unti -- untie the pieces and put them back together. before i bid on the house and while it was in escrow i did a lot of research about the property next door because -- i will show you a picture. what i saw -- that is what i saw when i came to the property. it was not until the came back the second time that i noticed this fire and i was scared to walk in your bid -- the yard because it was full of construction debris and trash and had been that way for a long time. i had a friend with me was brave enough to walk over and he could barely read that it said 2005 on it. i thought, ok. that is years ago. a lot has happened since then. i called dbi and must be a black hole between the agencies or something because i spoke to in specter -- inspector mather. he thought the owner had died or had been killed -- been ill. he was sending notices and not getting any response. i thought, i am glad to know he is not dead. i do not know who the owner is and i am confused. the tax records told me one thing and i'm hearing something else. i took it upo

. >> first on ti -- untie figure 8. the mayor gets a handle on the situation.an hold onto the ropes. we are going to do it all at once. >> let it go. >> all right. [applause] fax time adopt -- >> tie it up. >> the mayor is beautiful o. >> you have got to get your sailing shopchops. good job. >> great job. >> thank you. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen welcome, all you fabulous people. it is pride. [applause] it is pride, ladies and gentlemen. i would like to thank each and everyone of you for attending the flag raising ceremony, and we are excited because we have some special guests. i will be your hostess, and it is a pleasure to introduce the mayor of san francisco. please welcome mayor edwin lee. >> happy pride month. [applause] i am so happy to be here, and it is an honor to join this stage with our supervisors and jose. goolet's give a hand to our leader pelosi, the chief of police, mr. henderson from my office, and all the other leaders. thank you 3 much. we have a great reason to be celebratory the whole month, and i want to let you know i expect hu

but before he could move is someone untied its once the pump this thing out it's going to be ok. i am a believer. >>> mikey wants to double the size of the vessel and turn into an elegant floating restaurant in time for next year's america's cup raisins and use of letting a little sand bar stand in his way. did we hear you visionary it or you in that? >>> i guess one in the same you have to dream. and now i of floating restaurant self- contained to serve san francisco. he thinks he can tell the but out by sunday where he says the coast guard will let them anchored offshore but none of this seems to get him down. he feels it's ok to get stuck in mud once in awhile as long as you have unsinkable dreams. and in the basin cbs five. did waves yasser appreciate his enthusiasm. he's a man who could make lemonade out of lemons. one thing is you don't want to be on the water tonight because it is pretty stockton at this hour. duckweeds the transamerica building stands in her 53 ft. tall so we can see the very tip top of that leads me to believe the ceiling has lowered to about 600 seats a

and someone came untied the clouds. silence around the glass. that's when we just went in there and grab your. a neighbor snubs the slower its alex and a black tank top investigators aren't revealing the pregnant woman identity air-conditioned chocolate the woman says she is in shock didn't appear seriously injured. the ugly the other driver was cited for making an unsafe lane change alex walked with a few cuts on his hands and perhaps some college credit. >>> you think you're a hero? piqua's kind of the not really. i was in the right time the right place. in san jose cbs five. the weights and lee had to be whisked away as he was testifying had to cross mercury's ethics hearing today. >>> am sorry to interrupt you end to that question will depending lead to adjourn the proceedings from and we will resume when is permissible. the threat of city hall. the hearing was delayed for an hour and half of the day began with the city attorney asking be suspended share for about a jokey made during his inauguration. did police was a joke on us? did place b

a few days later police officers showed up, wonderful guys >> before he could move it, someone untied it and the boat drifted out and started taking on water >> it will be ok? >> i am a believer. >> a believer with a grand vision and a business plan to match. he wants to double the size of the vessel and turn it into an elegant floating restaurant in time for next year's america's cup races. are you a visionary or a nut? >> i guess there are both the same, i don't know, i have a dream and i want a floating self-contained restaurant to serve san francisco >> he thinks he can go the boat out sunday where he thinks the coast guard will let him anchor offshore. he says it is ok to get stuck in the mud once awhile as long as you have unsinkable dreams. >> i love that, i really do. they say there is that fine line between genius and insanity. >> let's go outside right now, blue skies and in this particular view of san francisco but the clouds are building. right now numbers anywhere from the '60s through the '70s but there are very breezy conditions. sustained wind at 28 m.p.h. in it set sf

does untied. hundred thousand nba basketball players and or so you'd think if you listen to arad's. >>> african-american males were student athletes are less likely to graduate. but african- american male graduation rates pale in comparison to their white counterparts. in basketball and the numbers are even more grand uc-berkeley or the federal graduation rate for african-american basketball players released this year was 0%. zero's a bad number. in each of have kids that come to school with the idea of graduating. the idea of going to school to graduating according to the past about coach mike cumbria's not practices often as you'd like. you're going to china when the highest level your winter occurred kids that are probably at least in their minds looking to play in the nba. the federal statistics tracks players the start freshman year and graduates from the same university within six years. which means a sure reef and chester and his sociology degree more than a decade after he left cal for the

the first she had learned to untie so that she could riggel out and once again feel the sand cyst between her toes, empty now. his work boots were resoled many times next season he would have bout a new pair or perhaps the season after that. but these old ones darkened from the oil had become supple and familiar. they knew his feet took his ankles and kept them strong. empty now. she had smiled when he offered her the embossed letter pumps made for her in italy from the pattern he carefully traced around her narrow feet long toes tapered in perfect symmetry. empty now. regulation boots, smoothed by the sand salt crystal seeming to be so much of the desert they had walked. the inside soles showing imprints of thick, heavy feet. empty now. and these, handmade slippers that were the only a grand mother silk floured kiss that never touched the ground because as her father's favorite she was still carried every where. empty now. the red heals that she saved for the brown loafers passed down the sandals strapd and tied all empty now. the flesh gone. the blood gone. the legs gone. all gone. [app

russell martin unties it. fourth home run in the last six games. third career walkoff. first in pinstripes. the yankees complete the home sweep. >>> elsey, the dodgers were no-hit friday night. andre ethier leads the national league in rbis. this is why, a grand slam. chad billingsley was dealing. seven innings of two-hit ball had eight strikeouts. the dodgers take 2 of 3, 7-3 road trip. for them, monday night baseball on espn. the red sox and the marlins on monday night baseball. on espn, espn3 and the watch espn app. >>> coming up next, familiar faces on stage at last night's big tony awards. >>> and the incredible stunt failure. the stuntman who should be very thankful he's alive. it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroid-free. spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your

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outside two sides are meeting they're eager to exchange they're nice to each other but when it comes to untie missile defense the reason. really nothing you can do about it how much of it of recent is about form rather than substance now that you look at it well again i'm not involved today as i was in the past but i think a lot of it probably is about more about form but it's an important issue i mean again the optics of it are important and what it what it means in terms of building a relationship of mutual respect the cold war is over with and yet we still find people acting as if it had gone anywhere and it has it's been relegated to the dustbin of history and that's to everyone's benefit and it seems to be we need to be thinking about this relationship in the context of the twenty first century and how we have more common problems to address but both sides to use sort of anti us and anti russian referee when it comes to prayer lection campaign here's my question does obama even need recent policy for his reelection well again i you know the issues are always domestic and it's economic qu

a homeowners association complained to the city and then someone untied it and the boat drifted out. he is still hoping to turn it into a restaurant in time for next year's america's cup. >> you have to dream so now of what a floating restaurant self- contained to help serve san francisco >> he thinks he can tow the boat out by sunday to where he thinks the coast guard will let him anchor it offshore. a reprieve for parts that could close because of budget constraints. 65 of the 70 marks targeted for closure will remain open. the fate of others will be decided in coming weeks. in some cases funding deals have been reached with local governments and nonprofit groups. >> there is a feeding frenzy on a core may delicacy that is about to be banned from menus >> starting this sunday it will be illegal to buy or sell goose liver. animal experts say and war world famous chefs say they are wrong. until sunday, restaurants will serve it as main courses also with doughnuts, cotton candy, and cheesecake. have you ever had it? >> i tasted someone else is just to say i did. >> in the next half-ho

untying too because it's not in their interest right being rather keep a blind eye keep receiving campaign donations from wall street and pretend like this whole system is just so complicated that nobody can properly fix it so they'll just keep arguing over regulations for years and that's because the more they stall the longer they get to hold on to power and the richer they get their next comment comes from samantha spade who commented on our mainstream it which we called bertha risen from yemen kill list to seven and kill is now on hulu that's where she commented she said in reference to the kill list please shut up no really please just shut the hell up thank you in advance samantha spade and you know what all i can say is this has become a very typical response amongst americans these days which if you ask me is why we have a kill list people would rather not hear about it out of sight out of mind i don't want to know and i think that's part of what's kept our war in afghanistan going for ten years that's was allowed the president to kill american citizens without any due process beca

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the safety you are seeking is only going to be found by unt untieing the knots in your past and lookingt what really has you scared. >> i agree with you. my sister's mom has an odd habit to give an opinion if any one else gives theirs she nods and says that's what i was thinking. if a third opinion comes up she will change her mind again. being agreeable or changing your mind? >> changing your mind to something else compelling switching again is the definition of crazy. because after all having a self is the antidote to craziness. right? because then you can be focused in the present. you can know what you think. this woman doesn't have any of those qualities and she is got to go back and find out how did i get separated from myself. any wind blows me in a different direction. she is crazy. >> make sure to send dr. ab low your questions at friendsfirst@foxnews.com. he will tell you if you are normal or not. >>> 5 minutes still to the start of the hour. talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place. one robber learns the hard way crime doesn't pay. >>> it is your word of the day

he untied it on the way to a 36 point night.attack to put the heat in front by five with 2:18 left. russell westbrook almost single handedly kept oklahoma city in it. the heat had the answers down the stretch. with james again watching mario chaumers go nor for two of his 25. it's a five point game with 44 second left. miami goes on to win and could win the whole thing at home on thursday night. >>> well the bay area goes from center of the golf universe to national spotlight in stock car racing this week with the toyota save mart 350 to be held. and the man in the helmet is our own fred inglis. the men who do this professionally will be on the track this weekend. >>> and michael phelps will go out for trials. >> and michael phelps he is just unreal. >> let's see if he can still do it. >> four years later. >> i bet he can. >> that fred never slows down. >> no. >> thanks. >> and thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news, we'll see ktvu channel 2 news, we'll see you the next to deposit checks at the nearest citibank branch. ♪ lik

he untied it on the way to a 36 point night.well balanced miami attack to put the heat in front by five with 2:18 left. russell westbrook almost single handedly kept oklahoma city in it. the heat had the answers down the stretch. with james again watching mario chaumers go nor for two of his 25. it's a five point game with 44 second left. miami goes on to win and could win the whole thing at home on thursday night. >>> well the bay area goes from center of the golf universe to national spotlight in stock car racing this week with the toyota save mart 350 to be held. and the man in the helmet is our own fred inglis. the men who do this professionally will be on the track this weekend. >>> and michael phelps will go out for trials. >> and michael phelps he is just unreal. >> let's see if he can still do it. >> four years later. >> i bet he can. >> that fred never slows down. >> no. >> thanks. >> and thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news, we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> and ktvu morning breaks will be following the

. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> two hollywood heavyweights untying the knot.ble" star third wife kate hitive holmes filed for divorce. they got married in 2006 at a lavish ceremony in italian cast that cost up to $3.5 million. who could forget tom's unique display of affection for katie on oprah. >> we have never seen you behave this way before. >> i know. >> have you ever felt this way before? [ applause ] >> according to tmz, katie homes filed divorce papers citing irreconcilable differences and is seeking sole custody of their daughter. >>> laura ingle live from the new york newsroom. do we know what the irreconcilable differences are? >> katie holmes pulled the plug and filed divorce documents yesterday. tmz reporting there is tension for months over cruise's devotion to scientology and holmes' concern that their 6-year-old daughter surry would become more involved in the church with cruise's parenting style. a rep for tom cruise tells fox katie filed for divorce and tom is saddened and concentrating on his three children. please allow them their privacy.

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it was untied to the stock. it was outright. in a lot of ways that could be a little sign of panic. somebody reaching to protect their stock under a disaster is scenario. one of the things i mentioned, i don't know if we have the chart. stock has traded below 30, closed today around 31, twice in the last five years. late '08 and early '09. then again last year. both times when the stock was below 30, implied volatility 30 days out was above 50. right now the 30-day implied vol is mid-45 or so. this buyer could be thinking implied vol, especially on the downside, is cheap. especially if you think we're going to get a bit of a rocky summer. >> karen, you're still holding. hoping, holding. >> yes. hoping, crying. i am still long. i was talking to dan earlier about looking at some of the january, 35, 39, one by two call spreads. looking at that you could put on for nothing gives you upside. get called away at just under 43. i don't want to put any more money there. but i wouldn't mind having additional upside. >> another idea there. all right. >>> got to take a break here. seek and retu

bad spellers of the world untie. >> and dyslexics. >> this one -- who is this -- oh rob.yer your incompetent whore. [ applause ] >> that's what he was trying to write. you is spelled with a u. that's fine. because people text speak. still, fine, want fine and yes, i do still want single payer, and i have a whore afterdropping the f bomb. you still want you were good so far. [ fun-facts music ] >> single is spelled s-i-n-g-l-e -- payer is spelled pauah. >> he's from boston. [ fun-facts music ] >> incompetent i think is incompetently spelled. and then whore is spelled h-o-r-r-e. >> oh bless his heart. >> what if you do get single payer and he likes it. >> yeah, right. rite. >> dammit! >> right. rit. you wouldn't add the e in there, e is silent. >> exactly. kids here is a solute to our right-ring fans. ♪ are you going to talk some crap tonight ♪ ♪ are you going to sling it from the right ♪ ♪ are you going to lie your ass right off ♪ ♪ fat ditto heads you make the right-wing world go round ♪ >> oh, thank you mike! [ applause ] >> george in phoenix. welcome. >> good morning, m

the author of the book "untied". >> my mother had told me, clean up as you go.ng in the kitchen, don't leave it all there, eat your dinner and then get up and deal with the whole kitchen. she meant clean one pot then cook this and clean that pot and do that. so you didn't have a lot afterwards. i understand it differently. i think stay current, make amends when you need to make amends and try not to procrastinate. take care of things as they are presented to you. >> clean up as you go. it's kitchen advice that mothers pass down and grandmothers pass down but uses it for life. that's interesting. also goes to this other advice you hear people say, do what you're doing right now as well as you can. then the next thing, do that as well as you can. that's always kind of that kitchen advice, right? very -- i thought that was very clever. >> i heard good advice this morning, stop living for the next day or for friday. i keep saying how many days to friday. pete? stage manager and i always say how many days to friday. we're rushing through our weeks for friday. we're n

unty an conce concerning services, call the county's services section.ll, big news for shoppers in towson at the towson town center. it signed four major national retailers to open at the shopping center this summer. one of the biggest names on the list -- lily pulitzer, a clothing and accessory story set to open as early as august. also in the clothing and accessory department, white house black market has announced it's expanding. senior marketing officials say it's a sign business is staying strong. >> what we do is we're able to sell it on the synergy of the other tenants and we have a mix of luxury and we have a mix of aspirational that are in this wing and it complements the tenants that we're bringing in. we make that kind of presentation to them and we've gotten some great response. >> there are also three other new stores set to open in august. one that sells kitchen and cookware. leoctane, i should say, don't you love the accent. a body care and fragrance retailer. and a game and puzzle hot spot for kids called marbles and brain store. sounds g

the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned unti until:30 a.m. to. -- until do see a wide cast of characters. it touches on a a lot of has beens of congress. just about everybody a lot of senators. victoria's secret a very senior committee on the agricultural committee. a lot of high up people like even senator max might be involved. you'll see the pushback will probably come from people lead by and you'll see some efforts to an amendment from gillibrand. is so i think that's probably the most likely. >> what is particularly about food stamps that will get their attendance in the debate on the bill. >> one of the thins that is forgotten about the farm bill, it is a food bill. it covers more than people grows fiewts and vegetables and commodity crops. it covers food assistance, the snack program and this particularly cuts about $4 billion from that program. there are cuts all over the board. there are $4 billion in cuts now. they say that senator stef gnaw says the majority of the cuts are come from narrows administrative costs but the fact of the

insurance contracts that exist so it was really just a chance for districts to kind of have their hands untiedhen your paycheck came in, did you check the box that say union dues, go ahead and take it from my check? >> no, it's automatic. >> so you still -- >> it's automatic. >> it still automatically comes out? i understand you now have a choice. >> no, i don't. i teach in kenosha and we're one of the districts that went ahead and put through the contract. i'm still a union member until june 30th of 2013. we just laid off a little over 260 staff members. >> i understand not only are you a teacher but you're a mom. so why are you supporting governor scott walker? what do you think he'll do for education in wisconsin, public schools that would be different from tom barrett, his opponent tomorrow? >> well, he's taking on the tough issues. i know that sounds cliche. that's kind of his words but he's taking on the tough issues and i think being on the inside looking, you know, kind of looking out and see what's going on within our schools, the districts, their hands are tied. make no mistake. they

taught me something about modern literature at one fell swoop that i really needed to learn about, um, untying the kind of ties that bound the novelists of the 19th century. um, and opened up to me an entirely different way of writing which was invaluable. and i still think, i mean, i gave it, i gave it to my sons who were, are really, really inveterate readers as is maria, of course, and i gave it to my oldest son who is extremely well read and was very, very verbal, um, when he was 13, i think it was. because i think sometimes when you're a 13 or 14-year-old boy, you feel like, first of all, like you can't walk down the street without thinking about sex. and that that's this weird aberrational thing, and nobody else is doing the same when, in fact, every other 13-year-old boy is doing the same. and i thought it would do that thing for him that reading is supposed to do for all of us. it would make him feel less alone. it would make him feel as though he wasn't an aberration. and, in fact, that's exactly what it did, and he really loved it, and i think a lot of the other mothers at school tho