the hamburger shop owner found the space on an online site f rental spaces that includes unused parking lots. the rent is about $40 for 4 1 hours. >> translator: it's tough to find a good location for doing business. i find it veryonvenient to have a spot in the heart of kyantoebl to reserve it online. >> repte a oerf a open space can register it on the website. this is a private parking space next to a private home. the owner of the house no lge eshe parking. so she registered the space on the website. so far the space has been rented 30 times by vendors selling items such as vegetables and flowers. the owner earns a little over $20 for a four-hourenl. >> translator: i didn't think this location could become such a frequently used spot. i'm very happy. because the parking lot i inngn little extra money. >> reporter: a venture company, nosa.c, srt the web service two years ago and currently has 200 registered spaces. the firm gets 35% of the rt as a commission. >> translator: the real estate business used to deal only in large lots andonte rental. but we changed this way of thinking and

but ever since it's been sitting unused. ktvu's allie rasmuss is live with our report. >> reporter: well, frank, there are two dna testing machines that the crime lab owns and is not using. we have a picture of them to show you. this is called an abi prism 400. and now some people including the police commissioner want to know why the department bought this equipment six years ago and never used it. >> certainly when we purchased this equipment it was with the intent that when we had the opportunity that we would make that happen, that we would increase the efficiency of the people who worked out there. >> reporter: the equipment is supposed to let crime lab technicians test 16 dna samples at once. san francisco police wouldn't tell us how much it paid for the two machines. but an online report priced them at about $140,000 apiece. san francisco police commander denise schmidt says they bought the dna testing equipment six years ago with a federal grant. >> we qualified for and got the funds and we made the purchase knowing

but ever since it's been sitting unused.s allie rasmuss is live with our report. >> reporter: well, frank, there are two dna testing machines that the crime lab owns and is not using. we have a picture of them to show you. this is called an abi prism 400. and now some people including the police commissioner want to know why the department bought this equipment six years ago and never used it. >> certainly when we purchased this equipment it was with the intent that when we had the opportunity that we would make that happen, that we would increase the efficiency of the people who worked out there. >> reporter: the equipment is supposed to let crime lab technicians test 16 dna samples at once. san francisco police wouldn't tell us how much it paid for the two machines. but an online report priced them at about $140,000 apiece. san francisco police commander denise schmidt says they bought the dna testing equipment six years ago with a federal grant. >> we qualified for and got the funds and we made the purchase knowing that t

that had been sitting unused, and in the back corner in the dark since 2004. we've got a picture. this is what it looks like. there is two in 2004. the department unable to tell me if it's homeland security money but do admit for six years, the dna testers have been sitting unplugged and unused. >> what happened over last five years. but over the course of times, those world dz not line line up for us. >> commander couldn't tell me what it cost to get them up and running and what the manufactures cost initially or what other prm programs in this department took priority. but could tell me why we're not allowed into the lab to see machines. these pictures were taken, that is back in 2003. and the case that occupied the crime labs dna techters was laci peterson murder trial. one of the sensational trials in the city history. how is it different now? >> there is a focus now. it's to do work they need to do. >> it doesn't have anything to do? >> still... >> this has to do with leaving the crime lab in the place where it's being done. >> that is what this department is telling us. ther

urban farming is a non-profit organization that plants food of unused land m space and gives it to peoplen need. we started in detroit, michigan, with three gardens. we have 800 across the country now. we are excited to be breaking ground behind us here in san francisco. we are very excited to be partnered with triscuit this year to be planting 50 home farms in 20 cities across the united states. we are encouraging people to get back to the simple goodness of growing your own food at home. in addition to these community- based farms. by started to find out about victory gardens in 2005. in world war ii, 20 million americans grew almost half of our nation's supply. that was before the internet. before all the cameras here. before all the different ways that we can stay connected. they grew 40%, and we are excited at home with this home farming movement. if people start to plant at home, we can recreate that and make it sustainable. we are very excited by that. i would really like to call up astrid to the podium. she is going to have a few things to say about this project. i would like to t

expensive and innovative and they are uh-huhs all over the city where people have alleys that are unused space in san francisco that attract crime. they want a creative stewardship in a city that will not be building more parks. perhaps overwhelming you kind of see, i hope or hear from his presentation that there really was an a huh that happened in the neighborhood. this idea that supporting ideas came from unsuspected places that's what we see in this grant program. these activate communities. a lot of people are grateful for that. a lot are waiting for the right thing to get them involved. that's a powerful thing to have in your neighborhood. the focus of this workshop not the workshop the summit today is tow repeatedly hit us over the head with hurricane katrina when the compliment to that which is an earthquake the stronger neighborhoods will survive and the ones that are capable will dealing with a variety of issues and used to talking to one another a buddy system of a variety of levels. because i heard alarming things about the new orleans neighborhoods that in neighborhoods in n

. >> republicans sa unused t.a.r.p. money should be tapped. the ds are expected to have the -- the democrats are expected to have enough votes needed. >>> the georgia institute of technology has developed the patch that can be placed on skin to inoculate people with the flu. the patch contains hureds of microneedles, like the ones you see here, that deliver the flu vaccine into the skin. the patch could be sent through the mail so people can get the vaccine, give it to themselves without going to a doctor. >>> about 25,000 workers raised more than -- walkers raised more than $3 million at the 24th annual a.i.d.s. walk in san francisco. as those walkers were crossing the finish-line, a new study presented by by a university in vienna says infections have been cut in half. >> every time there is a study by this, we know more and more about the science that can help with h.i.v. infections and care for those people who have the infection. >> the money raised benefits a.i.d.s. organizations in the bay area. the event has raised $76 million since if

these are the types of unused lots in the eastern neighborhoods, and even though it's to the western end of it, perhaps that should be developed and i'm very pleased that someone has finally gone ahead and it will happen. president miguel: commissioner olague. commissioner olague: i just wanted to move to approve what the updated motion language included. >> second. president miguel: commissioner moore. commissioner moore: i think it's a really good project. i think it fits well, partially because it takes an inner courtyard and adds to a large building, something which really gives it its own meaning, adjoining open space. i'm pleased that we understand the shadow issue. that is important for the public to hear. it's always good to remind ourselves, because those are things that we don't always have at our fingerprints. we're happy to hear that. residential is highly compatible, has an edge to an open space. i also am glad that the architect was able to respond to my concerns, which i expressed in a separate design review. the large commercial space was of concern to me, and i wante

there was 9,000 schools destroyed or rendered unusable. 1/2 million kids displaced out of school. in earthquake, they call it the coy mot that means this apocalypse. at first there was a very heroic effort. infer natio international community helped. after katrina red cross got 2,000,000 for help and for this earthquake red cross received 6 million dollars. the united states sent in helicopters that conductd the greatest air lift in the history of mankind. moved about 20 thousand on thes in the mountains to keep 1/2 million people a hive during the wintertime. it was very heroic and people were grateful. aid has dropped 70 percent after a year in the wake of that void many jihad and people labeled terrorists have set up camps. this is one here. in pakistan. and in that camp, there are many kids that are previously were going to

that's when retirement benefits are finalized by promotions, over time bonuses and unused vacation in an employee's final year. jerry brown said he would raise the retirement age for new hires from 55 up t 60. we'll have meg whitman's ideas for pension coming up at 6:00 as well as feedback from calpers the retirement pension. >>> the nail polish that claims to last for two weeks. our consumerwatch team puts it to the test. >>> and you ever want to be on the big screen? you have a chance. the same one as brad pitt. the search for some extras in the bay area. >>> outside the grand hyatt hotel in union square, why am i wearing this helmet? we'll have the answers plus the weekend forecast as eyewitness news continues right here on cbs 5. ,, "meg whitman says she'll run california like her company..." seen this attack on meg whitman? who are these people? they're the unions and special interests behind jerry brown. they want jerry brown because, he won't "rock the boat," in sacramento. he'll be the same as he ever was. high taxes. lost jobs. big pensions for state employees. the special in

because it seems to me that there are probably a handful of unused that could use additional permit review. rather than making a decision to do this after a shooting, after a tragedy, are you thinking about having more proactive reviews of certain venues to make sure we catch problems before they literally blow up? >> yes, in fact, this is your idea. part of the legislation you approved late in 2009 includes the review primarily to acquire security plans on all the permits. as you know, we took over in mid-2003 from the police department, and probably 1/3 of the permits or maybe more that we regulate, we did not issue. that means those files did not have security plans because those were not required back in 2003 or in the 1990's, so one of the things that we have to do and so we can call that a permit review and that we are in the process of doing is getting in touch with those older permits and at a minimum requiring them to make security plans, so i think that is a long lines of what you're talking about, going, based on data issuance, not based on whether they are at a violent incident

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an unused state police jail cell used to hold unruly visitors until a 1990 are the quake restaurant retrofit closed it down. we are working with caltrans preserving a number of items, the benches, shoe shrine, phone boost. >> video was showed of of gleaming new terminal. steve o'brien began working at the old terminal in 19028, just before long train service into the terminal was ended. >> the train it is -- they had a problem because they could not pass each other and they had what they call the suicide lane. >> anything about this build that you go' going to miss at all? >> nothing. >> drivers take a more pragmatic view. >> brand new terminal, going to not have to worry about homeless people, all the smell. i think it's great. >> the trans bay terminal will remain open and operating through midnight next friday. demolition on portions of the complex will begin on august 14th. in san francisco, david steven son, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> chelsea clinton is set to be married tomorrow to her long time boyfriend but details around the wedding remain secret. rhinebeck, new york, is the area. lar

these cars are totally unusual unusable as you can see. this minivan particularly.e has the most damage. >> the problem is when the park long term they're not even know their cars were burned to. >> they are trying to track the license plates to the resident the most they can do is call the house and leave a message or talk to somebody there there's a relative there. so they can get in touch with the people who own these cars but. but that's the most they can do there is possibility that they will not be able to get in touch with someone they come back from their trip and not find your car in the parking lot in which case they will have to track down somebody in the airport to try and find out what happened. >> that would be terrible. thank you yoli. santa clara police are urging residents to lock up before you go to bed locked the doors and windows at night because of recent break-ins in nine days they have investigated six per jewelries for the people were home at the time when the burglars came in each case they entered the home through unlocked windows or doors

apart the old top of the well, larry, the riser pipe went up, it bent over, kinked it made itself unusable. they cut it off. they took it away. it still doesn't sealable. so what they did is they, take the oil away. you can see it. the original gap, here, they put on here, was leaking. it always leaked, the oil always came out the other size, because of this nipple we'll call it down here the rest of the riser pipe. it was bent. it wasn't straight. they brought a machine down. they took the bolts out. they took this thing away. then they brought in a brand new piece that they just built. a cleaner piece with belter edges. they brought it down. and stacked it right on top of the old blowout preventer. what that did -- that allowed now a better sealing piece to be laid on top. not that old clunky looking cap that they put on earlier. there is a nice clean ring, clamp on to the ring, now had a good seal. good seal here and good seal to the new cap. kind of a blowout preventer if you will on top of a blowout preventer. there is the old one. the new one coming out of the abyss. for a while the

boxes of unused food, foraged by folks from several local communes. this woman is a teacher. she doesn't take pay. >> we can eat from what people throw away. and we consume more -- >> i see. so this is like -- what call in america down shifting? >> yeah. >> others, older and less able to find community, shun the camera. while many were disillusioned and discouraged by the dragging economy, barcelona by day looked like a thriving city. its main attraction -- the gaudy theater begun in the 1880's is still under construction. it's vast as is the city itself. we asked british economist and long-time barcelona resident edward hugh to make sense of the contrast. >> this is a rich city. for reasons of what just happened. but it's where we're going that's going to be the crisis. >> the reasons for what just happened, like greece or the u.s. housing bubble, easy money, easy regulation. and spain's first response was the same too. stimulate the economy with shovel-ready projects. like widening barcelona's sidewalks. but now, to avert a debt crisis, spain like so much of europe is cutti

hoyer said about using the unused stimulus funds, mr. obey has hailed amendments to the supplemental appropriations bill made on july 1 that were paid for by repeatedly cutting unspent projects in the stimulus law. in the other body, the chairman of the senate finance committee, mr. baucus, has suggested -- bachus, has suggested the same. a fiscally responsible way to not only take care of the forgotten man and woman today, but to prevent even more from being forgotten in the future. and with that, mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield time, three minutes, to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise. mr. scalise and i have worked together on american competitiveness, trying to achieve energy independence, to meet our national security needs, and to grow jobs. with that i yield three minutes to mr. scalise. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for three minutes. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my colleague from louisiana for yielding time. mr. speaker, a year and a half ago the liberals run

the rest are unusable.what started the fire in looks like it may have originated from this minivan because this is the one that has the most damage. the priority is getting in touch with the owners of the cars as many of these are long-term parking they were dropped off the mud on a trip tried to track them down as difficult as best they can do they can trace a license plate to the home and make a phone call and up to leave a message and notify them. >> 10 04 right now take a look get stocks the dow has been surging this morning it's up 210. right now after another strong batch of earnings reports reviving optimism about the economy encouraging signs of growth in europe as well is adding to the upbeat mood. it is up 211 points jobless claims jumped last week by the most since february that reverses a sharp fall two weeks ago. first- time claims jumped to more than 460,000. economists expected them to rise to 445,000. go to their lowest level since august 2008. much of that was driven by temporary seasonal f

them to come back to this thing dickens is jumping in and go home but their courage or too rich and unusable have you seen any of the car owner's back at their cars six russian mark >> no, i have not seen any come back here or try to claim any of the cars i think that they're supposed to come here they will appeal to those high track down these people and to notify them. >> thank you. we look forward to hearing from the specialized present. the theme of traffic and cars, today could be the fourth consecutive day ac transit commuters could face delays due to a jury that this no carrierring no carrier ringconnect 2400 resulting in their arrest a residence for a variety of crimes the new video of the news conference announcing the settlement most of the criminal cities resulted in illegal searches were dismissed. for a police officers were fined. oakland attorney in james cameron's as the settlement not just one of but the 104 people represented in the case but it also benefits the oakland police department. >> are feeling today is that this case represents a win-win situation for not only the

they also claim the properties are just sitting there unused. >> if they cared about it, they wouldn't let it sit for 20 years. if they cared about it, would it look like this? >> this is a live picture of the scene right now. now, a city permit inside the property insists the last time anyone lived inside that building was 1990. this is what it it looks like out there right now. you can see the banners outside. you can read it for yourself. we can understand -- beunderstand it's -- we understand it's quiet. nothing is happening right now. there's squatters holed up in there. they appear to have plenty of plies with them. still not clear how long they plan to stay inside there. >>> 7:04. we just got an update from ac transit about the labor dispute with bus drivers and possible disruptions this morning. let's go right to jade hernandez. jade, you're out there. what can riders expect this morning? >> reporter: well dave, i can term you right now -- i can tell you right now, they can expect delays. we just spoke to a spokesperson and he said he can't give us the exact numbers affected. i

get it out of the stimulus that is unused, just like the republicans are saying, and not increase the debt? let's reasonable. guest: i think everyone is very concerned about the debt. in fact, as we are preparing our f y-12 budget we are at a 5% decrease across every domestic department. the president has really given a firm directives that we are going to do what we can at each department to reduce the deficit. hear what i have to say to you, the stimulus money is spent. it is out there trying to do at is meant to do, create jobs, give people temporary assistance where needed. but unemployment has been something that our nation has done as an emergency any time we have had a recession. and i hope we are not going to try to balance our federal budget and reduce the federal deficit at the of hard-working people like you. we can't say to people, we are not going to give you your unemployment check because we are worried about the deficit. and i hope you would agree with me -- i am happy to tighten my belt act eta. i think everybody in this administration would be happy to tighten their

unemployment insurance, cobra, and the current property guidelines until september 25, and paid for it with unused funds from the failed stimulus bill. again the bill before us extends federal unemployment benefits only through november 2010 and is not paid for. adding a $34 price tag to our $13 trillion debt. democrats claim that their bill satisfies their pay-go requirements. by declaring its spending an emergency. but that simply an excuse for not paying for it. let me tell you what the -- how an emergency is defined in their rules. in general the criteria to be considered in determining whether a proposed expenditure or tax change meets an emergency designation include, one, necessary essential and vital. not merely beneficial. two, quickly coming into being and not building up over time. three, an urgent pressing and compelling need requiring immediate action. four, unforeseen or unanticipated and not permanent but temporary in nature. this we have known about this for a long time. this does not meet the criteria for emergency spending. declaring it emergency spending is just a gimmick. it's

get it out of the stimulus that is unused, just like the republicans are saying, and not increase the debt? let's be reasonable. guest: i think everyone is very concerned about the debt. in fact, as we are preparing our f y-12 budget we are at a 5% decrease across every domestic department. the president has really given a firm directives that we are going to do what we can at each department to reduce the deficit. hear what i have to say to you, the stimulus money is spent. it is out there trying to do what is meant to do, create jobs, give people temporary assistance where needed. but unemployment has been something that our nation has done as an emergency any time we have had a recession. and i hope we are not going to try to balance our federal budget and reduce the federal deficit at the of hard-working people like you. we can't say to people, we are not going to give you your unemployment check because we are worried about the deficit. and i hope you would agree with me -- i am happy to tighten my belt act eta. i think everybody in this administration would be happy to tighten t

use the unused failed stimulus money to pay for this extension. there's a bill at the desk, pass it, and we can all go home knowing that we have done the responsible thing. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman is recognized. mr. heller: thank you. we can go home having done the responsible thing and knowing that we have helped all americans. most importantly, it's long past time for congress to finally get serious about creating jobs. my constituents want pay checks, not unemployment checks. they want startups, not bailouts. and they want handups, not handouts. americans are disappointed with the government that has grown so big, promised so much yet has delivered so little. and i yield back the balance. mr. levin: i yield -- the speaker pro tempore: members will suspend. the chair will remind all persons in the gallery that they are guests of the house and that any manifestation of approval or disapproval of the proceedings is a violation of the rules of the house. the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: mr. sp

we can do that by repealing the unused portions of the stimulus bill. they have talked about how great it is. when a third hasn't been spent, which means it's not working. we need to end the bailouts and of course, the big one, repeal obamacare which is $600 billion tax increase on all americans and businesses all over the united states. mr. gingrey: if the gentleman would yield. that is nine zeros. if you don't mind, have the gentleman put that america speaking out poster so our colleagues can look at it and i was thinking about our colleagues from the majority side of the aisle who had the previous hour, there was a member from ohio, a member from wisconsin and a member from california. and i'll just bet you, mr. speaker, if the folks in those great states will take the opportunity of going on that website www.americaspeakingout .com and input what their concernsr it would probably mirror what is on that poster that representative graves is presenting this evening in regards to cutting spending, repeal the stimulus, $86 billion. the representative fro

hoyer said about using the unused stimulus funds, mr. obey has hailed amendments to the supplemental appropriations bill made on july 1 that were paid for by repeatedly cutting unspent projects in the stimulus law. in the other body, the chairman of the senate finance committee, mr. baucus,as suggested -- bachus, has suggested the same. a fiscally responsible way to not only take care of the forgotten man and woman today, but to prevent even more from being forgotten in the future. and with that, mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield time, three minutes, to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise. mr. scalise and i have worked tother on american competitiveness, trying to achieve energy independence, to meet our national security needs, and to grow jobs. with that i yield three minutes to mr. scalise. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for three minutes. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my colleague from louisiana for yielding time. mr. speaker, a year and a half ago the liberals running

kept his cool, kept fighting, calling out orders a leader of leaders, a man quoted as saying, men unused to restraint must be led, they won't be drove. 15 years later, he was going with dr. craig through the same area, he was going to show him the area that was so famous. they got up there, there was indians there, wanted to sit down and meet with him. the lead chief said, we were in this woods together 15 years ago. you and i were here, i ordered my men to fire at you before they fired at anyone else they did that we came all this way to meet the man that god would not let die. used to be in history books, in every american history book until 1910. i won't debate whether we're a christian nation now, but washington knew what we were. i realize my time has expired so at this time, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: is there a motion to adjourn. mr. gohmert: mr. speaker, i move that we do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to ad journ. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. >> coming up tonight, president

by rescinding unused earmark funds from over 20 years ago, we will be improving the way in which federal funds are managed while both proving our commitment to fiscal discipline. in today's economy it is essential that we manage taxpayer dollars well, especially with respect to transportation funding. we will never be able to adequately address the investment gap in transportation infrastructure if we do not curb unnecessary spending. to promote responsible future funding, my bill also requires the secretary of transportation to submit an annual report that identifies each project authorized under t.e.a. 2 -- tea-21 and safetea-lu that contains inactive funding or that has been completed in the previous year. this provision will give congress greater oversight and with the identification of such projects we may be able to implement more cost savings measures in the future. mr. speaker, many of these earmarks have been on the books since 1987. and it's high time that we tell the states to use it or lose it. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserve

hoyer said about using the unused stimulus funds, mr. obey has hailed amendments to the supplemental appropriations bill made on july 1 that were paid for by repeatedly cutting unspent projects in the stimulus law. in the other body, the chairman of the senate finance committee, mr. baucus, has suggested -- bachus, has suggested the same. a fiscally responsible way to not only take care of the forgotten man and woman today, but to prevent even more from being forgotten in the future. and with that, mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield time, three minutes, to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise. mr. scalise and i have worked together on american competitiveness, trying to achieve energy independence, to meet our national security needs, and to grow jobs. with that i yield three minutes to mr. scalise. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for three minutes. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my colleague from louisiana for yielding time. mr. speaker, a year and a half ago the liberals run

another provision clarifies that the redistribution of unused medicare funded residency slots not inadvertently take slots away from hospitals that are cooperating with other hospitals to actually use these slots. this is a practice that occurs in 36 states, and they want this clarification. we also have a clarification that children's hospitals will continue to have access to discounts on drugs through the 340-b program. the bill would modify the payment system for nursing facilities in medicare ensuring smooth operations of that program and virtually all of these provisions have been passed by the house at least once. many of them have been passed by the senate as well. this legislation needs to be enacted now because it modifies provisions of law that are coming into effect now or will come into effect within the next few months. so the legislation is fully paid for, will not increase the deficit. it is -- involves technical corrections only. it's a bipartisan bill. i urge my colleagues to suspend the rules and pass this legislation. we have no further requests for time. may i inquire of the

we found the refund ability of thestaxes and fees on the unused non-refundable tickets vary depending on the tax and the fees. we also found clear information was not generally available to consumers about the eligibility of refund for the fees and taxes. mr. chairman and members of the subcommittee, to address the issue that we identify through this study our report contains a matter for congressional consideration on the taxation of option fees' and six recommendations to the various agencies the generally focus on disclosure and transparency issues. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, dr. dillingham. the chair now recognizes mr. rivkin. >> chairman customer, ranking member petri and members think fothe opportunity to appear before you to discuss the airline's ph. secretary ray lahood is committed to protecting the interest of the airline consumers. during this administration department implemented a numb of initiatives to further that commitment. last december, we established a new foundation of consumer protection through a rule that attacked several persistent pernicious pract