now at 11:00. >> the uncertainty, it's really hard for doing business. >> help your customers or save your company, why some bay area business people say tariffs have left them with no good option. and it might have been the most complicated commute ever for public transit riders in part of the south bay. >> it's literally a whole day just to go to one doctor's appointment. >> why vta workers say they had to walk off the job and how long riders could be left in the dust. it's kind of a ripple effect. you see people start noticing and then you just see more smiles. >> how bringing a little puppy

love to bay area school campuses seems to be making a difference. from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hi. i'm sara donchey. we talk all the time about businesses leaving san francisco one by one, but one of the world's leading a.i. companies is doubling down on the city. openai celebrated the grand opening of its new headquarters and as kara st. cyr explains, it's a promising sign that more could follow. >> reporter: openai is now a promising fixture in mission bay. a.i. giant's new headquarters are now located on third street in the center of one of the fastest growing neighborhoods. giancarlo lianetti, the chief commercial officer, says the company has 2,000 employees working at mission bay and in the mission. the plan is to double that in two years. >> this does two things. it allows us to really house our

innovation, but it brings us together on a unified campus. >> reporter: mayor daniel lurie who included the company's ceo sam altman on his transition team says this move marks the beginning of a new era for the maker of chatgpt. >> this is an exciting moment for your company, for this neighborhood, but it's also an incredibly exciting time for our city. >> reporter: this openai location comes as downtown tries to recover from post pandemic office vacancies and tech giant departures. both chevron and x announced they'd move their headquarters to texas last year. abby royce, research director at the bay area council economic institute, says openai is a good sign. >> one company sets up shop in a specific industry. others will be prone to doing so as well to create a knowledge base that all is contained and concentrated in one area. san francisco has always been that and i don't foresee it changing. >> reporter: in an email the commercial real estate company, cbre, told us that a.i. companies occupy about 8% of

offices in san francisco and that number is expected to increase by the end of 2025. the company says that return to office calls are likely to increase leases this year as well, but royce says that while openai is a great sign, san francisco should not put all their eggs in one basket. >> you can invest in tech. we are sort of the tech epicenter of the country and i think we should harness that and invest in that and make sure that we retain that sort of standing, but i think it's really important to also not bet all of our cards on one industry and make sure that we're sort of distributing it across other sectors that can continue pushing our economy forward. seven student athletes at sonoma state university are now suing the school in hopes of saving their athletics program. the university recently announced a controversial plan to cut sports and other programs to deal with the $24 million deficit. kelsi thorud has details on their complaint.

>> the goal is to get this decision overturned and to save athletics at sonoma state in addition to the other academic programs that were cut. >> reporter: ross middlemus is one of the attorneys representing the student athletes. >> we need, the students need, the administrators, the chancellor, the board of trustees to take a step back and make the right decision that follows the evidence and also just does what's right by the students. >> reporter: the 53-page suit calls on the superior court of california to stop the university from going through with the announced cuts. ross says in addition to causing irreparable harm to his clients and so many other students at the school, the announced cuts "did not comply with the law in multiple ways." >> just to consult with the interested parties here, this would be the students, the professors, staff, coaches that are employees, some of them long

time employees of the school, and none of that happened. >> reporter: students initially found out about the cuts to athletics and several academic programs from a memo sent out by the university's interim president in january. in that memo the interim president said the cuts were necessary to help balance the school's $24 million projected budget deficit. the lawsuit disputes the claim that the school would be saving millions of dollars by cutting athletics. >> saving athletics is definitely on the cards and we're going to try to do that as soon as possible. >> we reached out to the school's interim president for comment on this lawsuit. we are waiting for a response there. according to the lawsuit, the student athletes are not seeking damages. they just want the cuts to be reversed. ross says it's unclear how long this could drag out. his team is asking the court to fast track the case. over in san jose things have been at a standstill today. 1,500 vta workers hit the picket

lines, putting the brakes on the light rail and bus service, and it could happen again tomorrow. it hasn't left riders with many good options. around 100,000 people use vta every day and as len ramirez shows us, some of them are getting creative just to get from point a to point b. >> reporter: the bus stops and light rail train stations were empty and quiet because today vta drivers were not on the roads and not on the rails. >> who moves this county? >> reporter: they were here on the picket lines and on strike. >> who moves this county? >> reporter: 1,500 drivers walked off the job early monday morning, making good on a threat to strike after contract talks with the valley transportation authority broke off last week. >> vta is not offering us our competitive wage. there's a lot of people struggling with families that can barely make rent and a lot of drivers that actually live in their cars because they can't qualify to

get a simple studio apartment in this county. >> reporter: vta says it offered drivers a 9.3% raise over three years, far away from the 19.1% the drivers union ing. the agency says giving the union the raise they want would cripple the system. >> vta is keeping our operators some of the highest paid in the nation. vta will not cut service to accommodate unreasonable demands. >> reporter: 100,000 people who ride the vta transit system were left without a way to get to work, school, or appointments. one of them is event planner abrea buster. >> today i'm in morgan hill and i had to get a ride from one of my friends to get to my appointment today at 10:00 in the morning because the vta wasn't running and from san jose and now i have to wait until 2:30 until my friend gets off work to get back home. so it's literally a whole day just

to go to one doctor's appointment. >> reporter: she still brought her clipper card just in case, but a quick check of the vta app showed nothing is running. >> the bus schedule is right here, but vta service is suspended. go down, vta suspended, vta suspended, vta suspended. >> reporter: she says she can't afford to drive because of the cost of cars, gas, and insurance. rideshare would also cost too much. she thought of taking caltrain back, but it would be a 30-minute talk to and from the station for her and her four-legged companion bailey. so she decided to wait for her friend to get off work to get back home. >> the struggle is real. it's really sad that we are the ones that are suffering from this. if you have not looked at your 401k today, your day probably went better than people who did. the stock market tanked

today, in large part because of uncertainty over tariffs since president trump doubled tariffs on chinese imports. some local businesses that deal in chinese products are dealing with all the fallout. kenny choi reports from san francisco's chinatown. >> reporter: edward lau and his employees precisely weigh herbal products, taking wholesale volumes and packaging them into smaller quantities, including these supplements. >> it helps when people have a backache. >> reporter: is this one of those products you import from china? >> yes. all these products come from china. all these are going to be affected by the tear tariffs. >> reporter: they receive monthly shipments from china. the 10% tariff initiated in february which doubled to 20% this month has lau adjusting the price for imported goods.

>> this ginseng powder, they originally sell for like $88 a pound. so we will be selling that at least about $100 a pound. >> reporter: but competition is fierce among similar stores in chinatown. lau can only absorb the hits for so long and has been hesitant to raise prices that will impact customers, many who are elderly. >> the customer base is mostly people who are living on a fixed income. so those people are going to be hit really hard. >> reporter: the trump administration has initiated tariffs primarily to address concerns over trade practices. the tariffs aim to reduce the u.s. trade deficit with china and encourage domestic manufacturing by making chinese imports more expensive. chris deritis is deputy chief economist at moody's analytics. >> usually what happens is the cost to households and businesses more than offsets any potential benefit. >> reporter: a macroeconomic

issue affecting lau now. >> maybe in the long run it can solve some kind of deficit problem, you know, but in the short run i don't know. it's going to be hurting people. >> reporter: lau says his options are to raise prices which could ultimately lose business. >> it's becoming more expensive and people will start thinking about other alternatives or maybe they simply are not using it. >> reporter: or hope prices will steady in an unpredictable time. >> the uncertainty is really hard for doing business. >> reporter: with no guarantees this is the last round of tariffs. dogs are great for so many reasons and now one bay area school has figured out a way they can help students. >> i think that animals can really sense when people can use, you know, their interaction and their connection. >> how two lucky pups are navigating the halls of high schools along with teens who they'd a boost. and tesla cybertrucks going

up in flames, the investigation happening on the west coast. a nice start to the second week of march after a very pleasant weekend. temperatures were about 3 to 5 degrees above normal, hitting the mid-60s in half moon bay and some of the warmer spots around 70. one more dry, mild day and then some big changes, details coming up in the first alert forecast. if you need a new sport to watch or maybe try yourself, here's your sign. financial jargon, but let's just say. your. 401 is.

yeah, that is crazy video. people at a southern california carmax had to move quickly to get out of the way of that car and witnesses say the driver got into an argument with the workers there, left the building, got into the car and smashed right into it. eight people were hurt. the driver was arrested soon after this happened. in seattle at least four tesla cybertrucks were damaged after catching on fire. they were in a storage lot for electric cars. it's still not exactly clear if the fire was

intentionally set or exactly what caused it. tesla, though, has faced backlash and protests over the last few weeks for its chief executive, elon musk's, role in the trump administration. even on a normal day, school can be tough to handle. the cdc says nearly 40% of high school students in america experience a persistent feeling of sadness, but as our itay hod shows us, some campuses in san francisco have found a new way to help. >> reporter: high school can be a jungle, students rushing to class, stressed and overwhelmed, but one campus in san francisco found a way to tame the beast. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: with a pair of pooches dressed as tigers. meet luna and brixton, two therapy dogs who aren't just cute. they're the ultimate stress busters, sinking their teeth into anxiety and helping

students pounce over the finish line. >> can't help putting a smile to your face when you see these two dogs. >> reporter: this senior at lick wilmerding high school says these dogs have given them a much needed pause from the pressure of student life. >> one lunch period changes the entire momentum of a day, whether it's a bad day to a good day or a good day to an even better day. >> reporter: for years therapy dogs have comforted hospital patients and calmed kindergartners. now high schools are discovering what wagging tails and wet noses can do for stressed out teenagers, especially around midterms and finals. turns out, quite a lot. studies show these canine counselors can reduce stress, boost learning, and even improve attendance. >> it really helps kind of bring joy and lightness to campus. >> reporter: school counselor yuka hachiuma says these dogs

are more than classroom pets. they're changing the way students connect with each other. >> it's kind of a ripple effect. people start noticing and you see more smiles. >> reporter: there are some concerns associated with pet therapy, including safety, allergies, and hygiene, but that hasn't stopped schools from booking these dogs over and over. >> we get requests almost on a daily basis. >> reporter: tina mitchell from the sfspca says luna and brixton have an instinct for spotting students who need them the most. >> i think the animals can really sense when people can use, you know, their interaction and their connection. >> reporter: in the jungle of high school, luna and brixton are a reminder that sometimes a little belly rub is all you need to unleash your stress. first alert weather powered by kia. learn more at kia.com. kia, movement that inspires. >> any chance to pet dogs and

paul is in 100% of the time. >> brixton, the golden, i met brixton on saturday because he was at the dog show that i judged at weston st. francis and he participated in the best dressed part of the contest. >> i can't imagine you giving anybody less than a perfect 10. >> yeah. it was a lot of 9s and 10s. we gave a couple in a few categories. >> i feel bad for people who own dogs on weeks like this with back-to-back rainy days. it's going to be hard to get out later this week with your furry friends. we'll look at what changes. one more dry and mild day in store for us tomorrow. wear your dogs out because the rainy and windy weather returns wednesday with the low end atmospheric river, tapering off to showers and then another wave of rain friday and a dry day saturday gives way to another round on sunday and monday. we've got these every other day rain chances headed

our way. i don't think any will be as impactful as some of the systems we saw two years ago in march when we had multiple rain and wind events that did quite a bit of damage across the bay area. it's going to be more kind of inconvenient through the latter half of the week. temperatures now, 40s and 50s, steadily dropping off since sunset, which was after 7:00 this evening now that we're back into daylight time. tonight's low temperatures drop down to the upper 30s in the north bay valleys, but it's only a couple degrees below average. everybody else is in the low to mid-40s to start the day tomorrow, which is 1 or 2 degrees below where we're supposed to be in the middle of march. high temperatures will climb up to the 60s, upper 60s in san jose, one of the warm spots. the coolest locations will be along the coast, at 60 degrees, a lot of mid- to upper 50s, low to mid-60s around the bay, most inland temperatures hitting the mid- to upper 60s. the changes start to kick in

wednesday. let's look at futurecast and start at 11:00 tomorrow night and continue through 5:00 a.m. wednesday with this first animation. you see the band of light showers hitting the coast before the sun comes up wednesday, but this is just the precursor to the main event. we go from 5:00 a.m. wednesday through 11:00 a.m. and that's when the heavier and steadier rain will start to make its way in from the pacific. that heaviest rain will fall from late morning into early afternoon. you see the lines showing up here. the one that's just off the coast at 11:00 in the morning we call a narrow cold frontal rain band. it's associated with the heaviest downpours and strongest winds with this low end atmospheric river. it's going to be an ar-1 on our 1 to 5 scale and that might be kind of borderline. wednesday afternoon the heaviest rain pushes east. it doesn't linger long enough to lead to a significant flooding threat, so flash flooding isn't likely, but urban and small stream flooding, standing water, the main concern wednesday afternoon. there's going to be

a pretty hefty amount of wind energy associated with this system. let's track the hour-by-hour wind gusts. tonight not a problem. as the atmosphere gets squeezed by this approaching system, the winds pick up during the day tomorrow. we'll have 20 to 25-mile-an-hour gusts by tuesday afternoon. those winds relax tomorrow night for a little while, but the winds steadily pick up through the duration of wednesday with the strongest gusts kicking in by late morning as the heaviest rain moves in, 25 to 35-mile-an-hour gusts, and the strongest wind gusts in the 40 to 50-mile-an-hour range by early wednesday afternoon, but it doesn't last too long. the winds start to back down by late afternoon and should really relax heading into wednesday evening. in the sierra this is going to be a snow event. we're talking about a winter storm warning that's already in effect for the sierra nevada. above 4,000 feet we are expecting 1 to 3 feet of snow, some of the peaks picking up 4 feet of total snowfall with the first system and it's the first of three. friday and sunday will bring them more snow, more rain

to us. in general, 1 1/2 to 2 inches of rain faced out over three different systems. hopefully that allows us to avoid any flooding potential, but there will be more rain in the santa cruz mountains and north bay with 3 plus inches of rain the likely scenario. we have the dry day tomorrow and one more dry day saturday. this is the tenuous part of the forecast when you have a couple rain chances bracketing that one dry day, doesn't take much to change for the dry day to go away. we'll keep you updated. right now for outdoor planning purposes, saturday looks okay and i would try to push everything outdoors into that half of the weekend. temperatures will be cool to go along with the rain chances, pretty much everybody in the 50s wednesday through at least monday next week. straight ahead in sports, wouldn't it be great if two

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>vern>nba nba up top, they sang happy 50th birthday to a donald coyle, home crowd rocking and why not? the warriors had ripped off five straight wins. happy belated 50th and what a birthday venue, chase center. final seconds of the first half, moses moody did it at both ends, the steal and the fly to beat the buzzer. golden state up 19 at the half. steph curry came into the game seven three's away from 4,000 for his career, knocked down five tonight. he scored 24. early fourth quarter it's an 11-point game. jimmy butler grabbed his own miss and scored. butler's first triple-double as a warrior. what a night for gary payton ii. draymond green here

threw up an alley-oop. gp2 had a career high 26 points. warriors won it 130-120. dubs stayed sixth in the conference with a record of 37-28. nfl, monday was the first day of free agency and the 49ers had a lot more players going out than coming in. fullback kyle juszczyk has been told he will be released. the longest tenured 9er made the pro ball in all eight of his seasons in san francisco. line backer dre greenlaw was off to denver on a three-year deal worth up to $35 million. big play dre came back from a torn achille's last season. when healthy, he's one of the top linebackers in football. safety talanoa hufanga agreed to a $45 million contract in denver. he was all pro in 2022, but struggled to stay

healthy the last two seasons. cornerback moody ward agreed to a three-year $60 million deal with the colts. ward said staying in california was too painful for him and his girl friend after their daughter passed away in november. college basketball, st. mary's fans wild for the gaels versus cinderella pepperdine, the west coast conference tournament supplies, turn semis. st. mary's won it 74-59 and advance to the conference final for the fourth straight year. usf tried to join them. dons forced a turnover with eight minutes left, the zags lead cut to one, but the bulldogs big man was a problem for usf, scored

down low and pushed the lead to six. gonzaga won it 85-76 to set up a bulldogs/gaels final for the fourth year in a row. usf's option? play in the nit, but man, what a devastating day if you're a 9ers fan who doesn't like change. >> who are these people? who are they? >> i get they wanted to conserve money. i know they got a balloon payment coming up to their quarterback. >> yeah. >> it was just a bid for them to go younger. i've seen some wild stuff. unfortunately, what happened to juszczyk, but you could always sign him back. there's so many backdoor deals that we will never know about. >> yup. vern, thank you. coming up, the championship you definitely did not see on tv.

if you spent the weekend watching basketball or any other sports, you might have missed this under-the-radar championship. it wasn't on the court. it wasn't even on tv, but it did take over downtown las vegas. this weekend marked the world sign spinning

championship. the organizers bill it as extreme sports meets performance art or like job in between other jobs? 60 of the world's best sign spinners compete over three rounds. one of this year's competitors is a former world champ and the current number one sign spinner in texas. matthew dulan says it only takes a few seconds to be memorable. >> we get them to engage with us with a smile and wave. then we're doing a trick trying to get them to remember us, right, leave a signature. >> everybody when they're a kid wants to be a ninja at some point, you know, at some point. they see something. they're like i want to be a ninja. this is where i can kind of live it out in its own weird way. >> matthew, he did win the world title in 2019. he finished eighth this year. this year's world title went to kadim johnson, his fifth championship overall. he was spinning signs in los angeles most recently. i felt like i saw a lot more of these people when i was younger

versus now. >> yeah. >> where are they now? >> i guess las vegas competing. >> yeah. i mean this was a known job when i was younger. >> i like the fact they don't let the sign hit - [announcer] the following is a paid presentation sponsored by lifelock. - i thought i'd be the last person on earth this would happen to. i change my passwords all the time, i shred my documents, and i lock my documents up, so i thought i was bulletproof, honestly. someone stole my social security number and filed a tax return in my name. - nearly one in four consumers in the u.s. have been a victim of identity theft, but not you, yet. you check your bank accounts and credit, set up complex passwords, shred important documents. no one's getting past your protections. but the reality is, identity thieves don't have to