that a solution can be eliminating the hill, that can eliminate the problem. or build a structure right into the hill so there is no longer an exposed face or bold enough of iraq together so that it acts as a big buttress to prevent further movement. -- or hold enough of the rock together so that it acts as a big buttress. we are allowing the wall of the building to act as a retaining structure. there was a time when we did not get any. there was an epic one before in 1982. we brought with us and rainfall charge. >> you were saying that this is somehow correlated to rainfall. this goes from 1914 until 2006. it is the red line in the backgrounds which are the annual rainfall from each year is plotted on here. you can see it varies all over the place. if you take an average, the average is a thin gray line. that does not give you a feel for what the rainfall really is. that is an average over four years. you can see that these build up until we had the big events before. >> you expect to see them during the apocrine fall. in fact, they might occur at that time b

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the years that it was up here, it gave the name telegraph hill. it survived although the structure is long gone. come to the 1870's and the city has growed up remarkably. it's fueled with money from the nevada silver mines and the gold rush. it's trying to be the paris of the west. now the beach is the suburbs, the we will their people lived on the bottom and the poorest people lived on the top because it was very hard getting to the top of telegraph hill. it was mostly lean-to sharks and bits of pieces of houses up here in the beginning. and a group of 20 businessmen decided that it would be better if the top of the hill remained for the public. so they put their money down and they bought four lots at the top of the hill and they gave them to the city. lily hitchcock coit died without leaving a specific use for her bequest. she left a third of her estate for the beautify indication of the city. arthur brown, noted architect in the city, wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it was

in 2001 and moved to the nob hill neighborhood two years ago. my wife and i use no. 10 or 12 bus lines to get to chinatown. however, the tep proposes to eliminate the no. 12 and in other words, this is a serious cut service cut and will have a dramatic affect on the community. they will have to carry heavy packages and walk steep hills to get home. it's extremely important to the community, especially for senior residents who often have mobility issues. please don't eliminate the no. 12 bus lines. any elimination means service cuts to our community, which heavily relies on public transit. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please. [ applause ] [ reading speakers' names ] >> good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon, mr. chairman, directors, phil chin, representing the chinatown transportation research and improvement project. no need to repeat all that has been said. our concerns are very similar to other previous speakers. our concerns with with the 8x and stop placement for the 30. i would like to urge this board to direct staff to actually li

>> i think it should beset backs stepped up the hill. the billion -- building should be reduced in height. it should be stepped down as it goes up that hill street. there should be a large setback from the mark. >> has there been proposals exchanged? >> we've asked for reduction in the height. removal floor and stepped it back. it's traditional design parameters as it goes up the hill. >> you just haven't made that clear to us. i just wanted to get more information on that. do you have that in the record that maybe i might have missed? >> no. i didn't put that in the record. it's something that i have asked for continuously. i didn't represent members of the planning commission. they represented themselves and they made proposals on their side. >> is there any documentation or any other evidence of complete reject of proposals that were made? >> i have my e-mails, but i can submit those at a later time. >> this is helpful so i can see what's been asked for and what has been rejected and what has been disputed. if you have that, that's ver

it's really deceptive because of the way that the hills are cut. it look like the stop that would be eliminated -- next one look like it's only a block away, if you go through the cut, but actually you are not to walk through the cut. it's not designed for pediatrician access, but you are supposed to go down the hill, up a very steep hill and across another block 21st street. it's a little bit more than some of the elderly neighbors can manage. the other alternative is going down another steep hill and around and wait at dolores park, which for security reasons is a very exposed stop and there are a lot of muggings quite frankly and they would be easy prey and not one i would recommend. so the who options are not really palletable. people walking distracted with smartphones and mp3 players, won't hear the streetcars and you have streetcars in both direction as you walk through the cut. the other issue that i want to raise say security -- excuse me a safety concern because the streetcars come barreling around the corner and liberty street is really a

welcome to "taking the hill." i'm patrick murphy. ahead today one of the most partisan clashes in america and one of the most anticipated days of the year for the american military -- the army-navy game. i spent the day outside the stadium in the stands and on the sidelines. i will bring you binds snapshots of the game's rich traditions. first, the second installment of "wounded, the battle back home" produced in part by the wounded warrior project. highlighted in this episode, retired iraq war vet angie peacock. after normal medications and programs didn't work for extreme post traumatic stress disorder she turned to alternative therapy one normally prescribed to the blind. here now, angie's story. ♪ >>> you know we talk about a decade of service and a lifetime of commitment. you look back and, wow, ten years already. it's the future we have to look forward to. we know there is no end to this. there are still korean vets korld war 2 and vietnam vets that 40 60 years later need assistance. this generation won't be different. they comm

winter weather advisory for the hills. rain and snow expected early on. 30s and 40s and live doppler 7hd is tracking heavy returns in the east bay. lisa argen will be here tracking the storm starting tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. ama, dan? >> disney will soon have its top people working on the indiana jones franchise. >> disney announced the purchase of distribution and marketing rights. e new purchase will make it easier to develop and released a new movie or tv series. disney is a parent company of abc7. >> stay here. next on jiy kimmle, barbara walters.

especially in the hills. and especially at the coast. highs for tomorrow, lots of upper 50s, not 60s. upper 50s. 59 in san jose. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view windy tomorrow, late tonight through tomorrow afternoon, breezy on friday and temperatures start to go up saturday and sunday. not hot. mid-60s. a warm up. where is the rain? there is no rain. it will be dry. bay area this weekend, next week, we are running dry. headline will be the wind advisory at midnight tonight. throughout the day tomorrow. in the hills, sky line boulevard, you will notice the winds. >> thank you. >>> a new wrinkle in the b.a.r.t. contract, contract, contract, the new problem. but sign, sealed sealed and delivered, the budget vote in washington. we will break down thegreement. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> children sexual abused -- sexually abused, why church is found partially responsible. >> the feral cat problem plaguing one district and why the effort to stop it is called a waste of money

and get ahead of the winter and they start digging and we mention to them, why don't you protect the hill because if it rains it is going to wipe out our house, what is interesting is that in your package they did not give you all of the drawings, they only gave you one sheet and there are two sheets and they have filed a revision permit to change the design that we are okay with this and we have a fundamental problem though. is the project sponsor does not want to comply with the rules. and the building department is said as soon as you get the three pits in, and there are five, you are stopping the job and we are going to send you to a structural advisory committee and we want to make sure that what you have done is not destabilize the hill and secondly, there is a garage permit from 16 years ago that does not exist. and either, react ate the variance or get a variance that you do not need parking and the last thing that we want is the committee looking at pieces of the hill, if you want to build a garage, great, but you have to integrate the garage foundation with the retaining wall fo

most notable along the coast and hills. the winds will keep temperatures on the mild side, some low 30s, mid-40s. 56 in napa tomorrow, 56 in fairfield. cooler than a few days ago. pacifica shgs, 57. these temperatures, pretty cool compared to a couple days ago. the wind comes in tomorrow, early tonight, in the five-day, friday, dies down, and the temperatures start to warm up. saturday and sunday, mid-60s. a nicer weather footprint as we go into the bay area weekend. no rain. five-day forecast is running dry. no rain in this five-day and maybe not in the next five-day, either. >> thanks, bill. >>> a rather startling day when they found themselves being pulled over for no obvious reasons, but it wasn't a police cruiser; it was a motorcycle carrying santa claus that pulled them over. this is the 7th year the department held the motor santa event to hand out toys to unsuspecting drivers purchased by members of the traffic division and the oakland police motorcycle drill team. >>> families in need get an important life line, how

carr and i live just on the 9th avenue part outside of forest hills, part of the cut through route that he was speaking of. it's also next to a little playground and tennis court called j.p. murphy. as he was mentioning there is congestion there and that has resulted in a mass -- hasn't really changed over the 15 years that i have been living there. i have always been trying to get something done there to calm the traffic. and so the accidents -- i have pictures over the years of various accidents, cars smashed up. generally it's cars -- one a few months ago a car trying to get out of a parking place after playing tennis and a person didn't stopped and smashs into a car in a parking space. so there is alarming speeding and it's just a really dangerous situation that would result not only car crashes, but eventually the children and strollers and things crossing the street that is also congested for parking and how people get to the playground and what not? so it's just a matter of time before someone gets hurt and/or killed. the thing i wanted to say about this project to my dismay at t

winter weather advisory for the hills. ly on. 30s and 40s and live doppler 7hd is tracking heavy returns in the east bay. lisa argen will be here tracking the storm starting tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. ama, dan? >> disney will soon have its top people working on the indiana jones franchise. >> disney announced the purchase of distribution and marketing rights. the new purchase will make it easier to develop and released a new movie or tv series. disney is a parent company of abc7. >> stay here. next on jimmy kimmle, barbara walters. >> i'm ama dates. thanks for watching. >> i'm dan ashley. for larry, sandhya, everyone here, have a terrific weekend. to thsuffered in silence... hoped... and lived in a state of fear... welcome to a new state... of health. welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage. financial help for those in need. and nobody can be denied because of a pre-existing condition. enroll now at coveredca.com. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got tha

winter weather advisory for the hills. and snow expected early on. 30s and 40s and live doppler 7hd is tracking heavy returns in the east bay. lisa argen will be here tracking the storm starting tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. ama, dan? >> disney will soon have its top people working on the indiana jones franchise. >> disney announced the purchase of distribution and marketing rights. the new purchase will make it easier to develop and released a new movie or tv series. disney is a parent company of abc7. >> stay here. next on jimmy kimmle, barbara walters. >> i'm ama dates. thanks for watching. >> i'm dan ashley. for larry, >> coming up, some of the world's greatest skaters come toge together for a holiday celebration of skating, music, and fashion. olympic hopefuls and united states champions jeremy abbott, meryl davis and charlie white, and al alissa czisny -- olympic bronze medalist joannie rochette -- and olympic gold medalist sarah hughes will sport the couture of two of the world's most successful designers, betsey jo

the sea wall. it came from this hill. it was a itgnoll that was present. e of this blasting that occurred, the rock is weak. while most of the time, there are times of heavy rain. sometimes, this has nothing to do with the rainfall. iraq is 50 to an old and then it just falls. in this particular area where we're standing, we have seen the wall at the base. >> the big steel beams with the fence. this is an effective way of preventing the rock that does fall from causing damage. that might protect the bottom of the hill but it doesn't do anything over the hill. >> it has long been my understanding that the city of san francisco says and the building department takes this position that there is no one buildable lot -- unbuildable lot. i wonder if this is realistic. >> if money is an issue, we can develop solutions that will mitigate the impact. that a solution can be eliminating the hill, that can eliminate the problem. or build a structure right into the hill so there is no longer an exposed face or bold enough of iraq together so that it acts as a big buttre

the sound of hill street because it's going to block the sound from hill street and the path from valencia to the east. it will block some of that as well. if you were on valencia street and you look from the east to the marsh theatre you can see the wall of the mark theatre and see the window in the upper level from valencia street from the path. the new proposed building will block that site and provide an acoustical noise barrier. >> did you review the pal letty report? >> yes i did. >> it came on after that. >> i have only been involved in the past month or so. and i found the pal letty report to be objective and pointed out some of the inherent weaknesses in the mark

the sound of hill street because it's going to block the sound from hill street and the path from valencia to the east. it will block some of that as well. if you were on valencia street and you look from the east to the marsh theatre you can see the wall of the mark theatre and see the window in the upper level from valencia street from the path. the new proposed building will block that site and provide an acoustical noise barrier. >> did you review

the sound of hill street because it's going to block the sound from hill street and the path from valencia to the east. it will block some of that as well. if you were on valencia street and

a home in the twin peaks neighborhood collapsed down a hill. we learned it belonged to mel murphy a former building inspector commissioner -- or commission president. you can see the aftermath right here. we know that police have been here overnight. you can see some of that debris also has come down from the street above. that's crown terrace. the house was being remodeled. the foundation was on supports so it could be redone. the house slid down the hill behind it and now that wall is all that stands in the way between the fallen house and the homes below. >> the building is very wedged in to the hillside with the retaining wall standing a good three or four feet above the base of the building which is what we wanted to keep the structure from going down any further. >> reporter: inspectors say the retaining wall is strong enough to sport home. no homes below -- to support the home. no homes below why damaged. no one was injured. an article last year showed murphy planned to demolish the home but that was rejected because the house was sound.

it wouldn't have enough momentum to make it down the hill. morning tasked with figuring out with what happened. nobody was hurt. cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> san francisco police say the 100 block of graystone terrace will be closed. >>> new this morning, some numbers show a growing crime problem in san jose in the last decade. the city's independent auditor finds the crime rate in san jose is higher than state and national averages. the time is takes for police to respond to cause has more than doubled and san jose's smaller police force is clearing a lower percentage of crime than the average city. >>> developing news from colorado, the school where a student gunman opened fire on campus will be closed through the end of the year. a 17-year-old girl shot in the head remains in a coma. during friday's rampage outside denver, one student hid in a classroom. he wrote a note to his family on his hand in case he died. >> that morning i didn't really tell my family i loved them or anything like that so i wrote i love you on my hand just so that the

and when they dug out the dirt from behind maria's house they just threw it down the hill. now they try to repair it. by covering it up. and that is basically what they did. the man is just a menace and he is dangerous. thank you. >> sure. >> any other public comment? >> okay, and then we will take rebuttal from the appellant. >> >> let me make it clear that this is exactly what we want. we want tomorrow to pure the three pits and then do a structural advisement committee to look at what they did at the wall and whatever they say in april, after it rains, they can finish the wall and in addition, there is a carport right here. and you see that they are going to build it, and if they are going to build it, they need foundation, and a structure advisory committee for that. and this foundation for the garage and here is the wall that they are talking about overlaps. and so we asked the board to continue the case, with your jurisdiction so that in the next three or four months we can have a committee figure it and everything that we can do once and for all, they can work out wit

. >> from the base of the hill they see several cars trapped in the raging waters. >> i made the initial radio transmission to our emergency communications and said we're going to need water rescue, manpower. we knew time was not on our side at that point. >> the 66-inch water main break is pouring thousands of gallons of water down the hill. the firefighters need to act fast. >> our plan of attack was to use the fire truck as sort of a barrier between us and any debris that was coming down the road and try to make a little bit of a safe area. >> the rescuers work their way up stream to reach the first car. >> got to the lady. she was pretty panicked. she had water in her car. i remember her looking at me and she was screaming. she said, i can't swim. i joked and said i can't either. but we're not planning on swimming. >> he manages to get the woman to safety. meanwhile another response team has arrived on the scene. and is attempting a rescue from the top of the hill. >> the water was moving extremely fast, faster than i've seen it move on a roadway before. we guesstimated at 30 knots w

. >> the hill between frost middle school isa tilted football field of fun. >> is this like the best sledding hill you've ever seen or heard of? >> it really is. it's pretty steep and long, and although there's a lot of people here, it's still fun. >> no major problems from our winter weather here. many people stayed off the roads due to the federal government and area schools shutting down for the day. >> but that will not likely be the case tomorrow. debra is in bethesda at westbrook elementary school with the inside track on what we can expect in montgomery county. hi deb. >> reporter: you can expect a final decision by 4:30. by 5:00 a.m., those calls and texts will go out. it's looking good, but the whole county has to be clear to open up the schools. if you ever wondered why, we have an answer for you. this snow is in the fight of its life and it's going down. >> yesterday, about 4:00 in the morning, and we'll be here until 4:00 in the morning tomorrow. >> from bethesda to poolsville. the snow totals may be apples to oranges, but it takes an army of 100 plus workers to plow it, s

hill. he continues that sort of thing what's fascinating you can see the walk up to his studio in hollywood hills and you can tell that's downhill. the tree comes over i you can't take this with a camera now we're now coming into latest 90s. and famously he goes to see a show thought it was a retrospective and while he was standing in front of those drawings they were the kind of things that the arresting accuracy would get their drawings down and take them back. david was looking at the this and said i know this line. first of all, how was he able to do this. then he said i know this line i've seen that line and he saw it in andy warhol. when andy warhol don't this he does it with a slide projection and he's obviously tracing a slide but the tracing is important and david becomes convinced that's what angers him two he must be using a camera that was 13wi7b9d a few years earlier it's a prism and it allows you to see the subject of the drawing but see the paper above at the same time. he's not suggesting that anger was tracing it but let's look at the anger again. figuring out the eyelids a

not only across the north bay hills but the east bay hills all the way down towards silicon valley. this is something we'll pay close attention to. and this evening we've seen hills get gusts up to 35 miles per hour. overall that's what we'll be watching. we'll have more in a little bit. >>> long-term federal unemployment insurance expired today for more than 1 million americans. california is home to more than 200,000 of those affected. people looking for work for more than 26 weeks. the state's department is closed this weekend for the holiday. earlier this week the state agency sent out notices to people in california who depend on those benefits that the benefits would end today. democrats in congress promise to bring up the issue when they get back to work in january trying to reinstate those benefits. but until then the long-term unemployed will be starting this new year not knowing what to expect. brian moore has the latest. >> reporter: dale sexton is out of work, out of luck and out of time. >> never thought i'd be unemployed for over six months. >> reporter: employed for th

take a look, the house is stuck halfway down the hill. boards and other material spilled on to the sidewalk when it it came down. the crash woke up neighborhoods and caused a nearby house to be evacuated. happened 10:30 last night in the twin peaks neighborhood of san francisco. "today in the bay's" bob redellel near the house right now. and what's going on? >> reporter: well, good morning to you, terry. what's remarkable is that when this home on the 100 block of crown terrace, which is up the hill, fell down here to the 100 block of gray stone it terrace, no buildings were hurt and no people were hurt. in spite of the fact that everything here is in pretty much tight quarters. one neighbor tells us that when this house came tumbling down this hillside, it sounded like a dump truck dumping its load. but again, no one hurt. and the fact there was no gas or power on made this even more unfortunate for people around here. a neighbor tells us he believes this house was being remodeled, a remodeling job that started about a month ago. >> looks

why they love the hill to begin with. so, that is my report. >> do you care to state your name for the record >> my name is cathy and i am the member of the park merdec action coalition. >> thank you. >> any other public under item number one? >> okay, seeing none, then we will move to item two, commissioners comments and questions. >> no. >> none and, then item three, commissioners is the adoption of the november 13, board minutes. >> any changes, >> no comment. >> i love to adopt the minutes. >> is there any public comment on the minutes? >> okay, seeing none, if you could call the roll please? >> on that motion from the president to adopt the november 13, 2013 minutes, commissioner fung? >> aye. >> commissioner hurtado? >> aye. >> vice president lazarus. >> aye. >> commissioner honda? >> aye. >> thank you, the vote is 5-0, and those minutes are adopted. >> okay, thank you, with the president's consent we are going to call out of order, 4 c which is a rehearing request. it matter was continued on august 14th to allow the