metrics for vaccine allocation must be revised immediately. abc7 news reporter chris nguyen spoke to some of the key players involved in the fight for equity. >> reporter: as california moves forward with plans to have blue shield manage vaccine distribution across the state, company officials say they're ready to take charge. >> the ability to know where the vaccine is at all times, know what the inventory is with each provider allows for a much smoother, more predictable, manageable system that can optimize performance. >> reporter: so far half of the state's local jurisdictions have already signed on to the plan or have stated their intent to do so by next week. >> i think it should be a county by county relationship. the counties that need blue shield to come, in absolutely. but in our case, our county knows which neighborhoods are hard hit. we just needs the vaccines. >> reporter: santa clara county, the bay area's largest county say it will continue to hold out. >> we have a county that's put a lot of effort into taking care of our safety net population and the people that are most at

risk. >> reporter: county executive dr. jeff smith says the county will only sign an agreement with the state if it allows them to maintain local control of vaccine distribution and the use of their own appointment system, which they say is far superior to the one being provided by blue shield. >> the so-called equity plan that the s has is really just a masqueraded plan to send more vaccine to southern california. >> reporter: county officials were informed that the reason behind their low supply from the state this week was the result of vaccines being diverted to other providers such as the university of california and sutter health after an accounting error by the state. >> this is life and death, and there's got to be a way to figure out a more equitable formula. >> reporter: to further complicate matter, the state recently set aside 45% of its doses for low income zip codes which doesn't account for the bay area's high cost of living. dave cortese represents santa clara county in the state senate and joined a group of lawmakers in asking the state to reconsider its metrics.

>> asking for a recalibration, asking for a fix. and that's on the heels of several discussions with the administration, including one late yesterday. we're still looking for relief. >> reporter: community leaders fighting for what they believe is right. in san jose, chris nguyen, abc7 news. >> abc7 news was in daly city today. as san mateo county held its first walk-up vaccination clinic. no appointments were necessary and the county had about 300 doses available. this is at the event center and there was a long line waiting. with all the public school teachers and staff in santa clara county being offered the vaccine, she is encouraging schools to reopen and start in person learning. that group became eligible for the shot february 28th. starting monday, vaccinations will expand in california to include part of what's known as phase 1c. people who are 16 to 64 with preexisting health conditions

can get the shot. now that includes those who have had or had cancer, sickle cell disease, heart conditions, severe obesity, and type 2 diabetes. transit workers will also be eligible to get vaccinated. we listed just some of the preexisting conditions that are eligible. today answers with the california public department of health. >> one of the most efficient ways for people to be notified is through their health systems. so their health systems, through their electronic medical records can identify in a very efficient way these are the highest risk people who should be vaccinated. they can reach out to them and let them know that they're eligible. >> dr. aragon told me after this group, it will likely be the 50 to 64-year-olds. he added just because you're eligible doesn't mean you'll get a shot. you'll still need to book an appointment. it's now been a year since the coronavirus hit the bay area. joining me now is dr. alok

patel, a member of our very own abc7 news vaccine team. doc, we've been talking about this for a long time. we thought we would look back at some of your predictions from a year ago, as well as six months ago. unfortunately for the rest of us, you were absolutely right. >> with regards to public health, i can see it being the larger part of this year. >> year? >> we really have to slow things down. there are some unknowns we're heading into over the next six months. we have no idea what winter is going to do to coronavirus. we don't know what is going to happen when people are more likely to congregate indoors. it makes me think of those books we used to read back in like the '80s and '90s, the choose your own adventure book. i honestly think one thing everyone has to pay attention to, we are literally choosing our own adventure in the next six months. >> well, the adventure continues, dr. patel. let's start with where we are on this ride that does not seem to be ending in i time soon any way. what do you think we'll seeing in the next six months?

>> given my track record, larry, for analogies, i'm going say right now we're up by 10 probably midway through the fourth quarter. so i think everyone is allowed to at least breathe a little sigh of relief that cases are going down and we're heading in the right direction. but this is it now. now we have to actually close out and beat the actual pandemic in the next six months. i think the supply is doing its job. public health is doing its job. we have treatments out there this we know it works. we know what activities to avoid, and we should be able to get to herd immunity with everything given this summer. so six months from now is the middle of september. and i anticipate we will be in a much better place. maybe not quite back to 100% normal, but pretty close to a new variation of it by mid-september. >> you know, you keep using that up by 10 in the fourth quarter. did you watch the super bowl with the 49ers and the chiefs a couple of years ago? do you remember thou that worked out? maybe pick a different analogy, please. >> this is what i'm saying. it could go both ways.

we could mess things up. >> all right. we need patrick mahomes on our side. we got states like texas reopening at 100%. bars, restaurants, stadiums, 40,000 people they're planning opening day in arlington. how may that impact the rest of the country? because people from texas are going to get on flights, go wherever they want to good over the course of the next few months. >> and that's -- larry, that's part of the discussion people have been having with local leaders in texas and florida. those are spring break destinations, especially florida. and the virus is easily going to jump over state lines. and even if we look at it on a global scale, the virus is just a flight away from another country. so if there were to be new surges, particularly from some of these variants which we know could become the dominant strain here in a couple of months, in texas or florida or mississippi or other state loosening restrictions, that could easily flood over. not only are we in a race against the variants, we're also in a race on people lifting restrictions. it's even more reason why we need to make sure we're getting to herd immubt as fast as we

can. we're fighting against a virus and also our own behavior. >> i'm glad you mentioned that because the president said yesterday, every american will have access to a vaccine shot by may 1st. but we're seeing supply issues all over the state of california. in fact, i had a family member scheduled to get a shot today, and this morning there was a message, oh, sorry. we'll see you in a month, maybe. i mean, that's not progress. >> it's not progress in terms of the distribution. and so, you know, our distribution, we've seen hiccups with this now consistently since the vaccine rolled out. when it was only to 1a, to health care provider, we saw inconsistencies there as well. i anticipate we're going to see the same thing starting next week when the eligibility expands to people with underlying medical conditions. you don't need a medical form saying that you have a condition. it's an at attestation. i respect the adversary that the count leaders are coming out and saying we need to reconfigure the system and hold blue shield

accountable if there is any issues. but on top of that, the supply needs to be ramped up. it looks like we're going to have a vertical increase in the supply. hopefully we'll get to a place where you can go to anywhere you can, a pharmacist, a physician's office, anywhere and get a shot. >> all right. let's hope so. mr. up 10 in the fourth quarter, dr. alok patel, have a great weekend, doc. >> i'll have a new analogy for you next time. >> please do. thanks! >> eager to look forward that for sure. high school football is about to make a comeback. one of the coaches, though, that led the push to return is now dealing with a coronavirus crisis. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is live at serra high school in san mateo where a covid exposure has benched more than a dozen players, right, cornell? >> that's right, kristen. serra players have been waiting a year to get back on the field. today it's finally happening, but lot of players are forced to sit out today's scrimmage at

bellarmine after some tested positive for covid. >> congratulations, super bowl lv champions. >> reporter: it's where tom brady once played the game, football powerhouse serra high school. in-person learning resumed last month and a football system is about to kick off. but some football players are being forced to sit out their scrimmage game against bellarmine after two players on the roster tested positive for covid. they're now in quarantine along with 18 varsity players who may have been exposed. so far all of them have tested negative. their ten-day quarantine ends monday. >> health and safety is number one. >> reporter: san mateo county supervisor david canepa has concerns about serra's football program resuming in the midst of a covid scare. >> i know coaches typically have the best interests of their child. but this is pretty significant right now.

it makes me think is it maybe time to pause this and then to revisit it in the fall? >> reporter: serra's football coach patrick walsh has led the return to play movement for youth sports in california. other advocates say it's time to play. >> do you know the affect this has on kids from an emotional standpoint, not playing sports, getting ready, getting ready, not playing sports? >> reporter: he believe the health and safety protocols are there and there is no reason to pause now. >> the data and safety issue, we're past that. people need to get up to speed. youth sports are safe. it's demonstrated. >> yet the coach says the season opener is one week away. teammates still on quarantine will be tested over the weekend in order to be cleared to play on monday. the two players that tested positive we are told are not showing any symptoms. administrators and coaches here at serra high school declined our request for an interview. live in san mateo, cornell

bernard, abc7 news. >> cornell, thank you. covid-19 has broken the bay to breakers again. today organizers announced this year's live event, which was moved from its traditional date in may to august has been canceled outright. instead, organizers plan to stage a virtual 12-k run on may 16th, and registration is now under way. we have developing news out of the east bay. sky 7 over the lafayette reservoir a shortre a small plane made an emergency landing, coming to a stop not far from a hiking trail. you see it right there. nobody was hurt. we saw emergency responders hooking up some lines to try to move that plane. now it's not clear why the plane went down, what happened. we're told officials plan to remove it some time tomorrow. coyote caught. the animal menacing a community has now been stopped. learning loss. the plan to get students back in the classroom and caught up. how it will work in one district. black girls code. the drive to get girls more interested in coding. and the program already helping

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exclusively with his care manager, who oversaw the last few weeks of his life. >> i warned him, don't go to chinatown. i asked him if he had seen the news, and he said he didn't watch television. but i warned him that elderly asian people were being targeted, and i really didn't think it would hit in his residential neighborhood. >> reporter: those words of warning coming from the late pak ho's care manager, who watched over the 75-year-old in his last few weeks of life. >> i took him last friday to get his second covid shot. he brought me cookies to thank me for taking him for the covid shot. >> reporter: ho was out for his usual morning walk tuesday when he was, according to police, robbed and knocked to the ground by 26-year-old teaunte bailey. already frail and using a cane, ho hit his head on the pavement and died just two days later. >> he walked very unstably. he was headed downhill. and nobody would have had to

push him down with the force that was used to rob him. >> reporter: bailey is described to me by alameda county law enforcement as someone with a criminal history spanning back to 2012, including five felonies in oakland. the most recent less than a month ago when he allegedly breck into a senior living apartment and violently shoved and robbed a 72-year-old man. when asked about letting bailey out on ankle monitor after his involvement in armed robbery in san francisco last march, district attorney chesa boudin said at a press conference i was at thursday -- >> it was from an evidentiary standpoint a very weak case. we held him in san francisco county jail for 179 days, and given the state of the evidence, we could not legally or in good conscience hold him longer than that. >> reporter: bailey is charged with robbery and special circumstances felony murder and currently is behind bars with no bail. ho is survived by three daughters who are currently planning his funeral. >> i am deeply, deeply saddened

by this. >> reporter: in oakland, dion lim, abc7 news. a san francisco man faces hate crime charges after allegedly sexually assaulting an asian woman at san jose's diridon station. 32-year-old johan strydom was arraigned today. prosecutors say during wednesday's attack, strydom grabbed the 26-year-old victim by the neck, flung her on her back, dragged her and yelled a racial slur. several witnesses prevented strydom from getting away. in the east bay, a coyote tied to multiple attacks on people has been captured and euthanized. officials trapped the coyote in open space just off of paseo del rio in moraga yesterday. that animal had attacked five people since july, two of them were children. there is no evidence the coyote might have been rabid, but because the animal did attack people, a rabies test will be done. all right. the weekend is upon us. sandhya is here to tell us -- you said we're going to need the

shades and an umbrella perhaps, sandhya? >> yes. you're listening, larry and kristen. we're going to see some sunshine tomorrow. so the shades for your saturday. umbrellas by sunday afternoon. take a look at how warm it is today compared to 24 hours ago. temperatures are up. and it's noticeable. 15 degrees warmer in santa rosa. right now 9 degrees warmer in san jose. here is a live look from our kgo roof camera, looking at coit tower. nothing but sunshine. low 70s for santa rosa, napa, fairfield. concord. 66 in livermore. golden gate camera a gentle breeze outside right now. it's such a beautiful day. 58 in san francisco. 64 in oakland. 62346 san jose. live doppler 7 not showing the rain today, but that will be changing come the second half of the weekend. so here is a few from our san jose camera as we are looking at clear skies. mainly sunny and breezy and cooler tomorrow. daylight saving time begins sunday morning. so don't forget to set your clocks forward one hour, and a storm arrives on sunday.

spring from a meteorological standpoint, but from a winter standpoint, it's definitely still winter. here is a look at the hour-by-hour forecast. 7:00 a.m., you will notice some low clouds in the morning. for the evening hours, the clouds break up a bit. it is going to be cooler because of the cooling breeze. temperatures in the morning anywhere from the low 30s to the mid-40s. i think with the extra cloud cover, not quite as cold as what we experienced. but lake and mendocino counties will be going under frost advisories and freeze warnings overnight tonight. afternoon highs anywhere from the low 50s to the mid-60s. so breezy and cooler. but you'll still see plenty of sun. it's a level 1 system sunday afternoon through monday. it's going to bring us rain, and then showers. gusty conditions. now on monday is when we have an opportunity for some thunderhail, and yes, the possibility of snow on our highest peaks. here is a look at the hour-by-hour forecast. by 4:00, rain is moving into the bay area. it spreads by evening. you will notice as we go into monday, some pinks and whites showing up, indicating the potential for a wintry mix,

especially as we head towards monday afternoon and evening. so mt. hamilton, you could see some snow. certainly the possibility over the lake county and mendocino county hills. about 0.15 to 0.25 for most. a little farther north. a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. it's breezy and cooler. daylight saving time begins sunday morning. we have a storm coming in sunday afternoon through monday. milder midweek. a slight chance on st. patrick's day, and a possibility of some rain on thursday. so keep you posted on that. but i think a little bit of everything for everyone this weekend. kristen and larry? >> everyone's happy with sandhya this weekend. that's right. >> i hope so. all right. beer and wine lovers will drink to this. to this. the excitement as wineries a this is a no-nonsense message from three. small business insurance usually forces you to piece together multiple policies. that's why three was created. it's one policy that covers everything you need...

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time to say cheers. beginning this weekend, winery, brew houses and distilleries that don't serve food will be allowed to have sit-down customers once more. wayne freedman headed to a couple of north bay breweries to get their reaction. >> reporter: signs of the times that no one likes to read, face masks required, beer to go only. at the henhouse brewing company, they're counterintuitive for owner collin. >> the signs outside break my heart. >> reporter: but the sate left little wiggle room during 2019, because this brew house did not

sell food. look no further if you want to see a business owner feeling tested. >> the last 12 months have been the hardest year in my life. >> reporter: now finally a brave new year thanks in the change to state guidelines. as of this weekend, the rules on this sign no longer apply. but there will be new ones. to sit out here, you'll need to make a reservation. they must close by 8:00. but for breweries and distilleries that hadn't been serving food, this is a difference maker. >> our number one priority was to not lay people off. and i've done every single thing that i possibly cannot not lay anybody off, and i'm proud to say we didn't. >> reporter: a few miles up the road in windsor more relief at a small family-owned distillery. >> it has been a whirlwind, to say the least. we're open, we're not open, we can sell, we can't sell. >> reporter: at sonoma brothers distilling, they spent the early afternoon reading the new guidelines. does it make sense to you yet? >> i'm trying. i'm trying. >> reporter: then she began setting up tables that they

haven't used in month, even though sonoma county remains in the purple tier, beginning tomorrow they can accommodate six customers at a time. >> it's almost kind of like that christmas morning. >> reporter: so that's good news for everyone. takeouts. customers can actually sit down and drink. >> it's great to be out and about, you know. we're tired of sitting home. >> reporter: you probably know that feeling. in sonoma county, wayne freedman, abc7 news. well, the famous cowgirl creamery is sadly closing its location at the ferry building due to the pandemic. known for its artisanal cheeses, it became one of the most popular stops and is one of the last original tenants. also closing is the kit cat cafe. cowgirl will keep producing cheeses. its point reyes location is still open. if you missed the excitement and the food that comes with the alameda county fair, you can stil a taste. a new grab and go food drive-through is open at the

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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> all week long we're examining the learning loss that comes with distance learning. it's a given when students eventually do return to school, it's going to be a challenge to make up for that lost time in class. abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez live in the newsroom now with a look at how one district is planning to make up for the loss of in-person learning. lyanne? >> well, larry, the grim reality is that in order to make up for that year they lost, it will take money, lots of it, and time. an estimated three to five years. san francisco has a plan.

when covid-19 forced schools to close last march, school districts still offered all the service offered in a normal school year. add to that chrome books and technical support beyond anyone's predictions. now one year later, the road to academic recovery will far exceed what drinkings already spent. the nonprofit strategies anal analyzed the cost of covid. >> we're not going to make that all up in one year. so this is a multi-year challenge in terms of doing this. somewhere between three and five years. >> reporter: the nonprofit, which studies big urban districts like san francisco is suggesting two approaches to deal with the learning loss. small group tutoring for the most needed students and/or extended learning time, which would mean adding an extra month of school or extending the school day. they even estimated that adding an extra month would represent a 7% increase in annual operating

costs. but keep in mind that san francisco unified already faces a budget deficit of $169 million over the next two years. >> leave it to public school moms to get together and get the ball rolling. >> reporter: meanwhile, san francisco's board of supervisors just approved the creation of rise, the recovery with inclusive and successful enrichment, a long name for a working group that hopes to create plan and generate funding to address the covid learning loss. add more enrichment programs and attract additional kids to public schools. $2.5 billion over five years. >> we would be looking at our own general fund. we will be looking to the state. we'll be looking to the feds with all the packages that are coming down. but we're also going to look to philanthropy. >> reporter: and if need be a ballot from san francisco residents. despite the urgency to remediate the loss, ronin says planning

time was lost because the school board was busy renaming schools and changing lowell high school's admission policy. >> i am frustrated, extremely frustrated because all of the delays to getting this going have had to do with all of the drama that we've seen in our school district. >> reporter: the board of supervisors is also proposing an initiative called summer play to give kids in san francisco more access to extracurricular activities in the summer. in addition, the school district will come up with its own summer instruction plans. >> we are working really hard to plan for some other extended learning opportunities, specifically targeting our elementary students, those who couldn't and didn't engage in distance learning and those who might have demonstrated some learning loss early on. >> reporter: and the key education experts say is to do it quickly. because the further behind they are, the harder it is to catch up. and in the meantime, san francisco unified says teachers continue to do assessments online. remember, the younger students start next month.

so teachers will sit down with them to get a better sense of where students are in some of those core subjects. in the newsroom, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >> lyanne, thank you. it's going to be an uphill climb for teacher, parents and students. you can find all of this week's stories regarding education on our abc7 app. look for the building a better bay ar

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okay. it's time now for the four@4 with sandhya and dan today. and get ready to spring forward. we return to daylight saving time this weekend, moving our clocks ahead one hour officially at 2:00 sunday morning. of course, the move involves a trade-off. we lose an hour of sleep in exchange for more daylight into the evening every single day. so, yeah, you lose that one hour one day once, and then you get daylight every day. okay. you'll recall that california voters overwhelmingly passed an

initiative in to make daylight savings time permanent, but the effort stalled in the state senate. sandhya, i know you're always warning us just set that clock before you go to bed saturday night. but i never know what the fuss is about losing one hour one night in exchange for being able to work out later in the evening. sandhya? >> okay, come on now, kristen. i love my sleep. and i think there are a lot of other people that can relate. losing that extra hour makes a huge difference. what are you talking about? >> oh, come on! >> although it is nice to see sunshine. >> extra sunshine is good. >> i'm usually a little groggy. we all off our game for a couple of days after the switch, but i like it. it marks the kind of the start of warm weather. i don't know. i just think it's a nice change of pace. and i like it when it goes back in the fall as well. you know, you're tucked in your house, and it's cold outside, and you have a longer evening it seems because it got dark

earlier. i think it's great. i like it. >> come on, sandhya. if you need to make up the sleep, you nap during my sportscasts any way. so there it is. there is your hour. >> every day. >> thank you. thank you. tom brady -- >> who doesn't? >> just what i need. now we know what side you're on, dan. >> no, no, no. >> you revealed your true self. >> you made it too easy, larry. >> can i talk about tom brady? just roll the clip. anyway. he signed a four-year contract extension today with the bucs more than a month after he led them to the super bowl title. his seventh. he is now 43 years old, by the way. this means brady's in line to conceivably receive a check until he is at least 47 years old if he plays out the deal, he would retire as the second oldest player in league history. the oldest of course was oakland

raider hall of famer george blanda, who hung up the pads at age 48. i should point out this is originally a bookkeeping type of contract. because brady is -- by altering his deal, saving the buccaneers $19 million against the cap they can use to sign other talented players. they could void the deal after one year. so there is no guarantee that he is going to play the full four years. but dan, i feel like i want him to play until every last ounce -- he and gronk both, just keep going as long as humanely possible. >> you know, he has a passion for it. he is still in terrific shape. he plays a position that can allow you to play. you're not going to do this as a running back or a wide receiver or a lineman. but i hope he can make it. george blanda, one of my favorite players of all time. i actually have a signed helmet at home. >> he and gronk will be collecting their social social security and still suiting up. you just know it. >> yes, yes. from the pandemic to protests, 2020 was a year that

changed all of our lives. now dictionary.com is catching up with those changes with the addition of some new words. they include finna which is a variant of fixing to, and is commonly used in the south. also bipoc, an acronym for black, indigenous and people of color. as far as pandemic related words, the dictionary added zoom, hide brib learning and elbow bump. make that 7600. my eyes are going bad, you guys, they were added or updated. >> wow, 7600 dictionary entries. that's pretty remarkable. >> yeah. >> it's all the zoom time, your eyes are going bad. >> you know, i think that's what it is. and imagine, we used the word zoom before, scooping here or there. but now it has a totally different definition, larry. >> well, zoom, i mean, it's a noun, it's a verb, it's

everything. and -- for better or worse, become a daily part of so many of our lives. theed sad part of it from my own personal perspective is my daughter had a chance to work for zoom before the pandemic, a job she did not take. stock options she did not receive. >> missed opportunity. >> opportunity lost. >> work until i'm 100. >> yeah, thanks. another jab. friday dan is difficult. i tell you. >> dan, the winners of january's massive billion mega millions jackpot have finally come over. there were four of them, and obviously none of them were us, because we wouldn't be here right now. anyway, they're from oakland county, michigan. part of a lottery club. the group opted to receive the money in a single lump sum which totaled $557 million. prize is the third largest in

u.s. history. dan, remember when we used to do the pool the lottery in the newsroom? remember, we did for years we did it. and unfortunately, we had the one person picking. i know i shouldn't name, lisa, who does not have good luck. and she let us down. she let us down. repeatedly, dan. >> i know. i used to ask her to apologize to us for not picking the right numbers. i did. just teasing her. she was great to do it for us every week. but we got discouraged. we never won anything. i think we lost interest. >> because of that, we're all still here with our viewers every day. >> that's true. >> i think she won a yacht with all of our money. >> the viewers and have a hundred million. >> i wish the four of us won and got out of here already. >> all

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gallons of water per day. but then on the side you've also got these live rivulets of waters spilling out of the base cliff as if it's going to explode. it's one of the most breathtaking things i've seen. as an author covering outdoor recreation across the u.s., i've seen my fair share of waterfalls. that's saying something. >> those pictures look absolutely unbelievable. how has covid contributed to people visiting outdoor spaces? either increasing or decreasing the number of people going? >> well, generally speaking, it's been -- ewe've seen an incredible spike in outdoor visitation at national parks, state park, even urban green spaces all across the u.s. i've been reporting on this for national geographic and a few other publications throughout the last several months. but one interesting perk about the shasta-cascade area, despite containing almost a quarter of

california's geologic land mass, it only contains a quarter of the population. when you seek them out, you're seeking them out in relative quietude. while these are definitely popular destinations and visitors to the region, i think i was struck by how few people i saw when going to these cascades in 2019. >> well, your article may change that. but what do you think is going to happen? because we're sneaking up on summer time here pretty soon in the next few months, and we're still sort of, especially in california, in limbo with covid. i don't know whether it's going to be safe to plan a summer vacation. so getting away to the wilderness sounds like it might be a pretty good option. >> i mean, i think it's what many of us are feeling right now. you know, with the vaccines rolling out and the advent of some new version of normal within reach, i think getting to the outdoors and enjoying not only that space, but just the camaraderie of being out there with other people is going to be even more cathartic than it was

last summer when we saw just incredible numbers of people going outdoors despite social distancing guidelines and travel restrictions throughout various parts of the u.s. and for the waterfalls in shasta-cascade, i think that this could be a banner year of visitation, perhaps breaking records, as we've seen trending all over the u.s. in similar spaces. >> so i got to ask you, how much have drought-like conditions really in the state of california over the past decade impacted these waterfalls? because we're, again, in a deficit this year. >> well, in some ways the ironic thing about these waterfalls is that they are found in a place that is so typically associated with either wildfires or drought-like conditions. i mean, northern california has been quite impacted by this over the last several years. and i mean, the grimmest prediction that i heard from a climate scientist i spoke with for this story was that, you know, within the next 50 years,

california could lose as much as 2/3 of its snowpack, which feeds all the -- many of the reservoirs and water sources that ultimately fuel the waterfalls here. so while we haven't seen the effect with the cascades, it's certainly a looming question that could literally reshape them if the problem continues to escalate at this point. >> well, i guess the message there is you better enjoy these waterfalls, get out to see them while you can, because we don't though what the future holds. i'm really envious. you get paid to go look at beautiful, mesmerizing, captivating scenes. that's fantastic for you, miles. >> well, it's certainly one of the greatest trips i managed to enjoy before covid made traveling a complete nightmare of logistics. and i'm looking forward to going back this year hopefully. i only got to clinch off about five of the waterfall there's, and there are 42 you can visit in the region.

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