transamerica -- i'm sorry, it sucked back then, it still does. it's a lousy piece of architecture and it's too bad that people think of it as an icon of san francisco. maybe this will replace it, who knows. i'm pretty much for the project. i'm asking for separate votes because i can't support one of the motions, but otherwise i'm fine. >> commissioner moore. >> there used to be a [speaker not understood] room on the top floor of the bank of america which used to be the equivalent of the observation deck, but that doesn't exist any more. >> go ahead. get on the list. >> 9/11 you could go to the top of the transamerica building, but now you can't. it's all secure unfortunate. avoid that. >> we don't have a motion at the moment. >> i was thinking of making one. >> commissioner antonini. >> well, i'm going to make separate motions in fairness to commissioner sugaya. so, the first motion would be to adopt findings under california environmental quality act. >> second. >> commissioners, the motion on the floor is to approve adoption of the c-e-q-a find

and i think you can also see it will be a wonderful companion to the transamerica tower. next. going back down now to mission square, next, charlie, these are images that pete walker showed you in may. but just to reinforce once again the effect of a grove of 20 mature redwood trees, on day one these trees will be about 40 feet in height. but in five to eight years they could be as much as 70 feet in height. tim hawkins' sculpture is in the foregroundand the funicular that leads to the park. and one of the interesting things that t. walker and his firm are doing is making a visual and physical connection between the park level and mission square so that you see smaller redwoods at the edge of the parka above, mature redwoods on the ground. so, it's as if the building and the transit center are really sitting in this very, very lovely urban, but at the same time treed environment. next. * park above you are now standing next to the transit center. the funicular is just above you. in the distance you can see the elevator to city park. again, very prominent, very well signed and a

looking at the bank of america building and transamerica pyramid. things change and lisa is saying if you have the contract to watch 3,678 windows on the transamerica pyramid. this is not the day to do it. we have rain on the way. it's going to mess everything up. hold up on the window washing until you hear from lisa argen. >> the cost of pea mutt n out butter is expected to drop. peanut prices soared after a drought hit the southeast. an early spring and mild temperatures this year promise a bumper crop. already farmers are expected to bring in 67% more peanuts last year. a price of jar of peanut butter could drop 10%. a local chef is part of general hospital's teovlt prevent chronic diseases. it looked like a cooking show. jonathan bloom has the story. >> after that, chopped celery. >> she has been featured in movies and magazines. the chef is cooking before a live audience at a hospital. the toughest question which wine to pair with dinner. crowd is looking for answers to a different dilemma. >> how do you eat healthy when you have a little bit

appreciate the increase of awareness of these public open spaces from redwood park in the shadow of the transamerica pyramid to the incedible roof sun terraces at the crocker galleria. i see no other comments. can we adopt these amendments without objection, colleagues? thank you. and on the ordinance itself, can we support this with a positive recommendation without objection? thank you. thank you. thank you, president chiu. miss miller, is there any other business before us. >> no, there are no further matters. >> great, meeting adjourned. thank you, everyone. (meeting adjourned).>> be expee glass facades that was designed with over 120 laminated glass panels. it captures the experience of being under or over clouds when flying in a plane. depending on the distance or point of view, it can appear clear for more abstract and atmospheric. the subtle colors change gradually depending on the light and the time of day. >> i wanted to create an art work that looks over time as well as working on in the first glance. the first time you come here, you may not see a. but you may be able to see one side ove

that is the view from the transamerica pyramid. sunshine, warm and near 90 degrees inland by midweek. we will, however, have to dispense with this persistent marine layer as low pressure moves in and high pressure weakens a bit. as this trough moves in over california, we will see high cloud this is afternoon and evening making for a pretty sunset when the low clouds clear. fog and sun. temperatures warm into the mid 70s inless than. cool and overcast for much of the bay area. temperatures in the mid 50s today. futurecast bear this is out. you can see the low clouds pulling back to the shore by midday and movie back in toward sunset. there are the high clouds coming in. tomorrow morning we will be talking fog and low clouds again during the cbs morning news. mostly sunny skies for the area on monday. if you are heading out of san francisco for monday, a high of 72 at the airport. new york is thunderstorms and 72. pinpoint forecast for the bay area, in the south bay morgan hill comes in at 80 degrees. mountain view at 74. campbell 7

mission streets will be the city's tallest at 1,070 feet high, more than 200 feet taller than the transamericalding. some of groups have complained about the shadows on public spaces and parks cast by the building. >> if that was up now it would be shrouded in clouds because it's kind of pewy out there right now. >> roberta? >> we are at the embarcadero. i have to tell you something right now. first off, yeah, we have gray clouds behind me here as we look at the bay bridge but obviously i am wearing white. i know it's a fashion faux pas. women, we don't wear white after labor day. but there's a reason to my madness. we'll get to that. but right now it's your weekend and we have a changing forecast. so let's get right to it. first off we'll begin with current temperatures. it's obviously much cooler than yesterday at this hour. 64 degrees apiece in oakland and san francisco. it's currently in the upper 60s in downtown san jose with the sunshine. livermore full sun at 74. and santa rosa 70 with not much of a breeze. 66 degrees in concord. what you need to know as far as your day is concerned you

appreciate the increase of awareness of these public open spaces from redwood park in the shadow of the transamerica pyramid to the incedible roof sun terraces at the crocker galleria. i see no other comments. can we adopt these amendments without objection, colleagues? thank you. and on the ordinance itself, can we support this with a positive recommendation without objection? thank you. thank you. thank you, president chiu. miss miller, is there any other business before us. >> no, there are no further matters. >> great, meeting adjourned. thank you, everyone. (meeting adjourned). >> when the new california academy of sciences opened in 2008, it quickly became one of the top tourist magnets in the city. part of the cal academies' astronomical success is the weekly nightlife party. >> i am joined by helen, who is here to school me on all the nocturnal activities that are getting ready to take place here. tell us a little about what we can expect to see at nightlife. >> we open up the doors every thursday night at the california academy of sciences. there are certain things you can see every week yo

appreciate the increase of awareness of these public open spaces from redwood park in the shadow of the transamerica pyramid to the incedible roof sun terraces at the crocker galleria. i see no other comments. can we adopt these amendments without objection, colleagues? thank you. and on the ordinance itself, can we support this with a positive recommendation without objection? thank you. thank you. thank you, president chiu. miss miller, is there any other business before us. >> no, there are no further matters. >> great, meeting adjourned. thank you, everyone. (meeting adjourned). >> i tried to think about this room as the dream room, where we dream and bring some of those dreams to life. i feel very blessed that i have been able to spend the last 31 years of my life doing it my way, thinking about things better interesting to me, and then pursuing them. there are a lot of different artists that come here to work, mostly doing aerial work. kindred spirits, so to speak. there is a circus company that i have been fortunate enough to work with the last couple of years. i use elements of dance and cho

. >>> looking at the transamerica pyramid, like a crown jewel.only turned on for holidays and special occasions. this is one of many landmarks that make san francisco a magical backdrop for the world series. we have a tale of two cities. san francisco and detroit. two stories cities. but we do things a little different out here. >> reporter: that's a good way to put it. san francisco/detroit, entirely two different cities. different as night as day. but tonight, they have something in common. >> the tigers are going to the world series. >> the giants have won the pennant. >> reporter: the san francisco giants and the detroit tigers. two teams reached the pinnacle for baseball. but the cities they represent couldn't be more different. ♪ >> reporter: san francisco is a destination city. >> the landscape, the architecture, it's great around here. everybody comes here just to see this great city. >> reporter: and detroit is struggling to make an economic comeback. >> we came through alive. and i think we're starting to turn the corner now. we have a

transamerica. this is a major -- so these are -- those are buildings. but what else might you think about? bart, transportation. we'll talk about that. hospitals. city hall. these are possible target areas. as we mentioned, civilian safety is the most important. point to yourself. your safety is the most important. when you are sizing up what are the dangers, what are your capabilities, what are your limitations. terrorism is no different from a natural disaster. you are going to respond the same way. be nice is not nice. b stands for biological. n is nuclear, i is incendiary and c is chemical. on the bottom scale, we have a likelihood it's going to take place and this scale here is the impact. so nuclear device, think of a nuclear bomb taking place, impact will affect a lot of people, yeah. high impact, what's the probability that a nuclear attack will take place? not that great. as you move on, as the season progresses, then add a chemical release, over here, likelihood gets higher that would take place, less impact biological and explosive incendiari

you can see in san francisco right now the fog is shrouding the transamerica building. even areas of drizzle as you get closer to the coastline. that's pretty much been there all day long. again, sign of changes coming our way. on the radar right now we have rainfall off to the north. washington and oregon. no rainfall expected here over the next 24 to at least 36 hours. but in advance of all of this active weather we've been previewing all week long, we have a winter storm watch that has been posted here up across the sierra now. with this winter storm watch, it doesn't good into effect until sunday night. also into monday evening. and up above 5500 feet we are expecting from 6 to 12 inches of snow. and speaking of this snowfall, when you think about when we had snow this time last year, it was just about at the same time on october 4th and 5th when we picked up 5 to 10 inches. so not too far behind, at least when it comes to sierra snow at this point. as far as temperatures go, two days ago at this time, we had 90s here across the bay area. now we're starting to see t

appreciate the increase of awareness of these public open spaces from redwood park in the shadow of the transamerica pyramid to the incedible roof sun terraces at the crocker galleria. i see no other comments. can we adopt these amendments without objection, colleagues? thank you. and on the ordinance itself, can we support this with a positive recommendation without objection? thank you. thank you. thank you, president chiu. miss miller, is there any other business before us. >> no, there are no further matters. >> great, meeting adjourned. thank you, everyone. (meeting adjourned). . >> good evening, welcome to the october 17th, 2012 meeting of the san francisco board of appeals. the present siding officer this evening is board president cis hwang. one seat on the board is vai captain and pursuant to charter section, the berd may hold a meeting when there is a vacancy. in such instances the board may overrule an action by the department by a vote of 3 members. to my left is deputy city attorney robert bryan, he will provide the board with any needed legal advice. at the controls is victor pacheco,

appreciate the increase of awareness of these public open spaces from redwood park in the shadow of the transamerica pyramid to the incedible roof sun terraces at the crocker galleria. i see no other comments. can we adopt these amendments without objection, colleagues? thank you. and on the ordinance itself, can we support this with a positive recommendation without objection? thank you. thank you. thank you, president chiu. miss miller, is there any other business before us. >> no, there are no further matters. >> great, meeting adjourned. thank you, everyone. (meeting adjourned). >> so again good morning everyone. i am ed risk. i am the transportation director in the great city of san francisco and it's my great pleasure and delight to welcome you today to a great celebration. what we're celebrating here is the partnership that many of you that are with us today that have gotten to this point. we are celebrating the fact that we have gotten to this point and the investments that will central sup way will bring to san francisco and what it means for this city and this region. i can't tell you what

that's more than 200 feet taller than the transamerica building. >> wow. >>> it's a whole new commute for thousands of bay area workers. >> yup. they are part of a new generation of employees who are being driven to and from work on corporate buses. cbs 5's mike sugerman reports. >>> reporter: mass transit isn't always public transit. every day hundreds of huge bus transport a mass of people from san francisco to the silicon valley. workplaces like google, yahoo and the like. but they certainly aren't public. >> companies themselves are a little cagey about where those routes are. it can be a contentious issue. >> reporter: eric sees these big buses all over the city and like the rest of us knew nothing about them except that they seemed rather plush and efficient, very much unlike public transit. >> it's a kind of hiding in plain sight situation where, you know, the buses are two stories high and 80 feet long so it's not hard to find them. >> reporter: eric runs a design firm, stay men. and it was commissioned to create a piece of art for a san jose arts nonprofit celebrating 50 year

on the right, the transamerica pyramid taken at some distance from the pyramid there is no hard line distennesseerable. where does the shooed doe begin or end * because it is shining around the side of the tower and a broad amount where there are light amounts of shadow. if you quint maybe you tell. the there is a gradation. the quantitative analysis shows a dark shadow. this is not something we have found a way to easily capture in our calculations but something we know empirically happens. so now the park-by-park look. first justin hermann plaza. justin hermann plaza is about 2,000 feet from the transbay tower *, a similar distance from the other two buildings that might shade it. the potential shadow from the new buildings would happen in late fall, very early winter. as little as 15 minutes, as much as 50 minutes total. the times of day when that might happen are about 1:00 to 2:40. it is important to note as you can see the duration, maximum of 50 minutes is shorter than this time of day, two 2:40, an hour and 40 minutes. that is important because the 15 to 50-minute period can

let's take you outside of the live hd sky network and transamerica building, looking great with thiser. and right next to the peak of that, you can see the towering q, or in other words towering cumulus clouds, up at about 15 to 20,000 feet. a sign of instability in the atmosphere. and down in san jose, we're also looking at clear weather. and also a mix of some sun and some clouds. so let's get you into the next 48 hours. and what we do expect to happen across the bay area. we have this broad area of low pressure in the pacific. we're already tracking the potential thunderstorms, even developing several hundred miles out here in the pacific. so no doubt we'll keep that instability in the forecast. and a lot of cold air wrapped in this. don't expect any kind of big warm-up in the next two days. as we look at our wednesday forecast, chance of isolated thunderstorms, 40s and 50s at the coastline. and we'll find 60s inland. eventually, as we head throughout thursday, we are looking at a clearing forecast. here it is. hour by hour, throughout tonight, we're going to find showers develop

has anyone gone to transamerica building in the recent time and sat in the red wood forest? i have a feeling that if you had, you would not be so quick to say planting redwoods is a good idea in an urban environment. it is dense. it is -- redwoods in their natural habitat are in a forest. and on the ground floor of the forest it's forest. and do we want to have that in a downtown setting? with regard to what you have downtown around this area, you have an opportunity to open it up for the people or to close it off. i do not see that you are thinking through the myriad of issues. in prop k that is going to affect the shadows, it's very far away as well as the stack of dixie cups in an earthquake. thank you. >> is there any additional public comment? >>> good afternoon, commissioner. my name is dick mill et. i live in potrero hill. i've lived in the city the last 60 years ever since i got out of college. i'm an architect. i am a big follower of city planning. i strongly believe in it and i know that city planning is changing or at least city planning in san francisco is changi

looking live at the transamerica building in the city. traffic is light now. you can bet there will be a crush of cars all around the city by the bay. san francisco expecting massive crowds to fill streets and sidewalks this sunday. though traffic is moving slowly this morning. as many as a million people will attend an unprecedented number of events in the city to not only a giants playoff game tonight but 49ers are at the stick. blue angels are in town for fleet week and it's championship race day in the america's cup. also a number of local festivals going on including the italian heritage parade. we have a rundown of all of it for you. thank you so much for joining us this morning. i'm kris sanchez. our live coverage of the bay's big weekend starts right now. first though, "today in the bay's" anthony slaughter is joining us with a pressure filled forecast. i feel for you. the fog could ruin so many different things. >> even at this time we're usually fogged in in san francisco. a beautiful start to the day. once again even yesterday we have an upper level

now, that's 200 feet taller than the transamerica building.s actually lowered the height of the building a bit to please neighbors concerned about the size and increased traffic. >>> it sounds a little like a horror movie from the 1950s. an invasive species in the northern bay area nicknamed the blob... as cbs 5 reporter john ramos explains, from point reyes the slimy invader is being used to try and tip the balance in the fight over a commercial oyster bed. >> reporter: the point reyes seashore is a place of solitude and wind spent beauty but the inlet is a battle ground and in the crosshairs is the drakes bay oyster company. >> it's an ideal shellfish growing area with the best water quality of any estuary in the state. >> reporter: oysters have been farmed here for 70 years but the national park service wants to convert it to a wilderness area. the oyster company would have to go at the end of next month when the 40-year permit expires. >> when they bought it, they knew that it expired in 2012 and that everything had to be out. he felt that

taking a live look, you can see the tippy top of the transamerica pyramid lit up for our san francisco giants this morning. you can see the tippy top for now. those clouds will lower as we head through 7:00 to 9:00, expecting some thick fog. by 10:00 getting clear conditions, even in the city that's known for its fog. san francisco, you're 57 degrees this morning. 49 in sonoma. dropping off a little in petaluma but running about 5 degrees warmer than this hour yesterday. gilroy dropped off to 40 degrees, getting oh so close to those 30s. 53 in gilroy now. the next 48 hours, area of low pressure takes a hike. high pressure moves in and will keep our temperatures nice and mild. 69 in concord, 69 in santa teresa, 67 in fremont. you'll hit about 70 in gilroy and 69 in los gatos. as we head through tonight, it's going to be clear and it will be cold, but look at your temperatures for tonight's giants game. 61 degrees at 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 59. then you're going to drop off between 6:00 and 7:00. the winds as well have shifted. last night we had winds out of the west-southwest. this evening

little impact on our morning commute including you may have seen that weather camera showing the transamerica building in san francisco, a lot of fog out there and you can also see it in some of our traffic cameras. this is a live look at the golden gate bridge. so headlights are coming into san francisco towards doyle drive and everything is moving okay across the span. but it's really thick in spots. so visibility may give you problems this morning especially in the north bay and at the coast. elsewhere maps and live traffic cameras, checking the east bay live look through berkeley near ashby, everything is flowing nicely down the eastshore freeway. 18 minutes or so is that drive time from the carquinez bridge to the maze. actually our latest estimates 20 minutes now from the carquinez bridge to the maze. the only slow spot really is coming through the altamont pass and livermore. you will notice that's in the yellow this morning. but otherwise, the nimitz and westbound 24 everything looks good heading out of the caldecott tunnel into the macarthur maze. quick look at the south bay through

we'll show you transamerica. oh, what a gorgeous start to the day.s a phenomenal live picture because traditionally you can't make out all the features across the bay. you've got alcatraz, a cruise ship you can see and even the golden gate bridge highly visible this morning. very unusual for an early october morning. traditionally we're socked in with fog. this morning the heat is on. already 63 degrees in san francisco. right around your average high for this time of year. and you can imagine it's going to be another hot day. you hit 90 in the city yesterday and just about as hot today as high pressure is still in control bringing about the dog days of fall. so 10 to 15 degrees above average yet again today. improved air quality. we're now become in the good to moderate range. that will continue to improve as we get a stronger onshore flow starting tomorrow. this system of low pressure tracks closer and closer to the coastline, this low pressure is carrying with it very cold air. in addition to that a lot of moisture. so we're talking about almost h

the transamerica pyramid lit up on this monday, october 8th. this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning and thanks for being with us. it is 6:00. i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm jon kelley. good morning action everybody. sad but true, it is getting worse. gas prices closing in on record highs after jumping once again this weekend. since friday prices have jumped another 15 cents right here in the bay area. in fact prices are getting so high they prompted an emergency move from governor jerry brown. bob redell joins us live in cupertino. he has more on this ever-growing story in the wrong direction. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. yes, this is an emergency move that's also unprecedented. governor jerry brown has directed the california air reboersz boar resources board to allow the immediate production of the winter blend of gasoline. this should immediately increase the supply of gasoline and in theory lower the prices that you are paying at the pump. we're at the 76 station here in cupertino.

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giving you a live look at the transamerica building there, you can see just a few patches of fog outarted out very chilly in some areas, but now temperatures are beginning to rebound. widespread 50s around the bay area, and into the afternoon, we're looking good. for the noon time, 60s around the bay. 60s along the coast. touching 70 degrees for the inland spots and into the afternoon, 74 santa rosa, 74 san rafael, 71 in berkeley, as well as oakland. 66 in san francisco. inland east bay, widespread mid to upper 70s. 76 in livermore. 73 down into the south bay of san jose. 72 in santa cruz, right along the boardwalk. going to be a nice day to hang out there. there's the extended forecast. the warmup, just beginning. low 80s in the forecast by tomorrow and then at some point, some of us will turn hot. upper 80s, low 90s, tuesday, wednesday, holding into thursday. meanwhile, along the coast, good looking weather coming our way. upper 60s, low 70s expected at the beaches tuesday and wednesday. back to you. >> looks good. thanks, rosemary. >>> kindle customers will be getting a refund, a