this truly connects oakland and san francisco together today. at least from a construction standpoint. that's why the mayor of oakland was here, mayor ed lee was invited, apologized he couldn't make it. he was health up at city hall. quite a celebratory nature in the air. those who are here say this is a historical moment. it is the iron workers who are especially excited today. we are told they are celebrating this as the pinnacle of all of their work. they are very happy to be here. we want to point out this isn't the ribbon-cutting ceremony yet. you can walk across or drive technically, it is all in place. but heer not finished. this bridge isn't opening until 2013. this is a nice preview. you still have time until you can get up here and drive across it. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> all those workers are now part of history. very cool. >>> still ahead, the bay area cities that rank among the best in the nation for trick-or-treaters. >>> first, split second decision. incredible

it is being retrofited. an aftershock of 3.8 hit 8:00 last night, not large quakes but felt if the east bay to san francisco to santa cruz. this morning we asked folks in berkeley if they plan to better prepare for the next quake as a result of these quakes? >> i've been here for five years. the first year i felt it was scary. i made a plan. >> reporter: it made you make a plan? >> yeah. >> reporter: anything going to change as a rough yesterday? >> i don't think so. >> reporter: how come? >> not worry. >> reporter: you are not going to make any changes? >> no. >> reporter: no water? >> no. >> reporter: no emergency it can? >> no. >> reporter: you feel safe? >> i did. >> reporter: cupertino is not only planning what to do with children and adults but try to figure out what to do with the estimated 25,000 dogs and cats in cupertino alone. the message is, if there is an emergency bring your animal to a shelter but bring supplies, food, et cetera, for your animal. they will fan a place for that animal. they are