you have underground pipes, you have underground valves. they get what they call tuberculin built up. you would compare it to a 100-year-old man that has heavy cholesterol. they could be 6- or 8-inch mains, but being 100 years old, they actually may be 2-inch mains. and they reduce the amount of volume of water that's available to us. johnson: there were a number of things that we have had to do in order to get the system back up to an acceptable standard. replacing mains and valves and fire hydrants and other components of the system to ensure that it operates properly. egan: we consider both the underground infrastructure and the above ground assets to be a part of the critical infrastructure of the city. johnson: and if the infrastructure is not there to actually deliver that water in the volume and the quality that's necessary, then communities simply can't exist. man: infrastructure is vital to the american economy. water, after all, is an essential ingredient in hundreds of thousands of everyday products. narrator: agriculture and ind

it would be underground, people-mover, with remarkable on either side. and we issued an rfp for this work in august of this year. we received a single proposal on september the 28th. briefly this proposal was from a large company, very well qualified and when we checked up afterwards. we found that small companies found that there was too much scope of work within this and too many things to do that any one small company could not do it by themselves and the other major companies could have done this. are really already conflicted out because like urs, pass and transportation group and already heavily involved as designed on this project all for high speed rail. so we do need an independent company doing this. we had technical evaluation and the proposal was extremely well presented. and we interviewed them. and they had the right staff. and we completed the contract negotiation after the interview this month. just by way of saying it, on themselves is a well qualified company and could have done all of this work or nearly all of it themselves. but they

what would be to bring the machines that north beach has proposed and leave them underground. so, the trade-off there is, as mr. funge said, that there's some cost to the future project , the to-be-planned funded design project, and that leaving those machines underground encapsulated in concrete would be an additional cost for a future project should it continue up columbus avenue. but that's on the cost side. on the benefit side, we would be relieving north beach of that 9 or 10 months of construction impact that they would be seeing now for a project that they won't at least directly benefit from for many years down the road. so, it is a trade-off. i think it's a reasonable trade-off to make, that the point that i think you'll hear from many speakers -- and we've heard from the supervisor, it's just not fair to subject us, this neighborhood to that amount of disruption when the benefit is so far out and uncertain at that. and i think that's a reasonable position and a reasonable trade-off and that's why we are recommending that as our kind of backstop plan. if we're unable

and then for the reasons articulated above, abandoning the tbms underground would require the sfmta to compensate the tunneling contractor for the tbm and may also delay the construction of the existing tunnel contract and station contract. the benefit of option 5, though, is that it would -- it would prevent a future extension of this line would not conflict with existing powell street cable car lines. but the negative is it would increase the project budget by roughly 24 to $26 million. now, the above alternatives that were presented to the public on november 19th, the meeting was attended by approximately 90 people. and based on the above option review, only option 4 addresses the construction concerns of the community without impeding a possible future extension of rail service to north beach or fisherman's wharf. now, the challenges with this option include a very tight timeline to secure the access rights to the private property, would require the appropriation of additional local funds needed to secure the property access rights. and then a bit of additional engineering review.

what would be to bring the machines that north beach has proposed and leave them underground. so,

but 11 days underground alive. >> wow. let's not tell pooh bear that one. >> [ chuckles ] >> yeah. >> there's a lot of water going on here. like you said, that's how the cave was formed itself. and i heard a term you mentioned earlier -- correct me if i'm wrong -- "krast topography"? >> "karst topography." >> karst topography. >> karst topography is why we're the longest cave in the world. >> okay. >> it's basically limestone bedrock, which is calcium-based rock, topped off by silicon-based rock, known as sandstone, which keeps the water from flowing vertically very often and weakening the cave roof. it's got the topsoil running above that silicon-based rock, where all of the dirt and the trees and, basically, the topography. >> well, that's all the exploring we have time for today. >> we enjoyed having you with us, as we got our passports stamped by the bluegrass state -- kentucky, u.s.a. >> hey, it's called the bluegrass state, but we never got out to the bluegrass region. what's out there? >> whiskey -- lots of whiskey.

they weren't that far underground.were under there, i'm not sure exactly how far, but they could have walked out of there had they had that-- the oxygen. >> i feel like these men are a dime a dozen in the coal operators' eyes. it's all-- it's all in the product. "we want the money. get the coal out, get the coal out, get the coal out. >> why do you think the families of the miners who died are blaming the mine operators to such an extent? why do you think they're so convinced that the mine operators were at fault here? >> it's always that way. it's never been different. if i had a family member who died in the mines, i might feel the same way. that's an emotional response, and it's-- you want somebody to blame. >> are you saying that the reality is that the mine operators are not responsible for the fatalities? >> yes. i'll say that. >> kent hendrickson says that miners are often responsible for accidents, and some of them, he points out, go to work under the influence of drugs. toxicology reports show that both bud mo

a joint effort to combat the booming underground sex trade in chicago and the surrounding suburbs. >> do your parents know where you are? >>. >> i think we're really not going to get anywhere or make a dent into the crime unless we as local prosecutors do more. >> in 2011 the illinois safe child act became law in the land. giving local police and prosecutors a new set of investigative tools to identify and rescue trafficking victims, provide them with social services, and punish the pimps who exploit them. >> i would like people to think about this could be their daughter. >> cook county sheriff tom dart commands the task force and the field. he says that part of his job includes changing the public's misperception about the girls and young women who work the streets of chicago. >> every single one of these girl is at one point was someone's little child. at one point was held in someone's arms and thought this child is going to be something. at one point that child actually thought that they might be something. so these are real humans that are no different than our children, and the

. >> a lot of the raiders that i work with our like underground writers.ust coming at publishing and at being a writer from this underground way. coming in to the library is awesome. very good for the library to show this writing community that they are welcome. at first, people were like, you want me to read at the library, really? things like that. >> as a documentary, there are interviews -- [inaudible] >> radar readings are focused on clear culture. strayed all others might write about gay authors. gay authors might write about universal experiences. the host creates a welcoming environment for everybody. there is no cultural barrier to entry. >> the demographic of people who come will match the demographic of the reader. it is very simple. if we want more people of color, you book more people of color. you want more women, your book more women. kind of like that. it gets mixed up a little bit. in general, we kind of have a core group of people who come every month. their ages and very. we definitely have some folks who are straight. >> the loyal audie

a rare and unsettling look at the chronic drug problem that goes hand in hand with life in the undergroundrade. >> that's the most i have seen in forever. >> the unfortunate reality of it is that we arrest hundreds and hundreds of girls involved in prostitution. only a handful are not involved with a type of narcotic. as time goes on, these girls need that numbness or fix to continue to go on from the work their doing. >> in countless hotels and motels up and down the boulevards of motor city, the same scenario plays out tonight and every night. a young woman sits in dark drinking or shooting dope trying to forget the last john and waiting for the next one. >> he is rolling in right now. i see his brake lights. >> sometimes that next day is actually an undercover cop. >> 219. >> the woman in room 219 is no stronger to police. >> i don't approve of what you're doing here, but if you're going to do it be safe. >> my baby's birthday is tomorrow. it really is. whatever. >> she is 32-year-old crystal manuel, a mother of four with a long history of prostitution and drug charges. >> she indicated

is yours above or underground? >> no, i'm 20 feet underground right now. neil: okay.f we don't have the mayan thing, if it doesn't happen at all, and you can go back to hunting and all you could remarket this to, if you want to get away from in-laws, if you have another place you want to go, you and missus had a fight. there are other ways you could parlay this into something, right? >> know what? i never marketed it as doomsday bunker for the mayan calendar. the people buying shelters from me as long-term investments for proction of any kind of disaster, whether be manmade or, act of god. people, these are long-term insurance policies that just happen to be underground but what i've done, i have taken a bomb shelter and i turned it into the underground cabin or the ultimate man cave. neil: that part really intrigues me. i could see it for tornados an hurricanes that far underground you will be pretty safe. so i imagine you would find a many eager customers. i'm curious. a decked out bunker like the one you're in, how much would that set me back? >> well, normally the

but all underground transit is still shut down. the best case scenario, it'll be up and running by 11:00 tonight. live in san francisco, elizabeth cook, cbs 5. >>> the aftermath of the storms have left a quiet east bay neighborhood looking more like a construction zone. crews are frantically trying to rebuild a road that has disappeared. the section of mountain view drive in lafayette was no match for the weekend's rain. mark shows us that it could be a mess for months. mark? >> reporter: indeed, dana. crews tonight are working around the clock to repair this 80-foot sink hole along lafayette creek. east bay mud crews are using heavy equipment working into the night to repair two water lines damaged in the wash out. it is all too real for the resident when she walked over and looked out from her side yard. they look directly on to the open trench and the exposed pipe. >> i just felt like that was it. because we just have to have it here. and you know everything that you worry about it. >> reporter: city officials believe that debri

shut everything underground. you must got brand-new information, so what is the news. >> reporter: well dave i just got off the phone with the spokesperson and he said crews work overnight until 1:30 this morning and they were able to fix this power outage problem and is your way trains will be running as scheduled. they had some plans in place but those are no longer in place and this is all as a result of the power outage at the haven't necessary -- vannesque station. they are showing us the blown transformer and crews worked throughout the night to make sure everything was backup and running. they are looking at rain damage which caused the damage. it is part of muni's infrastructure and service had to stop just before 6:00 last night. of course it was a headache, many of them were packed into buses to get home and many were caught off guard by the shut down. >> i don't know about it and i had a french class after work. >> muni was looking at having limited service but again, the word that came down from muni

it is two thousand five hundred meters deep that those and there are underground galleries of over four thousand meters in all the tunnels combined are over eight hundred kilometers long. or to see at the speed of the. el solenn c.-o. is a giant underground labyrinth of complex tunnels here one thousand one hundred people work and you really have to know where you're going. this is the vein. here is where the gold is found from here on down and here on up. sometimes it is of interest sometimes not. because the concentration is. what really interests this is this the fam. at five hundred meters under the surface of the earth the atmosphere is us fixating heat humidity and thick dust make it hard to breathe. level eighteen is the deepest you can get. from levels one thousand to forty four everything is flooded. half the mine is under water and dozens of pumps are trying to pull the water up to the surface. even in this state however. produces about seven kilos of gold a month. this is considered to be a typical global gold deposit he ordered and at the present moment is one of the best in

we had a power outage that knocked out the underground train service. the mta says there will be a service clinic on the j and m lines. all other lines will run on a normal schedule. if you are in down riders and taking the day they can switch to the subway at the church and market station. if in down riders are taking the end line they can switch to the subway at the boys of the war station. >> and woman in a wheelchair is recovering after she was run over by a minute train last night. the woman was hit by the theft market shrank at the intersection of church and market. police are still investigating whether she had lain for toward the train, or if she fell off her wheelchair. witnesses say, the woman was dragged and trapped under the train. makes and firefighters and police had used a special tool to raise the train and four out from underneath it. she was rushed to san francisco general hospital where she is suffering from life- threatening issues. >> the supreme court is to take another look at same- sex marriage on friday. the court announced toda

it would be underground, people-mover, with remarkable on either side. and we issued an rfp for this work in august of this year. we received a single proposal on september