sanchez is right.the planning commission was not going to approve any additions that had not gone through the planning department's process which is a reasonable position for the planning department and the planning commission to take. we ask you to uphold the decision of scott sanchez and the planning commission on the d.r. and the change was in 2008 when these additions happened, not in 1999. thank you. >> thank you for the complete and thorough response. just reiterating the history here. the appellant it obtain a permit to reconstruct and the department recognized there were errors in the permit. as mentioned in the site plan, there were inconsistencies in their. it should not have been recognized without a variance. the appellant was represented by a competent counsel at the time of the work of the commission. we believe the commission did make the correct terman -- determination. i hope you will uphold and i am available for any questions. >> your stufstaff made site viss to verify what was permi

>> thank you, scott sanchez, planning department. i will speak to the planning issues, the city planning representatives are here, joe duffy and pat o'riordan. this is located within a single- family detached zoning district. it is approximately 46 feet wide and varies up to 100 feet deep, 100 feet on the west side, and it has an irregular, sawtooth rear property line. there is a single family dwelling constructed in 1935. as has been noted, the key event that started this was the sinkhole, so in 1995, a significant runoff from a storm when ruptured a bricks were line under the avenue, and that resulted in the destruction of the residence, causing significant damage to the subsequent property. in 1998, the building permit was issued to restore the residents at 135 el camino del mar back to its original condition and also allowed an edition over the garage. the floor plans were inaccurate, and it never received a variance for the planning code for the one-story addition that was over the garage. additionally, the appellate exceeded th

so here is laura sanchez.e as well in seventh place. >> yes, she has a real good feel for vertical. one of the things -- and i remember writing this down in 2008, that a lot of the u.s. divers had trouble finding vertical and an abundance of splash, and that was keeping them maybe off of the podium at times. and some of that has really been worked on and cleared up. you see a little splash from sanchez. >> all right, laura sanchez in her third olympics. that score is going to put her through to the finals. splash is something that anybody who watches diving, this is the most visible means of assessing the sport, so we put a splashometer. >> this is fun, because as the splash goes up on that meter into the red zone, you know that it's going up pretty high. it doesn't measure the volume, but it goes up high. that was a little bit splash. and hardly any splash by wu and she's winning the contest. >> here's christina loukas, and that was one of the things christina loukas addressed with her association with kenny

la mexicana laura sánchez conquistó la medalla de bronce en el trampolín de 3 metros femenil para dartales. para méxico fue la quinta medalla en la justa londinense, 3 platas, 2 bronces y tercera en clavados. erick barrondo escribió el sábado por primera vez el nombre de guatemala en el medallero de los juegos olímpicos al lograr la plata de los 20 km marcha frente a los miles de londinenses que rodearon the mall. guatemala se tomó 60 largos años para producir un deportista del nivel, solo dos panameños eran los únicos centroamericanos hasta ahora en poseer un metal olímpico en atletismo. el argentino juan martín del potro venció por 7-5 y 6-4 al serbio novak djokovic, segundo favorito del torneo olímpico y obtuvo la medalla de bronce de los individuales masculinos. hasta el momento, la historia olímpica sólo contemplaba cuatro éxitos del tenis argentino. nunca antes un tenista de argentina había logrado premio en el torneo individual masculino. el brasileño arthur nabarrete zanetti ha ganado oro en el concurso de anillos, primera medalla que la gimnasia latinoamericana gana en toda l

arts and entertainment reporter don sanchez i'm a dancer.now, my feet showed it. [ female announcer ] gold bond ultimate healing foot cream. 7 penetrating moisturizers and vitamins, 'cause foot skin's 20 times thicker. this stuff really works. >> welcome back. we are looking at lake tahoe where lisa argen tells me it will be 84 degrees. 84 degrees up there is just heavenly, like the resort. it be a beautiful day up there. if you are going up there, i've a hot tip on a great restaurant serving great breakfast called fireside on the west side. i have no iron in that fire, just wanted to pass along the information. a friend of my told me about that. >> we want to thank thousands of people who are helping to raise money for foster children just by liking us on facebook. you, too, can make a difference. just like abc7 news on facebook rightened and a dollar will be donated to the abc7 sleep train dream campaign. you don't have to contribute anything, just like us on facebook. >> oakland's biggest festival of the year begins today and organizers s

pagan firing home sanchez completely blocks the plate. the call is out. sanchez sealed it up nicely giants win 4-1 to move a game and a half up of west. anderson is back from tommy john surgery. he went seven innings and struck out six. spectacular come back when you consider he had elbow surgery 15 months ago. the bottom of two and josh donaldson doubles off the wall. seth smith off the dl and score prz first. in the fifth and here is the history. to donaldson and to chris carter for the triple play. in the 6th we are tied at one and derrick norris and knocks in smith. a's victorious by a score of 4-1. he is a 12-year-old relief pitcher for the petaluma little leaguers. he was called on to start a game. he said he was nervous, but huey was terrific in an elimination game with connecticut. a little tug of war to start things off. big bradley smith, he settles that. he went 5 and a third and struck out seven. in a jam in the first and the key strikeout to escape. the bunt and the call goes to smith who fires across the diamond. petaluma up in the third. it

pagan firing home sanchez completely blocks the plate. the call is out. sanchez sealed it up nicely giants win 4-1 to move a game and a half up of west. anderson is back from tommy john surgery. he went seven innings and struck out six. spectacular come back when you consider he had elbow surgery 15 months ago. the bottom of two and josh donaldson doubles off the wall. seth smith off the dl and score prz first. in the fifth and here is the history. to donaldson and to chris carter for the triple play. in the 6th we are tied at one and derrick norris and knocks in smith. a's victorious by a score of 4-1. he is a 12-year-old relief pitcher for the petaluma little leaguers. he was called on to start a game. he said he was nervous, but huey was terrific in an elimination game with connecticut. a little tug of war to start things off. big bradley smith, he settles that. he went 5 and a third and struck out seven. in a jam in the first and the key strikeout to escape. the bunt and the call goes to smith who fires across the diamond. petaluma up in the third. it

sanchez 9-11, tim tebow 5-14 for 59 yards. giants win 26. well he recruited them, but randy never expected to have to use perry hills and caleb row this season, hey, they're freshman afterall. better suited to hold a clipboard, than running an offense. his knee buckled, c.j. braun, he's out for the season. hills now the clubhouse leader to start the season. today during the open scrimmage, intermediate passes. he did run for one score. looking good here, showing off the legs, and looking rg3-esk. normally freshman aren't allowed to speak to the media, hills was allowed since he's the first team quarterback. afterwards, he said everybody made me look good today. >> we knew that we all had to step it up. coach told us hey, everyone has to step it up, line, receivers, myself included. so i've just been studying the playbook a lot more. knowing that it's not going to be, you know, c.j. in there and getting a few schnapps. you've got to go. >> you got to go. speaking of looking good, digs, he's got legs, ladies, and he nows how to -- knows how to

manana, en reunion con el alcalde, se propondra una fuerza de choque entrevista joseph sanchez vocero miembro de la ciudad distrito 5 9 09 si estan haciendo un gran trabajo pero a lo mejor si necesitamos mas ayuda, para ayudar a la ciudad. dicha fuerza de choque quiere revivir la idea de unir a la policia de san jose con los alguaciles del condado para devolverle la tranquilidad a las calles. que no proviene en su totalidad de las pandillas como lo afirma la fuerza de apoyo pandilleril de la ciudad. entrevista mario maciel fuerza pandilleril para el alcalde 1.40 a l mismo tiempo que el ano pasado teniamos mas muertes pandilleril que hoy en dia y es que los asesinatos por pandillas por estos meses el ano pasado mostraba 14 victimas contra 12 de este ano... lo que indica que los asesinatos provienen de robos y otro tipo de circunstancia s. cu ---la policia de pleasanton,

but those traditions of humanism as well as the grounds that mr sanchez presented to support his request for political asylum we met with christine she's a very nice woman but it in no way influenced our decision. mr president it's hard to believe that julian assange had no contact with ecuadorian officials prior to requesting political asylum because he needed to be certain that there were dory an embassy would ensure his safety did you discuss this option with him before hand. no we didn't i didn't talk to mr sands personally but if i'm not mistaken at some point the situation became suit chance that he said he was thinking about seeking asylum in an embassy haps even in ecuador's embassy was sure he would be allowed to stay when he entered the embassy so i think mr sanchez discussed it with the embassy staff since he i believe entered after hours so they must have been expecting him any person seeking asylum in ecuador as embassies will be safe we will see to the needs but after that we will consider granting them asylum with all due fairness if the person in question is a criminal we

to address the request in a very thorough and responsible way we'll look to the motivations for mr sanchez asylum did looked into the charges brought against him in sweden were reviewed u.k. law as well as international law and of course we went to a religious lation then we made a responsible decision just as we promised originally after the olympics specifically because they were taking place in london and not because of fear of reprisals which we knew might follow them we will always be guided by principles and values not fear. what consequences might ecuador face after granting asylum to julian assange which normally such a decision shouldn't have any consequences that is if all countries respect international law which clearly says that the state has the right to grant asylum how many times has sweden granted asylum a lot of people requested asylum in sweden and leave the noun this country is known for its willingness to give asylum what consequences could there be but unfortunately in this particular case we see that some countries are displaying their colonial and imperial ambitions

. >>> giants in colorado hoping to kickstart their offense against jonathan sanchez.el, sanchez only last three innings and brett, crushes this one. his fourth of year. now 3-0 giants. they get more in the seventh. giants lit up the rockies for 16 hits and buster posey was red hot. three for four including a three run blast. after struggling, giants explode with 16 runs, 16-4 your final. >> in akron, ohio, a three putt, shoots a two over 72. 13 back of the leader that would be jim furyk who fires a four under to maintain two streak lead. he is 11 under. >>> and new american sweet hard gabby douglas is the first african-american female gymnast to win gold. they call her the flying squirrel. she is will be flying high in endorsements soon. >> terry: straight ahead up for auction, we'll show you some of the items confiscated by the tsa and chp that is going to be available today. >> i'm nannette miranda in sacramento. after an extra $54 million in hidden funds was discovered the here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both la

sanchez: yes. mr. bonner: mr. speaker, i'm happy on the part of the committee to yield five minutes to representative richardson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. ms. richardson: thank you, mr. speaker. and i thank the ranking member for yielding time and it's my understanding that i would be provided additional time if needed. i had no desire or intent to prolong the debate on this report, but given what has now been stated during this debate, which is contrary to what i understood to be agreed to, i want to make sure that my colleagues are aware of several issues critical to understanding the full context of this resolution. first, i want to assure my colleagues that contrary to the inflammatory suggestions in the full committee report, i do take these findings very seriously and do accept the responsibility for the specific conduct set out in the statement of alleged violations. second, i set forth in my statement of views, including in the committee report, several signif

pagan firing home sanchez completely blocks the plate. the call is out.d a half up of west. anderson is back from tommy john surgery. he went seven innings and struck out six. spectacular come back when you consider he had elbow surgery 15 months ago. the bottom of two and josh donaldson doubles off the wall. seth smith off the dl and score prz first. in the fifth and here is the history. to donaldson and to chris carter for the triple play. in the 6th we are tied at one and derrick norris and knocks in smith. a's victorious by a score of 4-1. he is a 12-year-old relief pitcher for the petaluma little leaguers. he was called on to start a game. he said he was nervous, but huey was terrific in an elimination game with connecticut. a little tug of war to start things off. big bradley smith, he settles that. he went 5 and a third and struck out seven. in a jam in the first and the key strikeout to escape. the bunt and the call goes to smith who fires across the diamond. petaluma up in the third. it is a 3-1 bomb. head a nice cushion and he was up 3-0. he did

sanchez looking for steven hill on third down. his throw is deflected off hill into the arms of captain munnorland for the interception. 123 yards, no touchdowns, and that pick. fourth quarter, tim tebow gets his turn. going to dance around the rush, does what he does, gets out of the pocket, uses his legs to pick up a first down on third and 16. big run, he's pumped about the chance to get the jets into the end zone. a few plays later, tebow tries to do a little too much. throws into a crowd of panthers for the interception. the jets lose 17-12 and still have yet to score a touchdown this preseason. >>> peyton manning looking for his first touchdown pass as a denver bronco and he got it yesterday against the niners. a ten-yard scoring toss to eric decker. he added another touchdown pass to decker later in the game, his sharpest outing of the preseason. peyton looking good. 49ers though won the game 29-24. >>> big trade in baseball. the red sox shocked the world by dismantling their team, waving the white flag, sending four player

ecuador's embassy was sure he would be allowed to stay when he entered the embassy so i think mr sanchez discussed it with the embassy staff since he i believe entered after hours so they must have been expecting him any person seeking asylum in ecuador as embassies will be safe we will see to their needs but after that we will consider granting them asylum with all due thoroughness if the person in question is a criminal we will never grant asylum to him but why do you think julian assange strolls ecuador and not another country only mr sands can answer that and the fact he did is the best response to this smear campaign and to the people who maintain we have a new freedom of speech the man whose freedom of speech personified requested asylum in ecuador it's the best response to organize how long do you think will julian assange be staying in the embassy in theory indefinitely unless the u.k. goes ahead with its threats to raid our embassy to arrest him as you know the threat is in a written form and the u.k. hasn't revoked it do you think they drill a go as far as that i think it will

scott sanchez is representing the planning department and planning commission. if you could please go over the meeting guidelines and conduct the swearing in process. but the board requests you turn off on phones and pagers. please carry on conversations in the hallway. good rules are as follows. appellants and department representatives each have seven minutes to present their cases and three minutes for rebuttals. people must conclude within 7 minutes or three minutes. members of the public not affiliated with the party have up to 3 minutes each to address the board but no rebuttals. joyces the board and accurate presentation of the meetings, members are asking are not required to submit a speaker card or business kearncard whenu come to the podium. the board also welcomes comments and suggestions there are customers of the section forms on the left side of the podium. if you have questions about the hearing, please the to the staff during a break or after the meeting or call the office in the morning. gthis meeting is to broadcast live on san francisco govern

bye. >> reporter: kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> dr. chang says the olympics isn't just for athletes but a place where doctors from around the world can share new knowledge and learn new ways of doing things in sports medicine. >>> let's turn things over to henry. i thought you were in london. >> never. ross took my job. she was out there having all the fun in london. don't worry. i will get through it. you don't have to cry for me. i'm okay. lunchtime with the 49ers team facility was a star-studded affair on wednesday and not because of the players. celebrity chef guy fieri, the northern california native tooked a chicken lunch for the crowd. meanwhile, the 49ers were back at it after a day off. the red and gold had a three-hour padded practice. michael crabtree, who injured his right leg sat out for his fourth day of consecutive practice. instead, he worked on a side field with head conditioning coach there performing some simple exercises. dante witner took another shot at the the saints regarding boundy gate, saying his team doesn't

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sanchez lasts only three innings. giants up one. top of the fourth, he crushes it from adam.e year. now 3-0 giants. they get four more in the seventh. melky cabrera brings home two with a double down the line. giants lit up the rockies for 16 hits and buster posey was red hot, 3 for 4 including this three run blast in the eighth, 15th of the year. and giants explode with 16 runs, 16-4, your final. >>> pga tour in akron, ohio. the putting stroke continues to sputter. a three putt from five feet. 2 over 72. 13 back of our leader. that would be jim furyk who fires a 4-under 66 to maintain the lead. and new american sweetheart gabby douglas is now the cornflakes serial cover girl. she's the first african-american female gymnast to win the gold in the all-around. they call her the flying squirrel. she'll be flying high in endorsements soon. that's way the ball bounces. have a great day. >> straight ahead, up for auction. we will show some of the items confiscated by agencies that will be available today. >> after $64 million in hidden funds was discovered in the state park budget,

. >> la victoria de fÉlix sÁnchez llenÓ de jÚbilo a miles de dominicanos, se paralizÓ en espera de esecion cuando escuchÓ el himno nacional y miles de aquÍ lo celebraban. >> fue levantada la bandera alÍi en londres. >> el presidente leonel fernÁndez fue el de los primeros en felicitar al ganador. >> se siente afortunado que la medalla obtenida, destacar cualidades y recibir esta medalla. >> las celebraciones parecÍan no tener final, justo a los 45 minutos de esta victoria otro episodio de emociÓn hizo vibrar el corazÓn, cuando otro atleta ganÓ medalla de plata. >> es lo mejor que tenemos en el paÍs. >> el gobierno anunciÓ gran recibimiento a ganadores de estos juegos olÍmpicos que recibirÁn como premio dinero en efectivo. >> en santo domingo repÚblica dmomino cana,. >> para terminar la nasa divulÓo nuevas fotos esta vez de color de la misiÓn que realiza en marte con el vehÍculo exploradora curiosity, algunas imÁgenes muestran un desierto polvo orieno vor eent y oscuro, que es normal ya que hay un escudo transparente sobre el lente que protege a la cÁmara del polvo marciano. >> llegamos

here are supporters to greet them so don sanchez. >> reporter: it was like a heroes' welcome when theyoff the plane 20 minutes ago they are in baggage claim now. they've been gone for 27 days they haven't seen a lot of folks in a long time. they finished third beating panama, 12-4 yesterday. more heroics of course. but the big game was saturday when they were down 15-5 in the 6th and they rallied to tie it up and in overtime they lost 24-16 that was a thriller. they are all tired they slept on the plane a dozen people showed up the airport to great them there's a motorcycle escort 10 petaluma police officers, cars, limos lining up, not here yet, but they will be greeting them right down there coming out and going back behind me are the motorcycle escorts they are going into petaluma and probably get there faster than if you and i drive. they are going to drive by their junior high school 12 the 13 are supposed to be in school today. next sunday is the big celebration, the big parade downtown petaluma. obviously, we'll have video showing what happened here p in petaluma on abc7 news beg

sanchez. if the eir and its conformance to se-- ceqa has been appealed, it has been affirmed, what level of review that this body have with respect to then ceqa findings? >> i would defer back to the city attorney on what, if any findings the board may need to make in regards to ceqa. the review that is before the board is the local coastal permit and consistency with the local coastal plan. vice president fung: i believe we also need to look for consistency with the priority policies, don't we? >> if you are to rule to uphold the permit, you should also find consistency with the policies. >vice president fung: correct. the -- i have another question but why don't you go ahead? commissioner hurtado: there was the hearing draft. the draft dated may 17. it says under no. 6 public comment, the department has received no comment regarding the coastal zone permit application. could you elaborate on that? was there nothing received by the commission on that particular aspect? >> i believe that most

sanchez dedicated the race to the memory of his laid grandmother. she died four years ago, the day sanchez was running in the preliminary heat in beijing. yesterday sanchez ran with a photo of the two events in beneath his race bibb. he broke down, dropped to his knees and cried over the picture after he won. the medal ceremony was too much for him to take. he cried on top of the podium as well during the raising of the dominican republic's flag and the playing of the "national anthem." right there you can see him. the crowd gave him a standing ovation. it's hard not to feel the emotion there as he is just feeling the loss and the celebration of that moment. >>> an emotional roller coaster to a win for u.s. women's soccer team has them moving on to defend their gold medal. plus, amid controversy for team usa. >> tracie potts is live in london with more on those storieses. good morning to you. >> aaron and eun, good morning. everyone who saw this game really on both sides said it was a nail biter. we did not know who was going to win until the very l

wild pitches and sanchez and rest of the rockies staff, you call it a batting night. 16 hits, sanchezrecord the former giant with the big era. angel pagan would double and score. one of many. sanchez with three. solo homer his fourth all told. season high 16 hits, four of them by buster posey with a 3- run shot right here ryan vogelsan shut out into the 7th inning ends up winning his ninth. the giants still one game up. >>> earlier the a's had a sand off for kurt suzuki. the fans say so long for the former catcher suzuki and the a's up 2-1 in the fourth. chris carter sweet spot of the bat gone. the a's have 116 homers. 116 all of last year. 4-1 lead into the ninth. 4-2 pitch made it too good for toronto's catcher mathis he ride it over and out a three run shot and that's where we are 4-4 in the top of the 12th. like i said you need another walk off. the bridge stone invitational, tiger's short game long gone. three putty from 5 feet. winds up two over par 72 on the day. he's 13 shots back half way through the leader jim ferick long birdie. he's 11-under over all look for a two shot le

scott sanchez is representing the planning department. mr. duffy, representing the department of building inspection, and we also have patrick o'riordan, and john. -- john kwong. if you could, please, mr. pacheco, go over the royals. secretary pacheco please turn off yourself funds -- secretary pacheco: please turn off your cell phones and have conversations in the hall. the comments must be within the seven to three-minute periods, and some not affiliated have up to three minutes each to address the board but no rebuttals. to assist the board in the after preparation of minutes, members who wish to speak on item are asked, but not required, to submit a speaker card or business card to board staff when you come up to the podium. speaker cards and pens are available on the left side of the podium. the board also welcomes your comments and suggestions. there are customer-satisfaction forms on the left side of the podium, as well. if you have questions about requesting a rehearing or rules, please discuss this with staff after the break or meeti

sanchez. >> just one point in response to the appellants. they pointed out the driveway path, and it is my understanding it is not subject to the permit before you for approval this evening, and the work within does comply to the review that was granted to it, and they may want to confirm that, but that is my understanding. >> the matter is submitted. >> mr. sanchez, i do not know which of you are going to answer this question. can you address the concern there was serial permitting? >> i think it is death from the department of building inspection. i did check today, and there are a couple of different permits approved. there was one issue, and this one has been suspended, but it is probably better, makes more sense to may be applied under separate permits. may be planning is going to uphold because they have to go through further review, so if you want to get your project started, i see it all the time. people whose blood permits on different scopes of work. if -- people split permits on different scopes of work. i would not call four perm

sanchez: yes. mr. bonner: mr.er, i'm happy on the part of the committee to yield five minutes to representative richardson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. ms. richardson: thank you, mr. speaker. and i thank the ranking member for yielding time and it's my understanding that i would be provided additional time if needed. i had no desire or intent to prolong the debate on this report, but given what has now been stated during this debate, which is contrary to what i understood to be agreed to, i want to make sure that my colleagues are aware of several issues critical to understanding the full context of this resolution. first, i want to assure my colleagues that contrary to the inflammatory suggestions in the full committee report, i do take these findings very seriously and do accept the responsibility for the specific conduct set out in the statement of alleged violations. second, i set forth in my statement of views, including in the committee report, several significant

jets, at tebow and sanchez scrimmage. cincinnati had five sacks.ow came in, throwing like hot garbage. right to the defender. jets lose 17-6. redskins looking good. that defense looking good, too. >> yeah, but that tebow-sanchez deal not work

hazel sanchez has more on the farewell to that music legend. >> reporter: hundreds of admirers, friends and famous faces were drawn to congregation emmanuel on manhattan's east side to say goodbye to music legend marvin hamlisch. >> he's going to be truly missed but the songs always go on. he was wonderful. >> joyful, loved what he did, married to his work, and a good old friend. >> reporter: hamlisch died last week at the age of 68 after decades composing and arranging hundreds of songs for musicals and movies, like "a chorus line." ♪ you'll never be lonely >> reporter: and "the sting." >> i think the shows will last into time and the songs will last forever. he was a genius. >> reporter: a choir made up of 600 of hamlisch's closest colleagues paid tribute to the legendary songwriter by performing "the way we were." >> one of the voices singing his music, i don't think i've ever sang with more feeling in my life. we all just tried not to cry. >> reporter: surrounded by hamlisch's music -- [indiscernible] -- terry spoke proudly of her beloved husband as the people's composer. president