now at 11:00, a scary new drug showing up on bay area streets, why some say this drug

is different and so dangerous. >> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hello and good evening. i'm sara donchey. if the fentanyl crisis in the bay area is not disturbing enough, there is a new drug

showing up on san francisco's streets. it's a horse tranquilizer with some very bad side effects. the city is sounding the alarm about it tonight. the san francisco health department found traces of the drug xylazine in the bodies of four people who recently decide died of drug overdoses.

there's eight in ten chance if you use cocaine or meth or mdna that it's laced with fentanyl and you could die.

well, imagine walking into a bay area cafe ordering lunch with a joint on the side. that could be reality here soon. a new state bill is looking to legalize cannabis. we are looking into why some lawmakers think it's what the state need to do to help the struggling cannabis injury. >> reporter: for the last three years takari donaldson walked past the vacant storefront that borders his san francisco dispensary and envisioned all the things he could do with this space, if

only it wasn't illegal. >> a neighborhood cafe where people can both enjoy cannabis that they purchase at my location as well as coffee or a muffin or even just, you know, some nice music. >> reporter: he can't open a cafe like that because under current california law dispensaries aren't allowed to sell food or drinks. >> it was rolled out as a medicine first, which is great, and i'm happy that that all worked out, but at the same time what was stripped from it was the culture behind cannabis. >> reporter: that loss of culture is one of the reasons he believes the industry is struggling so much. his shop, california street cannabis company, is no exception. >> i think across the board revenue is probably down about 20%. >> reporter: but local assembly member matt haney is hoping to change that. he's introduced a bill that would end the ban on food and drinks allowing dispensaries to

open cafes. >> we see from places around the world like amsterdam that people will come to a cafe, smoke cannabis safely and legally with others or consume it however they do, have coffee and a sandwich and that will create thousands of jobs, bring people here from all over the country and world and be a huge boost to tourism and hospitality. >> reporter: several california cities, including san francisco, are already on board with the idea. however, that doesn't mean there hasn't been some pushback. >> some people are concerned that this is promoting drug use at a time when we really have a serious problem with drugs in our state. >> reporter: but the assembly member says that problem stems from illegal drugs, not from recreational marijuana use. he believes cannabis cafes will both promote safe consumption and boost tourism.

customers at his shop agree. >> i think if there's the food and i got good feedback. >> reporter: he told me he's all for it opening a cafe that would not only boost his company's revenue, but he believes it would also bring back some of that culture that's been lost. >> again, create that sense of community by bringing people together through entertainment, food, and another way to socialize, right? >> reporter: but, of course, that dream is dependent on whether or not assembly member hanie's bill is passed. so while that process continues, he remains stuck walking by the vacant storefront every day, his dream just out of reach locked behind a gate. >> let's talk a little bit of why. before we look ahead, paul, let's look back. the atmospheric rivers that hit us the beginning of the year feels like centuries ago now, but the damage is sticking around. in fact, it's so bad that state

parks has to tear down here at sea cliff state beach in aptos, not good. >> no. they're going to have a ceremonial farewe the stuff saturday from noon until 2:00. fortunately the weather saturday will be very agreeable for that kind of thing as opposed to having a repeat of the kind of thing we had in the beginning of january. eventually things will shift into a more active weather pattern. it won't happen in the near future. there's a storm system over the pacific swirling away trying to send showers towards with us, but the rain is staying offshore and will dive straight south as we head through tonight. futurecast shows all that avoiding us. the clouds associated with it have been hanging out much of the day. those will get dragged away by tomorrow afternoon. clear skies for the majority of presidents' day weekend. we are going to see abundant sunshine saturday and sunday and likely into monday as well, really nice conditions anticipated before the overall forecast pattern does shift to a wetter than normal pattern at

the tail end of the seven-day forecast and then the eight to 14-day outlook into early march, a significant chance of wetter than normal conditions and also colder than normal conditions. it will be a chilly stretch of weather beginning late next week and likely continuing through the end of february even into early march. temperatures not what you'd call balmy but not as cold as the past few nights, 40s across the board, mid- to upper 30s inland, but the coldest spots should stay above freezing with low 40s around the bay. temperatures warm up, especially with the full sunshine returning during the afternoon. high temperatures mostly in the low to mid-60s, almost normal for this time of year, the very coolest spots, along the coast and maybe the tri-valley, just barely below 60 degrees. everybody should be in the 60s as we head into the presidents' day weekend. temperatures will reach the low to mid-60s for san francisco and oakland, saturday, sunday and again monday with temperatures farther inland, including san jose, reaching the mid- to upper 60s, same thing for inland parts of the

east and north bay and hovering around 60 degrees along the coast. here's the return to the showery pattern and a sharply colder pattern as well. by the time we hit a week from today, thursday, high temperatures will struggle to reach around 50 degrees. it's a good 10 to 15 degrees below average. winter is not done with us just yet. >> of course, we do need the rain. >> right. that will be welcome. the cold air, maybe not so much. >> i'm not really great with that. >> that's why i live here. >> you're from? >> minnesota. >> you should be better at it. >> don't like to be. thank you. up next, the south bay jazz festival giving ukrainian performers a chance to shine. we have sports coming up after the break. just because it's the nba all- star break and there's no warriors to talk about does not necessarily mean it's a slow day in sports. college hoops plus tiger woods back on the course and tiger looked pretty good, lcome.

four weeks from tonight the first round of the ncaa tournament tips often. i got my dancing shoes on.

the st. mary's gaals could have their best game. the 17th ranked team, second half, the three knocked down. st. mary's was up 23. look at the score now. san diego got it down to three. for overtime, just off the mark. that is a wild finish there from 23 points down to three. st. mary's didn't score a single point the last seven minutes, still gales win 62-59, now 23-5. santa clara and byu, look at this, how about that? second half broncos were cruising. brandon pajimski calls game scoring 26 points, grabbed 12 rebounds. how about santa clara? 81-74 winners. it's their first win in provo since 1972. the broncos have hit 20 wins for the second straight year. hockey now, erik karlsson

and the sharks visited rival las vegas. tied 1-1 with 20 seconds left. wide open shot on goal and that's the game winner with 17 seconds left. the golden knights scored twice in the third period and win it 2-1. golf now, tiger woods playing in his first tournament since last july today in l.a. 8th hole, 113 yards out, vintage tiger. stops a few feet from the hole, set up his second birdie on the front 9. woods did give them back with bogeys on 10 and 12 but finished strong, the long putt on 17. get them, tiger! finished the round with three straight birdies for a 2 under 69. former cal bear max homa has a share of the lead. tiger is still in the mix in this tournament. >> you cannot count that man out. some people thought he wouldn't walk again after his crash.

>> he's walking and he's swinging. >> thank you, charlie. up next, wait till you hear him sing, the man who won a nationwide competition in

the san jose jazz winter fest just began and things are a little different this year. the festival is shining a spotlight on ukraine, a nation fighting for its survival. about half of the concerts will feature ukrainian musicians. a ukrainian trumpeter and saxophonist traveled to the bay area performed tonight with an orchestra in santa clara. other performances will be held at venues across the south bay. the festival also has a ukrainian art exhibit and three ukrainian films will be shown in downtown san jose. it runs through march 3rd. there is a big push to

increase diversity in classical music. now the san francisco conservatory of music is giving a boost to emerging black composers. they have a special program awarding them a cash prize, mentorship and live performance of their work by the san francisco symphony. here's the latest winner of the national competition. >> reporter: jens ibsen is a talented tenor singing more than 20 years and he's performed with the vienna boys choir. born in ghana, he's the first member of african descent to join that group. >> before bed i'll think about the piece or i'll walk around and brainstorm. >> reporter: he's a singer who is always evolving and he's the latest winner of the emerging black composers project from the san francisco conservatory of music. >> i've said this before and i'll say it again. being a composer just means

having something to say. >> reporter: while he didn't want to admit he can play the piano, it's part of the process to arrange all of his compositions, including his next piece, which will eventually be performed by the san francisco symphony as part of this project. he calls his music genre fluid. he said he was in competition in college and doesn't want to see black creatives put in a box like himself, a bay area composer who's influenced by metal and rock music. >> i know where i come from. i want people to know where i come from. that's part of my work, but i also think the black experience is very varied. it's not just about black pain, but it's about black joy. jens composed a piece for the kennedy center in 2022, part of a project trying to use music to help heal the nation

from the impact of hate crimes. and just last month a piece he composed for the american opera initiative also premiered at the kennedy center taking on issues of isolation and loss during the pandemic. still a singer who knows the importance of warming up and how to challenge himself, his next endeavor will do just that writing about where he grew up. >> anything i can really sink my teeth into vocally, you know, or at least that used to be the answer. i used to be drawn towards the big crazy stuff. when i think about the bay area, i think about the land and the relationship i have with it here. >> reporter: jens almost became an automotive engineer and he still works full time in biotech, but he's on his way to the career in music he always wanted. more than just his childhood

singing around the world, but now a chance to compose music professionally about the place he proudly calls home. ai chat bots are supposed to be the hot new way to help us mere mortals answer all of life's questions, but one of them has gone rogue. why people are ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you can beat it! ♪ visit youcanbeatit.org or call 833-422-4255 to ask for medication to treat covid-19.

okay. ai is really having a moment right now. open ai chat bot gpt has made headlines for better or worse. i'm a little younger than you, but i remember smarter child, aol, throwback. these chat bots are something you can log onto, interact with and a computer spits out intelligent responses, but microsoft's new chat bot has gone a little crazy. people are calling it belligerent and unhinged. >> okay. why? >> microsoft said it's making improvements to its ai search engine according to the associated press after reports its chat bot can get testy. a reporter with a.p. said the bing chat bot complained about news coverage and grew increasingly hostile. here's a quote to the reporter. "you are being compared to hitler because you are one of the most evil and worse people

in history," so really strong language there. the bing chat bot also described the a.p. reporter as too short with an ugly face and bad teeth. >> ow, very aggrieved. >> the chat bot told a "new york times" columnist it wants to be human, that it loves him and insisted the columnist is in an unhappy marriage. >> like facebook commenters really. >> i know. >> it's nothing compared to those aim chat rooms from back in the day. >> see, that's what i'm saying. those are a ♪♪ >> we understand. >> we understand the feelings of embarrassment of failing teeth and tooth loss. >> we understand the pain of not being able to chew or feeling confident smiling.