now at 11:00, a bay area man ran seven marathons in seven days on seven continents. how he pulled it off and what he said was the hardest part. plus -- >> it's a moment that should give people pause. >> elon musk takes over the oval office, how the tech tycoon once based in the bay area is

transforming washington, and why some say pump the brakes. plus, a north bay man who built part of his home watched it go underwater. how he's bracing for even more trouble. >> forget what you're reading about, come and experience what the bay is. plus, the bay area's newest mega sports bar is giving your neighborhood arcade a run for its money just in time for all star weekend. from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hi, i'm sara donchey. the task that we are going to tell you about right now sounds so difficult that it is hard to believe it is even possible. how could anyone run seven marathons on seven different continents in seven days? but san francisco tech consultant chris is proof that it can be done. the world marathon challenge is an extreme feat of running back-to-back marathons on this whirlwind trip

around the world. this is a big deal. it costs some $48,000 just to register for this. chris had to save up for years to pull this off, not to mention train for hours and hours and hours on end, sometimes in the rain or in the dark right here in san francisco. >> one mar sthon challenge 2025, seven marathons, seven continents, seven day, antarctica, let's go. >> reporter: you know when you start a marathon session in antarctica, it's going to be hard. chris and other racers packed into a soviet-era plane to get to their destination. >> this plane didn't have windows. it was really janky inside . we ended up landing, and i remember the moment that the doors opened and we stepped outside. the sun was so bright that we had to wear sunglasses because the sun reflecting off the snow. >> reporter: this is the route for the world marathon

challenge. participants charter a flight. they start in antarctica, stop in south africa, australia, dubai, madrid, brazil, and end in miami. each time running an entire marathon with very little down time in between. >> the hard part was managing nutrition, recovery, just getting from place to place. and over the course of the races, a number of racers got injured, so there were wheelchairs and various support staff and medics helping us. >> reporter: chris spent a year training, running on the streets of san francisco as much as he could, all while juggling work and parenting a 2 and 6-year-old with the help of his very understanding wife. >> i prepared for a 20-mile run, be out the door and receive a call from day care saying, your son is sick, pick him up. so that made it challenging overall. >> reporter: chris said he didn't start out an elite athlete, and he isn't exactly the age you'd expect to be in your physical prime, but he was

determined to do something big. >> i was a marathon runner before, but i wasn't an exceptional marathon runner. i think when i hit around age 45 i realized that time is ticking. >> five, four, three, two, one. off you go. >> reporter: so when it came time, chris ran and ran and ran some more. when all was said and done, he'd run over 183 miles in a week. >> there was a feeling of just immense physical pain. but on top of, that there was a sense of almost peace where i realized that this experience may never happen again. so i almost felt like i was in a dream the last three miles running by myself towards the finish line. >> again, it is just so impossible to imagine that any human being could do this. chris said his message is essentially you can do whatever you tell yourself you can accomplish. in other words, mindset has a lot

to do with his success. all right, very inspiring. he did say he trained basically all year, so he trained in every kind of weather. he trained in the rain. for us mortals, it's probably not a good time to go running, whether it be this hour of the evening or tomorrow. >> tonight would have been easier, but thursday, game off. thursday we got to make plans for significant rainmaker and pretty strong winds. the real focus of this forecast is thursday morning. and i'll show you thursday morning in detail when we get to the full forecast. for right now, there's some rain now. and the radar looks weird. you don't often see a pattern like this where you have these showers that are just kind of grazing the coast. most of them are staying off the coast. it's like they're in or out. take a look up at the big monitor there. we're going to take that forward, and you can see how the rain just kind of grazing us. this is going to clear out tonight, and then look what shows up. so that next little band of rain which arrives tomorrow night is going to look more impressive by the time it

gets here. and because of that band of rain -- and in fact, i can bring it on here in another way -- because of that band of rain that is coming our way as we get into tomorrow night, like around 6:00 in the evening when we see that show up, it's just going to keep raining from then on. this is the start tomorrow night. thursday morning coming up in a bit. for right now, i think what would probably be helpful is to take a look at what the headline is at the moment. national weather service has issued a flood watch. and the flood watch starts tomorrow night and it goes all the way until we get to saturday. largely because it's going to take a while for all this rain to work its way out of the landscape. we're going to get 2.5 inches of rain bay areawide. streams and creeks approaching their banks. go to the santa cruz mountains, slightly different story down here. this is santa cruz mountainswide, all the higher peaks in the watersheds. six inches of rain

from this one. an issue on the san lorenzo river by the time we get to, like, thursday night. that's new. we haven't done a lot of that down here yet. it's been focused up in the north bay. this storm will be a little different in that way. look at the rest of it coming up in a bit. i'll show you the wind. that's an issue on thursday as well. a family in marin county has very good listen to be nervous about the rain moving in that darren was just talking about. their house that they worked incredibly hard on flooded in the last storm. wilson walker checked in with them today. >> about here. we're facing the marinwood preserve behind our house. it's very beautiful, typically, it's a little scary now. >> reporter: the gorgeous hillside behind his home delivered a nightmare during last week's rain. >> the water came from here and

got stuck right here in the culvert. yeah, it's literally -- the hole is -- yeah. called 911 and we had the fire department here. everyone came. but they couldn't get it unplugged. >> reporter: the rain dragged on for another day when more debris came down hill, the water surged. >> yeah, the water came to right about here, which is really crazy to think. popped my head over, and i'm -- oh my god, there's a flood coming. and i grab my wife and my son, bring them into the front of the house. and it just, like, a mote just covered our entire house from both sides. and it was literally just like two rivers around our property just gushing through the driveway. tore down this fence, broke past here. >> reporter: in what he calls their dream home, the family is now living with the aftermath. >> this was my son's room.

he's 5. his name's cameron. this was all carpeted as well. remove all the walls. six, seven guys, two wheelbarrows, about seven, eight buckets, and about six hours worth just on that day. >> reporter: family and friends helped start the cleanup process, pulling about two feet of mud out of the backyard and swimming pool that dara built with his own hands, but that is not his main concern right now. >> and there's been so much debris. you can see there's the wood cut down tree branches and animal remains all over. >> reporter: the water is gone for now, but much of the debris that washed down hill is still sitting here, and dara says it's more than he can move on husband own. and he is worried that the next storm could send it all right back into the drain. >> with another atmospheric river, this is always just going to crumble right back into the drain. and tomorrow, you know, we're going to be facing

something similar. >> all right, think back to a couple of years ago, and i'd be willing to bet you did not picture elon musk standing in the oval office. he was there today alongside president trump and elon musk's son to defend their plan to essentially reshape the government as we know it. and we know musk has a way with words. >> i fully expect to be scrutinized and get, you know, a daily proctology exam basically. might as well just camp out there. so it's not like i think i can get away with something. i'll be scrutinized nonstop. and with the president we can cut the budget deficit in half from $2 trillion to $1 trillion. >> president trump and musk both say that doge, or their department of government efficiency, has already found shocking wasteful spending in the government. but today they didn't offer much in the way of proof to support those claims. the president signed a new executive order that basically tells government agencies to work with doge to trim the fat, so to speak, but some legal

experts and critics of the president have raised some concerns about whether the administration is acting lawfully. >> and the fact of the matter is, what doge is doing is stepping on the toes both in terms of statutes and possibly constitutionality of what congress is supposed to be doing. it's a moment that should give people pause regardless of your political party. >> an interesting day of headline making for some of the biggest names in the bay area tech world. in fact, two of them seem to be in a little bit of a beef. elon musk versus sam altman. among musk's many other projects, he's trying to lead a $97 billion takeover of open a.i. his lawyers made the move yesterday but open a.i.'s ceo sam altman shut it down. >> i have nothing new to say, it's ridiculous. >> how so? >> the company is not for sale. >> sorry? >> the company is not for sale. it's another one of his, you know, tactics to try to like mess with us, but no big deal. >> what about the amount he

offered?. >> i have not paid -- i mean, it doesn't matter. >> so musk was an early investor in open a.i., but he sued the company last year. he claims it left behind its founding aims as a nonprofit research lab. altman had some more less than glowing words about musk during a bloomberg tv panel discussion. altman said he thinks musk isn't a happy person and lives his life from a position of insecurity. forget what you know about your neighborhood sports bar, this brand new one looks like a bar, restaurant, arcade, and sportsbook all in one. >> forget what you're reading about, come and experience what the bay is. >> inside splash at thrive city and their plans that go well beyond the nba's upcoming all star weekend. and one man's trash is another man's arts and crafts project? and this one is getting a lot of attention.

>> that's not art here. >>, no this is actual -- this is for picking up trash here.

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southward, but we haven't gotten a lot from this. and this is not going to last long. if we put this in the futurecast, watch what happens. it will stay with us overnight. light rain, doesn't really drop a whole lot. and then it clears out just in time to make way for what will really be the actual storm itself. and the leading edge for that is going to arrive by the time we get to about 6:00 tomorrow night. that's when we'll see that next line of showers arrive. so this looks good when you look at it that way and go, all right, that's more noticeable rain. we'll be getting more widespread stuff. a lot more yellow on here. but i want to show you what is going to happen in detail for thursday morning. to do that, we're going to say good-bye to the virtual map. i want to pull up the monitor, which will allow us to drill down to the specifics on this. we'll pick up the story tomorrow night at 6:00 when that leading line comes in. but that's really where the better rain is. and that will then come in overnight through the early morning hours on thursday, widespread steady rain there. and then it's going to get heavier just as we get towards sunrise. so it's going

to rain for several hours in the morning, light to moderate stuff but widespread, enough that the streets have gotten slick, and then we get to the 6:00, 7:00 hour. and this is when the cold front's going to come through. that means the rain's going to pick up a bit in intensity as that line marches its way across the bay. watch what happens as we advance that another two hours. still see it there, that is classic right there for what a cold front looks like. it's kind of like the back edge of this and a very organized line where you can see the heavier rain. 8:00 that's going over the heart of the bay. let's take a look at this for a moment in a little more detail in the big picture. as the cold front comes through and as we're looking at that 8:00 timeframe where you can see we're right kind of in the heart of this system, just at that point, the winds pick up. the cold front tends to intensify the winds as it rushes across the bay. the two of these are happening at the same time. if we put the wind speeds on here, we've got

numberings that are going to get close to 50 miles an hour on the coast. and if we put the other information on here, the wind watch, national weather service has put a high wind watch on this just to raise the awareness that at this point when we're getting some of the heaviest rain and the strongest gusts, that's a combination where you can get the trees to go down. thursday morning is really kind of like primetime for this system. let me show you how it progresses from there. we're going to pick that story right back up where we left off. there's our 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. main event. by the time we get to 10:00, cold front starting to exit. so we're going to get a little break. you'll see a little bit of blue sky in there. but we're not done, because after that the next and final phase of the system moves through. isolated showers, on again off again, hit and miss, maybe even an occasional thunderstorm mixed in on that. and that's what the rest of thursday's going to look like. and it'll keep going into friday morning. but by friday morning late it's going to fizzle out. you can see the last

of the stragglers here. that's 4:00 in the afternoon. this starts getting us into valentine's day. it's not going to be a washout on valentine's day. any rain that we still have on friday will be like a few isolated showers, breaks in clouds in the sky, it'll look nicer, but have the umbrella handy. all right, there's that rain on thursday. friday morning it fizzles out, we're done. and then on sunday, there could be another one but it looks weak. maybe a few light shower os than one, sara, but i know sunday, it's a weekend, it's a big deal. we'll keep you updated. >> when is valentine's day? >> friday. >> i feel like i should know that, now i do. hopefully the right person is not watching at the belong time. thank you so much, darren. the nba's biggest stars are coming to town this week, which means the crowds who want to see them are coming too. and this is a golden ticket for all those businesses around chase center, including a brand new bar that's really trying to make a name for itself by offering, well, a little bit of everything. our kelsi thorud

takes us into splash. . >> reporter: as basketball fans from around the world converge on san francisco for nba all star weekend, a new sports bar in chase center's thrive city is looking to wow fans beyond what they'll see on the court. >> we really wanted to create a little bit of a spectacle. >> reporter: andy chun is one of the owners of splash at thrive city. the new bar just opened last week, and it definitely is a spectacle. two stories, 30,000 square feet, multiple bars, games, and, of course, tvs, including this massive video wall above the venue's main bar. >> it's huge, right? and it kind of reminds me of las vegas a little bit, like a sports club, especially in this area over here. >> reporter: andy told us he's heard that comparison a lot, and he has no problem with it. >> people have said, rightly, critically or properly, there is

sort of a vegas vibe to this place. and you know, we don't have gambling here, but i think the spectacle of having all of this technology in one place creating, you know, this really, really premium viewing experience is something that, like, let the people -- give them what they want, right? they don't have to go to vegas to have that vibe here. >> reporter: andy says his hope, especially this weekend, is to show everyone just what the bay is capable of offering. >> we're opening up our doors, welcoming the world for all star weekend, and saying the doom loop isn't here. forget what you're reading about, come and experience what the bay is. >> reporter: andy says the bar already has several special events planned, including exclusive ones with steph curry during all star weekend. the goal, he says, is to make splash an integral part of fan's game day experience as well as their every other day experience. >> it doesn't matter if it's

rugby, it's soccer, we have the ncaa tournament coming up, there's a million different ways or a million different activities, valkyries are starting up soon. i mean, we're fired up. >> that place is going to be packed. hey, straight ahead in sports, it's the eve of a bam for the warriors, an old friend is waiting. and speaking of bam matchups, santa clara held nothing back in going after the conference foe and front-runner saint mary's. ♪ (upbeat music playing) ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪

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it is always a good time, in my opinion, to talk basketball. it's about to be the best time of year. >> it is the time of year where nfl season, we'll put you on the shelf, close it. >> good-bye. >> basketball right in the

centerpiece. perennial west coast conference powerhouse saint mary's is right here. who in league is going to come up and get them? usf did last week, how about santa clara tonight? well, not at randy bennet's house. late first house, gaels up four. drive inside. he led all scorers with 24. seven minutes to go. watch this block. harry russell said, you'll take nothing and like it. gaels up five. three minutes left. freshman mikey lewis here, hit from deep. part of a 9-0 run that put the game away. saint mary's won it 73-64, improving to 12-1 in conference play. nba, the warriors. they visit dallas tomorrow night. the third matchup this season between golden state and klay thompson. last night in milwaukee, rookie quinton post came off the bench for the first time in six games and he kept

making shots in rhythm. he hit three clutch threes in the fourth quarter to help the dubs pull away against the bucks. and brandon thinks he knows why post had a good night. >> i think he's played well because his girlfriend's with us on the trip. so i think she's letting him play well. >> he came in and made his mark. didn't matter, he came off the bench ready to roll. the confidence is really impressive. there's no hesitation, he knows exactly what he's doing. he's a well schooled, you know, well coached player who's come in here as a rookie just ready to go. >> tomorrow's game will be the warriors first against klay and the mavs since dallas traded luka doncic to the lakers. one of the players acquired in that deal from l.a. was max christie. same last name as kings coach doug christie. we'll give him a pass with lineage assumption.

>> thought that was doug christie's son for like years. i clarified that with him, they're not related. same measurables, you know? >> some people slip, sara, and call me vernon davis. and i just let it go. >> you know, poor klay. it's all right. >> can't you see the resemblance? >> yeah no, totally. vern, thank you. a san francisco artist is taking reduce, reuse, recycle to heart in a big way. how his dedication landed him a spot in museums.

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i should say this with caution because both of you are multitalented. you play the piano, you do pretty much everything, you're a great chef, but if you've ever struggled with your artistic side, and if ever someone has looked at your work and said that's trash, that would be an insult. but for one bay area artist, it would actually just be a fact, because making art with trash is his method of choice. our itay hod has the story. >> reporter: when people talk trash about austin's art, he doesn't get offended because technically they're not wrong. >> looks like it has a little bit too much moisture in the

bottom. >> reporter: he's what's known as a trash artist. once a week he scours san francisco's sidewalks, dumpsters, and stores searching for what the rest of us throw away. >> do you have any, like maybe extra cigarette cartons? >> reporter: his journey into the world of garbage began during a tough time when buying traditional art supplies was out of reach. >> oh, thank you, man. >> reporter: what started as a necessity soon became a passion and a mission. >> everything here would have or will be thrown away. >> reporter: his studio is equal parts art gallery and recycling center where cartons and boxes get a second chance at life. >> no paint or pen used is one of my major rules. >> reporter: his hyperdetailed collages reimagine familiar objects like sneakers, burgers, and today bananas. each piece takes between 30 and 300 hours to complete and can sell for as much as $4,000.

>> one time i cut out 1,500 sesame seeds by hand. and the repetitiveness gave me some cramps. >> reporter: it's that obsessive attention to detail that caught the art world's eye, leading to an invitation from the san francisco museum of modern art to showcase his technique in a live workshop. >> it's about looking at things differently. >> reporter: christa, owner of incline gallery, says trash or sustainable art is gaining traction because of the message it carries, but even he admits that at times it can be confusing. >> that's not art here. >> no, this is for picking up trash here. >> reporter: for austin, it's about turning the unwanted into the unexpected. >> it's just something out of the box. >> no pun intended. >> yeah. >> reporter: proving that trash really can become treasure. as for anyone who says otherwise,

well, that's just rubbish. >> the broom could have been an art installation. >> he had to ask. >> i wouldn't want to be the person at the gallery contemplating it and someone be like, ma'am, this is not the art. >> i'm looking at possible trash art on the floor, these marks we have to stand on. >> we were supposed to clean that up a little while ago and, you know, we got distracted. all right, vern, it's okay. thanks for watching the late show with stephen colbert is next. stay dry if you can. >> a church service at the national cathedral marks the final event of inauguration but unlike most sermons, this was