brendan sullivan, people might remember from the tennessee vince charnel, where the prosecutors ended up getting in more trouble with the end of the case than stevenson. and that isn't an accident. i to brendan sullivan's career that all the way to the beginning and show how in virtually every case he tries, the prosecutors or more at risk than his client. in fact in 35 years he's never lost a case, whereas the prosecutors in the case had gotten into trouble or lost their jobs countless time. >> and he was a lawyer, too, was a two? >> that is where rivers met him is covering the iran contra hearings, and he told me about how brendan sullivan was like the manager in the film bill durhma. he would interrupt him, taken all the time, have long conferences people felt something important was happening, and brendan sullivan would be sort of calling him down. a lot of really interesting insight into brendan sullivan, who i think most people who follow the law realize he is not only the best trial lawyer in the united states the most interesting as well. >> did the partners in williams and co

tara sullivan from the department staff. i had not prepared i guess an entrance speech because i wasn't sure if any of the commission presidents wanted to speak as to what had been going on. i can happily describe what is in front of both commissions today. and i do have some presentation, and items i do need to discuss, but. >> i would like to say a few words on behalf of the historic preservation commission. president miguel, commissioners, members of the public, before we begin today's hearing on the proposed changes to the san francisco planning code, including articles 10 and 11, affectsing our city's historic resources, on behalf of the historic preservation commission i would like to offer the following comment. we have taken seriously the responsibility in evaluating the language of these two articles as well as the work that's to be done to finish article 11 as well as section 309. we have been deliberate in the review of the cleanup language and insertion language that has been required under prop j. to that end, c

sullivan.to thank the planning department and the city attorney's office for their help in drafting this. >> thank you, supervisor cook dufty. i am with the planning department. -- supervisor dufty. this would require an agency or pretty developer to prepare a feasibility study for on-site child care, whenever it does one vote of two things. when it constructs a new building, leases more than 50% of a new building for more than one year, or alters more than 50% of the space in an existing building. the supervisor's office has been working with us to work on the legislation. we do thank them for being amenable. the planning commission heard this, and we have recommended several modifications. the first modification is that this provide -- apply to city projects. it would apply to both private developers who lease city-owned property, and the commission and the department feel it should be applied only to city occupied projects only. the second has several components to it. it is refocusing on th

sullivan, planning department.e specific sections, as you know, you have passed and have been working on the package and updating it. this is going to make a few additional tweaks to the package. it is going to have four new oat areas, including for qualified student housing. .-- for new areas. it will apply to any area in the city that has five or more units. they will be exempt from having to participate in the affordable housing fee, so in one section, the criteria for those are laid out, and i will go through them quickly. there is the institutional master plan on file with the planning department. in that, it has to describe the type and location of housing used by the city. it has to state the number of students that will receive some aid. once we have received those, we will be recording notices of restrictions on the property and will outline these requirements, and there will be a monitoring program. on november four, we recommended some modifications. we had a meeting last week with supervisor dufty's off

the san mateo county coroner says that 49-year-old michael sullivan is a transient. he was struck and killed around 10:00 a.m. at the morella avenue crossing. investigators are still trying to determine if sul sullivan's death was a suicide or an accident. this is the 10th death involving cal trap this year. >>> dui crackdown has been up. 975 people have been arrested for drunk driving, up from the twine thanksgiving week. here in the bay area, 277 drivers have been arrested compared to last year's 1139. there have been no fatality on area roadways this year. >>> stanford's football team is on the vernal of breaking a school record for most wins. but despite the team's success this year, stanford stadium is far from full and that can have a big impact on the team's bowl hopes. ktvu's john sasaki is live now with more details on us. >> reporter: and that's a gorgeous new stadium. and the nationally ranked football team is on the verge of making a bowl game and, yet, sellouts are few and far in between here at stanford. >> standstanford-oregon -- stanford-oregon state

>> tara sullivan from the planning department. i'm here with erica jackson, the project planner, as well as noni terrell, the environmental planner and patrick who reviewed the applications for fcc requirements. to give background, to set the stage for this appeal, i would like to give background which applies to this appeal as well as the conditional use appeal as to how the bernal heights power became what it is today. in 1960, the owner of the property had applied to the planning commission and received the conditional use authorization to install two towers, specifically for antennas. both were to be exactly the same as the one constructed today. the owner only constructed one and a lot of time passed. we didn't see a lot of permit activity from 1960 until about two years ago. in 2008, t-mobile came to the department and requested a conditional use authorization to install some additional panel antennas. when we were reviewing that application, it came to the department's attention that from 1960 until 2008 there had been a la

>> through the president, tara sullivan. this is speaking to the conditional use appeal rather than the ceqa. conditional use permits -- a property owner has three years to pull the permits and build whatever that are going to build, use the property however they are going to use it. the condition of approval, unless the planning commission specifically put in deadlines for when certain been cut to be completed by -- it is all within that three year window. however, in the case of clear wire, to back up -- with the 2008 team mobile -- tmobile conditional use, the owner was required to do certain things -- to legalize all the antennas, to do landscaping and improvements. they pulled the permit to do the landscaping. they pulled it as it was issued. the department may not have started construction, but the building permit has an expiration. as well. in terms of the clear wire one, assuming this was not appealed and that a cu was issued, they still have to file a building permit to install these antennas. what we do at that tim

tara sullivan.s the budget analyst office did indicate, there was some cushion as to what the legal use of this property was. i believe it is correct that when the current owners did purchase this property, at some point either on the assessor's role or real estate, i don't know where it was, but they were under the impression it was a single family house. however, in the planning department and the building keep's database -- we are the departments that authorize uses for uses -- it is a three-unit apartment building. it was broken up probably in the 1920's or 1930's if not later into three units. after the h.p.c. recommended approval to this board, it did come to our attention that this occurred, that there were some illegal activities occurring in the building, that they were running a bed and breakfast. there were provisions in the code that would allow them to do that. the property owners chotion to close that business. one of the reasons we delayed in bringing it home is we wanted verification

central asia telling ed sullivan what was once a thriving basin of fish shrimp long life they are all three and now i dissolved losing tons of details and things to decades of missed out.

. >> tara sullivan, from the planning department. this piece of legislation would amend the inclusion rehousing program to is basically excellent student housing from the fees and on and off site requirements. it is going to be adding to the program, dealing with qualified educational institutions, qualified students, qualified student housing projects, and qualified student housing. based on that, it will exempt certain academic institutions if the following criteria are met. one, the building or conversion of space does not result in a loss of existing rental housing. two, an imp is on file with the planning department. there are certain triggers in our planning code for that process. it would only be academic institutions that trigger that. that will describe the type and location of the housing used by the students, the plans for the provision of the qualified student housing, the institution's need for the student housing, and the percentage of its students that receive some form of need-based assistance. there will also be requ

. >> andrew sullivan, thank you so much.hroughout this evening, we've noted the changes from just two years ago, it's a huge turn around from that wave of optimism that followed president obama's election here in the u.s., but what about around the world? we asked a few of our correspondents to weigh in on this issue and we began with the bbc's duncan kennedy who is in rome. >> the united states and italy have relations going back beyond the mid 19th century even before italy was a unified state. very strong relations have continued with president barack obama. there was a slight hiccup at the beginning of his presidency and the italian prime minister silvio berlusconi appeared to make reference to the president's time and later berlusconi explained he had been understood. in the meantime president obama has been here with the g-8 summit and the two appeared to get on well. in the past months berlusconi confirmed the trip to afghanistan. although the initial excitement of president obama coming into office waned here just li

i'm kyleigh sullivan. >> and duyn megyn sullivan.i'm megan >> you all the great out there. -- you all look great out there. coming up, but a new study has some good news for women with low sex drive. >> and the latest over the airline security >> an uproar over airline security is going to die as more and more people refuse to take part in measures the government says are needed to keep you safe. >> scott joins us in a satellite center to explain. >> just today, this expansion of that "sees something, say something" campaign. but that is just a footnote as objections over the body scans and pat downs have reached new levels. >> it is a decision you face when flying the friendly skies this holiday season, scanner or pad down. john tanner refused the body imaging technology that he says is too revealing. >> they asked me to go through the scanner and i said, i don't think so. >> but that is not all. >> if you touch my job, i will have you arrested. -- if you touch my junk, i will have you arrested. >> it was frightening to know that i

she testified the victim told her it was her friend christopher sullivan -- cody smith. the youngest. sheulse said there were three men she didn't know and someone named elvis. she did not say if that was one of the 7 suspects. the victim told her she was drinking brandy. at some point someone was holding the bottle for her but she did not say she was forced to drink. the victim, quote, stood up, got dizzy, fell down and someone picked her up." she didn't remember anything else. during the medical examine she photographs abrasions all over the victim's body and the victim complained about pain around the mouth and vaginal area that they were unable to complete a thorough exam in those areas. dan kerman, kron 4 news. >>> temperatures around 10 degrees cooler, meiny in the 60s. 59 san francisco. again, the low 60s for inland. bay shore 65. big changes coming tomorrow. rain pushing into the bay area in the afternoon. we will see showers first and then periods of heavier rain into saturday. modren rain saturday plus windy conditions and cooler temperatures. a very cold storm

kevin sullivan had been hospitalized in for an expert, being found in a ditch in spotsylvania county. he suffered up ahead finally, collapsed lung, broken ribs, and internal injuries. investigators are still not sure how the teenager was injured. a man trying to run from police crossed into oncoming traffic over the weekend, killing an innocent bystander. it happened in silver spring. montgomery county police say it all started when a woman and her boyfriend had an argument, and he took off with their newborn in their minivan. as they pulled over, he slammed into an suv, injuring five passengers and killing one. >> he cost somebody's life and injured his child. everybody in the situation is hurting. >> please do not know if alcohol was involved, but officials are now investigating. a man accused of killing a co- worker and dumping his body in a cardboard box is due in court. marvin palencia was arrested on saturday, accused of shooting jacobo vasquez, and then dumping his body in frederick county. the victims of roommates said that marvin palencia threatened jacobo vasquez after heari

police are not sure how sullivan was injured in the first place. so far no witnesses have come forward in this. if you have any information, please call authorities. >>> police have made an arrest days after discovering a body in a box in frederick county. a 31-year-old man is charged with first degree murder. a road crew on i-70 made the discovery near the brad dock heights exit last tuesday. police say valencia shot 36-year-old jackvo vasquez of the constitution avenue last week. and dumped his body on the roadside. >>> for the first time liquor stores on montgomery county open doors on sunday. a six month trial started yesterday. liquor and wine stores will be open from noon to 6:00 p.m. county official also monitor the cost, revenue and customer satisfaction apparently one estimate says the move could generate $2 million per year in additional tax revenue for the county. >>> it is time to get ready, set, shop. >> jessica is here with best black friday deals being advertised. >> just four days until the madness that is black friday. are you read

i'm brian sullivan. plset/g  >>> this fox 5 stock market report is brought to you bylexus dealer. live life heroically. ve >>> the washington nationals making a fashion statement tonight unveiling a new look for the 2011 season. >> new uniforms, new team, new attitude and hopefully a new winning record. >> do new uniforms really make a difference? >> i think that's the $1,000 question, but i think the players take some pride in their uniforms. i did. i know you played sports. you did. let's take a look. here's the road jersey with the script washington. the road hat features a red bill. picture jordan zimmerman with the alternate blue jersey. these will be worn on special occasions like holidays and military appreciation. the script w on the red jersey. the home jersey is modeled by ryan zimmerman, simple, the curly w and red and blue piping. the players' thoughts on the new look. >> a lot of people play attention to the curly w and i think that's something we kind of build on and i think that's creating an identity and i think that's kind of -- i think that might be

tara sullivan from the planning department. my co-workers will be joining me.y are in the overflow room. good afternoon. i had prepared presentations for both libraries separately, but the historic preservation commission had the same vote for both as well as the same criteria, so i will try to consolidate them. supervisor maxwell: you do not have to necessarily. you can start with item two. we just read them together for public comment. >> the historic preservation commission initiated designation of the library on october 7, 2009. they had requested that the entire library system of that architecture firm be looked at and reviewed as a possible historic district. since that time, they decided that only the north beach library and the marine of branch library should be designated as individual landmarks -- the marina branch library. for the marina branch library, the commission recommended approval on june 16 of this year. the historic preservation commission uses the california register of historic resources when evaluating whether a building qualifies as an

sullivan could answer that, we had issues with understanding what i.m.p.'s need to be. when you say the i.m.p. trigger, there are a large number of i.m.p.'s particularly nonprofit organizations of the city have made some efforts to show and disclose the institutional master plan. however, we won't mention the name, has greatly failed to even understand the basic requirements and even among ourselves and sometimes there is a some degree of ambiguity of what is required. i hope we can find a way before we fully deal with this legislation that we have the i.m.p. definition very clearly defined, including reflecting on this particular chapter, institutions, what the students mostly do. we heard that have 30% on campus, et cetera. and i was real interested in following the comment of the witness mentioning nonprofits, which would need support. and then mr. paul coming and making a case -- i won't repeat, she was very eloquent and i find myself between those two positions and i was wonder if the supervisor had given that particular thought because i don't see it in this curre

sullivan, i assume that h.p.c. will also be continuing deliberations on at least article 11 and perhaps, i don't know commissioner martinez brought up one amendment to 10, so those will be scheduled in the future, i assume. >> i have an outstanding, longstanding permanent agenda item. also section 309 they would like to review because it relates to article 11 and the downtown review. commissioner martinez: if that's the case and if they're interested, commissioners, we might want to have some people go to the h.p.c. hearing as well. president miguel: commissioner moore? commissioner moore: is the planning commission prepared to summarize its comment in a concise way and forward them to the members of the historic preservation commission to help dialogue? and these comments would reflect the comments of the public from today? it would be shedding more light and really helping all of us to understand together what we need to do. president miguel: having been at a number of joint commission hearings of various commiss

and ray branigan is a manager over the whole program and john sullivan couldn't be here because he promised to take us to the giants game but who hiffed here, almost literally, for the last two years, working also with curtis -- heartdigen. who was an intern that provided assistance. all of those departments working hard on this project if years to deliver this great library to you all. part of what made their job, i won't say it was easy, but made it a great project to work on as we had a great contractor. and i know, deshawn is here and brian from isac, it was a great challenging project and they did a great job. please give them a hand. >> and then finally, i just want to reiterate what luis said, leena chin and mindy and the rest of the folks that are managing the whole blip program do an outstanding job are making sure your tax dollars are well spent. this project, like we strive for in everyone, was on time, it was on budget. and this is really the model library for the system. we're very proud to have worked on it. my wife, grew up part of her childhood on 17th avenue came here as a

darnell sullivan did set off and makes the spectacular grab. he is up to the races.touchdown cut it to 14-10. he knows a good thing when he sees it. guess who? solomon does it again. another touchdown. the extra point was no good. this first down ices it for broad neck. the defendaning champs go down. sometimes bad calls are part of the game. but taking the high road is not the road that travel very often. on a third and 10, dinkins clearly does not have control of the ball until -- jenkins clearly does not have control of the ball until he is out of bounds. josh pleaded his case, pleading for pass interference. but no flag was thrown. white admitted after the game that he did push wilson. afterwards, jeff tarballs was asked if he should have been flight. >> i think you all saw it. we were fighting like crazy trying to cover them. fighting like crazy to get to them and stop them. >> there you have controversial calls. it was one of those very difficult losses. >> the ravens defensive tackle is lighter in the wallet. he was fined $10,000 for this hit on chad henie las

supervisor dufty: i wondered if i could ask miss sullivan to comment. it would help me with the background. >> thank you. i'm from the planning department. this church does have a history with the planning department. the landmark preservation advisory board initiated landmark designation of this church in 2000. it started to go through the legislative process, ultimately trying to be approved by this board of supervisors, but at that time, during that process, there was a state law that was passed that prohibited properties owned by religious institutions from being locally designated landmarks, so that process stock. we then got involved with the church several years later. in 2004-2005, when the church was sold from the archdiocese to a private institution or private owner. we were contacted by several community members as well as supervisor mirkarimi's office asked what the permitting process was for the church to do any kind of alterations -- as to what the permitting process was for the church to do any kind of alterations. then, it was very quiet

the sullivan family from sacramento made the most of it by turning the parking lot into a snow park. >> it's fun, but cold. >> reporter: nayak about 15 miles from the summit was as far as they would go, for them and us it was a long stop and go trip just to this point. >> it was a little harry for a while. it was snowing like crazy. but it stopped and now it's good. >> reporter: when we started our way, chain controls were rather low at around 3,000 feet those chain controls move higher up the mountain as the day went on. chain controls are in effect from nayak to the nevada state line. that includes that area up over the summit. ken pretty pritchett, ktvu news. >>> we want to cover our storm watch with maureen naylor, maureen. >> reporter: and you don't have to be ice skating to need gloves and a hat tonight. a frost advisory has been issued and some business are taking precautions for the colder than normal weather. >> so you can attach them over and around your plants so they don't blow off. >> reporter: this was the most popular purchase today. >> the frost blankets are a big ite

because anne-marie is up this week and terrace sullivan is out ill today, i will be given the board of appeals report. i think i will jump to the board of appeals first. last night, the board of appeals heard the case i think you might be interested

. >> good afternoon, tara sullivan from the planning department. bayview opera house is landmark number eight. the commission did pass a resolution on september 15 in full support of this easement. they reviewed the materials from heritage as well as the departments working with the art commission, so we fully support it, as does the department and the h.p.c. does. so i'm here to answer questions, if you have any. supervisor maxwell: colleagues, any questions or comments? all right. then why don't we open this up for public comment. >> members of the board, the bayview opera house is a beautiful building, and much before a lot of money was put into it, i donated some of the chairs and the tables, a substantial amount, so that activities could take place at the bayview opera house. at one time the bayview opera house came under south san francisco. and opera used to take place over there. people know about the bayview opera house in general. but when the riots took place people got into the bayview opera house, police fired at the bayview opera hous

conviction of senator based on gross misconduct in the case, even the judge of that case, judge sullivan, said after repeated orders from the court to the prosecutors, he had never seen a case that has seen more of use in his career. attorney general holder was right in terms of acting swiftly, in terms of throwing out that condition. he also stated that the department of justice's office of professional responsibility would investigate the actions of the two officers, yet a year after that, we still have heard nothing out of office regarding their conduct. the department of justice has publicly talked about how they increased training in terms of discovery obligations, and they have issued memos in terms of what they are supposed to be doing, yet they have yet to do anything regarding the behavior of those prosecutors. contrast that to the case that occurred a couple years ago, that boasts -- that of the prosecutor in north carolina, where six months after the charges were brought against the lacrosse students, and they were charged with rape, the defense attorneys uncovered evidence in

. >> tara sullivan from the planning department.he item in front of you is a historical property contract. it is individual landmark 916-447-call 55. it was constructed in 19 -- 1876. the application was filed on december 1, 2008, and the historic preservation commission heard this item on june 3, 2009. the h.p.c. recommended approval with a vote of 5-0. they found specifically that 1818 california quasi face for the program because it is an individual landmark under article 10 of the code. it is valued at over $3 million. however the h.p.c. determined the building is significant due to the style and the people that live there. they found that the maintenance and rehabilitation plan is more than adequate, and the found that the money to be gained from the contract will be put directly into the historic building. in the norton term there would be over $200,000 of structural work, and over the long-term they will be maintaining the interior features, the roof and everything else. the h.p.c. noted this is the type of property that the

>> tara sullivan. the community liaison has been established. it is in their five-year report. it is part of all of their community liaisons'. it is bill stevens. there is a number on file with our department. supervisor campos: there are a number of issues, just a final set of questions in terms of the conditions of the site. there were some requirements that were supposed to ensure the safety of the site, including the condition of the fence, graffiti, landscaping, lighting , response procedures in the event of complaints. was that verified -- compliance of that verified by the planning commission prior to issuing the cu? >> i do not believe it was, because the existing permit was still out pending. i think the department believed they were coming into compliance. supervisor campos: thank you. president chiu: colleagues, any additional questions? when we can now move to the real party of interest for a presentation of up to two minutes. >> bill stevens from clear wire. i will try not to be redundant, but i did want to make a couple of comments. clear wire has stated it is a f