C- Madeline Brandyburg waits at a west Alameda intersection with a group of six friends and family from around Alameda County, on Sunday, June 4, 2023, in Alameda, CA. Four of the seven children have either grown up with or developed asthma while living in the East Bay. From 2019 to 2020, Alameda county had nearly a third more cases of childhood asthma than the California average.