measles. >> reporter: health officials have released the following timeline. the individual was on bart 6 to 8 am and then returned each evening from 7:00 to 9:00. the shoulders of the commute, those trains are distributed elsewhere in the system. so there is a possibility that even if you rode the richmond line you may have been on the same exact train this person was on. the person also spent time at the e and l kitchen and bar between 5:30 and 7:00. the measles patient is recovering at home and will be isolated for 21 days. in lafayette laura anthony, abc 7 news. thanks very much. this case in contra costa county gives us a total now of 15 confirmed cases in the bay area. there are three in san mateo county. two each in marin and santa

clara. and one in solano county. measles is very contagious. it starts with a fever runny nose, cough soar throat, just miserable. you may also feel very very tired. as those symptoms start to go away, people get spots inside their mouth very uncomfortable and a rash all over their body in many cases. it usually takes seven to 18 days to get symptoms after you've been around someone who has measles. we have more information about measles and how it is contracted on our website, abc 7 news.com. and we have developing news in alameda. a fuel spill at the marina. the cleanup under way near coast guard island. we're joined live with the latest. >> reporter: at this point it's unclear where exactly the diesel came from and how much spilled into the area. as we take a look at some video

from sky 7 hd you can see the large sheen. it's about three quarters of a mile long. we spoke to the fish and wildlife earlier today. they believe it's diesel, based on the color of the sheen. the spill happened sometime last night. the harbormaster says he quickly contacted the national response center. the fire department initially responded. they've been out here with contractors this morning. this afternoon we spoke to a marina resident who said that the smell last night was absolutely unbearable. >> you always have a little bit of a smell. there are old boats that tend to leak a little bit. but this one was big. i looked outside. even though it was nighttime, i could see it was blanketing the water. >> reporter: some of the residents opted to sleep in their vehicles. others ended up going to nearby motels as a precaution. as we return live to the marina,

officials with the department of fish and wildlife and the coast guard did collect samples from the water throughout the day. those have been sent to sacramento for testing and they hope to get the tests back in the coming days to determine where exactly that diesel could have come from. we're live at the alameda marina. chris wynne. an investigation about a dismembered body the victim was identified and his friend and former roommate, mark andrews had been arrested. but andrews died last weekend. it happened a few days after authorities released him from jail because they didn't have enough evidence at the time. police have not said how andrews died. they say sha-juan's death is still under investigation. and new details in a shooting at a restaurant.

an innocent bystander was wounded at the center square shopping center. paramedics rushed the unidentified woman to a hospital nearby. she is expected to survive. so far no details are being released about what led up to last night's shooting. police say there are no suspects in custody. a teenager accused of abducting and raping a victim was in custody. he approached the woman made her drive to another location and sexually assaulted him. he is being charged as an adult. >> these are four forcible sex crimes done against a woman who was held against her will and moved a substantial distance in a kidnapping. to me, that's a very serious crime and worthy of adult

prosecution. >> he could spend life in prison if he is convicted. they are still trying to determine if he threatened the victim with a real gun. he's being held on $6.4 million bail. a suspect is in custody danny rodriguez garcia after he went to san francisco general hospital to be treated for a gunshot wound. officers opened fire on rodriguez garcia after he tried to run them down during a traffic stop in sunnyvale. he will be charged with assault with a deadly weapon on an officer in addition to burglary charges. a cancer patient and five doctors filed a lawsuit in san francisco today against the state of california. it's an attempt to overturn the law that makes it a crime for physicians to help terminally ill patients die. >> reporter: as you know a bill was introduced in the state legislature last month that would allow doctors to assist

patients in dying. but similar measures have gone down in defeat. so now a cancer patient, two doctors with the disease and others who treat the dying are using another strategy, a lawsuit. christi white has been battling aggressive cancer for seven years. first, non-hodgkins leukemia. she wants to control how, when and where she dies. >> what i'm working for probably won't help me but it's going to help those who come behind me. >> reporter: the 53-year-old woman is a plaintiff in a lawsuit today challenging california law that her attorneys say dates back to 1874. that makes it a felony to help someone commit suicide. this case is about letting the patient, the individual script the last bit of their journey through life. >> reporter: attorney kathryn tucker says it's a right of privacy, autonomy and liberty.

it comes after brittany menard moved from the bay area to oregon where she received the drugs that peacefully ended her life. but opponents believe there's too much room for abuse. >> where assisted suicide is legal, an heir can steer them toward assisted suicide? >> i say wait until you've been diagnosed, and you'll strongly change your mind. >> reporter: but critics say christi white and others should rely on sedation to ease their pain. some states allow physicians to step in, including oregon washington and montana. a partial west coast port shutdown is looming. 29 west coast ports which handle billions of dollars of goods

will be mostly closed four of the next five days. the announcement made today by companies that employ dockworkers, negotiations were canceled today. they won't hire crews to load or unload ships. they said the sticking points are work rules, procedures and safety measures. a tofu company was ordered to shut down until it improves conditions. they agreed to cease operations yesterday as part of a settlement. a similar lawsuit claims health inspectors found pigeons on top of plastic-wrapped soybean pallets. a bay area consumer watchdog group says several chocolate products contain higher than normal amounts of lead and

cadmium cadmium. see's premium dark chocolate did not pass the test. they want warning labels on the wrappers. >> we basically bought hundreds and hundreds of types of chocolates absentnd sent them to independent labs. >> reporter: the national confectioner's association issued this statement. the fda and other authorities have determine thad tiny traces of metals in food are unavoidable and present no public health risk. for a list of chocolates tested go to abc 7 news.com. the president unveils a message to terrorists and what he wants congress to do to make it happen. all these people are in line to play powerball and be the next half billionaire. do you want to be one of them? >> yeah. >> reporter: i'll have that

report still to come. also the irs trying t in our house, we do just about everything online. and our old internet just wasn't cutting it. so i switched us from u-verse to xfinity. they have the fastest, most reliable internet. which is perfect for me, because i think everything should just work. works? works. works! works? works. works.

president obama is asking congress to authorize military action against the islamic terrorist group isis. the president's plan would authorize three years of military operations and does not call for the deployment of ground forces but allows for flexibility in certain circumstances. >> it's going to take time to dislodge these terrorists, especially from urban areas, but our coalition is on the offensive. isil is on the defensive. and isil is going to lose. >> i'm not sure that the strategy that's been outlined will accomplish the mission the president says he wants to

accomplish. and his point the president's point is that he wants to dismantle and destroy isis. i haven't seen the strategy yet that i think will accomplish that. >> the final vote on the authorization may not come until the spring. president obama is set to arrive tomorrow eke at sfo for a two-day trip. he's scheduled to attend a summit on cyber security. he will hold a round-table talk with business leaders and attend a democratic national committee fundraiser in san francisco. he's scheduled to leave the bay area on saturday morning. stanford students or their parents can be expected to pay more tuition. a 2.5% increase is set to go into effect this fall bringing the total for undergrad students to around $60,400 per year. stanford will still provide free tuition for families who earn under $100,000 annually.

a chicago little league team lost its title today over allegations of cheating. they say the jackie robinson west team violated rules by using players who didn't qualify because they lived outside the town's boundaries. the chicago team insists they did everything by the book. the trophy and title will go to the runner-up las vegas team. >> me and my teammates we work hard all yearlong. and we wednesday down there to play baseball. and we weren't involved in anything that could have caused us to be stripped of our championship. >> the president of little league international says it's a sad day for a bunch of kids who did nothing wrong but he said the action of some adults can't be tolerated. the league suspended the team's manager. happening now, people throughout the bay area are lining up for last-minute powerball tickets. it now stands at an even $500

million. david loughy is live where the line is so long. >> reporter: this place has a special history. some people say the best place to buy a powerball ticket is at a store where they've sold previous multi-million dollar tickets. kavanaugh's done it five times. that's why you have all these long lines already. and other stores with similar track records have seen the same phenomenon. powerball tickets are flying out of the printer so fast that it's even difficult for the sellers to count how many they've sold. >> 200? 500? >> no. more. >> over 1 thousand tickets already? all lucky numbers? >> lucky number? >> reporter: this is a magnet for would-be winners because two years ago he sold one of two

megamillions tickets that split a $648 million jackpot. he earned a $1 million commission, half of which was eaten up by taxes. the other half used to buy a house. >> this's the only way to go if you want to win. you won once. you might win again. >> reporter: kavanaugh liquors is another place where people queue patiently. kavanaugh has sold five million dollar prize tickets. mary lou strong knows how she'll use the money. >> i'll share the money with my parents and family and kids everybody. >> reporter: is $500 million going to be enough? >> i think it's enough. i'll be happy with $1 million. >> reporter: luck has a way of striking a second even third time. >> i feel very lucky. things are going to happen this week. third time's the charm. >> reporter: she bought her

powerball ticket and is tucking it away in her wallet for safekeeping. but she's in no hurry to find out what numbers will be drawn. when will you check the numbers? >> in a few days. >> reporter: you won't check tonight? >> no. oh, no. i won't be able to sleep. >> reporter: a lot of people may not be able to sleep tonight. the time to buy a powerball ticket is running out. the cut-off time is at 7:00. so that time is running out quickly. we will have the winning numbers at abc 7 news at 11:00 and on abc 7 news.com. >> tell her to stop buying tints tickets. we've already got the winning ticket here in the office pool. >> reporter: promise? staples is limiting time for employees to avoid giving them insurance under the affordable

care act. >> tell us what the president is saying. >> angry. the president scolded staples following a report where the company told its part-time employees that they could be fired for working more than 25 hours per week. the company made the threat to avoid paying benefits under obamacare. president obama says staples should be able to afford to give its workers financial stability or allow them to get health care under the affordable care act. >> when i hear of large corporations that make billions of dollars in profits trying to blame our interest in providing health insurance as an excuse for cutting wages for workers, shame on them. >> staples did not respond to that but did release a statement calling it unfortunate that the president is attacking a company that provides more than 85,000 jobs and is a major taxpayer. the irs is ramping up its warning to taxpayers following

the anthem data breach. hackers have millions of social security numbers and names and that gives them all they need to file a fraudulent tax return and steal tax reeves. the irs blocked $63 billion worth of fraudulent refunds over the past year but also paid $5 billion to the crooks. you can file right away to beat the bad guys to the punch. you should avoid giving away your social security number even at the doctor's office. never carry your social security card with you and put a credit freeze on your credit report if you feel your identity has been compromised. many of those who worry about their protection have a new tool. you can convert your g-wagon into a military vehicle.

it's designed to with stand bullets and even hand grenades. the g-63 also comes with security cameras. the interior is filled with luxury, including a refrigerator, bar, and satellite tv. and in an emergency it can recirculate the air in your vehicle to create a breathable atmosphere. >> where do we get these? we're going to need one after we win the lottery. >> yeah. >> that's amazing michael. thanks a lot. for thousands of cancer patients chemotherapy can be a lifesaver. for others it may not work at all. we will show you a powerful technology that could soon let doctors pin point which chemotherapy drugs will work for which patients. and we'll take you inside the trial that could change the course of cancer treatment, that's tonight at 11:00. let's talk about this

spring-like weather. >> we're going to be talking about record warmth coming up. remember last week around this time we were talking about an atmospheric river. how drastically things change. out here it's mild light clouds. let's check out doppler hd. temperatures came up a few degrees despite the fact that we have all the high cloud cover. peeks of blue san jose, 68 and half moon bay. our high temperatures were in the 60s and 70s today. here's the gorgeous view from our camera. and you can see the skyline and wispy clouds. petaluma is dropping to the upper 50s. beautiful view from our east bay hills cameras. the sun is going down. official sunset time tonight, 5:44. record highs are possible thursday through saturday. the warm goes right on through

the weekend and hazardous conditions are expected at our coastline. let me show you what's going on in the atmosphere. high pressure. it's a strong ridge. it's going to set us up for warm and dry conditions. there is a stormy pattern over the pacific. unfortunately, the storms are not going to make it to the bay area what they are doing is kicking up the waves. they've been coming up 15, 20 foot waves are heading in our direction, and here's why we do have that beach hazard. thursday 6:00 until saturday 6:00. there is a greater likelihood. sneaker waves and large breakers as a long period of westerly flow is building. and you will see it continuing. so watch out if you're a beachgoer over the next couple of days. that's all. tomorrow morning chilly in the morning. we'll start out in the 30s to mostly 40s. and then for the afternoon, it is warm in the south bay. 77 gilroy 75 los gatos.

76 in santa cruz. on the peninsula, 70 in san mateo. mountain view, 72 degrees. 73 in half moon bay. 70 degrees in downtown san francisco. occasional clouds in the south bay. 72 in santa rosa. out towards the east bay, oakland, 72 degrees. previous record was 70 in 2006. so if you do get to 72, that will be a new record for the day. 70 degrees in newark. livermore, pleasanton 72. 69 in antioch. the warming trend continues tomorrow. records are possible right on through valentine's which is a heartwarming forecast. low to mid-70s. who needs chocolates and cards and flowers? i have a beautiful forecast for valentine's. temperatures start to dial back a little bit on saturday.

and then on president's day we'll take the temperatures down a little bit more, low 60s to 70s. winter's on hold for now spring fever. >> i would have bought you chocolates, but they melt. >> yeah, why buy these chocolates. well, take a look at this. it's much more than a fashion statement. >> how these tiny s

if this sea lion could talk, it would certainly have a story to tell. the sea lion was found crossing highway 35 in san francisco. two motorists spotted it and stopped their cars. they shielded it from the traffic. it had to cross the beach, a hill full of vegetation and the lanes of the highway. it was taken to the marine mammal center. the it has treated more than 100 baby sea lions this month. >> all these baby pups should be on the channel islands with

their mothers, drinking milk and getting fat, but for some reason, their mothers have abandoned them. >> rescuers named it persevereo. once it's healthy it will be released back to the sea. the oldest man in australia is leading an effort to save penguins from oil spills. he knits tiny wool sweaters. the effort began after a rescue group requested the sweaters. the sweaters prevent injured peng winguins from cleaning their feathers and swallowing the toxic fuel. >> alfred has some skills there. the bay area is saying farewell to candlestick park. >> we're

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coming up new at 6:00 authorities call it a case of corporate espionage. and fit bit michael finney looks into why the activity trackers are still causing a terrible rash. it's all coming up in half an hour at 6:00. demolition of candlestick park expected to wrap up in three months. >> before the stick is history, we wanted to take a look as most sports fans have never seen it. >> take a look candlestick as seen by a drone. >> this video was taken a few days ago. a lot of memories for many of us. this spot will get a new life as a mixed residential/commercial space. >> a lot of cold memories too. >> world news tonight with david muir is coming up.

>> for all of us, we appreciate your time. we'll get back to you in just a little breaking news this wednesday night. the president now asking congress to authorize possible limited ground operations to destroy isis. american troops on the ground. the air strikes may not be enough. martha raddatz in the region tonight. the "american sniper" trial now under way. the emotional testimony from chris kyle's wife. the fbi moving in at this hour. a possible hate crime. three muslim college students killed in their home in chapel hill, north carolina. the big change when it comes to cholesterol. doctors say some of those foods, you can eat after all. dr. besser right here with the list. and stripped of their title. the little leaguers, heartbroken tonight. authorities say the adults are to blame.