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business. then dozens of veterans come together for a different kind of fight. the message they're sending to the white house. plus -- >> come on, and we'll get you caught next time. >> a business owner not backing down after a group of thieves burst into her store and pepper sprayed everyone inside. and if you could make a copy of your best friend, would you? >> immediately i fell in love with her, and it was because it was like looking at stella.

from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hi, i'm sara donchey. if you hadn't heard of tariffs in great detail before, you definitely have by now. they've become a buzzword in the second trump administration. the president hit canada and mexico with 25% tariffs on goods yesterday, and those countries said pretty quickly that they'd be punching back. the canadian prime minister addressed trump directly. >> donald, in the over eight years you and i have worked together we've done big things. now it's not in my habit to agree with "the wall street journal," but donald, they point out that even though you're a very smart guy, this is a very dumb thing to do. >> president trump says he and justin trudeau talked today but neither side was ready to budge. mexico says now it may look for other trade partners instead of

the united states. the trump administration doubled tariffs on china yesterday too. china's government hit back with its own retaliatory measures. the chinese foreign ministry sent this warning with it, posting on x, quote, if war is what the u.s. wants, be it a trade war, a tariff war, or any other type of war, we're ready to fight to the end. you'll likely be paying more for things like food, electronics, and toys. the president said in his speech to congress last night the tariffs are about making america rich again and he understands there will be what he called a little disturbance, something the white house doubled down on today. >> they're going to raise revenue. they're going to help us pay down our debt. most importantly, they're going to bring american jobs here back home. so i think for folks on wall street who may be concerned, look at this kwha this president did for you in his first term, the stock market boomed, the president expects that to happen again. most importantly, main street is going to boom. >> but even if we have not felt the full effects of tariffs yet, one san francisco business decided to get ahead of it. they

are already raising prices for one popular item. they were worried that would drive customers away, but it seems to be having the opposite effect. our andrea nakano reports. >> reporter: to co-licious started in 2009, now it has three bay area locations. >> great local neighborhood spot, great tacos and awesome happy hour. >> reporter: they've been coming to the marina location for about six years. they've noticed firsthand how hard it's been for small businesses to survive on chestnut street. >> we see a lot of turnover on this street alone and having a restaurant like this be around for so long, we were just talking about how it's one of our favorites to go to for just a random night of the week and we want to keep them open. >> reporter: so instead of being scared away by higher prices, they say they're committed to

helping out during tough times. >> i think it's a challenging climate for all businesses. and like anything we can do to help support local businesses like this is super important. keep the neighborhood thriving. >> reporter: they sent out this letter on social media to its customers about the changes, citing the orders from the white house to impose tariffs, the restaurant had to make its most significant price increase to its guacamole from $13.50 to $16.75. >> our hearts are set on providing that value. this is definitely not what we want to charge for guacamole, but as a business we have to make sure we have enough money to pay the staff and keep the lights on. >> reporter: the costs for limes has increased as well, forcing the company to switch to a lemon/lime base for the margaritas to take advantage of california-grown lemons. the goal, though, is to eventually be able to lower prices and go back to serving up their original recipes. >> we're watching it very carefully, and i think that's why we've done the adjustments

the way we've done them. if this all goes away, we can revert to the menu we have. >> reporter: in the meantime, customers say it's a price they're willing to pay for now. >> hurts in the short term for us getting our taco, it's definitely worth it to support the business. >> hours after getting a shout-out in the president's joint address last night, elon musk was on capitol hill meeting with republicans to talk doge and apparently they told him how they could turn his spending cuts into law and he gave them his personal cellphone number. of course, not everybody is happy with what doge has been up to. hundreds of protesters in ventura county rallied after doge slashed 10% of the channel island national park's workforce. protesters worry those cuts could hurt the islands and their natural beauty. >> we put bald eagles back on the islands, and they weren't here, right? the island fox almost went extinct, and we saved it, right? so what does it mean when you start cutting

these people and these projects is that ability to manage and understand your ecosystem gets smaller and smaller. >> the protesters are asking people to visit national parks and to write to congress. and veterans in oakland and santa rosa were protesting today too. an internal memo sent to top va officials reportedly said it would be cutting 80,000 jobs from the agency. our john ramos introduces us to some local veterans who say they are being blind sided. >> reporter: outside the va hospital in santa rosa it wasn't the usual crowd of protesters. veterans, many of them from the vietnam war, were feeling betrayed. >> i thought it was pretty much hands off veterans, you know. nobody wants to say i sponsored a bill to cut the veteran's benefits, but trump did it, you know, all his lap dogs will do whatever he says. >> reporter: there was plenty of anger about donald trump. last

week nationwide 1,000 va workers were let go by elon musk's doge with another 1,400 in the last few days. they are the workers these people rely on for healthcare. >> be strong during this, and don't let fear take us over. we have to stay strong. we have to stay united. >> reporter: katie weber is a disabled veteran who says many of the wounds are as much mental as physical. >> we've already lost 2,400 people in two weeks. so we have a problem if we lose anymore. if we lose these folks, we're done. you're going to see suicide like you never saw before. >> reporter: but for former marine gunnery sergeant george the betrayal feels personal. the vietnam veteran voted for donald trump in 2016 because he thought it would shake things up and force the two parties to work

together. >> what i expected, that he would agitate both sides of the political spectrum, came to fruition. but -- >> do you like the result of that? >> no. >> reporter: he's not the kind of guy you would expect to be at odds with a republican president, but like most veterans, he considers his va benefits to be part of a sacred obligation. >> i made a contract with the u.s. government. i've held up my end of that contract to the best of my ability. the government is always trying to change that contract down to the smallest dollar amount that they possibly can. >> reporter: and though it's something that seems hard to imagine, this warrior who fought for his country more than 50 years ago, says he would be willing to do it again. >> i'm willing to step forward

if needed still today. >> reporter: to do somewhat? >> to defend the country and the constitution. but -- >> reporter: physically? >> if need be. >> reporter: do you think it's going to come to that? >> i hope not. >> reporter: each of these veterans are, in some way, casualties of war. now they are wondering if they will soon become a casualty of doge. after voters overwhelmingly approved a path for the san mateo county sheriff to be kicked off the job, sheriff christina corpus says she's not going anywhere. so far more than 85% have voted yes on measure a with some 78,000 of the 92,000 ballots counted so far. that measure would give supervisors the power to fire the sheriff in san mateo county. corpus has been in hot water after an independent report accused her of bullying, misconduct, and abuse of power among a long list

of other things. things she has all denied adamantly. once the election is certified next month, the board will hold a special hearing, and the sheriff will have a chance to defend herself in public. >> the results of this historic election send a clear message that san mateo county voters continue to make educated decisions and trust the board of supervisors to uphold accountability and justice. >> the sheriff gave us a statement today saying she plans to challenge and disprove the, quote, politically motivated allegations. she said in part, quote, i will not resign. i will continue to fulfill my oath, do my job, and work tirelessly to keep the residents of san mateo county safe. the sheriff also noted only 20% of registered voters participated in the special election, calling that hardly a mandate for overturning the will of the people. a boutique in orinda went from a very normal day tending

shop to an all out siege. >> it's just a catastrophic thing. we've been in business for 25 years, and it's never happened before. >> the moment a group burst into the store and pepper sprayed everyone they saw. how the community is helping the store now. plus, big name chains are not the only ones shutting their doors in san francisco. the struggles that independent pharmacies are facing these days. and showers and even a couple of thunderstorms, especially over the south bay today. we've seen a few of those showers taking shape down the peninsula this evening. the overall trend is going to be for one more cool and showery day tomorrow. and then some changes just in time for the weekend. details coming up in the first alert forecast. >> all right, paul, thank you. and what lengths would you go to to keep your dog in your life forever?

an orinda boutique just got hit by thieves for the very first time, and in one of the scariest ways possible. surveillance video shows five people busting into the shop, pepper spraying workers and customers, and then they smashed through display cases and snatched up jewelry. this happened saturday at hilton house consignments. the owner tells us she has been taking safety precautions for years. >> we are totally wired. we've got all the precautions. we've done all the precautions. the panic button went off right when they came in. that's why the police were here so fast. >> the contra costa county sheriff says so far they haven't arrested everybody. cindy is focused on taking care of her business. she made one thing clear, she's not afraid. >> we're not nervous. just come on and we'll get you caught next time. >> there's a donation bowl inside the store along with a qr code that links to a donation website. being able to walk, bike, or

even drive to your local pharmacy used to be a lot easier, but with at least 63 pharmacy closures in san francisco over the past decade, it is getting pretty difficult to go pick up a prescription in the city, not to mention waiting in long lines at the stores that still exist. the most recent closures include 12 walgreens that shut down just last week. this is creating what advocates are calling pharmacy deserts. the problem is not limited to big name chains either, it's also hitting independent pharmacies really hard. one of those over on irving street has been operating for over a century. these days the owner said they are behind on rent and on bills. one of the issues, insurers don't seem to be reimbursing as much. >> billing is still a mystery whether i will be getting any reimbursement or no. maybe i made one dollar, maybe i lost two dollars, who knows. >> district nine board of supervisors jackie fielder says the city will look at how other

places have addressed pharmacy deserts, but her request for a budget and legislative analysis could take six to nine months. first alert weather powered by kia. learn more at kia.com. kia, movement that inspires. >> okay, i will admit, i will admit, i wasn't outside much today. >> okay. >> was one of those inside days, but when i did step out, i didn't have a jacket. i do listen to you, i was hit with cold air. i was not prepared. >> it's still chilly today, one more chilly day tomorrow, and then it will warm up a little bit for friday. it's nice when the weather gets a little more agreeable as we head into the weekend and then back to the rainy pattern next week. we'll get into all of that. showers to the south of san francisco, showers that are very light. i mean, not much of this is reaching ground level, but it's enough to make you fiddle with

the windshield wipers if you're heading out and about late this evening. making its way a little bit farther inland in the east bay and the bulk of the shower activity concentrated over the south bay. little more of an equal distribution to the lingering showers that we are going to see for the rest of tonight and into tomorrow. so let's switch over to futurecast. we're going take you through 10:00 in the morning. and there are going to be some hit or miss showers that continue to make their way in. it's not going to be a washout, though, for the morning commute. keep the umbrella handy. they're more miss than hit, but they're out there for at least the first half of the day. likely to see more of them popping up in the afternoon. let's turn that one on, turn it back on again because the data didn't load. here we go. showers, again, moving mainly north to south as everything wraps around the heart of the storm system during the afternoon. and the upper levels of the -- some could develop into full-fledged

thunderstorms. i don't think we're going to have another severe thunderstorm warning issue, but don't be alarmed if you hear a rum obviously thunder. everything should quiet down after sunset tomorrow evening. your highs are only going to reach up into the low 60s. pretty much everybody else is going to be in the mid to upper 50s. this is a good four to seven degrees below what's typical for early march but a return to near normal temperatures, which means pretty much 60s across the board. that's in store for us as we hit the end of the workweek on friday and as we head into the weekend. if you're ready for warmer temperatures, just be patient for a little while longer. the winds aren't going to be as much of a factor tomorrow either. still some gusts in the 20 to 30-mile-an-hour range right now. that'll be the case as we head through early tomorrow morning. through the daylight hours as the storm system slides farther off to the east, the squeeze on the atmosphere is going to lessen, and we're going to see the winds dying down. couple gusts towards 24 miles per hour

on the coast, but that's not bad at all. in the sierra, the winter weather advisory continues through 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. they're going to add up anywhere from about an inch or two at lake level to potentially four to six inches of additional snowfall on top of the at least four to six inches accumulated in the higher elevations, especially to the south of u.s. 50. the bulk of the moisture was aimed at the southern half of california, the bulk of the snowfall over the southern half of the sierra. enough snow falling in the mountains around tahoe to freshen up the runs at the ski resorts. we dry out friday, saturday, and sunday. and then the rain chances go up again next week. most likely showers monday and tuesday and then more widespread and heavier rain along with some gusty winds in the forecast by next wednesday. that could be associated with a low end atmospheric river. it's the last day of the seven-day forecast, there's a lot that can change between now and then. let's take a look at the seven-day forecast and temperatures really are going to warm up as we dry out friday, saturday, and sunday. upper 60s inland. some of the warmest

spots maybe touching 70 degrees. we cool off again as the forecast heads in a wetter direction by the middle of next week, especially temperatures even only topping out in the mid-50s inland next wednesday. that's raw for the middle of march. temperatures around the bay also warming up friday, saturday, and sunday. only to the mid-60s. it's more of a modest warm-up, and the most modest of the warm-ups is along the coast. everyone there around 60 degrees. you'll see plenty of coastal sunshine friday and saturday with some passing clouds on sunday. vern, what's going on in sports? >> all right, straight ahead, draymond green's birthday was yesterday but wait until you hear what he wished for when he blew out the candles. and one of the nfl's top pass rushers was just released today. could he join his brother in santa clara wearing red and gold by training camp?

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before an upset. >> yay, you know, you expect the unexpected. it's part of this whole postseason thing, right? >> yeah. >> and unfortunately, it hit the stanford cardinal. now, most can't get to the tournament without the conference tournament. ladies first. stanford struggling by their standards in the acc tournament debut. a mission impossible. win the conference, punch their ticket to the ncaa tournament. last time stanford wasn't in the big dance, 1987. lethal weapon was the top movie at the box office and the average price of gas? 90 cents a gallon. for the cardinal, clemson was in the way. on a tough carolina night, the tigers were unrelenting. mia moore from deep. she had four threes. clemson won it 63-46. so for the first time in 37 years, no march madness for the

stanford women. and a rebuilding season of 16-15. let's go nfl. news and notes, the chargers released pass rusher joey bosa tonight. had five sacks in 14 games amid injuries last season. 49er faithful, i know what you're thinking, could this mean a reunion with younger brother nick with the 49ers next season? stay tuned. bosa could stay in l.a. and go to the rams. all right, men's hoops, stanford's maxime renault well defended at notre dame. was in foul trouble at the worst time. cole clutch in the final seconds for the irish. they took the lead by two. here's the last chance for stanford to tie, but no heroics for ryan as time ran out. notre dame won it 56-54. stanford fell to 11-8 in conference play. that acc tournament for the men is next

week. cal bears on the road at louisville. over eight minutes without a field goal in the first half. didn't get much better in the second half. said give me that and take this at the other end. 14th-ranked louisville won it 85-68. warriors got the night off after a big win over the knicks at madison square garden on tuesday. it was draymond green's 35th birthday, so they celebrated in the city. he shared a birthday wish, though, with many dubs fans are also hoping for. >> y'all know what my wish is? >> number five. >> there's five candles. >> representing what would be his fifth championship ring. teammate steph curry was there after scoring 28 points in a huge win. he got plenty of cheers from the crowd at madison square guarden and enjoyed his

back and forth with knicks superfan spike lee. >> he was telling me how to read the pick and roll. they were blitzing a little bit, and he was just giving me some pointers. >> all right, so sara, it's red carpet season. so i got to ask you, who wore it better, steph or doja cat? >> doja. >> doja? >> she always wears it better. i have to say, this is a jacket i have. i don't have the same jacket. but when i'm not working it's fur jackets and sweats time. >> we want to see it. >> maybe tomorrow. it's fake fur before anyone sends letters. all right, vern, thank you. if you love your dog and you want to keep it around forever, why not turn to cloning?

all three of us know what it's like to watch your beloved dog get older, knowing their time is limited. we have said good-bye to dogs. it is traumatic and awful. but as our itay hod reports, one winery owner in sonoma county found a way to keep his dog around for a little longer with the help of science. >> reporter: in the world of wine, there is one ingredient you can't bottle. >> most wineries have dogs. >> reporter: arthur murray is the president of flambeaux, a picture perfect sonoma vineyard where a rainbow graced the vines the day we were there as did its most famous ambassador, stella. >> she's kind of a local celeb. welcome to flambeaux. >> reporter: stella is what's known as a winery dog, and she

does more than just charm visitors. she guards the grapes and keeps unwanted invaders at bay. she's so good at her job she even made the wine dog calendar as miss july. >> come on. >> reporter: but after a decade on duty, stella was slowing down. >> look at the fish. >> reporter: murray couldn't bear the thought of her not being here. >> she's part of the family. she's a part of the wine. and i want that to continue. >> reporter: he thought he'd have to get another dog, but then someone half jokingly suggested he clone her. enter mella, stella's genetic twin and the world's first cloned winery dog. it cost about $50,000. the best part, stella gets to train her mini me. in the 30 years since a sheep named dolly made headlines as the first mammal to be cloned, the practice has become a booming business, but not everyone is %

klitzman, a physician and bioethicist at columbia university, says pet cloning involves potential stress and health risks for both surrogates and clones. he also points to a lack of transparency within the industry. >> these are not benign procedures, and people should realize the costs involved. not just the economic costs, but the costs in terms of suffering of dogs. >> reporter: not to mention, it's not a carbon copy. like twins they have different personalities. stella is a serious dog while mella is all about play. but for murray it's close enough. >> does she feel like an extension of stella? >> yeah, that much is for sure. to me it's like immediately i fell in love with her and it's like because i was like looking at stella. >> reporter: well, not exactly, but arthur murray is obviously a glass half full kind of guy. >> 50 grand? >> you know how many shelter dogs you can rescue for 50 grand? >> i knew you were going to say that. yes, of course. i was attached to bymy doberman. i

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