second floor, what the project sponsors requested is a rear yard extension of about 8 feet for a storage unit. on the second floor that, they're building a deck. that will be right next to, 24 inches away from, ms. chan's but bedroom window and provide visual access to the third story bedroom window. she is concerned that because it is so close, it will provide, and this is in the excelsior district, there will be the ability to crawl in the second floor window. >> we are down to just that issue? accessibility to the side of her house? >> that is the primary issue, yes. >> does it have to do with safety because of access to her property and privacy? >> exactly. >> thank you. >> the permit holder? please step forward. please state your name. >> this is the second meeting between the owners -- the neighbors and the apartment holders. i spoke to commissioners already. the second one, we talked about the deck. at the back is this deck. we were talking about the privacy issue for this window, which is higher than the deck. from the floor plan, you can see the deck actually is further back. whoever

the storage unit caught fire and was badly damaged. no one on the ground was hurt. >>> scary moments elsewhere in the california skies today. an alaska airlines flight carrying 163 people had just taken off from sacramento. it was on its way to hawaii when a bird struck one of the plane's engines. the passengers boarded another plane to maui after the pilot landed it safely. >>> police are once again look for a convicted con artist. allen young. poses as motown celebrities to get wine and dined at bay area restaurants and bars. he was arrested back in october and is now wanted on a parole violation. >>> the highway patrol's crackdown on distracted drivers is paying off. the chp says it wrote 979 tickets in the bay area in just two days. that's more than deputies typically write state wide in the same period. the campaign dubbed not worth the risk continues all month. >>> and the name of san jose's airport could soon be quite a mouthful. some city leaders including the mayor want to rename it san jose silicon valley moneta international

the storage unit caught fire and was badly damage. no one on the ground was hurt. >>> and a delayed start to a hawaiian vacation for a hundred people this morning. in alaska airlines flight carrying 163 people had just taken off for sacramento and was on its way to maui when a bird got stuck -- or sucked into one of the plane's engines. the pilot turned around as a precaution and landed the plane safely. the passengers boarded another plane to maui. >>> museums are open for business hours after a late night congressional compromise averted a shutdown. the president took advantage of this and did some sight seeing. >> reporter: president obama thrilled visitors to the lincoln memorial with a brief visit saturday. monuments and federal museums would have been closed if lawmakers had not reached a last-minute deal just before midnight to avert a government shutdown. >> plus congress was able to settle its differences, that's why this place is open today and everybody is able to enjoy their visit. >> reporter: tourists in the nation's's c

. >> reporter: they were able to track them to a storage unit. authorities are looking for as many as ten other suspects. >>> tonight the question is will the judge throw the verdict out. the jury found bonds guilty on one count and deadlocked on three other counts. >> i believe that all the players that testified on the stand and came clean are the true heros. that they finally said yeah, we've been taking steroids all along, and now we're coming clean, we're telling it the way it is. i believe that there's one man that just couldn't do it because of who he is. >> in the end, jurors didn't think there was enough evidence to prove bonds was lying. only that he obstructed justice, because his testimony to the grand jury was quote, evasive. >> reporter: his celebrity is still obvious. minutes after being convicted in a federal court, barry bonds was autographing a baseball. his attorneys emphasize the jury deadlocked on three serious charges of perjury. >> the counts which alleged steroids, which alleged needles, which alleged human growth hormone,

that's not the only >>> ktvu news has learned that two men suspected of breaking into east bay storage units and making off with a huge stash of valuables are under arrest tonight. amber lee followed the story. >> reporter: the break in the case came when an employeeee inside this storage office noticed a man loitering on this property and called police. you're looking at more than 1,000 stolen items. most taken from storage lockers in castro valley and san lorenzo. sheriff detectives have set up shop to try to locate the estimated 30 owners of these stolen goods. >> my projector is here. that's probably $400 or $500. >> reporter: pernell and other owners came to recover their items back. >> reporter: were you expecting to get anything back. >> i wasn't expecting to get anything back. getting the call was surprising. >> my grandma's jewelry. >> reporter: still missing. >> definitely. my mom's wedding rings are gone. >> reporter: investigators told us they've arrested two san leandro men. they said 47-year-old gregory sh era don rented a storage locker and with the help of his friend james bo

. >>> ktvu news has learned that two men suspected of breaking into east bay storage units and making off with a huge stash of valuables are under arrest tonight. amber lee followed the story. >> reporter: the break in the case came when an employee inside this storage office noticed a man loitering on this property and called police. you're looking at more than 1,000 stolen items. most taken from storage lockers in castro valley and san lorenzo. sheriff detectives have set up shop to try to locate the estimated 30 owners of these stolen goods. >> my projector is here. that's probably $400 or $500. >> reporter: pernell and other owners came to recover their items back. >> reporter: were you expecting to get anything back. >> i wasn't expecting to get anything back. getting the call was surprising. >> my grandma's jewelry. >> reporter: still missing. >> definitely. my mom's wedding rings are gone. >> reporter: investigators told us they've arrested two san leandro men. they said 47-year-old gregory sh era don rented a storage locker and with the help of his friend james bounds broke in

two men are accused of breaking into east bay storage units have been arrested. 47-year-old gregory rented a storage locker and he and 41- year-old james broke into other lockers. investigators say the break in case came when an employee at public storage noticed one of them loitering on the property and called the police. the alameda county sheriffs department is trying to find the estimated 30 owners of more than 1,000 stolen items. >> i didn't expect to get anything back really. i was surprised when i got the phone call to come over here. >> there may be more arrests to come in this case. they are checking to see if this case is connected to dozens more throughout the bay area. >>> in san francisco neighbors are rallying to help people devastated by a fire in the mission district. the owner of the lotus garden restaurant showed the water damage. wednesday nights fire started in a building next door and was fanned by strong winds. fire investigators say it appears that fire was accidental. neighbors have organized a fundraiser set tonight. >> we have new information about an overnight cr

two men suspected of breaking into east bay storage units have been arrested. ktvu first broke the news last month. 47-year-old gregory rented a storage locker he and 41-year- old james bounds broke into other lockers. investigators say the break in the case came when an employee at public storage noticed one of the them loitering on the property and called police. the alameda county sheriffs department is trying to find the estimated 30 owners of more than 1,000 stolen items. >> i didn't expect to get anything back. i was surprised when i got the phone call to come over here. >> detectives say there may be more arrest to come and they are checking to see if this case is tied to others dozens of others here in the bay area. >>> 6:27. the brutal beating attack against giants fan bryan stow is leading the dodgers to step up their security. charlie beck said yesterday additional officers will patrol the stadium. he will only say fans will see a sea of blue. lapd blue. >>> time now 6:28. a chp officer hurt and a man has been arrested after an early morning crash. th

practicing drills on their little league field when they noticed a man removing scaffolding from a storage unit. they wrote down the number of the get away car and called police. police soon found the suspect and arrested him. >>> time now 6:25. firefighter training. a historic hotel is being used to train san francisco firefighters to navigate high- rise fires. now the cathedral hill hotel opened as the jack tar hotel. now it's owned by california pacific medical center. san francisco firefighters are training there free of charge. they are breaking through walls and doors and practicing real life rescue scenario. >> you just can't put a dollar value on it. we have training facilities in san francisco. our firefighters have been to it as many times. there is nothing like a real live building to do these things in. >> and the hope now is to have all 1500 san francisco firefighters trained there at the former hotel before it's torn down. >>> the latest singer to leave american idol says fans should not be sad for him. >> i've done everything that i set out to do. >> stefano received the fewest v

they did that to make room in the storage unit for water that is even higher in radioactivity. even so, the water dumped into the ocean has a level of radioactivity about 500 times above the legal limit. today workers are also using a dye to trace the path of radioactive water seeping from the plant. the disaster in japan is going to have a direct impact on u.s. auto workers. toyota says it's all but certain it will have to shut down its north american factories because of a shortage of parts in japan. the length of the shutdown unknown but likely take place later this month. the company says it will affect about 25,000 workers but that no layoffs are expected. toyota has more than a dozen factories in north america. >>> closers to home, radioactive kelp has been found off the coast near vancouver, british columbia. they are wondering if radioactivity will affect the kelp on the other coast lines. janine de la vega is live. >> reporter: this kelp right here is from the waters from monterey bay. most people don't eat kelp. the number 1 use for it in california is for aqua farmin

he wound up homeless, living in a storage unit. >> divorced.ost my family, lost quite a bit. >> reporter: now sober and in treatment for his p.t.s.d., riley's looking hard for a job. according to a 2008 rand study, nearly one third of iraq and afghanistan vets had symptoms of p.t.s.d., major depression, or had experienced a traumatic brain injury. debra bain is still haunted by the iraq morgue in which she volunteered. >> when you see certain things in life that makes no sense, you pretty much lose your sense of self. it tears you apart. >> reporter: even corps archaeologist sonny trimble struggled with p.t.s.d. >> you don't realize that what the war has done is kind of whittled you away. it's kind of sanded you away like with fine sandpaper. and you can't do a lot of the things you could do in the past. i wouldn't come out of my house on the weekend for over a year. that's probably the first time i've said that to anybody besides my family. >> reporter: is it illegitimate, then, for employers to harbor some fear of worst-case scenarios like fl

the barn was useds to a -- was used as a storage unit. no one was inside.rancisco police are searching for members of the hells ainge jewels suspected of attacking a man. police say the 35-year-old victim said he saw his attackers in the warfield's lobby. once outside, they asked if he was a member of a rival mongo will. gang, he said no. he was beaten and stabbed possibly with a broken bottle. >>> san francisco police are investigating a bizarre incident inside of an a$-- an adult bookstore. a man apparently set himself on fire. it happened last night at bookstore on 6th and mission. the man was watching an adult movie in the back of the store when he suddenly ran out streaming -- ceiling. paramedics treated him for very serious burns. we don't know his condition this morning. >>> in about two weeks, accused serial killer joseph naso will be back in court to enter a plea. yesterday, the 77-year-old reno photographer appeared in a marin county court for first time. at one point he looked up, he saw a camera and then -- see right there, he tried to cover his

two men suspected of breaking into east bay storage units have been arrested. ktvu first broke the news of the thefts last month. 47-year-old gregory sherinan rented a storage locker. he and james bounds broke into other storage lockers. investigators say the break in the case came when an employee at public storage noticed one of them loitering on the property and called police. the alameda sheriff's department is trying to find the 30 owners of more than 1,000 owners. >> i didn't expect to get anything back. it was surprising when i got the phone call to come over here. >> detectives say there may be more arrests to come. they are checking to see if this case is tied to others in the bay area. >>> neighbors are rallying to help people devastated by a fire in the mission district. the owner of the low thus garden restaurant showed ktvu the water damage and charred walls. it started in a building next door and was fanned by strong winds. fire investigators say it appears the fire was accidental. neighbors have organized a fund-raiser for tonight at the he'll ri

storage facility. the plane was headed for camarillo from chino. the four passengers witnesses say walked away. a woman suffered serious injuries. nine units in the storage facility were destroyed. >>> scary moments elsewhere in the california skies today. an alaska airlines flight carrying 163 people had just taken off from sacramento on its way to hawaii when a bird struck one of the plane's engines. the pilot landed the aircraft safely and the passengers soon boarded another plane to maui. checking bay area headlines the highway patrols crackdown on distracted drivers is paying off. theyy wrote 679 tickets to drivers in two days. that's more than deputies write state wide in the same period. the campaign dubbed not worth the risk continues all month. >>> highway 4 in eastern contra costa county has been named one of the nation's most congested commutes. it is only number 27 nationally. the name of san jose's airport could soon be a mouthful. some city leaders including mayor reed want to rename it san jose silicon valley monetta international airport. it can boost business at the struggling airport which just underwent a 1.3 billion mak

storage units are beat up. out in the fields the trees are bent over because of the strong winds.you can see this is the building where they do the manufacturing. there is no roof there. the owner walked us through. you look up and you see nothing. parts of the building are over there, over there, all because of the destructive tornadoes we have been seeing like we saw in iowa. the strong storms coming through, in some cases taking away complete communities. now it's time for people who live in these communities, work in these communities to clean up and assess what's next. that's what's happening here today in merrill, wisconsin. >> thank you very much, chris. >>> federal safety investigators are looking into a pair of small plane crashes. the pilot of one plane was killed last night when he crashed into a home near the airport in maine. the homeowners were out to dinner with friends. saturday, a plane approaching an aircraft smashed into a self-storage building. one of the four people on board was injured. parenthood may be piling on the pounds. the journal of pediatrics found m

storage facility. according to an faa spokesperson the plane took off and then lost power. the four passengers walked away one woman did have serious injuries, 9 units in the storage facility were destroyed. >> scary elsewhere a hawaii bound alaska airline flight carrying 163 people just taken off from sacramento yesterday afternoon, when a bird hit one of the plane's engines the pilots turned around and landed the aircraft safely passengers got on another plane bound for maui. >>> one of two men missing after a sailboat cap sized in rough waters off san francisco. the men escaped their over turned sailboat by inflatable raft yesterday off ocean beach but they were knocked into the water because of the high surf. rescuers pulled one of the men to safety and conditions for a rescue this morning are unfavorable. strong winds cool temperatures. >>> east bay, grief continues for slain restaurant oakland owner -- oakland restaurant owner. what is being done to calm the fears in the fruit vail neighbourhood. >> reporter: folks gather at the mexican restaurant to honor and remember the owner, a mover and shaker. police say he was shot and killed in a botch

the second was a permit for work to convert a dwelling unit on the ground floor to a lottery and storage area. we did have records related to the ground floor, related to the activity in the front in the commercial area. in regards to the approval process for this, it is principally permitted. however, there is still discretion. all building permits are discretionary other than certain sign permits. so the planning commission, had a dr been filed, been -- would have been able to exercise their discretionary authorities. this board had first discretionary authority. it was an interpretation from 1954 that explained they also have the right. it is with the same authority that the planning commission can approve, deny, or recommend with modification. there was no notification required. this is not a conditional use. there is no necessary or desirable requirement here. it is simply principally permitted. those of the issues i wanted to raise. i am available for any questions. thank you. >> i have borrowed mr. sanchez's ipad because i found the -- president goh: are you addressing the questio

and california just on sheer numbers. 8 percent of the land area in the united states and it has 60 million acre feet of storage and that's closest to the highest in the world relative to it's annual flow of 15 million acre flow a year. it's about five to 25 million acre feet. there are 35 million people served in an enormously complicated legal environment. what happens after 7 years of drought on the river. these are two parts that have 50 million of the river in storage and we started out with full reservoirs and you end up with these enormous drops and we're at about 50 percent of the average. underaverage lake immediate will never refill given demands on the system and lake paul will take decades. it estimated ten acre feet per year and that's a serious history record, there's nothing like it. how much is variability and how much is greenhouse gas, no one can say. i think you would be silly to think it's solely natural variability. these two photographs or four actually, lake,meed, looks like that and the other lake, powell. >> this is courtesy of doctor read mond, you should. he's doing wonderful work on

unit. commissioner fung: which one? number one? >> number one hundred four. >> it is on the first floor of the building and is designated as a storage area. president goh: 80. director goldstein: ok, we can hear from the permit holder now. >> my name is barry sherman. i am a residence in san francisco. i do not own any other properties. i purchased this because i it was undervalued duke or performance over the past 36 years. my plan was to correct all deficiencies with a major renovation of the entire property, which would necessitate the all tenants would have to vacate korea i was aware that there were tenants who wished to move back in good and followed all regulations in implementing the plan. quired to the close of expert -- of escrow, my representative met with others, including him, to explain what the options would be. in the second meeting, mr. mooring said that he would not vacate. he has since refused to speak to mr. o'sullivan, but then he said he was aware that permits had been issued. we are currently proceeding with work in six apartments that have been vacated. two units will be vacated within several days. i kindly

that unit, under the development agreement, they have to be provided with the exact same bedroom and bathroom count, a similar size for a. to storage area. exact terms, including rent, new and old pastors purgative, so this point bears repeating. there are no new passthroughs allowed for the new project. new amenities are added to the units, including washers, dryers, dishwashers. there are the same parking rights and went afforded to those existing tenants who have parking rights in iran. they are afforded the same parking rights and went. it is not the same, but they are allowed to petition the rent board if they feel about the location of their partrepresents in it -- represents a reduction in housing services, so that is an important point. the units are allocated based on seniority or rather length of tenure at the project, some tenants are allowed to pick up their own unit, although it is based on how long they have been in their unit. finally, patio's and balconies are not guaranteed, but a tenant may also petitioned the rent board for a reduction in services if they feel this represents a reduction in housing services. this

storage cuts at home. and only has modest reserves of natural gas so the united states is peering deeper underground for a new source the extraction of use of shale gas has been given top priority but experts warn health of the environment are not being taken seriously enough really picks up the story. it's cheap it's readily available and it's made in the united states washington has hailed shiel gas as the next big change in energy development over the past five years the u.s. has invested billions of dollars into the field bringing cheap energy to consumers still deposits lie deep underground and unlike natural gas cheryl is widely available in the u.s. which means the country doesn't have to pay for imports go out in the form. of shill revolution stems from high gas prices but the main question right now is how will the shale gas industry survive where the gas prices are one hundred two hundred fifty dollars which is four times less than they were say six years ago. this tight that european countries are also looking at potential shale gas resources on their territory albeit with some hesitation right

> i believe in the permit, they call that the storage area to comply with the notice of violation, so -- i do not think the complaint was with a related unit. it is just that they exceeded the scope of the permit, so we cannot call it an illegal bid, because there is no one living there, and there were no cooking facilities. commissioner fung: were there any electrical panels or things there? >> no, no, not that i can recall. commissioner hwang: i have a question similar to what i was asking earlier. we are on this board, and i was wondering whether or not you could tell us whether or not your department would be amenable to accepting an amendment to the blanket permit for all nine and have them done on eight units that would not impact mr. mooring's unit? inspector duffy: yes, there is nothing to stop them with the nine permits, which does happen. that is entirely up to the permit holder. commissioner hwang: at this time, you have a single permit for the nine units, and you'd be open to a modification of existing permit so as to make them into eight and leave the one alone until this dispute is resolved. inspector duffy: i do not think we

i understand there are 48 dry casks storage facilities in the united states. if my numbers are accurate, does this mean there's 17 reactor sites with no dry casks storage option? >> your numbers are correct. there are some sites that have not yet gone to dry cask storage. we anticipate in time, all sites will move in that direction. the -- >> fuel rods just remain in the spent fuel pools? >> correct, and for those plants not in dry storage, they remain in the pools. these pools are very robust structures that are designed to deal with the kinds of natural phenomena that we designed the entire reactor site to. it's very thick reenforced concrete structures generally 4-5 feet thick walls with very thick floors. they provide a robust protection for the fuel. >> let me ask this. what are the regulatory requirements relative to spent fuel? they can just sit forever in spent fuel ponds? >> the way our requirement -- we have requirements about the minimum amount of time that the fuel would need to be in the pools so generally we think about five years or so is a reaso

storage of spent fuel rods. it is the practice in japan and the united states to store those spent fuel rods on site. they have to be cooled on a regular basis. there is proposals to take them out of the cooling systems and put them in dry paths. this is a call to provide oversight and review. ensure the we have the highest level of safety and that we deal with the problem of waste fuel, which will not come to grips with over the last several decades. we deal -- we feel a tremendous compassion for what is happening in japan, the result of the tsunami and the loss of lives, and now this nuclear disaster. nrdc, 're focused on at whether it is call plants or oil operations, how do we insure that we in the united states are operating with the highest level of oversight and that we can insure the american people the confidence that these are operated as safely as possible. host: this is the o-year anniversary of the bp blowout in the gulf. this is from "usa today." frances beinecke, you served on the presidential commission to look into what happened and how to move forward. what is your biggest take away

storage of spent fuel rods. it is the practice in japan and the united states to store those spent fuel rods on site.hey have to be cooled on a regular basis. there is proposals to take them out of the cooling systems and put them in dry paths. this is a call to provide oversight and review. ensure the we have the highest level of safety and that we deal with the problem of waste fuel, which will not come to grips with over the last several decades. we deal -- we feel a tremendous compassion for what is happening in japan, the result of the tsunami and the loss of lives, and now this nuclear disaster. nrdc, 're focused on at whether it is call plants or oil operations, how do we insure that we in the united states are operating with the highest level of oversight and that we can insure the american people the confidence that these are operated as safely as possible. host: this is the one-year anniversary of the bp blowout in the gulf. this is from "usa today." frances beinecke, you served on the presidential commission to look into what happened and how to move forward. what is your biggest take away

unit at northwest prep at pioneer. two confessed to torturing a hampster. deputies tracked them down after a neighbor called police. >>> and in palo alto, police say someone broke in and raided a food storage soon -- shop. they poured hot sauce on the equipment and ruined that. police don't know the motive or foul people were involved. >>> 7:06. a father in walnut creek says flail -- officials at his son's high school ignored had his complaint that his son was being bullied. his father said his son was injured when other members of the football team pushed him backwards on top of someone crouching behind him. the father niled a -- filed a claim but it was denied. the young man transferred schools. >>> a flag fight is developing in the castro district now. the focus is that huge rainbow flag at castro and market streets. last month, some residents wanted the flag to be flown as half-staff to mark the death of elizabeth taylor. the merchant group that maintains the flag said no. now some castro restaurants are demanding more community input into when the flag's lowered. >>> the city of millbrae is facing a new lawsuit that morning, a k-9 handler with the city's police department says she's n

storage site." so this is something that to me is not new to this body is not new. what is new is that the president of the united states has threatened to veto and to shut down the government of this country because he will not deal with a bill that will fund our troops and will make cuts in spending, because it is for a time-limited issue at a time when we ought to say, let's keep the government open and let us fund the military. so who in fact would be wanting for there to be a shutdown? i'm not looking for that sort of thing, mr. president. and then i see there is someone who has actually been rooting for a shutdown: the former chairman of the national democratic committee, hour dean. these are things he said about a shutdown. he said, "if i was head of the democratic national committee, i would be quietly rooting for it." went on to say, "from a partisan point of view, i think it would be in the best thing -- it would be the best thing in the world," the former chairman of the democratic national committee said, "to have a shutdown." is that what we need, mr. president, a partisan point of view? what we need