therefore we are still looking, doesn't mean we give up the idea. >> great. >> deputy director sweeney, you were just going to say --. >> i think if we ever came across a system or heard of a system that's worked, bring it to us and talk to us about it. >> we had los angeles building and safety up two months ago and i showed them the fifth floor, they were very surprised about the ease with which you can come in. they say you make an appointment and you come in at 11:00, 10 after 11:00 and you meet the building inspector or the engineer, then you can go over the counter, but you have to have an appointment. second thing they were surprised about is some of the size of the jobs that we'll plan check over the counter. oakland, everything comes in and they turn it around and they give you a date to come pick it up. and san jose, as tom said, it's by appointment only. so we are kind of unique where we have a large floor where people get off the elevator, sign a list and are seen in order. >> commissioner. >> you know, i think commissioner melgar makes a good point but i also have discussed

. -- they can actually feel this but they are off camp sweeney and that's a juvenile detention facility up the road. we have not had a chance to talk with fire crews because when we first arrived on scene these flames were sleeping so -- trying so hard to put this fire out. it looks like they had a lot of progress and it appears more crews were supposed to be on the way. again the good news is that two people trapped inside did manage to get outside safely. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> san francisco police say a man has now died after he and a wouldn't have been bounded and gagged in the middle of the street. what has witnesses been saying, good morning, allie? >> reporter: one question is where did this crime occur, did it occur where the couple was found or were they assaulted and dropped there? a resident called saying a man and woman lying in the street, they have been bound and gagged together. both victims had suffered and again we know this couple was found and that's part of my investigation so we are reaching out to the nation to find out about what happen. >

it happened has they pulled into the camp wilmont sweeney juvenile detention facility in san leandrohis morning. as the driver and passenger scrambled to escape the fire, they made a split-second decision that saved their lives. >> they jumped out. and they cleared the vehicle completely before they hit the ground. so they didn't have contact with the ground and the vehicle, which would prevent them from being electrocuted. >> no one was hurt. the driver said he thinks the pole may have already been broken and that's why the wires were sagging. he says he stops at camp wilmont sweeney twice a week and had never noticed the power line before. >>> you can call it a close encounter of the bay area kind. a triangle of strange lights hovering in the sky. a couple of people whipped out their phones to capture it. that was video taken on the corner of 16th and valencia. we sent linda yee to find out, what was that? >> up there! look! >> reporter: it was definitely something in the night sky. enrique barrios took this video of lights. >> it looked like flames, fireballs in the sky. >> report

sweeney, how is your grandson doing tonight? >> he's doing okay.on't think it has set in yet. >> can you tell me what he has told you? where was he and what did he hear or witness? >> he was in the computer room and they were told to get under the computers, the p.a. system was on and he said that he heard the gunshots and they were told to get under the computers. and then he said that they were supposed to close their eyes and they made their way up to the fire house that's right across the street. >> now, how old is your grandson? >> agt. >> eight years old. they were told over the p.a. system they could hear the gunshots and they were told to close their eyes and led out by teachers, finally to the fire house, to safety. eight-year-old children, some older, some younger. >> yes. >> did he give you an idea of how many children were in the computer room with him? >> no. i haven't been asking him a lot of questions. i figure when he's ready to really talk about it -- >> yes. i can imagine that this was an unimaginable day for you and other familie

the staff here at camp sweeney decided to -- [ inaudible ] >>> that was amy hollyfield reporting, asfire is out, the lines deactivated. now finding out what happened is the next course of action. >>> also the traffic impact something sue has been reporting on.>> right now that intersection is still blocked off, fairmont drive between 580 and lake chabot road due to the ongoing investigation as we just heard, take lake chabot exit castro valley boulevard to lake chabot drive and avoid this intersection until further notice. update in a bit. problem spot south 880 fremont boulevard that accident out of lanes to the side of the shoulder traffic maybe a minor slowing while the tow truck is getting that car out of lanes. earlier stall couple of earlier stalls at the bay bridge one incline one can hraoefr section, both removed, -- cantilever section, both removed still light behind the toll plaza. >>> good morning. here's a look at live doppler 7 hd dry air, we have a land breeze keeping moisture well out over the ocean, clouds out there is, no radar returns, temperatures all over t

>> listen, you see ann sweeney around town, she is always polite.cdote in this story we wrote about ann in the issue, is how, i guess someone over there choked on a grape in the cafeteria at abc news. >> yes. >> and had the heimlich maneuver. and ann sweeney called that person to make sure he or she was okay. when you read the quotes people say about ann, you know, that she is a team player, she has rooms filled with women in meetings. she's a real friend to other women. and she is a champion of everyone, from the very top to the entry-level people at abc. and you know, listen. i congratulate you guys. one of the reasons she remains at number one is because of success at abc news, this year and the success of "gma." >> thanks. you also have some funny women in on the list. including not just ellen degeneres and of course oprah winfrey. but lena dunham from "girls" is on the list, as well. i was surprised. but happily so. >> a lot of people, when they watched the emmys this year, they saw the naked woman on the toilet eating birthday cake. and a lot

they hit power lines in san leandro this morning. 3:15 they were delivering prisoner uniforms to the sweeney camp facility on fairmont drive when they hit the low hanging line and the truck burst into flames. the driver who also happened to be a volunteer firefighter knew exactly what to do to avoid electrocution. >> most people would have stepped out and probably would have gotten electrocuted. >> reporter: they also poured foam on two large tanks. they had to wait until they could actually touch the truck. >>> there are still questions involving a couple found bound and gag on a residential street. life in the area where a horrible discovery was made last night. good morning. >> reporter: we are here live at the location where the couple was bound gag and left for dead last night. police say this is a normally quiet neighborhood and what happened here is typically something you would only see in the movies. >> i don't recall seeing this before and as you all know it probably happens in the movies a lot but again in real life i have not seen this a lot. >> reporter: it is something that has

el camion donde viajaban se enganch con un cable cado cerca del centro de detencion juvenil "camp sweeneyndio al instante y sus llantas explotaron... nadie en el centro pudo ayudar a los hombres por temor a ser electrocutados. john walsh - departamento de bomberos, cdo. de alameda "two occupants of the vehicle had already escaped the vehicle." este bombero dice que cuando llegaron al lugar del accidente, los dos ocupantes ya habian escapado. el conductor es un voluntario de bomberos y segn las autoridades, saba que l y su compaÑero tenan que saltar del camion para evitar una descarga electrica... los bomberos dicen que no combatieron el fuego hasta que pg&e cort la energia electrica en la zona y dicen que no est claro si el cable estaba colgando muy bajo o por que estaba en la trayectoria del camion. "it sounds like a routine route hombres sieme usanrma que los lmma ruta y que esto nunca habia sucedido. de prisiones de california y er recoger y entregar r semana. treinta y cinco perso instalaciones del centro de detencion fueron evacuadas como medida de precaucion. outro ---las autoridade

it happened around 3:15 at sweeney. pair were delivering prison uniforms and other laundry to this facility. the driver said he's taken this route more than two dozen times. for some reason, he caught the wires this morning and knew he had to act quickly. >> the person in the vehicle jumped out and cleared the vehicle, had they stepped out normally, they would have caused the bridge to the ground and probably got electrocuted. so the person who is a volunteer firefighter understands about electrocution potentials and jumped free of the vehicle. >> reporter: we've been speaking to the two men all morning. they didn't want to appear on camera but they are pretty thankful. 35 juveniles in a nearby building were evacuated as a precautionary measure. the truck had two large diesel tanks with 100 gallons of fuel. so firefighters sprayed retardant on that. one of the most challenging aspects of this fire, crews could not touch it until pg&e arrived to deactivate the line and that took more than an hour. luckily, no one was hur

also, i have complained about rosemary boske to ed sweeney three years ago about the noe street situation with the back staircase. and at that time he went and asked rosemary if she was targeting me and she denied it. frankly, i think there's kind of a secret contempt because i think she takes advantage of the aboveboard nature of the building department. all she has to do is just deny it. so, believe me, i've been a target for seven years and i can't take it any more. this is the most frightening thing that's happened to me. i mean, it was scary enough to have a fire in the building and have an injury and then have this on top of it. anyway. i'm really frustrated. >> ms. shaw, very briefly, can you give us any inclination on what you're trying to do to correct anything here? >>> we're working on it. i'm working on it with mr. [speaker not understood]. we're getting a lot done. which met with the city attorney yesterday. it was a very productive meeting. and you know, we're getting actually quite a bit done. and, so, the fire damage building, a lot of the pud problems on that building are

. >> reporter: the driver was head into camp sweeney, something he does twice a week. he told me he never noticed this low hanging fire before and drove right into it, shooting electricity into the ground. as the tires burst the driver and passenger made a careful escape. >> they jumped out and cleared the vehicle completely before they hit the ground, so, they didn't have contact with the gland and vehicle which would prevent them from being electric caughted. >> reporter: autist autist -- e lectrocuted. >> reporter: a safety procedure that many may not know which saved their lives. pg&e crews didn't arrive for almost an hour. >> the area around the vehicle was charged. >> reporter: preventing them from putting water on the fire. about 40 kids from a nearby dorm had to be evacuated as a precaution but the flames di spread to a nearby building. the wire was attached to this pole which snapped if half. the driver thinks maybe it was broken, causing the driver to dip and him to run into it. there were no major outages, alyssa harrington, cbs5. police are investigating a

. >> deputy director sweeney may want to weigh in here. >> listening to the proceeding i would figure there would be two inspections, one to check that the block, the backing was put in correctly, and then the final. that would be two inspections. it would be up to the commission to see. >> do we have any mechanism in place now where we could just say, okay, it's a $25 or a $50 flat fee for that? >> the cheapest permit's 360. >> 360 bucks. so there is no mechanism in place. >> that's correct. . >> also commissioner mar mentioned about legislation passed for the ordinance, aupbing and all those is from the board of supervisors but i don't know we can wave the fee as such. the city attorney can address that point because i know i don't have the power. >> maybe we can suggest the board do it. if the board can do it --. >> nick, can you weigh in on this on the legislation at this point? >> if this kind of amendment could be added to the language. >> certainly we would like to see cost recovery and any action the city takes -- however in this case the benefits of the legislation and the co

pg&e crews are here to deaggravate the line about three minutes ago and it all started at camp sweeney which is part of the detention systemment they there have been sparks, loud possible epops and they let it go for more than an hour before they tried to drop water on it. this is a new power line because they come in and out all the time and they say they are waiting for a ride. they are a little shaken up. they are really lucky and they knew exactly what to do in this situation. tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> time now 5:02 san francisco police has confirmed the man has died after the police found a man and woman inside. >> well the couple was found on the in -- inbound where they spotted a man and woman bound and gagged in the middle of the street. they had some tram in, they -- the man was semiconscious and the woman was semiconscious, they were stabbed and beaten and the question is, where exactly did the crime happen. >> part of the investigation is to find out -- or did they find out they were dumped here. >> reporter: they are also looking for surveillance video

after he saw the sparks we knew he had to act quickly. 30 will be evacuated from sweeney calm just asa precautionary measure and again nobody was hurt and that's the good news this morning and there is also very little damage except to the big-rig itself. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a $10,000 reward is offered for information leading to an arrest for a fatal shooting in broad daylight near jack london square. he was shot just before 3:00 saturday afternoon. homicide detectives do not know a motive and they do not know of any information. >> reporter: they will be laid to rest. 15-year-old's best friend was held over the weekend. they were found early in the morning and each had been shot multiple times. no arrests had been made. >>> the time now 6:34, the city's latest homicide victims. mourningers -- mourners gathered, he was shot to death inside his car 11:00 p.m. saturday. the police investigation continues. >>> two australian disjockeys are apologizing about the call they made, a call that led to a nurse's suicide. coming up at 6:45, why the d.j. said they thou

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. >> the driver told us that he stops at camp sweeney twice a week and never noticed that power line before. he thinks the pole may have already been broken causing the wires to sag. >>> checking some bay area headlines. san francisco police are investigating a bizarre case that left one man and the a woman with critical injuries. the couple was found bound and gagged . >>> a woman kidnapped last month. one of the suspects, the photos were taken by a camera. so far there have been no arrest and there is a $10,000 reward in the case. >>> a community radio station remains off the air tonight after its transmitter was vandalized. it is the third time in a year that the station kzct has been trashed. a previous incident appeared to be racially motivated. the owner says he may not be able to replace the equipment and might have to shut down. >>> the safety net for low income people in california includes food stamps and housing assistance. now another program is approved that could help them get back on their feet. cbs 5's grace lee on the plan to provide free cell phones for the homeless

we're just outside of camp sweeney which is a residential facility for juveniles. men were here picking up laundry from the camp when they nabbed the live -- snagged the live wires. both men were able to get to safety. they hopped out of the truck and ran away. just feet away is actually one of the dorms for those juveniles, about 40 of them were evacuate evacwaited and brought to the dining hall. >> as a result of power lines hitting the laundry truck, that's how the fire start. >> reporter: there are no major outages to report and the juveniles have returned back dorm. the situation is under control and safe but there is a crew out here monitoring the situation. >> elissa harrington in san leandro. >> a man has died several hours after he was found tied up on a san francisco city street. he was unconscious found bound and gagged in the middle of a street. the woman was ago also bound and gagged on brussel street. >>> dive teams will search for a missing man last seen in solano county. 77-year-old philip maddingley was servicing a boat unmerry land. he's described

we have restricted what is okay for men to do and be considered masculine and sweeney to expand at alittle bit. initially i started thinking about this as an economic argument. in the year-and-a-half or two i have been interested in the cultural implications. or young people, young people in different parts of america working-class couples, a lead couples, and talk about a couple of them now. this chapters about the hook up culture. i can't quite gauge the age of this crowd, and the last couple days talking to college students all i knew i didn't have to explain the hook up culture but you never know. let's just say in short end, are having in drug division to an relationships without a long-term commitment. it doesn't mean sex or 1-night stand, or have commitments, more that you are loosely connected. my first chapter follows a group of girls who are elite business school girls who talk in ways that my mother would have killed me and locked me in a closet of i talked the way they do about sex. nonetheless i was perfectly seeking out girls who are sexually aggressive. most people see

. >> joe scarborough's sweeney todd moment. >> we were just talking about sweeney todd.tard that this mustache has absorbed in chicago in comiskey park over the last 40 years. >> this is like an archaeological dig. >> oh, my lord. >> that's a good look. >> that is a good look. >> does susan have a microphone on? i'm curious how she feels about the mustache. >> so susan, we have one more minute. while this is occurring, talk really quickly about your daughter and how she inspired you and david to make this a mission in your life. >> our daughter struggles -- or what inspired us to get involved, there was a real void out there for people crying for research in epilepsy. so that's what this is all about. that's what cure epilepsy.org is all about, and it's been a tremendous year, and this is a great way to cap it off. >> you know, savannah and willie, some unusual suspects stepped forward to help out. donald trump was one of the first to call, contributed $100,000. mark cuban contributed $200,000. the president stepped in, george clooney, tom hanks, carole king. >> yusef, $

sean sweeney to hold him the story.ally to most of us would think he they're testifies stated why this d. this spark to you action and do it free of charge out of goods in of your heart. god mass blessed me unbelievablably. i have a great family. i have incredible memories of my own. i couldn't imagine having to throw those memories out. started scanning everything and put it on a hard drive so this doesn't happen to me. i also got a little angry. i was like, you know, how could these guys throw these memories away? at the time i didn't know mary and lenny. and i thought the photo album was theirs. i thought it was their wedding album so i just -- you know, it's mary's parents. i was how how -- i couldn't imagine throwing my wedding album away. >> mary put them outside hoping they would dry out actually knot throwing them in the trash just to clear up any misconception there i saw the album, mary if we can show everybody. these are the damaged photos here. if our cameras can pick up what was done with these photos. it i