this is the second project that has been reviewed under the venice market special residential use district the purse was 100 dennis which was a much different project that we believe this budget was abruptly considered the modification for the lot coverage and believe that would be appropriate process. the alternative otherwise would have been a variance process but we believe that given the subject is downtown review under section 309 because of the downtown zoning district, will be read that is appropriate that that before the planning commission for their consideration as well. in regard to couple points that have been raised by the appellants the subject use of the neighboring school which did open up earlier this year some dissensions between that and with the other case that threatens the senior case. that was a residential project mac subject project is the school my residential use. if the north façade do not be most impacted not the south façade mac which is a setback substantially from fell straight so they are still significant odds of light and air about for that property. budg

we supported from the beginning the 100 venice project and 150 and 150 but because the spiky housing in this community. about the stuff that is happening lately in the mission, it is important to note our person wantonly been displaced by the development that the lease being pushed out that this an area that needs be rude about that literally within the market octavia plan. the school that opened in january was not there when they start the process is methodically taught the property owners back in 2011 2012 and 2013, it was a tomato in a tower there connected applications to tear that building out the tower in that space. so, it is kind of hard to note all the parameters the could of been it would have been in that space going forward. i think it is not a problem that current applicants should have to go back and retrace it did not happen that they did not know was can happen kind of thing. it is one of those odd circumstances, but i think that it is important to note we do need housing and this developer is also putting the below market rate housing on properties. not try to push i

dc three district i did not go back and look at the venice market special residential district specifics. to see-three district used to require a podium portion >> testifier: are you talking about for tower heights? >> commissioner yes >> testifier: yes it is more of a factor of a height limit. >> commissioner that does not apply in this instance? >> testifier: in terms of awful lot coverage ground-floor, no >> commissioner could you clarify what is ddr >> testifier: transferable to bauman writes if you have certain historical moment sides you can sell the development potential because of your sar which of the amount square footage you can develop certain districts if your building is built to 5000 ft.2 but under the zoning you built 50,000 ft.2 then you could sell off that 45,000 unit potential to someone else and they can go above their otherwise maximum on another property practice was something that created as part of the downtown plan in 1985 as an incentive to maintain and store properties because they take that money than invest back into the store property. >> clerk: i think insp

heads down -- georg baselitz at the international art biennale in venice. water dances -- a new fountain was created for the gardens of versailles. online cuisine -- a growing number of foodies turns to blogs for cooking ideas. "all the world's futures" is the motto of this year's art biennale in venice. the six-month event focuses on the hopeful stars of the next generation, a few of whom, i am told, are hidden gems of the

heads down -- georg baselitz at the international art biennale in venice. water dances -- a new fountain was created for the gardens of versailles. online cuisine -- a growing number of foodies turns to blogs for cooking ideas. "all the world's futures" is the motto of this year's art biennale in venice. the six-month event focuses on the hopeful stars of the next generation, a few of whom, i am told

months about what drove them to charge the 58 year-old for the murder of his business partner the family venicehe remains were found a hundred miles away from their home in 2013 and have pleaded not guilty of a judge will not decide if there is enough evidence for trial also today they will start to replace the tokyo crossroad bridge that establish an earthquake in napa county back in may of the expected average of 4.1 quake hit in danville and may 21st the crew is recommended average closed a second replace or repair the bridge is located during high with 29 and the silver rod latrell bills are is scheduled to be replaced this summer. >>anny hong: one man is dead after a high-speed chase and shooting in stockton this happened yesterday when police saw a man having a woman on the street and they approached him he ran and 11 on a chase in a stolen car after ramming in stopping the suspect vehicle for the god of the squad car to arrest the man the suspect attempted to hit the man with the car that is when officers opened fire at one point this out to chase and the suspects other driving the wrong

>>darya: that is the reason some are speculating venice as a reader with you this morning from the doubles they have singles' coming up is because of the heat they did not say why but they withdrew from australia open to the double so it might be and they do not like to play in the extreme heat it seems like they're not bothered by at. >>gary: and they played doubles i do think so they both won their matches yesterday's 6 low 6 love the one of the few if you go back in history beverly's recent history most of these biggest single stars do not play doubles. >>gary: hi you make the money and you make your ranking the big raking off from singles out there were the few guys who played doubles for a long time he was such a nice guy got along with everybody >>darya: it's been the '80s tomorrow and the next day it could reach a hundred degrees and that will then take could bring the roof and no shade because it is not what they do they need to have a protocol but there shading they're bringing in just enough that the change the royal box it could mean he black think it is also a rich a certain po

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former british soccer star david beckham arrived at a casino in macau that resembles the italian city of veniceoys a drink at a bar and watches a boxing match. but nowhere in the two-minute-long video is beckham shown gambling. the company is pitching the attraction of non-casino facilities. another ferm has opened a hotel and resort facilities alongside its casino. a majority of the investment in this project doesn't go to the casino. >> reporter: the casino operators are targeting couples and families. thaur trying to promote macau not only as a major gambling city but also as a glitzy tourist port. >> translator: i'm not going to casinos. i'm just enjoying meals together with my children. >> reporter: the facilities also include a broadway-style musical theater, and a giant swimming pool. the kind we often see in theme parks. >> translator: custom and needs have changed. but we can maintain our competitiveness if we adapt to them. >> reporter: macau authorities are hoping that the new strategy will breathe new life into their economy. julian luk, nhk world, macau. >>> craftsmanship is never

the annual italian street pain festival brought artist him or her style to use pavement as cannabis. theme was carnival in venice. the artist sketched out maps and miracles. what mama artist came all the way from italy and was clearly enjoying himself.>> the weather, the people in the festival. it's good. it's good for me. >> the evening continues tomorrow. tickets are $10. children under 12 are free. proceeds benefit the foundation for rare diseases. >>> the giants needed a come back to win today. coming up, some nice work in a field and they late bases clearing double helps to pull that off.>>> mark tamayo is tracking your pride forecast. another big warm-up on the way. >>> most of the bay area cooled off today. it felt muggy out there. this is our san jose camera, some beautiful colors. these clouds moving in from the south. with the clouds and even a few passing rain showers, a nice rainbow. this was at the grateful dead concert earlier this evening. a few passing showers helped produce that rainbow. as far as temperatures, they range from the 60s near pacifica. most areas cooled off from yesterday. the shot

isis entered the ancient syrian city of palmyra, the worth braced for the destruction of the city known as venicely demolished ancient artifacts, from smashing statues with sledgehammers in mosul to blowing up an ancient city. once these historic treasures are so mindlessly vandalized they are gone forever. do you remember the two massive buddas that stood nestled in the stand stones of afghanistan for more than 16 centuries. the tallest was 180 feet tall more than 55 feet taller than the christ the redeemer statue in rio. that is until the taliban did this in 2001. the buddhas were broken into thousands of pieces. well 14 years later, one of the buddas stood again last weekend but just for two nights. a chinese couple projected a 3-d hologram into the niche where he lived so long. it was according to onlookers and these pictures, a beautiful sight to behold. when looking at these stunning images a quote by martin luther king jr. comes to mind. darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. a small beam of solace to lovers of civilization. the correct answer to the gps challenge quest

at the moment, so, yes do you want to go to moscow? you want to stay in venice? talking about this, a decent rally on friday. also, the norwegian foreign minister. asking about oil. jones: i would go with that. hans: you are not supposed to criticize your guests before they are on. jonathan: and expectation management. hans: the greek story seems different to me today, because he normally cleans up, tsipras. who cleans it up? we heard from him yesterday. normally, the sheet music for this drama is someone says something, we are close to a deal, and the germans or europeans say no, and tsipras and merkel have a conversation. jones: it seems like they spread it out. it seems like people are in line. we can be making a lot of money. this is what is so interesting. everyone gets affected by this. even madame lagarde. among the most respected newspapers in germany, and they work up the transcripts somehow. jonathan: 61 point one. the survey was 51.4. not really going to set the world on fire anyway, but it is down. a down from the previous month. what do you make of it

, built to honor a noble roman two decades before the birth of christ and after the roman conquest of egypt. and in venice rialto bridge over the grand canal will be cleaned and strengthened, thanks to $7 million from this man, renzo rosso. is the government too poor, too broke to maintain its treasures? >> renzo rosso: no, i think we have to face with the reality. the reality is that they don't have money. >> safer: rosso is a farmer's son, a self-made man known as the "jeans genius," as in diesel jeans. he built the brand from the ground up, expanding into other businesses and becoming a billionaire several times over. >> rosso: i want more short. >> safer: his sleek headquarters rival anything in silicon valley, what with the espresso bars and day care, where kids learn the international language of business. >> clap out, clap in. >> safer: but the fashion industry is a rare bright spot in the stagnant italian economy, and these workers are the lucky ones. elsewhere, fully half the country's young adults are unemployed. there's corruption, public and private, and widespread tax evasion. >> rosso: the i

campaign group which managed to at the time the ville language on the world monument watch list, and call sural heritage site, along places like venice it has taken over the pastures. here a 45 square meter apartment goes for about 1 million dollars and fewer than 3,000 live in the village and many feel its days are numbered. >>> many land developers are targeting this spot of land. if they remove village, for them, it will be a golden opportunity. >>> g. has acknowledged the value, and has no legislation to save it. >>> at the moment, we only preserve individual buildings not an area, and not a zone and it is important for us to visit the existing policy to, reduce the policy after special protected area. this is the only surviving chinese village. with a pattern seen in its winding path. >>> it is the deep alleyway that are pro texting the village part of the land is owned by developers and there's no way for vehicles to get through. and the government has already approved planning documents and the towering buildings are a constant reminder that development is not far away. >>> now, they have announced up to 50,000 job cuts as par

meantime the rest of his family first family in italy cruising around the canals of venice. dy michelle obama taking daughters sasha and malia sightseeing. they plan on heading back to the u.s. tomorrow. >>> and now this fox news alert, we are continuing to follow a manhunt underway at this hour in new orleans where police say an officer has been shot to death by a suspect he was transporting in his suv. also new developments in the massive manhunt for two escaped murderers. the possible sightings and details we are learning about the woman accused of helping them. plus new details emerging in the south carolina church massacre as we learn more about the victims and the strength of the loved ones they've left behind. >> as far as my family i mean we are mourning right now. but i know we'll get through it. my mom was a god fearing woman. she loved everybody with all her heart. when eating healthy and drinking water just isn't enough to ease my constipation i trust dulcolax tablets. i take dulcolax for dependable overnight relief and in the morning i am back to myself dulcolax,

the map is not in the greatest detail that i can actually see it, so i do have that particular copy. i would like to say that even prior to this hearing after a walk down south venice with supervisor campos the mayor directed my staff to actively look at a variety of parcels in the mission, and we have done that. we're in the process of doing that. some of those parcels might be these 13, but the mayor has directed staff to look at acquiring some of the parcels to preserve the affordable housing -- >> so can you -- >> what we found out in this process is that the mayor and supervisor campos walked down south van ness and the mayor looked at many sites along that walk and staff basically followed up with the owners of all those sites, sites that appear to be under utilized may have long-term leases on them. sites that may appear to be ripe for housing development maybe tied up with another use, or the owner may not be interested at all at selling their property housing, affordable or otherwise, so the process of looking at those sites is really much more so than doing an analysis of sort of the capacities of the sites and whether -- what planning would call a "soft

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it was actually quoting "the merchant of venice." the virus shylock after the moneylender. it really is a fascinating story, we talked to the first-hand participants, how they defeated this virus. it is amazing. anna: shakespeare-quoting packers were targeting british banks? tim: yes and they stole millions of pounds. the next time you find shakespeare in your code, you will probably know who the author is. anna: appropriately, the story is set out in acts 1-5. let's adjourn to the russia story. we were talking to ryan on the ground there in st. petersburg. he said there are european businesses still going this year. the oil businesses, not all of the u.s. representatives you might expect to see her there. tim: it is very different from a few years ago, rob is reason. the european oil companies are there american companies are not. american banks, not so much. when you think about a business as big an important oil, where it takes many years and billions of dollars to make these investments, but then generate profits and products for

we have a story filed in apri about the city worst location for pedestrian accidents and fatalities veniceeen market stret and gary. >> reporter: croing van nuys avenue on foot is a dangerous gamef beat the clock, no time to wait. >>dangerous to walk because of the traffic, you know, so people have to watch othwise they lose their lives. >> reporter: this year, seven pedestrians lost lives in san frncisco, four killed,

we have a story filed in apri about the city worst location for pedestrian accidents and fatalities venicevenue between market stret and gary. >> reporter: croing van nuys avenue on foot is a dangerous gamef beat the clock, no time to wait. >>dangerous to walk because of the traffic, you know, so people have to watch othwise they lose their lives. >> reporter: this year, seven pedestrians lost lives in san frncisco, four killed, including the person seenon this surveillance video moments before getting strucby a car. >> we know the streets were designed not for pedestrian safety or anone's safety. >> reporter: pedtrian advocate, nicole snider, says these streets were designed for cars, not peole in mind. they hope this willsend a message. >> collisions are preventful. they are not accidents. they are preventful things. >> reporter: she supports the vision 0 plan to eliminate pederian deaths in the next ten years through enforcement and redesign ofraffic hot spots. >> a b truck just barely ssed me, and it is scary. >> reporter: he says pedestrian deaths will keep happening as long as cars k

station new orleans deployed two helicopters seen here to the oil platform where they had taken refuge after their boat went down 40 miles east of venicene by one, the helicopter crew lifted them up in the basket and flew them to the air station. all four, you see here smiling. yeah. they're doing just fine right now. thank you. >>> to a much different picture now. a wild scene. wild encounter of road ragon the streets of l.a. two drivers fighting, fistfighting in the street. >> a close call for one of them, too, here. the entire incident captured on camera. police looking for witnesses to come forward in this case. abc's kendis gibson has more. >> reporter: a driver leaning out of his car window, punching the other. a road rage argument, escalating. these drivers leaving their engines running at a busy intersection. watch how close the man in shorts gets to being struck by oncoming traffic. >> they were screaming at each other. when they both got out, it became a brawl. >> reporter: the two drivers were arguing through their windows about merging lanes for ten minutes, before coming to blows right here, in front of a school. aggressiv

meanwhile, take a look at this the first lady she's in the italian city of venice sightseeing with herrs and apparently they spent the day speeding all around the city's canals. they were followed, of course, closely on some jet skis by police launch vessels. their schedule has not been made public but the three are expected to visit a number of venetian tourist attractions before leaving italy. yeah. >>> a new study shows fewer men are being diagnosed with prostate cancer than in previous years, that is good news but it may not be such a good thing, though the doctor's in with some factors behind the new numbers. >>> and disturbing new details about the suspected gunman in the south carolina church shooting as the community unites in grief. what investigators are learning about dylann roof online. ♪ ♪ ♪ (charge music) you wouldn't hire an organist without hearing them first. charge! so why would you invest without checking brokercheck? check your broker with brokercheck. did you know that meeting your daily protein needs actually helps to support your muscle health? boost® high protei

group which managed to get the vellum on the internationally acclaimed world monument watch list as i threatened cultural heritage site alongside placed like veniceensity apartment complex has taken over the pastures where cows once grazed. here a 45 street meter apartment goes for about a million dollars. fewer than 3,000 people live in the village and many feel its days of numbers. >> many lands developers are targeting until spot of land. physical they actually, you know remove the village for them it will be a golden opportunity. >> reporter: the government bureau responsible for land development has acknowledged the village's cultural school. but currently has no legislation that could save it. >> disappointing at the moment. we only preserve individual buildings. not an area, not a zone. and therefore it is important for us to revisit the existing policy to introduce the concept of a special protected area. >> reporter: is this the only sir strivingville nipping hong kong with its ching dynasty pattern. in a sense it is these narrow alleyways that are protecting the village. part of the lands is owned by developers, but instruction is almos

highly venice and potentially sea creature. when the winds come from northeast warm water from the gulf stream can bring these guys our way. they are certainly row minute to always be aware of what's around you when you're swimming in the ocean. >>> maroon five will be the next band to perform on the beach in atlantic city. adam levine and company will rock the shore on august 16th. last year of course it was blake shelton and lady antebellum who perform on the beach. nick jonas and matt mcandrew will open for marine five and tickets will gone on sail on friday. >>> apple is changes its tune after they were called out by the pop star taylor swift. the tech giant announced today that they will pay royalties to artists whenever they're mu psych is streamed on the new apple music service. even during the three might have month tree trial period. that change came just a few hours after taylor posted an open letter on tumbler criticizing apple and threaten to go with hold her most recent album 1989 from apple music. after apple announced its

reporter: famously sunny los angeles has long been known as the homeless capital of america from beachy communities like santa monica and venice to skid row downtown. there are about 45,000 homeless people in l.a. county, about 4,000 of whom are veterans. the number of homeless vets in the city of l.a. has fallen by about one third since 2009. and last year the city joined an ambitious national effort already underway to completely end veteran homelessness by the end of this year. l.a.'s commitment coincided with an event last july attended by first lady michelle obama, who has championed veterans initiatives for the obama administration. >> and make no mistake it is an aggressive goal. but we have seen time and time again that if you break these numbers down then this problem becomes eminently solvable. >> i don't think anybody's had the confidence that we'd ever be able to make a dent in homelessness. we've just come to accept that we manage homelessness, that we try to make it less bad, but we never make it better. >> reporter: los angeles mayor eric garcetti is a former navy reservist himself. he says the city's effort to

part of the first lady's campaign to promote healthy eating. she'll also travel to venice. >>> and she was a big hit during the uk leg of her european trip. we've learned she didn't arrive empty-handed when she met prince harry for tea at kensington palace. she brought gifts for prince george and princess charlotte, the young children. those wondering what the gifts were, a red flyer wagon for george and amish rocking chair and blanket for charlotte. >>> back in the united states and north carolina a teenager says he's keeping his spirits up while recovering from a shark attack that cost him his arm. a shark bit 16-year-old hunter treschl on sunday. medics rushed him to the hospital in critical condition. doctors amputated his arm below the shoulder. the attack happened 90 minutes after a 12-year-old girl lost her arm to a shark nearby. hunter, in stable condition, says he's determined to move on from this. >>> out of those two there's only one i would choose, that's to fight and live a normal life with the cards i've been dealt. >> the girl who had her arm severed by the

campaign group which managed to get the village on the international internationally world claimed watch list as they threaten cultural places like veniceover the pastures he once grazed and 45 square meter apartment goes for about a million dollars and fewer than 3,000 people live in the village and many feel its days are numbered. >> many land developers are targeting this spot of land. if they actually you know remove the village for them it will be a golden opportunity. >> reporter: the government bureau responsible for land development acknowledged the cultural value but currently has no legislation to solve it. >> reporter: disappointing and only preserve individual buildings and not an area or zone and there for it's important for us to revisit the policy and introduce the concept of a special protected area. >> reporter: this is the only survivor indigenous village in hong kong with the dynasty pattern seen in the winding path and in a sense it's these narrow alley ways protecting the village and part of the land owned by developers but construction is almost impossible because there is no way for vehicles to get through but con

wednesday night in san francisco you may recognize the draymond green david lee both of them popping in taking swigs of off 15 l bottle of champagne veniceit is a list and thousand dollars >>james: the celebration continues with some cake as well as a critical creation they treated this video showing the larry o'brien trophy in the final championship ahead of top of the cake along with the strength in numbers there you can save the jerseys for each of the players drawn along the outside of the cake a lot of work going into that pretty incredible the parade starts at 11 it goes up and hangs of breath the brand and harrison follows along the lakeshore london to you get down to the convention center this said they armed out their minimum one of this morning some of them showed as early as 330 this morning. >>anny hong: this event on the creek that it was already getting relief full and let for in the morning fire madisonville with pack trains dress in layers killing of the warriors for cash flow morning his sons attend temperatures, low 60s and run for clearing skies and the woman into lower estimates by ride around 2 and 3:00 p.m. today wi

be able to sign in through the netflix app and you can sign up for a new subscription if you don't have one>>> one. >>> a d.c. boy's choir has been invited to perform in veniceh. they need about $165,000 to make the trip. they're asking for donations. >>> our first look at the newest building the rise at new york's world >>> a developing story this morning. a police officer in texas caught on camera using what some are calling excessive force may be facing charges. we have a latest. >> reporter: this morning the texas police officer shown in this video is off the force. the 40-year-old officer seen pushing a 15-year-old girl to the ground. and pointing his gun at other teens turned in his badge late tuesday. according to the police chief. >> the actions of case bolt as seen on the video are indefensive. >> reporter: the cell phone video has been viewed more than 15 million people. >> i was in the middle of a group of black people and they put them all on the ground except for me. >> reporter: the resignation come one night after hundreds marched in the dallas suburbs protesting the officer's actions. the next action could be criminal charges. >> i'm not goin

guy: and we have a purse on the russian no-fly list. he is in venice a guest who was on the russian no-fly list. francine: we will drill down what it means and why he think he knew was put on the list. you can follow us on twitter. i'm going to throw in hans nichols. he will be joining us for the next hour. guy: we will see you in a moment. ♪ francine: blame game. greece and the creditors point fingers at each other as patience looms. guy: p.m.i. around the world. china's manufacturing stabilizing while europe shows a modest increase. francine: and the fifa scandal continues as the u.s. chief investigator warns more criminal charges and banks looking into transactions linked to the alleged payments. guy: so good morning. good evening to those in asia and a very good welcome to those waking up in the united states. i'm guy johnson. francine: and i'm francine lacqua. this is "the pulse" in london. guy: let's get to greece. they're blaming each other for the lack of progress to unlock more aid with the prime minister slamming the demands as absurd. franci

the thinking that renzi woodwind five of them. -- would win five of them. david: yes six, he was never going to win in veniceat does the opposition look like, because we are in this post silvio era, and then bringing into that the movement the anti-immigration rhetoric. how united is it? david: the opposition is completely desperate. it looks like the largest party to the right of center. in most of the country, and even many center-right voters, that is a sense about how weak the center is, so it is a time for renzi to make hay while the sunshine's. i am not sure he has. not all that impressed. manus: what has he achieved? everyone holds up a poster of ireland and portugal as being the reformist roadmap. for labor or the electoral reform, and what is on his agenda? david: i think on the labor form he got through partially. mildly impressive. certainly there was an article for which many of the unions -- he has got that through, it seems, so he has done ok on that. the electoral reforms, much. everyone agreed they were much needed, but when they looked at the meat of it, they did not like what he proposed, b

him a great writer is redundant, but at the same time, he surprises me because he understands -- i believe shakespeare was an actor. charlie: "merchant of veniceu love. you have done that more than once. al: i was in the movie. and then knighted the play. i knew the great dan sullivan wanted me to play it. i thought yes, this is the time to play. because i learned about it in the movie a certain way and i took attack on it because it's a movie. with theater you can explore more. movies it is hard to explore. i knew it would be a different struggle. it was a great adventure for me to do this part. charlie: do you want to be in "macbeth"? al: i'm not even supposed to mention the name. charlie: it is myth of the theater that you cannot mention the name. al: i love the play. who wouldn't? but i don't know. charlie: what else is on that list? al: i guess maybe doing "richard" again. that's a part i wanted to play and i was ready to play it. iago. charlie: do you still want? al: i want to play it. the thing is the cart is before the horse. sometimes you just get it and you go. in my off time for years what i do is -- i practically know the arguments

campaign group which managed to get the village on the world monument watch list as a threatened cultural heritage site, alongside places like venice. here a 45 square meter amount goes for about a million dollars. fewer than 3,000 people live in the village and many feel its days are numbered. >> many land developers are targeting this land. this they actually remove the village, for them, it will be a golden opportunity. >> the government bureau responsible for land development has acknowledged the village's cultural value but currently has no ledge reaction to save it. >> disappointing at the moment, we only preserve individual buildings, not an area, not a zone. therefore, it is important for us to revisit the existing policy to reduce the concept of a special be protected area. >> this is the only surviving indigenous chinese village in hong kong with its pattern seen in its winding path and knows knit housing. >> in a sense, it is these narrow alley ways that are protecting the village. part of the land is owned by developers but construction almost impossible as there is no way for vehicle to say get through. >> the conserva