attorney and at the controls ask victor the boards legal assistant and boards that have cases scott sancheznts the planning department and planning commission and senior building inspector joseph is here mr. pacheco if you would please go over the board guidelines and conduct the swearing in board requests you turn off outline electronic and boards rules appellants and permit hollers and representatives have 7 minutes to present their cases and 3 minutes for rebuttals people affiliated must include their minutes within the time and parties not affiliated with the parties have up to 3 minutes and to assist the board in the preparation of minutes members of the public are asked to the required to submit a speaker cards e.r. business card when you come up to the podium shakespeare's and pens are available it on the left-hand side of the podium the board windshield wipers our comments there are customer satisfaction forms ton the left side of the podium if you have question, please speak is to the board staff or wall the cod office it's located at 1650 mission street between debuts and van ness

really. >> sanchez? >> scott, i do have a question. >> don't go anywhere. >> there was some mention about the documents having been changed and has your staff looked at between the 311 verses the site permit? >> what i understood and the site permit has been revised also. is it still the same design? and the same extent? >> i believe so. i mean what i understand is that the changes to be are the changes and the layout of the ground floor. and i in reading the materials i was not aware of any specific allegations of changes that would in somehow require a new notification or result in any other further processes. >> and i mean, that one comment that i have on the ground floor is that it looks a little bit odd how they have a door opening into a stairwell, but dbi will be addressing that. >> it is a large door. >> the other issue was as i remember, story poles are usually requested by planning commission. >> no, it is not, it has not been a routine practice. >> no, when it has been done, they have requested it so t

. >> good evening scott sanchez planning staff so the matter before i is a complicated issue i've heard from the first two speakers the subject property in an rh2 zoning that allows two family dwelling and it is an illegal unit and cottage in the rear that's the illegal unit that is they're seeking the removal the timeline is fiscally correct a question filed and added on may 5th and sought the permit to remove the illegal unit on may 7th and there was a dbi enforcement case on the property from 2013, the reading through it briefing the containment was made and investigations were made and further discussions with the complainant and the complainant requested the complaint be withdrawn this was in 2013 and this was never followed through so what resulted in this permit to remove the illegal unit was not by anyone the permit was issued on may 7th and issued that seemed we are aware of our failure to provide notice under the d b n issued a suspension and no appeals were filed that suspension remains in effect and separate from the appeal before you from the building it's the appeal was su

representatives from the departments that have cases before the board sitting at the table is scott sanchez city's zoning administrator and also representing the planning department and planning commission and we will be joined by joseph duffy representing the department of building inspection. if you will go over the meeting guidelines and conduct the

. >> scott sanchez planning department so you know before the hearing, i discussion with the permit holder kind of our zoning lazy were briefly she had a question about the in-law units i asked if there's a kitchen on the ground floor she told me know i maybe mistaken the other tenants said there's a separate kitchen he eye on the ground floor i don't know what the facts are but certainly, if there's a dwelling unit on the ground floor the board knows the kitchen is the key to that so if that kitchen hadn't exist for more than a year it could be level for a second in-law unit that allows for the removal of off-street parking so there's a question of the fact certainly what they're doing they seem to be doing removing a room does not in and of itself to be an issue but there are maybe greater issues a second in-law unit on the property so those are some of the other issues you know the facts are not all apparent at this time. >> if we're going to deal with the matter at hand there are there other issues what's the best course of action. >> typically we not issue a permit the department of b

. >> good evening scott sanchez planning department just briefly on the matter of the compliment that was filed on august 11th with the building inspection no complaints on file about the be department of building inspection it was issued to remove the rooms on the ground floor it's my understanding it doesn't remove a dwelling only removing the garage area so there's no spate fatalities and the appeal was filed open august 28th in discussing with the permit holders what is good evening conducted at the site the things that some of the rooms are operating as a group housing use i've informed the permit holder this is not employed in the single-family district not loud she's going to take steps to correct that but otherwise i don't see any issues from the planning code prospective something not legalized from an in-law unit but again only inhabitable units only the dwelling removed under the planning code they'll have to obtain one parking space for the single-family dwelling so that looks like the area in the garage was maintained for that they can convert under the planning code we h

is here, deputy city attorney, representing the environmental health, and we will be joined by scott sanchezesenting the planning commission and duffy representing the department of building inspection and joined i believe by representative from the department of public works bureau of urban forestry. if you could go over the board meeting guidelines and conduct the swearing in process. >> the board requests that you turn off all phones and pagers so that they will not disturb the proceedings and carry on the conversations in the hallway, the rules of presentation are as follows, each has seven minutes to present their case and three minutes for rebuttals. people affiliated with these parties must include their comments within the 7 or 3-minute periods and members of the public who are not affiliated with the parties have up to three minutes each to address the board, but no rebuttals. to assist the board in the accurate preparation of minutes, members of the public who wish for speak on an item are asked but not required to submit a speaker card or a business card to the staff when you come

. >> thank you scott sanchez planning department i mean, i'll be brief the application was not routed to the planning department and no plans associated with the permit, however, i reviewed the scope of the permits statistics on the permit application it will not as i understand the facts the scope will not constitute a merger under the section 17 i want to say for the boards information i think mostly the rent board issues so joe duffey can address the other matters. >> mr. duffy (laughter). >> commissioners on the building permit 2014031 apartment one the renovation of the bedroom all walls removed and plumbing needed and the bathroom by a 6 foot kitchen 8 by 9 permit was for the kitchen and bathroom remodeled permit it got approved on august 14th are 13, 2014 i believe some don't guess work has started i know that the building inspector has been out to the site i've spoken to him donald duffey i didn't go out there i was interested in going out there i've not seen n this type of condition in san francisco by then again in san francisco we with the orderly buildings there's things t

representatives from the departments that have cases before the board sitting at the table is scott sanchez and he is the city's zoning administrator and also representing the planning department and planning commission and we will be joined by joseph duffy representing the department of building inspection. if you will go over the meeting guidelines and conduct the swearing in process. people affiliated with the parties must include the comments in a 7 and three minute period, others not affiliated will have up to three minutes and no rebuttals to assist the board in the accurate preparation of minutes, members of the public who wish to speak on an item are asked but not required to submit a speaker card, or a business card to the staff when you come up to the podium, speaker cards and pens are available on the left side of the podium. and the board also welcomes your comments and suggestions and there are customer satisfaction survey forms on the left side of the podium. and if you have questions, about requesting a rehearing, the board rules or hearing schedules, speak to the board staff

. >> thank you, good evening scott sanchez planning department i will be brief and obviously this project has a long history of going back to the 2004 permit for which and it will authorize the third story with a ten foot, six inch set back and no light wells in of course, there is the history with the unlawful demolition and the five year prohibition and reviewing the current application and the residential design team that did not exist at the time of the 2004 and we had the guidelines but not a approach to implementing them to the design team and we reviewed that in order to comply with the guidelines we need to be revised to have the 15 foot set back at the third story as well as to add the light wells at the third story only and the building as it existed previously did not have light wells at the first and second stories and so the residential design team to appropriate to only require that for the third story in this case. and as it was stated in there. the plans it is some what more complex in this case, because we have the plans showing as it existed originally prior to the const

scott mcgrew. >> and i'm kris sanchez. we'll begin with those stories in just a moment but first developing details, class cancelled today at a santa cruz high school because of an e-mail that threatened a mass shooting there. local authorities and the fbi are now trying to track down the person who sent that message with what authorities say was very specific about the time the place, the weapons, and even the students that would be targeted. as investigators do their work the district decided to close the school in the interest of student safety. the principal received that threatening e-mail last night from a server using sophisticated encryption. nrgt we'll follow that story for you tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> new details this morning on a standoff that closed a san jose high school early this morning. oak grove high school students were kept away from school until about 9:15 this morning because police were involved in a barricade situation at a nearby home. the whole thing started last night with reports of a man w

scott mcgrew. >> and i'm kris sanchez. let's get right to meteorologist christina loren with rainfall totals. i think i was in the one single pocket that didn't get any actual measurable rain. >> you know, that's what happens sometimes around the bay area. makes my job a little difficult with all those various microclimates to forecast for. it's a big bay area, as well, and look at how much variance we have when it comes to your totals. the highest came in from the south bay. almost an inch of rain, and we have more on the way throughout the next couple hours. showers are clearing, but now we have a chance for thunderstorms, as well. fremont picked up just about a half inch. we're still getting the tallies to come into our newsroom right now. alameda just under a half inch. san francisco looking good and pacifica for .4 an inch. here in san jose, we're almost up to a quarter inch of rain. here's the deal, a lot of that shower activity is racing off, still getting a little snowfall above 7,000 feet in the sierra nevada range, but for us, we're watching this steady stream of moisture. the moist

sanchez? >> thank you, scott san shes, planning department, the discretionary review hearing was held in april, 2014, 24th, and to my knowledge and from what i can find and any of the ement mails this was first each brought to my attention on saturday with an e-mail from miss smith don't have any e-mails from mr. miller until this morning and i did respond to them this afternoon and again, this is a matter of the planning commission's rules, as implemented and enforced by the planning commission, and the executive secretary of the planning commission and so it is not a planning code issue and it is not a matter for the zoning administrator to, and as i said previously this is a denovo hearing and there are appeals filed and there are 14 minutes plus of the comment time for them and then 3 minutes in the rebuttals and to discuss this i think that they can raise all of the issues that they would like to, this is to correct any procedural errors that there may be at lower levels and that is the board's purview here. and now again, i trust that the board will do that, and in regards to a couple of

sanchez stopped in south philadelphia to celebrate. he had a cheesesteak. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live with the exclusive story. morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam. that's right, last night mark sanchez celebrated and like many here in our fair city, he celebrated with cheesesteaks from pat's and geno's. all this cheesesteak eating all hinged on an eagles victory. here is the promise that he made to jon gruden leading up to last night's game. >> if we win this game on monday, i'm going. >> which one. >> i don't know yet. dorenbos. >> politically correct stuff. >> i got geno's, i got pat's. >> whichever one is opened i'm going and if they are both opened i'll go to both. i don't care. i need to go get one as soon as possible. >> reporter: that was the promise made to jon gruden eagles nation was listening. the birds beat the panthers last night and fans flocked to pat's and geno toss wait for mark sanchez to make good on his postgame plan. >> you said on national tv you're coming. come on down. >> he said on the. v he was going to come down. >> national television, don't lie to us. >> we want to

only the action cam was in south philadelphia when sanchez stopped at pat's and geno's to get a philly's cheesesteak. >> katherine scottlive with more on the story you'll only see on "action news". katherine. >> reporter: good morning, matt and tam. well, before the game, mark sanchez said that if the eagles won, he would come down and have a cheesesteak at pat's and geno's and guess what? last night he went to geno's, he went to pat's, the fans were here and they went wild. >> we're out here waiting for mark sanchez. >> reporter: they came from around the city, some from new jersey with the hopes of a cheesesteak and a sanchez sightingsing. >> i just want to see him down here. >> reporter: turns out he had a helping of both. after his first start since december 2012, after throwing for two scores last night in the eagles' victory mark sanchez area knifed south philadelphia in more ways than one and he was welcomed here with cheese fries. >> mark, i want to you have my cheese fries. >> all right. >> reporter: after selfies, salutations and a stake each from geno's and pat's, sanchez left with a full stomach and fans le

scott mcgrew. >> i'm kris sanchez. back in ferguson for a third straight day, where protesters have taken to the streets and tied up a major interstate just before 7:00 this morning. this is back here in oakland, protesters blocked the northbound lanes of interstate 5 near san diego, as well. traffic was stopped for miles as the group stood in line there. after several minutes, chp officers convinced the protesters to move to one side of the road. >> stores in oakland worked quickly overnight to clean up after protesters and vandals took to the streets for a second straight night in the row. the protests over the decision in missouri not to indict police officer darren wilson. bob redell has been in oakland since early morning. city officials getting good at cleaning up. this is hardly the first time oakland's seen vandalism. >> reporter: unfortunately, you are correct. good morning to you, scott. i have to tell you, the people who own and run these businesses in oakland are getting fed up. the man who manages this sto

sanchez. >> i'm scott mcgrew. joining us on the phone from the scene is mark matthews from nbc bay area. can you hear us okay, mark? >> i can hear you fine. we're at the corner of montgomery and california, where the intersection is completely blocked off, and there is a toyota camry with a crushed roof. what we are hearing, preliminarily, is a worker on top of the sterling bank and trust building, 11 stories up, fell off that roof, landed on top of the camry. we believe he's a window washer, but we're waiting for police to give us some details. can you tell me, excuse me, sergeant? right now the police are standing in the middle of the intersection and they've got yellow caution tape, keeping everybody away. there's quite a bit of glass on the roadway at california and montgomery, presumably from the blownout windows in the toyota camry. half the roof of that car is crushed. the driver appears to be here standing by his car, and, of course, the person who fell has been transported. >> we don't know what the condition of that person is who fell, mark, and do you know how many stories tha

scott mcgrew. >> and i'm kris sanchez. new details this morning about a local chp officer accused of stealing and then sharing women's private cell phone photos. while he's used to sending people to court, today, he's preparing to face a judge on his own. live in martinez with the latest. and this is a story that is being talked about this morning. >> reporter: definitely a big talker. shawn harrington is supposed to turn himself in some time today before his 1:30 court hearing. he has not done so yet. in most instances, people surrender themselves to the martinez detention facility behind me. but his attorney says he's trying to negotiate a private surrender instead. it's unclear whether he will be successful. nonetheless, harrington will go before a judge to face at least two felony counts of data theft. he's essentially accused of stealing explicit pictures from the cell phones of women he arrested, then sharing them with at least two other officers. his bail is likely to be set at $10,000 when he goes before judge mill

scott mcgrew. >> and i'm kris sanchez. that developing story tops our news this morning. in the light of day, we're getting a look at the damage left behind in oakland after angry protesters smashed store windows, looted, and lit fires in response to that missouri grand jury decision not to indict ferguson police officer darren wilson. >> but even before the sun came up, workers were making repairs, sweeping up shattered glass. nbc bay area's bob redell has been in oakland all morning. bob, i assume you're seeing some signs of progress? >> reporter: we are. which is a good thing. good morning to you there, scott and kris. mayor jean quan of oakland telling us this morning her police department arrested over 40 people last night, some of whom were responsible for scenes like this. you've got businesses along broadway where we're at right now, who have already started fixing their broken windows. the city spray painting over graffi graffiti. oakland has become proficient at this sort of cleanup. this is not the first time downtown has been overrun by vandals. an oakland pol

sanchez. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. thousands of nurses in the bay area not nursing this morning. >> and that is happening right now. a two-day strike at 21 different kaiser hospitals and 35 clinics. the nurses say this is all about patient and staff safety, including ebola protocol. nbc bay area's stephanie chuang is live in san francisco along one of those picket lines. seems to be a lively crew out there, but is the strike having an impact on patient care? >> reporter: good morning to you, kris. it is very lively out here and so far no major disruption, although this is a two-day strike, a total of 24 hours involving 16,000 nurses. here there are more than 100 nurses and folks with the union out here. you can see the signs, as well. kaiser says it has fill-in nurses, but nurses say they'd rather be inside but have no choice but to be out here to ensure patient safety. >> pressure to hurry, keep it moving. >> reporter: and after more than 40 years as a registered nurse in san francisco, she said she needs more time da

scott mcgrew. >> and i'm kris sanchez. the explosion happened around 8:30 this morning at vallejo high school. mark matthews joins us now on the phone with the latest and hopefully, mark, the latest is no one was hurt. >> reporter: well, there was one serious injury to a district employee. has been taken to the hospital. another district employee has also gone to the hospital, but reports are that his injuries are more related to just being shaken up by this explosion that happened this morning. apparently what this dates back to is the napa earthquake, which damaged the school's heating system, and since then they have been conducting repairs on that system, which is naturally cast fed, and as they were going around room to room today checking on that construction and the gas, there was an explosion in the photo lab. there was no students present. in fact, the lab is not being currently used by the school. it is one of the buildings that is furthest from the center of the campus, and as i say, they were walking room to room to check on the gas feed and the heating system when this explosion h

sanchez. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. we begin with details on that crash. this morning a stuffed animal and candles mark the spot where the boy was hit and killed while trying to cross a san leandro street. the boy was in the crosswalk when he was hit by a driver trying to get away from sheriff's deputies last night near ashland avenue and east 14th street in unincorporated area of that city. that's where nbc bay area's stephanie chuang is there this morning. steph, authorities looking for this driver and the community just devastated. >> reporter: that's right, good morning to you, scott. absolutely emotional morning here. witnesses we spoke with this morning say that the 14-year-old boy was actually half way through the crosswalk when he was struck by the car and the impact so great it sent him 40 to 50 feet to where the memorial continues to grow since this morning, people have been adding flowers and messages, balloons, stuffed animals, and light more candles honoring a life taken way too soon. >> nobody could replace ivan. god has taken an angel. >> re

sanchez. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. so the polls have been open for a couple of hours now. we have team coverage of decision 2014. nannette miranda is in san francisco. that's where the price of soda is taking center stage. >> but we begin with nbc bay area's bob redell, who's live in san jose, with a closer look at the big south bay races, including who's going to lead the city. >> reporter: good morning to you, kris and scott. pensions and public safety are the two issues central in the top of the race for the top job here at san jose city hall. you have mayoral candidate dave cortese, who's a santa clara supervisor, has the backing of the police union. you can see him here casting his vote this morning. he's going up against sam liccardo, a san jose city councilman, who has the support of mayor chuck reed. what separates the two most is where they stand on measure "b." liccardo supported the law to cut pensions for police officers and other city employees in order to trim the budget deficit. as a result, there is now bad blood between the rank and file police officers an