we had another alternative with the digesters that the south side, se -- at the south side, se. the preferred option would be to have the digesters located along the train tracks at a distance from the residence. even if we were able to have been located here and going slightly north from the, but to be able to keep them as far away from residents as possible. right now, the residents are right across the street. . 94 is isolated from residential. it is adjacent to the old pg&e facility. it is one solid block of land. the challenge is that you have solace and sludge back-and- forth through the community. the site has a high level of contamination. we do have the uncertainty of being able to obtain the site. when we looked at the visual and architectural, this was very important to the community. what are we going to see when the project is done? what could it look like? i have a few shots of renderings and examples that were supported by the task force. one was the architectural style that could look more like a condominium or townhouse. this could be office space and usable spa

we had another alternative with the digesters that the south side, se -- at the south side, se.he preferred option would be to have the digesters located along the train tracks at a distance from the residence. even if we were able to have been located here and going slightly north from there, but to be able to keep them as far away from residents as possible. right now, the residents are right across the street. . 94 is isolated from residential. it is adjacent to the old pg&e facility. it is one solid block of land. the challenge is that you have solace and

uc on the side here, each side, the north and south side, these side yard setbacks are quite important to this huge site, specifically the northside setback, which adds great relief to the open space, yet is not recognized by the strict enforcement of the code. this is really a unique property. i am not going to take up all of my time. instead, about two letter answer any questions you may have. we made a commitment years back to set this back into the middle of the site. we are committed to see it through in a good way. this complex project was reviewed by staff very carefully. the zoning administrator not only walked the site, but he met with all of us on the open space prior to the variance decision letter. when i say he met with us, this includes key members of the open space, the board of directors, booster members, the owners, and the president of the planning commission. this has been looked at very carefully. the decision was carefully considered. i give the rest of my time to my partner architect. >> good evening, my name is theodore brown. instead of talking about the archite

uc on the side here, each side, the north and south side, these side yard setbacks are quite important to this huge site, specifically the northside setback, which adds great relief to the open space, yet is not recognized by the strict enforcement of the code. this is really a unique property. i am not going to take up all of my time. instead, about two letter answer any questions you may have. we made a commitment years back to set this back into the middle of the site. we are committed to see it through in a good way.

uc on the side here, each side, the north and south side, these side yard setbacks are quite important to this huge site

substantial precipitation is this system and snowing on its back side in parts of kansas, missouri and oklahoma. this will ride to the south of chicago. but it's northerly winds, winds blown northerly into that system on the back side and those are the winds that lock in here tomorrow and cool things off. this rpm model stays cloudy and sprinkley into morning and then turn the lake-effect on into parts of north central indiana and in michigan but not in chicago. this low, watch how it tracks to the south of us and here is a ridge of high pressure. the winds blowing like this. it will be cool and that's why as that wind comes down the lake there will be lake-effect tomorrow. the winds turn strong and southerly the day after tomorrow. we could have wind gusts here on friday of 35-mile-per-hour from the southwest and that will pump warmer air in on friday. we turn a little cooler saturday and even warmer air comes in sunday and monday we could see some low 60s perhaps on monday before things begin to really cool off after that. extensive cloudiness this afternoon. sprinkles, seasonally cool. high temperature 49. northwest win

give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side. >> bank youthank you. guab>> commissioner joe marshal. commissioner thomas mazzucco, commissioner dejesus. >> welcome to the hour meeting -- to our meeting. we will be handling a disciplinary matter this will be in closed session. tonight, this will be a brief public session but we will be busy late into the evening dealing with disciplinary matters. please call item one. >> item 1 is adoption of the commission's minutes before the regular meetings held on june 2nd, 2010, and october 20th, 2010. >> you have a copy of the minutes in your packet. are there any changes or deletions and need to be made? >> moved and seconded. >> please call item number two. item number two is general public comment. you may address the commission for a time. determined by the chair, not to exceed three minutes, on items that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission but to not appear on the agenda. >> thank you.

uc on the side here, each side, the north and south side, these side yard setbacks are quite important to this huge site, specifically the northside setback, which adds great relief to the open space, yet is not

and hood. >>> two separate fires claimed lives of a little boy and elderly woman on the city's south side. first fire broke out in a home in the 5700 block of south damon. 72-year-old maddy griffin fletcher died and her husband her home and quickly spread. investigators say it was likely an electrical fire but the cause has not been determined. >>> short time later three-year- old boy was killed in an apartment fire on south dorchester. investigators believe the fire started in the kitchen. neighbors saw the boy banging on a window. they tried to rescue him but couldn't get the door open. the mother says the loss will be especially difficult for her three sons. his great grandmother was treated for smoke inhalation. >>> cases of a highly contagious stomach virus are on the rise in cook county. 46 clusters of norovirus had been reported and that's nearly double the number of cases from last week. many cases have been reported in schools, but the virus can spread quickly in other close contact areas like nursing homes and the work place. symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramping

. >>> one woman on chicago's south side is fighting to keep kids off the block.e." >>> in one of the most dangerous cities in the country, kids off the block is a safe haven for young people. it's a little-known after-school program geared to help you escape gang violence. here, they have access to computers, tutors and mentors, help clean up the community and plus, provide a place to talk out their problems. in 2003 diane latiker started kids off the block in her own neighborhood. >> right now we're on the far south side of chicago in the roosevelt community. we are in what people call the quote, unquote, wild 100. >> that's because chicago averages 1,800 shootings per year. last year, chicago had the second highest number of murders with 458. behind new york city with 471. >> a 13-year-old named robert freeman was shot 22 times two blocks from here. we heard part of the shots coming out because we were here late. in about ten seconds, we hear police and ambulances rolling down the block. everybody running, what's going on, you know? >> the shooting had a devast

. >>> counselors will be on duty at a south side chicago school after a teacher died this weekend in a traffic accident. the 23-year-old was a special education teacher was killed overnight -- police are investigating her death and say it appears she fell trying to slide down a stairrail. >>> her family issued a statement that reads, in part, megan's passing is a tragic loss to her family and friends. she was a caring energetic person who was full of life and eager to help others and make a difference in the world. friends and family gathered today to say good-bye to the notre dame student who died tuesday while videotaping a football practice. 23-year-old sullivan was standing on a lift when it toppled over by a strong gust of wind. today's visitation was held in lake zurick. >> >> race for the 16th district cook county commissioner, getting ugly. >> gaynor hall joins us with more. >> reporter: bob and jackie, arrested in the tiny western suburb of mccook. he is accused of destroying campaign signs of his opponent, woe is mccook's mayor, but he says the charge is trumped up, baseles

. >>> the mayor spent his day campaigning on the city's south side. former chicago public school board president gathered signatures in the back of the yards neighborhood. he visited with people at neighborhood stores after he was joined by supporters for a final petition drive at the immaculate heart of marry church. his grandfather helped found the church. those wanting to run for mayor have until november 22nd to submit the necessary signatures to get on the ballot. >>> and state senator and pastor james meeks already has enough signatures to get on the ballot, and will officially announce his candidacy tomorrow. he'll do so at the university of illinois chicago. >>> also officially announcing his run for mayor tomorrow, u.s. representative manny davis. davis will do so at the hotel aleg row across from city hall. >>> a developing story tonight, chicago police are investigating the deaths of two people found shot to death in a car on the south side. wgn's marcella raymond is in west anglewood neighborhood and 70th street. she joins us with the late

>> breaking news tonight, on chicago's south side. an e motion has leveled a home. good evening, everyone, i'm robert jordan. >> and i'm jackie bangeric kirschner. >> dan is live on the city's south side with more. >> bob and jackie, impressive response by the chicago fire department. more than 150 firefighter on the scene. one man, serious to critical condition. two other children were injured in this explosion, but we are told they are in good condition, expected to make a full recovery. joining me, chief from the chicago fire department. tell us what happened here tonight. >> at approximately 7:27 this evening, the we received phone calls from a possible house explosion. 12247 south oneda. fire department responded. full response, but due to the nature of the americansy, they immediately elevated it to a stolen box, what we call the stolen box response, due to a possible gas explosion, right now, it's under investigation and until we can determine what the cause was, it's to be determined because we don't know what caused it. >> was there a fire on the scene? >>

give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side.

. >> the chief of south side in dealing with another issue, maybe you can challenge him on this. >> is there any further public comment? >> first of all, i get an e- mail from chief william. he sent me an e-mail and i will not get into the private details that he said the best choice i ever made was my number 2. that is quite an honor. let's move past that. i grew up in boston, let's talk about the great officers we have right now and the great people today. we had an officer who was dragged, an officer-related shooting. we have some great officers. yes, we make mistakes. i talked to terry this morning. dark and marshall, you know the date you better than nine. the cost of a view -- corp. bayview better than i. >> i would like to ask you about law. this is a simple question. they did not obey the law. they are the ones accusing us. any policeman is provided with a car. they don't obey any law whatsoever. then they have a hard time. what do you think about that? that is a simple question and my comment about the police. >> any further public comment. the next item, the tenant. >> item 3

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the home is on the south side of town. you can see the house was engulfed by the time the firefighters arrived. the city was planning to move that home to a nearby park as a display. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> if you hit the road tonight, tomorrow or this weekend, you better keep safety in mind. the chp is keeping an eye out >>> tonight's headlines, within the last half hour south korea said it heard new sounds of artillery on the same island attacked by north korea. it's not clear where it's coming from. the south koreaen president ordered more troops to go to the island. north korea says the u.s. military drills planned for this weekend will push the peninsula to the brink of war. >>> the days are number for four loko, they should be off shelves next month. the drink combination could cause alcohol poisoning, car accidents and assaults. >>> president obama showed his appreciation for u.s. service men and women today. he called members of each branch of the military to give his thanksgiving wishes.

the facility will service the south side of the field.t's part of a $15 million modernization program. the new south runway is expected to be open in 2015, although there remains a funding shortfall of a few billion dollars despite today's announcement. >>> people starting to prepare to travel for the thanksgiving holiday. federal government warning people to be aware of terrorism and other threats. tsa is announcing today it's expanding the if you see something say something program, and it's affecting the hotel industry. >>> as people head to the airports for thanksgiving, they'll have to deal with more aggressive screening. tsa may search them with their hands. one traveler had some choice words for the tsa agent conducting his pat-down in california. >> you can do that out here but if you touch my junk i'm going to have you arrested. >> well, john tiner previously refused the full body scanner leaving the pat-down as his only other option. he left the airport but ended up speaking with the supervisor before he left. >> the supervisor

. >> the president finished his first full day in seoul, south korea, but a deal both sides are hoping for on a free-trade agreement did not materialize. once again, the sticking points were u.s. automobile imports and u.s. feed imports to the u.s. wants to see korea open up its markets more. apparently the two sides cannot agree. both sides are sending negotiators back to the talks, hoping to get some kind of deal in the coming weeks. the president said it would not be months, it would be weeks. >> we think getting this korea/u.s. free trade agreement done this so important. we have discussed this. our instructions are we do not want months to pass before we get this done. we want this to be done in a matter of weeks. >> the other issue, the president met with hu jintao, once again pressing him not to keep the value of china's current artificially low, which the president thinks hurts u.s. business by keeping china's goods so cheap. back to you. >> the president also delivered several warnings to north korea today, the country's pursuit of nuclear weapons will only lead to more isolat

give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side. supervisor mirkarimi: madame, clerk, and good afternoon. if you do not have any announcements, can you read roll call? commissioner campos: present. commissioner dufty: present. commissioner avalos: present. commissioner schmeltzer: absent. commissioner mirkarimi: present. commissioner pimentel: present. commissioner mirkarimi: item number two. >> presentation of minutes. seeing none, any public comment? public comment is closed. without approval, some moved. -- so moved. >> an update of the process. commissioner mirkarimi: mr. campbell, welcome. >> before i get into the next steps, i wanted to highlight those that were not aware that last tuesday, there was a hearing on issues related to cca. nancy miller was there as well as commissioner mirkarimi. the committee was interested in what legislation might be helpful to promote cca in california. the issues raised were related to some of the challenges you have

in fact, trying to get clearing on the south side, one last shower on the north side and we expect as we look at maryland's most powerful doppler radar, the possibility of maybe a light shower north of baltimore but we expect to have the wind to help to clear us out. we will hit the high around midday 61 and fall into the 50s. but winds could gust up to 40 miles per hour this afternoon. let's see what's happening on the roads right now. here's kim with traffic. >> reporter: justin, right now the debris and trees and wires down, affecting the residential areas. some of the secondary roads make your way towards the major roadways. look good on the beltway. no problems on the 83 or 95. as we look at our maps, let's look at parkville first, we are dealing with several incidents involving closures. putty hill closed between conway court in front of parkville high school. keep that in mind. paring between oakley road debris is in the roadway. and bel air route 24 the traffic lights are out and other their are several other incidents as well. back to you. >> thank you. >>> stay with us. we w

as the athletic fields in the south side of the neighborhood, this part of the city, there is a lot of residents in neighborhoods that are looking for recreation. we think it is an opportunity for soccer fields. one of the things we have been doing is talking to the presidents -- they are excited about the possibility of places for the teams to play and practice. away in the corner there, we have a street connecting and we can have a pedestrian path to allow the sports teams and our neighbors to connect up to the playing fields. one of the smaller places, this is an important one. originally, we wanted to come further into the neighborhood so that it can access and run through the neighborhood retail street. in order to allow it to run more efficiently and give it to a dedicated right of way, it is now behind the retail street. it acts as a link between one of the stations and passes right by the grocery store. get off in the evening and walk by the grocery store on the way home. you can see that the stock is at the right-hand side of the image. we see this as a very important part of

. >>> chicago police busted a major drug ring on the city's south side. it happened shortly after midnight at a home in the 7400 block of south lafayette avenue. police found 200 marijuana plants inside along with ammunition and a bullet-proof vest. they say it was sophisticated operation with lights and ventilation and irrigation system. two children were removed from the home but no arrests were made. target of the raid is still being sought. >>> drug enforcement agencies have arrested a retired police officer in connection with an investigation into alleged acts of murder, kidnapping, robbery and drug dealing. authorities say glen lieuwellen provided information to members of an organizationed crime group called rodriquez enterprise. rodriquez and five defendants were arrested in april of 2009 when they allegedly conspired to steal hundreds of kilogram of cocaine from a warehouse in the southwest suburbs in shanahan. lieuwellen was a cop from 1986 to 1992. he is charged with racketeering, conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. >>> today is th

warner, i'm representing jordan park and francisco heights, the two neighborhoods on the north and south side of the project. we worked with the sponsors for the last seven years and begged them to put in more parking. we got nothing. on april 6, 2006, the planning commission required those 95 parking spaces because the hundreds of people in our neighborhood that came to the multiple meetings came out and the planning commission heard us. we live in the neighborhood and we understand the parking situation. it's easy for project sponsors to say there's 144 parking spaces. i walk my dog every night and mr. miguel you know that from ardello to the beach, you're not going to find 144 parking spaces at night. it doesn't happen. so i met with the project sponsor and the legal counsel of the project sponsor tonight said to me, we agree to nothing at that 2006 meeting. we agreed to nothing. he kicked me in the teeth and he kicked your predecessors on the planning commission that changed that -- that required that 95 parking spaces, that was a requirement then and it should continue to be a requiremen

. >> reporter: the woman was over here trying to cross from the north side of geary down to the south side. that is when a shuttle bus was coming up leavenworth and make a left-hand turn. we got some surveillance video that shows the incident. about 12:30 this afternoon calls started coming in from witnesses who saw the woman on the ground. >> i heard the impact. i immediately grabbed my cell phone. >> reporter: a shuttle bus operated by uc san francisco hit the one in. >> he had -- hit her once and then again. >> reporter: you can see the woman stepping up the curb and then you see the bus turned left and suddenly stops. >> they found a 55-year-old woman had been struck by a shuttle bus and she was later declared dead. >> reporter: a crowd watched as investigators analyzed the scene. traffic was backed up for nearly three hours in service was delayed on three bus lines as police shut down the area forcing cars to take detours around the crash scene. staff say the bus driver involved in this crash was hired three years ago and had a clean driving record. >> the driver remained at the scene

created as mitigation for overly dense development, and you are talking about the building on the south side of the hill, adjacent to the open space? >> yes. vice president goh: i am familiar with the area. those appeared to be some kind of townhouses are something that are built on a road that was created for that development. could you talk more about that? >> originally, that land and where the open space is now was all government housing, and then later public-housing. it was torn down. my understanding is the developers to purchase that prop. one it to do very dense development with the rear yards -- the developers who purchased at property wanted to do very dense development with the rear yards and half of the land was set aside with open space. essentially, the rear yard of the house is that occupied part view heights, to balance out the lack of rear yard. it was set up as a non-profit, volunteer board, to govern for the neighborhood. vice president goh: looking : looking2, there is a photograph -- looking at looking2, there is a photograph and you could see the development. there doe

so the south side of the sunset is called the park side. i think it would be closer to golden gate park, but it was sort of a realty bargaining scheme because it was mostly sand dunes. the first announcement was that it was much warmer than you would imagine. it is beautiful. there are trees. you could get away from the wind. it is sunny. they were just trying to make it sound good. >> there was a row house down there -- there is still a row house down there. >> you could rent that for your wedding. the boss of san francisco, who was dethroned after the earthquake, he was arrested. they tracked it down there. he was hiding out. >> was it still county land at that time? >> city lead. >> this is after it was subdivided into standard lots? >> they are big. anyone who live there, you might have a backyard twice as long as your house. smaller home builders started taking root with larger ones. a lot of times, it was like this. a guy would buy a couple of lots and essentially build two houses and tried to sell them. or live in one. they did that