obviously if you have stairs over a living space you have to water proof the stairs -- waterproof the stairs but a lot of energy is being spent trying to get exterior stairs waterproof when you could just let the water flow through. some of the stairs you're showing are good examples of those. >> we have another shot in a minute. here's somebody's exterior deck and stairs which they've been -- a couple of rails have been replaced. i want to point out, by the way, that the spacing between the guard rails on this deck or guards, as they're now called, are pretty wide and don't need the mod -- meet the modern codes which they forum maximum space and it's easy to accomplish that before building a giant new stair and deck by using some kinds of fencing, whether it's metal fencing which you can buy at any hardware store or plastic fencing. just put it up and over the years renters and building owners have been held responsible to meet the standards of today's safety, especially for decks and stairs. so for those of you who have rental units, i encourage you to upgrade your stairs and your s

>> if you're rebuilding the stair, if you're starting from scratch and going to put the stairs in, you want to put the stairs in first and you have two options. one is to put the stairs in first and run a regularlet around the stairs that the stucco comes down to. a reglet is an l-shaped piece of metal that you're waterproofing for the stucco that goes behind distribute stucco goes on top of. it's a piece of flashing and that follows -- they'll make it -- it follows the curves and the whole edge of the stairs. and so you can put that on there, the stucco paper comes down there and you would stucco on top that have after and then you have a little caulk joint that is just something you have to maintain. it's not critical, that goes between the reglet and president stair. that will keep the stucco from cracking. >> here's an example of why we need to maintain a distance clearance between the dwround and the siding. you see this wood siding goes right down to the concrete sidewalk and it's rotting at the bottom. that rot is just going to run up through the wood and into the framing behind

you see the tape is coming off of this stair? i wanted to mention the behavioral uses that i keep talking about involve maintenance as well. somebody, you can't just put it in and leave it, you have to walk around and say is everything working? and replace the tape and that's a reasonable expectation. >> well, tape is a good retrofit solution, but a better design solution at the beginning would actually be to cast in place stone that has a darker color so that you have a permanently installed contrasting striping at the nose. >> here we have stairs in a new building. all new buildings are supposed to have all of their entrances accessible. in this case they say, go around the corner. in many cases in san francisco there are occupancies, commercial businesses on lower floors, basements, second floors, they are simply not accessible. what reasonably can we do? . >> there are probably cases where there simply is nothing you can do. >> there are things we could do. >> put in an elevator. >> and rail that comes up, flattens out at the

every love struck couple stairing into each other's eyes. every loner with a half empty beer even a waitress after a shift receives a visit from john nitto. he returns to the faces above the steaming plates before he's out into the neon lit street leaving behind a trail of rose petals bark as sacrificial hearts. thank you. [applause]. >> whenever i had writer's block i do research so i thought i would redo a section which started as writer's block and it took place in a library. i think all you need to know is my narrater is 19. the object of affection is 21. max's mother is a piannist and also polish. >> i saw little of rose after she moved her 2 valises into the nurses room on valentine's day of 1939. she did not allow a gust to drive her to the louve. she did not pause to look at me when i went to the gallery wearing a new shirt. nor did she take meals to my families. sometimes this was the best. at the dinner table my parents argued. father had been unsuccessful in keeping the newspapers from others. she practiced less and less. germany

we will stop and tell them. >> how is the width of the stairs, the fire escape? >> okay. we've got a question. how do we determine the width with of the fire escape stairs >> i think it's 18 inches >> ladders shall not be let's than 18 inches >> if someone was applying for a permit. we would like at the occupant load and how many people are going to have to use this, and the building code has a table for calculating. i think we would look at home people would using it. >> every fire escape balcony 18 inches. >> i wanted to talk to the about the stand pipe. >> tell us what we got here. >> this is a dry stamp pipe. typically, the fire engine would stop here and hook up here. so on any floor, whichever floor, we can have water. like i say, this is even better than going to the building. our guy does a good job and makes sure the balcony is stable. it's so much nicer to be outside. you yell at the guy. we need more water and pressure. in my eyes, it's a better system. this one here is dry. some of them are wet. >> what's the difference between wet and dry? >> wet would be con

but here it is this shows exactly where the shaping configuration of the stairs is. so we have a set of the most current inborn or sand born map's behind the planning department counter that will be happy to make or let you look at them and make copies of them there's a free copy machine. i've seen the old ones. not in the last year or two, do you know where they are? >> the series four books are on the sixth floor of the san francisco public library and early series are micro film also from the library. if you belong to a library in another jurisdiction like san jose or oakland they might have subscriptions for their area and that might extend -- they have maybe all california map's. >> do you know where the ariel services are and where. >> the planning department has three that are as of yet unconserved. >> what does that mean. >> we have not had the time or resources to digitize them. they're very large. more than this book here. they're about 32 inches square and cover the whole city in 1948 to 1950, somewhere in the mid 50s or 60's. >> to go on the resources tha

how can they not stair. arms and legs, pieces of torso scattered, the smell of new death and feared hair. they must be asking the same question. a person who blows themselves up must believe in something. must believe in something or else not. hopelessness degreesed in apnigzs, righteousness disguised in a tuxedo of death much the children don't understand. i being of the dead dying man the bleeding bystanders who left to buy cheese or tobacco. in car bombs suicide bombs and we keep talking as though this will end like the final judgment of that black man who looks white and sleeps with boys but doesn't touch them. after the bleeding the children's shoes will be forever stained in the crimson color of death. who will set the doves free then. >> the next is sdaefrt on the horizon. i'm sure many of you have seen or heard regularly in the news. my father came from iran so every time i see those headlines and get an article in my e mail i have this moment of panic thinking about my family members in iran who mig

. people are running down the stairs." the red cross has setup an evacuation center across the street for displaced residents. >> i heard people yelling get down, get out of the building. get out. and then i panicked and i said okay i got my jacket and ran down the stairs and people are running down the stairs. >> the red cross has set up an evacuation center across the street for displaced residents. >>> other bay area headlines on this wednesday. one of three chowchilla kidnappers could be free in a decade. the state's parole board set a 2021 parole date for richard allen schoenfeld who was convicted of hijacking a school bus and then holding everyone inside hostage in 1976. nobody was seriously injured. during the next 10 years, any governor can ask the parole board to reconsider their decision. >>> a plan for a proposed billion-dollar casino along richmond's waterfront has been scrapped. the city council voted down the proposal halting any future consideration. they cited parking congestion and a lack of federal approv

it's not critical, that goes between the reglet and president stair. that will keep the stucco from cracking. >> here's an example of why we need to maintain a distance clearance between the dwround and the siding. you see this wood siding goes right down to the concrete sidewalk and it's rotting at the bottom. that rot is just going to run up through the wood and into the framing behind and once again -- now this is interesting. those are wood stairs in a wood structure. much better solution. they're also protected because they're inside. so they're not going to have as much of a problem. they still have a joint there which is a leak problem that has to be caulked. this is sort of an interesting exercise. as you walk down the street i want to you look at the buildings carefully and see if you can see the space between the buildings in san francisco. and here we have a space that's about 3 fourth of an inch or an inch or something like that -- 3/4 of an -- 3 fourth of an inch or an -- 3/ of an inch or an inch, or something like that. you do a roof and

i ran down the stairs and people are running down the stairs. very smokey.e much down the hall. it was all smokey. and coming down the stairs i got into the water in the lobby and i just went outside and hoping that everyone got out safe. >> i go upstairs and i smelled the smoke but i don't see anything. then the next thing i know i see people talking and an alarm went off. i hit every door there and was telling everybody to get out. >> i'm worried about people that are handicapped. there were people signing flashlights trying to get the fire department to see them. you know what i'm saying? then they had to bring people down the fire escape that was handicapped. i tried to hit all the doors i can but... >> reporter: i think people were trying to help others in this building. a very sad and a very scary situation that has taken 22 people in the to the hospital. police at this time are urging people to stay out of the area because they will be investigating at least for a few more hours. >> grace lee in san francisco. thank you. >>> a doctor says the giants f

gabrielle giffords slowly climbing the stairs of a small plane in houston. she is still recovering from that gunshot wound to her head in january. but her doctors gave her the clearance to travel for the launch. endeavor is scheduled to lift- off friday afternoon. [ music ] >>> and some sunshine today. a few clouds. right now in livermore 52 degrees. some cloud cover south and east of town. downtown livermore. here we are in dublin and pleasantton. a few clouds there. clouds in the forecast tonight, but partly cloudy. breezy as we go into tomorrow. a little bit cooler as well. not cold, but instead of upper 60s mostly mid machine 60s, 66, 67 degrees. the weekend looks really nice. mostly sunny and temperatures will increase. overnight lows on the cool side. when you get going to work tomorrow morning you will notice it sending the kids to school 39 in napa is cold.

our victorians are usually set back with stoops and stairs going back up. the majority of these buildings have been replaced by parking. this is a nice precedent that exists in san francisco. we chose to build upon at as our building. we have set back the front 6 feet. we can have units that the street. we can improve the sidewalk. we have an encroachment permit to build on that. the articulation, this is showing movers. we wanted it the architecture to embrace a live ability between the setbacks and maneuvers that would help people with their stairs. this was amalgamated into a facade. we have changed the architecture. one of the things that we were required to have was a conditional use for is that our lot is so large. we took the of the 22 break the building up into two parts. we are trying to work within a plot that has other forefoot buildings. this is breaking up the articulation so it has scale. at the rear of this site, we have gone down as well. our building will appear about 30 feet. the existing warehouse is between 30 and 35 feet. this has dimin

a man told us he walked down stairs to get ice cream when he smelled was a burning cigarette. that's when he knew something was wrong. he couldn't call for help because he doesn't have any phones in his home. luckily he was able to get himself and his girlfriend and birds out safely. >> we went down stairs to get ice cream. there was no smoke noticeable at the time. by the time i got the ice cream and went back upstairs above the garage, we go i smell smoke. >> flames destroyed the home and the cause is still under investigation at this hour. the american red cross is helping the two people that lived inside of the home. we are told the firefighters will manage the hot spots in the home. >>> new this morning investigators are trying to determine what triggered a hazmat scare. it happened last night at madison gas. two separate alarms went off indicating the contamination of chlorine and another gas. >> there were minor adjustments to the safety measures in the plant. those were corrected. our personnel evacuated out. at this point in time, there is no hazard to any neighboring

the men had stolen a smart phone when he pushed sally came back down the stairs at the fullerton stop on monday. she died on tuesday from head injuries. police released a sketch of the suspect he is black to win the ages of 17 and 25 weis between 100 and 7,220 lbs. and may have been wearing a sweater with the letters ws on the back. opening day has finally arrived in the cubs began their season at home against the pirates the sox starters out out of town in cleveland. >> dan is live in wrigley field just a couple of hours away from the first pitch. . >> you got it. taking small steps we should will get a victory today and move on. will not sure how the end of the division race there are four teams that look pretty much the same the cubs saint louis and cincinnati all probably should be in the mix before it is all over but we always hope that the cubs will finally when it when the season is said and done. a couple of new faces on the team this year. jim hendry winds up with would back on the roster and party will be the new starter on the second base. he played well than in oneself a j

always take it is stairs. when you go down the stairs hang on to the hand rails you will have people bump into you. pay attention to the floors, you have fourth floor, third floor, in case the lights go out you know you have 3 more floors. people think, i will go to the bottom until it stops. let's say you have 2 floors of parking you are under ground. sometimes it's a fire escape, never go up unless there is smoke down there and you can't go down. majority of the time don't go up. it's not like in tower interno where you go to the roof and the helicopters come pick you up u. notice fire department, work in pairs with 2 extinguishers. one extinguisher and the other person is a backup to get you out. that's an nert volunteer. never fight a fire if it's a large fire. large is over your head. if you are scared and it's too big, it's too large for you. if it's spread beyond where it started and blocking our escape route and you are unsure how to use an extinguisher. there are 4 types of fire it's on the label. on

i saw the smoke and the fire then i carry him up to the back stair. that time i almost fell because the smoke gave me a lot of headache. >> reporter: three people republican in the hospital. all being treated for smoke inhalation. one of them cut his foot on glass outside as well. arson investigators have already come and gone and a little bit later on we'll have a better idea of what started this fire. red cross is on hand to help people that have been displaced. damage estimates look like they are running around $1 million. reporting live from san francisco i'm tara moriarty. >>> last weeks fire at the warehouse of the martinelli's apple plant took a toll on wildlife. debris and suit crept into the water. the foam used by firefighters may also have killed some of the fish. the fire started on wednesday. it took firefighters two days to put it out. >>> time now 5:03. two separate street robberies are being investigated by the police. the most recent one happened early saturday morning at 24th and mission streets. four attackers knocked two men to the

there were a lot i helped one person to get up stairs three others joined view but person was seriously wounded he was all covered with blood there was also a man who had five people to get out it was blood all around and i still have it on my. witnesses say minutes after the blast they saw how the wounded people being carried out of these natural station including those with missing limbs now those injured remain many of them remain in intensive care units in hospitals across the city to give you an idea this blast happened during evening rush hours where there were so many commuters on the macro system this metro station is the busiest in the capital of meals this is where too much reliance intersect so this is why those so many passengers securing this evening rush hour also it's only one hundred meters from the republican palace where lots of state ceremonies take place and from the central square of means an hour after the after these last president aleksander the question close up but a terrorist attack was the made version being considered he also said that he would turn to russi

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i thought people nine of the jurors it was really hard and were moaning i wanted to call them up stairs but there was no one to help me because they were just injured people around me. if there was a lot of blood the whole floor was covered with blood stains it was a horrible scene we helped one man to get up stairs it was very dark and were afraid and suffocate because of the smoke except disconnections station is the busiest one on the. subway system as it has only two metro line stand the station is where these two lines intersect obviously it was packed with passengers so you can sell it now the main version being considered by investigators is that it was a terrorist attack and now after the blast president unsubtle cautioned to hold an emergency meeting with. law enforcement agencies. security agencies. rush for help in terms as russia has the past experience in dealing with the aftermath so similar tragedies and investigating in an even terrorist attacks it was the first last and that means much shown it fails harris etc the country's history. of origins in battery say the metro

down the stairs. >> and they had to bring people down the fire escape that was handicapped.ost of the people that got smoke inhalation are people that was handicapped or had kids that was asleep. >> reporter: now, the red cross helped about 100 people find alternate housing. they certainly had their hands full putting people up at two shelters, one on mason and one or mcallister. one thing that i guess the good news in this situation is that a lot of the apartments here were vacant. so there could have been even more people that were affected by this than already have been. >> it was a little deceiving because not a lot of flames if any but a lot of smoke. we live three or four blocks down market street and you can see the smoke just billowing down some of it actually came into our apartment, as well. >> reporter: yes. people were reporting seeing and smelling smoke several blocks away. but yeah, if you look at the building behind me, there is no sign of the fire. a lot of it is internal damage and so firefighters are going to have to make sure the building is structurally s

then i panicked and ran and got my jacket and ran down the stairs and people are running down the stairsbring people down the fire escape that was handicapped. most of the people that got smoke inhalation are people that was handicapped or either had kids that was asleep. >> reporter: the red cross has been helping those people out. they have opened up two shelters, one on mason and one on mcallister. and we just saw some people heading to those shelters this morning that had been housed just here across the street. so people appear to have been going in shifts. and i know that they are looking forward to a good night's sleep starting of course at 5:30 in the morning. we have been hearing a lot of stories from people, scary stories as they came out of building including one woman who escaped with just her dog and her ultrasound. she was pregnant. so everybody just grabbing what they could and getting out of this building. everybody is expected to be okay. frank? >> it was a smoky affair, anne, because we live in an apartment three or four blocks down. i woke up to all the sirens racing d

scarlett o'hara, lying on the stairs, her lover, gone with the wind.e're told that margaret mitchell's final chapters will be hand-delivered, carefully, to her hometown of atlanta. >>> don't forget gma first thing in the morning. see you tomorrow night. >> alan: veil phone pictures show where a airplane peeled back. the pilots would have had 10 to 20 seconds to get this oxygen masks on. it was terrifying for the 118 people on board. passengers could feel a rush of air and could see daylight through the hole that tore open an overhead compartment. the pilot made a rapid descent, causing the oxygen masks to fall. >> the oxygen masks came down, an

so when they see me having problems stepping off of curbs or stairs or running into the side of a buildingm as though maybe i had been drinking, but the problem is that there is no contrast between a great building and a sidewalk. >> it is difficult for some drivers i think to understand that i am blind. although i may look like i'm getting along very well, and it did happen to me on several occasions with drivers, questioning my ability to see. they would say, "well, you really are not that blind." not only is that infuriating, but it is just something that cuts to my core. >> there are times that visually impaired customers get on the bus, and they are moving so well that makes me wonder how blind they are, but that is not for me to decide. i'm just here to take them some point a to point b safely. >> i moved all the way across the country specifically to live in san francisco because i knew they had great public transportation. i had the greatest interactions with muni drivers because i was thrilled to be on a bus and be able to get some more independently. i think the drivers can reall

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