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The impact of the pandas’ presence would be significant, Breed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The highlight of our zoo would be the pandas,” Breed said. “When President Xi was here, he talked about the importance of panda diplomacy. So it’s going to be a significant economic impact, but also, it’ll be an incredible bridge builder between China and the U.S.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trip also marks 45 years that San Francisco and Shanghai have been Sister Cities, nearly the same time the U.S. and China have maintained formal diplomatic ties. Breed said she plans to meet with Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng on the trip and members of the Shanghai Sister City Committee are expected to join.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11978610","hero":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/AP24067754253294-1020x680.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Breed also plans to meet with universities to discuss student exchange programs and “ways for those institutions to establish in San Francisco,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the press conference, Breed highlighted the economic opportunity that increased tourism from China represents and said she plans to meet with three airlines during the trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are back with international flights to pre-pandemic levels,” she said. “But we know that more can be done, and we see this as an extraordinary opportunity for San Francisco’s future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11982563/sf-mayor-to-visit-china-in-hopes-of-bringing-back-more-tourists-and-pandas","authors":["11896"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_18378","news_6931","news_17968","news_18536","news_38","news_566"],"featImg":"news_11982577","label":"news"},"news_11891996":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11891996","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11891996","score":null,"sort":[1634074320000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"how-do-you-measure-the-economic-toll-of-wildfires-the-answer-could-help-california-respond-to-emergencies-better","title":"How Do You Measure the Economic Toll of Wildfires? The Answer Could Help California Respond to Emergencies Better","publishDate":1634074320,"format":"standard","headTitle":"CALmatters | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":18481,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2021/10/cual-es-el-impacto-real-de-los-incendios-forestales-en-la-economia-de-california/\">\u003cem>Leer en español.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not a single structure burned down \u003ca href=\"https://calfire-forestry.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=366d1a3e25ce4a11a4c0846c3a337ce9&extent=-13464888.411%2C4646560.0626%2C-13348704.128%2C4707786.1223%2C102100https://calfire-forestry.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=366d1a3e25ce4a11a4c0846c3a337ce9&extent=-13464888.411%2C4646560.0626%2C-13348704.128%2C4707786.1223%2C102100\">in the city of South Lake Tahoe\u003c/a>. And yet, the threat of the fast-approaching Caldor Fire cost surrounding El Dorado County tens of millions of dollars, if not more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In South Lake Tahoe, Domi Chavarria, co-owner of Verde Mexican Rotisserie, felt the devastation of the Caldor Fire even before the city was evacuated in August. Smoke had blanketed the city, and the tourists had mostly left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When authorities ordered \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11886947/thousands-more-evacuated-as-caldor-fire-moves-closer-to-south-lake-tahoe\">the evacuation of South Lake Tahoe\u003c/a>, Verde was stocked with food, almost all of which went bad during the more than two weeks the restaurant ultimately remained closed. Produce wilted; proteins went bad; prepared sauces couldn’t be used.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All that stuff, none of that’s made to last weeks — it’s all made to last days,” says Chavarria. He estimates the lost inventory was worth between $10,000 and $13,000. None of it was covered by his insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11892015\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11892015 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-51.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a hooded sweatshirt and a baseball hat on backward stands behind a restaurant counter looking evenly at the camera.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-51.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-51-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-51-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-51-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Domi Chavarria at his restaurant, Verde Mexican Rotisserie, in South Lake Tahoe on Oct. 6, 2021. \u003ccite>(Salgu Wissmath for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Losses like Chavarria’s add up — to at least $50.3 million in lost economic activity for El Dorado County, according to an initial estimate shared with CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knowing the true cost of wildfires could spur more ambitious action from both government and the private sector, experts say. For instance, tracking the costs systematically over several years could help policymakers figure out which fire prevention and mitigation strategies are most cost effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But right now, California has an incomplete understanding of how much wildfires cost the state each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The costs of business disruption, the cost of damage to uninsured homes, the cost of ecosystem damage, and the cost of secondary health impacts — such as those caused by wildfire smoke — aren’t being tracked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We don’t have a comprehensive picture of the economic harm wildfires cause each year, explains Teresa Feo, senior science officer at the California Council on Science and Technology and lead author of \u003ca href=\"https://ccst.us/reports/the-costs-of-wildfire-in-california/\">a 2020 report from the council\u003c/a> on the cost of wildfires in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There isn’t a statewide systematic tracking effort to figure out these costs,” said Feo. She said it took only about a month of digging into the question to realize: \"'Oh no, you can’t come up with a number. This is actually impossible with the existing data.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state does not track or estimate the cost of wildfires in a way that accounts for public health costs or ecological damage on a regular basis, confirmed Heather Williams, communications director for the California Natural Resources Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those would always be a moving target since health impacts can occur years later,\" Williams wrote in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But with more research being funded, this may be more feasible to help the state better understand the economic and ecological impacts so we can continue to make science-based informed policy decisions,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11892013\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11892013 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with her hair back and wearing gloves chops tomatoes in a restaurant kitchen.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martha Garcia preps food in the kitchen at Verde Mexican Rotisserie in South Lake Tahoe on Oct. 6, 2021. Owner Domi Chavarria lost about $10,000 worth of inventory when they shut down for two weeks due to the Caldor Fire evacuation. \u003ccite>(Salgu Wissmath for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The different costs of wildfires\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The initial analysis of the Caldor Fire’s economic impact was prepared by Tom Harris, an economist at the University of Nevada, Reno, for the Tahoe Prosperity Center, an economic development organization for the Lake Tahoe Basin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11892030\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11892030 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-00.jpg\" alt='A bright green garbage dumpster painted with the words \"Food Only\" full of raw chicken.' width=\"1000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-00.jpg 1000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-00-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-00-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Food inventory from the Verde Mexican Rotisserie restaurant had to be discarded after a two-week evacuation order due to the Caldor Fire in South Lake Tahoe. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Domi Chavarria)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The study estimates the combined losses of El Dorado and Nevada’s Douglas County at $93 million. And, says Harris, that preliminary estimate is low: It doesn’t include the losses in sectors like rental homes or recreation businesses. Nor does it include the lost economic activity caused by residents evacuating, and it doesn’t take into account the health care costs associated with wildfire smoke exposure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some costs are more immediate — the cost of Chavarria’s rotted food, for instance, and the fact that the fire took place over Labor Day weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s not a slow weekend in Tahoe,” said Chavarria. Tourism is about 63% of the Tahoe basin’s economy, \u003ca href=\"https://tahoeprosperity.org/wp-content/uploads/measuring-for-prosperity-community-and-economic-indicators-for-the-lake-tahoe-basin-2018.pdf\">according to a 2018 report from the Tahoe Prosperity Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between the slowdown in business due to smoke and the evacuation, Verde lost several weeks of revenue. Chavarria says that a month of sales for the restaurant is more than $100,000. Verde’s employees also went without paychecks for the two weeks the restaurant was shut down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nicole Smith, co-founder and taproom manager of South Lake Brewing Company, said her business fared better than many, partially because none of the beer went bad. But between the loss of sales in the company’s own taproom and the beer it sells to other local businesses, the brewery lost somewhere between $30,000 and $50,000 of revenue during the evacuation, estimates Smith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to lost business, some figures are easier to pin down, like the amount Cal Fire spends on fire suppression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the state, for example, does not systematically track deaths and health conditions linked to wildfire smoke exposure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The costs associated with smoke may be the largest costs we’re missing, says Feo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11890211\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Leadphoto-800x533.png\"]One study \u003ca href=\"https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002601\">produced by public health department researchers and academics\u003c/a> tracked the use of Medi-Cal services during San Diego’s 2007 fall fire season. It found that during the peak fire period, emergency room visits for respiratory conditions increased by 34% and visits for asthma increased by 113%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Especially concerning was a 136% increase in ER visits for children age 4 and younger for asthma. That finding, the authors wrote, “is cause for particular concern because of the potential for long-term harm to children’s lung development.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A systematic effort to track wildfire smoke effects would be especially profound, says Feo, because it reaches so far beyond the location of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, for example, smoke from the Camp Fire \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1969409/no-you-didnt-wake-up-to-the-apocalypse-wildfire-smoke-turns-bay-area-sky-orange-and-dark\">clogged San Francisco\u003c/a>, a city more than 100 miles away. If you can put figures on the impact of smoke across the whole state, “who’s impacted by the fire suddenly changes very dramatically, and therefore who benefits from the prevention and mitigation changes,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11892020\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11892020 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A red and white sign on a tall pole along a two-lane road, surrounded by tall fir trees, with smoke haze in the distance.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign for the town of Kyburz says, \"Welcome to Kyburz/Happy New Year 2021,\" while the Caldor Fire burns nearby on Aug. 31, 2021. The residents of Kyburz were ordered to evacuate for several days during the Caldor Fire. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Different approaches to wildfire data\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The current approach to assessing the aftermath of wildfires is a hodgepodge of research looking into different aspects that is not led by any one agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A smattering of data collection efforts includes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The California Air Resources Board funding a study of the health impact of wildfire smoke statewide for 2017, 2018 and 2020, which will be ready in three or four years.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The board also funding a study of lost work days due to wildfire smoke, which will be ready in a couple of years.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cal Fire also increasing funding for \u003ca href=\"https://frap.fire.ca.gov/research-monitoring/forest-health-research-program-overview-grant-solicitation/\">research into forest health\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n(the Department of Insurance tabulates \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/california-wildfires/2020/12/homeowners-insurers-fire-science/\">the damage to insured homes\u003c/a> for some major wildfires, but does not track damage from all wildfires each year).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A variety of academic studies.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Academic research on the cost of wildfires tends to come out several years later, and different studies focus on different fires using different methodologies. That makes it difficult to compare the findings, or track the costs over time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These studies also are conducted based on the interests of the particular researcher, says Louise Comfort, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh and a faculty affiliate at UC Berkeley’s Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society Policy Lab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That doesn’t give us a comprehensive view,” Comfort said. She credits a UC-system-wide effort \u003ca href=\"https://uckeepresearching.org/2021-uc-resilience-symposium-series/\">to study the impacts of wildfires\u003c/a> as a step in the right direction, but says the results are still not arriving in a standardized way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state may be in the best position to lead the effort on tracking the economic impact of wildfires. \"The only thing that would give us a comprehensive view is if the state really said, 'We want this kind of information,'\" said Comfort. But the state agencies shouldn’t go it alone, she says: They should engage experts in the university system.\u003cbr>\n[pullquote size='large' align='right']In 2020, for example, a team of researchers studied the nationwide impact of California’s 2018 wildfire season, and estimated that its economic damage totaled $148.5 billion.[/pullquote]\u003cbr>\nWithout statewide, systematically published numbers, it’s more difficult to compare how different regions are suffering from wildfires, or to assess the cost effectiveness of different wildfire prevention strategies. And it may be more challenging to justify spending on expensive, but nonetheless cost-effective, mitigation or prevention programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a question that comes up when talking about spending taxpayer dollars, Feo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While wildfire costs aren’t tracked, there are some academic studies that attempt to estimate those costs and produce mind-boggling figures. In 2020, for example, a team of researchers studied the nationwide impact of California’s 2018 wildfire season, and estimated that its economic damage totaled $148.5 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-00646-7\">published in Nature Sustainability\u003c/a>, captured direct capital costs, such as buildings burning down; health costs, including those related to air pollution exposure; and indirect losses such as the economic disruption of lost hours of work, as well as disruption to regional and national supply chains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The costs identified in that study exceed that of any disaster in the U.S. between the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, other than Hurricane Katrina, says Adam Rose, a research professor at the University of Southern California and an expert in energy and environmental economics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose said that a standardized methodology for assessing the total cost of wildfires should be established and applied on a regular basis — and it needs to be one that can be implemented relatively rapidly, as opposed to several years after a fire. That would allow a whole field of researchers to help track these costs, and would make their findings comparable. In addition to helping make the political case for government-led fire-prevention efforts, those numbers might spur private sector action on fire prevention efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"science_1976952\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2021/09/Grapes-2048x1536.jpg\"]But not all experts said that measuring the costs associated with each wildfire season is important. William Siembieda, a professor emeritus at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo and senior member of a Cal Poly team that prepared several of the state’s hazard mitigation plans, says he doesn’t know how policymakers would make use of those numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What would be useful, Siembieda says, is for cities to model the economic impact of different levels of fire damage. What would be the cost if 5% of the city burned? What if 10% or 20% burned?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With those estimates, local officials could decide whether they’re prepared to absorb that loss, insure against the risk or pursue other strategies.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What's next for survivors?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For a couple weeks now, South Lake Tahoe residents and business owners have been reopening their restaurants, shops and adventure outfits, taking stock of what happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Lisa Schafer, co-owner of Wildwood Makers Market, returned to the city and drove to her shop for the first time, she felt waves of different emotions. There was the fear she’d been holding on to — that her hometown, her house and her business would all burn to a crisp. There was the gratitude she felt for the fact that they had all been spared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I cried the whole drive,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her shop, which sells jewelry, wall decor, embroidery kits and other gifts, smelled smoky for her first few days back. It wasn’t a pleasant campfire smell. “It smelled like beef jerky,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Related Coverage' tag='wildfires']Business didn’t return to normal immediately; tourists didn’t rush back to the area. All told, Shafer lost about 60% of sales in September. Her insurance won’t cover that loss of business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s clear, she says, that these fires are not going away. She said she wishes there were some sort of automatic aid for businesses and individuals affected by the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, Wildwood Makers Market will bounce back from loss of business, Schafer said. But if something happens in the winter that disrupts the holiday shopping season, that could be “catastrophic,” she says. “One more hit would not be good for us.”\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A preliminary estimate shows that the Caldor Fire cost tens of millions of dollars in lost economic activity. But right now, California has a mostly incomplete picture of how much fires cost the state each year.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1634082989,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":49,"wordCount":2239},"headData":{"title":"How Do You Measure the Economic Toll of Wildfires? The Answer Could Help California Respond to Emergencies Better | KQED","description":"A preliminary estimate shows that the Caldor Fire cost tens of millions of dollars in lost economic activity. But right now, California has a mostly incomplete picture of how much fires cost the state each year.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11891996 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11891996","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/10/12/how-do-you-measure-the-economic-toll-of-wildfires-the-answer-could-help-california-respond-to-emergencies-better/","disqusTitle":"How Do You Measure the Economic Toll of Wildfires? The Answer Could Help California Respond to Emergencies Better","nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/author/grace-gedye/\">Grace Gedye\u003c/a>","path":"/news/11891996/how-do-you-measure-the-economic-toll-of-wildfires-the-answer-could-help-california-respond-to-emergencies-better","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2021/10/cual-es-el-impacto-real-de-los-incendios-forestales-en-la-economia-de-california/\">\u003cem>Leer en español.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not a single structure burned down \u003ca href=\"https://calfire-forestry.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=366d1a3e25ce4a11a4c0846c3a337ce9&extent=-13464888.411%2C4646560.0626%2C-13348704.128%2C4707786.1223%2C102100https://calfire-forestry.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=366d1a3e25ce4a11a4c0846c3a337ce9&extent=-13464888.411%2C4646560.0626%2C-13348704.128%2C4707786.1223%2C102100\">in the city of South Lake Tahoe\u003c/a>. And yet, the threat of the fast-approaching Caldor Fire cost surrounding El Dorado County tens of millions of dollars, if not more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In South Lake Tahoe, Domi Chavarria, co-owner of Verde Mexican Rotisserie, felt the devastation of the Caldor Fire even before the city was evacuated in August. Smoke had blanketed the city, and the tourists had mostly left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When authorities ordered \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11886947/thousands-more-evacuated-as-caldor-fire-moves-closer-to-south-lake-tahoe\">the evacuation of South Lake Tahoe\u003c/a>, Verde was stocked with food, almost all of which went bad during the more than two weeks the restaurant ultimately remained closed. Produce wilted; proteins went bad; prepared sauces couldn’t be used.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All that stuff, none of that’s made to last weeks — it’s all made to last days,” says Chavarria. He estimates the lost inventory was worth between $10,000 and $13,000. None of it was covered by his insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11892015\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11892015 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-51.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a hooded sweatshirt and a baseball hat on backward stands behind a restaurant counter looking evenly at the camera.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-51.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-51-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-51-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-51-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Domi Chavarria at his restaurant, Verde Mexican Rotisserie, in South Lake Tahoe on Oct. 6, 2021. \u003ccite>(Salgu Wissmath for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Losses like Chavarria’s add up — to at least $50.3 million in lost economic activity for El Dorado County, according to an initial estimate shared with CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knowing the true cost of wildfires could spur more ambitious action from both government and the private sector, experts say. For instance, tracking the costs systematically over several years could help policymakers figure out which fire prevention and mitigation strategies are most cost effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But right now, California has an incomplete understanding of how much wildfires cost the state each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The costs of business disruption, the cost of damage to uninsured homes, the cost of ecosystem damage, and the cost of secondary health impacts — such as those caused by wildfire smoke — aren’t being tracked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We don’t have a comprehensive picture of the economic harm wildfires cause each year, explains Teresa Feo, senior science officer at the California Council on Science and Technology and lead author of \u003ca href=\"https://ccst.us/reports/the-costs-of-wildfire-in-california/\">a 2020 report from the council\u003c/a> on the cost of wildfires in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There isn’t a statewide systematic tracking effort to figure out these costs,” said Feo. She said it took only about a month of digging into the question to realize: \"'Oh no, you can’t come up with a number. This is actually impossible with the existing data.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state does not track or estimate the cost of wildfires in a way that accounts for public health costs or ecological damage on a regular basis, confirmed Heather Williams, communications director for the California Natural Resources Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those would always be a moving target since health impacts can occur years later,\" Williams wrote in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But with more research being funded, this may be more feasible to help the state better understand the economic and ecological impacts so we can continue to make science-based informed policy decisions,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11892013\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11892013 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with her hair back and wearing gloves chops tomatoes in a restaurant kitchen.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-24-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martha Garcia preps food in the kitchen at Verde Mexican Rotisserie in South Lake Tahoe on Oct. 6, 2021. Owner Domi Chavarria lost about $10,000 worth of inventory when they shut down for two weeks due to the Caldor Fire evacuation. \u003ccite>(Salgu Wissmath for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The different costs of wildfires\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The initial analysis of the Caldor Fire’s economic impact was prepared by Tom Harris, an economist at the University of Nevada, Reno, for the Tahoe Prosperity Center, an economic development organization for the Lake Tahoe Basin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11892030\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11892030 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-00.jpg\" alt='A bright green garbage dumpster painted with the words \"Food Only\" full of raw chicken.' width=\"1000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-00.jpg 1000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-00-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/100821-Tahoe-Fire-Economy-SW-00-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Food inventory from the Verde Mexican Rotisserie restaurant had to be discarded after a two-week evacuation order due to the Caldor Fire in South Lake Tahoe. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Domi Chavarria)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The study estimates the combined losses of El Dorado and Nevada’s Douglas County at $93 million. And, says Harris, that preliminary estimate is low: It doesn’t include the losses in sectors like rental homes or recreation businesses. Nor does it include the lost economic activity caused by residents evacuating, and it doesn’t take into account the health care costs associated with wildfire smoke exposure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some costs are more immediate — the cost of Chavarria’s rotted food, for instance, and the fact that the fire took place over Labor Day weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s not a slow weekend in Tahoe,” said Chavarria. Tourism is about 63% of the Tahoe basin’s economy, \u003ca href=\"https://tahoeprosperity.org/wp-content/uploads/measuring-for-prosperity-community-and-economic-indicators-for-the-lake-tahoe-basin-2018.pdf\">according to a 2018 report from the Tahoe Prosperity Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between the slowdown in business due to smoke and the evacuation, Verde lost several weeks of revenue. Chavarria says that a month of sales for the restaurant is more than $100,000. Verde’s employees also went without paychecks for the two weeks the restaurant was shut down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nicole Smith, co-founder and taproom manager of South Lake Brewing Company, said her business fared better than many, partially because none of the beer went bad. But between the loss of sales in the company’s own taproom and the beer it sells to other local businesses, the brewery lost somewhere between $30,000 and $50,000 of revenue during the evacuation, estimates Smith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to lost business, some figures are easier to pin down, like the amount Cal Fire spends on fire suppression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the state, for example, does not systematically track deaths and health conditions linked to wildfire smoke exposure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The costs associated with smoke may be the largest costs we’re missing, says Feo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11890211","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Leadphoto-800x533.png","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>One study \u003ca href=\"https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002601\">produced by public health department researchers and academics\u003c/a> tracked the use of Medi-Cal services during San Diego’s 2007 fall fire season. It found that during the peak fire period, emergency room visits for respiratory conditions increased by 34% and visits for asthma increased by 113%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Especially concerning was a 136% increase in ER visits for children age 4 and younger for asthma. That finding, the authors wrote, “is cause for particular concern because of the potential for long-term harm to children’s lung development.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A systematic effort to track wildfire smoke effects would be especially profound, says Feo, because it reaches so far beyond the location of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, for example, smoke from the Camp Fire \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1969409/no-you-didnt-wake-up-to-the-apocalypse-wildfire-smoke-turns-bay-area-sky-orange-and-dark\">clogged San Francisco\u003c/a>, a city more than 100 miles away. If you can put figures on the impact of smoke across the whole state, “who’s impacted by the fire suddenly changes very dramatically, and therefore who benefits from the prevention and mitigation changes,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11892020\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11892020 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A red and white sign on a tall pole along a two-lane road, surrounded by tall fir trees, with smoke haze in the distance.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/RS51289_065_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign for the town of Kyburz says, \"Welcome to Kyburz/Happy New Year 2021,\" while the Caldor Fire burns nearby on Aug. 31, 2021. The residents of Kyburz were ordered to evacuate for several days during the Caldor Fire. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Different approaches to wildfire data\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The current approach to assessing the aftermath of wildfires is a hodgepodge of research looking into different aspects that is not led by any one agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A smattering of data collection efforts includes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The California Air Resources Board funding a study of the health impact of wildfire smoke statewide for 2017, 2018 and 2020, which will be ready in three or four years.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The board also funding a study of lost work days due to wildfire smoke, which will be ready in a couple of years.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cal Fire also increasing funding for \u003ca href=\"https://frap.fire.ca.gov/research-monitoring/forest-health-research-program-overview-grant-solicitation/\">research into forest health\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n(the Department of Insurance tabulates \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/california-wildfires/2020/12/homeowners-insurers-fire-science/\">the damage to insured homes\u003c/a> for some major wildfires, but does not track damage from all wildfires each year).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A variety of academic studies.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Academic research on the cost of wildfires tends to come out several years later, and different studies focus on different fires using different methodologies. That makes it difficult to compare the findings, or track the costs over time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These studies also are conducted based on the interests of the particular researcher, says Louise Comfort, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh and a faculty affiliate at UC Berkeley’s Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society Policy Lab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That doesn’t give us a comprehensive view,” Comfort said. She credits a UC-system-wide effort \u003ca href=\"https://uckeepresearching.org/2021-uc-resilience-symposium-series/\">to study the impacts of wildfires\u003c/a> as a step in the right direction, but says the results are still not arriving in a standardized way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state may be in the best position to lead the effort on tracking the economic impact of wildfires. \"The only thing that would give us a comprehensive view is if the state really said, 'We want this kind of information,'\" said Comfort. But the state agencies shouldn’t go it alone, she says: They should engage experts in the university system.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"In 2020, for example, a team of researchers studied the nationwide impact of California’s 2018 wildfire season, and estimated that its economic damage totaled $148.5 billion.","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"large","align":"right","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nWithout statewide, systematically published numbers, it’s more difficult to compare how different regions are suffering from wildfires, or to assess the cost effectiveness of different wildfire prevention strategies. And it may be more challenging to justify spending on expensive, but nonetheless cost-effective, mitigation or prevention programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a question that comes up when talking about spending taxpayer dollars, Feo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While wildfire costs aren’t tracked, there are some academic studies that attempt to estimate those costs and produce mind-boggling figures. In 2020, for example, a team of researchers studied the nationwide impact of California’s 2018 wildfire season, and estimated that its economic damage totaled $148.5 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-00646-7\">published in Nature Sustainability\u003c/a>, captured direct capital costs, such as buildings burning down; health costs, including those related to air pollution exposure; and indirect losses such as the economic disruption of lost hours of work, as well as disruption to regional and national supply chains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The costs identified in that study exceed that of any disaster in the U.S. between the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, other than Hurricane Katrina, says Adam Rose, a research professor at the University of Southern California and an expert in energy and environmental economics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose said that a standardized methodology for assessing the total cost of wildfires should be established and applied on a regular basis — and it needs to be one that can be implemented relatively rapidly, as opposed to several years after a fire. That would allow a whole field of researchers to help track these costs, and would make their findings comparable. In addition to helping make the political case for government-led fire-prevention efforts, those numbers might spur private sector action on fire prevention efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"science_1976952","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2021/09/Grapes-2048x1536.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But not all experts said that measuring the costs associated with each wildfire season is important. William Siembieda, a professor emeritus at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo and senior member of a Cal Poly team that prepared several of the state’s hazard mitigation plans, says he doesn’t know how policymakers would make use of those numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What would be useful, Siembieda says, is for cities to model the economic impact of different levels of fire damage. What would be the cost if 5% of the city burned? What if 10% or 20% burned?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With those estimates, local officials could decide whether they’re prepared to absorb that loss, insure against the risk or pursue other strategies.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What's next for survivors?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For a couple weeks now, South Lake Tahoe residents and business owners have been reopening their restaurants, shops and adventure outfits, taking stock of what happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Lisa Schafer, co-owner of Wildwood Makers Market, returned to the city and drove to her shop for the first time, she felt waves of different emotions. There was the fear she’d been holding on to — that her hometown, her house and her business would all burn to a crisp. There was the gratitude she felt for the fact that they had all been spared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I cried the whole drive,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her shop, which sells jewelry, wall decor, embroidery kits and other gifts, smelled smoky for her first few days back. It wasn’t a pleasant campfire smell. “It smelled like beef jerky,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Coverage ","tag":"wildfires"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Business didn’t return to normal immediately; tourists didn’t rush back to the area. All told, Shafer lost about 60% of sales in September. Her insurance won’t cover that loss of business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s clear, she says, that these fires are not going away. She said she wishes there were some sort of automatic aid for businesses and individuals affected by the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, Wildwood Makers Market will bounce back from loss of business, Schafer said. But if something happens in the winter that disrupts the holiday shopping season, that could be “catastrophic,” she says. “One more hit would not be good for us.”\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11891996/how-do-you-measure-the-economic-toll-of-wildfires-the-answer-could-help-california-respond-to-emergencies-better","authors":["byline_news_11891996"],"categories":["news_1758","news_19906","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_29668","news_29842","news_3651","news_20341","news_18545","news_1430","news_25259","news_566","news_4463"],"affiliates":["news_18481"],"featImg":"news_11892011","label":"news_18481"},"news_11877902":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11877902","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11877902","score":null,"sort":[1623711376000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"california-promotes-tourism-industry-offering-dream-vacation-giveaways-to-spur-vaccinations-on-eve-of-reopening","title":"California Offers ‘Dream Vacation’ Giveaways to Spur Vaccinations, Tourism on Eve of Reopening","publishDate":1623711376,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>California will offer six “dream vacation” incentives to spur more people to get coronavirus vaccinations and boost the state's hobbled tourism industry, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday, the day before the state lifts most pandemic restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The promotion is the latest in a string of game show-style drawings recently announced by Newsom to increase vaccination rates and, in this case, help jump-start the Golden State's travel and tourism industry, which has been in virtual hibernation for more than a year because of stay-at-home orders and travel restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tourism industry “had a sledgehammer taken to it,” Newsom said at a press briefing Monday morning inside San Francisco's historic Ferry Building, a major tourist attraction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tourism revenues nose-dived from a record $145 billion in 2019 to $65 billion last year as California enacted some of the nation's toughest pandemic restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Newsom said it's now safe to travel in California again, as the state of nearly 40 million people boasts among the nation's lowest virus transmission rates, with \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/06/14/californias-mask-mandate-ends-june-15-heres-why-some-fully-vaccinated-people-will-keep-wearing-them/\">close to half\u003c/a> of all residents fully vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was because of the health-first focus that this state is not poised to recover. It's poised ... to come roaring back,” Newsom said, emphasizing that from both health and economic standpoints, California weathered the pandemic better than many conservative states with much looser restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11877048,news_11877530,news_11876747\"]“Florida actually had worse economic outcome over the course of the last year than the state of California. So did Texas,” he said, calling out two of California's conservative rivals, while touting his state's \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11873677/newsom-unveils-revised-budget-proposal-touting-historic-windfall\">record budget surplus\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But we're here primarily because California has excelled in another category, and that's vaccinations,” Newsom said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, 80% of eligible city residents have received at least one dose of vaccine, and nearly 70% are fully vaccinated, becoming the first major American city to hit that threshold, Mayor London Breed said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city by the bay is the site of one of the six vacation packages offered by various donors through Visit California, the state's nonprofit travel promotion arm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others destinations include Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Diego and a luxury hotel in Palm Springs. Newsom hastily added that he has never visited the luxury hotel, a caveat that comes after he was widely criticized for patronizing an exclusive Napa Valley restaurant during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And you can’t think of California without thinking about the Ritz Carlton down in Palm Springs. At least I’m told the Ritz Carlton down in Palm Springs is spectacular,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the goodies in the \u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/vax-for-the-win/\">various packages\u003c/a> — each available for up to four people — include floor seats at a Los Angeles Lakers game, as well as tickets to Disneyland, Legoland, SeaWorld and a symphony, Newsom said. Each winner also gets $2,000 in travel money, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With all due respect, eat your heart out the rest of the United States,” he said “There's no state in America that has more in terms of experiences, more in terms of its culinary options than the great state of California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All Californians 18 and older who are at least partially vaccinated are eligible for the drawing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom is also proposing $95 million in state funding to help a hospitality and tourism sector that at one point during the pandemic, he said, lost nearly half its 1.2 million jobs. The investment could speed the resumption of more than 300,000 jobs within a year, he projected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caroline Beteta, president and CEO of Visit California, predicted it will take another four years for California's travel industry to fully recover, particularly because of the anticipated slow comeback of business and convention travel. She urged people to get the word out that California is fully open again and welcoming back visitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because California had some the nation's tightest and longest-lasting pandemic restrictions, the state “is perceived to be less destination ready than the rest of the United States, in particular our friends in Florida,” she said. “And that's the hard work we have to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Newsom said he expects California's workplace regulators this week to approve rules that allow employees to shed their masks at work if they “self-attest” that they have been fully vaccinated, “consistent with the CDC guidelines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those rules, to be considered Thursday by the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, would be a reversal of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11877530/in-another-reversal-california-regulators-withdraw-controversial-workplace-mask-rules\">the board's decision earlier this month\u003c/a> to retain masking requirements at most work sites. Newsom said once the board lifts those restrictions, he will issue an executive order putting the rules into effect immediately, bypassing the normal 10-day legal review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The methods of employer verification were not spelled out in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/COVID-19-Prevention-Emergency.html\">board's draft regulations\u003c/a> released Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the board's staff confirmed Monday that employers would have options, including requiring workers to show proof of vaccination; requiring everyone to remain masked, vaccinated or not; or allowing employees to self-attest to their vaccination status, with the employer keeping a record of who does so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Self-attestation is a necessary option to help businesses — particularly small businesses — avoid getting into the murky waters of attempting to verify vaccinations when workers may have lost their vaccine cards,” said Robert Moutrie, a policy advocate at the California Chamber of Commerce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monday's new prize announcement is part of a weeks-long effort to entice residents who are still reluctant to get the vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It comes on the eve of Newsom's plans to lift his stay-at-home order and end most restrictions on businesses. As of midnight, almost all capacity restrictions and masking rules placed on everything from restaurants to ballparks will be lifted. To mark the occasion, Newsom on Tuesday said he plans to oversee a drawing in which 10 vaccinated people will win $1.5 million each.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the state began offering the incentives after California and the nation started seeing a decline in the number of initial vaccinations. But since the prize drawings in California began, he said, administered doses have increased 13.8% each week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are confident these vaccine incentives have worked. That’s why we want to continue in that spirit,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The drawings that have taken place so far, all streamed online, resemble game shows, officiated by Newsom as the slick-backed host giving out 30 $50,000 prizes. The state is now also giving out $50 gift cards to 2 million people who get vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom, a Democrat, faces a likely recall election this fall largely driven by his handling of the pandemic, and his Republican challengers have contended that the prizes are a wasteful taxpayer-paid way for him to boost his popularity. However, other governors of both political parties have launched similar incentives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To aid those who must prove they have been vaccinated, Newsom said the state later this week will also unveil a way for people to show “an electronic version of your paper version” of the vaccine verification card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a passport, it’s not a requirement,” he said, providing little in the way of details. “It's just the ability now to have an electronic version of that paper version. And so you'll hear more about that in the next couple of days.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post includes reporting from the Associated Press' Don Thompson and KQED's Matthew Green.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom on the eve of California's reopening, the promotion is aimed at spurring COVID-19 vaccinations and jump-starting the the state's long-idled travel and tourism industry. Newsom also said workplace masking rules would likely be lifted this week for fully vaccinated workers. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1623713923,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":32,"wordCount":1252},"headData":{"title":"California Offers ‘Dream Vacation’ Giveaways to Spur Vaccinations, Tourism on Eve of Reopening | KQED","description":"Announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom on the eve of California's reopening, the promotion is aimed at spurring COVID-19 vaccinations and jump-starting the the state's long-idled travel and tourism industry. Newsom also said workplace masking rules would likely be lifted this week for fully vaccinated workers. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11877902 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11877902","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/06/14/california-promotes-tourism-industry-offering-dream-vacation-giveaways-to-spur-vaccinations-on-eve-of-reopening/","disqusTitle":"California Offers ‘Dream Vacation’ Giveaways to Spur Vaccinations, Tourism on Eve of Reopening","justInHeadline":"Alameda and Napa counties move into less restrictive reopening tier — a week before state reopens","path":"/news/11877902/california-promotes-tourism-industry-offering-dream-vacation-giveaways-to-spur-vaccinations-on-eve-of-reopening","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California will offer six “dream vacation” incentives to spur more people to get coronavirus vaccinations and boost the state's hobbled tourism industry, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday, the day before the state lifts most pandemic restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The promotion is the latest in a string of game show-style drawings recently announced by Newsom to increase vaccination rates and, in this case, help jump-start the Golden State's travel and tourism industry, which has been in virtual hibernation for more than a year because of stay-at-home orders and travel restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tourism industry “had a sledgehammer taken to it,” Newsom said at a press briefing Monday morning inside San Francisco's historic Ferry Building, a major tourist attraction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tourism revenues nose-dived from a record $145 billion in 2019 to $65 billion last year as California enacted some of the nation's toughest pandemic restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Newsom said it's now safe to travel in California again, as the state of nearly 40 million people boasts among the nation's lowest virus transmission rates, with \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/06/14/californias-mask-mandate-ends-june-15-heres-why-some-fully-vaccinated-people-will-keep-wearing-them/\">close to half\u003c/a> of all residents fully vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was because of the health-first focus that this state is not poised to recover. It's poised ... to come roaring back,” Newsom said, emphasizing that from both health and economic standpoints, California weathered the pandemic better than many conservative states with much looser restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Stories ","postid":"news_11877048,news_11877530,news_11876747"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Florida actually had worse economic outcome over the course of the last year than the state of California. So did Texas,” he said, calling out two of California's conservative rivals, while touting his state's \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11873677/newsom-unveils-revised-budget-proposal-touting-historic-windfall\">record budget surplus\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But we're here primarily because California has excelled in another category, and that's vaccinations,” Newsom said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, 80% of eligible city residents have received at least one dose of vaccine, and nearly 70% are fully vaccinated, becoming the first major American city to hit that threshold, Mayor London Breed said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city by the bay is the site of one of the six vacation packages offered by various donors through Visit California, the state's nonprofit travel promotion arm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others destinations include Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Diego and a luxury hotel in Palm Springs. Newsom hastily added that he has never visited the luxury hotel, a caveat that comes after he was widely criticized for patronizing an exclusive Napa Valley restaurant during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And you can’t think of California without thinking about the Ritz Carlton down in Palm Springs. At least I’m told the Ritz Carlton down in Palm Springs is spectacular,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the goodies in the \u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/vax-for-the-win/\">various packages\u003c/a> — each available for up to four people — include floor seats at a Los Angeles Lakers game, as well as tickets to Disneyland, Legoland, SeaWorld and a symphony, Newsom said. Each winner also gets $2,000 in travel money, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With all due respect, eat your heart out the rest of the United States,” he said “There's no state in America that has more in terms of experiences, more in terms of its culinary options than the great state of California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All Californians 18 and older who are at least partially vaccinated are eligible for the drawing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom is also proposing $95 million in state funding to help a hospitality and tourism sector that at one point during the pandemic, he said, lost nearly half its 1.2 million jobs. The investment could speed the resumption of more than 300,000 jobs within a year, he projected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caroline Beteta, president and CEO of Visit California, predicted it will take another four years for California's travel industry to fully recover, particularly because of the anticipated slow comeback of business and convention travel. She urged people to get the word out that California is fully open again and welcoming back visitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because California had some the nation's tightest and longest-lasting pandemic restrictions, the state “is perceived to be less destination ready than the rest of the United States, in particular our friends in Florida,” she said. “And that's the hard work we have to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Newsom said he expects California's workplace regulators this week to approve rules that allow employees to shed their masks at work if they “self-attest” that they have been fully vaccinated, “consistent with the CDC guidelines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those rules, to be considered Thursday by the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, would be a reversal of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11877530/in-another-reversal-california-regulators-withdraw-controversial-workplace-mask-rules\">the board's decision earlier this month\u003c/a> to retain masking requirements at most work sites. Newsom said once the board lifts those restrictions, he will issue an executive order putting the rules into effect immediately, bypassing the normal 10-day legal review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The methods of employer verification were not spelled out in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/COVID-19-Prevention-Emergency.html\">board's draft regulations\u003c/a> released Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the board's staff confirmed Monday that employers would have options, including requiring workers to show proof of vaccination; requiring everyone to remain masked, vaccinated or not; or allowing employees to self-attest to their vaccination status, with the employer keeping a record of who does so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Self-attestation is a necessary option to help businesses — particularly small businesses — avoid getting into the murky waters of attempting to verify vaccinations when workers may have lost their vaccine cards,” said Robert Moutrie, a policy advocate at the California Chamber of Commerce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monday's new prize announcement is part of a weeks-long effort to entice residents who are still reluctant to get the vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It comes on the eve of Newsom's plans to lift his stay-at-home order and end most restrictions on businesses. As of midnight, almost all capacity restrictions and masking rules placed on everything from restaurants to ballparks will be lifted. To mark the occasion, Newsom on Tuesday said he plans to oversee a drawing in which 10 vaccinated people will win $1.5 million each.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the state began offering the incentives after California and the nation started seeing a decline in the number of initial vaccinations. But since the prize drawings in California began, he said, administered doses have increased 13.8% each week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are confident these vaccine incentives have worked. That’s why we want to continue in that spirit,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The drawings that have taken place so far, all streamed online, resemble game shows, officiated by Newsom as the slick-backed host giving out 30 $50,000 prizes. The state is now also giving out $50 gift cards to 2 million people who get vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom, a Democrat, faces a likely recall election this fall largely driven by his handling of the pandemic, and his Republican challengers have contended that the prizes are a wasteful taxpayer-paid way for him to boost his popularity. However, other governors of both political parties have launched similar incentives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To aid those who must prove they have been vaccinated, Newsom said the state later this week will also unveil a way for people to show “an electronic version of your paper version” of the vaccine verification card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a passport, it’s not a requirement,” he said, providing little in the way of details. “It's just the ability now to have an electronic version of that paper version. And so you'll hear more about that in the next couple of days.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post includes reporting from the Associated Press' Don Thompson and KQED's Matthew Green.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11877902/california-promotes-tourism-industry-offering-dream-vacation-giveaways-to-spur-vaccinations-on-eve-of-reopening","authors":["237"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_29495","news_16","news_29534","news_29575","news_566"],"featImg":"news_11877931","label":"news"},"news_11845904":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11845904","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11845904","score":null,"sort":[1604682012000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"tourism-trickles-back-as-sf-recommends-but-doesnt-require-a-quarantine-for-holiday-season-travelers","title":"Tourism Trickles Back as SF Recommends (But Doesn't Require) a Quarantine for Holiday Season Travelers","publishDate":1604682012,"format":"audio","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>One of the most obvious signs of tourism’s potential comeback to San Francisco ought to be the sight of the massive \u003ca href=\"https://www.skystarwheel.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SkyStar Observation Wheel\u003c/a>, creating countless Instagram moments as it gently rotates above the tree tops of Golden Gate Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or so you’d think.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a sunny weekday afternoon, dozens of people wait in line to take the 10-minute to 12-minute ride on the Ferris wheel-style attraction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those riders generally aren't visitors to the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're mainly seeing San Francisco locals and people from surrounding counties,\" said SkyStar greeter David Saffold as he checked people's temperatures at the ride's entrance and directed them to the line. Saffold said he’s yet to meet a single real tourist since the wheel finally opened for business on Oct. 21 — an opening that had been delayed for many months because of COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845985\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11845985 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"SkyStar Observation Wheel greeter David Saffold says most of the people riding the new Ferris wheel-style attraction in Golden Gate Park are Bay Area locals.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SkyStar Observation Wheel greeter David Saffold says most of the people riding the new Ferris wheel-style attraction in Golden Gate Park are Bay Area locals. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But he said people from San Francisco and surrounding counties have been showing up in droves, despite the $18-per-adult ticket price. (Kids and seniors pay $12 to ride.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is great for the locals,\" said Saffold. \"It gives people something to do, something to enjoy during these mad times.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tourism is San Francisco’s largest industry. It supports more than 80,000 jobs and contributed nearly $800 million in tax revenue to the city last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of those jobs and dollars disappeared during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sftravel.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Travel Association\u003c/a> (SF Travel), which promotes the city by the bay as a destination for business and leisure travel around the country and the world, \u003ca href=\"https://sftravel.ent.box.com/s/88i61maeqrxlqa1l93mhtx8rpsidimn0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visitor numbers are down more than 53% compared to last year and tourist spending has plunged by 67%\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845988\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11845988 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco's newest attraction, the SkyStar Observation Wheel. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So while Bay Area residents have been making the most of touristy attractions they might normally avoid, SF Travel has started vigorously marketing the city to \u003cem>actual\u003c/em> tourists once again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since San Francisco officials softened restrictions on hotels, restaurants and attractions in line with health guidelines in mid-September, SF Travel has launched campaigns in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"https://news.airbnb.com/airbnb-and-sftravel/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Airbnb\u003c/a> and the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitcalifornia.com/places-to-visit/san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit California.\u003c/a> There's also a series of YouTube videos promoting San Francisco featuring local celebrities like filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, Mayor London Breed and former San Francisco Giants’ player Hunter Pence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhUw6H0dFwg&t=2s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SF Travel has also instituted the \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.sftravel.com/article/take-san-francisco-safe-travel-pledge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Safe Travel Pledge\u003c/a>\", asking potential visitors to fill out an online form agreeing to adhere to 10 health and safety requirements, such as wearing a face covering when in public spaces and maintaining physical distance from others while exploring the city. At the time of writing, 869 people had taken the pledge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Josephine Santos, tourist\"]'There's less people around, so you can kind of enjoy San Francisco almost like a local. It's a little bit refreshing, actually.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Howard Pickett, SF Travel’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer, said he’s cautiously optimistic about tourism’s return to San Francisco, though it could be a long time before the most lucrative segment, international travelers, sees an upswing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's coming back very, very slowly,\" Pickett said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The numbers are nowhere near what they were last year, of course. Yet SF Travel data shows hotel occupancy has risen from just over 15% to around 35% since April. And the number of passengers flying into San Francisco International Airport has almost doubled over the past four months, according to SFO's \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/media/facts-statistics/air-traffic-statistics/2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">monthly traffic statistics\u003c/a>. Steep hotel and flight price reductions in recent months may have something to do with the recent growth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845966\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 691px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11845966\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/monthly-occupancy.png\" alt=\"Hotel monthly occupancy data from SF Travel.\" width=\"691\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/monthly-occupancy.png 691w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/monthly-occupancy-160x78.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hotel monthly occupancy data from SF Travel. \u003ccite>(Courtesy SF Travel)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"covid-19\" label=\"related coverage\"]But because the \u003ca href=\"https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/world.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. currently restricts many international travelers from entering the country\u003c/a>, and lots of people are \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/tips/drive-fly-safe-covid/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">still feeling jittery\u003c/a> about boarding even domestic flights, Pickett said his target audience for now is mostly Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"While the recovery is starting now, it's really focused on domestic visitors, and frankly, even just in-state and regional visitors,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent visit to San Francisco’s main tourist hot spot, \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitfishermanswharf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fisherman’s Wharf\u003c/a>, bears this out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I do see some tourists,\" said Mia Harriman, general manager of \u003ca href=\"http://cioppinos.letseat.at/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cioppino’s,\u003c/a> a longtime seafood restaurant with a big, umbrella’d outdoor patio right there on the main drag. \"We had people from Texas the other day. They said that they flew out and that was fine, except for the fact there was no bar on the plane. That was their biggest complaint.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845989\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11845989 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mia Harriman, general manager of Cioppino’s, a longtime seafood restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Harriman said the overwhelming majority of customers she's met haven’t traveled nearly as far to sample Cioppino’s signature seafood stew and cocktails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've seen quite a few from San Diego and Los Angeles,\" Harriman said. \"So it seems like a lot of people are coming from Southern California. And they are driving up.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same thing goes for \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alcatraz Island\u003c/a>, another of the city's major tourist destinations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Recent visitors to Alcatraz are mostly from Northern and Southern California,\" wrote a spokesman for ferry operator \u003ca href=\"https://www.alcatrazcruises.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alcatraz Cruises\u003c/a>, in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But an intrepid few are flying in from out of state, like Josephine Santos and Tito Arcos of Jersey City, New Jersey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845991\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11845991 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josephine Santos and Tito Arcos are on vacation in San Francisco from New Jersey. It's the couple's third visit to the city. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"There's less people around, so you can kind of enjoy San Francisco almost like a local,\" said Santos, standing in line for the Alcatraz ferry on her third visit to the city. \"It's a little bit refreshing, actually.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple is slightly disappointed that some of the infamous prison's inside spaces, including the cell block, are off-limits right now for COVID-19 distancing safety reasons and a long-awaited seismic retrofit construction project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Arcos and Santos are relieved San Francisco is taking visitors’ well-being so seriously. Boats to Alcatraz are operating at reduced capacity, only a maximum of 750 people are allowed on the island per day (down from roughly 5,000 before the pandemic), and there are multiple hand sanitizing stations on the dock, on the ferry and on the island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845993\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11845993 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Alcatraz Island. The famous tourist destination reopened to visitors in August. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"It's good to see how many people are wearing masks, socially distancing and following all the rules,\" said Santos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm glad that San Francisco is taking the proper precautions, because this is a really big city,\" Arcos added. \"They're handling it well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Current city guidelines recommend that people quarantine themselves for two weeks after arriving (or returning) to San Francisco. While self-quarantining isn't required, city officials are considering emphasizing its role in preventing a possible travel-related spike in COVID-19 cases during the holiday season.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Some data show that hotel occupancy has risen from about 15% to around 35% since April, while the number of people flying into San Francisco International Airport has almost doubled over the past four months. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1604699227,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":34,"wordCount":1243},"headData":{"title":"Tourism Trickles Back as SF Recommends (But Doesn't Require) a Quarantine for Holiday Season Travelers | KQED","description":"Some data show that hotel occupancy has risen from about 15% to around 35% since April, while the number of people flying into San Francisco International Airport has almost doubled over the past four months. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11845904 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11845904","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2020/11/06/tourism-trickles-back-as-sf-recommends-but-doesnt-require-a-quarantine-for-holiday-season-travelers/","disqusTitle":"Tourism Trickles Back as SF Recommends (But Doesn't Require) a Quarantine for Holiday Season Travelers","source":"coronavirus","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirus","audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-41c5-bcaf-aaef00f5a073/972ac174-f018-4f11-bcaf-ac6b01430c18/audio.mp3","path":"/news/11845904/tourism-trickles-back-as-sf-recommends-but-doesnt-require-a-quarantine-for-holiday-season-travelers","audioDuration":264000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>One of the most obvious signs of tourism’s potential comeback to San Francisco ought to be the sight of the massive \u003ca href=\"https://www.skystarwheel.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SkyStar Observation Wheel\u003c/a>, creating countless Instagram moments as it gently rotates above the tree tops of Golden Gate Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or so you’d think.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a sunny weekday afternoon, dozens of people wait in line to take the 10-minute to 12-minute ride on the Ferris wheel-style attraction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those riders generally aren't visitors to the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're mainly seeing San Francisco locals and people from surrounding counties,\" said SkyStar greeter David Saffold as he checked people's temperatures at the ride's entrance and directed them to the line. Saffold said he’s yet to meet a single real tourist since the wheel finally opened for business on Oct. 21 — an opening that had been delayed for many months because of COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845985\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11845985 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"SkyStar Observation Wheel greeter David Saffold says most of the people riding the new Ferris wheel-style attraction in Golden Gate Park are Bay Area locals.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45677_david-safford-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SkyStar Observation Wheel greeter David Saffold says most of the people riding the new Ferris wheel-style attraction in Golden Gate Park are Bay Area locals. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But he said people from San Francisco and surrounding counties have been showing up in droves, despite the $18-per-adult ticket price. (Kids and seniors pay $12 to ride.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is great for the locals,\" said Saffold. \"It gives people something to do, something to enjoy during these mad times.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tourism is San Francisco’s largest industry. It supports more than 80,000 jobs and contributed nearly $800 million in tax revenue to the city last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of those jobs and dollars disappeared during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sftravel.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Travel Association\u003c/a> (SF Travel), which promotes the city by the bay as a destination for business and leisure travel around the country and the world, \u003ca href=\"https://sftravel.ent.box.com/s/88i61maeqrxlqa1l93mhtx8rpsidimn0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visitor numbers are down more than 53% compared to last year and tourist spending has plunged by 67%\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845988\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11845988 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45675_the-wheel-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco's newest attraction, the SkyStar Observation Wheel. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So while Bay Area residents have been making the most of touristy attractions they might normally avoid, SF Travel has started vigorously marketing the city to \u003cem>actual\u003c/em> tourists once again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since San Francisco officials softened restrictions on hotels, restaurants and attractions in line with health guidelines in mid-September, SF Travel has launched campaigns in collaboration with \u003ca href=\"https://news.airbnb.com/airbnb-and-sftravel/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Airbnb\u003c/a> and the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitcalifornia.com/places-to-visit/san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit California.\u003c/a> There's also a series of YouTube videos promoting San Francisco featuring local celebrities like filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, Mayor London Breed and former San Francisco Giants’ player Hunter Pence.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/RhUw6H0dFwg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/RhUw6H0dFwg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>SF Travel has also instituted the \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.sftravel.com/article/take-san-francisco-safe-travel-pledge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Safe Travel Pledge\u003c/a>\", asking potential visitors to fill out an online form agreeing to adhere to 10 health and safety requirements, such as wearing a face covering when in public spaces and maintaining physical distance from others while exploring the city. At the time of writing, 869 people had taken the pledge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'There's less people around, so you can kind of enjoy San Francisco almost like a local. It's a little bit refreshing, actually.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Josephine Santos, tourist","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Howard Pickett, SF Travel’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer, said he’s cautiously optimistic about tourism’s return to San Francisco, though it could be a long time before the most lucrative segment, international travelers, sees an upswing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's coming back very, very slowly,\" Pickett said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The numbers are nowhere near what they were last year, of course. Yet SF Travel data shows hotel occupancy has risen from just over 15% to around 35% since April. And the number of passengers flying into San Francisco International Airport has almost doubled over the past four months, according to SFO's \u003ca href=\"https://www.flysfo.com/media/facts-statistics/air-traffic-statistics/2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">monthly traffic statistics\u003c/a>. Steep hotel and flight price reductions in recent months may have something to do with the recent growth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845966\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 691px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11845966\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/monthly-occupancy.png\" alt=\"Hotel monthly occupancy data from SF Travel.\" width=\"691\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/monthly-occupancy.png 691w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/monthly-occupancy-160x78.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hotel monthly occupancy data from SF Travel. \u003ccite>(Courtesy SF Travel)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"covid-19","label":"related coverage "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But because the \u003ca href=\"https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/world.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. currently restricts many international travelers from entering the country\u003c/a>, and lots of people are \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/tips/drive-fly-safe-covid/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">still feeling jittery\u003c/a> about boarding even domestic flights, Pickett said his target audience for now is mostly Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"While the recovery is starting now, it's really focused on domestic visitors, and frankly, even just in-state and regional visitors,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent visit to San Francisco’s main tourist hot spot, \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitfishermanswharf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fisherman’s Wharf\u003c/a>, bears this out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I do see some tourists,\" said Mia Harriman, general manager of \u003ca href=\"http://cioppinos.letseat.at/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cioppino’s,\u003c/a> a longtime seafood restaurant with a big, umbrella’d outdoor patio right there on the main drag. \"We had people from Texas the other day. They said that they flew out and that was fine, except for the fact there was no bar on the plane. That was their biggest complaint.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845989\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11845989 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45676_mia-harriman-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mia Harriman, general manager of Cioppino’s, a longtime seafood restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Harriman said the overwhelming majority of customers she's met haven’t traveled nearly as far to sample Cioppino’s signature seafood stew and cocktails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've seen quite a few from San Diego and Los Angeles,\" Harriman said. \"So it seems like a lot of people are coming from Southern California. And they are driving up.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same thing goes for \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alcatraz Island\u003c/a>, another of the city's major tourist destinations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Recent visitors to Alcatraz are mostly from Northern and Southern California,\" wrote a spokesman for ferry operator \u003ca href=\"https://www.alcatrazcruises.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alcatraz Cruises\u003c/a>, in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But an intrepid few are flying in from out of state, like Josephine Santos and Tito Arcos of Jersey City, New Jersey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845991\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11845991 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45679_josephine-and-tito-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josephine Santos and Tito Arcos are on vacation in San Francisco from New Jersey. It's the couple's third visit to the city. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"There's less people around, so you can kind of enjoy San Francisco almost like a local,\" said Santos, standing in line for the Alcatraz ferry on her third visit to the city. \"It's a little bit refreshing, actually.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple is slightly disappointed that some of the infamous prison's inside spaces, including the cell block, are off-limits right now for COVID-19 distancing safety reasons and a long-awaited seismic retrofit construction project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Arcos and Santos are relieved San Francisco is taking visitors’ well-being so seriously. Boats to Alcatraz are operating at reduced capacity, only a maximum of 750 people are allowed on the island per day (down from roughly 5,000 before the pandemic), and there are multiple hand sanitizing stations on the dock, on the ferry and on the island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11845993\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11845993 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45680_alcatraz-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Alcatraz Island. The famous tourist destination reopened to visitors in August. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"It's good to see how many people are wearing masks, socially distancing and following all the rules,\" said Santos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm glad that San Francisco is taking the proper precautions, because this is a really big city,\" Arcos added. \"They're handling it well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Current city guidelines recommend that people quarantine themselves for two weeks after arriving (or returning) to San Francisco. While self-quarantining isn't required, city officials are considering emphasizing its role in preventing a possible travel-related spike in COVID-19 cases during the holiday season.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11845904/tourism-trickles-back-as-sf-recommends-but-doesnt-require-a-quarantine-for-holiday-season-travelers","authors":["8608"],"categories":["news_223","news_1758","news_8"],"tags":["news_27350","news_27504","news_743","news_823","news_38","news_566"],"featImg":"news_11846076","label":"source_news_11845904"},"news_11838638":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11838638","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11838638","score":null,"sort":[1600810208000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"why-san-joses-downtown-is-so-sleepy-and-how-the-city-is-trying-to-revive-it","title":"Why San Jose's Downtown Is So Sleepy and How the City's Trying to Revive It","publishDate":1600810208,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>That's the very question I've been asking myself since I moved here in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose is the third largest city in California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments/planning-building-code-enforcement/planning-division/data-and-maps/demographics/population\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with over a million people\u003c/a> — bigger than San Francisco! So, why is there so little foot traffic on the streets of its downtown?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Be'Anka Ashaolu, a small business owner in downtown San Jose\"]'I think there's a resiliency here, and people want this place to be better. ... It could be something great.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Knies, the executive director of the San Jose Downtown Association, says the city has been dealing with this problem for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our downtown has very low numbers of residents and employees,\" he said. \"You know, the densities aren't there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knies says San Jose hasn't been able to build enough housing in its downtown area. Because of that, people have traditionally come from around the Bay Area to visit the city during the weekends, but haven't stayed for any significant length of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Whatever supply (of housing that) has been built, has been filled up, so the demand is certainly there. For whatever reason, it was easier to build out instead of in,\" Knies said, referring to the suburban sprawl surrounding the city's largely empty downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Knies and other city planners have been working to transform the downtown into a more exciting destination. And they see an opportunity on the horizon: a host of major corporate players soon plan to move their campuses inside the city, or expand existing footprints, despite the coronavirus pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"With what Google wants to do in Downtown West, with what Jay Paul wants to do with CityView Plaza at 200 Park, Adobe building their fourth tower — their corporate headquarters,\" Knies said. \"We are on this path of increasing the densities and having people here who are really going to be supporting the businesses.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11839123\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1747px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/market-e1600806146576.png\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11839123 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/market-e1600806146576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1747\" height=\"1224\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/market-e1600806146576.png 1747w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/market-e1600806146576-800x561.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/market-e1600806146576-1020x715.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/market-e1600806146576-160x112.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/market-e1600806146576-1536x1076.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1747px) 100vw, 1747px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Pedro Square in downtown San Jose was a center of commercial activity before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. While foot traffic has been gradually increasing, particularly on the weekends, business remains slow. \u003ccite>(Adhiti Bandlamudi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With those big companies coming in, San Jose has been investing some money in smaller players as well. In 2018, the city launched \u003ca href=\"https://www.moment-sj.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moment\u003c/a>, a small business incubator program that offers micro-retail spaces in and around San Pedro Square — one of the few happening parts of the city's downtown — an area filled with cafes, restaurants and an indoor food hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"(That effort) had really kinda started this, 'Hey, downtown's going to turn the corner' and then it all falls out,\" said Knies, noting the pandemic's overwhelming impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six months into the pandemic, Knies is just trying to help existing businesses stay alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Au Nguyen runs one of the Moment shops in San Pedro Square — a boutique called \u003ca href=\"https://aulala.design/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Au La La \u003c/a>that she opened in July.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003cbr>\n\"August was a little slower, probably because of the heat wave. The air quality didn't help with the small businesses here,\" Nguyen said. \"But we're doing okay. I'm just grateful to be open!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At her boutique, Nguyen designs and sells handmade light chiffon and silk summer dresses and blouses. After running her business online for about a year, she wanted to test the market with a brick and mortar storefront and decided to set up shop in San Jose, where she has lived for over a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I wanted to test out the fit and quality [of the clothes] and was looking for feedback. So, I was looking for a space to be able to do that,\" Nguyen said. \"And then Moment was really supportive with COVID — they were flexible on the lease terms.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"san-jose\"]Nguyen admits the foot traffic in the area isn't what it was before the pandemic started, but there are still some people walking around, especially during the weekends. Her proximity to other shops and restaurants doesn't hurt either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It has picked up a lot,\" she said. \"My store might not be so busy, but all the restaurants and the brewery — they actually have a lot of visitors.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nguyen says she has really enjoyed her experience in downtown San Jose, despite the obvious challenges, and if given the chance, would like to stay here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She's hardly the only business owner betting that downtown will emerge from the pandemic bigger and better than it was before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Be'Anka Ashaolu and Jeronica Macey are planning to open a self-care themed cafe called \u003ca href=\"https://www.nirvanasoulcoffee.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nirvana Soul Coffee\u003c/a> a few blocks from San Jose State University at the end of September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opening in the middle of a pandemic \"was no one's plan,\" Ashaolu said. \"We just happened to close our loan at the start of shelter in place. We've been working on this for over two years.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CDClOynDCG8/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ashaolu and Macey grew up in San Jose and have been living downtown for the past decade. They have long dreamed of opening their cafe here and are confident that residents want to see the downtown area grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think there's a resiliency here, and people want this place to be better,\" Ashaolu said. \"So I expect that, pandemic or otherwise, San Jose will become the city it could be. It has that much potential. It could be something great.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Before the pandemic started, San Jose city planners began pouring money into the city's downtown area to attract tourists from around the Bay Area. Now they're asking: 'If we build it, will they come?' 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","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11838638 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11838638","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2020/09/22/why-san-joses-downtown-is-so-sleepy-and-how-the-city-is-trying-to-revive-it/","disqusTitle":"Why San Jose's Downtown Is So Sleepy and How the City's Trying to Revive It","audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-41c5-bcaf-aaef00f5a073/ef2af7da-fc52-4900-a16b-ac3a013440ac/audio.mp3","path":"/news/11838638/why-san-joses-downtown-is-so-sleepy-and-how-the-city-is-trying-to-revive-it","audioDuration":189000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>That's the very question I've been asking myself since I moved here in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose is the third largest city in California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments/planning-building-code-enforcement/planning-division/data-and-maps/demographics/population\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with over a million people\u003c/a> — bigger than San Francisco! So, why is there so little foot traffic on the streets of its downtown?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'I think there's a resiliency here, and people want this place to be better. ... It could be something great.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Be'Anka Ashaolu, a small business owner in downtown San Jose","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Knies, the executive director of the San Jose Downtown Association, says the city has been dealing with this problem for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our downtown has very low numbers of residents and employees,\" he said. \"You know, the densities aren't there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knies says San Jose hasn't been able to build enough housing in its downtown area. Because of that, people have traditionally come from around the Bay Area to visit the city during the weekends, but haven't stayed for any significant length of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Whatever supply (of housing that) has been built, has been filled up, so the demand is certainly there. For whatever reason, it was easier to build out instead of in,\" Knies said, referring to the suburban sprawl surrounding the city's largely empty downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Knies and other city planners have been working to transform the downtown into a more exciting destination. And they see an opportunity on the horizon: a host of major corporate players soon plan to move their campuses inside the city, or expand existing footprints, despite the coronavirus pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"With what Google wants to do in Downtown West, with what Jay Paul wants to do with CityView Plaza at 200 Park, Adobe building their fourth tower — their corporate headquarters,\" Knies said. \"We are on this path of increasing the densities and having people here who are really going to be supporting the businesses.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11839123\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1747px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/market-e1600806146576.png\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11839123 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/market-e1600806146576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1747\" height=\"1224\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/market-e1600806146576.png 1747w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/market-e1600806146576-800x561.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/market-e1600806146576-1020x715.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/market-e1600806146576-160x112.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/market-e1600806146576-1536x1076.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1747px) 100vw, 1747px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Pedro Square in downtown San Jose was a center of commercial activity before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. While foot traffic has been gradually increasing, particularly on the weekends, business remains slow. \u003ccite>(Adhiti Bandlamudi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With those big companies coming in, San Jose has been investing some money in smaller players as well. In 2018, the city launched \u003ca href=\"https://www.moment-sj.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moment\u003c/a>, a small business incubator program that offers micro-retail spaces in and around San Pedro Square — one of the few happening parts of the city's downtown — an area filled with cafes, restaurants and an indoor food hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"(That effort) had really kinda started this, 'Hey, downtown's going to turn the corner' and then it all falls out,\" said Knies, noting the pandemic's overwhelming impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six months into the pandemic, Knies is just trying to help existing businesses stay alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Au Nguyen runs one of the Moment shops in San Pedro Square — a boutique called \u003ca href=\"https://aulala.design/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Au La La \u003c/a>that she opened in July.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\n\"August was a little slower, probably because of the heat wave. The air quality didn't help with the small businesses here,\" Nguyen said. \"But we're doing okay. I'm just grateful to be open!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At her boutique, Nguyen designs and sells handmade light chiffon and silk summer dresses and blouses. After running her business online for about a year, she wanted to test the market with a brick and mortar storefront and decided to set up shop in San Jose, where she has lived for over a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I wanted to test out the fit and quality [of the clothes] and was looking for feedback. So, I was looking for a space to be able to do that,\" Nguyen said. \"And then Moment was really supportive with COVID — they were flexible on the lease terms.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"san-jose"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Nguyen admits the foot traffic in the area isn't what it was before the pandemic started, but there are still some people walking around, especially during the weekends. Her proximity to other shops and restaurants doesn't hurt either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It has picked up a lot,\" she said. \"My store might not be so busy, but all the restaurants and the brewery — they actually have a lot of visitors.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nguyen says she has really enjoyed her experience in downtown San Jose, despite the obvious challenges, and if given the chance, would like to stay here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She's hardly the only business owner betting that downtown will emerge from the pandemic bigger and better than it was before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Be'Anka Ashaolu and Jeronica Macey are planning to open a self-care themed cafe called \u003ca href=\"https://www.nirvanasoulcoffee.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nirvana Soul Coffee\u003c/a> a few blocks from San Jose State University at the end of September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opening in the middle of a pandemic \"was no one's plan,\" Ashaolu said. \"We just happened to close our loan at the start of shelter in place. We've been working on this for over two years.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"CDClOynDCG8"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Ashaolu and Macey grew up in San Jose and have been living downtown for the past decade. They have long dreamed of opening their cafe here and are confident that residents want to see the downtown area grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think there's a resiliency here, and people want this place to be better,\" Ashaolu said. \"So I expect that, pandemic or otherwise, San Jose will become the city it could be. It has that much potential. It could be something great.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11838638/why-san-joses-downtown-is-so-sleepy-and-how-the-city-is-trying-to-revive-it","authors":["11672"],"categories":["news_1758","news_8"],"tags":["news_28085","news_27350","news_93","news_18541","news_27734","news_566"],"featImg":"news_11839122","label":"news"},"news_11763985":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11763985","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11763985","score":null,"sort":[1565701254000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"underground-lakes-and-a-vanished-church-await-in-california-cavern","title":"Underground Lakes and a Vanished Church Await in California Cavern","publishDate":1565701254,"format":"video","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>For you adventurous souls who like to get your sightseeing thrills underground, California has a wealth of caves open to the public — offering everything from walking tours to mud-caked spelunking. Yet subterranean tourism isn’t as new a concept as you might assume.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hidden in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gocalaveras.com/travel-directory/california-cavern/\">California Cavern\u003c/a> became the first cave to open to the public in the state in the 1850s. It’s still operational 170 years later, and its unique sights are as astonishing now as they were to those first visitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765327\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11765327\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38375_DSC_1319-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38375_DSC_1319-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38375_DSC_1319-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38375_DSC_1319-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38375_DSC_1319-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38375_DSC_1319-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rock formation in California Cavern \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An elaborate network of tunnels and yawning crystalline chambers awaits 80 feet below the earth. The network stretches underground for two and a half miles, giving it the distinction of the state’s longest cave system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really just a different world,” says Andrew Kilbreath, a California Cavern tour guide who’s been guiding visitors in the cave for 17 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765326\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11765326\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38381_DSC_1286-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38381_DSC_1286-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38381_DSC_1286-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38381_DSC_1286-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38381_DSC_1286-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38381_DSC_1286-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Cavern tour guide Andrew Kilbreath \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Down in the caverns, it’s 53.8 degrees 365 days of the year — so stepping through the gate on a hot summer day can feel like heaven. In winter, steam rises from the cave’s mouth, giving it a somewhat more hellish appearance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of California Caverns’ early history is shrouded in mystery. The indigenous Miwok people were said to have used the caverns as a jail, and there are rumors that a Spanish helmet was once found inside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1850, a prospector named Captain Joseph Taylor was passing the time with target practice on the rocks above when he suddenly felt a rush of cool air on his skin. It was coming from a hole that lead to the caverns he had no idea were gaping underneath his feet. Thrilled by the notion he’d stumbled upon a secret goldmine, Taylor returned the next day with gunpowder and blew the hole wide open to expose the cave’s entrance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765338\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11765338\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38377_DSC_1336-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38377_DSC_1336-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38377_DSC_1336-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38377_DSC_1336-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38377_DSC_1336-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38377_DSC_1336-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A passageway in California Cavern \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The caverns he found were marble, not gold — but the underworld Taylor had rediscovered immediately captured the public imagination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It gave him the idea of charging a pinch of gold dust or a couple of coins and giving candlelit tours — starting this off as the very first commercialized cave in California,” explains Kilbreath.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finding himself one of the state’s first tourism entrepreneurs, Taylor shrewdly dubbed the caverns Mammoth Cave, after the famous Kentucky cave systems that were drawing attention all over the United States. Afledgling town sprung up around this new tourist attraction, and became known as “Cave City” — a name the caverns eventually took too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765334\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11765334\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38382_DSC_1288-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38382_DSC_1288-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38382_DSC_1288-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38382_DSC_1288-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38382_DSC_1288-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38382_DSC_1288-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Overhanging rock formations in California Cavern \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Throughout history, humans have always been thrilled by the idea of underground worlds, and when it opened to the public, Taylor’s cave was a monster hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No powers of description can convey an idea of the immensity of this cave, the grandeur of its lofty columns and fretted domes, and the elegance of the designs,” wrote the Calaveras Chronicle in 1854. They described it as a place “where nature exhibits how far her handiwork transcends the most exquisite productions of man.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an act of, what Kilbreath calls, “historical vandalism,” those first visitors were encouraged to etch their names onto the cavern walls. The litany of signatures — carved into the rock with a steel nail, some crude, some elegant — may appall us today, but it’s one of the reasons California Cavern is now considered a state landmark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On rare occasions modern visitors have found the names of distant relatives marked on these rocks, says Kilbreath.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the most notable features of California Cavern are the underground lakes. These foreboding pools of dark water fall away into the blackness. But when you hold a light to them, the water is revealed to be crystal clear. During the flood season, unless you hear the bubbles softly rising, it’s easy to step straight into the water without even realizing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765322\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11765322\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38376_DSC_1329-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38376_DSC_1329-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38376_DSC_1329-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38376_DSC_1329-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38376_DSC_1329-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38376_DSC_1329-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An underground lake in California Cavern. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When deemed safe, California Cavern opens the lakes to tour groups, who raft or swim across them. While Kilbreath says it’s “pretty neat” to be able to say you swam in an underground lake, it’s also “a little creepy knowing there's 80 feet of pitch black water below you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the caverns first opened, writers like Mark Twain and Bret Harte paid a visit. John Muir visited in 1876, and later wrote how the caverns were “all a-glitter like a glacier cave with icicle-like stalactites and stalagmites combined in forms of indescribable beauty.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Above ground, the small town of Cave City that sprung up around the cave mouth in the 1850s began to develop an unusually close relationship with the underground world that stretched below them. First, the townspeople built a hotel at the entrance. Then the town itself began to spill down into the caverns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765343\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11765343\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38379_DSC_1277-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38379_DSC_1277-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38379_DSC_1277-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38379_DSC_1277-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38379_DSC_1277-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38379_DSC_1277-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A formation known informally as \"cave bacon\" in California Cavern \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They built a saloon where prospectors and visitors alike could swig their whiskey under sheets of solid rock. (“The bad joke for that: It's the cavern tavern,” says Andrew.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deeper inside, in a domed vault they called “the Bishop’s Palace,” the people of Cave City built their church, complete with an organ. Stepping into this hushed space, it’s hard not to imagine how angelic those services must have sounded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bishop’s Palace was named for a pillar of rock the people of Cave City thought resembled a Roman Catholic bishop wearing robes — illustrating how 80 feet underground, the human eye seeks out familiar shapes and patterns like it does when faced with clouds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765341\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11765341\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38374_DSC_1317-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38374_DSC_1317-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38374_DSC_1317-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38374_DSC_1317-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38374_DSC_1317-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38374_DSC_1317-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A formation that resembles jellyfish in California Cavern \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rock formations known as 'flowstones' look like frozen waterfalls — they're created by mineral-rich water dripping down the cave walls and depositing calcite. Pillars of rock looks like human figures, and elsewhere formations look like jellyfish, dinosaurs, even monstrous faces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you do have a good imagination you can spend hours down here staring up at the ceiling,” says Kilbreath.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, our subterranean sightseeing is enabled by the colorful artificial lighting that bathes California Cavern. It’s the kind of illumination that, if it hadn’t been for Captain Taylor’s curiosity, would never have been brought down here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea that the cave’s beauty was previously “shrouded in darkness all the time” is something that particularly strikes Kilbreath each time he visits the caverns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's kind of a weird way of thinking about how much beauty is down here but not really ever meant to be looked at,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"An elaborate network of tunnels and yawning crystalline chambers awaits 80 feet below the earth.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1565673924,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":28,"wordCount":1197},"headData":{"title":"Underground Lakes and a Vanished Church Await in California Cavern | KQED","description":"An elaborate network of tunnels and yawning crystalline chambers awaits 80 feet below the earth.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11763985 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11763985","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/08/13/underground-lakes-and-a-vanished-church-await-in-california-cavern/","disqusTitle":"Underground Lakes and a Vanished Church Await in California Cavern","videoEmbed":"https://youtu.be/JjE7QwMVa_4","source":"Hidden Gems","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/hidden-gems","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2019/08/tcrmag20190809a.mp3","audioTrackLength":356,"path":"/news/11763985/underground-lakes-and-a-vanished-church-await-in-california-cavern","audioDuration":356000,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For you adventurous souls who like to get your sightseeing thrills underground, California has a wealth of caves open to the public — offering everything from walking tours to mud-caked spelunking. Yet subterranean tourism isn’t as new a concept as you might assume.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hidden in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gocalaveras.com/travel-directory/california-cavern/\">California Cavern\u003c/a> became the first cave to open to the public in the state in the 1850s. It’s still operational 170 years later, and its unique sights are as astonishing now as they were to those first visitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765327\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11765327\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38375_DSC_1319-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38375_DSC_1319-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38375_DSC_1319-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38375_DSC_1319-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38375_DSC_1319-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38375_DSC_1319-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rock formation in California Cavern \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An elaborate network of tunnels and yawning crystalline chambers awaits 80 feet below the earth. The network stretches underground for two and a half miles, giving it the distinction of the state’s longest cave system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really just a different world,” says Andrew Kilbreath, a California Cavern tour guide who’s been guiding visitors in the cave for 17 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765326\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11765326\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38381_DSC_1286-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38381_DSC_1286-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38381_DSC_1286-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38381_DSC_1286-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38381_DSC_1286-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38381_DSC_1286-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Cavern tour guide Andrew Kilbreath \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Down in the caverns, it’s 53.8 degrees 365 days of the year — so stepping through the gate on a hot summer day can feel like heaven. In winter, steam rises from the cave’s mouth, giving it a somewhat more hellish appearance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of California Caverns’ early history is shrouded in mystery. The indigenous Miwok people were said to have used the caverns as a jail, and there are rumors that a Spanish helmet was once found inside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1850, a prospector named Captain Joseph Taylor was passing the time with target practice on the rocks above when he suddenly felt a rush of cool air on his skin. It was coming from a hole that lead to the caverns he had no idea were gaping underneath his feet. Thrilled by the notion he’d stumbled upon a secret goldmine, Taylor returned the next day with gunpowder and blew the hole wide open to expose the cave’s entrance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765338\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11765338\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38377_DSC_1336-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38377_DSC_1336-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38377_DSC_1336-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38377_DSC_1336-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38377_DSC_1336-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38377_DSC_1336-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A passageway in California Cavern \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The caverns he found were marble, not gold — but the underworld Taylor had rediscovered immediately captured the public imagination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It gave him the idea of charging a pinch of gold dust or a couple of coins and giving candlelit tours — starting this off as the very first commercialized cave in California,” explains Kilbreath.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finding himself one of the state’s first tourism entrepreneurs, Taylor shrewdly dubbed the caverns Mammoth Cave, after the famous Kentucky cave systems that were drawing attention all over the United States. Afledgling town sprung up around this new tourist attraction, and became known as “Cave City” — a name the caverns eventually took too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765334\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11765334\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38382_DSC_1288-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38382_DSC_1288-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38382_DSC_1288-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38382_DSC_1288-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38382_DSC_1288-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38382_DSC_1288-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Overhanging rock formations in California Cavern \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Throughout history, humans have always been thrilled by the idea of underground worlds, and when it opened to the public, Taylor’s cave was a monster hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No powers of description can convey an idea of the immensity of this cave, the grandeur of its lofty columns and fretted domes, and the elegance of the designs,” wrote the Calaveras Chronicle in 1854. They described it as a place “where nature exhibits how far her handiwork transcends the most exquisite productions of man.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an act of, what Kilbreath calls, “historical vandalism,” those first visitors were encouraged to etch their names onto the cavern walls. The litany of signatures — carved into the rock with a steel nail, some crude, some elegant — may appall us today, but it’s one of the reasons California Cavern is now considered a state landmark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On rare occasions modern visitors have found the names of distant relatives marked on these rocks, says Kilbreath.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the most notable features of California Cavern are the underground lakes. These foreboding pools of dark water fall away into the blackness. But when you hold a light to them, the water is revealed to be crystal clear. During the flood season, unless you hear the bubbles softly rising, it’s easy to step straight into the water without even realizing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765322\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11765322\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38376_DSC_1329-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38376_DSC_1329-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38376_DSC_1329-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38376_DSC_1329-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38376_DSC_1329-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38376_DSC_1329-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An underground lake in California Cavern. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When deemed safe, California Cavern opens the lakes to tour groups, who raft or swim across them. While Kilbreath says it’s “pretty neat” to be able to say you swam in an underground lake, it’s also “a little creepy knowing there's 80 feet of pitch black water below you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the caverns first opened, writers like Mark Twain and Bret Harte paid a visit. John Muir visited in 1876, and later wrote how the caverns were “all a-glitter like a glacier cave with icicle-like stalactites and stalagmites combined in forms of indescribable beauty.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Above ground, the small town of Cave City that sprung up around the cave mouth in the 1850s began to develop an unusually close relationship with the underground world that stretched below them. First, the townspeople built a hotel at the entrance. Then the town itself began to spill down into the caverns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765343\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11765343\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38379_DSC_1277-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38379_DSC_1277-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38379_DSC_1277-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38379_DSC_1277-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38379_DSC_1277-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38379_DSC_1277-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A formation known informally as \"cave bacon\" in California Cavern \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They built a saloon where prospectors and visitors alike could swig their whiskey under sheets of solid rock. (“The bad joke for that: It's the cavern tavern,” says Andrew.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deeper inside, in a domed vault they called “the Bishop’s Palace,” the people of Cave City built their church, complete with an organ. Stepping into this hushed space, it’s hard not to imagine how angelic those services must have sounded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bishop’s Palace was named for a pillar of rock the people of Cave City thought resembled a Roman Catholic bishop wearing robes — illustrating how 80 feet underground, the human eye seeks out familiar shapes and patterns like it does when faced with clouds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765341\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11765341\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38374_DSC_1317-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38374_DSC_1317-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38374_DSC_1317-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38374_DSC_1317-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38374_DSC_1317-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38374_DSC_1317-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A formation that resembles jellyfish in California Cavern \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rock formations known as 'flowstones' look like frozen waterfalls — they're created by mineral-rich water dripping down the cave walls and depositing calcite. Pillars of rock looks like human figures, and elsewhere formations look like jellyfish, dinosaurs, even monstrous faces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you do have a good imagination you can spend hours down here staring up at the ceiling,” says Kilbreath.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, our subterranean sightseeing is enabled by the colorful artificial lighting that bathes California Cavern. It’s the kind of illumination that, if it hadn’t been for Captain Taylor’s curiosity, would never have been brought down here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea that the cave’s beauty was previously “shrouded in darkness all the time” is something that particularly strikes Kilbreath each time he visits the caverns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's kind of a weird way of thinking about how much beauty is down here but not really ever meant to be looked at,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11763985/underground-lakes-and-a-vanished-church-await-in-california-cavern","authors":["3243"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_19623","news_566","news_1855"],"featImg":"news_11765328","label":"source_news_11763985"},"news_11691690":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11691690","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11691690","score":null,"sort":[1536714362000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"san-francisco-marriott-workers-vote-on-whether-to-authorize-strike","title":"San Francisco Marriott Workers to Vote on Whether to Authorize Strike","publishDate":1536714362,"format":"audio","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>In the last two years, Candida Kevorkian says she has gone to the emergency room three times from the stress of her job at San Francisco's Westin St. Francis Hotel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says she is run ragged doing the work of two people. And she says she's not paid enough to stay in her South San Francisco home without help from her son and his family, who moved in to share her ever-rising rent payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevorkian is the p.m. housekeeping supervisor at the St. Francis, a luxury hotel owned by Marriott, and one of 7,800 unionized hospitality workers voting this week on whether to authorize a strike against the big hotel chain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With their contracts expired and negotiations ongoing, the Unite Here union workers will hold authorization votes in San Francisco, Boston, Honolulu and Maui.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No matter what, “We will fight until we get a fair contract signed,” says Kevorkian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Echoing the union's slogan for its Marriott campaign, she adds: “One job should be enough to pay the bills, to put food on the table, to pay the rent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the nearly 2,300 housekeepers, dishwashers, servers, bartenders, cooks and bellmen at seven Marriott-owned hotels -- the St. Francis, the W, the Marriott Union Square, the Palace, the Marriott Marquis, the Courtyard San Francisco Downtown and the St. Regis -- will take part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a union versus industry issue,” says Anand Singh, president of San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.unitehere2.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unite Here Local 2\u003c/a>. “It’s about the workers who make up the fabric of this city standing up and fighting for what they deserve. What they’re asking for is their fair share.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s 25 million annual visitors contribute well over \u003ca href=\"https://sftravel.ent.box.com/s/3oq7bqy1vj6j32catxluhl4ltagydnmx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$9 billion\u003c/a> to the economy, the San Francisco Travel Association says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Unite Here, Local 2 workers are working at Marriott-operated hotels representing 15 percent of San Francisco’s 33,000 hotel rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The company hasn’t taken us seriously enough yet,” says Singh. ”It’s unconscionable that the workers that make the industry tick would struggle to make ends meet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The median income of a Local 2 housekeeper is $44,000, says Unite Here. That's low in a region where the federal government recently said a family of four earning as much as $117,400 could be \u003ca href=\"https://www.huduser.gov/portal/elist/2018-apr_10.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">classified\u003c/a> as \"low-income.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marriott International said in a statement last week that it has conducted good faith negotiations with the union and that it is still \"hopeful that we will reach an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement without any strike activity.\" The company said the hotels will continue to operate even in the event of a strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last major hotel strike in San Francisco took place in September 2004. Back then, Unite Here leaders called for a two-week strike at four hotels. In response, management at those hotels and 10 other unionized hotels locked workers out in a standoff that lasted two months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two sides eventually agreed on a contract in 2006. It granted workers higher wages, better pensions and full health care benefits, according to Unite Here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevorkian says a major issue is her team's workload. She manages as many as seven housekeepers, who together clean more than 100 rooms a night. That's too many rooms for too few workers in too short a time, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like they’re testing how far they can go,” says Kevorkian. “I’ve worked as a manager for 11 years, and I’ve never seen that craziness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To help cope with the stress, Kevorkian says, she takes an anxiety medication her doctors prescribed to get through her workday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My doctor told me to quit my job, but it’s not so easy,” she said. “I’m the backbone of my house.”\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Workers at seven of the company's major hotels in the city will cast ballots on Thursday. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1536954767,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":21,"wordCount":677},"headData":{"title":"San Francisco Marriott Workers to Vote on Whether to Authorize Strike | KQED","description":"Workers at seven of the company's major hotels in the city will cast ballots on Thursday. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11691690 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11691690","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/09/11/san-francisco-marriott-workers-vote-on-whether-to-authorize-strike/","disqusTitle":"San Francisco Marriott Workers to Vote on Whether to Authorize Strike","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2018/09/ShiehHotelStrike.mp3","audioTrackLength":120,"path":"/news/11691690/san-francisco-marriott-workers-vote-on-whether-to-authorize-strike","audioDuration":106000,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In the last two years, Candida Kevorkian says she has gone to the emergency room three times from the stress of her job at San Francisco's Westin St. Francis Hotel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says she is run ragged doing the work of two people. And she says she's not paid enough to stay in her South San Francisco home without help from her son and his family, who moved in to share her ever-rising rent payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevorkian is the p.m. housekeeping supervisor at the St. Francis, a luxury hotel owned by Marriott, and one of 7,800 unionized hospitality workers voting this week on whether to authorize a strike against the big hotel chain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With their contracts expired and negotiations ongoing, the Unite Here union workers will hold authorization votes in San Francisco, Boston, Honolulu and Maui.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No matter what, “We will fight until we get a fair contract signed,” says Kevorkian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Echoing the union's slogan for its Marriott campaign, she adds: “One job should be enough to pay the bills, to put food on the table, to pay the rent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the nearly 2,300 housekeepers, dishwashers, servers, bartenders, cooks and bellmen at seven Marriott-owned hotels -- the St. Francis, the W, the Marriott Union Square, the Palace, the Marriott Marquis, the Courtyard San Francisco Downtown and the St. Regis -- will take part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a union versus industry issue,” says Anand Singh, president of San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.unitehere2.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unite Here Local 2\u003c/a>. “It’s about the workers who make up the fabric of this city standing up and fighting for what they deserve. What they’re asking for is their fair share.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s 25 million annual visitors contribute well over \u003ca href=\"https://sftravel.ent.box.com/s/3oq7bqy1vj6j32catxluhl4ltagydnmx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$9 billion\u003c/a> to the economy, the San Francisco Travel Association says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Unite Here, Local 2 workers are working at Marriott-operated hotels representing 15 percent of San Francisco’s 33,000 hotel rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The company hasn’t taken us seriously enough yet,” says Singh. ”It’s unconscionable that the workers that make the industry tick would struggle to make ends meet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The median income of a Local 2 housekeeper is $44,000, says Unite Here. That's low in a region where the federal government recently said a family of four earning as much as $117,400 could be \u003ca href=\"https://www.huduser.gov/portal/elist/2018-apr_10.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">classified\u003c/a> as \"low-income.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marriott International said in a statement last week that it has conducted good faith negotiations with the union and that it is still \"hopeful that we will reach an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement without any strike activity.\" The company said the hotels will continue to operate even in the event of a strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last major hotel strike in San Francisco took place in September 2004. Back then, Unite Here leaders called for a two-week strike at four hotels. In response, management at those hotels and 10 other unionized hotels locked workers out in a standoff that lasted two months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two sides eventually agreed on a contract in 2006. It granted workers higher wages, better pensions and full health care benefits, according to Unite Here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevorkian says a major issue is her team's workload. She manages as many as seven housekeepers, who together clean more than 100 rooms a night. That's too many rooms for too few workers in too short a time, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like they’re testing how far they can go,” says Kevorkian. “I’ve worked as a manager for 11 years, and I’ve never seen that craziness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To help cope with the stress, Kevorkian says, she takes an anxiety medication her doctors prescribed to get through her workday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My doctor told me to quit my job, but it’s not so easy,” she said. “I’m the backbone of my house.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11691690/san-francisco-marriott-workers-vote-on-whether-to-authorize-strike","authors":["11527"],"categories":["news_1758","news_8"],"tags":["news_23738","news_38","news_566","news_24103"],"featImg":"news_11691890","label":"news"},"news_11688446":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11688446","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11688446","score":null,"sort":[1535064558000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"californias-tourism-industry-hit-hard-by-wildfires","title":"California’s Tourism Industry Hit Hard by Wildfires","publishDate":1535064558,"format":"image","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>California tourism leaders say the industry is taking a big financial blow as multiple large wildfires burn up and down the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a recent study conducted by \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitcalifornia.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit California\u003c/a> -- a nonprofit state tourism organization -- 11 percent of travelers said wildfires prompted them to cancel trips to California, representing a loss of $20 million to the state's tourism economy in the last month alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While California's wildfires have been devastating this year, Visit California president and CEO Caroline Beteta says there's a misconception that all of California is burning, even though the fires are mostly affecting rural areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've seen a common perception that the majority of California is burning,\" she said. \"And these generalizations have prompted visitors to cancel trips, even in communities hundreds of miles from the fires, and even trips that are months out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beteta's organization said Thursday it is teaming up with Oregon and Washington state to reassure tourists it's safe to visit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The states formed the West Coast Tourism Recovery Coalition to remind tourists that the fires have hit mostly rural areas, so will likely not affect their vacations, despite recent blazes that have clogged skies with smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As we shift into crisis recovery mode, competition takes a back seat,\" said Beteta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the largest fires to hit California this year was the \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a>, which ignited in the Sierra National Forest on July 13 and forced National Park Service officials to shut down Yosemite Valley for weeks at the peak of tourist season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That blaze is now fully contained, but its impact on the communities surrounding Yosemite is still being felt. Nearly 20 percent of visitors to California visit a national park, and that number is even higher for international travelers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Anytime a park is closed, the communities around the park suffer,\" Beteta said. \"The most traveled gateway into Yosemite [Madera County] is home to many lodging properties, so that area has been hard hit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beteta said Madera County has seen an estimated $10 million loss in tourism revenue due to the closure of Yosemite Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11682548\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11682548\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-800x549.jpg\" alt=\"Trent Pederson, Miguel Vega and Yesun Park, residents of Mariposa, took in what they could see at Yosemite's famous Tunnel View viewpoint on Saturday, July 21, prior to the park's shutdown due to the Ferguson Fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-800x549.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-160x110.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-1200x823.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-1180x809.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-960x659.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-240x165.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-375x257.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-520x357.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trent Pederson, Miguel Vega and Yesun Park, residents of Mariposa, took in what they could see at Yosemite's famous Tunnel View viewpoint on Saturday, July 21, prior to the park's shutdown due to the Ferguson Fire. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11686460/yosemite-valley-reopening-a-relief-for-hard-hit-nearby-communities\">look at all four of Yosemite's gateway communities\u003c/a> and the park itself, the estimated loss is about $50 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it's not just the communities surrounding Yosemite that have taken a financial blow. The largest wildfire in recorded state history -- the \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6073/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mendocino Complex Fire\u003c/a> -- is burning in Lake, Colusa and Mendocino counties, affecting business in some nearby communities that haven't been touched by the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farther north, the \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6036/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carr Fire\u003c/a> -- which killed eight people and destroyed more than 1,000 homes -- is burning near the city of Redding, which serves as the gateway to tourist destinations in the Northwest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there's still some summer left this year, Beteta says it's unlikely that local economies will be able to alleviate the losses suffered over the past few weeks. July and August are a big time for tourism in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think the biggest issue for us this year is the fact that we looked at some of these significant fires, though in rural places, they were protracted during three weeks of our high season,\" Beteta said. \"And that's something that you just can't make up.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post includes reporting from The Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"According to a recent study, 11 percent of travelers said wildfires prompted them to cancel trips to California, representing a loss of $20 million to the tourism economy just in the last month.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1535071221,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":593},"headData":{"title":"California’s Tourism Industry Hit Hard by Wildfires | KQED","description":"According to a recent study, 11 percent of travelers said wildfires prompted them to cancel trips to California, representing a loss of $20 million to the tourism economy just in the last month.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11688446 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11688446","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/08/23/californias-tourism-industry-hit-hard-by-wildfires/","disqusTitle":"California’s Tourism Industry Hit Hard by Wildfires","path":"/news/11688446/californias-tourism-industry-hit-hard-by-wildfires","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California tourism leaders say the industry is taking a big financial blow as multiple large wildfires burn up and down the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a recent study conducted by \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitcalifornia.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit California\u003c/a> -- a nonprofit state tourism organization -- 11 percent of travelers said wildfires prompted them to cancel trips to California, representing a loss of $20 million to the state's tourism economy in the last month alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While California's wildfires have been devastating this year, Visit California president and CEO Caroline Beteta says there's a misconception that all of California is burning, even though the fires are mostly affecting rural areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've seen a common perception that the majority of California is burning,\" she said. \"And these generalizations have prompted visitors to cancel trips, even in communities hundreds of miles from the fires, and even trips that are months out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beteta's organization said Thursday it is teaming up with Oregon and Washington state to reassure tourists it's safe to visit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The states formed the West Coast Tourism Recovery Coalition to remind tourists that the fires have hit mostly rural areas, so will likely not affect their vacations, despite recent blazes that have clogged skies with smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As we shift into crisis recovery mode, competition takes a back seat,\" said Beteta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the largest fires to hit California this year was the \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5927/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferguson Fire\u003c/a>, which ignited in the Sierra National Forest on July 13 and forced National Park Service officials to shut down Yosemite Valley for weeks at the peak of tourist season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That blaze is now fully contained, but its impact on the communities surrounding Yosemite is still being felt. Nearly 20 percent of visitors to California visit a national park, and that number is even higher for international travelers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Anytime a park is closed, the communities around the park suffer,\" Beteta said. \"The most traveled gateway into Yosemite [Madera County] is home to many lodging properties, so that area has been hard hit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beteta said Madera County has seen an estimated $10 million loss in tourism revenue due to the closure of Yosemite Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11682548\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11682548\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-800x549.jpg\" alt=\"Trent Pederson, Miguel Vega and Yesun Park, residents of Mariposa, took in what they could see at Yosemite's famous Tunnel View viewpoint on Saturday, July 21, prior to the park's shutdown due to the Ferguson Fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-800x549.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-160x110.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-1200x823.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-1180x809.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-960x659.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-240x165.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-375x257.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/YosemiteSmoke-520x357.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trent Pederson, Miguel Vega and Yesun Park, residents of Mariposa, took in what they could see at Yosemite's famous Tunnel View viewpoint on Saturday, July 21, prior to the park's shutdown due to the Ferguson Fire. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11686460/yosemite-valley-reopening-a-relief-for-hard-hit-nearby-communities\">look at all four of Yosemite's gateway communities\u003c/a> and the park itself, the estimated loss is about $50 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it's not just the communities surrounding Yosemite that have taken a financial blow. The largest wildfire in recorded state history -- the \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6073/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mendocino Complex Fire\u003c/a> -- is burning in Lake, Colusa and Mendocino counties, affecting business in some nearby communities that haven't been touched by the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farther north, the \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6036/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carr Fire\u003c/a> -- which killed eight people and destroyed more than 1,000 homes -- is burning near the city of Redding, which serves as the gateway to tourist destinations in the Northwest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there's still some summer left this year, Beteta says it's unlikely that local economies will be able to alleviate the losses suffered over the past few weeks. July and August are a big time for tourism in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think the biggest issue for us this year is the fact that we looked at some of these significant fires, though in rural places, they were protracted during three weeks of our high season,\" Beteta said. \"And that's something that you just can't make up.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post includes reporting from The Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11688446/californias-tourism-industry-hit-hard-by-wildfires","authors":["11258"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_1758","news_19906","news_8"],"tags":["news_23826","news_566","news_4463"],"featImg":"news_11688559","label":"news_72"},"news_11621607":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11621607","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11621607","score":null,"sort":[1507339565000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"after-shooting-business-of-vegas-moves-on-as-many-pause-to-mourn","title":"After Shooting, Business of Vegas Moves On As Many Pause to Mourn","publishDate":1507339565,"format":"audio","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>You can hear people's screams of delight as they plunge down the steep drops and hairpin curves of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorknewyork.com/en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York New York\u003c/a> roller coaster that towers over the Las Vegas strip. It roars over the faux skyline of the casino-hotel several times an hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What I've been seeing is just this churn of a business town,” said Brian Dawson of San Francisco, while walking on the strip a few days after \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/las-vegas-shooting/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the mass shooting\u003c/a> that took place at the \u003ca href=\"http://rt91harvest.com/splash-page/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Route 91\u003c/a> country music concert Sunday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s a documentary filmmaker and a fellow at the University of California, Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism\u003ca href=\"https://investigativereportingprogram.com/fellowships/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.\u003c/a> Dawson headed to Vegas right after the shooting to do some filming. He happens to be working on a documentary about gun violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It seems to me like business as usual in a way that I personally wouldn't have expected,” said Dawson of what he’s seen in the Las Vegas Strip in the days after the violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought I'd see more businesses closed. This morning I called a shooting range where you pay about $60 a pop to shoot a machine gun. They're open today,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But obviously, something is different. People stop along the broad sidewalk below the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mandalaybay.com/en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino \u003c/a>to look up at the two windows of the 32nd floor suite that \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/06/las-vegas-shooters-life-comes-into-focus-but-not-his-motive/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephan Paddock\u003c/a> used as a shooter’s nest while he fired into the open air concert area directly across the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11621623\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11621623\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Strip-coupls-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Strip-coupls-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Strip-coupls-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Strip-coupls-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Strip-coupls.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Strip-coupls-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Strip-coupls-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Strip-coupls-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Strip-coupls-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Strip-coupls-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A couple stops to snap a picture of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Resort, from where Stephen Paddock opened fire on concert goers below. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"It's just somber, you can feel it,” said Mindy Whelan. She’s sitting on the sidewalk outside the Mandalay, with her daughter Jennifer Tucker, on a little patch of grass looking across the Strip at the fenced-off outdoor venue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't know what they're going to do with this. I can't see them holding another anything there,\" said Tucker. \"Like that is just a place you don't even want to step on; you don't want to go near that.\" Her mom agrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would think they would build a memorial of some sort, that's what I'm thinking, that's going to be a memorial forever,\" said Whelan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whelan and Tucker are natives of California, from the town of Upland, not too far from San Bernardino. They settled in Las Vegas several years ago. And they have no plans on leaving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No,” said Tucker. “This is home forever, this is where I’m planting my roots.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las Vegas beckons a lot of people from California. It's just a short flight or a few hours’ drive from parts of Southern California. Housing can be a lot cheaper there. And the economy is humming; unemployment is at just five percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victor Ortigazo headed here from Ontario, California looking for work. He arrived just one week before Sunday’s attack. But he stayed away from the Strip until Friday, even though he lives nearby with a brother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11621624\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11621624\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/VEGAS-STREAM-MEM-1-1-800x668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/VEGAS-STREAM-MEM-1-1-800x668.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/VEGAS-STREAM-MEM-1-1-160x134.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/VEGAS-STREAM-MEM-1-1-1020x851.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/VEGAS-STREAM-MEM-1-1-1180x985.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/VEGAS-STREAM-MEM-1-1-960x801.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/VEGAS-STREAM-MEM-1-1-240x200.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/VEGAS-STREAM-MEM-1-1-375x313.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/VEGAS-STREAM-MEM-1-1-520x434.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/VEGAS-STREAM-MEM-1-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A street memorial on a narrow median strip across from the Mandalay hotel complex has become a new, somber attraction on the Las Vegas Strip \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He could hear the music from the outdoor country music festival all last weekend. Then he heard the shots that stopped the music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bang, bang, bang over and over again,” said Ortigazo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s nothing I could do, I thought it was firecrackers. Turned out, (it was) another one of those attacks,” he said, cursing bitterly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I run into some other recent Vegas transplants also hard up for work. Three young men dressed in big colorful Alvin and the Chipmunks costumes. They pose for photos with tourists, hitting them up for a couple bucks or loose change. The guy dressed as Alvin is from Arizona. But he wants to use his nickname: Snoopy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Up until mid-June I didn't have a job. I was homeless on the streets, until my friend hooked me up with this gig,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some people are just out here to support a family like I am, I have a one-month(-old) child. This is how I feed them every day,” said ‘Snoopy.’\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the shooting hadn't happened, I'd have a decent paycheck this week and I wouldn't have to worry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11621625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11621625\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Chip-girl-800x555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Chip-girl-800x555.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Chip-girl-160x111.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Chip-girl-1020x707.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Chip-girl.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Chip-girl-1180x818.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Chip-girl-960x666.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Chip-girl-240x166.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Chip-girl-375x260.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Chip-girl-520x360.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"We're trying to cheer them up,\" says one of the young men who work the Vegas strip in cartoon character customers. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some people stop to pose for a photo with the Chipmunks or share a couple laughs. But not a lot of people apparently are feeling like taking a goofy picture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>‘Snoopy’ said that’s ok. \"We're trying to cheer them up. Maybe they need to talk to someone about this, get it out in the open you start feeling better,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People \u003cem>are\u003c/em> talking about the events of Sunday. I pick up on conversations almost everywhere I go in Vegas; the hotel lobby, the airport, in a convenience store and of course out on the Strip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet the city has this other side that pulses along—a kind of ruthless energy that seems to have little time for prolonged reflection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sunday’s mass killing revealed the two often competing populations of Las Vegas: the full time residents, many of whom are in the midst of some profound grief and soul-searching, and the enormous transient population of international tourists, pleasure-seekers and gamblers flush with cash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Transient as they may be, many of them are sharing in the sorrow as well. And far too many will leave this place with it.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Visitors and locals grapple with a strange mix of sadness and tourism this week.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1507344235,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":28,"wordCount":1000},"headData":{"title":"After Shooting, Business of Vegas Moves On As Many Pause to Mourn | KQED","description":"Visitors and locals grapple with a strange mix of sadness and tourism this week.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11621607 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11621607","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/06/after-shooting-business-of-vegas-moves-on-as-many-pause-to-mourn/","disqusTitle":"After Shooting, Business of Vegas Moves On As Many Pause to Mourn","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2017/10/TCRPM20171006CuevasVegas.mp3","path":"/news/11621607/after-shooting-business-of-vegas-moves-on-as-many-pause-to-mourn","audioDuration":377000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>You can hear people's screams of delight as they plunge down the steep drops and hairpin curves of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorknewyork.com/en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York New York\u003c/a> roller coaster that towers over the Las Vegas strip. It roars over the faux skyline of the casino-hotel several times an hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What I've been seeing is just this churn of a business town,” said Brian Dawson of San Francisco, while walking on the strip a few days after \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/las-vegas-shooting/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the mass shooting\u003c/a> that took place at the \u003ca href=\"http://rt91harvest.com/splash-page/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Route 91\u003c/a> country music concert Sunday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s a documentary filmmaker and a fellow at the University of California, Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism\u003ca href=\"https://investigativereportingprogram.com/fellowships/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.\u003c/a> Dawson headed to Vegas right after the shooting to do some filming. He happens to be working on a documentary about gun violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It seems to me like business as usual in a way that I personally wouldn't have expected,” said Dawson of what he’s seen in the Las Vegas Strip in the days after the violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought I'd see more businesses closed. This morning I called a shooting range where you pay about $60 a pop to shoot a machine gun. They're open today,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But obviously, something is different. People stop along the broad sidewalk below the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mandalaybay.com/en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino \u003c/a>to look up at the two windows of the 32nd floor suite that \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/06/las-vegas-shooters-life-comes-into-focus-but-not-his-motive/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephan Paddock\u003c/a> used as a shooter’s nest while he fired into the open air concert area directly across the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11621623\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11621623\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Strip-coupls-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Strip-coupls-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Strip-coupls-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Strip-coupls-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Strip-coupls.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Strip-coupls-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Strip-coupls-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Strip-coupls-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Strip-coupls-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Strip-coupls-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A couple stops to snap a picture of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Resort, from where Stephen Paddock opened fire on concert goers below. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"It's just somber, you can feel it,” said Mindy Whelan. She’s sitting on the sidewalk outside the Mandalay, with her daughter Jennifer Tucker, on a little patch of grass looking across the Strip at the fenced-off outdoor venue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't know what they're going to do with this. I can't see them holding another anything there,\" said Tucker. \"Like that is just a place you don't even want to step on; you don't want to go near that.\" Her mom agrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would think they would build a memorial of some sort, that's what I'm thinking, that's going to be a memorial forever,\" said Whelan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whelan and Tucker are natives of California, from the town of Upland, not too far from San Bernardino. They settled in Las Vegas several years ago. And they have no plans on leaving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No,” said Tucker. “This is home forever, this is where I’m planting my roots.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las Vegas beckons a lot of people from California. It's just a short flight or a few hours’ drive from parts of Southern California. Housing can be a lot cheaper there. And the economy is humming; unemployment is at just five percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victor Ortigazo headed here from Ontario, California looking for work. He arrived just one week before Sunday’s attack. But he stayed away from the Strip until Friday, even though he lives nearby with a brother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11621624\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11621624\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/VEGAS-STREAM-MEM-1-1-800x668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/VEGAS-STREAM-MEM-1-1-800x668.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/VEGAS-STREAM-MEM-1-1-160x134.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/VEGAS-STREAM-MEM-1-1-1020x851.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/VEGAS-STREAM-MEM-1-1-1180x985.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/VEGAS-STREAM-MEM-1-1-960x801.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/VEGAS-STREAM-MEM-1-1-240x200.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/VEGAS-STREAM-MEM-1-1-375x313.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/VEGAS-STREAM-MEM-1-1-520x434.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/VEGAS-STREAM-MEM-1-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A street memorial on a narrow median strip across from the Mandalay hotel complex has become a new, somber attraction on the Las Vegas Strip \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He could hear the music from the outdoor country music festival all last weekend. Then he heard the shots that stopped the music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bang, bang, bang over and over again,” said Ortigazo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s nothing I could do, I thought it was firecrackers. Turned out, (it was) another one of those attacks,” he said, cursing bitterly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I run into some other recent Vegas transplants also hard up for work. Three young men dressed in big colorful Alvin and the Chipmunks costumes. They pose for photos with tourists, hitting them up for a couple bucks or loose change. The guy dressed as Alvin is from Arizona. But he wants to use his nickname: Snoopy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Up until mid-June I didn't have a job. I was homeless on the streets, until my friend hooked me up with this gig,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some people are just out here to support a family like I am, I have a one-month(-old) child. This is how I feed them every day,” said ‘Snoopy.’\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the shooting hadn't happened, I'd have a decent paycheck this week and I wouldn't have to worry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11621625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11621625\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Chip-girl-800x555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Chip-girl-800x555.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Chip-girl-160x111.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Chip-girl-1020x707.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Chip-girl.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Chip-girl-1180x818.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Chip-girl-960x666.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Chip-girl-240x166.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Chip-girl-375x260.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Chip-girl-520x360.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"We're trying to cheer them up,\" says one of the young men who work the Vegas strip in cartoon character customers. \u003ccite>(Steven Cuevas / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some people stop to pose for a photo with the Chipmunks or share a couple laughs. But not a lot of people apparently are feeling like taking a goofy picture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>‘Snoopy’ said that’s ok. \"We're trying to cheer them up. Maybe they need to talk to someone about this, get it out in the open you start feeling better,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People \u003cem>are\u003c/em> talking about the events of Sunday. I pick up on conversations almost everywhere I go in Vegas; the hotel lobby, the airport, in a convenience store and of course out on the Strip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet the city has this other side that pulses along—a kind of ruthless energy that seems to have little time for prolonged reflection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sunday’s mass killing revealed the two often competing populations of Las Vegas: the full time residents, many of whom are in the midst of some profound grief and soul-searching, and the enormous transient population of international tourists, pleasure-seekers and gamblers flush with cash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Transient as they may be, many of them are sharing in the sorrow as well. And far too many will leave this place with it.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11621607/after-shooting-business-of-vegas-moves-on-as-many-pause-to-mourn","authors":["2600"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_19542","news_18246","news_20426","news_21720","news_21721","news_17286","news_566"],"featImg":"news_11621613","label":"news_72"}},"programsReducer":{"possible":{"id":"possible","title":"Possible","info":"Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. Together in Possible, Hoffman and Finger lead enlightening discussions about building a brighter collective future. The show features interviews with visionary guests like Trevor Noah, Sam Altman and Janette Sadik-Khan. Possible paints an optimistic portrait of the world we can create through science, policy, business, art and our shared humanity. It asks: What if everything goes right for once? How can we get there? 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