the stairs.ere is a possibility to construct these stairs to present code. this type of winding stairs, as you can see here, is constructed with limited space. you see this type of stair where you live where you are constricted with space, sometimes on the side of the building. in some cases, we have no choice but to reconstruct the stairs as this. but here, we have the opportunity to construct a safe stair. there is and issue whether the stairs would require replacement or repair. we have moved beyond this issue. we would like to get them to present date code. -- present day code. i felt we could do this without much resistance. we see the resistance being offered to buy the neighbors to the east and their opposition to their views being obstructed by illegal property line windows. you might be aware of that. i would say that we are not -- sorry -- we are not restricting their view dramatically. we are providing safe access and some of these views -- some of these windows are out farther were yo

i have not received any information on the back stairs. i am concerned about the lead paint because those exist. we have not been informed about anything regarding that. i do not know if we need to move out of the building or not when the back of it is demolished. i am in the dark about that problem. i concern is priorities. and doing the right thing. >> is there any other public comment? we will move into rebuttal. >> i do not have a rebuttal. i have to agree that it is a case of priorities and doing the right thing. this picture was taken today. the drawings they will use, i would think that a lot of things have changed in 10 years and perhaps -- this is a typical thing. why not take a new look at it. there may be new technology we can use. it is a typical measure, do the cheapest thing or nothing at all to her bathroom. this is how it is today. i am not against putting in the stairs but other things can be remedied first and should be. this is proper and the right and nice thing to do. >> the contract we have with our contractor includes

i would think the run would be more gradual on the new stairs. do not think there is too much we can do on this other than not take d.r. unless it is found out that there is a way to repair the existing stairs. >> the motion on the floor is to not take discretionary review and approve the project as proposed. with the suggestion that staff check in with dbi to see if there's a possibility of repair. commissioner antonini: aye. commissioner borden: aye. commissioner fong: aye. commissioner sugaya: aye. president miguel: aye. >> the motion passes unanimously. commissioners, you are now on general public comment. president miguel: is there any general public comment? >> from the experience today, it would be wise for the staff to resort to the position of when legislation is drafted, that outreach is done at the time it is being drafted. this legislation was drafted by staffing. we have done a lot of legislative drafting. when you have something 300 pages long, it would be helpful if the people that follow these things were aware that it was going o

the stair going into the upper stair was added. in 1920, a garage was added to it. the house was probably lifted up to do that. this area down below was also modified. the point is that this building is not original to what it was. since this picture was taken shortly after i bought the house in 1995, the front stairs have deteriorated significantly so the have to be replaced. i went to the planning department to discuss replacing the stairs. right now, they do not meet any kind of code. they are too narrow. the handrails are too low. they are way too steep. the landings do not meet code. they are unsafe. i am an architect. i like to design things. i wanted to modify this stair so it would meet code and work better, and i think compliment the building better. at the time, when i had discussions with the preservation staff, i was told "if you are going to change the stair, even though is not original to the building, you have to go through an eir process. you have to go before this body to get a conditional use approval." which would take what might be a $30,000 proje

, over on the corner of kearny and pine you'll see the exit stairs. the exiting of the design of this building was well thought out. >> and an exit is something that takes you to the street. it just doesn't take you to the lobby. an exit has to get you to the public right-of-way. right sergeant? do we have any questions about building structure of a steel-framed blt? so the question is shouldn't all the fire protection ratings be uniform? >> the general concept is, you want to protect at a higher level, critical elements. the critical element is the column. >> holding the building up? >> holding the building up. that's why it has four hours of protection. i'm hoping that the fire department can get here faster than four hours. >> and the people leave. >> around the people leave, yeah, one of the biggest contents is not protecting the building and contents, but providing the people a sufficient amount of time for evacuation. in san francisco, on rincon hill and south market, under construction right now, we have a high-rise concrete core buildings wher

once outside, we were immediately unable to locate the stairs, as we had taken the elevators to get on deck three. there were dim emergency lights indicating the stairs, and we climbed six familiars to our room on deck nine to get to our room without light. somehow we did manage to get to our rooms, holding the guardrails, very much exhausted and panicked. as we were getting to our room, there were constant announcements of the same message. "ladies and gentlemen, everything is under control at this point and it seems to be a generator failure. please stay calm and wait for further instructions and be cooperative." what caught our attention was that all of the announcements were made on behalf of the captain and never once did we hear the captain speak. however, there was a sense of panic in the announcer's voice that kept making the announcement. finally, we did manage to get our door unlocked using our card key after several failed attempts. the room had no light and it was extremely dark. i stumbled upon a few things that had fallen on the floor. at that time, my husband decided to

the stair going into the upper stair was added. in 1920, a garage was added to it. the house was probably lifted up to do that. this area down below was also modified. the point is that this building is not original to what it was. since this picture was taken shortly after i bought the house in 1995, the front stairs have deteriorated significantly so the have to be replaced.

people were also sitting on the stairs closer to deck four, but we stood closer to a lifeboat. at this point, there were three or four crew members per lifeboat and they were trying to keep the crowd away from the boats. still, there's no communication from their side as to when they would allow us to get on the lifeboat or what we are supposed to do. the time by now is around 10:30 p.m. and one of the crew members came and practically gave us the same instructions this time urging all of us to go back to our rooms and wait for further instructions and everything is under control. a few people did what was being asked for, but we decided to stand near the exit door near the lifeboat. by now it was really difficult to stand straight as the ship was shifting violently. at this point we located a rock where we could swim to in case they kept us waiting for any longer to get into the lifeboat. we tried asking a couple of crew members to tell us what had happened and they simply shrugged their shoulders and went on. the crew was equally clueless and waited for further instructions fr

as you progress down the stair, we want to keep in mind where we are.t is a place where we are broadcasting sports. it is a fun space. it is a space that is not a sleek, modern office. some of the touches is there is a scoreboard. you see the scoreboard that pays homage to the advance where we are broadcasting but it gives you an -- up-to-date scores of what is happening, what will be on tv, what is planning live in the studio. -- playing live in the studio. as we wrap down the staircase, this is something that is in the west coast, so we wanted to go straight through. a lot of the inspiration is based on the great outdoors. what you see here is black lines, representative of cable, steel rods that come down. that idea out of walking down next to a waterfall is something we wanted to mimic. as you walk down the staircase, there's the sharing of the lights, the material that you can rub your hands next year. on the right side, you will see our interpretation of what it would feel like to walk next to a waterfall. you have a reconstituted would wall. if y

planning department to discuss replacing the stairs. right now, they do not meet any kind of code. they are too narrow. the handrails are too low. they are way too steep. the landings do not meet code. they are unsafe. i am an architect. i like to design things. i wanted to modify this stair so it would meet code and work better, and i think compliment the building better. at the time, when i had discussions with the preservation staff, i was told "if you are going to change the stair, even though is not original to the building, you have to go through an eir process. you have to go before this body to get a conditional use approval." which would take what might be a $30,000 project and turn it into an $80,000 project. it becomes economically a hardship for me to do that. i am here before you not to talk about the specifics of the proposed amendments, but just to in general talk about the process. i am an architect and i am a preservationist. i belong to the national trust for historic preservation. and i do support preservation of historic resources. but when everything becomes pre

that burglar forced him at gun point and shot him as he deincidented the stairs. -- descended the stairs. >> reporter: even though the bullet entered the back of the man's neck and exited through his face, he was still able to dial 911. a few hours later officers spotted bradford steven holup, dressed in camouflage as he jumped in a car a few blocks away and they arrested him. police can't slay if holup is responsible for any of the other burglaries. neighbors are beefing up security, unwilling to take any chances. >> it was disturbing to say the least. i have a 21-year-old and 23-year-old who are out that time of the night and come home. we also live right around the corner. >> reporter: in towson, jeff hager, abc2 news. >> police found one of the victim's credit cards in holup's pockets. he is being held on attempted murder and burglary. >>> anne arundel police said one man tried to run over security and police at the anne arundel -- -- arundel mills mall. he police officers tried to stop him. collins didn't hit anyone or anything. he was eventually stopped and arrested in severn. >>>

they're making their way down the stairs. this is a free concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the recording of "i left my heart in san francisco." bennett debuted the song at the fairmont hotel in 1961 here in san francisco. he recorded the original version of it the following year. the plan for this concert this afternoon is to have various groups from the san francisco boys choir to the san francisco symphony, to beach blanket babylon perform, definite renditions of this song. then the idea is at the end of it all, everyone will join in and sing along with tony bennett and sing the original version of the song together. earlier today we talked with the mayor and asked him about the goal of this tribute. here's what he said. >> we have an opportunity to present him with accolades of 50 years of wonderful song mastery, not only the song but i think our city is shining at this moment. it's valentine's day. what can you do? >> reporter: if you come back out here live, i don't know if you can hear us now, right now lookin

which was a bordello, you would have come in through this door and then you would have gone up the stairsd when you got to the top of the stairs, there would have been a counter there and you would have checked in at that point. we're now in the interior of what would have been the dixie hotel, the operations floor. at one time this was just a series of hotel rooms with a long hall and there were also living quarters for rita ainsworth, the proprietor of the dixie. she sent her daughter off to the exclusive catholic school and she didn't want her to know what she did for a living. she didn't know until she was in high school that her mother ran a bordello. she had an efficient system set up t privacy in that there was a system of locks and bells. and when a patron came in to go st oto onethe room doors were locked until he was safely inside the room with the girl. and this was to -- in order that no other people might come out of the hotel room when he was going in. so that these people did not see each other and didn't have to acknowledge each other's presence in the hotel. tom james was

probably in 20 years, i have seen three or four people go up the stairs. it must be some other, you know, elevator from the garage or something like that that everyone uses. and this serves a kind of symbolic function. i think that is not uncommon and i think we'll see other examples of that. >> it's odd because it's on the corner and it creates a leech from the street inward. i prefer closed corners. >> i think it's hideous. >> that is a whole other thing-- >> it's terrible. it has all of this junk and it has tremendously strong focus on nothing. and it's overly complex and then it's got all of this junk out on the street, what can we do? what can we do? nothing, huh? >> shall we not mention the architect's name. >> i think it had a water feature. >> it still is does. >> i see it now. >> one more element. >> originally the strip of green going up the center was water. >> all the way down, right. but it splashed on the steps too much and created a little hazard. >> if no one was using them, who cares? >> they managed to squeeze in--now they have got green,

and when you got to the top of the stories, -- top of the stairs, there would have been a counter there and you would have checked in at that point. we're now in the interior of what would have been the dixie hotel, the operations floor. at one time this was just a series of hotel rooms with a long hall and there were also living quarters for rita haynesworth, the

people were sitting on the stairs closer to deck four. we went ahead and stood closer to a lifeboat. at this point there were three or four crew members trying to keep the crowd away from the boats. there is no communication as to when they would allow us to get on the lifeboat or what we are supposed to do. the time now is 10:30 p.m. and one of the crew members came and practically gave us the same instructions urging us to go back to our rooms and wait for further instructions and everything is under control. >> divya sharma, accident survivor. this is c-span radio's "washington today." >> with more on the hearing before the house transportation and infrastructure committee we are joined by keith lang. he's following the newspaper for the hill newspaper. thank you very much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> this hearing on the heels of the accident off the coast of italy on the costa concordia. what about the u.s. cruise line industry. any safety concerns overall? >> there were a lot of assurances given in today's hearing fr

they are part of the emergency exit out of the building on the second floor and the stairs out of the building. that is a serious problem that needs to get repaired. there were cracked and bent beams that probably reduces the capacity by 50%. these are problems that need to be repaired before the apron is used again for public access and occupancy. there was a whole -- hole in the area where the tenant was using a boat hoist in his storage operation. the tenant did put in a steel plate to cover up this spot. that structure hazard should be repaired before we reach occupy the building. we also did an assessment of the marina. the marina was constructed with the california department of boating and waterways funds. they have some interest in this arena -- marina. the floats are light duty. they are probably proper on a lake or sheltered marina, but not durable enough for the unprotected port and bay environment. ed told me the original plans may have included a floating breakwater to attenuate the waves on the floats. one image we found shows a section of the. damaged. it was not damage

>> what appears to be blood on the stairs is a crushed pomegranate. but teenaged girls with miniskirts and mascara stained faces start to cry and scream. >> everybody chill out. everybody shut up! if i tell you to call your mom and dad you'll call your mom and dad. >> this is an underaged party. it happened in bethesda, and involved students from walt whitman high school. but it could have unraveled in any suburban neighborhood where an unexpecting parent is out of town or leafs an empty house and an unsupervised teenager. >> you know how many other crimes are occurring right now in the county in this area that we could be dealing with? and yet we're dealing with 70, 80, 90 juveniles who decided to get high and drink. >> police handcuffed teens that attempted to flee and lined them up amount the curb. some are belligerent, combative. they are venom in some cases directed at us. >> [bleep]. >> stand up. stand up. you got a charge for -- >> a defiant teenage girl criticizes police for sending so many officers to respond to an underaged party. >> so when

but here it is this shows exactly where the shaping configuration of the stairs is. so we have a set of the most current inborn or sand born map's behind the planning department counter that will be happy to make or let you look at them and make copies of them there's a free copy machine. i've seen the old ones. not in the last year or two, do you know where they are? >> the series four books are on the sixth floor of the san francisco public library and early series are micro film also from the library. if you belong to a library in another jurisdiction like san jose or oakland they might have subscriptions for their area and that might extend -- they have maybe all california map's. >> do you know where the ariel services are and where. >> the planning department has three that are as of yet unconserved. >> what does that mean. >> we have not had the time or resources to digitize them. they're very large. more than this book here. they're about 32 inches square and cover the whole city in 1948 to 1950, somewhere in the mid 50s or 60's. >> to go on the resources that

. >> reporter: and bounding down the stairs of a balcony. >> oh, my god. hey, everybody.ay attention. is everybody clear now? >> yes. >> does everybody understands what happens when you run from me or any other officer? >> yes. >> lie down. relax. you get up again, i'm going to put you down again. >> reporter: what appears to be blood on the stairs is actually a crushed pomegranate. but teenage girls with mini skirts and mass chara stained faces -- mascara stained faces start to cry. this is what an under age party looks like. it happened in bethesda. >> back inside. lett go. >> reporter: and involved students from walt whitman high school. but it could have unraveled in any suburban neighborhood where an unsuspected parent is out of town and they leave a house and an unsupervised teenager. >> there are many we could be dealing with, and we're dealing with 70, 80, 90 juveniles who decided to get high and drink. >> reporter: police handcuffed teens that att ed to flee and lined them up at the curb. some are belligerent. combative. their anger in some cases directed at us.

. >> how is the width of the stairs, the fire escape? >> okay. we've got a question. how do we determine the width with of the fire escape stairs >> i think it's 18 inches >> ladders shall not be let's than 18 inches >> if someone was applying for a permit. we would like at the occupant load and how many people are going to have to use this, and the building code has a table for calculating. i think we would look at home people would using it. >> every fire escape balcony 18 inches. >> i wanted to talk to the about the stand pipe. >> tell us what we got here. >> this is a dry stamp pipe. typically, the fire engine would stop here and hook up here. so on any floor, whichever floor, we can have water. like i say, this is even better than going to the building. our guy does a good job and makes sure the balcony is stable. it's so much nicer to be outside. you yell at the guy. we need more water and pressure. in my eyes, it's a better system. this one here is dry. some of them are wet. >> what's the difference between wet and dry? >> wet would be connected to the water sy

coming down the stairs. the commander in chief said to the colonel, colonel, i wish to see you immediately. the colonel responded, i'll be with you in a few minutes, sir. not the right answer to the commander in chief. washington turned on hamilton, berated him in front of his fellow officers. hamilton then resigned as secretary. returned to the army

was coming down the stairs. the commander in chief said to the colonel, colonel, i wish to see you immediately. the colonel responded, i'll be with you in a few minutes, sir. not the right answer to the commander in chief. washington turned on hamilton, berated him in front of his fellow officers. hamilton then resigned as secretary, returned to the army, and later distinguished himself at the battle of yorktown, which brought him back to some degree in washington's good graces. hamilton had then left the army and was a congressman from new york. so hamilton then is given the assignment of addressing washington. i doubt that anyone really expected that general washington would join in any plot, but at the same time they needed to test him out. how did he feel? hamilton warned washington that the army was on the brink of mutiny. he suggested to washington that the general might wish to control direct deterrent was his expression. he also then went on to say something, write something to washington which the gener

in the buildings they have spiral slides so in an emergency you didn't run down the stairs and told the guy to hop in the slide and out the building and that was their emergency e aggress. >> and they're designed if there an explosion it doesn't blow the walls out. and one of my favorite is the old pump station and now used as the headquarters of the fire department and one thing that makes this -- dare i say odd building and has live tidal sea water from the cove. >> the bu bay used to be right about there. >> the bay was about a couple hundred yards away -- maybe 800-yards away and so there is now an under ground i have duct that -- via duct that brings this here and can take water from the bay and into the high pressure system for most earthquake or fire protection. >> if they ran out of regular domestic water. >> or if the pipes broke and that happened in 1906 and might happen. a couple of other things that make this building interesting and turning it into the firefighter headquarters and they have complicated occupancies and i look at these things and hard to have fue

more than 700 runners made the 86 story stair climb. i'm out of breath just saying it. that ends on the famous observation deck. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is meteorologist todd san tows with your weather channel forecast. good morning. >> good morning, lynn. basically the length of a cruise ship you're running straight up. >> but that is faster. you're running up and why i have an elevator. >> and passing people might be interest on the stairs. >>> if you're run in eastern pennsylvania and northern new jersey, slick spots out there. not big time snow yesterday but as we are talking about that one-inch coating enough to wipe off your car this morning too. so leave extra time for those areas. i-80 slick early on. a few areas, take a closer look in there dealing with a few light flurries. the real change this weekend that line of clouds there north of the border there is a frontal boundary in there moving to the south and trigger snow showers in and around chicago and lake effect as you work into tomorrow and the weekend that brings much

if you go down the stair well. if there's an earthquake and you are in a high rise building. ing -- no. if it hadn't collapsed in the disaster chances are it will stay up. outside, where's an open area? high rise building when glass breaks it floats it with hit 2 blocks away from where it falls. if you are outside, you want to look up and make sure nothing is coming toward you. there is 3-5 feet of glass on market street. top of that you are going to have office furniture and debris falling into the street. even if you are in a car if you are next to large, brick buildings and if collapsed on you there is no safe place to go. how about here. the safety spot is second base. no doubt about it. you have 60,000 people want to go to second base. people get injured jumping chairs. go between the chairs, cover your head and get your head below the seat. there is a lot of crud down there. the chairs will break the fall. if you stop, someone behind you will hit you. so, slow down, pull to the side of the road. stay with the car until the shaking stops. you need protection for your head

the officer responded to a call at 11:17 a.m. and climbed seven flights of stairs to room 708. she approached the room with the manager who unlocked the door after numerous attempts to get the occupant to do so. she entered the studio apartment and saw the suspect line on the bed to the left of the door. his arms were behind his head. she saw the wooden handle of a gun on the floor was littered with clothing and garbage. she approached the bed with her gun drawn. she picked up his weapon and back away from the suspect. she backed approximately 10 feet while never taking her eyes off of the suspect. fearing a physical confrontation, she placed the unloaded large caliber revolvers with a 9 inch barrel on a chair behind her while keeping her eyes on the suspect. the suspect jumped up from the bed and screamed that he was part of the secret service, part of the cia. he repeatedly stated that she was going to shoot her -- him today. he ignored her verbal commands to get down on the floor. the officer called for a code three backup unit and attempted to calm the suspect. she instructe

you can either walk downñr the hallway, maybe use the stairs or the elevator.when you're parking, look for a spot that's further away f you use public transportation, get off the bus before you need to get off at your stop or go for an old-fashioned walk during your break. >>> coming up, domestic violence can follow some from home to the workplace. we'll take a look at what's being done to help those victims who feel like they need to get away. >>> plus, the dad who shot his daughter's laptop is a viral hit. we'll tell you what he has this say to people who are supporting his moves. >>> at a time when schools across the country are facing huge budget issues, one district in new york is letting teachers do last tech surgery for free. >>> getting you up to the minute on tonight's top story, a harford county mother is mourning the loss of her three children. 29-year-old david bauguess, his younger sister ashley and 17-year-old brother joy wi were riding in a chevy cavalier when it crossed the center line, hitting another car. investigators are trying top figure ou

i have lit the caves and the stairs and the hidouts in the folds of the mountain. i have washed the summit and every crevice of the mountain so my loved ones might pass in the forenoon of the mountain day. this is called, lament for a market place in babylon, by abdul karin al karid and it's a reference to a suicide bombing. this one and the next one are both translated by salim yusef. on this grave stone are angels and people weeping. what are people waiting for, their ship? here it comes, borne by the deluge. in a market place now frequented by money changers with beards and baggy trousers, who restores the limbs and who throws open the gates for hollow-eyed gods coming in from babylon with red chests and white furious hair? i wonder who? on the day of march 1st in the 5th year after the second millennium, a massacre took place in babylon. it's my pleasure it introduce the next poet, george evans. . >> first, i would like to read a poem by my dear friend and wife, daisy samora, who was to be here today but is in nicaragua, keeping in mind what michael said about

the race includes 86 flights of stairs in the 80-year-old sky scraper. the winner made it to the observatory deck in 10 minutes, 28 seconds. i have actually done one of these races in boston. they're grueling! >> i'm sure they are. >> especially when people are passing you going up the stairs. and you're like oh, my god. >> guess from napping to stairclimbing. >>> it is getting a lot of attention on the internet, videos supposedly of ireland's version of the lock necessary monster. the foodage shows a creature swimming into the stream of a river with a winding and twisting motion: the creature is known as lagarfljotsormurinn. how did i do? >> pretty good. >> it's a river worm. well known in icelandic folklore first mentioned in 1345. lagarfljotsormurinn. >>> it is 4:57. he is making a name for himself. >> the bay area athlete stealing the show in new york. and a reality check for state lawmakers. the new measure to make sure they get things done on time this year. >>> a wanted man and a police officer both injured in the middle of the intersection in the

tossed me down the stairs and then all of a sudden we're on the news being seen as serial killers.ahmer. over kill. way over kill. >> people versus carlisle, number 0675, cockerell 0674. >> now the defendants have to face danielle taylor in court. if convicted they face a minimum of nine years and maximum of life in jail. >> date and time set for preliminary examination, prosecution ready to proceed? >> yes, your honor. >> call danielle taylor. >> two questions lie at the heart of the case. did danielle know she was acting in a movie and was she taken from the house into the woods against her will. >> you solemnly swear the testimony you're about to give in the cause now pending the truth so help you god? >> i do. taylor. >> do you recall whose home you were at in the evening hours of march 6th? >> travis. >> and do you remember who else was present on the light evening hours of march 6th? >> yes i do. christina, jim carlisle, derek, travis and john cockerell. at approximately 11:00 p.m. we were just hanging out, having fun, drank a little bit and supposed to just be a little get t