regions of the bay area. the main reason is in the burn debris flows and flash h rain i scattered in other regions, the most concentrated is in the south bay in the santa cruz mountains over into the mt. ham to believe area and into the diablo range. so this storm, although its overall intensity is winding down, still ranks 2 on the abc7 news storm impact, because the impact still merits a level 2 ranking. night. isolated thunder is possible, and of course there is that burn scar flood threat. here is a look at our forecast animation taking us into the nighttime hours and the overnight hours. we'll see the storm winding down and the showers becoming far more widely scattered and more isolated. we'll start the day tomorrow with some drying. i'll have theec le latery? >> tnkyou,

e you i a few local offials just got a boost in their efforts to monitor weather conditions at the fire damaged areas in the santa cruz mountains. cal fire announced on twitter that it has finished setting up its latest remote automated weather station on the highest ridge of big basin state park. that's west of boulder creek that station will help track rainfall at the top of the watershed, information that you can actually monitor online. yosemite will be closed at least until monday. these pictures were posted on the national park's twitter account. yosemite has been closed since last week when a windstorm downed several trees. and check out all of the snow coming down in lake tahoe. well, it looks like now it's all down. it's not coming down anymore. live pictures from our new camera at zephyr cove. you can watch this camera any time through our abc7 news bay area app or roku and other devices. and reminder, you can track weather where you live with right on your tv.tv azo fire an.

now to the coronavirus, according to an abc news analysis, the national seven-day average of cases in the u.s. has declined by 34%. that's the steepest nonholiday related drop since the summer. california has seen the most dramatic drop with cases cut in half. today the state reported 16,696 new cases, but the coronavirus variant sidified in south africa has officially reached the u.s. today we're getting an exclusive look at the stanford lab where researchers are on the hunt for new variants. high-tech robots identify positive covid tests and doctors then study the results. we first told you about this research last week. so far a uk variant, a brazil variant and a california one. they've not yet seen the south african strain in california. turning to the vaccine, nearly two million covid doses are waiting in freezers across

the state. that backlog is slowly improving. reporter stephanie sierra live now and tracking the latest for us. stephanie? >> every day we are keeping a close eye on our covid-19 vaccine tracker. 4.7 million doses have been shipped and 2.8, actually that number is just a little bit off. it was just updated a moment ago, 2.8 have been administered. that's close to 60%. not where we need to be, but it is a new record for the state. >> reporter: california's vaccine distribution backlog is crawling at a snail's pace. just how slow? close to 80% of the nation is doing better. the state doesn't make the first page, second page, or even the third page of our covid-19 vaccine tracker. that's because california ranks 38th with only 6.9 of the population over 16 that's received the first dose. we're tied with states like massachusetts, hawaii, and

arizona. meanwhile, texas, the only state that's distributed close to the same amount of doses as california, is at 7.6%. alaska is first with 14.6%. but there is good news. as we heard from the governor on monday. >> just a few weeks ago, we were doing daily vaccines around 43,000 in just a two-week period you. get a -- or ten-day period, 131,000 vaccines. >> abc7's analysis found the numbers are improving. the state did average around 142,000 vaccinations per day between sunday and today. to put that in perspective, around two weeks ago, 40% of doses were administered in california. now we have around 61%. >> we stay at that pace, how long do you think it will take to vaccinate a majority of the population? >> months and months and months. a very long time. we took the pace of a couple of weeks ago, we could be talking years. if we take the pace of now, you know, months, better part o a year maybe. >> reporter: louise aaronson is

professor of geriatrics at uc san francisco. she is one of 13 members on the state's vaccine workforce. she says the biggest hurdle now stems from the lack of vaccine supply. . there are places where we know that are all ramped up, but they don't have vaccine to give. >> reporter: the other big hurdle is the lack of logistical planning. >> began in december which was clearly too late for something this large. >> reporter: the state's distribution workforce is pushing the governor to get better systems for logistics, ensuring simple proportionatization structures and increasing the availability of vaccine. now in an effort to help curb the backlog, the state has tapped oakland-based blue shield to manage a statewide vaccination network. the contract is still being finalized, but newsom hopes the transition will happen by mid-february. live in the studio, stephanie sierra, abc7 news. >> stephanie, thank you. in the south bay, santa clara county's first covid-19 walkup vaccination site opened

today to serve health care workers and those over the age of 65. one of the areas hit hardest by the virus. abc7 news reporter chris nguyen is live at the mexican heritage plaza in east san jose with more. chris? >> reporter: hi there. organizers wanted to make this process as fair as possible. behind me you can see some of the staff members working hard to make that happen. as you know, not everyone has access to the internet. some are aren't used to navigating online navigation form, especially seniors or people who don't speak english as their first language. that's why efforts like one here at the plaza will be especially important moving forward. on this dreary thursday afternoon. >> i'm so excited because this is very important for us. >> reporter: not even the rain. >> i want to keep myself safe. >> reporter: or the lines. >> i've been waiting for a long time. >> reporter: could keep people away from receiving their covid-19 vaccine. >> i just called them last night and they said yeah, let's go. >> reporter: elizabeth robledo brought her parents to the mexican heritage plaza in san

jose, site of the first walk-up vaccination site in santa clara county. >> my mom is 92 and she's got diabetes, and she lives in a multifamily home. so these are very important factors. >> reporter: in partnership with gardner health care services, health care workers and those over the age of 65 can come on tuesdays and thursdays to get vaccinated. >> i think it kind of takes a load off your mind about possibly getting sick. >> reporter: retired teacher jan johnson was relieved to learn that she didn't have to make an appointment to be seen. >> i don't do things online like younger people do. >> reporter: vaccines are administered between 12:00 and 6:00, but wristbands are given out starting at 9:00 to the first 500 people in line. >> we all know that the pandemic has disproportionately impacted our latino, our working class community. >> reporter: officials here know the importance of their work. >> there are five zip codes in east san jose thae up % of the cases that are reported in the county. >> reporter: a commitment to a community that so desperately wants this pandemic to be over.

>> we need to be fair. we need to be equitable. being taken to get it done. >> we see the light at the end of the tunnel now. this offers hope to the community that we can get control of this virus and start to have a normal society again. >> reporter: officials don't expect to have any unused doses by the end of the night, but if for some reason they -- but if for some reason not all 500 doses are accounted for in the next hour or so, then they'll begin doing some targeted outreach to ensure that none of the doses go to waste. we're live in east san jose, i'm chris nguyen, abc7 news. >> chris, thank you. today disability rights advocates made clear their message to state officials, people with disabilities also need to be proportionatized for vaccination. they say the ways covid threatens that community are too many to count. >> i am one of the people that in the state that have caregivers that work with other people. so even though i am at home and

i'm quarantining and isolating, i'm still at risk for exposure. >> today's press conference by disability rights california comes as the state plans to move to an age-based system for vaccine priority. group leadership has been in discussion with state health officials, but they're encouraging people with disabilities across the state to make their voices heard online with the hash tags high risk ca, and nobody is disposable. outdoor dining returned to san francisco starting at 8:00 this morning. we visited north beach around lunchtime, found a few people supporting some of the restaurants, despite less than stellar weather obviously with the rain coming down. outdoor dining is limited to up to six people per table, and tables have to be spaced six feet apart you. remember the rules. restaurants also have to be closed by 10:00 p.m. napa county wineries opening back up. the satui winery reopened monday, but things have been pretty close slow because of the rain. reservations are picking up for

the weekend. the winery's president tells us online orders have been up number 200%, but that's still not enough to offset losses from grapes ruined by wildfire and also having to cancel 60 weddings. a rally under way in pleasanton today. parents are upset about the move away from the district's plan to get all kids back for in-person learning before the end of this school year. abc7 news reporter laura anthony life outside district headquarters. laura? >> well, hi, larry. these parents, these kids actually are upset, and they want their school board and their district to know about it ahead of a meeting tonight that could determine whether the older students, we're talking 6th through 12th grade return to in-person learning at all this school year. >> i get to see my friends on zooms, and that's about it. >> reporter: jackson is a 6th grader in the pleasanton unified school district. his classes are all on zoom. >> i only get to be in school

for maybe three to four hours, and i only get three classes a day. and i'm worried about my college. what am i going to be when i grow up. >> reporter: now parents in pleasanton worry about new language in the district's reopening plan that seems to shift the focus away from, quote, reopening to improving remote instruction for grades 6 through 12. >> i'm disappointed. i feel like they've kind of just thrown in the towel, that they have given up on our secondary kichltds. >> everybody is understanding that that means they're giving up on bringing the secondary kids back to school at all for the rest of the school year. >> reporter: in december, pleasanton's board approved a plan to gradually move all grades toward a hybrid model once alameda moves into the state's red tier. now it appears the younger students may return in the purple tier. but the older ones may have to wait much longer. >> that does not mean that grades 6th through 12th won't go back in person.

right now our proposal is based on what we know at this moment. we haven't given up. >> reporter: academics aside, many pleasanton parents of middle and high school students worry about the mental and emotional toll remote learning is taking on their kids. >> the biggest concern is the change that i'm seeing in the kids in our community. kids that used to be happy, kids that used to be good students, they really liked school, they're getting more failing grades. we're putting our kids in counselling. >> reporter: now the local teachers union did not respond to our request for a comment, but the district did acknowledge this afternoon that any decisions made about what grades, when and whether they will return to in-person learning, all those decisions have to be made after negotiations and discussions with both of the districts' unions. live in pleasanton, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> laura, thank you. state of the city.

san francisco mayor london breed on the covid response and recovery. out of the drought? is the recent rain enough to fight off drought?

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and though every life lost is a tragedy, we have saved thousands of lives. and now we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. >> and that is san francisco mayor london breed today touting the city's response to the coronavirus pandemic during her state of the city address. let's bring in "san francisco chronicle" insider and abc7 news contributor phil matier. mayor's assessment of the city's response? >> well, she said there is a light at the end of the tunnel. the que to shut down now it's stretched on, stretched on and stretched on to ten months. is it going to be a year? her assessment of san francisco's initial handling of the pandemic is absolutely correct. she shut down, she is one of the first cities in the nation to shut down. shut down big-time. the entire bay area did. and a lot of people say that's one of the reasons we have a

lower death rate than the rest of the nation, despite the recent surges, we've all managed to keep it going, down, down, down. but the economics have also suffered and there is a question about you can do a great job about shutting down, but how are you going to do reopening. that's the big challenge facing the mayor and other bay area cities as well. negative, doubt. so many businesses have shuttered during this time. but the mayor, phil, says san franciscans should feel hopeful with the economy now they're starting to reopen. and with covid-19 vaccination empts under way. >> we're vaccinating more and more people each day, and very soon we will open another large vaccination site right near the moscone center. and with support from the state and thank god, the biden administration in the white house, we have a plan to administer 10,000 vaccinations a day. >> well, they do have plan. >> all right. where do you stand on this one, phil, in terms of the vaccination effort? >> they do have a plan to administer thousands of vaccines

every day, but the fact is they don't have them to administer, and that's been one of the short comings up until now. we hear about sites opening up, we hear about plans, we hear about goals, but we haven't seen it on the ground. and it's not just in san francisco. this is a problem throughout the state. some places more than others, especially here in san francisco. they were short, and every day they wake up and they try to find out how it's work. but as you showed in earlier stories in today's newscast, even the state is having to refigure out how it's going distribute the vaccine. so what mayor breed is doing is she is putting the best face forward, but there are still a lot of questions out there. >> old habits die-hard. all right, i caught you there let's talk about her priorities to help rebuild san francisco's economy. let's take a listen on that and then get you to are react afterwards. >> we will continue our work to cut the red tape for small businesses because it's more important than ever.

our recovery also means building housing, now. we will put affordable housing dollars to work and streamline the approval process, even if it means going to the voters to do it. we will continue tosselch i the lat expansion of permanent supportive housing in the last 20 years. >> it is. and possibly it will happen. this is the mayor's vision. it's not necessarily shared by the board of supervisors or by voters, as they've repeatedly gone to the ballot and said different things. san francisco had problems going into the pandemic. it's going to have them coming out. right now the biggest challenge is getting the businesses back into san francisco. and a lot of them are saying we might come back, but not as with many people and not as often. that means sales taxes are down. the hotel and convention industry is far from getting back on its feet. so what is the mayor doing? she is saying look, we've made hit the w it'ee to let's keep ait

and see if wet tohe e tun where ny ck tunnel isn'tur further on, but only time and a good vaccination not just planned but actual vaccination program will get us a long way. >> all right. sounds like we need a little bit of luck too. all right, phil, thank you so much. of course you can read phil's column in "the san francisco chronicle" on sundays and wednesdays. thanks, phil. well, the rain is falling. the question, will it be enough to get california out of the drought? that's next. >> i'm spencer christian. yes, the rain continues falling. it's still heavy in some spots. i'll give you a closer look at the drying coming our way when i come b

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you're looking live at our mt. tam bridge and exploratorium cameras. let's check with spencer christian, here to talk about our forecasts and more showers. >> that's right, kristen. as you can see on live doppler 7 right now, althoughvir has tape significantly in the north bay and parts f the peninsula, we still have heavy activity in the santa cruz mountains and moving over into parts of the south bay and over into the diablo range. right now the heaviest rain is in the santa cruz mountains and towards watsonville, moving towards gilroy and up into the diablo range. we've got some showers in the

east bay as well near san leandro, hayward and san ramon right now. and on the peninsula just moving away from redwood city over the bay. so still scattered showers. heavy in some spots, but drying out in others. here is a nice view of a little clear break in the clouds. temperature readings are in the low to mid-50s at san francisco, oakland, and mountain view. san jose 50 degrees. 46 in morgan hill. and 54 at half moon bay. looking northward from the golden gate, you see partial clearing. temperature readings in the low or mid-50s at napaville, concord and live mormore. these are the forecast features. scattered showers will continue into the evening hours and taper off to isolated showers overnight. dryer, but unsettled weather will be with us through the weekend. and rain returns early next week. and we still have there a flash flood watch in effect until 5:00 p.m., mainly for the higher terrain, especially in the santa cruz mountains and over into the diablo range, where we have the

risk of some mudsliding and flooding in the burn scar areas. now the storm, although its intensity is tapinger off still ranks 2 on the abc7 storm impact because of its impact. again, scattered showers into the late night hours and isolated showers overnight. here is the forecast animation. you see how everything just sort of eases up going into the morning commute tomorrow. and by 8:00 tomorrow morning, we'll see at least partial clearing, and some sunshine. widespread sunshine by midday tomorrow. rainfall totals, additional totals will range from only a few 100s of an inch to 2/10 in san francisco. over a quarter inch in oakland. only 0.13 at san jose. overnight, low temperatures under cloudy conditions with isolated showers. we'll be mainly in the low to mid-40s. chillier up in the north bay where we'll see some mid to upper 30s. and as we look at highs tomorrow, we'll see mainly low to mid-50s. over in the sierra, we still have a winter storm warning in

effect until 2:00 a.m. tomorrow. snow still coming down heavily in some spots. difficult to impossible travel conditions. strong gusty wind. and of course there is this avalanche warning in effect until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. and that's pretty serious situation there. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. unsettled but mainly dry friday, saturday and sunday. but rain comes back with some intensity on monday and tuesday. and then sunny and dry and milder late next week. larry? >> thank you, spencer. now we still don't know if this week's storms have made a sizable dent in our drought. this is a look at the state's latest drought map, relatively speaking, because it was compiled on tuesday just before the big storms hit. you can see dry all across the state. abc7 news reporter wayne freedman takes a look at water totals across the region today.t possible california

alady tashape. >> it's been very difficult to get media interest on this. even locally. >> reporter: elizabeth shared these photos today, the lake mendocino reservoir after this week's rains. she is general manager of that water district. does it look like those rains made a big difference? >> it's giving us a little bit of bump, but it really isn't going to carry us through. >> reporter: what do you need? what do you need? >> oh, my gosh, we need much more. we need much more. >> reporter: it is still early in the season with plenty of time for more rain to fall, but even with what we've had this week, water agencies are concerned. they lull get their water from different sources, and all of them to one degree or another are beginning to use the d word for drought. we asked some local water agencies to tell us how much water they in their reservoirs, and then to compare that with a normal year. what you see here is reminiscent of early patterns from the last drought in 2014. >> it's significant. >> reporter: pam jean is snant

general manager of the sonoma water agency. the russian river should be much higher than this after the recent storm. it's not. >> percentae-wise, it's less than 5% more. >> reporter: what do you need? >> we need probably another 30% or more. yeah, before we're going to be comfortsable. >> reporter: meantime, if you're water comes from the sierra snow runoff, you're in better shape but not worry-free. east bay mud is watching its rain gauge too. >> we normally get 48 inches of precipitation in a year. right now, as of midnight last night, we have 11.6 inches. >> reporter: in summary, don't panic yet, but don't take your water for granted either. from the north bay, wayne freedman, abc7 news. the first official day on the job for t

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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> shirley webber has been approved as california's first black top election official. today's senate vote fills a position vacated when the former secretary of state alex padilla became california's first latino u.s. senator. padilla replaced kamala harris. doug emhoff has made his first solo outing today as america's first second gentleman. that's his time. vice president kamala harris' husband is highlighting the issue of food insecurity. he met with representatives of a nonprofit organization that is working to decrease food insecurity and increase economic opportunity. miriam webster is recognizing the groundbreaking title of second gentleman with a new dictionary entry defined as the husband or male partner of a vice president or second in command of a country or

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are variations. but the one he chose is successful or congratulatory. and the jin is a brocade, a very intricate tapestry. at first when i suggested the name, she said i don't want beauty in my name because she thought it would be a little too superficial. i said it's like an elaborate brocade or opera so you're really a woman of substance with beauty, she accepted the name. >> and then you went ahead and named doug emhoff. >> i named him delong, is sort of like douglas. >> in mandarin, yes, m what? i know long is the dragon. >> the particular de that i chose is actually ethical. so he is ethical dragon is what i call him. and that's the translation. >> so the second gentleman is an ethical dragon. those are great names. not clunky phonetic

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time now for the big news in the financial world. robin hood and other financial platforms are restricting gamestop and other stock that have been targeted by reddit traders.

users were prevented from buying more gamestop today but limited buys will be allowed starting tomorrow. td ameritrade also placed restrictions on trading these stocks. lawmakers today were critical of this crackdown, and the new york attorney general says her office is now looking into this situation. this is pretty complicated to explain, but i'm surprised by a couple things. expense. >> one, a bunch of little guys can band together on reddit and take down a bunch of mighty hedge fund traders. and two, having seen that, that robin hood, oh by the way, the premise, steal from the rich, give to the poor is then restricting the little guys. that's the exact opposite of what the mission is. >> that seems right. i find a little humor also in your reference to the little guys taking down the hedge fund guys. and in the irony that it's robin hood supposed to take from the rich, give to the poor that's shutting it down. it's interesting, but it is

complicated, and i have no clue where it's leading. it's just kind of fun to watch right now. >> kristen, you and i both keep an eye on cryptocurrency, and robin hood -- >> you do. >> a lot of crypto people love robin hood. it is -- i don't know how they regulate this, because the big hedge funds have been able to pummel small companies by shorting them. and we don't have time to explain all of that. but now to see what's happening here, this is going to be hard to stop. the genie is out of the bottle. >> yeah, it could change trading forever. who knows who will be the final >> i'm re saying so they'reec a. now for the hedge funds? what is this? it's complicated. okay. my brain is already hurting. can we move on to the next story? all right.

two alameda county residents are suing subway, accusing the sandwich chain of not using tuna in their tuna sandwiches. the lab sites independent samples from multiple locations in california which found the tuna is, quote, a mixture of various concoctions that do not cute tuna, yet have been blended together to imitate the appearance of tuna. the suit doesn't say what ingredients the test found that could be problematic. a subway spokesperson calls the lawsuit reckless and says the company delivers 100% cooked tuna to its restaurants. ama, i have had subway tuna sandwiches. i don't know. they taste like tuna to me. >> where is the tuna? i can't say i've had one recently. i'm a little bit disturbed by concoctions. i want to know what ingredients they actually found, but subway says it is using tuna. so yes, it could be very damaging to subway if indeed it is using tuna. it's hard to know what's really going on here. i don't know. but i may not be ordering tuna. >> oh, well, spencer, could this

be someone trying to get money out of this like the taco bell, it's only 30% beef that they advertise. >> ar's i soong fort ow soon't wan to sub down and falsely accuse it. >> right. >> i'd like to get to the bottom of this and see what's going on, sure. >> it could be a fish tale, who knows. >> you guys, my head is still hurting. >> a four@4 taste test. more food news. pepsi's cocoa flavored cola. they introduced cocoa cola. it's a cold version of hot chocolate. pepsi says the drink has a creamy milk chocolate taste with vanilla undertones.

it's inviting anybody who wants to check it out to tweet a photo of themselves drinking hot cocoa to pepsi's twitter page on sunday, which just happens to be national hot chocolate day. ama, can i interest you in a hot chocolate or a cocoa cola? >> i would try a taste of it. i like milk chocolate. i like vanilla. i'm not huge on marshmallow unless it's a s'mores thing. but i'd give it a whirl, see what it's like? i don't know. you put cocoa in chili sometimes. so why not? >> true. that can be good. >> i've heard this cocoa cola, it goes great with tuna, spencer. >> gross! >> not a good combo. >> or imitation tuna. >> all right, you guys. work from home has been normal for most people for almost a year now. i'm looking at the three of you there. but even now we're still getting a kick out of some things that only happen when you work from home, like this meteorologist

mo 61.rning on 55 in ventura. and irvine 64 degrees. and 62 in pasadena. we'll talk about this storm. he walks now, guys. so i've lost all control. >> you can see her son jumping into the shot to give mom a hug. she has to pick him up, of course. it just comes off as super cute. am marks i keep waiting for this to happen to you. do you lock up your garage space or something? >> yeah, there is no entering the garage. but you do hear louie at honestly, the most inappropriate times. we'll be talking about something really serious, and i can hear louie going off in the house, and i'm like oh, man. >> woof, woof, what was that? interesting. how about you, spencer? what did you think of that? >> that was totally cute. so precious. and i love the fact that she just went along with it naturally. you pick up the kid. you hold the kid and go on. you don't get all flustered. that was a sweet moment in tv, i

think. >> i know, larry. i don't know why i haven't seen anything like that with you either. hmm. >> well, we don't have any infants in the house. >> no, but other random. >> we did our time. we did our time and now it's ama's turn. we have my daughter's cats here a couple of weeks ago. you remember the cat that tried to claw me to death, not happy about being on television. maybe it was just a reaction to me. that's my guess. >> am marks unlock that door. we want to see your daughter or louie. it's a r

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pliny the younger was sold online for the first time ever today. the annual release from russian river brewing usually draws long lines outside, but obviously that could not be the case this year because of the pandemic. joining me now is natalie, co-owner of russian river brewing company. natalie, first, thanks for joining us. obviously a very busy day for you. your sales are different this year because of covid. first time going online to sell pliny. and smashing success. >> yes. well, thank you for having me on today. vid business restrictioor o we sold out of over 8,000 cases in about four minutes. so it was pretty crazy. yeah, it was a wild ride.

we found out after the fact that we had about 110,000 people trying to purchase these mixed cases at the same time. so it was a huge success. >> wow. four minutes. were you disappointed it wasn't three minutes? i'm just joke. >> no, no, not at all! wish it was a little longer. >> did you expect that? obviously we've seen the lines for years outside people waiting and waiting and waiting. but four minutes is pretty good. >> yeah, i was expecting it to sell out quickly, but we weren' to be trying at the same time. but then again, the effort to do it was pretty minimal. you didn't have to get in your car and drive to santa rosa or windsor and stand in line for eight hours in the pouring down rain to get young their year. so i guess after the fact i'm not too surprised that so many people tried to get their hands on it this year. but we're really looking forward

to bringing it back in person in 2022 when it is safely -- we can safely gather again. this is just an anomaly and a witch hunt deal. now the real work begins the next two weeks are going to be printing labels and packing boxes and shipping out orders. it's going to be busy. >> that's what i was going ask you. how soon will the orders go out? when can people that were lucky enough to actually place their order get that beer in their hands? >> so we'll bottle it on wednesday of next week, and then start packing it on friday. so every case is a mixed case. it has four bottles of pliny the younger, two bottles of pliny the elder and some other beers. so we have to do a whole repack. we have about 13 people scheduled to work for six day, including myself and my husband to repack all these boxes and send them out on the back of golden state overnight trucks and ship them to beer lovers

throughout the state of california overnight. yeah, we've got a lot of work to do. so february 8th will be the first day that they start shipping out. >> okay. for those who were not lucky enough to be able to get their order in, i know the beer is going to be available on draft at select california bars and restaurants. do you have a list? can you offer some guidance for some people who are dying for some pliny the younger? >> we actually ended up not producing any for distribution this year, because when we brewed the beer, the majority of our accounts were closed. and so it's very difficult for a brewery or any kind of manufacturer of alcohol to plan ahead when you're trying to figure out how much of something to make. so when we brewed the beer on the 1st of january, none of our acts wer en soeus decidt oake anyunch of beer in kegs that we wouldn't be able to sell because we're not open and

we wouldn't have anywhere to sell it. we had to make the very sad and hard decision at the end to not make any pour distribution. and then all of the sudden the stey stey order was lifted, and now our accounts are reopen. >> now they want it. >> yeah. so next year for sure. >> yeah, for sure. natalie, thank you so much for joining us, and for those who were lucky enough to place their order, you're only a couple of weeks away from enjoying some pliny the younger. natalie from russian river brewing, thank you so much for your t afrnoon. >> thanks for talking to me today. have a good day. >> all right. all right. here is something else exciting. if you can't go to disneyland, bring disneyland to you. up next, the north bay family that built their own version of that built their own version of the matterhorn in it's hard to explain what depression feels like. but i can tell you what it feels like when someone offers to help. every plan through covered california is comprehensive - with mental health coverage and financial help for people who need it.

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