the san andreas, which is off shore of san francisco, and is about how far off shore? maybe a mile. so it's very, very close to the city and runs up to marin, >> a million years of earthquake movement created. that used to be in southern california. it's an active fault and the other is the hay ward fault. geology and other people say this is a fault that is more likely to have slippage. and the hay ward fault runs through the university of california >> right through memorial stadium, i understand. >> it's one site moving relative to the other >> and downtown san francisco, the heart of san francisco, this is basically almost exactly between the hay ward faults and san andreas. >> although if you live in the richmond district and the hay ward fault goes off, you won't feel the earthquake. you won't be able to stand. >> so what you're saying is the closer you are. >> that's why it's good to be in the middle. if you are on one extreme and the fault goes off, the shaking will be pronounced >> how many people were in san francisco in 89? anyone in the marina in 89? >> if you were in th

this is closest to the san andreas fault. many people believe that the closer you are to default, the greater the ground motion might be. that is a portion that is a south westerly portion of san francisco that has some special earthquake hazards. we are here to talk about the geology of this area. why don't you tell us about what is going on? >> there is a giant step here at the edge of the escarpment, the edge of the landslide. all the land to the west of us is part of a landslide that is upwards of 200 feet deep. it goes underneath the ocean. it causes damage and it was mapped by the earliest geologists'. there are many kinds of rocks here. there is a big sequence of merced formation. this is a base in deposit that was formed by the interaction at the end of the continental margin. >> this is just on top. this is the same material that we were looking at at the last site. you can see it is on our way to the last side. it is deposited here by wind. it is 40-50 feet thick. this acts as a big sponge. the water flows through a

cuw2730502 san andreas piper jaffray 2 and pipeline 3 improvements project in the city of south san francisco, et cetera. >> move it. >> second. >> it's been moved and seconded. >> any public comment on the item? seeing none, public comment is called. i will call for the vote. all those in favor, signify by saying aye? >> aye. >> and opposed? the ayes have it. the motion carries. we're going to move into closed session madame secretary, but is it appropriate to call up mr. richard hanson who submitted a card. >> yes. >> mr. hanson. >> yes, hi. my name is richard hanson and i'm speaking as a private citizen of san francisco i used to be on the puc cac and working on water and sewer and those problems for about ten years. during the time i was on the cac, i was active in making recommendations about this and that. but one of the things i was persistent about was asking about the puc's planning for disasters. i came to san francisco originally in 1988 from a background as a research scientist in astronomy and worked at va hospital and employed at presidio of san francisco when it was an active m

the san andreas and the hayward faults. and the worst-case scenario happened october 17th, 1989.ou may remember this scene from the loma prieta quake. a 220 ton section of the old bridge collapsed. traffic came to a halt for over a month. how big of a danger zone is this? >> it's a major one. >> how close are we to one of these faults right now? >> we are very close. the hayward fault runs right along the hills. >> the bay bridge is a stunning engineering feat for another reason, something that's not visible at first glance. crumble zone technology. until now, crumple zones have been used by cars. they control deformations. the old bridge won't collapse even in a powerful quake, engineers say. marwan was a engineer during the last quake. >> everybody started panic being. >> if you want to be if a big quake hits? >> the safest place will be on the top of this bridge. it would be one heck of a joy ride but it would be a safe one. >> this is how nadir are describes this, the engineering community considers this be game changers. the first one is the sheer link beams, inside the 525

we will have completed work on two outlet structures in the san andreas and the pump station as well as the lower cover under the upper crystal springs dam. all that will be remaining is one outlet in the crystal springs reservoir which will be completed in 2014. what i would like to mentioned is that a lot of these facilities have the ability to move water. so operation has not been impacted significantly by some of the these project difficulties. still some remaining in relations to the under water work that has yet to be completed on the project. i have been very happy with some of the progress made on resolving some of the various outstanding changes that we had. there is definitely a positive momentum on that project now that has been established in the recent few months. finally harry tracy treatment plant, that project is 62 percent complete. we are in a major critical shut down that will extend through december. by the time we are done with that shut down, the plant will have a brand new ozone system, the city personnel will have the ability to move back to their facility aft

live in san francisco, andrea, kpix5. >> bart unions and management squared off against workplace safety, a hearing in san francisco looked into what happened last month. when a bart train hit and killed two workers on the tracks at the center of the debate was culture. workers gave examples of what they called dangerous conditions. bart says safety has always been a priority and it has worked with osha over the years to remedy problems. >> a mother reunited with her two-week old baby after the father took the infant to mexico. santa clara county authorities said patricia flew to arizona to be with her child. police issued an amber alert late tuesday. authorities in mexico found the father and baby yesterday and turned them over to u.s. border patrol agents in arizona. >> 22-year-old, guler appeared in an arizona courtroom earlier today and is waiting extradition back to the bay area. officers say he threatened to harm himself and the baby after an argument with the mother. >> twitter soar today on the first day of trading, it was the most hotly anticipated apo since facebook. compares t

in san francisco, andrea, kpix 5. >>> tonight a mom in sunnyvale is weight for her newborn son to comee. police say the baby's dad kidnapped him last night after an argument. 22-year-old made it across the border into mexico where mexican police eventually arrested him. >> i was really afraid that i wouldn't be able to find him again or see him again. i was really scared. >> work to transfer him and his son back to the united states. still no word on when the baby will be back with mom. >> are you sure you locked your car tonight? car thooefs are busy all over the bay area. in alameda county alone, the number of stolen cars are up 14% since last year. >> we're live here at the mall where they, too, have been hit by car thieves. these considers cars can end up in mexico. a lot of times they are cut up and sold for parts. san leandro police are going public with this because they do not want you to be a victim. >> when it comes to stolen cars, this we can the small town of san leandro posted big numbers. >> 21 vehicles have been stolen throughout our city. >> this crime map shows the cit

andrea. >> well, lyn spalding's body was found in a stairwell about two weeks after she went missing from san francisco general hospital, but, of course, she should have been found on day one, but a series of errors kept that from happening. >> does this woman look black or asian? those were the first two in a series of epic blunders in the disappearance of lyn spalding. the problem started at 10 >>>25 a.m. when lyn's doctors and nurszs grossly misidentified her. she's english. >> twice during that conversation, the deputy was told that the missing woman was african american and wearing a hospital gown. >> fos fore ward 14 hours. the identity problems continue, this time by dem deputies. >> this ford was identified by, quote, an asian female. . the supervisor also attempted to review the video footage as requested by sfpd, but due to hardware problems, wasn't able to do so. >> nine days after lyn's disappearance, her case continued to fall through the kraks of employee incompetence. >> staff was directed to search the campus. the search did not include all the stair wels. >> on october #1s, n

live in san mateo, andrea, kpix 5 vments >>>. >>> the rain finally moved out, but tonight check this out. joe vasquez is somewhere out -- >> we're up here in the oakland hills. you can see how thick the fog is. be're finally coming in. you can see my image. little earlier tonight it got to the point where police officers had to come here, park their cars ip here and let people know slow down, visibility is very low up here in the hills, and, in fact, i'm told by paul that this is a common phenomenon following a rainstorm. the fog gets thick in the upper elevations here of the bay area. that's what we're experiencing tonight so take it easy on these roads. reporting live kpix 5. >>> earlier today traffic was a mess. the rain overwhelmed storm drans on 101 in san francisco create thog freeway water fall. in san jose we saw some people trying to dodge the town pours without umbrellas, and cars splashing through huge puddles. paul, give us the numbers. >> weir not going to be adding to those numbers tonight because the rain is now finished, but rain fall toe toles pretty imprez pressive.

san jose. officers arrested simon morales and wife, andrea in connection lugo is san se's 22 homicide of the year his family, you may remember, held a vigil back forim in june. police say he was jumpe and knocd unconscious near a park. he was pulled off life support a few days later. his mily says he was trying to help somebody at a party. he was being harassed wch may ha led to that attac >>> sasha eishman, a skirt wearing teenager whoas set o fire last week is still hospalized tonight. support ntinues to pour in. tonight it coming from the classmates o the teenager accused of setting sasha on fire. nbc bay area's jody hearn december iin oakland this eving. it's an aive scen with the schoniting tonight. >> reporter: that's righ raj. more tn 100 people just of the corner of carthur and park to march along the ac transit route where that attk took place. that route has now been called rainbow ro for the number of rainbow ribns that have been put up tre. among the marchers are clasates and staff of t not what their schl stands s for. >> working together, we're coming together and representing a bea

andrea patterson. i live in bernal heights in san francisco. i have a dog, and 85 pound [inaudible]. i've been walking in the gg nra lands for like 20 years. i love all of them. especially fort constant. i've got a really bad back. i can't go to the gym. i can't run. walking is all i can do. it's hugely important to me. anyway, i think most of it's been said but i want to thank you, supervisor winner, and supervisor avalos, and that's go get some. good job. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is robin garcia and i'm a san francisco resident since 1991. almost from the beginning i had a dog so i've been in almost every dog battle that this dog this city has. and we had a lot. i don't want to repeat what all the people said, but [inaudible] the gg nra is just going to pass out what they wanted to. a few years ago we had those hearings it were really not public comments. we really got no way to really quantify what was said in those [inaudible] but my guess because i was there many times, most people maybe 321 or 4 to 1 were for basically keeping the status quo the wa

family and friends of a san jose woman gathered tonight to remember her. the vigil for andrea was held outside her home in santa clara county. the sheriff department said a deputy was cornered and fired at the woman when she came at the deputy with the knife. >> i don't believe that, she's only 5-foot tall, she's 61. she has ms. she could barely move. the sheriff department sent this picture of the knife and identified the deputy as jennifer gal attribute. the ins -- gallant. the incident lasted 44 seconds. the family said the woman was shot in the head. >>> california released two months of jobless numbers today. the number show california unemployment rate fell to 8.7% in september and unchanged in october. the state lost 2900 jobs in september ending growth. but bounced back in october. the bay area had some of the lowest numbers in the state, you can see from the map, jobless rates fell below the state average. >>> north korea officially acknowledged it has detained a u.s. citizen but did not kate if it's meryl new man from palo altoment a traveling companion said he was t

family and friends of a san jose woman gathered tonight to remember her. the vigil for andrea was held outside her home in santa clara county. the sheriff department said a deputy was cornered and fired at the woman when she came at the deputy with the knife. >> i don't believe that, she's only 5-foot tall, she's 61. she has ms. she could barely move. the sheriff department sent this picture of the knife and identified the deputy as jennifer gal attribute. the ins -- gallant. the incident lasted 44 seconds. the family said the woman was shot in the head. >>> california released two months of jobless numbers today. the number show california unemployment rate fell to 8.7% in september and unchanged in october. the state lost 2900 jobs in september ending growth. but bounced back in october. the bay area had some of the lowest numbers in the state, you can see from the map, jobless rates fell below the state average. >>> north korea officially acknowledged it has detained a u.s. citizen but did not kate if it's meryl new man from palo altoment a traveling companion said he was t

andrea mitchell in the d.c. newsroom tonight. thanks. >>> we saw the president in san francisco today. while he was there, he talked about immigration reform which has been stalled in congress. at one point, though, he was interrupted by someone from the stage behind him shouting calling for a halt in deportations. >> i need your help. there are thousands of immigrants. >> that's what we're talking about. >> every single day. >> that's why we are here. [ shouting ] >> stop deportation! >> thank you. all right. >> fairly unusual for a protester to get so close to the president, but the white house confirmed they were invited guests. part of an advocacy group at the event. secret service quickly tried to escort them out, but the president said he wanted them to stay. he told them he needs congress to change the law to stop deportations. >>> still ahead for us on a monday night, big news for a lot of people who get their health insurance through their work. tonight the surprising reason things may be about to change. >>> later, the young widow who led this country through a period of nati

san francisco building code is a set of rules to cope the minimum level of - the general welfare as it relates to construction in the occupancy of tenants. i ask you deny this appeal. i'll lit andreas speak how this effects >> my name is i want to say we signed the lease lease for this apartment because we liked it, it's quiet and we have peace in there. me being a graphic designer i work from home and having this construction done it will disrupt mississippi my concentration. i hope i don't have to live through this it will effect my work and that's it. >> thank you. thank you, mr. silverman >> good afternoon president and commissioners on permit of permit he holder. at the outset i'd like to note that the briefs submitted by the appellant didn't raise many building code issues no permitting issues. you know, there was a permit process for this repair work primarily misconduct could work. it went through all the normal processes and i'm not clear on what we're doing here. this is a skouk believe and all buildings that have stucco require repair and it's all stucco work. it wasn't presented accurately. a what happened was mr. burns signed the lease and after he signed the lease the

thousands of volunteers have come out to transform san francisco to gotham city and turn this 5-year-old into a real superhero. >>> good day i'm andrea mitchell in washington where president obama is facing the biggest political crisis of his presidency. thursday's repeated apologies do not seem to have worked. david gregory, moderator of "meet the press" joins me now. this is crisis mode and apologies were extraordinary because it was a tone, affect we've never seen from the president. >> comparisons in more friendly quarters being his katrina, harkening back to katrina and president bush. this is a moment meaning an embattled health care law has beset the second term about health care even though he tries to do other things. credibility under fire. you've got disunity among democrats starting to get panicked about their own election process next year and who feel like they put their neck out on the line and the white house doesn't have its act together, which is true. the president said so. >> we'll have the vote live in moments. they were voting to knock down republicans voting to turn down alternative. procedural vote. they will

andrea? >> for who? bob?wi >> anybody. >> can we move on from that visual? this is a better visual.is a sanue b wish foundation. they transformed the entire city for a young leukemia patient,ung miles scott. he's five years old. he's in remission. but the entire city pitched in, the mayor's office, the san y francisco giants, and theymiss turned the whole city into gothham. they made his dream come true. he even has a bat mobile. they have lambourghinis and ally these other cars. it's so cool. ber what a neat, net thing to do fo. a little boy. >> that's wonderful. >> how far a could you push in make a wish? y i want to be able to kill the villain. i don't think you can do that. it's make a wish, right? >> you have to make the wish come true. >> exactly. where am i, eric? >> it's me. bob, you have a one more thing, right? >> yes. >> we're going to run out of time.>> i'll forego my time for mr. beckel. do me a favor, watch "cashin' in" tomorrow. >> that's something brand-new,mr you deconstructing obamacare? we put up the fact i had my 49th birthday today on the web page. i want to tell you th

andrea mitchell in just a few minutes. >>> a big system that brought rain and snow to the midwest is heading east. in california, los angeles, and san diego, saw flash flooding. slick roads in las vegas accounted for 141 crashes over 24 hours. that's about five times more than normal. a vlad watch is in effect for the arizona desert. then freezing temperatures created quite the mess on the roads in texas. there in abilene, there were more than 50 crashes in an eight-hour period. in lubbock, 150 similar accidents. good morning, dylan. >>> good morning purchase a mess in the southwest. heavy rain, snow and ice across parts of the desert southwest, eventually into texas too. temperatures down in the 20s and 30s. only 8 degrees in minneapolis. it is below zero across the extreme northern plains, north dakota. some of that cold air will move into the northeast as we head into tomorrow with high temperatures in the 30s. so we have the snow, ice across texas. new mexico, heavy rain falling in the desert southwest. actually record rainfall in that area. we have winter weather advisories, ice storm warnings. and even including oklahoma as we

andrea fujii reports. >> he said, he's got a gun. get out of here. >> reporter: this limo driver, who doesn't want his identity revealed said he was there when a 27-year-old san jose man, took out a gun in terminal 3's baggage claim friday. just one week after the gunman shot and killed the tsa agent upstairs in the terminal. the driver said the woman was there to pick him up. said he noticed the woman acting bizarre on a flight. >> he said, it's kind of strange. i said, what do you mean it's kind of strange? he said, he was saying all kinds of things on the plane, causing commotion. >> the man sat down, opened a locked metal box, took out a handgun. >> and he pulls it out and he cocks. it. and when he does that, i go, oh, my gosh, he's got a gun. >> reporter: tsa agent were called. >> he turns to me and puts his hands on like this. and said, it's a checked bag. >> the police took him into custody for brandishing a gun. airport police, though, released him saturday morning, saying he declared the unloaded gun in his baggage. and there was no evidence he threatened anyone. >> i don't know what his intent was. but i wasn't going to gamble on what it might have

san diego deals the chiefs its second straight loss. 41-38, the final. >> andrea, quickly, can you chimen washington, d.c. with the redskins. is it over? should it be over? >> well, we've got a game tonight against the niners. >> are you going to be there tonight? >> yes, sir. yes, sir. it doesn't start till 8:40 or something. this is going to be a late night. >> it might end around 9:30. >> hey, guys. i don't want to give up. but the fact is, there are two shanahans here. it's kyle shanahan, the offensive coordinator, his son, who's also on the line. >> absolutely. >> good lord. >>> coming up next, former cia director michael hayden weighs in on the nuclear deal with iran. also, dan senor joins the conversation. don't go away. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ you get your coffee here. you get your hair cut here. you find that certain thing you were looking for here, but actually you get so much more. when you shop at these small local businesses, you support all the things that make your community great. the money you spend here, stays here. in this place you call your neighborhood. this saturd