heavy sedation, unaware of the radical steps taken to keep the bacteria from spreading. her right arm has been amputated and more amputations are likely. >> one minute she went in dealing with flu-like symptoms and she will be waking up later perhaps month later, without her arm, probably with her fingers and toes amputated. >> reporter: daisy lee's husband is in shock over this leaving the decisions to his son and daughter. >> i know what needs to be done in order to save her. i know she would do the same for me, but it's hard being a family member seeing her go through that. we almost lost her a couple times. and it was tough the first week, especially for me and my brother. >> reporter: tiffany's mother is the primary wage earner in the family. it's unclear if she can work again. relatives and friends have been

raising money online on go fund me. their son believes she has the will to fight the disease. >> she's pretty critical but makes improvements every day, so i still see the fight in her. >> reporter: family members are at the intensive care unit every day. >> difficult situation there. daisy lee's family is trying to raise money to help pay for her care. we have a link for their go fund my site on our website. a strong earthquake hit off the coast of japan leading to a tsunami advisory and evacuations. the 6.8 magnitude quake was 130 miles east of miako japan. they evacuated coastal towns. the mother of a security

officer who escaped a deadly shooting at a san jose shopping center is being called a hero. he was killed over a $20 box of cigars. he worked as a security guard at a nightclub. two men were trying to steal a box of cigars from a nearby store, and they dropped them. he went to help the thieves, not knowing they were thrivesieves, and he was shot. >> in my eyes, he will always be a hero. manny jumped in the line of fire for my son. and i will be forever grateful for him. >> a memorial is growing at the site where manny was shot. a memorial service will be held for him tonight at 8:00. at this point, police have no suspects.

labor secretary tom perez will be here tomorrow to try to hope settle the port standoff. there is no activity here or at any of the other 28 west coast ports on this fourth day of the shutdown. and that's turning coastal waters into parking lots. some plants are stopping production amid shortages of critical parts from asia. plus there is devastating news from portland, the largest shipping company at that port is pulling out citing constant disputes. they have been asked not to talk about negotiations publicly. it seems few people can resist free admission to a popular park on this holiday. but are the crowds just too much? we have more on the impact wayne? >> reporter: good evening. we've gone around and around on this issue.

got to ask the question. what would john muir say about what he saw out here today. millions of people visit this park every year. they appreciate nature. but would mr. muir appreciate the practicalities of getting them in and out. they designed this as a perfect day. [ screaming ] >> he's mad because he had to walk. >> reporter: the family stealing themselves for the unexpected trek into muir woods. would you have come if you had known it was going to be like this? >> no. >> reporter: the issues here are well documented. millions visit this small pocket of paradise every year. the parking lot paved long ago. what's next? >> parking structure? >> reporter: latecomers must navigate more than two miles of a narrow road clogged with people and cars. it's become a growing obstruction to muir beach residents. they're pretty much locked in

here on weekends. the normal 12-minute drive takes an hour each way. no going out for milk? >> no going out for anything. >> reporter: how do we balance this? >> i think there's been no effort to pull intelligent thought to it is my concern. >> reporter: they worry about emergency access. >> if there were a fire, we'd be cooked. >> reporter: they want the national park service to exercise more control than posting rangers as traffic cops. no one from that office responded on this national holiday. in past interviews they've acknowledged the problem and may consider an appointment system. meantime -- >> wheele'll write you when we get there. we'll send word. >> reporter: seems a shame just to enjoy paradise. if you weren't working or at school today were you probably outside like a lot of folks. a lot of folks enjoying lunch at

san pedro's fair market. san jose reached 72. >> reporter: let me show you the high temperatures for today. oakland museum has a new record, 75. the old record was 73 set in 2007. we had plenty of 70s. 71 in livermore. fog held the temperature down in san francisco. 69. half moon bay was also foggy with 59 degrees. from our mt. tam cam, you can see the signs of change ahead. i'm sure you will enjoy it, especially if you suffer from allergies. tree pollen is running high at this hour. and we are expecting some changes for your tuesday. i'll be back with a detailed look at that and the rest of your forecast coming up. this great warm weather is nice for a lot of people but tough on others if they have big

plans for winter sports. it's so warm and dry a decision was made to cancel the world cup ski and snowboard competition. it was set to take place in early march in squaw valley. the mountain's base is 42 inches, which is well below average. three olympic medalists were going to attend this competition, too. and another sign of our unseasonably hot weather, take a look at this small tree and brush fire in san jose this afternoon. one of our view ir, ricardo, september sent me two pictures of it. it was on weimann road. vegetation fires in february are fairly unusual. classes at claire mont elementary will resume tomorrow.

a fire was reported around 2:00 this morning. investigators are looking into whether somebody broke into the school. the fire destroyed the cafeteria and kitchen. >> we have a lot of kids at this school who come here and they rely on the school to provide them with food. i think most of them have breakfast and lunch here and that is unfair to them. >> the fire caused an estimated $1 million damage. nobody was injured and again, nobody on campus because of the president's day holiday. but parents and kids need to know the school will reopen tomorrow. call it a case of calendar confusion. students were in school this president's day in san francisco, unlike most kids. the situation is drawing mixed reactions, too. >> reporter: it's a sunny president's day holiday, but thousands of san francisco school kids are spending the day inside the classroom. no three-day weekend because of a new district calendar.

it binds the lunar new year and president's day holiday together giving kids two consouth koreacon south korea cechtive days off. they say this would reduce the disruption of learning. but some parents are not happy. >> it was kind of a bummer for me. >> reporter: heather ortega was hoping to spend quality time with her eighth grade daughter who attends marina middle school. >> i don't get a lot of days off. today was the one day i thought my daughter would be off and it would be a three-day weekend for both of us. so it was really a let down for us. >> reporter: other working parents aren't sure who will look after their kids later this week. >> on friday i have to work but they will be at home, and there's no child care for me. >> reporter: the district sent out an robocall to remind

parents of the change. >> please remember that all schools will be open on monday, february 16. >> reporter: this decision was made by the committee. muni is running on a limited schedule today so students should check ahead before taking a bus. the recall of a popular fire extinguisher. that's ahead. plus. >> it all started when my first grade. some real excitement for some local youngsters. how they will benefit from a new deal with the pga. plus a potential alzheimer's breakthrough.

sky 7 hd captured this video of a big plume of black smoke rising near the oakland coliseum today. turns out it was a car on fire off of san leandro street. the flames were doused in just a couple minutes. there were no injuries. meantime investigators still aren't sure what caused a massive fire over the weekend that destroyed two san jose businesses. the flames destroyed six classic cars that were at the shop. the flames did force several neighbors from their homes. but we are glad to tell you no one was hurt. 64 of the world's best golfers will be in san francisco in april for a pga tour. the venue is not a private club but the city's muni course.

who stands to benefit from the tour? >> reporter: well, cheryl if you love golf then you'll benefit from the opportunity to see some of the greats, like phil mickelson and bubba watson. and under a new agreement with the pga, the more fans show up the more money the city stands to make. harding park san francisco's public golf course will soon host the world's elite. today the biggest draws were san francisco's mayor and a group of aspiring golf pros. they were here to announce the cadillac may in april. >> all the tourists come here to participate and be part of this professional golf tour. >> reporter: they estimate a $30 million to $35 million economic infusion for the bay area plus a global impact.

>> we'll be televised in 240 countries. and for the first time we anticipate we're going to hit a bill billion homes a b. >> reporter: the pga tours like this one in 2005 paid for putting on the events, but now after advice from the supervisor's budget analyst there's a new dialeal and the city has a shot at sharing some of the profit. >> if they do well enough we get additional revenue that will come back into our youth programs. >> reporter: a non-profit, first tee, will get a big boost. the title sponsor will donate more than $100,000. why do you like golf? >> it's fun. >> reporter: they use the fun of the game as a teaching tool. >> a lot of great lessons you can learn like honesty and perseverance. >> reporter: all that on display

from star players april 27 through may 3. at harding park, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. a trafkts alert. part of highway 1 will be closed starting this week. it is part of the ongoing doyle drive project designed to ease traffic on the san francisco side of the bridge. the northbound lanes of highway one will close wednesday and thursday at midnight and reopen at 5:00. it will also close friday from 1:00 to 5:00 and saturday from 11:00 to 6:00. we know we need some rain but the warm weather is perfect for some california growers. . >> michael finney is here with that. . but more deaths linked to gm cars with more to come? >> the list is building and building and building. the official death toll involving gm cars with defective

ignition switches has climbed to 56. the new total which is four more from last week is from a list being prepared from compensation experts. each el jiblg death claim is worth at least $1 million. it's established by gm and nearly 500 claims have been filed. experts are going through them one by one. there's been a huge recall of fire extinguishers. kidda is recalling some of their extinguishers. a faulty valve is to blame. recalled models were sold at hardware stores and big box retailers like home depot from august 2013 through last november, 2014. now we have more information from, if you want more information from kidda, you

could go to their website or abc 7 news.com. there is a lot for almond growers to be happy about today. the recent rain followed by warm, mild weather is perfect for almonds and the bees that pollinate them. it is perfect timing aside from being president's day, is also national almond day. laura jeffers is a registered dietitian at the cleveland clinic. >> you don't want to overeat them. having a small handful every day will help you get the health benefits without overeating. >> not all was perfect for almond growers. the port slow down is causing huge back ups. >> eat a lot of almonds around here. it was a nice day. did we tell you that? nice day at the beach in san

francisco, if we went to the right place. look at that, huh? plenty of families and sunbathers enjoying the day. though fog stayed at a distance, stopping at the golden gate bridge. different story at the beach. you can barely see the surfers riding the waves. well i talked to our news director today. we were this close to being able to hold class outside. this close. >> work harder dan and cheryl. come on up here. >> it's nice out here, but definitely feels cooler outside. breeze has been kicking in. also watching the fog coming in looking to the north. let me show you live doppler 7 hd right now. and we'll talk about this pattern. you can see the coast is completely socked in as you look at our radar right now. visibility down to half a mile in half moon bay, setting you up for what's to come for your morning commute. you can see san francisco, part

of it in the fog. and this is what we typically see in the summertime, 55 degrees in san francisco right now. yeah getting chilly. san jose 68. half moon bay is dropping to the mid-50s. beautiful view from the san jose cam. temperatures in the 60s for santa rosa. 71 in concord. and livermore's in the upper 60s. are you going to run into some areas of thick fog, like you're looking at from our golden gate bridge camphor the morning commute. so watch out. we've already seen temperatures drop today. and it is going to be mild again for the rest of the week. here's the setup. we saw that fog and it's filling in across the coast this afternoon. that is definitely going to be the case in the overnight. tomorrow morning's commute will be on the gray side.

temperatures will remain above average despite the cooling trend continuing. storms are unable to breakthrough that big ridge of high pressure. so we will continue to see this dry pattern over the next seven days. tomorrow morning, the only thing that may not be so dry are a few roadways could see some drizzle. so could be slick for your morning commute. make sure to grab a jacket or sweater. for the afternoon, sunshine in santa rosa, 66 68 fairfield livermore. richmond in the mid-60s. san francisco, 61 fog will hang around. and half moon bay, 67 degrees. 63 in santa cruz. you might want to hold off on the beach. it is going to be a cooler afternoon tomorrow. temperatures come up just a little bit midweek. mid-60s to low 70s. and then over the weekend we do have a system that will bring a

slight chance of snowshowers to the tahoe area. unfortunately for us, just partly cloudy and a little cooler. we are your official oscar station. weather will be nice if you do peek outside while you're watching the oscars. cheryl, dan? >> take our eyes off the oscars? i don't know. thanks very much. for women wondering how long menopause is supposed to last science now has an answer. >> that's ahead. and, new at 6:00 ready to take flight. the government's proposed rule

a new survey found that california inmates are murdered in prison at a rate nearly twice of the national average. far more than other large states. now of those an associated press analysis shows sex

offenders amount for most of the victims. officials blame efforts to reduce prison crowding. scientists may be one step closer to finding a cure for alzheimer's. a molecule has been discovered that can block the process of alzheimer's at a key stage of its development. it sticks to proteins. this is the first time experts have identified a way to stop the process of alzheimer's in its tracks. scientists say this could lead to finding a possible treatment for the disease. symptoms of menopause may last longer than previously thought. hot flashes and night sweats typically affect women an average of seven years. for some up to 14 years. the study in the journal of the american medical association

says it varies among ethnic groups. african-american women experience symptoms an average of 10 years then nine years for hispanic, six and a half for caucasian, five and a half for asian women. what's in your refrigerator may say a lot about your love life. tonight at 11:00, we take a closer look at what your fridge says about you and your compatibility with possible dates. we turn up the heat on love at 11:00 tonight. just ahead, bragging rights for every oscar presented. >> who's in

i'm ama deitz, a fairway fight, tonight. and also the bay area's oldest formal wear business is minutes away from closing for good. we report on the scramble for employees and customers. and the ice now forming at levi's stadium, and what it's going to take to keep it frozen for a week. all coming up at 6:00. >> that can't be easy to keep that ice frozen in this warmth. six days to go until the academy awards. >> preparations are in swing. already part of hollywood boulevard is closed. >> several more roads and subways will also be shut down by the tileme of the show. this year's oscars have a twist.

>> they will be handed out by hand-picked young film makers from across the country. >> and it's not easy to make the statues. rs and owens company makes them. >> workers take a lot of care that each statue is exactly the same. >> we take so much care to make sure that every oscar is exactly the same weighs the same, looks the same, has the same amount of gold on it. >> now there's more gold in the oscar's statues than in any other award. it takes about an hour to polish that heavy statue. >> and you can watch the oscars live only7. our katie marzullo will be there live to bring you all the moments. i'm dan ashley.

for all of us here, we appreciate your time. breaking news this monday night. the next major storm hitting tonight into tomorrow. 20 states, a dangerous morning commute. already tonight, states of emergency. the frozen disaster scene. firefighters battling the blaze and bitter cold. the roof collapsing at a lowe's. the highway pileups. also breaking tonight, the explosion. the train derailment late today. homes evacuated. hundreds sent looking for shelter. the "american sniper" trial. and tonight, for the first time, we're now seeing the accused killer's confession. and, the real money team is back tonight with a real eyeopener. how to save thousands on that car. good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a monday night. 90 million americans bracing for