president wong wong, hwang, would you like me to call the next item. >> i think we should take a short break. (brief recess)

president wong wong, hwang, would you like me to call the next item. >> i think we should take a short break.. >> he welcome back to the october 17 meeting of the san francisco board of appeals. we are now calling ate a through 8d, appeal numbers 12-105 through 12-108. the appeals have been filed by josh bleacher snyder and dennis stewart and they are against the department of building inspection with planning department approval. the subject property is at 530 sanchez street. two of the appeals are protesting the issuance on august 20, 2012 to brendan fox to demolish a building with 1,830 feet square feet of area and a permit to erect a building, 4 story two-unit building with 1413 square feet of ground floor area. these appeals will be heard together and we will start with the appellants, mr. snyder, if you care to go first, you have 14 minutes for the two appeals. we're going to hear them at the same time. >> good evening, honorable members of the board of appeals, the three of you. my name is josh bleaker snyder, i live two doors down from 530 sanchez, which is the property in ques

roland wong, council member wong particularly had a lot of input which he has also given to the mta next meeting will be friday, november 9, from 1.30 to 3.30 at city hall, room 421. that brings me to the segue. this was my last meeting and as i think the council members know, i have resigned. technically today is my last day. i'd like to read the letter that you wrote, you all have a copy of it but for the benefit of the people in the audience i'm going to read it. it's to mayor lee, carla johnson, john paul scott and cochairs wendy james and julianne parsons. i hereby resign as chair of the physical access committee, effective day. i have served as chair of the physical access committee for almost 5 years. sips i began using an electric wheelchair and even before then when i walked with great difficulty. i have seen great improvement in san francisco especially access to buildings, curb ramps into buildings and disaster preparedness. it has been a privilege and a source of pride to have helped move the ball forward on physical access as chair of this committee. however, when it comes t

wong claudine wong has been on this story. so what do you know now about the suspect? >> reporter: certainly there is shock here, very close neighborhood. let me take you to the picture they are paining. this is the side of the street where he lived here alone. on the other side you have mike here. they hung out there doing that and they say there was here along with a friend and there was a fight and when he got a gun. >> mike got in the way, he said martin you are not going to shoot me and he shot him. martin you are not going to shoot me, you are going to go to jail if you shoot me and he shot him. >> this happened last night. neighbors say they had 6 to 8 shots. police arrived and there was a stand off. he did surrender after that and the body was taken. neighbors tell us there had been threats made before after debates but the two were so close no one believed he would shoot him. >> martin threatened to shoot them before getting angry about politics. >> did you know he had guns? >> yes. >> he wants to let loose on them over what reason we don't know but it is for the right. that is not right at all. >> sohonager is behind bars accused of that. you are looking at a picture. he did that, but this neighborhood is devastated, everyone here is clear and no one closer than the two who lived across the street from each other and hung out with each other every day. live lear in vallejo, claudine wonghannel 2 news. >> 8:48. the government is investigating claims that anti-israel protests created a hostile environment for jewish students there. the u.s. department of education launched an investigation into the charges filed in july by two graduates. the complaint says the school's all apartheid weekend couraged that. they say the protests are protected free speech. >>> today could be the beginning of big changes for the oakland police department. pam cook is there with a case that actually started then. right? >> reporter: yes, it did. today the plaintiffs are preparing to ask the judge to place the police department under federal control. while the city fights a federal take over, a new report is not helping the case. it finds they were understaffed and insufficiently prepared to handle the protests and says the response calls into question whether or not the department is following court mandated reforms. those reforms were ordered about 10 years ago after a police scandal phone

wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> as claudine wong said, it will go up market street turn mcalastair and turn on civic center plaza. >>> many are gearing for the big crowds and tara moriarty is at the oakland bus station where all trains will be running, tara? >> reporter: getting your ticket ahead of time they were extremely long at the ticket machines and the machines actually broke down because they were so filled with money. they will have cash only tables at some stations and if you plan on driving, think again parking lots will be early so get a ride. >> we have been gearing up, we are asking them to put on those yellow vests and get out there and help with crowd control. >> last year, or two years ago we have more than half a million people to be riding and so they are expect being that amount this year. they have coordinated with golden gate transit extending their morning peek service and if you have to get there earlier take an early morning train. in order to get to the parade, we will talk with them and share with you just how early they had to get up, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> meanwhile, many are gearing up for the big crowds in san francisco. they are adding temporary towers along the parade route. they are hoping to prevent a repeat when people could not make calls because of network congestion. and if you need to make a call, our coverage starts on air and on www.ktvu.com. you can also watch it live and on our mobile apps. >> we want people to come celebrate, we want people to have fun. we want to make sure in the process of having fun we don't want to damage property or hurt anybody. >> police arrested two dozen people for felonies 9 are expected to be arraigned this afternoon. they rank from firing -- range from firing a gun to assaulting an officer. >>> they sent us a cell phone video of somebody being slammed into a bus windshield. it led to arrests and he is being booked on felony vandalism and destroying a passenger vehicle. >>> people have been killed as a result of a huge storm on the east coast. across the hudson river, they are using military trucks to move tens of millions of people out. they have moved in to restore power to people in 17 states. jfk is working to help. this is video of the flooding from the metropolitan transit authorities. it could take days to pump the water out of those tunnels. the system is 108 years old and no disaster has ever hit it this hard. >>> the stock exchange has hit it and mayor michael bloomberg has come to make a speech. it is the first time that traders were shut down for two days. >>> later this morning president barack obama will travel to new jersey to survey the damage left behind by hurricane sandy. he canceled his campaign appearances for a third straight day. he visited the red cross headquarters and today he will tour with chris christie and he is one of the most prominent supporters and he has repeatedly praised president barack obama's response to sandy. >>> there are three events in the battle ground state of florida. he turned what happened as a campaign event into a storm relief effort. people were encouraged to bring relief supplies and mitt romney helped to bag them up for shipping. >>> and a jump in gas prices. at 44 temperature 5 we will -- 4:45 we will hear what they have to say now. >>> they approve a development plan that will force 150 people to look for new homes. it is home to people living on their boats or on rvs. tenants knew the property was for sale and there are other housing options for sale. >> there are 22 areas that have vacancy. >> they plan to develop 444 units on the site. residents will have to move by the end of the year but no timetable has been set. >>> they are working to move california kids. they are using operation boo to keep registered sex offenders away from trick or treaters. they will have to abide and will not be able to give out candy. trans yet sex offenders will need to report to curfew centers. emergency workers will be handing out knee on bracelets that say be safe, be seen. according to the centers for disease control and prevention, fatal accidents are four times more likely on halloween than any other night. >>> lots of events going on today and lots of people are taking mass transit as well. how is it looking this morning? >> i want to tell you about an overnight accident in marin. we had some scary moments for a trucker in marin and he was driving northbound when he spell asleep at the wheel and went through a fence on the avenue. a tow truck blocked the right lane for several hours while the truck was secured and halled off. it is quite a scene but all the lanes are now clear. traffic is going to be a tough drive today, a lot of people are getting into the city, more than usual, people are coming in for the parade. driving is not recommended but you know some people will. we have been talking about bart. the biggest thing you can do is get there early and pull out that old ticket that has 2 or $3 on it so you don't have to wait in line. this traffic looks good getting into highway 17. >> could you say that again on the $20? >> if you have $20 you want to put $20 into the machine and that will get you to any spot on the line, steve. >> pam, did you hear that? >> yes. >> a lot of pressure on the weather man this morning, it is relentless, but the system will slow down, but it isn't even too why rica yes. our reek why yet. there are a lot of 40s but that is not the case this morning. you will see a good looking system and it is going to weaken considerably. evening rain, spreading south into tomorrow morning and highs will be in the 60s or low 70s but a lot of 70s, overall everything is on track. upper 50s and 60s, this is the tricky forecast. >> i think there will be some rain to the north. we have rain coming in and then it is out of here. the only thing we will have to wait for is morning fog. >> i just hope that rain holds off just a few hours. >>> 4:42 is the time now for the second time in two weeks, a surfer is attacked and this is where he was and his condition this morning. >> get away from me -- >> get away from me. >> and the confrontation over missing campaign signs caught on tape in the south bay. >>> good morning westbound 3 are 4 traffic is -- westbound 4 traffic is getting along well through walnut creek. if we will have more -- we will have more coming up. . >>> 4:45, a surfer was bitten off the coast and here is video of the surf bored with a huge chunk missing. the injured surfer was able to make it to shore despite having a large bite wound. just last week the surfer died last week in a shark attack in santa barbara county. >>> a confrontation was caught on camera. he accused the husband of stealing their campaign signs. they shot video that shows herrera throwing away their signs at park on sunday. and again sunday he says somebody put the signs on his front lawn. it all led to a confrontation. >> who the bleep are you, get away from me. >> her husband admits he threatened him but he did that after he was pushed to the ground. police are investigating the incident. >>> and a supreme court judge in sacramento will make a final ruling but they must reveal they have pumped some money into the election. they are meeting with the fair practices commission and they are funding campaigns against proposition 30. governor jerry brown's tax hike proposal and the measure aimed at collecting dues for education purposes. >>> this morning the national average price for a gallon of average gas is 3-cents less. now a decrease in demand has sent gas prices down and it could fall as much as a dime in the coming week. >>> the white house is usually inviting children to come trick or treating. this is video of the first lady and president inviting children and this year they are pulling the plug on the celebration as president barack obama travels to new jersey to help with the recovery efforts. >>> there are plenty of events going on and this morning the have a talk will hold it's not too spooky event. they will host a party and this is going to be in oakland. >>> we have some breaking news to tell you about in new jersey, a fire started out in new jersey and it was hit hard from sandy. we are out there live flames are reaching in the sky and there is a large cluster of flames and smaller fires that are spread out from this. it's not clear what is burning at this point. it looks like an e.ty area on the shore. however certainly you can see the building right next to this. this is a small town, suffered severe damage from the storm and again this is in new jersey along the coast. severe fires we have been watching this and there are severe recovery efforts as well. >>> 4:49 traffic is morning, hey, sal. >>> brian, pam, this morning we will be here this whole time letting you know getting into san francisco will be an extra chore so remember that. people are on the road early and you saw claudine wong interview somebody early who got there early so we did say to get there early and roads will be crowded early. let's move to the toll plaza and that traffic looks good so far. i know people are getting there early but remember, you will not be able to cross market after a certain point so let's plan ahead for that. and the morning commute is moving along well at 280, let's go to steve. >>> still increasing clouds mostly dry, 50s on the temperatures, and we are getting an easterly breeze and the system will a line itself north to south and that does two things, it weakens it and slows it down. it is close knocking on the door and as we zoom in we still have a ways to go. not even cape mendocino could be raining. morning drizzle, evening rain to the north, the sooner you take it further north, they will not arrive until 7:00 or 8:00 and i think most will be done by 11:00 this morning and there is no change in the forecast, and again mostly cloudy skies overall a lot of cloud cover and t

wong. >> honorable commissioner, my name is howard wong, i'm with same muni ..com, regarding the resolution square and subway station construction, there is a need to submit this approval and resolution to construct structure ins union square park to the voters under section charter 4.113 sub 2, and a need to do a subsequent environmental impact report to assess these changes and the design of the project and the increasing encroachment of have you beening -- structures on to union square. i have a letter that has more details from save muni.com's lawyer and i would like to submit our attorney's letter to the commission and the recreation department. i have 9 copies of this letter from lippy gardener llp. thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, tamika moss. >> good morning, commissioners, my name is tamika moss and i'm the community planning director at spur, it has supported the subway project since 2007. this project is a critical strategic investment that will improve public access for the entire city, the design of the space was approved by this commission to have minimal impacts on u

need to thank -- and they're sitting right up there -- my 81-year-old mother, helen wong, my 91-year-old father, henry wong, my 92-year-old auntie lily, who is a major been factor, by the way, to this campusment i want to thank them because for 18 years they were wondering why am i not -- why i'm on the college board and not out making more money. typical chinese parents. and they saw the suffering that i went through, that you went through, that we all went through, but this is the result of it. so getting back to that song, the impossible dream, okay, i'm finished. and it came from the universe because it was on the radio today and these were the words. for this is our quest, to follow that star, no matter how hopeless, no matter how far, it fight for the right without question or pause, to be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause, this cause has been fulfilled. this promise has been kept. we did it together. thank god and god bless you all. (applause). >> i'd like to thank senator mark leno, he was always one of our supporters from the start. i also saw a couple guests that have come in since

steve no, trustee rodrigo santos, trustee lawrence wong, student trustee william walker, we'd also like to introduce former trustees rodel rodis, allen wongand i think peter finnican was also going to join us this evening. introduce our interim chancellor, dr. pamela fisher, our former chancellor, dr. don griffin, former chancellor dr. phillip day, and mr. mendehem, president of the citizen's bond foundation committee. >> (inaudible) mr. walker newman, and miss jacqueline liu and city of san francisco would like to recognize the honorable mayor of san francisco, the honorable david chiu, chairman of the board of supervisors. >> he's also our district 3 supervisor. >> the honorable menea cohen, the honorable ciel ping, commissioner cecilia chung, may woo, eileen lee riley and mr. carezza, san francisco unified school district. >> we'd like to recognize our guest from the consulate, education councilor from the people's republic of china, mr. bernhard able, consulate of germany, the honorable nagesh naharabi, india, the honorable dennis garrison, consul of lithuania, consul of madagascar, mr. victor flores, from the consulate of mexico and

wong has moved to the back of the home where the fire did most of the damage, claudine wong? >> reporter: you can see the charred remains of what is left of this house and firefighters are still keeping an eye on things incase it flares up. that building is slanted and we had a partial roof collapse this morning and it caused some big concerns and they had to get the firefighters out. we can tell you no firefighters were hurt but the five people inside that building have defined a place to live. this is something you will only see on 2. firefighters first got the call and when they got on the scene they realized they were dealing with heavy flames and police officers had to evacuate one of the residents who was in a wheelchair for the people who got out on their own. in the end, 39 firefighters came to fight this fire and they said they are not leaving any time soon. >> we will be on scene for a while and when we get daylight, we will be able to assess the structure and determine what is safe to enter and determine its status and continue our fire investigation. >> again back out here live where you can see significant damage, this is the area and we still don't know the cause of this fire but as you can see, they want to wait until daylight and there is certainly a lot of debris and they know the structure is understable -- unstable. right now we are in a little bit of a waiting pattern, they can start sifting through and damage is estimated in the hundreds of thousands. >> time now 6:04 two men are recovering after being shot in san jose. jeanine della vega has more. what did they say? >> reporter: it took place near seven trees off the capital expressway and at this point it's too soon to say if it is gang related. they said in the area of easy and cast drive police found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg. he heard a come up behind him and that's when he was shot. at the same time they were investigating that shooting they found an 81-year-old being treated for a gunshot wound and he told officers he was shot at easy and another area. >> he heard at one point he was getting shot in the buttocks. >> the locations of the shootings are just a block away from each other and that's why police believe they are connected. nobody appears to have seen the vehicle or what direction they went into, they are also trying to figure out if it was one person who was shot at or if it was 2 people they should be looking for. at this point both victims are expected to survive. jeanine della vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> and now a fatal collision between a freight train and pedestrian. it happened on big break road. that burlington santa fe train was involved and their railroad is investigating and so far we have no word on how the pedestrian is doing. >>> they are facing off in denver and it's the first of three debates coming up. coming up at 6:15, whether analysts think it will be a key moment for voters. >>> they are taking out those responsible for the libyan tack. four ambassadors were killed. options could include drop attacks, raids like the one that killed osama bin laden. however the obama administration is not expected to approve a strike before the november presidential election. >>> this appeared to be a case of mistaken identity and it may actually have been an assassination attempt on americans. they fired into an suv and the associated press reports as evidence a drug cartel infiltrated the police and masterminded that ambush. two cia agents were wounded in that attack. in the meantime fbi are investigating the killing of two border patrol agents. they were investigating those near arizona. so far no arrests have been made but authorities suspect more than one percent fired at those agents. >>> it boil -- emotions boiled over at oakland city hall last night. >> can you remove those protesters who will not sit down and refuse to take their seats. >> they say the shooting of alan blueford was unwarranted and unjustified. alan blueford's mother demanded the police report. >> you can turn away from me and act like it don't matter. alan blueford is gone. >> they gave the report to the alan blueford family but that report still leaves many unanswered questions. but they maintain alan blueford pointed a gun at an officer. >>> i think we are off to a decent start and we have not had a lot going on, let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza and let's show there is a little bit of a crowd and it is what it is. it is about a five minute delay, 101, that looks good approaching the 880 split getting down to the downtown area and that has been a pretty nice drive heading south. it continues to look good. it is not widespread. santa rosa downtown, 103, 90 downtown and this is a brutal forecast, the city 94 and today a drop of 20 degrees, they tied a record high and canfield and mop pit also had a record high. it is still 61 in san francisco which is warmer than antioch and fairfield. they have not shown its glory yet and that's offshore so if you like weather that is a good sign. there is a little fight going on there, but the system is bumping to the north and drawing andrewing low. -- and drawing low. it is breezy to most. inland temperatures will still be in the 90s and we will take that into friday. maybe even partly cloudy skies, here is more at the desk. >>> a news anchor is getting attention for her response. >> why she felt the need to talk about her weight in front of a live audience. >>> allegations about some officers is causing a brand-new controversy. are you ready ? share everything by turning your smartphone into a mobile hotspot for up to 8 wifi-enabled devices at no extra charge. like the new droid razr m by motorola only $99.99. erika derry: and the fact that cacalifornia isn't making it a priority frustrates me. dan hurd: i'm ashamed of that, and i don't want this to continue for my daughter. brenda kealing: prop 38 is going to bring a lot of money to our schools. suzan solomon: the money stays at the school site. cade derry: what i would really like to see is that the teachers... that were laid off come back to the school. navaz hurd: a smaller class size. navaz hurd: as a mom i want that. as a teacher i want that. prop 38 is an opportunity of a generation. . >>> welcome back, time now 613, causing a scathing controversy for police, a federal judge ordered department investigates on nine police shootings. yesterday a report came out and it said they were sympathetic towards fellow police. it said in several cases officers who opened fire did not face an immediate threat. several officers as well as investigators may be disciplined. they will be staying on the job and city council plans on considering outsourcing in order to save money. however they just pulled out of the building to take over the milpitas law enforcement and they will allow the public to vote on whether the city should outsource police services. >> in syria, at least 31 people are dead. three car bombs exploded and it has become a major battleground area for forces. they are trying to take over bashar assad. >>> now a judge has postponed the enforcement of the voter identification law it was dismissed but they say the ruling only applies to this year's voting and is expected to take affect next year. >>> they are taking stage in denver and mitt romney and president barack obama hold their first debate. allison burns joins us live on whether president barack obama will speak first, allison? >> reporter: there will be no answers, no cheering allowed for a crowd and they asked them to get to the first question and get the last word. they are taking intense preparations and president barack obama visited hoover dam. even though it is a good way to boost his falling poll numbers they say in the end debates are more about entertainment and few ever made a big difference. >> most of us have already made up our own minds and they are not defining in any particular way. >> here is a look, michelle obama add minute she is very nervous. >> i am like one of those kids watching their kids on the balance beam, you are standing there trying not to have any expression at all. >> ahead of the debates, republicans are trying to review president barack obama's ties to germ my wright. i will have more on that in my next update, allison burns, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> we are learning more about a man who died. a toxicology test found brett olson had an excessive amount of alcohol in his system. he recently also used cocaine. he recently drowned and his death has been ruled an accident. >>> the coast guard said family members discovered the body not far from where the other man was found on monday. four men were on the boat when a big wave capsized their boat. two of the men were wearing life jackets and were able to make it to shore. the two fishermen who died were not wearing life jackets. >>> they are talking about a wisconsin news anchor who criticized a person who criticized her weight. to the person who wrote me that letter, do you think i don't know that your cruel words are pointing out something i don't see. you don't know me, you are not a friend of mine and you are not a part of my family and you have admitted you don't watch this show so you don't know anything about me than what you see on the outside and i am much more than a number on a scale. >> she works for a television station in lacrosse wisconsin and she decided to make that statement and turn an e-mail from an angry viewer into what she called a rallying cry against bullying. >> i feel the need to applaud that woman for standing up for herself there. sal, how is the commute? >> talking to dave on the i m, it is ramping up a little bit and getting on the road, you can tell by looking at the commute, you can see how crowded it is and it is not stop and go and when you get to the toll plaza it is stop and go backed up for a 20 to -- 15 to 20 minute delay eastbound at the summersville off ramp there is a crash and tall lie my mistake loan tree way on ramp, there is a minor accident and it is not causing traffic in the commute direction but moving commute across the bay and 101 still looks good on the peninsular so far. let's go to steve. >>> well, waiting for that west wind for some. santa cruz harbor, a little bit in san francisco, still most locations have a little bit of a hint of an east breeze. temperatures are always the toughest challenges on the forecasted highs. cooler by the coast, as long as the breeze marches in as advertised it will still be warm to hot in san francisco document 5 from yesterday which is still warm in antioch. san jose 55 and 56 napa, 75 in travis. most locations are calm, a little southwest at santa rosa and there is assure sign that will cool off. this low is being drawn up by a cold system in the northern plains but as it draws closer to us, it will usher in fog. very shallow for some. everybody will cool down a lot. 60s and 70s and 80s closer to it and this afternoon we will have a howling sea breeze and we will have a big cool down as we go into the weekend. >>> shoppers are standing by shifting the selection of toys and that will help boost holiday sales. target will feature 20 toys at the front of its aisles. shoppers can then use their smart phones to scan the codes and have them shop for free. they will have exclusive additions. >>> american airlines and the pilots have agreed to get back to bargaining. the union also said they would not release the strike organization vote. american ceo said intensive bargaining scheduled to go and it is an outcome they would expect. >>> a dog you would expect to be dead after a crash. and more on how she got stuck in the grill of a car. >>> area nurses on strike for a second straight day, how president barack obama is tied to this labor dispute. ♪ [ male announcer ] the first look...is only the beginning. ♪ ♪ introducing a stunning work of technology. ♪ introducing the entirely new lexus es. and the first ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. and the first ever es hybrid. yeah... think they made a mistake?s. i don't know - maybe. the fried cheese melt is back for just 4 bucks. 1 of 4 big 4-dollar meals on the 2-4-6-8 value menu. only at denny's. open all night. ...club...things... ...kept sending me coupons for cat food. i'm just not a coupon clipper. i buy what i want to buy. can i get a reward for that? 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[ frank ] raley's, bel air, and nob hill. for food, for family, and now, something extra -- for you. . >>> they are now entering the second day. now this is a first time in 26 years nurses at this hospital have walked a picket line. nurses say hospital negotiators want to take pay cuts and pay more for their own healthcare. >> it sickens me, it is a shame they are asking the nursing force, the force that drives this hospital to take reductions... >> hospital executives are worried about the hospital after the affordable healthcare law takes affect. 70% are not fully covered by medicare reimbursements. >>> susie is back with her owner after an incredible story. she ran in front of a car and became stuck in the car's grill. the driver didn't know what happened and a person flagged the driver down. animal control pulled her out of the grill and they aired the story and they found out what happened to their dog. >> i have no idea how she made it without getting killed. >> suzie survived with a concussion and a chipped tooth and her owners say she is a miracle dog. >>> sal, how is traffic this morning? >> you know, it is getting more crowded and we'll see more and more cars joining us for this commute. in the south bay you can still get ahead as we check in with chp and we don't have any stalls or accidents. also the morning commute is looking good on interstate 880 and traffic continues to move along well, let's go to steve. >>> it looks like they are down towards monterey bay, there are signs of a west wind, 60s, 70s coast and bay and still more inland, pam. >>> they are one win away from the division champs. we will take you on the final day of the season with some good news about the future of the team. >>> we have an early morning fire, we will tell you about how two police officers are being called heros. >>> we will take you live to the opening bell, traders are going for the opening debate and we'll see what is in store for today. . >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news, that is the new name of the parent company craft, we are talking about craft spinoff and now the new name of the parent company, over on the new york stock exchange, life lock relentlessly protecting your identity and we will have all the business news coming up. it could be quiet and a lot of investors will be waiting for tonight in the presidentialee bait. it -- debate. it will be interesting to see what happens. >> we will be saying good morning and it is wednesday october 23rd, i am dave clark. >>> in overnight news, firefighters are still busy still at the scene of a house fire in berkeley. claudine wonge to show us the damage and why this fire was so hard to fight claudine wong? >> reporter: we are here where the duplex sits behind this building that was on fire and they went through this fence and went through here and got to the building and you can see the significant damage to the back of the home. this is a fairly large structure and you can see how bad it was burned and the partial roof collapse which made it a dangerous situation. there are five people who are without a home and damage is estimated in the hundreds. i want to show you the fire fight when they got underway. they say they knew immediately they had heavy flames from the back of the pulling and those crews arrived on every single side of the home so they evacuated and it ended up being a three-alarm fire. they had firefighters on the scene and there were those who had to be evacuated. she needed help getting out and two police officers this morning are being called heros. >> i think two police officers who removed

wong and tcp program manager dane that leavitt. >> my name is carrie wong, i work with the department of aging and adult services and i have with me dana leavitt, she's the program manager at the san francisco transitional care program. i will start off with just a little bit of the background of how we got to where we're at, then dana is going to go into the program details. daas applied for the community-based transition care program, tcp program, currently 1 out of 47 participating nationwide. california has 3 of the participating cities, which includes marin county and san francisco. the tcp, which was created by section 3026 of the affordable care act tests for models for improving transitional care setings from hospitals to other setings and reducing readmissions for high risk medicare beneficiaries. care transition occurs when a patient moves from one health care provider to another setting. nearly 1 out of 5 medicare patients discharged from the hospital, which is approximately 2.6 million seniors, is readmitted within 30 days and costs over 26 billion every year. while hospitals have traditionally been the focal point for efforts it reduce readmissions it is clear there is a continuum of care that impact readmission. by encouraging xhuepts to come and work together, we can improve quality, reduce costs and improve the patient's experience. daas is working with the san francisco transitional care program to forward these goals and maximize independence of seniors and persons with disabilities living in the community to reduce readmissions and of course ultimately reducing institutionalization. the san francisco care program, transitional care program, has been in operation since 2000. it collaborates now with 8 hospitals and 8 community-based organizations. the hospitals that are included in this are the california pacific medical center which includes the 3 campuses, the pacific, st. luke's and daly's, st. francis, ucsf and chinese hospital. the community-based organizations include of course the san francisco senior center, which is also part of ncphs, the institute on aging, catholic charities, self-help for the elderly, curry senior center, kimochi vernal heights senior care center. i'm going to turn it over to dana to explain about the program. >> so the san francisco transitional care program is a 4 to 6 week program that's going to be incorporating the coaching model of care. and in that they are going to be integrating self-care skills for the patients and by doing that we're going to utilize skill transfer, role modeling, role playing, with the clients to try to improve their skills in these areas. in addition we will also be doing care coordination but it's going to be limited in what we're going to be providing for the individual. historically, as carrie had mentioned, the transitional care program here in san francisco has been in existence since 2000. the significant change to the program is adding the coaching model. historically we have provided the 4 to 6 week program but it's really been intensive case management programming and what we have realized through both research and also when we did our root cause analysis of how the program was going is that we really felt like if we came from the coaching perspective and were able it reach and try to help people develop skills so that they can help themselves beyond the 4 to 6 week intervention, that we would be a little bit ahead of the game. so what we have done is we've made the decision that in san francisco we would really benefit from both the coaching model and in addition to providing some care coordination as well if necessary. so once again so where we're coming from more the doer case management model. we're changing that and the philosophy now is letting an individual learn to help themselves. and having more success for that individual in the future. the areas of focus for the program are going to be working with the individual to set their own recovery goals. the goals that would be able to be accomplished in the 4 to 6 week period of time, securing and preparing one's self for the first doctor's appointment, understanding one's health issues and the role of medications, securing -- recognizing symptoms and having a plan of action; developing or having the opportunity to develop a personal health record which is a way to kind of organize and kind of carry it with you so that you are able to have a clear understanding of medical issues and medications, and establishing necessary services with an emphasis on the areas of nutrition, transportation, home care and medications. as carrie has mentioned this program historically has been an organization that is a network of community-based organizations. and as a result we have been very successful in meeting the cultural and language capacities of san francisco. currently we have transition specialists in these 9 agencies in the language capacity is japanese, vietnamese, chinese, which is both mandarin and cantonese, tagalog and spanish. council members, any questions? >> joanna >> thank you very much for your presentation. how would people be able to participate in that program? do they get assigned by their doctor, do they ask and advocate for it? >> i think it's going to be a little bit of both. historically the referrals come directly from the hospital so whether that's going to be a social worker, a nurse case manager, ideally the way the program is moving forward we're trying to did a lot of community outreach so everybody knows about the program and once they went into the hospital if it was not something that was brought to their attention they would already know about it and could ask for it. but the referral comes directly from the hospital to our agency. >> and you have started this program already, correct? >> this program has been in existence since 2000. we are, like i said, making changes to the program to include the coaching model. but it has been in existence since 2000 and historically has served anywhere from 200 to 400 clients a year. and we're hoping to exponentially move that program forward to many, many more people in san francisco. and that's part of us getting the contract with cms, is to help assist with that. >> so basically we're serving a larger bredth of population we haven't reached out to before. traditionally it's been people with high psychosocial needs and a lot of complex things, but now it's expanding more with a lot of different diagnosis because the goal at the end of the day is to reduce readmissions. we're approaching not just seniors but persons with disabilities at any age. when you leave the hospital there's a lot of medications, you are a little confused when you are at the hospital, you are heavily sedated or what not. it's a way to capture a wider bredth of people to secure, make sure. >> we can kind of look at what program is more about. i mean right after. >> yeah, we've --. >> there are some brochures. >> we have sent electronic copies of the brochure to council members, they are here today in print and braille. is that available online for people to see? >> there's going to be -- yes, it's going to be. >> thank you. >> shortly. we're actually in the really smack dab in the middle of our own transition as a program itself, so we are still serving folks but the coaching model is coming on board probably this month or next. >> thank you. >> hi, i wanted to thank miss carrie wong and miss dana leavitt for coming out today. it's really interesting about how you mentioned self-care skills for patients from hospital to the department of aging and adult service. it made me think for a moment about the need for self-care skills for persons with disabilities. there's been a recent article about the age groups of the 22-year-olds to approximately 50-year-olds. there is definitely a need there. my question today is do you also accept youth volunteers or youth interns for your department? >> our agency has had interns. usually they are social work interns. we're based out of the san francisco senior center so we're always looking for volunteers. there's a lot of opportunity, i think, but in regards to the transitional care, usually they are social work staff that are involved in that. >> okay, thank you. >> sarah? >> hi, thank you, i'm just curious what the individuals that are coming out of the hospitals, would they meet the level of care needs to qualify for the in h

wong joins us from the police department with the emotional reaction from kayla's mother. claudine wong? >> reporter: we are hoping to hear more from investigators but early this morning, mckayla's mother posted a blog about the latest twist saying quote, i don't know how to live in this waiting time and she has been waiting 24 years for answers. it was back in 1988 she was kidnapped from a grocery store. her case has gone unsolved but see said, i think this might be it. she was called to the hayward police department because of a bone that could be mckale's and -- mckayla's and is now being tested after convicted killer wesley howard shermantine had led them their. he gave the bones to another woman. they were not content to stop there. they scalded on wesley howard shermantine to give the other families the same. >> he did the right thing by giving the right information for these families to get closure but he -- closure but he needs to tell the rest for everybody else. >> they got the bones they were given and that is when they discovered not all of them were hobson's. one of them was for a child between the ages of 5 and 13. now the dicking was conducted by the sheriff's department and mckayla's mother writes, somewhere in this blog, i wanted to be there if mckayla was found. if for the first time light of day was found and if all that was left was skeletal remains i want to wrap my arms around my daughter and in this case there is only a single piece of bone 3 inches long. again, they are now checking to see if it is mckayla's and it is still unclear when they will be done. >>> it happened on the intersection of 43rd avenue. witnesses say they heard a large number of gunshots. one person was taken to the hospital and they are being treated for multiple gunshot wounds. >>> a woman was found stabbed to death last friday and yesterday a woman and her husband were taken into custody it happened when they were spotted driving the stole subaru -- stolen subaru. the arrest has given the family some relief. >> this is the first deep breath we all took as a family and as a community. >> hercules police called the fugitive and his wife tonya persons of interest and the couple is wanted with another one which inn cloud a jail break and series of carjackings. >>> the masked gunman was on a motorcycle when he opened fire on the chief of security. he was on his way to a place he worked 20 years. the shooting happened far from the embassy but the shooting has the fingerprints ever al qaeda. it is unclear if this is connected to the shooting which killed ambassador chris stevens. >>> they are meeting for their one and only debate. and why paul ryan is feeling close to the debate. >>> they came back to the bay area and they dream of another bay bridge world series. >> reporter: that is right, they will be perched on barstools and we are here at the ballpark where some are slated to open early this morning. we are here with very excited fans as well as in oakland after their team pulled off a nail biting win half the night. >> they are coming around from the oakland a's and they will live another day. >> the as rally from behind. cocoa crisp, made the traditional game with a whip creamed pie to the face. [applauds] [crowd noise] >> reporter: the giants pulled off an 8-3 win and forced a winner takes all in game 5 having a great game striking out 6 hitters. and they caught up with some giants fans who made the trek to cincinnati. >> we drove from cincinnati. >> first game and so we decided to stay and now we are staying. >> now the game takes place at 10:07 this morning and we think people will be missing from work or school as a result and coming up in the next half hour, we will show you some highlights from the giants' locker room. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> let's check in with sal right now. i know there was a big problem in marin county is that getting worse? >> well, it is a little bit slower but we are also checking san francisco. it turned out to be nice and traffic continues to move along relatively well in and we talked about marin and there was an accident at one point which blocked all the plains and it is -- all the lanes and lost people are late to work already this morning. let's look at san jose, we have a report of a new crash reported by san jose chp and they are heading out there to check that out. 6:08 let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you sir, a very good morning. thunderstorm activity popping up in monterey county and heck, it was a rip roaring show and it may play into your forecast but gilroy, leader of the pack, two inches deep and three quarters of an inch deep and over to pose can zero. low cloud deck. this is going to be a very slow process. but the low is moving ever so slowly -- slowly into southern california and there is a lot up the spine of that area and thunderstorms have calmed down but an isolated shower is certainly not out of the picture. san jose south is in line and 60s for a majority. very cool breezy, a little bit sunnier inland. >>> also the information facebook wanted to keep secret right before its ipo. >> and no apologies from jerry sandusky, a letter to a judge, why jerry sandusky claims he is the real victim. . >>> new this morning, the santa cruz sheriff's department is searching for a man who was showing himself to two girls. he reportedly was masturbating while he drove past the 16-year- old girls. here is the description, he has a short beard, was driving a black toyota sedan. similar incidents have been reported elsewhere. please call deputies if you think you can help. >>> jerry sandusky and his wife remain die few and he wrote letters to the judge responsible for his sentencing. he portrayed them as victims of a vast conspiracy. they called the ten boys who accused him of assault liars. on tuesday he was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison. >>> they are wondering if there is enough evidence to move forward against james holmes. it will be the first time most of the evidence in the case is made public and prosecutors are expected to bring the total number of the counts against homes to 166. holmes is accused of killing 12 people and injuring 58 more in a colorado theater. >> and in kentucky, it is the first and only debate, live this morning with how vice- president joseph biden and joe ryan thinks will win, allison? >>> even though he is much mosh more experienced. a new poll shows paul ryan will win tonight's debate. ryan says his goal is to emphasize the clear differences between the candidates and vice- president joseph biden is looking to amp up the momentum after the president's poor performance caused the obama ticket to drop in many poles. >> what i am doing is quite frankly studying up on ryan's positions on the issues. >> i know how he will attack us but the problem is, he hasbrouck brock's record he has to run on. >> and the moderator has a big conflict of interest during my next update. allison burns, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> and you can watch the vice- presidential debate tonight beginning at 6:00 and ktvu news will follow immediately afterward and we are streaming live on our website. >> there is more leading up to its public august of. the s.e.c. demanded proof and they even havely -- they dropped that reference after asking them if they were counting some of their mobile users twice. >>> joining us from san rafael, what are police doing to lessen the likelihood of some of these break-ins, alex? >> reporter: we are in the peacock gap neighborhood where they have seen this outbreak and 15 have been reported in the last month and a half. burglars are getting in through unlocked doors and they are going in and trying to find specifically jewelry and cash and then staff stashing the -- stashing the items in pillowcases. they say the thieves are clean and in many cases they don't know the homes have been broken into because the thieves are so neat until several days later. homeowners are being let know what is going on with this burglary spree and obviously they need to keep their valuables safe. it has a bit of a problem and see what he is looking like. >>> traffic is moving well in the bay area, still, let's go out and take a look. northbound 101, reported a crash near here and that is already not that bad but moving along and taking a look at the maps in san jose, that is the opening thing we have and if you want to use 2 #0 and one 0 -- 101 and across the bay area we are off to a decent start. the metering lights are on and it is backed up almost to the 880 over crossing, let's go to steve. >>> mostly cloudy skies, a big bank mainly towards jerry sandusky and most of this is sliding southment southwest at vacaville. it is going to be a very cool day and it may not burn off if at all. 50s on the temperatures and i don't think they will move at all and still coming right up from the southern central and some of that could sneak back in today. highs today and tomorrow, and it is going to be a couple of cool days and just a mattering of that and it will decrease in that fog overnight and slightly move away from the coast. >>> the commerce department said it jump 4.1% in august. it was $42.2 billion more than what it experted. both imports and exports declined. august was the third month in a row that exports declined. >>> ebay wants more people to take time, but it features more photo toes. the regular feet tire with will remain in place. >>> plus more fall out for knewly in-stated george . >>> plus more fall out for newly end stated -- in-stated george. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing a reason...to look twice. introducing a stunning work of technology -- the entirely new lexus es. and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. do. >>> welcome back. time now 6:22, a napa man has died after he crashed his car into two bicyclists. norman pearce was found dead in his driveway and they say it appeared as though he died of natural causes but one of the bicyclists is still in critical condition. alcohol was not a factor. >>> san francisco police are looking for witnesses who saw somebody open fire on immune any bus. -- on a muni bus. the driver heard a gunshot and the driver then quickly drove the bus a short distance away and everybody got out safely but there was a bullet mark on the back of the bus. >> george gascon is asking newly reinstated sheriff ross mirkarimi to recuse some of his duties and appoint somebody else to oversee all domestic violence cases. sheriff ross mirkarimi is on probation after pleading guilty for false imprisonment and bruising his wife's arm. >> we are hoping he can see clearly the conflict of interest that is there and he will do so voluntarily. >> he said he will have a quote legal response to gascon's response and he will fully resume all duties on monday. >>> the meningitis outbreak, they have identified the source of steroid shots that are causing fungal meningitis. so far 12 people have died and 130 others have become sick. a lawsuit was filed against the company over a product that caused a different form of meningitis and the same people own a company which has been accused of not separate being sterile from non-sterile supplies. >>> that ticket was sold at a stop and save on scott avenue and it has all five winning numbers from the game. that ticket is worth $206,000. >>> sal, if you had that ticket, you could hop on a plane and watch the giants. let's look at what we have, traffic is moving well and still it is time to get a jump on it. northbound looks good and there are no major problems. that looks good but it is getting more crowded. >>> and it is a very cool morning with thunderstorm activity and there is a lot coming up the sierra nevada which may play in our weather later today. we have 60s and temperatures inland very cool, upper 60s and lower 70s, pam. >>> it is the 9th arson in the last two weeks and firefighters are looking for the persons who set it. >>> they are just about to hold, there is a missing person's case that happened 24 years ago. >>> and it looks like the good news is looking for an up side on stock markets today. ñçbÑ . >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news, we are over at the new york stock exchange and they are celebrating another ipo and i am just getting the information here. listing initial public offering, this is typically a pretty good sign when companies feel a possibility with a national security alliance there ringing the opening bell there. this is a non-profit and they are working with verizon and visa and making sure there is security and cyber security in particular. a lot of economic news, we spoke about the weekly jobless numbers and also the exports, imports so it looks like a good day and again live in new york we will have all the business news coming up. >> hope everything is on the border and good morning, it is thursday october 11th, dave clark has the day off. >>> there is a new twist in a serial killer case which could answer questions about michaela garecht who was kidnapped in is 988. -- 1988, and claudine wong on that story. >> reporter: in the last ten minutes, a sergeant came out to tell us they will be holding a press conference in the next ten minutes to talk about the latest case. in the meantime we have learned more about a blog from michaela garecht's murder and she was called to the office to discuss her daughter's death on monday. it was back in 1988 michaela garecht was kidnapped and her mother said the last 24 years has been filled with leads which have gone nowhere. she said this might be it. loren joseph herzog and wesley howard shermantine the remains of joanne hobson she went missing and a box of bones said to be hers was given to her mother but even though they got closure they wanted wesley howard shermantine to do the same for others. >> i want him to continue to do the right thing and tell the rest for everybody else. >> and they went one step further, hobson's mother had those bones tested and it turns out not all of them are from joanne. that bone was given to the polic

wongs. >> maybe you could go back and ask the arbitrator to maybe make the decision quickly so you can get started sooner perhaps. >>> we're dealing with jambs and unfortunately their calendar, it's hard to control. >> the wongs, can counsel, please? i'm sorry, i forgot your name. andrea, please. have you before you came here this evening discussed the time frame at all with both parties, that you feel you would need with regard to coming to an agreement, not the construction time, but -- >> with regard to the whole package, how much time -- >>> the construction itself, your agreement is important, but it's not relevant to the decision we have before us, which is the permit. * so, i think that what we're saying is the job needs to be done and, you know, i think that it's a safety issue as far as retaining walls. and we've been dealing with this for a while. >>> with regard to the time frame for the construction, that is something that mr. shabarea has more of an understanding than i do. i understand that the rainy season will possibly affect that time frame. i thought the six months was very fair. i understand this has been continued several times and we'd like to shorten it. i think in the interest of just accomplishing that, taking into account the risk that is there and your interest in trying to get this all done, i thought six months was very fair in terms of taking into account the rainy season and whatever construction delays there may be. >>> i'm sorry. and to address your question whether or not we have had discussion, i had discussions yesterday with co-counsel for the wongs about the fact that the survey has come out, and that next week we should be meeting and conferring on the details as to timing. and i was told by counsel today that he had checked with jams about the judge's availability and there are several days in october. >> i have to be honest with you, the only thing that bothers me, the only thing that's happened here is the survey, that's it. and if as somebody from the construction industry who knows how long it takes to get service, there has been a lot of down time between. i really want to be kind of conscious of the fact that you need the time frame and the rainy season and all that, but you have to understand our position. we were very clear the last time that you got this time to do meaningful work and really the only thing you've come back here to us is the survey, which could have been done in a week or week-and-a-half. >>> i understand that. unfortunately because we had to schedule the survey with the wongs, it took sometime. but in