one, the building official determines the need for an investigation based on observations in daily activities. general reasonable suspicion that something has occurred. the other is a valid complaint, received from a citizen or an external source. currently the department receives anonymous complaints where we maintain cut potentiality and the person does not have to give a name. yesterday we got an e-mail from australia of someone who had seen online an image of a bedroom in the city where the child had put a bed room under a clause that might carry potter. they ask if it was a violation. one example of a complaint that comes from that type of source. often the complaints are not valid and we make that determination. the third condition is we get a referral from another city departments. planning, public works, and we will that respond to that. generally what happens is we will come out and make the inspection, but as they come in we have a process of complaints received, where the deputy director or assigned staff will sign that complain to another inspector if it is beyond the scope of the

think that is probably at the basis of this, just making sure that our new building construction is consistent with policies. >> that is the decision of the building official, not the mayor's office on the housing of the state. >> i think there's advisement that comes forward, and i think that is probably underlying this. >> are we going to get any fees for doing all this extra work? >> no. >> i have another question. for instance, if we did it for just the projects that the mayor's office on disability had some jurisdiction over, on other instances, if they request plans, just like the public request a copy of things, then they could get it but paid for it? there are certain circumstances where plans can be copied. it has to be for the maintenance of the building. it is state law, for the maintenance of the building or the use of an architect to help improve the condition of the building, but anybody can do the plans. we have been. city agencies can come in and he plans any time they wanted. we have the ability once they are scanned, and we give it to several office that did cut the budget office's that come in and view the plans. vector -- to reproduce t

the plants. don't worry, they have building and planning officials working for them and they give them statements to support them before the planning commission and the board of appeals. why a are the planning and building officials willing to be part of these activities? if you don't do anything, you will get nothing. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. 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 plan

given time, they can of beer and that time give testimony and there will be a finding made by the building official. that order is now the critical factor once you are done with the appeals and various processes. that is the document that has been reported on the title. with that there are basically two tracks that occur. one is the compliance permit, which might involve penalties, etc., and then there is the assessment of the cost. those two actions need to be taken for us to lift the revocation and release it from the title. if someone fails to pay the assessment costs, we have many orders of abatement still on properties. on a manual basis we do this annually, replacing those costs with reporting and interest charges on the tax bill according to the board of supervisors occurring within the next two weeks of august 3. generally that is the way that the process works right now. the timing and volume of cases in which we did the referral varies quite a lot, there is a lot of history from old cases the new cases. the priority is generally gauge of on safety issues, which are of paramount importance

today, people liened up to say good-bye to the decrepit building. >> we're going to do demolition around the building. >> transportation officials opened up rooms that have not been seen in more than 20 years. this diner filled with blue bar stools and horse shoe counters. and then the bar for thirsty travelers arriving in and leaving the bay air yamplet the restaurant and bar stool are still here. i used to be a custodian here. >> there is also the shoe shine stand walled off. an unused state police jail cell used to hold unruly visitors until a 1990 are the quake restaurant retrofit closed it down. we are working with caltrans preserving a number of items, the benches, shoe shrine, phone boost. >> video was showed of of gleaming new terminal. steve o'brien began working at the old terminal in 19028, just before long train service into the terminal was ended. >> the train it is -- they had a problem because they could not pass each other and they had what they call the suicide lane. >> anything about this build that you go' going to miss at all? >> nothing. >> drivers take a more pragmatic view. >> brand new terminal, going to

so far the search for another employee inside the building has produced nothing. officials believe the explosion was triggered by a gas leak. >>> officials at children's hospital oakland are reviewing security procedures after a frightening hostage operation there this morning. it involved an armed man and an employees. kraig debro has more about the man. >> reporter: he is 49-year-old katrell brodnax. they're going to seek a carjacking charge, a false imprisonment charge and a felon in position of a handgun. this incident was as bizarre as it was rare. a man entered the hospital with a handgun then simply gives up when officers arrive. when the man is finally in custody, brodnack screams two phrases over and over again. no one was hurt but if incident has people in this neighborhood thinking more about crime. >> reporter: i gave up, i gave up and don't shoot me were the only things we could hear the suspects say. minutes earlier, the suspect let him gun do the talking at 3:15 this morning. >> proximately 20 minutes ago, the suspect gave up. >> folks interacted with the per

the airport officials say the building could no longer serve the airports purposes now that the new terminalhas opened up. it's obsolete were clearing out now and will replace it with a parking lot to that we need to serve our new terminal be. by this time by next spring will of the 1400's based parking lot. it cannot will hold 1400 cars in its the last page of the airports modernization project. it is scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2011 that all work will be done here at least until the airport feels it will have to expand again. in san jose daniel kron 4 news. a live look good set of traffic on the golden gate bridge on this friday. very sluggish coming into the city. on the left side your screen that's a traffic backed up at the toll plaza. on the right moving just a bit better heading north founded to render it a lot more news ahead will be great back. nnouncer ] jobs leaving. a budget disaster. california on the brink. jerry brown's plan? you run for office and the assumption is, oh, i know what to do. you don't. i didn't have a plan for california. [ female announcer ] with

but, uh, when you get into the peace building side, it's not just peace building of the official organizations of a new state or a state coming out of conflict. it also evolves around the civil society sector, too, which is just as important in building a sustainable peace. >> now you've got military experience and the ambassador's got diplomatic experience, and i know that military personnel sometimes resent the idea that, "now wait a minute, we're here to solve a problem. we know how to go about our military activities, but we don't have any training. we don't have any expertise in the kind of work that you do, ambassador, that follows that process." are we blurring the lines now in the united states between what the military does and what the diplomatic or political environment does? ambassador? >> i think we are. i think that there was reluctance on the part of the pentagon to accept these kind of responsibilities and roles, simply because they didn't see them as essentially military. the state department on the other hand, doesn't have much surge capacity. the number of foreign service of

without somebody complaining about the people being in the building, there has to be an official complaint signed. the second they got the complaint signed, they moved in. advocates say this building they occupied overnight is well- suited as a possible shelter. as a former s.r.o., or single occupancy, advocates say squatting could be the next new front in the battle or war against homelessness. in san francisco, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. >>> today, arson investigators are searching for clues in a string of suspicious fires in berkeley. the first big break in the case came this morning when a security camera caught two men apparently in the act of setting the latest fire. claudine wong was the first reported to see this tape and has these details. >> reporter: the video recorded just after 3:30 this morning outside sam's market on telegraph avenue seems to sell the story. from one camera you can see two men approaching the market. they appear to look no a couple of trash cans before heading into the one in front of the store. from another camera you can see the

the charred remains of the building bear witness to the intensity of the blaze. local officials say some guests have died after throwing themselves out of windows on upper float -- upper floors. the fire killed a number of foreigners as well as local iraqis. the british embassy says it was investigating reports that you keys -- u.k. citizen was among the dead. they are treating it as an act of terrorism. >> today i set up an investigation committee to find out who is responsible for the incident. we will also check to make sure the safety procedures at the battelle were up to standard. >> this is the second city in iraq -- it is where insurgent attacks are practically nonexistent. gabriel gatehouse, bbc news, baghdad. >> the hollywood heartthrob george colony had a serious matter to attend to appear in the oscar-winning start appeared at a packed courtroom in milan to give evidence against a gain of alleged fraudsters. >> it was a moment worth waiting for, the arrival of the star witness in every sense of the word. george clooney. >> he appeared as cool as his image, despite the

the long- term parking lot. arson, and airport officials say that it is not an accident. there is a video cameras at the front of the buildingre. the officials are trying to track down the owners but it is difficult because there troubling. at sfo, jeff bush, kron 4 news. >> --traveling. >> and at this new bay bridge toll plaza suspension to our. they're still showing that traffic is going by wednesday, thursday, there will put the first piece in place. through this still-animation the will do one-leg per laper week. and thee are 400 holes in the base. those have to be slide out, exactly on steel rods. and on kron 4 news, mark jones, >> our big weather store tonight, with fog expected here is that at a looking as rolling to the hills of the mount pam fog is going to be pressing to the coast, and temperatures inland and run the bay are going to warm up. temperatures around the bay are going to be getting up into the '70s, '80s, and as we go into next week. the fog is going to return and bring cooler temperatures. stay with us, we will be right back. those people are happy 'cause theye gonna have a good time, and they've got e

people have been evacuated from their homes many lakes of time as the longest river the young swollen and officials will build water levels are dangerously high and still rising . but georgian woman has set out to beat the world record for being the oldest living person on earth claiming to have just said at the tender age of one hundred thirty and just shows no sign of slowing down. stopped by to wish her a happy birthday. as you get older birthdays tend to get less exciting but not for each other this georgian woman says she's turning hundred and thirty years old it's a claim backed up by her passport but she appears to have outlived her birth certificate which would help prove she's the world's oldest living person by sixteen years she spends most of her time in bed but her ten grandchildren eleven great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren keep her entertained year round. oh sure is now i feel weak but i don't want to stay in bed all the time i walked along i worked on my god. i needed to raise my children up to my husband died. they say despite her age she still has a sound mind and a sharp

the voters here have to agree to this. and given this economy, i can tell you that every city official inside of the building will tell you to be a tough sell.

that's because as of today the oldest terminal at this the airport is being demolished. airport officials say the buildingo longer serve the reports purposes now that the new terminal has opened up. >> it's obsolete or clearing it out now and will replace it with the parking lot that we need to serve our do trilby. by this time next spring or march will have a 1400's base parking lot where were standing. >> the parking lot will hold 1400 cars and is the last days of the airports modernization project. this should be completed in spring 2011 that all work will be done these to the airport feels the need to reacts ban which officials say could happen in the years ahead. in san jose kron 4 news. >> a live look at cited the golden gate bridge but he skies here and up and down the coast. here's what i'd expected night into tomorrow the fog is hooking the coastland it will move in and pretty quickly this evening in to these over five hours. tomorrow morning dense fog and drizzle expected it will scale back to the coastline around noon and at 3:00 will be left with mostly sunny skies but still cooler temperature

discord that goes on within the stores or perhaps not, but in he rehab project for the court building, security officials as they tend to do, wanted to secure everything, at the tops of -- at the top of the steps. apparently seven members of the corps were willing to go along and to members thought it was a bad symbol to put out there for the public that the doors were shut and you have to go when in through the ground level floors and not up the steps. we see the departure of justice stevens, that is the last time you'll see me wearing a bow tie, being today, since we had a farewell breakfast scheduled for the peanut gallery, as we are at the port. -- at court ts morning. the departure of the longest serving judge might mean what the likely successor being elena kagan joining in the fall. otherwise, i'm eager to hear what is on your mind s well. >> i will take the moderator's privilege and ask the first question. i will note as is our custom that the first question, we will give the prior panel an opportunity to ask any questions they might have. but i will lead off. for those of us who watched with som

the capitol building. the mandate of the slave labor task force is to study and recognize the contribution of enslaved african americans in building the united states capitol. there was a 2005 report which officially documented the work of slaves in the capital construction. with these plights and an historic marker to be placed in the capital visitor center, we recognize the blood, sweat, and toil of enslaved african americans who helped construct this embodiment of our democracy. imagine, constructing this nation's capitol building with your own two hands. imagine, and washington's a oppressive heat and humidity. to push and pull massive stones out of a mosquito-infested quarry. imagine having to fight for the withoutlli chilling winter shoes. just imagine. the united states government, our government, not you but your honor -- your owner, you get $5 per month for your labor. this capital, the most recognizable symbol of our democracy was not built overnight and was not billed by machines, but was built through the back breaking work of laborers and slave laborers. this building from which we project the ideas of freedom, democracy, and in my own mind, the beloved community stands grounded on a

newborn children can do so in sixteen containers installed on the sides of hospitals and government buildings. israel has yet to respond to an official request to cooperate with the un human rights council's investigation into the deadly attack.

since the well was capped last thursday, official have been worried the pressure build-up would causegas to begin pouring out. earlier sunday, bp's chief operating officer had expressed hope the cap could stay put until a relief well could permanently seal the leak next month. >> we are hopeful that if the encouraging signs continue we'll be able to continue the integrity test to the point we'll be able to kill the well. >> reporter: federal officials will ultimately decide what to do next. the original plan was to pipe more oil to surface ships to leave the pressure but that would mean more oil flowing into the gulf for up to three days. >> no one wants to see more oil flowing into the sea and that would make that occur. >> reporter: gulf coast residents are holding their breath every step of the way. >> we are very optimistic. we see light at the end of the tunnel. it's a very long tunnel. but we're making progress. >> reporter: progress they hope isn't stalled by the potential new trouble on the ocean floor. tara mergener for cbs news, washington. >>> at least three homes are destr

the well last week. officials have been closely monitoring it hoping to avoid any pressure build that up could rupture theea floor and make the disaster even worse. experts have found some seepage from the sea floor about 2 miles away but they think it is unrelated to the well. >>> the senate is expected to pass measure tomorrow standing unemployment benefits to 2 and half million americans. republicans have used fillibuster to block 3 recent vote on the extension but the west virginia democrat who will be replacing the late richard byrd is expected to break the deadlock. >> today president obama says this vote is coming in the nick of time. >> part sap minority in the accept at has used pal elementary may nawvr to block a vote, time to stop holding workers hostage to washington politic. >> it's robert byrd. i madeer ovrment republicans put forth a bill to extend unemployment benefits but they insist 34 billion dollar cost be paid for with cuts to other programs which the democrats refuse to accept. >>> california the now has a day officially honoring ronald reagan. governor schwarzenegger signed a bill t

the early 9000s. >> now city officials agree they will take over the land on howard street and in exchange build a newhe art firehouse on folsom about four and a half blocks away at no cost to taxpayers. mayor calls eight win-win. >> great idea, it really is. >> proposed location is in a mixed use area with businesses like a carwash and a hardware store, but there are also homeowners in the growing neighborhood. station number one responded to 13,000 calls last year. >> it's a big issue for a lot of people. >> plans are for the new firehouse to open in fall of 2012 and museum expansion in 2015 at the earliest. >>> california health officials say the state is in the midst of a whooping cough epidemic and they are urging children and people that work close with them to get vaccinated. there have been 1500 confirmed cases the most since the 1950s and five of them has been fatal. two months, six months and a booster at about three and a half years of age. >> they'll cough, cough and keep coughing, so they basically suffocate. they turn blue and sometimes they stop breathing. >> whooping coughing cases pea

the many historic buildings near the construction site. that was a huge step in securing the approval of the california transportation officials to move the project's second phase. in doing so, the project will spearhead a move in california toward considering the full cycle cost of projects, not just the construction cost but also the maintenance and rehabilitation cost, and responsibly accounting for those over three decades into the future. we will adequately maintain our roads and our transit system. that is what is needed in order to assure the state infrastructure remains in good repair for many years to come. it is fitting that the presidio parkway should be leading the way. i cannot and my remarks without acknowledging in a curtailed fashion the partnership of the federal government in the process, and particularly the leadership of secretary ray low hood -- ray lahood. they supported this project with generous allocations. i would be remiss if i did not also acknowledge the tremendous partnership that we have with the state, particularly through the good offices of the secretary and his staff. thank you of course speaker of the h

. >> now, the museum will take over the land if city official as agree and build a new fire house on folsom with b.four and a half block as way. at no cost to taxpayers. the mayor calls this a win, win situation. >> it's a great idea. what else do you need to hear? >> this was in a mixed use area with businesses like a car wash and hardware store but there are homeowners in the growing neighborhood. and there is station one responding to 13,000 calls. >> this is probably annoying. >> it will be blessed if there is an emergency and a neighbor. >> a supervisor committee approved proposed determines and there are other hurdles including an environmental impact report. plans for the new fire house to open in fall, 2012. the museum expansion is in 2015 at the earliest. >> thank you. >> and still ahead tonight, the results of a hard core child pornography investigation. arrest of a registered sex offender and how his wife is defending him. >> the sudden death of a prominent stanford scientist of a man shares the nobel peace prize with al gore. >>> a break through that could cut a woman's ri

the building historically. and finally, the last thing and this may not be applicable for this particular installation, but law enforcement officials brought up, they are not relying on these for their transmissions or for emergency transmissions. but to the effect that a user has a cell phone walking down chestnut street and is being mugged or whatever the crime may be. a lot of times they just have time to go 911 but not talk. one of the problems law enforcement is running into is trianxietyulation. you know, you have to have the ability to pick up where the victim is exactly located and so that is a reason why -- not the only reason, but it is a reason that even though there may be relatively good transmission in some of the areas, there are voids and it is important that we have enough because they have to be able to triangulate. anyway, i will see what the other commissioners have to say on this. >> i have a more general question that someone from the cell phone industry can enlighten me on. looking at some san francisco data that t-mobile has 200 plus antennas around the city and at&t has 177 or something like that. could som

the as should build a new ballpark downtown. the mayor previously said he first wanted to get go ahead from baseball officials. but they have gone 16 months without deciding on that territorial rights issue. the giants say santa clara county is their territory. but as want to bring their ball and they want to play. >> play ball. >> mm-hm. >> it's a great weekend to play ball. >> great weekend, right? >> i'm looking forward to it. >> you're looking forward? you can't be looking forward more than i am. >> no, i'm looking forward to it. >> no, i'm looking -- >> no, i'm looking -- >> no, we're both looking forward to it! >> i'm sure we're all looking forward to it. lunchtime forecast looking good, clouds at the coast still in the forecast. temperatures up to 60 degrees. mix of sun and clouds around the bay up to 70 degrees. inland the lower 80s with plainly put sunny skies. more sunshine inland today late afternoon highs near 90. sunshine, a few clouds, temperatures in the upper 70s and the low clouds -- just low clouds remaining along the coastline with temperatures ranging from 60 to 64 degrees. tonight partly c

the potential extensions. b.p. and government officials have extended the test offering the capped well into a fourth day. >> as long as it's holding the pressure that's building inside of it, that's a very good sign. >> reporter: the government still might ask b.p. to open the valves on the stacking cap to capture the oil, netting one piece of important information. the amount of oil that has been leaking. >> once and for all they can get a good flub on -- number on the flow rate. >> the second well is up to five feets to its target. >> carolyn: medical news now. research is suggesting a double digit benefit for treating people with h.i.v. they're less likely to infect others. a joint study by the canadian and u.s. governments found new infections plummeted in canada when more people went on aids drugs. new infections dropped by 3% for every 100 people with h.i.v. who started taking the drug combinations. the results are published in the british medical journal. >> alan: thousands of people raised millions of dollars in the aids walk. >> carolyn: and changes ahead in our weather. leigh glaser [ fele announcer ] this is a strawberry pop tart. but this is warm,

the heated debate over plans to build a mosque in the shadows of the world trade center site. and why was a black official from the department of agriculture ousted by the obama administration? the strange tale of shirley sherrod. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone, president obama welcomed britain's new prime minister to the white house today, but there wasn't much time for pleasantries. there's a bit of tension between the two allies, in part because of the b.p. oil spill, but also because of the decision last year by a scottish court to release a libyan terrorist. and questions about the role b.p. might have played in that. chip reid is our chief white house correspondent. chip, the president and the prime minister are off to a bit of a rocky start. >> reporter: well, katie, the plan was for president obama and prime minister cameron to focus on the special relationship between america and great britain. instead, they focused on the not-so-special relationship between america and b

discord that goes on within the stores or perhaps not, but in he rehab project for the court building, security officialsas they tend to do, wanted to secure everything, at the tops of -- at the top of the steps. apparently seven members of the corps were willing to go along and to members thought it was a badymbol to put out there for the public that the doors were shut and you have to go when in through the ground level floors and not up the steps. we see the departure of justice stevens, that is the last time you'll see me wearing a bow tie, being today, since we had a farewell breakfast scheduled for the peanut gallery, as we are at the port. -- at court this morning. the departure of the longest serving judge might mean what the likely successor being elena kagan joining in the fall. otherwise, i'm eager to hear what is on your mind s well. >> i will take the moderator's privilege and ask the first question. i will note as is our custom that the first question, we will give the prior panel an opportunity to ask any questions they might have. but i will lead off. for those of us who watched with some

the update. >>> federal officials announced a big game in their game plan to build a downtown stadium for the assan jose mayor chuck reed jolted major league baseball would go ahead with the ballot measure before any decision is made. now san jose is altering the timetable. robert handa is live in san jose tonight with the details. robert? >> reporter: maureen, the movement to brick the as here to san jose has been simmering for quite a bill. it appears that mayor chuck reed has kick started that issue again here at city hall. among supporters and critics. >> we certainly are very excited about the possibility of a downtown ballpark and what that will bring. >> reporter: a crowd of people showed up for what is normally a quiet rules committee but the committee had to decide whether to put the proposed downtown ballpark before voters in november. the mayor had whirlwind conversations with top league officials during the top three days. >> the commissioner has requested that we not have a ballot measure and has helped to pay for the cost of a special election in the spring, if that's the appropria