san jose city officials may decide whether they will accept a last minute offer from the city's fefighters. they are trying to get 49 laid off firefighters re-hired. they laid out further concessions to the city, including retirement changes and higher health pay co-pays. they say it will se the city $5.3 mlion. but a city negotiator says it's too late, too little. >> giv the enormity of th budget situation, it comes dn to the numbers. >> union officials also say the new fire chief who starts today has some other ideas that could save the city money. >> py city council meets tonight

to allo voters to decide on staffing levels for the fire department. to qualify theird 6,000 initiative on the ballot. it will lock the currents number of staff. opponents say the whole city would ha to vote and change the city charter to lay off one firefighter. it will cost nearly $200,000 who put the measuren the ballot. >> an alameda county judge could rule on the labo dispute. drivers union wants the judge to lift an imposed contract that took effect two weeks ago. 20% of the bus drivers since then have called in sick every day forcing route cancellations and stranding passengers, but the union insists there is no sickout. a.c. transit says if the judge overturns e contract, they will have no choice to lay off drivers and eliminate some services. >> san francisco transportation

officials will review given muni operate ears pay raise despit the agency's deficit that led to service cuts. 2200 workers stando get a pay hike that will average nearly 6% to $30 an hour. it will cost the agency $89 million. the charter says muni operats must be the second highest paid transit workers in the country. they were the only union that didn't make any concessions this year as the city facing a half billion dollar deficit. >> we're learning more this morning about the driv who is being blamed for five crashes in danville yesterd. the suspect 23-year-old the brother of a giants outfielder. his red pickup truck struck a light pole and two vehicles. one neighbor described what she

saw. >> he stopped and ran up and get out of car and what's the matter with you, yoare hurting peop. the kid just totally, you know, out of it. >> the suspec was booked on severad.u.i. and hit-and-run charges. he was also driving without a license. everyonenvolved with the crashes ve been treated and is expected to be okay. a 17-year-old girl appeared in court in hayward this mornin but didn't enter a plea to murder charges stmg om a double shooting. teenager being charged as an adult ith two counts of murder and one count of armed rbery. investigators say on mother's day she and 21-year-old accomplice ordered these two 18-year-old best friends to lie down on the street, rob them and pulled the trigger and shot the unarmed victims. police haven't released the girls' names. >> in north richmond they are looking for a suspect in a shooting that injured three teens. multiple shots were fired around

4:30. a 14-year-old girl along with two boys, one 14 and other 16 years old wre hit on market avenue near third street. none of the injuries were life-threatening. police have no suspect description or a motive in the case. >> hundreds of health ca workers in the east bay are walking the picket line. a five day strike is underway. terry mcsweene is live at piedmont gardens where the was a rally. >> and it seems like there is nothing they can agree on. not wages or pensions or work rules whyhey haven't had a contract since february. as of today, hundreds of elderly residents ofhe nursing homes or going to have to get used to some new faces. >> that the scene outside the piedmont assisted living home.

healthare workers are taking the week off. these are the cooks, laundry workers who take care of the hundreds of resints of the piedmont gardens and grand lake homes, both in oakland. six months without a contract, they claim management is offering a 1.5% pay increase, they make in 11 to $17 range. a single mother is one of them. >> i'm struggling and working hard and 1.5% isn't ing to do anything for me and my family. they want me to fay for my medical expenses it's on o pocket. with three kids and money i'm making i can't even live right now. >> 1.5% pay increase over three years. management tells me there have been many offers back and forth over the last six months. one was 8% over three years. retirement pay, the want to keep the pension pay but management ss the union plan is in criticalstatus and is unsustainable. >> it requires the employer

members to contribute more money than was originally agreed to bring it out of critical status. we think our employees would be better off to have a 401-k. >> they say that management would be fine offering workers to keep their pension plans if there were other concessions. work rules, temporary workers are saying if they are out more than five days in the course of a year, they can be terminated. management responds by, that's true if they are uncused absences. if thehave a doctor note they can takear more than five days off. who is doing the work in the meantime? they have brought in temporary workers to take caref the elderly resident president obama gives a veterans group an update on the u.s. military role in iraq. next, you'll hear his assessment in his decision to withawal all combat troops and static

kill, to plug the blown out o well in the gulf of mexico.

president obama declared today the iraq war is coming to an end, just as he sa he promised durg the campaign. >> i made it clear by august 31th, 2010, america's combat mission in iraq would end. [ applause ]

>> that is exactly what we are doing. on schedule. >> he made the remarks to the national conveion of disabled veterans. he says the military operation is ending but america's commitment is not. he says they are moving toward a civilian effort. >> a transitional forc will train iraqi forces and conduct counteerrorism operations and provide security. >> the families of thr bay area hikers imprisoned in iran they welcome the word that they are finally hold a trial. they are being held in a iranian prison. iranian officials now say they will face charges of entering iran illegally. there could be other charges, as well. today's the mothers of three berkeley grads posted this response online.

foreign ministry announced that shane and josh will be tried soon and children are in the second year of deteion. they encouraged iran to hold a speed at this and fair trial or release them immediately. >> mike nicco is going te a look at our forecast. it's kind of gray around san francisc >> sfo flight delays, nearly 45 minutes. you can see the clouds are starting to break. we'll talk about how much cooler it's going to be. we're ready cooler than average an it will get cool. >> better weather is helping southern california firefighters today. their latest estimate for when they hope to have the palmdale fire knockedown. bp i hours away from starting the process of sealing off the gulf oil leafor good. i spend three urs on my homework -- or at least at's what my mom thinks.

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bp is hoping this is begiing of the end for the blownout oil well in the gulf o mexico. in a few hours, engineers hope to begin the final step to plug it permanently. there are new environmental worries. now, the latest. >> if all goes to plan, operion static kill willick off tonight. heavy mud will be pumped into the capped well gradually

pushing down the oil. then cement gets pumped in, it hardened and plugs the well for good. the same uld be for a relief well a few days later. as for the millions of gallons of oil in the gulf, many people want to know wheres it. little appears on the surface, a short boat ride reveals thick black oil. >> when the coastguard people take people on the flight and says there is no oil out there. we come out an hour later and there is oil all over, what does that tell you? either theyre not looking up or down a they are lying. >> federal agencies have reopened several fisheries as a result the chief operating officer says it was the right decision. >> they can open the waters to sport fishing or commercial fishing. i would eat the seafood and i would fe it to my family. >> what yet unclear how chemical

dispersants will affect marine life. a congressman slammed the effort saying that bp carpet bombed the ocean with the chemicals and the coastguard allowed them to do it. both bp and the coaguard have defended the use of dispersants. they say th are necessary components of cleanup operations. >> in southern california, officials say perfect fire fighting weather has helped them put out most of the fire north of los angeles. fire burning near palmdale is 89% contained. crews to have a full containment by tonight it has destroyed four homes and five outbuildings. all right. speaking of low temperatures we have plenty of that. >> four months running. >> we've been below average. let's take a look outside and tell y what is going on.

the reason why we're not getting the sunshine. normally we would see by this time of day, clouds would be back at the coast and have a nice lunch hour full of sunshine but it's n the case here in san francisco. down in san jose we're seeing some sunshine and temperatures have been even colder during the afternn hours take a look outside and show you what is going on. you see clouds hanging around the north bay but quickly fading and same thing with the east bay shore. probably about another hour or two before the sun is out everywhere in the bay. 50s in half moon bay, napa and santa ro. mid to upper 50s around the clouds you can see in e monterey bay and gilroy and salinas andn the low to mid 60s. sunshine aund the bay and cooler than average. cloudy tonight and drizzle less likely this morning.

coolesafternoon will be wednesy and thursday. normally in august, san francisco and oakland get warmer by the ends of month. san jose and livermore drop about one or two degrees. we lose an hour of sunshine this month. watching a little area of low pressure. that is stuck in the jetstream which is yanking cooler air from canada and pushing night our neighborhoods. coolest of the air will be here during the mid-week. for today, pretty much mid to upper 70s in the south bay and 82 in los gatos. on the peninsula, low to mid-70s. check out the coastguard, upper 50s here, downtown in south san francisco, 62 and 67. north bay beaches cloudy and upper 50s, mid to upper 80s through the north bay valleys. clearlake and ukiah, 90 and 92. richmond and berkey and oakland, stu in the mid to upper 60s and low to mid-70s hayward and castro valley. low to mid 90s through the san

ramon valley. morgan hill and gilroy mid-80s. around the state, yosemite at 107, l.a. sunshine closer to a average and 82 degrees. coming in tonight, clouds will quickly return, royals are taking on the a's, dropping down to 66 degrees. >> south mid to upper 50s for the restf us. take a look ac-weather seven-day forecast, temperatures will drop two to four degrees tomorrow. another ur degree drop away from the coast on wednesday putting temperatures inland in the low to mid-80s. low 70s around the bay and mid to upper 50s around the coast. warming trend starts to hit and by friday, we'r closer to average with near 90 and 80 around the bay and 60 at the coast. >> but sll below average. >> thanks, mike.

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international space station may have to do an emergency spacewalk this week. part of the cooling sysm was shut down. astronauts are not in nay danger but repairs need to be made soon. they shut down saturday night. it ensures that electronic gear doesn't overheat. a faile of the second system would endanger critical equipment. >> the united arab emirates is planning on banning blackbries they say the devices use en cryptic channels th can't be monitored for illegal activity. they want to establish itself as an internaonal business hub. saudi arabia is planning similar ban next mont >> lindsay lohan is out of jail and what the judge is requiring of her now.

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signs to a busy street corner, remember this house? why the messages, they are being ordered to move on an how healthy heart is good for your brain. you want to think about that one. those are ming up at 5:00. we've got lots of hollywood news lindsay loh is no longer a jail bird but she is not free either she walked out of a suburban los angeles jail early this morning after serving two weeks of a 90-day sentence for violating a drug probation. no one managed to snap a shot to her. she went to a facility for a three-month stint. >> chelsea clinton and her new husband are in a secret location this morning and wedding guests can finally talk about the storybook weing this past weekend in rhinebeck, new york. bill clinton walked his own daughter down the is on tears and he lost a lot of weight fo

the wedding. secretary of state hillary clinton was dressed in a the down by zero wang. the interfaith ceremony included elements fro the jewish and christn tradition. and alicia keys married a producer on saturday. the couple announced their engagement back in may. they exchanged vows in a private ceremo conducted by spiritua author, deepak chopra. >> and we have warmer temperatures on the way. >> onl way we'll get warmer temperatures, talk about how cool it's going to be to show you the seven-day forecast and still have flight delays at sfo even though the sun is breaking up. that should change, check our flight tracker at "abc 7 news".co hottest will be out in brentwood

and 58 along the coast. notice temperatures farther below normal on tuesday and wednesday and ursday. we get as deep as low 80s inland and upper 50s at the coas by the weekend w should touch 90 i a few areas. 80 around the bay and still cool at the coast, 60 degrees. >> not to say cool, but we do need a change of pace.

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