i think it would be important to look at the california building code because anything we are doing, the california building code in title 24 that just went into effect in july that is the most advanced and restrictive in the world. there already is that requirement even if you are dealing with the historic building. anything you are touching replacing windows or insulating the walls and things that may not affect the building are required any way. i don't know if the wording is correct. do we want to go beyond if building codes or do we want to encourage people when they are coming in for a project to also then do more. for instance they have come to do an addition on the back, do we want to encourage them to insulate their walls and double pane windows and their attics because we want to help them maintain their buildings and be more efficient and more green. i'm not sure the wording of that but some how to encourage beyond what might be proposed. >> commissioner hyland? >> yeah. i was on that same thought path. you are mentioning the energy audit and somehow in these last two addit

. >> in january of this year, the california building code requires almost all of san francisco that we get geologist and a geotechnical engineer. it was a state building code rather than just the local requirements. >> as you recall, this was called the edge hill ordinance. >> is this the same kind of condition? >> this is more of the rock, all on one side and on the other side -- >> this is a combination. >> a lot of sand hills were scrapes down and deposited to other places without being engineered or consolidated and people build on top of that. we have a whole change as the city surfaced. what is the deal with sand, is this a good place to build on? >> if you want to understand the properties and if you designed to mitigate any adverse effects of the settlement, this is the strongest. i live in the sunset, i have been doing this right on the other side of this hill. i see the same conditions exist here where we have the earthquakes and the sand shakes and it gets more dense. we see differential settlement of are on. >> they might have filled in a low land or a wet land and build

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balcony railings and wrote to the 49ers management apow the weapons saying the levi stadium barrier is 30" call and california building code requires most stadiums to have a 42-" tall rail. there are exceptions. the 49ers say levi stadium passed all inspections and we have been assured it is in compliance with the codes. >> california route is moving mountains. hit rally. scientists say 63 trillion gallons of water have been lost to drought in the eastern united states. it weighs down the crust of the earth so when there is less the crust rises. california mountains have risen half anism in 18 months. the expire west has risen .2" since 2003. the study is published in "science." >> now the weather. >> we have quiet scene on doppler with no moisture. the land will continue to rise today. current temperatures are slowly warming into the 60's. it is mild. 60 in san francisco and 63 in oakland and 63 in mountain view and 59 in san ramon and livermore. the low continues to public off to the east and we will see more of a dry marine layer but we will see the clouds hugging the coast and slower clearing today than yesterday for p

same height as the one at the ranger stadium when a fan reaching for a baseball fell to his death. california building codes require most stadium to have a 42 inch rail. there are some exceptions. the 49ers put thought statement saying quote levi stadium passed all inspections prior to opening. and we have been assured it is in compliance with all applicable laws and building codes. architect did in the work on levi stadium but thinks the reason the 42 inch rule did not apply here is because it could potentially have blocked fans view. still. >> i would be willing of the front row where the railings are i expect young kids i would be concerned bit. >>reporter: frainers tell us they are reviewing the issues with the stadium builders and architects. in santa clara, lisa, abc 7 news. >> new details tonight. test results have just come back for sacramento patient suspected of having the ebola virus. just short time ago california health officials announce that the patient tested negative for the virus. the patient has been treated at kaiser permanente south sacramento since early this week. apparently returned

same height as the one at the ranger stadium when a fan reaching for a baseball fell to his death. california building codes require most stadium to have a 42 inch rail. there are some exceptions. the 49ers put thought statement saying quote levi stadium passed all inspections prior to opening. and we have been assured it is in compliance with all applicable laws and building codes. architect did in the work on levi stadium but thinks the reason the 42 inch rule did not apply here is because it could potentially have blocked fans view. still. >> i would be willing of the front row where the railings are i expect young kids i would be concerned bit. >>reporter: frainers tell us they are reviewing the issues with the stadium builders and architects. in santa clara, lisa, abc 7 news. >> new details tonight. test results have just come back for sacramento patient suspected of having the ebola virus. just short time ago california health officials announce that the patient tested negative for the virus. the patient has been treated at kaiser permanente south sacramento since early this week. apparently returned

same height as the one at the ranger stadium when a fan reaching for a baseball fell to his death. california building codesre most stadium to have a 42 inch rail. there are some exceptions. the 49ers put thought statement saying quote levi stadium passed all inspections prior to opening. and we have been assured it is in compliance with all applicable laws and building codes. architect did in the work on levi stadium but thinks the reason the 42 inch rule did not apply here is because it could potentially have blocked fans view. still. >> i would be willing of the front row where the railings are i expect young kids i would be concerned bit. >>reporter: frainers tell us they are reviewing the issues with the stadium builders and architects. in santa clara, lisa, abc 7 news. >> new details tonight. test results have just come back for sacramento patient suspected of having the ebola virus. just short time ago california health officials announce that the patient tested negative for the virus. the patient has been treated at kaiser permanente south sacramento since early this week. apparently returned from w

wants to assure them that that's one of the safest places they can be because of the strict building codes in californialding held up beautifully. the problem was debris and a few light fike churs that came down -- fakes fixtures that came down. all public schools are back open. the buildings have been deemed structurally sound. students and teachers will be talking about what happened. they won't be doing an actual earthquake drill where students evacuate. other schools in the district will. but the high school made that decision. they practice that several times a year. and they help the normalcy will help cope with the trauma the last couple of days. >> i was scared because i feel line there will be another earthquake and it might be big. >> all of our staff showed up today. we were prepared for subs if we needed them. people have things going on. i think the people are ready to come back to get ready for normalcy and see each other and give each other hugs and talk about what they are going through. >> reporter: up until today, earthquake debris dropoff locations have been at the schools. early this

. >> the 49ers released this statement saying "levi stadium passed all inspection prior to opening and we have been assured it is in compliance with applicable laws and building code." california code states railings should be 42" high at most stadiums but there are exceptions. >> the turf issue, levi stadium had to pull up the new turf after there was trouble sunday at practice. clumps were coming up and employers were tripping and slipping so they pulled it up and replacing it. it will be back in place and safe and ready to go for sunday's game against san diego chargers. >>> the sacramento patient suspected of contracting ebola does not have the virus after all. officials announce the test resulted were negative. the patient has been kept in isolation at kaiser permanente after returning from west africa. the identity of the person is not made public. officials say they are happy the proper steps were taken so quickly and there are no oto terrible -- no other potential cases of ebola. >> the american doctor who survived is glad to have attention brought to the issue. >> he recovered under experimental treatment in atlanta and released year, a second infected health care wor

>> california is the leader in the world in terms of earthquake protection. that's the building codeects the buildings, not the houses so much, but the buildings, and then the other good luck thing for the united states, compared to other countries is, we build out of wood, and wood is very forgiving, whereas concrete is not forgiving. but it takes real engineering know-how to make the concrete, reinforced concrete be earthquake-resistant. that's the reason we are so lucky. >> we're so lucky. all right, walter hayes, world renowned seismologist we appreciate you taking time with us this morning. thank you so much. >> my pleasure indeed. >> and so you're looking at pictures, some of the pictures we're getting from san francisco bay area from napa area. you just heard spokesman from the cal fire department in napa mentioning that there were a couple structure fires in the northern part of napa, and here a picture of bricks from a building just crumbling, again, we are about two and a half hours into the recovery, i will say, from this 6.1 magnitude quake. we're going to be talking to m

the strong shaking arises. along with the buildings that don't fall down. that's here with the older buildings and storefront. a lot of people live in wood frame buildings and they have good building codes in californiarthquakes don't kill people. buildings kill people. >> i grew up in california and spend time in san francisco. especially given the spread of cell phones where the emergency warnings could come through, 8 or 10 seconds would help given the duck and cover instruction and the that we had to get inside a door frame, it wouldn't be the worse thing in the world. there might be lives saved. >> it doesn't replace the importance of building codes and understand where earthquakes happen, but in the bay area we have a series of faults we know are part of the system moving the pacific plate against the northern american plate. this is an ongoing issue and a future hazard. how do people know what to do? we have the great shake out that happens and an opportunity for people to get used to that. that will determine life after the event. >> it has been hit since 1989. we have 24 and under that have never faced anything like this. this does provide a lot of older buildings that hit the hardest with t

. >> mark: 8 does show how our building codes here in california have made a difference. in philatelic any longer or had been a 63 or six for the damage would have been a lot worse. >> darya: some of the road support and passable. >> reporter: i'm nearing an overpass. they figured the ground was moving at 2 and 1/2 feet per second. that also cracked all those pipes set of early morning hours yesterday there were visit been digitally expecting. >> reporter: the also attacked the toll bridges and all of those roadways checked out. they are making on their work on permanently giving those roadways back into shape. >> darya: we were covering this for hours live yesterday. the crews have really been working out. it doesn't look that bad and as you head to work or school today you can be assured that the roads are safe. >> darya: still shaking your not alone even in before the items started falling dollar started running out of the house. he could fill it and everyone else could too. and you see a lot of shaking. is there an elk in your bed? with sleep number, now there's an adjustment for that. you can only find sleep number at a sl