it requires that you use either treated wood or redwood or some other wood with a natural resistance. and there are others. by the way, it's not just redwood. cypress, cedar. >> one of the largest structures in san francisco is made up with alaska cedar. >> let me ask you here. anybody know where this very large structure made of alaskan yellow czar, a beautiful -- cedar elegant structure. anybody know? you know? >> at&t park? >> at&t park. give this man a ticket to the ballgame. because down at the ballpark -- >> is a coke bottle made out of alaskan cedar. >> it's a giant coke bottle with alaskan cedar ribs and pat was involved in it and -- >> they fabricated it and sailed it down the bay, weighed about 150,000 pounds. it's a big coke bottle. >> and what do we have here? what can you tell us about this stuff? >> treated material that we use for framing, for decks. people use this for decking. right here, it looks like it's treat on the ends. which i guess you're going to get to treating cut ends on material that's freshly treated. that's the new stuff though. >> yeah. >> and this is

they're not just wood. but they may be made of concrete, for example, the gray stairs here are probably concrete at the bottom. often there's brick underneath that's holding up the stair itself and then there's wood for some of the members. in an earthquake, all these things move at different speeds. they all expand and contract with the change of the weather and seasons at different speeds. and it means that it's very hard to flash and maintain all these different materials where they're working together. >> well, flash and ignore for five, 10, 20 years. something like that becomes an annual maintenance project. >> so you look at a lot of these? >> a lot of those. and again, out to prevention. the wooden exterior stairs, the older ones, you need to keep them painted and sealed. you can't let the water be seeping in. the south side where you hit the sun, that's what breaks down the caulking and the sealant paint. you need to pay particular attention and you may only be able to paint your house every five, s

ercent do woodchucks chuck wood?gh-pitched laughter) man: hey you dang woodchucks, quit chucking my wood! vo: geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> at the par 5 2nd, steve stricker. >> 130 yards to the hole, steep on the left-hand side. >> this needs to get up a little bit. it's going to spin back. >> stricker and woods, one up on hanson and jimenez. back at the first, luke donald, short range for birdie to win the hole. >> he and jimenez take the early lead over the american rookies, overton and watson. so they get down right away in the opening shot. back to the second and the third for europe. >> after a very aggressive lay-up with wood into the very most narrow part of the fairway and risk putting it into one of these bunkers on the left side, just 81 yards left just off the edge of the fairway here. >> a lot of green in front of them. >> right on the same line as the americans over the 4. >> and it appears rickie fowler will play off the cart. >> he was given relief

there is a class c roof. >> an example of a class c is organic shingles or wood shingles. >> wood shingles are prohibi d prohibited. however there is an exception in the state historical building codes. there are buildings where they recreated the wood shake roof using the historic state building codes. typically there are alternate means of protection like a water sprinkler. >> and they are fire treated now. >> you will see few, very few wood shingles or shakes in san francisco. >> it's a side wall you find them on. allowed for walls not property walls. >> where i see that most often is where the rubber roofs. samples from -- there are more. you have to put some kind of an insulating board underneath that and that gives you a class a rating. that's where we see that a lot. >> the same concept applies of having fire rating under roof decks, which says the roof is a class a or b fire resistant roof and you can put your furniture on top but you have the fire resistance envelope of the building. we want to protect the buildings primarily so you don't have fire spread from building to building

wood? yeah, wood framed building. why is wood the safest building to be in, 4 stories or less? it flexes, yeah, it's flexible. what's the danger here? chimney, yeah, fireplace. be aware of the fact that just because it's a wood building and the event caused some sort of compromise of the structure of the building and the building is still standing doesn't necessarily mean there's not a danger there. so what could you as nert's do to make that situation better or at least keep it the same so no one else gets hurt? keep it off, yeah. keep people away. perfect. take out some of that yellow tape that you have, that yellow caution tape, and string it around around keep people back. in this particular case, what could you do to make that situation better? turn off the gas. where would you turn the gas off at? at the street, okay. that's a good place to do it. but you always want to do it at the safest location. so if the street is the safest location, that's where you would do it at. this house here fell over. doesn't have something called a sheer wall. so it's just a platform or a p

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his foundation opened two new tiger woods learning centers in washington. the centers are part of the cesar chavez pun charter school system for public policy. there's one on 12th street southeast on capitol hill and anotr on haynes street. tom sherwood has more. >> the ninth grade class at the charter school on capitol hill broke into the school chant after their friday afternoon assembly. letting off some pent-up energy after tiger woods publicly selected their school and her sister campus east of the anacostia river to become a tiger woods learning center for math, ience and technology. >> you haven't experiend what we have to offer yet. that's the cool thing. to let us come in here and share with all of you what we think we can do for you. and for your lives and your careers. whatever direction you may choose. >> i know for certain that you'll be able to do it. >> the principal says there has been no mention that tiger woods' marital scandal. >> we haven't talked about that. it hasn't come up at all. and i think the bottom line for me we're all human be

it happened arou 7:30 this morning in wood bridge. one person was shot in the ankle.ictim was taken to the hospital. they are both expected to recover. police arrested the gunman. they're not releasing any name or motives at this time. >>> police in manassas charged two people with child endangerme and dug possession. they were call to a motel on automotive drive after getting report of an overdose. they found a 2-year-old girl had ingested marijuana whi in the room with her mother and another man. 22-year-old nicole core bet and 25-year-old fernando booker were charged in the case. the child is now in cps custody. she is set to be okay. >> you may have noticed extra security around amtrak stations. it part of a security test called operation rail safe. amtrak is holding this high security exercise along with their counter parts in europe and britain. there is no threat and the test is not related to terror threats in europe. amtrak officials say there is no reason for alarm. they do this several times aier. >>> the unemployment rate hasn't gotten worse but it not get

to use and which is very hot and whiskey barrel wood the hard wood is great. right now the water to speak. and that's the way to get. inside the whiskey barrel everything is just as simple and ecologically pure as it is outside as a village venture and craig is in charge of several ecological projects we live very simply we still live quite simply but it was not difficult was really wonderful because we were. not working for money. and doing everything just for the collective. nice climate nice people we're not trying to create something alternative we're trying to demonstrate a different style of living and we see ourselves more. so we are almost a little town. moscow one of the biggest cities in europe concrete and glass towers are cropping up in the capital the brand new financial center housing both russian and foreign firms. and with. i think it's ok on the how. shall we draw conclusions regarding chile i mean school should we tie that in with kazakhstan. this workspace is on the top floor of one of moscow's skyscrapers but the head of the firm with this

acres on a beautiful lake called cotton wood. the owner honestly on this one, i can't believe they took the pictures in the dead of winter. that should be totally different if it was taken in the summer or the spring. there it is, you get a sense of the size of the house and the guest cottage to the right end. this is one of the biggest fresh water fishing lakes, it's been named the best in the world and that's your own dock, it's not just for a boat, but your own sea plane if you want to throw that into the mix. inside the so different than the outside. i love the spaciousness of all the rooms. this is a totally open floor plan. there's a kitchen, a little mundane. it should be jazzed up a little bit. it needs a shot of color. the bmpl has those oversized windows. the windows everywhere. and views from every single window. you don't have any neighbors. you should shout forever and nobody's going to hear you on this house. >> that is beautiful. >> let's head to the windy city, chicago, $495,000. >> a lot of people love chicago an

is they tricked that fox, and the bear and got them to the woods. it is a long, long summer and i don't have a contract, i said, maybe i'll try to write something, never written a picture book before. i sat at the word processor, i'll write my grandfather books. all 16 pages. it is usually 6 to 7 pages long. i sent it to my editor anne swarts. she was at thow publishing books. at the time she was at dial. she was right out of college and a reader. she wrote my manuscripts. she said it has possibility. there is a story in there but way too much going on. you have 3 kids, a grandmother, a grandfather, you got a bear, a snake, a wolf, and fox. a dog, cat, and a neighbor, way too much going on. if you'd like to rewrite it and shorten it some what and i'd be glad to look at it again. but that is not my grandfather's story. i can't do that. i thought i don't have a contract. i said i'll get rid of my brother and sister. [laughter]. and i'll keep myself. and i'll get rid of the wolf, bear, and snake and keep the fox because i like his voice. i dare say a l

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meteorologist bern bet det woods is -- bernadette woods is here with us. >> reporter: the same storm that moved in on sunday is affecting us. but it's weakening along the way. that's why we saw a couple of peeks of sun with a lot of clouds out there. the rain has fanned off to the north and west of us. all around the storm system. but what's going to happen is as this remains around, there is still a chance for a shower. small chance tonight. but again for tomorrow, before the storm finally holds out. here on thursday. but temperatures taking a major hit. it is 60 degrees now in baltimore. it's warmer than yesterday. but still pretty cool out there. take a look at the mountains, still in the 30s this afternoon. we'll have the forecast coming up. kai? >> thank you, bernadette. >>> let's check on the roads with sharon gibala. >> we are liking the break in the rain. because the roads are running pretty smoothly. in fact, just a few minor accidents. one of them on the beltway. watch for that one on the top side inner loop. it's on the left shoulder, not causing any big delays there. anot

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phil mickelson will be paired with johnson, tiger woods with stricker.ning ceremonies, phil mickelson joined by his wife who just got through breast cancer. tiger woods showed up by himself. ochocinco sure knows how to make news. here he is, a box of cereal had to be pulled off the shelfs, the number on the dox % [ son ] my parents have always lived in the states. until two years ago, when my dad transferred to istanbul. they settled in quickly. found their local deli. a few shortcuts. and a neighborhood hangout. but there's one thing they miss. their beloved hometown team. so i asked citi -- how many thankyou points it would take to give them something special. their old seats, 5 and 6, row c. [ male announcer ] citi thankyou points can be used for almost anything you choose. what's your story? citi can help you write it.

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when we come back, tiger woods is back in d.c. and we have the scoop after this.  >> tiger woods was in d.c. this week. the two learning centers are located at thes soar chavez public charter schools at capitol hill and parkside campus. they will serve students ranging there-from-7th to 12th grades with the programs and latest technology helping with engineering, technology and math. dave feldman has more with the world's top golfer. >> it's a great feeling. we tried to do this in d.c. originally and it didn't quite happen. the crash happened and it's nice for us to come here. >> and that is a lot of good questions. >> absolutely, they're 9th graders. this is a opportunity for them to take full advantage of it to understand a clear path. >> your -- coming from europe. did you have a good experience? you play great call from the final singles. >> we go wantet -- didn't get it done and came close. with four segs. so, it's unfortunate and that one session puts us in april. >> you're playing well right now. >> i'm playin

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it happen about a mile south of route 23 in wood bridge. the trooper was attending to a minor whks another vehicle hit his parked cruiser. pat collins has more. >> reporter: not one but two medevaced helicopters deployed at this scene. wreckage scattered all over th roadway. traffic on 95 northbound, backed up as far as the eye could see. an accident leads to yet another accident on this busy interstate. this happened on northbound95 about a mile away from the wood bridge exit. they say trooper was here workg a small accident on the side of the road when the vehicle came up 95 and forced that brown car into the trooper's car. the trooper was injured. the woman driving the brown car injured. both medevaced to hospitals nearby. according to state police, everyone involved in the incident remained on the scene. investigators are interviewing witnesses and examining the wreckage to try and determine how the all ca about. i'm patcollins, news4, prince william county. >>> maryland state police say a heart attack killed the driver in lst week's aw

tiger woods is due in washington today. he is in town to separate the opening of the new tiger woods learning center in southeast. he is spending the day with a group of ninth gridders at the cesar chavez charter school where the center will be based. it will provide tutoring and access to technology training. >> breast cancer patients, survivors and supporters will spend this weekend making a 60-mile trek around washington. the susan g. komen three-day for the cure kicks off with a ceremony at 7:00 this morning. the walk around the region concludes with a ceremony at the foot of the washington monument sunday evening at 5:00. i want to mention that tonight on abc 7 news at 5:00 i do an interview with nancy brinker the founder of the foundation. susan g. komen was her sister. >> a lot of reasons to be proud for that group. >> absolutely. >> we will look forward to it. >> still ahead, we will tell you about the newest nobel peace prize winner who is taking home the award. >> is your job bad for your health? what thousands of

meteorologist bernadette woods is tracking it. are we finished with the rain for today? >> not exactly. this will stick around for awhile. first warning doppler radar. we had more solid rain that has continued into today. what you're seeing is some lighter rain and some drizzle that continues to come up from the south to the north. the storm producing this is going to stick around. it's going to meander. we'll keep the chance around. it's also going to keep the temperatures down. with that low on top of us, scattered showers possible keeps -- keeping the cool air locked. we're able to see a few peeks of sunshine. we'll have the forecast coming up. >>> city councilwoman helen holton will not go to trial on scam pain finance charges. alex demetrick reports on the plea deal she reached today. >> reporter: it puts the charges of campaign finance irregularities behind city councilwoman helen holton. she face as fine and is placed on probation. helen holton came to court knowing prosecutors and her lawyers had reached a deal, dropping the charges in exchange for a know low con

. >>> tiger woods was in the district today.oming up i ask tiger about rebuilding his image. >> rebuilding image, i don't care about. all i care is doing it day by day. woman 1 sync: i knew what bob ehrlich did as governor. man 1 sync: raised my property taxes 60 percent. woman 2 sync: let utilities hike our rates 72 percent. woman 1 sync: but i didn't know what he's done since he got fired as governor. man 2: ehrlich's raked in millions. man 3: he worked for a wall street bank that took 10 billion dollars from the bailout. woman 3: 10 billion of our money. woman 4: our money. woman 5 sync: and he worked for another bank that collapsed. man 4: costing tax payers 17 million. anncr: tell bob ehrlich big banks don't need help. middle class marylanders do. i'm not the kind of guy who likes to hang on the sidelines. today maryland's in trouble. we're worse off than we were four years ago: dangerous debt, higher taxes, not enough jobs. we need real leadership to turn this state around. fix the budget -- honestly. grow small businesses

tiger woods was in town this afternoon to celebrate the expansion of the tiger woods and learning centero an assembly of ninth graders. it is another step forward for tighter as the rebels is all life and image. he recently returned from the ryder cup where he is rebuilding his swing. >> it looks like it is coming together for you. can you fill that? >> certainly. i am hitting the ball more crisp and more claim. i started at the pga. it started showing positive signs. >> tiger woods doing nice things for the city. the wizards lost tibetan bowls. it was the wizards first loss in three preseason games. there you had it. >> we wil [ male announcer ] looking for a complete picture of your money? meet pnc virtual wallet. it comes with a money bar that shows what's scheduled to go out, what you've put aside... and how much you really have available, right now to spend on the things you want. and you can free up money with a simple slide. it's built to help make your financial life a whole lot easier. experience everything virtual wallet has to offer at pncvirtualwallet.com. pnc. for the achiev

up next, an amazing photo taken of an errant golf shot by tiger woods.and i approve this message. the real andy harris. his past attacks have been called deceptive, his new attack, false. harris voted for deregulation increasing our electric bills by 72% it's not surprising, harris always sides with the big guys. he opposes cracking down on wall street and supports tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. harris even opposed making big insurance cover cancer screenings. andy harris' extreme ideas will cost us. just drive, we'll get there! adventure runs on dunkin', with our maple cheddar breakfast sandwich. breakfast just got a whole lot sweeter. >>> welcome back to "the early show," it is 7:30, october 5th. that's a nice-looking family out there. welcome back, everybody, how many times have you looked at your cell phone bill and seen all these charges and gone, what is that for? i have no idea what this is for. data charges, service characters. we're going to show you thank you read your bill this morning so that you don't get hit with all thos

so you have sand, ash, pieces of wood, brick. well, the ash is a hazardous material. you come along and used to buy a site at sixth and mission, with the understanding you will demolish the building and build a 50 story building. and you thought you were just going to dig out the sand, the film, and haul it to another site. now you come to find out the material you were going to move at $8 per ton is now going to cost anywhere from $40 to $78 per ton. the has a significant impact -- and has a significant impact on the cost of your project. if you are out on the sunset and vine a single-family home, just have the geotechnical engineer come out and say it is on earth quicksand, the building will probably settle three-quarters of an inch. have the structural engineer look at the frame and say, you have a serious soft story here. lawrence, expected that. you might want to put in some clips and fasteners and sheer walls to stiffen it out. as you move east, you have not only the soft issues, the structural issues, but you have the hazardous-waste. if you recall as a kid, ev