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price for bay area water customers. calling all hikers. how would you like to be paid $5,000 to do a gorgeous famous hike? if you answer yes, stay tuned. but first, the end of an era for college basketball and women's sports. the winningest coach in ncaa history, stanford legend tara vanderveer, is retiring. you're watching, getting answers. i'm kristen sze . thanks for joining us. tara vanderveer spent 45 years as a head coach, first in idaho, then ohio state, and the last 38 seasons at stanford. her career comes to a close with 1216 victories and three championship titles. abc's lara spencer has a look at vanderveer's legacy. >> tara vanderveer, the winningest head coach in all of college basketball, announcing her retirement after 38 seasons. so much love for the head coach. it's always about her players and elevating the game of college basketball. vanderveer's

storied career includes 1216 wins in her 45 years of coaching . the majority of her time spent at stanford, where she led the team to three ncaa championships . she even had a stint at the olympics, leading team usa to gold in 1996. >> coach tara vanderveer robin, speaking with the hall of famer and five time national coach of the year after she reached the top of the mountain. what are you most proud of? >> you know, i'm most proud of the improvement that and just the life impact that stanford basketball has on the women i coach. you know, basketball is a team sport. and obviously i wouldn't have accomplished this without great assistance and great, great, great players. >> and tara vanderveer held a news conference just a short time ago. and here to share that with us is abc seven sports anchor chris alvarez. i know you watched that press conference very closely. let's run a short clip from it. >> i honestly have to pinch myself and just say, wow, what

what what a ride. what incredible opportunity to be coaching at stanford. uh- working here and to coach the outstanding young women that i get to coach. >> i got a all right. that was part of what she said. but obviously so monumental and so momentous. what is your reaction? well i first think 38 years she's been coaching at stanford as long as i've been alive. so that's one thing. >> yeah. i listened to her statement. she spoke for about 30 some odd minutes and prepare statement. i'm emotional guy. it almost made me cry. i don't know tara that well, but you can get the sense just listening to her as a coach, as a leader of women and all the things that have happened over the years. the way basketball is transformed lives, the numerous things that they've done in their careers, what they've done after basketball. she talked about how people call her when they have a birth of a child. i mean, like just the relationships you build. and so i think that's when you're an athlete or when you're a coach and you retire. that's the thing

you miss the most. they talk about all the wins and losses and all those things, but i think every athlete i've ever talked to when they retire, they're going to miss the clubhouse, the teammates, the coaches. and so that can't be replaced. and so when you have a culmination like this, it's a very emotional moment. she was witty. one of the things she said she was funny and she's one of the most, you know, decorated coaches in this bay area has ever seen it in the country. in college basketball, she's transformed what it's meant to be a college basketball coach. and she also talked about a story when her dad, she was talking to her dad, she was talking about taking the job at stanford when she left ohio state. and she didn't tell him yet that he had taken it. and he was saying, that's a graveyard of a job. you're never going to. it's hard to because you have to recruit the top line student athletes as well. yeah. and she said, i'm taking the job. and he goes, he told his wife, the dad told us, you know, her mother, she's going to be unemployed in three months. and sitting on her couch, well, she ended up being much different. yeah, yeah, but it is true. it is. it's stanford. and one of the things about stanford is you have to recruit the student athlete. and those great requirements are so hard, right, to get even to get

into the school. so she's able to do both. >> right. it kind of limits your options a little bit. when you're looking at 1450 on the sats and a 4.2 gpa and all that, but she's really transformed the sport and the program talk a little bit about her legacy there. i know we touched on that in lara spencer's piece, but what did you see growing up and watching all that she'd done? >> she's one. she's consistently one. whether she's had the players or not. and a lot of times she's had the players as sort of be consistent and take your team to the top of the mountain every year and put yourself in a chance to win a national championship final fours. that is not easy to do over and over again. in college kids, they they leave, they transform. you can't pay them and now things have changed with the nil. and there's different things about how college is changing. and one of the things she said to is she wanted people to know that the retirement wasn't effective, that they're going to go in the acc, which we all know. the college landscape is changing. where now a west coast school like stanford is playing clear across the country. it was just time, i think, she said. it was just time. she's been doing this, what, four decades? >> yeah. and people have been asking and she's been thinking about it for a long time. when is retirement coming? >> she said she's on her retire

20 times in her mind. and so she said she was really close about ten years ago to retiring. and she took a summer off as much as she could. and it rejuvenate her. and she's glad she did not do that. but she had to talk to people, get advice and counsel. and that's the other thing she talked about with stanford, all the great resources she's had over the years. and we know all about that academic institution, all the people you can surround yourself with, and tara's. tara's a pillar of stanford athletics. yeah. >> i mean, was this a good time to end it in terms of the season they had at stanford this year? >> well, they had a really good season. and that's i think what makes it hard is that you had such a good team and you're so committed to these athletes, and some of them are obviously going to be playing, but when you know, you can't give all of yourself, that's when the time is right. and so as much as it's going to hurt some of our players, she's still going to be around in an advisory role and she's going to be around. it's just when you can't fully give to that job, it's so demanding. yeah, it's time to get out. >> and speaking of demanding, she said something else in the news conference. another clip i want to run that speaks to that. let's listen. >> basketball coaching has changed a lot over the 40 years,

as you can imagine, but now it is an incredibly 24 over seven job and even if you're on vacation, i might be water skiing at the lake. but i'm on the phone recruiting. i've got, you know, a 4:00 call, 430 call, you know, and sometimes it's just you're ready. and i just felt yeah. >> so that's a change in terms of the role of a coach. right. you said it's a lot about recruiting too. but it sounds like it's gotten more demanding. i don't know if it's just the business side of it has changed the business side of it. >> you have all these different kids that transfer. you just never know where they're going to be because they have so many options. social media plays a role in all these things. yeah. and the one thing that was left out of that quote, she goes, the 24 seven. i'm not about the 24 anymore. i can do the seven parts of the seven. but i think that's very telling. when you can't do the 24 seven, it's such a demanding job. but she's been so good at it for so many years, and she's beloved in what she does. and again, very heartfelt and very personable. one thing i've interviewed tara a couple times, she makes you feel like you've known her for years and that's that's a unique quality to have. >> and she's not a supporter of

just her players, really, of women, college basketball and women in sports in general. and she leaves it at a incredible time when the sport is exploding in popularity. i mean, look at caitlin clark and iowa and the women's championship game, i think drew more audiences. >> yeah, not through the men's. so the women's women's basketball has been growing, especially over the last decade. and you think about what's happened with the wnba being around 25 or some odd years, even though those players that she had in the early 90s, there was no opportunity to play professional basketball. so stanford basketball or maybe the olympics were it. and so now you have someone like cameron brink, who was one of her stars, is going to probably go second overall. and there's a new avenue for these women. if they want to play basketball. they have so many other options. they're so smart. they can be doctors, lawyers, whatever they want to be. but some of them do have the opportunity to play basketball. so i think that's also cool too. but the women's game is exploding. i also think that the nba players, you think about guys like steph curry and the guys and the names, just think about the warriors and how much they're promoting the women's game. it's a great thing. the cohesion of basketball. kobe bryant, the late kobe bryant did it for so long. you saw what his daughter would have been and how he was taking her to game. so the

support from the men's side of the women's game, i think has been really cool, especially has exploded over the last maybe five years. really. it's grown so much and hey, we're getting a golden state team here in a year or so. oh my. >> that's going to be so exciting. and so vanderveer must feel great. kind of leaving it to seeing the whole sport in a great place and growing. that's awesome. i do feel like it seems like she always talks about not just the wins and the losses, but really bringing the women up as young women and human beings and leaders. right? that's that's very important. >> i think that's the essence of a coach, is that you're trying to build these young women to college students and get them ready for the real world, whether they're, you know, family members and wives and mothers and whatever job they may do. and i think that's probably what she takes the most pride in, is developing these young women from 17, 18 years old and the young adults and then seeing them thrive. and i think when she said that all those people she keeps in contact with and call them when there's a birthday or when there's a monumental moment. she also said she wants to play bridge with her 97 year old mother. and oh, she she's very competitive about that. she wants to spend more time with her mom. so that's pretty

amazing in itself, right? wow >> i can see her being competitive even with her mom. so her record is 1216 victories, three championship titles. do you think anyone's going to be able to top that or or i have to look at the numbers again. >> yeah. i mean, because coach, she was right there with coach k. so yeah, there are some coaches that are right around that number. i mean i'd have to look really directly at it. but again, if you stay in this game for a long time and you win a lot at a high level, you can. but it's going to take a while. right? i mean, it's just yeah, it's a pretty remarkable number to even have it for a little bit. >> her career and legacy have been cemented. chris, thank you so much for coming on. i know it was a short turnaround. that press conference literally just happened and you'll have more for us later today, right? we'll be here 4 or 5 and six. thank you chris. all right. coming up next, the federal government limits forever. chemicals in public water systems. how much are we exposed to here right now ? and is this going to cost us as water customers? we'll be right back

today, the federal government imposed strict new limits on forever chemicals or pfas, in public water systems. those six synthetic chemicals are linked to cancer and other health problems. while some applaud the move, there is a potential cost to water users. joining us live now is tasha steuber, senior scientist at the environmental working group based in san francisco. tasha, thanks for your time. thank you. so you researched contaminants and chemicals in water. tell us how big of a problem is the presence of forever chemicals in public water systems. and by that do we

mean tap water? >> yes. so epa's announcement today is one that has been a long awaited. and it is a really big win for public health. uh- pfas are a problem in drinking water systems in every state in the us, and there are 11 states that already have passed state level. mcls. so this is something that we've been waiting for quite some time. pfas are linked to a number of different health effects, and we've all all already been exposed to them for quite some time. so this is, well welcomed news, that there will finally be a national standard for six of these pfas in drinking water. >> so they're not saying has to get down to zero traces. right. it's, tell me about the limits and then tell us about how these chemicals get into a water

system. what are they coming from? >> right. so we the limits that the, the federal legal limits that will be set, they will be four parts per trillion for pfoa and for pfoa. so it won't be zero. the ideal level is zero since these are chemicals that are linked to cancer. but the levels that have been set, they have been set because those are the levels that we can reliably detect them and repeatedly detect them in drinking water. where do they come from, though? so pfas, come from a number of different sources, a triple f firefighting foam is a source of drinking water contamination, pfas are in so many different types of consumer products and we don't have good disposal methods for them, so they can come from things like leaking landfills, their discharge,

along with wastewater, as well as from manufacturing facilities that have released them into the environment. so a number of different sources have led to drinking water contamination. >> and we've had incidents here in the bay area. right. i read something about oakland airport. and also the alameda naval air station is that where pfas has been found in the past? here >> picasso didn't have been detected in a number of drinking water systems in the bay area

>> as part of the infrastructure plan to help pay for, filtration and compliance >> so you don't think it would for states that don't already have that and utilities that haven't already, you know, been following the protocol, you don't think it's going to have to cost them billions and pass it on to consumers. >> that, will be something to consider. but

fact that that there is, federal money that.

reward. how would you like to be paid to make a special trek on the famed pacific crest national scenic trail? indeed there's a $5,000 offer on the table. so joining us live to talk about this special deal is lydia beck, marketing and pr manager for

visit carson city. hey, lydia. >> hi. how are you? >> i'm doing great. just hearing about this promotion that you guys are running. what is the offer here? tell us about it. >> so this is the carson city to canada quest is what we are calling it. and we are looking for two people that we can work with to give them $5,000 to hike all the way from carson city to canada. >> whoa. okay. is this to celebrate a new trail? because i kind of thought pacific crest has been around for a long time. did you add a small portion or something? >> oh, we sure did. absolutely so we this is all honor of a brand new trail that was, built anally opened last july of 2023. it's called the capital to tahoe t is the first from carson city to lake tahoe, which then connects to the tahoe rim trail, which connects to the pacific crest national scenic trail, which obviously goes all the way to canada. so when we realized this connection happened, you know what better

way to celebrate it and see if someone can actually do it? and so that's how this sparked and came to fruition. and so we're really looking for someone to bring us along on the journey with them. and we're looking for two people to take on that challenge and see see what it's like. >> just so we know, i mean, this is not for beginners or the faint of heart, right? i mean, it's difficult, isn't it? like 1600 miles and it is. >> yes, it is 1600 miles from carson city all the way to canada. so we're looking for people that are experienced backpackers. you don't have to have have done a thru hike before, but obviously that's a great bonus. we just want to make sure that we're working with with people that are capable of doing this, and isn't their first time on the trail. so, and also just willing to create some content along the way so we can live vicariously through them. since that, through hiker is such a niche market, you know? >> totally. i mean, do you how does it work in terms of like,

cooking food? like personal needs? like, do you carry all of it or. >> i mean, well, there's a stations along the way where you can get resupplies, a resupplied area. so people plan drops along the way so you don't have to carry all that for the 1600 miles. you're going to have a big pack, of course, because you're going to be on your own in nature, you know, living, you know, off off the elements, per se, and whatever you can carry on your back. so, it's up to them to find the drops in, figure out how to resupply. so we're really just there to kind of document the journey with them, not so much. apply a supply. the food along the way, but provide the financial means to do so. >> i gotcha obviously i wouldn't qualify because, you know, i don't think i can handle the journey, but for someone who's got a social media accounts and can do a little posting and hike that trail, it's a great opportunity, but this is, you know, really about carson city, too. like, why carson city? i mean, those of us from the bay

area we often think of, you know, reno or we go to tahoe. but tell us about carson city. >> oh, yeah. absolutely, i'm always surprised how few people know that carson city is actually the capital of nevada. so many people think las vegas. you can see our capital building, on my screen somewhere here, so our, our proximity to reno and all of northern nevada, as we sit right in the center of it all, we're really kind of the center point of your nevada experience when you get here. because in 20 minutes or 30 minutes in each direction, you're also in a very amazing place, which includes lake tahoe. so carson city is just a wonderful place to stay and visit. but this trail that connects us to tahoe is really just a gem that showcases our access to the outdoors. we have over 100 miles of trails in carson city, so not only are we great for history and culture, native american experiences, but the trails and the outdoors is really a huge part of who we are and what we do. and our proximity to tahoe as well. >> all right, lydia, before i

let you go, 10s, where do people go to apply? to find out more, visit carson city.com/quest or you can just find it at visit carson city. >> com and the application is pretty easy. just make sure you send in a 62nd video and tell us why

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