we have five adjacent properties that surround us. the owners of three of these properties use the same expediter and architect. one of them was able to build an addition that exceeds the height limit without a permit. this requires a notification. the zoning administrator ignored his own staff and did nothing. the owner of the second property submitted false plans and claimed that they had an existing gargar-- garage. they claim that they were not excavating 250 cubic feet of soil. an inspection revealed that the garage did not exist but they are activating over 1000 cubic feet of soil. the owner of the third property submitted 11 rescissions' of false plans and they were looking to legalize an illegal debt -- 11 revisions of false plans and they were looking to legalize an illegal deck. the zoning administrator of granted a variance. we have proven many of their false statements at the public hearings and the staff was left speechless. in justice still prevailed. you three ladies are lawyers, officers of the court. don't you think th

use. it will result in less violence, and it will be a community benefit for the 189 homeowners but surrounded. we do not have one-story buildings around it. if you take a look of the site plan, it is surrounded by two- story townhomes, and there is a good offer, so we do need a decent ceiling height when you have a swimming pool verses a diving board. that diving board allows for whoever wants to use the diving board to be able to jump of and get in the pool. the second thing is that for cooling, we never really have a pool with a low ceiling height. otherwise, it is very difficult in terms of the temperature you have. i would urge you to take into consideration all these factors as you approve this project. >> is there additional public comment on this item? you have already spoken. thank you. >> [inaudible] >> you have already spoken. thank you. is there further public comment? if not, public comment is closed. vice-president olague: i would like to move to approve. comissioner antonini: second. it sounds like by enclosing there may be opportunity for more security, but if it is not enclose

. >> so they use the surroundings and big jars and they used to have water or other type was drinks. >> (speaking spanish). >> covered with leather skin. >> (speaking spanish). >> and they make the drums. >>. >> (speaking spanish). (drums). (applause). >> (speaking spanish). >> this instrument is called dungo. >> spr (speaking spanish). >> we have two but only one was used. >> (speaking spanish). >> this is one that was used north of the capital. >> (speaking spanish). >> in the cities of the country >> (speaking spanish). >> when he was a child he was able to see those instruments and on extension today. (drums). (applause) . >> this is a donkey's jaw. it could be a horse or a donkey. >> donkey's jaw. >> and it's played by spiking it and to make the rattle sound and also creates this. (applause). >> (speaking spanish) sorry. (speaking spanish). >> this is the kahita and it is created as the -- i don't know that word. how do you say that? the piggy bank. you know where the boxes and the churches collect money? yeah. this is the original he here. yeah. >> (speaking spanish) (laughing)

we make gasoline, deisel and other products that surround us in our daily lives. host: how many refineries are there in the united states right now? guest: probably 147, 148, depending on bho who is counting. those are owned by interest crated companies, independent companies, large, small, and meedyum sized. we go through the whole gamut, the biggest of the big to the smallest of the small. host: how many are we talking about? >> we're talking a low of two to 2.5 million direct jobs. ans larry to that, what we do p provide, d -- do, you're talking over nine and 10 millionectobs that we were directly responsible for. host: what's the impact on our economy? >> hundreds of millions of dollars. just in 200148ectust from the o and gas and refining sector of the business,r n -- $ 10 billio in federal tax were paid. host: refineries have to pay taxes? guest: sure. whether you are signing it out on the pipelinvide there are corporate taxes you have to pay. at the end of twathvideectust i the federal -s,rend ofrs.008. it doesn't count the taxes the employees bay. we consi

we make gasoline, deisel and other products that surround us in our daily lives. host: how many refineries are there in the united states right now? guest: probably 147, 148, depending on bho who is counting. those are owned by interest crated companies, independent companies, large, small, and meedyum sized. we go through the whole gamut, the biggest of the big to the smallest of the small. host: how many are we talking about? >> we're talking a low of two to 2.5 million direct jobs. ans larry to that, what we do p provide, d -- do, you're talking over nine and 10 millionectobs that we were directly responsible for. host: what's the impact on our economy? >> hundreds of millions of dollars. just in 200148ectust from the o and gas and refining sector of the business,r n -- $ 10 billio in federal tax were paid. host: refineries have to pay taxes? guest: sure. whether you are signing it out on the pipelinvide there are corporate taxes you have to pay. at the end of twathvideectust i the federal -s,rend ofrs.008. it doesn't count the taxes the employees bay. we consi

further the rooftop instaulation will have no impact of the commercial or residential uses or to surrounding buildings nor does it in any way endanger the court reporter residents of the building as suggested by mr. houston. the proposal will be reviewed by the san francisco building and fire department to assure compliance with all building and fire codes. despite the unfounded fears voiced by some neighbors, the antennas do not combust or elevate the danger of fires. in response to the questions of the use of backup batteries, no batteries are proposed at this site. mr. houston contends that property values will be compromised however studies relative to the proximity of antenna facilities veb inconclusive. one can argue that robust telecommunications can be considered an asset in the same way access to transportation, public services might be. some of the neighbors argued the site is not necessary due to other t-mobile upgrades and submitted an amateur spot testing data using a t-mobile phone. taking a few samples using a particular phone model is neither statistically significant or scie

us. up next our special report explores the mist surrounding the so-called golden train the locomotive used to save the russian empire gold was in the bolsheviks but that dissipate is without . russia celebrated me a deep sea submersibles have uncovered quite a few secrets hidden underwater. on one occasion a scientific expedition found traces of the so-called gold train which crashed into lake baikal in the early twentieth century. according to the scientists part of the russian empire as gold reserves is still to be still on the lake bed amidst which is left of old railway cause. some claim it law is a siberian ministry. others say it is hidden away in case of the country's far east even though it's now the czech republic. what happened to the bulk of the russian empires gold reserves which went missing in t.v. is one of the most ensuring myths of russian history if. if. by cal is not the only place linked to the mystery of the russian empire as gold was foreclosed on the bed of the world's deepest lake will you be the tip of the iceberg in the past century trainloads of gold went missing

more specific basis, we would see that the project entirely conforms to issues surrounding the height limits and zoning uses. there is no off street parking provided. the loading functions are on the left part of our property, to the west. they are taken off the street. the main entry is at the most prominent intersection, the urban corner at franklin and fell, the lower right corner of the project. this is the ground floor plan. the staff talk about how this is unified, very compact and efficient. the public spaces are essentially and el that wrap around the bigger auditorium. the auditorium is designed to be a flexible space for a wide variety of performances and presentations. there are four different points of entry, including one at each entry and one -- including one at each corner and why mid- block. we think the access and the glass at the street level will bring the building a warm feeling, an anti-institutional presence. we also feel the glass at the street level will have interesting programming activity behind it and will engage pedestrians fully. the key frontage is on the major streets frankli

this is what scientists call us got island, tropical mountains surrounded by a red -- arid lowlands. scientists are only now starting to find out what is up here. >> with such a long time of seclusion, they expect to learn much about evolution in one of the last pristine patches of non force in east africa. today, they found a vampire bats, the furthest from because they have ever been seen. this shows how undisturbed because it really is. that does not mean it is safe. growing numbers of tribesmen are washing up on the shores of the island, retreating here whenever they need grass, water, timber, or honey. an american conservation group believes the solution is not to lock the community out, but to keep them in. >> it has a little bit of impact, but that is what the forest is here for. it is here to help the people. we need to achieve a balance. having people as part of the system is absolutely ok. >> it would take months to process the data, but scientists are already making a surprising -- making surprising discoveries. more than 100 plants never found year before. a quarter of al

surrounded them. looks like a power saw was used. you could tell because the cut is very clean and very even.he power saw i wouldn't take long it all for someone to do all this damage and a short amount of time. this is the latest in a series of attacks on trees in the park. a total of 45 trees of either damaged or destroyed from since monday. park officials have been investigating espy separate instances where trees were damage. $500 apiece. police investigating the vandalism and park officials say there will be increased patrols by s&p and rangers. >> i live look inside at the golden gate bridge sunny skies here this afternoon the first time in several days that we've seen that in the afternoon. will see it again tomorrow because the fog will be minimal. a look at tonight into tomorrow the ball only eight sitting at the coast line. it's going to push share of but very slow to do so over night so well of limited o'clock tomorrow morning at 7 just around the bay shores of the coastline. scaling back around cities skies and a little bit warmer temperatures out there tomorrow. we'll talk about

claims he was kidnapped and held by the cia the us for more than a year returns home that mystery still surrounds a story about american media reporting for. russia remains in the grip of a heat wave report from regions where drugs with alcohol use.

surrounded them. looks like a power saw was used. you can tell because the cut is very clean and very eve and also with the power saw when take very long for someone to do all this damage in a short amount of time. this is the latest in a series of attacks on trees in the park. a total of 45 trees have either been damaged or destroyed from since monday. park officials have been investigating five separate incidents were trees or damage. the trees and work on wednesday cost the city $500 apiece. police are investigating the vandalism and park officials are saying the will be increased patrols by s&p and rangers. in san francisco jeff bush kron 4 news. >> want a developing story that we've been following concord please continue to investigate the case of a two year-old was mauled to death by his family's three peoples yesterday. we've now learned the to year-old died from skull fractures, a severe blood loss as well do the more than 50 dog bites found on his body. already the boy's stepfather steven has been arrested and will be charge

work you work with with minority students from low income families people that are surrounded with wood gang and drug use so to you what have you seen work the best when it comes to getting through to these students. well there's a two fold approach you know there's all kinds of research out there and programs and different activities you can do to really sort of hone in on the curriculum these kids can learn you know i taught an a.p. class this year and none of the kids who took the test got a one it proves that no matter the ideas that people have about this area the kids are able to learn they come in with several deficiencies that you have to obviously plan for. so that can be done through curriculum building through scaffolding activities and all kinds of other teacher jargon the problem that i've come across is that it's so much of a personality based profession you know a lot of these kids especially in the areas that you're talking about they don't have much in the way of adult role models in fact a lot of their and i want to be too generally but a lot of their experiences with adults have been n

yet, your love reaches out to us and surrounds each detail of human life. the members of congress seek answers to the deepest questions facing the nation. attentive to their districts and the human cries of families they know and individuals lost in the void of unemployment, they hear tangible truth breathing beneath the banthe of pundettes and posters -- blanket of pundents and posters. help them, lord. with creative consultation and intellectual depth. lord, we ask that you fix a vision for the future. let them build upon the known strengths of america. by appealing to the nation's innate sense of justice and generous patriotism, may they always seek your presence and your activity working within your people and the country's democratic process both now and forever. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from arizona, congressman jeff flak

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surrounded by dead trees. >> it looks like a power tool was used to cut it.t's a very smooth cut and relatively little saw dust. so something very sharp sand powerful went through quickly. >> the department of recreation and parks says a total of 44 trees have been chopped, yanked out of the ground or had their roots sliced. these are the latest victims. 14 were attacked on wednesday night and the tree's lives were cut short. some were planted by staff and volunteers a few months ago on earth day. >> we're stunned that somebody would do this. unfortunately there are some people that behave very badly in our parks and it's very damaging. >> reporter: he said they constantly deal with vandals that cut the irrigation systems or spray paint the walls but these latest incidents have been particularly disturbing. they're working closely with the san francisco police department to catch him in the act. we have a message for the hardwood hacker. >> i would say to someone, get some help. this is a sick thing. >> reporter: the department of rec and parks said it will t

stated that the increased regulatory scrutiny of small-business loans and uncertainty surrounding assumptions usedn classified assets have limited their ability to lend. several bankers indicated that concerns about regulator responses have let them to be extremely cautious about lending to small businesses that have good cost specifications but irritated by less than perfect credit, a recent history and of being clash -- on even clash -- of on even cash flow. the picture emerging from the meetings, with the d the picture emerging is somewhat mixed. some small businesses and banks reported that demand for small- business credit has tightened. they indicated that many small firms have little reason to bar because of weak sales, declining asset that is, and the uncertainty about near-term business prospects. on the other hand, many credit unions and community development financial institutions noted an increase in demand for small- business loans and many small businesses reported having difficulty obtaining or renewing credits. reductions in lines of credit combined with declining sales have led so

tag along with us as we go on a produce pursuit in northern california. then, meet a farmer who is surrounded by his favorite things--his berries and his brothers. finally, think starting a vegetable garden is hard? our expert has advice to get you started and on your way to a homegrown meal in no time. it's all ahead, and it starts now. [captioning made possible by california farm bureau federation] >> so we all know that california is king when it comes to growing citrus. and when it comes to growing lemons, no one is bigger than this ventura county farm. and with over 7,000 acres of lush lemon trees, limoneira isn't just the biggest lemon grower in california, but in all of north america. based in santa paula, the farm is a testament to what hard work and determination can do. founding fathers nathan blanchard and wallace hardison first bought the land way back in 1893 and named the ranch limoneira, which means "lemon lands" in portuguese. >> and at the time, they wanted to bring about the first full-scale commercial operation citrus ranch in the u.s. and from there, we added, throughout t

we're surrounded by it constantly 24/7 and users increasingly are defining what the media are and what those media mean to the rest of us. and mark, why is it important for the media to really understand addiction, treatment, and behavioral health? i think as doug just said, it's 24/7, people rely on the media to get their information and, as the media reaching out, people are forming opinions, ideas, attitudes about what they think about addiction and mental illness based on what they're seeing on these tv shows or seeing on the internet or hearing on the radio. so if what they hear is accurate, they'll be forming accurate opinions and able to help themselves or help other people who are dealing with these issues. if they hear inaccurate information, it proliferates stigma, the discrimination, and all the unfortunate circumstances people with addictions or mental illness find themselves in as a result of miscommunication. so sandra, they definitely do play a role in helping people shape their understanding about issues, particularly addiction and behavioral health? they really do that and, as mark said, actually nearly

uses on the ground floor. new development should provide the range of natural to poverty and surrounding communities. these developments should complement the character of historic districts, but also represent the best of contemporary architecture. the sand francisco bay and waterfront industry are a major contributor to commerce, recreation, and the environment. the blake -- the bay planning commission have supported this process for many decades. it is an important foundation on which the san francisco planning department can build its recommendations. the thoughtful and visionary approach to ensuring compatibility of development and sustainability is a model for coastal ports across our nation. founded in 1983, the bay planning coalition is a nonprofit organization representing a broad spectrum of the bay of business and environmental entities. the 175 members include the maritime industry, local government, residential and commercial builders, labor unions, recreational users, and professional firms. we request that you approve the study and support the planning commission vision. thank you for

advantage around its surrounding buildings, it was deemed the best candidate of the options within the same preference level. as discussed in the staff report it is consistent with all accessry use findings and priority general plan policies due to compliance with all applicable local, state and federal guidelines, t-mobile respectfully requests that the planning commission approves the project as proposed. we are available to answer any questions. we also have a representative here as well as an engineer from t-mobile. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. are there additional speakers in favor of the project? if not d.r. requester, you have 10 minutes. >> i would just like to mention that we gave them viable sites that were not checked. and the t-mobile worked with parks and rec in the past two years but seemingly not for this case. and our field tests confirmed that t-mobile has coverage in the neighborhood. thank you. >> project sponsor, you have two minutes. >> i want to let the commission know i am happy to answer any questions they may have about the way the data is gathered, about how the dry test data is done and the maps and answer anything and hopefully let

us and. special report as i mentioned earlier explores the myths surrounding the so-called.

many thanks for joining us why have you decided to reject established scientific theory surrounding a. because when i worked at the university in kiel i was witness of the mass intoxication. of the patients with a c t if he was the first recommended treatment and we all know today that it was much too high in the dosage we gave fifteen hundred milligrams on a daily basis and that virtually killed everybody who took this treatment and that is the reason why everybody believes that age of reason that we were us but there's no proof for this assumption the all saying that during the ninety's when this method of treatment was most widely used you saw mass mistreatment of the patients involved yes they were all over treated at that time and the reason why the doctors didn't notice it was easy to explain because the placebo control was stopped already after four months so after four months it was said that for ethical reasons nobody. can be withhold of the city treatment and after this for weeks or months the. mortality rose tremendously in both groups but i and i have seen in the mainstrea

the firefighters tell us they have been setting backfires to starve the fuel and surround the fire. here's some of the video from last night. as you said, many of the structures were destroyed. with day lighted, they are trying to determine how many are homes. they may have been back houses, out houses or barns and some 150 homes are threatened. 1230-acres have now burned burning what is ranch land, dry brush, thick brush and tall pines. heavy winds will be a huge factor today. we will show you some of the wind turbines here. this is one of the largest wind farms in the entire world. the wind certainly comes through here on a daily basis and wind will be an issue as they try to fight the fire. they are going to bring in many more firefighters to fight this fire and also some air assets. they will have more of that today to drop some retardant on the fire. it's going to be tough because they are expecting heavy winds. dave, back to you. >> thank you, bob. >>> today in pakistan, a passenger jet crashed into the hill of islamabad and killed off of the people on board. now we are hearin

all the cases the robbers used and gunna is an still things excel phones cash and purses. always be aware of your surroundings of trotted to carry too many things out the open side look like a target. in severance is good and kermit kron 4 news. >> it all started around 4:00 tuesday afternoon this interchange at night to lead 11th street and to this i know turn on red. honda did just that the highway patrolman spotted that and flashes lights. they ignored and the chase was on. beyond the will of honda was 24 year-old entered the no keystroke this red mitsubishi saw here killing a 15 year-old girl in the car and injured several others. he was arrested and now faces felony hit-and-run charges. >> in san francisco if your car crash and it's your fault the city will now charge you a clean up the. the board of supervisors approved the tuesday the fee is for the clean up or removal of broken glass gasoline or debris from crash. the fire department will file a claim with the insurance agency for the person responsible. to western $49 will be charged it will take less of an hour for one firetruck to respond to it cou

density that is fairly comparable to the surrounding neighborhood, and the city as a whole, so the combination of these two pieces do not provide the opportunity for us to bring those up into phases, so the idea has always been that we have to demolish the entire site, and we will do that as a single phase. supervisor chiu: and what are the ideas of relocating people of that has been developed? >> we are working on that with the residents themselves right now. i think we need to work that out in a formal relocation plan. we need to of a number of elements at our disposal, including relocation vouchers, which we do not have yet, but we are working with hud. one of the special circumstances, and i know that supervisor chiu is aware of this, we are looking at alternative sister sites. we do not have the ability to update the fall housing ladder, so the idea is to try to find a companion side, and we are in conversations with mta potentially about entering into negotiations on ddot -- on the kirkland site. this will allow us to get a jumpstart on some of the replacement housing and potentially be able to relocate folks there or even permanently if they c

here about the events surrounding that day thirty five years ago sean can you put this in context for us where does this mission rank in achievements in space overall would you say. well certainly bill it is one of the big ones in fact you have these two superpowers racing each other the great space race and this mission was the symbolic end of the space race that started when russia launched sputnik in beer the first artificial satellite and then both countries were had tense relations to see who could conquer this new frontier and of course this was the first time these two superpowers worked together in fact they actually had to engineer specific devices so these two spacecraft could fit together they were designed separately not to work together so that was one feat of engineering that had to be accomplished but also it was the first time that these two cold war rivals had to train together and work together for more than six months so that they could accomplish their mission in space when the two crafts actually dock it was on the seventeenth of july they there was a three hour peri

surrounding neighborhoods. >> they're coming out of the canyon now and looking for other food sources. >> they're keeping their other animals inside and word about children who usert. and the silver trees summer cramped inside this canyon. >> it would only tak one second to happened to one child. >> and this is how they would demonstrate staring off coyotes the practice this every week. >> and some children have to do this for real. she was not scared. >> hit the coyote was just walking around. >> some people like it. >> and if they attack children? then the please relocate but however, they are treasured. >> and they would like to see the relocation taking place first. >> and if they attack the child? there will shoot them. and i do not want that. >> the department of parks and recreation will have no plans to relocate them. as long as they're not fed by the humans, the pose no threat. maureen kelly. >> and transportation, for police, this new ride and what police are interested. >> this is the tea 3 motion scooters and there are two on loan from the manufacturers. you can see that it looks like a subway but there are three wilson set of two. and-this the way.

. >> made us nervous coming here, but got our family eye side and told them what went on, and be aware of they're surroundings, and still a little apprehensive. >> walk in kind of -- yes. >> looking for anything suspicious. >> yes, yeah. >> reporter: on friday afternoon, new hal community park was completely shut down as 25 officers, along with the walnut creek bomb squad, and five explosive-sniffing dogs, combed the area for pipe bombs. one was found friday by a jogger on this trail boring are turtle creek road. two other bombs were discovered on wednesday. >> the opinion from the experts was they were constructed in a manner at that time -- that was consistent with a pipe bomb, and to determine whether or not they were an actual pipe bomb, the substances have to be taken a a lob. >> reporter: the bombs were detonated on this field. and the crater was filled in. the police are confident there were no more bombs. >> our day shifts has made frequent patrols and that will continue. >> reporter: parents and players were told to not pick up items that -- belong to them. >> one home was reported earlier, an unatte

surrounds them. it looks like a power saw was used one that has a battery inside. tell because the cut is clean and very even also with the power saw when take long for someone to do all this damage and a short amount of time. this is the latest in a series of attacks on trees in the park. a total of 45 trees have either been damaged or destroyed since mid may. park officials of the investigating five separate incidents where trees were damaged. the trees that were cut on wednesday cost the city $500 apiece. police are investigating the vandalism and park officials say there will be increased patrols by s.f. p and rangers. >> i $2,000 reward has been announced for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for cutting down of trees. what's on baseball insiders say could be a kind of brushback pitches been launched in the effort to relocate the oakland athletics to san jose. as kron 4 rob reports the city of san jose is in what way around for major league baseball the way in on the plant. >> it's now or never that so long san jose

to traffic of highway 280 in the surrounding areas will also pose a healthy and welfare threat for generations yet unborn. the proposed landscape area and roof on -- use on rooftops will be difficult. the increase in density will adversely affect, imfact livability of the present population and seniors living in that area. we have a lot of african-american seniors living in that area, and we say this may be one of the contributing factors to the out-migration of african-americans living in san francisco. we strongly urge you to oppose this due to the strong impact on the community. thank you. and i have the petition if you would like this. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors, and mr. chiu. my name is miculus godwin. i am a resident immediately impacted. i am already suffering from health effects due to pollution on that corridor. i have coronary and card yack -- i have pulmonary and cardiac trunls, -- troubles, and i strongly oppose the construction of that parcel. the pictures did not represent what that area truly looks like. it is not an area that should be considered for additional development. it is a small parcel. it will cause over-crowdi

not paying any attention but last month the us media did temporarily turn their attention to the other war and the scandalous mudslinging politics surrounding let's let's stick with stanley mcchrystal for a moment he has apologized for the comments that he made general mcchrystal has been ordered home to the white house to answer questions about his comments in this article a rolling stone article in which america's top commander in afghanistan publicly ridiculed the obama administration before star general tended his resignation according to the pew research center mcchrystal drama filled twenty five percent of the u.s. mainstream news cycle how can the president let him get away with this the second most talked about story in june third was the rocky u.s. economy. while ironically the war costing america more than seven billion dollars each month yielded minimum coverage. leaving the. responsible for drawing a spotlight on scars of hearty that run deep seven years and counting. r t. well coming up later in the program prosecuting a former president on t.v. chance to the american attorney aiming to get george w. bush in the dog to answer f