antioch city employees are furious what is going on between the workers and city union. >> terry mcsweeney joins us from antioch. >> reporter: president of the union that represents the public works department doesn't like the way the city council is negotiating with the different unions. it sees the police department getting a good deal and members of the police department not so much. center of the controversy, these are the public works union employees, people that take care

of streets and parks. they are making concessions but police are not kicking in their fair share. police are only being asked to contribute 3% toward their pension and raises deferred until then. the public works union has accepted to 10% pay cut and reduced hours and agreed to much more. >> wave deferred a 3% pay raise, city is asking us to do more, to extend our contract with three years, with no pay raise until 2013 and pay an additional 7-8% toward retirement. at the same time they haven't got the same type of things from the police association. >> city manager sent us a an e-mail, after tuesday night, they, meaning local one, will be one of seven labor unions where

we don't have an agreement until the end year. it expires 9-30 of this year. contract negotiations legally they are discussions they are going on right now. we're going to be finding out tomorrow night if the union deal or city deal with the police union goes through. if it does, local one says they expect the same kind of agreement. live in antioch, terry mcsweeney "abc 7 news." it appears there is finally a deal in place that will end the bitter 18-month labor dispute between hilton hotel. they scheduled a news conference where they are expected to announce a tentative agreement on a new contract. no details have been released. union members have been working without a contract since august of 2009.

major issue is wages as well as healthcare costs. >> more painful cuts can be coming to the school district in the east bay. the board shut down to shut down a middle school and holbrook elementary at the end of the school year. they will vote on whether to lay off up to 180 full time employees including 33 music teachers and 20 librarians. they would eliminate music and library programs throughout the district. >> we have learned that the san francisco defender's camera which they say should policeman misconduct. making drug busts, they are accused of making illegal searches and falsifying police reports. six officers have been reassigned. the f.b.i. alone with the district attorney and the san francisco police department are

making separate investigations into the drug raids. vic lee is following the story and we'll have more later tonight. san jose soldier has died in afghanistan. mark wells was killed on saturday in helman province. he was injured when insurgents attacked his unit. >> president obama is warning libya they are still considering a military response. he says the violence being perpetrated by muammar khadafy and his supporters is unacceptable. his comments came during an oval office meeting with a syrian prime minister. >> i want to send a clear message to those that are around colonel khadafy. it is their choice to make how they are going to move forward and they will be held accountable for whatever

violence continues to take place there. >> pro democracy remembers saw they are still holding an oil port. they are preparing for an assault on tripoli as britain and france drafted a new resolution establishing a no-fly zone. price of gas is up 3.51 nationwide, much higher here in california where the average price is 3.90. diesel is at 3.88. prices have gone up 33 cents a gallon in the last two weeks. the white house is worried about it affecting the recovery. >> a hearing is scheduled in martinez is whether conoco phillips violated it's expansion after 225 tons of a stuckey

substance spewed into the air in crockett and rodeo from the refinery. they report 6,000 people got sick and the refinery agreed to an $80 million settlement. they have first of the kind monitoring system that detects slow toxic leaks. the current owner has allowed them to fall into disrepair. the hearings will conclude sometime next month. >> you'll soon see more food trucks on the streets of san francisco. 36 have applied for permits under the brand-new process. amy hollyfield is live at at&t park. the stages are alley high here. >> yes. the battle is intense. they are fighting over location and most requested locations have been, around the ballpark and also in the financial district. the city will limit the number of food trucks in certain

locations. so the stakes are high and the competition is fierce and then there is they are going the extra mile to fight for their spot. >> it was quite cold to be sitting on the sidewalk but this line of people started forming friday morning. they stayed here all weekend long. the goal is to get a coveted permit for a food truck here in san francisco. there wasn't any second guessing whether they needed to sleep her for three nights. >> i'm disappointed, i thought i would be number ten out of a hundred, i was two-thirds of way up after two days, i would not have bothered. >> they didn't know what to expect. for the first time, they have revamped permit process for food trucks making it easier and cheaper to get. chefs and business people vied for an opportunity. >> we have the permits indefinite time. we will renew that every year

and that will be our spot and no one can have that until necessity change the system again. >> it proved getting here early paid off. >> we got in line 8:00 p.m. on friday. so been camped out ever since. >> she was the first cupcake vendor that put in for highly desirable locations. >> i thought it would be early but i guess i was wrong. >> the department of public works will make sure that vendors sell the same type of food aren't too close to each other and they don't cause competition. >> we don't see any problems ham burrer in front of a hamburger place. >> so the permit process still

has a ways to go but you will likely see them out on the streets at the end of may or early june. the supreme court of the united states has refused to hear a sacramento's lawyer against a challenge in reference to god. a person tried to have the pledge of allegiance had removed from schools and this time they are challenging coins and currency. right now little league baseball and a leading helmet maker are unveiling a prototype helmet. it comes after a marin pitcher this suffered injuries. he has since recovered and they are pushing for increase safe for high school pitchers. they are unveiling the helmet at scots veil facility.

>> still ahead we have the 411 on a possible new area code coming to the bay area. >> and changing the way you eat seafood. what one bay

they are going to get a a second area code. nay area code will be 66 the.

why? because it's the explosion of the cell phones and other wireless devices. they will hold hearings to explain the change. the new area code will be assigned by the end of next year. >> a bay area company is making a big splash. it will change the way you eat seafood. here is terry mcsweeney. >> dinner has arrived at the restaurant. executive chef ef has big plans. >> but just as important as where the fish is going is where it's from, and how much it will costment is it sustainable seafood. for that had he relies i love ucie.com. >> it's caught and farmed in eco friendly way.

it's not necessarily wild or farmed. >> one year ago the website begin selling to restaurants and caters in the bay area and to consumers. shipping in soakingable cardboard. it only sells seafood by the partner association monterey bay aquarium partner association. >> you catch tuna but you also catch 40% of other fish because they are not a commercially, they are not worth a lot of money they throw them back in the water. >> they have signed up a handful of restaurants so far that promises to sell only sustainable seafood. they are hoping to make the dinners with diners and they say it does. >> we buy it at grocery store

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this is breaking news in hayward. this is southbound 880, there has been a terrible accident. once again, hayward airport it happened near 11:00 a.m. one overturned vehicle and this is the result of that accident.

there is a massive traffic back-up. we don't know how long it will continue. it depends on how long it takes to clear the scene. we saw one person being pulled oust vehicle and put in the ambulance. we'll continue to follow this at www.abc7.com. >> meantime, shuttle discovery undocked this morning wrapping up a nine-day visit. >> farewell to the international space station for the final time. the mission has ended. >> shuttle discovery undocked this morning. it will be retired and sent to the smith so oftenian. before departure the astronauts got a special greeting from actor william shatner who played captain kirk on original star trek series. it has boldly gone and has no spacecraft has done before. >> that is too cool.

>> meteorologist mike nicco. >> if you look at the sky tomorrow, 7:25, both of them visible from the bay. right after sunset. that will be pretty cool. let's talk about weather. see if there are any clouds in the way. we do have a chance of rain in the forecast but that is later in the evening and overnight. right now, it looks pretty nice with multilayers of clouds. we look to the northwest from sutro tower. let's talk about the wind. they are still gusting and howling, chopping up the bay as we look from south beach back towards the northeast. now let's take a look at the winds and gusting to 38 miles per hour. at sfo no flight delays. and near that the other areas. those will subside after the sun set but expect them to remain.

live doppler 7 hd, rain and snow to the north. that is the system that will bring us a little bit this evening and owe night. but right now we have temperatures in the low to mid 50s. fairfield, slightly warmer at 57 degrees. monterey bay, everybody in the upper 50s. mid to upper 50s for gilroy and salinas. highlights, it's going to be breezy and a little cooler today isolated evening rain. dry and warmer tomorrow afternoon and wednesday afternoon. possibility of wet weather, censors, saturday and sunday. low pressure pulling away that brought us the true dreary day yesterday as far as being gray and damp all day. behind we have winds up to 30 miles an hour because so close to this area of high pressure. so temperatures today will be much cooler because of those breezes. upper 50s to low 60s. around the monterey bay, a touch warmer. upper 50s to low 60s as you head inland. as far as what is going on around the rest of the state. most of the moisture will stay

to the north. snow up in the sierras, 34 in tahoe and yosemite. a little light rain around san diego and palm springs. back home tonight, around 6:00 tomorrow morning, most of rain and drizzle is possible and temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. here is a look at those winds and 25-35 miles per hour right now. still around 25-30 range around 4:00 and they dissipate in the overnight hours. winds i wouldn't say completely calm but much calmer tomorrow morning. here we are at 5:00. see the clouds in the north bay, light rain developing there. by noon, all of us have seen light rain. then tomorrow, it's gone. sunshine and temperatures jump up by 4 degrees. 4 degrees warmer on wednesday. dry friday and then another chance on saturday and sunday and temperatures in the 60s. >> we're getting a new glimpse in the life of the royal bride

to be of kate middleton. it shows indicate as a young child crawling on a rock on vacation with her family. her hobbies is walking, swimming sailing and photography. meantime, a reporter over the weekend that she chose alexander mcqueen's fashion house to design her dress. >> so the excitement continues. just in the movies. >> this flying house in pittsburg.

today at 4:00, part two of yosemite camping adventure and then at 5:00, an important warning from 7 on your side. consumer reports testing found one brand with a strangulation hazard and national crackdown on teen drivers. we'll have those stories later at 5:00. >> and let your imagination take flight. it's no longer just a dream. >> they created, a small house tied to weather balloons. >> they launched it near los angeles and set a new world

record for the longest balloon flight ever. >> it reached ten stories and flew up to 1000 feet. >> it will be featured in a new show how hard can it be. >> it looks pretty hard to me. >> any volunteers here? >> we're going to have a foot of snow (speaking in international language) and he said unto them go ye into all of the world and preach the gospel preach the gospel  ♪very creature in the world. (applause)