geary boulevard. >> does someone want to make a request first? >> i am the attorney for the appellant. the appellant and the department have met and worked together to resolve this matter to facilitate resolution with the matter being an additional two months so that we can finalize resolution. >> commissioners? >> move to continue. >> is there a second? >> second. >> all of those in favor? >> continuance granted for two months. >> next item, please. >> ok. >> item d, case no. 6752, 1743 12th ave. the action is to reverse the order of abatement. >> my name is heather wolnick -- >> may i ask the department to speak first? >> good morning, board members. we have a similar situation as the previous case. we have a letter sent to you to decide if that is appropriate. >> commissioner? >> i made the move. >> this one is requesting a continuance as well. >> do you have a request to make? >> the length of the continuance, we are asking for three months. there is an arbitration in january. we would like to move this to february. >> what are you hoping to

and one very important issue was a long geary boulevard. we are very concerned that what is now viewed as a moat separating japantown from the southern fillmore and what was part of japantown by geary blvd. might be even more femic -- formidable by creating walls in addition to a moat. finally, after discussion and through the process, we found out that even if the tower developments were going to be allowed, they would not have a sufficient yield of profit to put that money into the community in terms of benefits to offset the damage that would be done. i brought one of our community visual aids, because we're not as high tech as some. this was done thwith color crayons. the orange area shows the current building heights. 65 feet was proposed along a lot of geary boulevard. 130 feet was proposed on south of geary. this is the current height of the hotel. 240 the dow is the potential height of the towers. the sequoias are 300 feet. you have to go up 75 feet more + to reach some of the other projected building heights. so you cannot even see

geary boulevard. >> does someone want to make a request first? >> i am the attorney for the appellant. the appellant and the department have met and worked together to resolve this matter to facilitate resolution with the matter being an additional two months so that we can finalize resolution. >> commissioners? >> move to continue. >> is there a second? >> second. >> all of those in favor? >> continuance granted for two months. >> next item, please. >> ok. >> item d, case no. 6752, 1743 12th ave. the action is to reverse the order of abatement. >> my name is heather wolnick -- >> may i ask the department to speak first? >>

boulevard. item 12 is a disapproving planning commission decision related to the continual -- to the additional use authorization. item 13 is a preparation of findings related to the conditional use authorization. >> the top talents are many parents and those who live very close to the hospital building that is between fifth and sixth avenues and kiri -- and geary. i want to think the project sponsor for making independent offers for eight studies. i also wanted to get here -- you think the project sponsor for making sure that our office was given information whenever we had questions. i also want to thank jacqueline and the hundreds of neighbors that live within a 500-foot radius of the site. plus hundreds more that are on the edges that have significant concerns about the project. that was one of the reasons why i felt that the project is not looked at very highly by many of the residents around it. i also looked very carefully at russ bengston's radio report that reported the service gaps and

i support construction of more antennas on geary boulevard. it is absolutely silly to be concerned about a location that is so far away. this is over 1,000 feet away from the street. it is important for us to have capacity right now. families need to stay in contact with children and grandchildren. we are unable to get a good signal. service is going to be terrible. we need to add more antennas. the city health department has reviewed them. please approve this project. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. everybody has a cell phone. the younger generation -- everyone has one. everyone carries one for the internet. i would say it is really important. the radiation is very, very low. [unintelligible] thank you. president chiu: next speaker. >> my name is nathan williams. i am a local resident. i support the antennas. i use my cell phone a lot in business and school. not only are they safe by federal standards, but that are vital for medical personnel to use to communicate in emergencies. the police station across the street will tell you t

this legislation will encourage new businesses to move into the geary boulevard corridor. i strongly encourage you to support our beleaguered small business community by supporting this legislation. earlier today, as did with a number of workers from another -- from a number of jeanette retail stores fighting for good jobs in a healthy neighborhood and i am calling for a hearing with his coalition and the impacts on our small businesses -- neighborhoods, workers, and the economy. i am also calling for community- based organizations and religious groups to get the unique quality of life. with this hearing, we will make an important for step in quantifying the impact of retail in san francisco. lastly, i am introducing a call for a hearing with the america's cup quickly approaching. this hearing would help to raise awareness of the america's cup events authority and what plans our office as for the america's cup. this could potentially relieve overcrowding in congested on the waterfront and deliver up to 200,000 -- up to 200,000 attendees everyday. i would also like to learn

boulevard. bought men were separated and bartal walked to this gas station. police say the suspect got into this car, drove to the gas station, and then plowed into bartal. police grabbed surveillance video from the cameras around the business and released photos taken of the suspect they believe got into the fight with bartal and later ran him down at the gas station. today an employee told us what he heard from a coworker who was on duty thursday morning. >> he see somebody hit the guy. and then drop over there with me blood and ran away. >> bartal spent four years in the marines, serving in iraq, few weeks ago he wrapped up his fifth year at a seasonal firefighter with calfire. >> i've been in this business for many years, and some things you just can't answer. the important thing to know is that al has great support from some of the best surgeons and doctors and nurses here. we're profoundly amazed at their skills and how hard they have been working and continue to work on our friend. >> tom

people are going to be using geary boulevard to transfers the street to see the america's cup. if a tourist wants to -- president chiu: you are speaking against cu, right? >> right. president chiu: there will be time for you to speak later, but this is for members of the public who are speaking against the verizon decision. are there other members of the public who wish to speak? >> my name is gene. i would like to point to one thing, a reason why verizon would seek permission to build a cell site which is not needed in a given location. wireless carriers like verizon typically look for potential cell locations. there are firms that specialize in doing this work for them. in this case, for example, a consulting firm called "on air" is working for horizon. countries like this have a vested interest in locating as many cell sites as possible for their clients, since each represents a new source of revenue for their business. that is regardless of the actual current needs and customer base. because wireless carriers like verizon have enormous financial resources at their disposal,

it happened at a restaurant on 11th avenue and geary boulevard. the suspect got into his car and intentionally rammed bartaw before taking off. cal firefighters are keeping a vigil at the hospital. >> as you can imagine, it would be tough for anybody. i really can't explain, you know, what the family is going through. >> police are saying the suspect is a mixed race or latino man between 18 and 24 years of age. he was seen driving a black suv, possibly a mazda cx with some front end damage. >>> police in the east bay are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a woman walking on the delta de anzo trail saturday afternoon when a man grabbed her from behind. he reached under her skirt and fondled her before running away. the man is described as hispanic and in his 20s, about six feet tall with a thin build with curly black hair that covered his forehead. he had noticeable acne on his cheeks. you're asked to call the east bay regional park district if you have any information about this attack. >>> still ahead, the big endorsement in the gop race th

boulevard early thanksgiving morning. investigators say the man and bartoll fought inside the restaurant. it's believed the suspect is driving a late-model mazda with custom 12-spoke rims. we've posted the video on our channel 2 website, ktvu.com. for a closer look, click on the hit-and-run video link at the top of the homepage. >>> drivers in san francisco will soon be able to feed parking meters with a cell phone. the new services is part of the sf park program. according to the san francisco chronicle, a 45-cent convenience fee will be charged for each pay by phone transaction. the program will be tried out in a castro district first. if successful, pay by phone options will be expanded to other neighborhoods. >>> starting today, zip car will offer more than just cars in the bay area. the car sharing company will now add cargo vans to its fleets of vehicles in oakland and san francisco. this is a test to see if the idea will be as popular in u.s. cities as it already is in london. the six zip vans will cost $99 a day,

boulevard and 11th thursday. moments later bartal walked to a gas station atth avenue. police say the suspect got into his car drove to the gas station and blued into bartal. local fires have been -- and plowed into bartal. local firefighters have been keeping vigil. >> this hurts the entire fire community and family. we all band together. it is a brotherhood, police, fire, first responders. >> a family spokesman says bartal has a traumatic brain injure rich the 29-year-old -- injury. the 29-year-old is a former marine who served in iraq. >>> body of a mar reason killed in afghanistan set to arrive at travis air force base. 19-year-old joshua corral was killed last week. hundreds turned out for a public memorial. a procession is scheduled to leave travis air force base and make its way south on i-680 to a funeral home in danville by 11:45 this morning. davers are being told to avoid that area or -- drivers are being told to an individual that area or expect delays. >>> campuses are bracing for big demonstrations.

geary boulevard and 10th, there are street closures and delays around the area. and updating you in san bruno, el camino real still shut down both directions as police investigate, between san bruno avenue and 380. that is traffic. for your forecast, here's lawrence. >> elizabeth, let's go to the beach! out the door, we have a couple of patches of fog around the bay area. but trying to break things up. going to see some more clouds rolling in toward the afternoon, storm clouds could bring some light showers in the latter part of the day. temperatures cooler in the 50s and 60s. ,, ,,,,,,

some of the buses there are blocked on geary boulevard, near 10th. you should give yourself extra time if driving in that area. back to steve. >> thank you. we do have some low clouds and fog around. there's still some sunshine out there. but it's going to be cooler today. low cloud deck getting enhanced by a weak system. but drizzle reported and temperatures will come down. upper 50s, low 60s today. any rain not a rain system, the one on friday will have a little more oomph but not that much. mainly the cooler air is beginning to work in. system might produce some light rain, nothing outrageous later today but light. 40s and 50s on temps. chill in the morning air. upper 30s. those have disappeared. secondary system looks to be okay. nothing get. it's mainly the plunge of the cold air coming in right there. that's what is kind of coming in for tomorrow. so fog, sun, cooler today. some drizzle, maybe light rain later on. some drizzle but nothing too bad. 50s and 60s today instead of upper 60s or 70s. and extended forecast, which always has your weeken

geary boulevard. >> does someone want to make a request first? >> i am the attorney for the appellant. the appellant and the department have met and worked together to resolve this matter to facilitate resolution with the matter being an additional two months so that we can finalize resolution. >> commissioners? >> move to continue. >> is there a second? >> second. >> all of those in favor? >> continuance granted for two months. >> next item, please. >> ok. >> item d, case no. 6752, 1743 12th ave. the action is to reverse the order of abatement. >> my name is heather wolnick -- >> may i ask the department to speak first?