COMING UP ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

WE DOWN WITH ADRIAN KAMADA DEPUTY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY.

TO SUS HIS EFFORTS TO BECOME HUMBOLDT COUNTY'S NEXT DA.

LAUNCH TO EXPAND THE SMITH RIVER RECREATION AREA.

TO PROTECT A WATERSHED AND SAFEGUARD IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES.

COMING UP NOW ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

LIFE IN THE TOP OF THE HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

THIS IS HEADLINE HUMBOLDT I'M JAMES FAULK.

ELECTION SEASON FAST APPROACHING AND SEVERAL LOCAL ATTORNEYS INCLUDING ADRIAN KAMADA AND STACY EASE.

FOLLOWING THE RETIREMENT OF THE INCUMBENT MAGGIE FLEMMING.

IT'S A JOB THAT KF AN IMPACT.

IT'S ALSO A POSITION WHERE THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THAT OFFICE AND AREA POLICE ARE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO SUCCESS.

TONIGHT WE'RE THRILLED TO SIT DOWN WITH ADRIAN KAMADA TO TALK ABOUT HIS VIEWS ON CRIME AND AS HIS CURRENT ROLE AS A PUBLIC DEFENDER MIGHT MAKE YOU A GOOD FIT FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

AND WHEN WE UNIVERSITY ENFORCERS TO IN PROTECTING AND SHAPING OUR COMMUNITIES.

OUR NEXT DA TO REVIEW THE LEGAL PRACTICES AND MAKE CHANGES WHERE THEY BELIEF NECESSARY.

IT'S AN EXCITING BUT POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TIME.

NOW THE INTERVIEW.

THANKS ADRIAN.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS JAMES.

>> I LOVE LAWYERS.

THAT SOUNDS A LITTLE WEIRD.

I'M FASCINATED BY THE SUBJECT OF THE LAW, AND SO AT FIRST I WANT TO GET A SENSE WHERE YOU DEVELOPED YOUR PASSION FOR THE LAW.

WHY DID YOU GET INTO THE LAW.

AND WHY DID YOU BECOME A LAWYER.

INITIALLY THE REASON I BECAME A LAWYER BECAUSE I WANTED TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.

I GREW UP HERE SURFING, FISHING AND KAY YAKKING AND IT'S A BIG PART OF WHO I AM.

AND WHEN I TENDED THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CONFERENCE I GOT INSPIRED TO BE AN PERSON THAT WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE VRNT.

SO I CHANGED MY DIRECTION, AND STARTED FOCUSING ON GETTING TO LAW SCHOOL TO ACHIEVE THAT.

AND ONCE I STARTED LAW SCHOOL I HAD TWO MENTORS THAT BOTH WERE FORMER ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS.

AND THAT IN WHITE COLLAR CRIME.

THEY'RE BOTH VERY INTELLIGENT INDIVIDUALS AND THEY BOTH ASKED ME TO CONSIDER BECOMING A PROSECUTOR.

THEY THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR ME, AND IT WOULD HELP FURTHER MY GEL OF PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND SO INITIALLY WHEN I WAS STARTED AT CAME HOME AND STARTED AT OUR DA'S OFFICE.

I WAS HIRED BY THEN DA GUY GOES, WHO OFFERED UP TO TAKE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME CASELOAD AS WELL AS OTHER GENERAL MISDEMEANORS AND FELONY CASES.

>> THE OTHER REGULAR WORKLOAD.

>> YEAH.

>> SO HOW DID YOU THAT WORK FOR AT FIRST.

DID YOU FIND IT WAS A GOOD FIT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU FIND YOUR PLACE AND KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT THINGS ARE WORTH.

THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

AND YOU KNOW THE PART THAT BECAME YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CHALLENGE BUT A CHALLENGE THAT I WELCOMED WAS THAT BEING THE PRIMARY PROSECUTOR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME TRANSLATED INTO ME THEN BECOMING THE VERTICAL PROSECUTOR LEAD PROSECUTOR FOR ALL FELONY CANNABIS CASES BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

AND THEN THAT ROLLED INTO BECOMING THE ARSON PROSECUTOR AS WELL BECAUSE OF THE CANNABIS RELATIONSHIP WITH DRUG LABS AND FOR A PERIOD WE HAD A LOT OF EXPLOSIONS.

THERE WAS A LOT OF FIRES, ABSOLUTELY.

I TOOK ON ALL OF THE ARSON AS WELL.

AND THEN THE CIVIL CASES THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DRUG CASES.

I HAD THOSE AS WELL.

AND WAS REVIEWING SEARCH WARRANTS AND ADVISING THE DRUG TASK FORCE AS WELL.

THEN I HAD I WOULD BE COVERING GENERAL FELONIES AND SERIOUS AND STRIKE FELONIES FOR PRELIMINARY HEARINGS EVERY WEEK, AND THEN WITHIN ABOUT TWO AND A HALF, THREE YEARS I STARTED PROSECUTING HOMICIDES ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE.

>> GIVE US A SENSE.

WHAT IS THE TYPICAL WORKLOAD.

YOU MENTIONED THE STUFF YOU'RE DOING.

WHAT ARE THE HOURS YOU'RE PUTTING IN?

AS DEPUTY DA.

>> IT'S A LOT.

I THINK THAT JOB I HAD WHERE IT ROLLED INTO A BUNCH OF THE OTHER STUFF IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHAT'S THE WORD FOR DOING GOOD WORK FOR DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

I GOT THAT JOB GOT BROKEN INTO THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE AFTER I LEFT OFFICE.

FOR ME, IT REALLY DEPEND ON WEEK TO WEEK YOU'RE WELL OVER 40 HOURS A WEEK.

THEN IF YOU'RE GOING INTO A HOMICIDE TRIAL OR COMPLEX TRIAL OF ANY KIND, IT'S A WHOLE DAY IS BREATHING.

>> YOU'RE PROBABLY DOING ALL NIGHTERS TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE PREPARED.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS DRIVEN BY YOUR PASSION WHATEVER CASE YOU'RE REPRESENTING.

HALF OF THE TIME YOU'RE AWARE THAT'S GOING ON.

IT SOUNDS ONE OF THE MANY CHALLENGES THAT THE A DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS HOW TO ALLOCATE LIMITED RESOURCES WITHIN THEIR STAFFING, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE CASES GET THE ATTENTION THEY NEED.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU LEARNED FROM THAT TIME BEING ON THE STAFF YOU COULD IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENT OR INTRODUCE THAT MIGHT HELP ALLEVIATE THAT STRESS FOR FOLKS.

>> THERE'S SOME BASIC THINGS THAT NEED TO HAVE HAPPENED IN 2022.

THERE'S NO WI-FI IN THE OFFICE.

THEY DON'T HAVE A SEPARATE INTERNET AND SO THE CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WAS PURCHASED I THINK FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO HAD A HEFTY COST DOESN'T REALLY RUN SMOOTH ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO BE USING IT REGULARLY.

ONCE YOU HAVE THAT RUNNING SMOOTHER, I THINK YOU CAN ELIMINATE ALL OF THE PAPER FILES ESPECIALLY RIGHT AWAY WE COULD ELIMINATE ALL OF THE MISDEMEANOR ONES.

WHICH IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME PUTTING THOSE TOGETHER.

JUST THE COST OF PAPER OVER 7,000 CASES A YEAR.

IT'S SIGNIFY CONSISTENT.

>> SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A HUGE LOAD.

YOU'RE RUNNING TO TAKE OVER FROM NANCY FLEMMING WHO'S BEEN THE DA FOR YEARS.

DID YOU CONTINUE WHAT SHE'S DONE.

>> YEAH SO MAGGIE FLEMMING.

NANCY WAS THE POLITICIAN.

>> MAGGIE I'M SORRY I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT.

FOR ME IT'S GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

YOU KNOW, I CAN BUILD ON -- THERE'S SOME GREAT PROSECUTORS IN THAT OFFICE FRIENDS OF MINE.

BUT IT'S TIME TO HAVE SOME CULTURAL AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE WORLD AROUND US, AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER WITH THAT'S THE WAY THINGS ARE DONE OR THE OLD WAY OF DOING IT DOESN'T WORK.

LOOK AT THE CRIME STATISTICS IN OUR COUNTY, WE HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST IN THE NATION IN PROPERTY CRIME ESPECIALLY.

BUT PER CAPITA FOR GUN VIOLENCE, HOMSS, AND SO WE NEED TO START THINKING AND ADAPTING TO THE REALITY AND START LOOKING AT NEW WAYS OF APPROACHING PUBLIC SAFETY.

ONES THAT PROVE TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN OTHER COUNTIES.

FINDING WAYS TO ADAPT FOR HERE.

IS THERE A QUICK EXAMPLE THAT THE LAYMAN WOULD UNDERSTAND.

>> I THINK ONE THING THAT WOULD RELATIVELY EASY TO START OUT WITH.

FIRST OFFENDER PROGRAM.

LOW LEVEL FELONIES AND INCORPORATE ALL MISDEMEANORS THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME VIOLENT MISDEMEANORS.

BY HAVING A FIRST OFFENDER PROGRAM YOU CAN STEER PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE SYSTEM.

NOT HAVE A CONVICTION.

IT HOLDS THEM MORE ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE YOU'RE JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS WHAT IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS PERSON GETTING TO THIS -- CONDUCTING THIS BEHAVIOR.

IS IT DRUGS?

DO WE NEED TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE BY GETTING THEM INTO TREATMENT AND DOING COMMUNITY SERVICE AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR IF THERE'S A VICTIM INVOLVED.

AND THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK FOR EVERYBODY.

BUT FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON WE CAN GET THAT WORK THAT'S ANOTHER PERSON THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE A CONVICTION AND GET INTO THE SYSTEM WHERE SO OFTEN PEOPLE ARE IN THE SYSTEM THEY KEEP GOING AND GOING AND PERPETUATING CRIME.

PROGRAMS FOR THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING IN AND STEALING $500 WORTH OF STUFF FROM STORES OVER AND OVER AND OVER.

CLEARLY GETTING A PAPER CONVICTION AND DOING A COUPLE OF DAYS OF JAIL IS NOT WORKING.

SO AGAIN LET'S SEE IF WE CAN LOOK AT SOME AT SOME MORE ROOT CAUSE.

IN SOME CASES IF NECESSARY HAVE AN ACTUALLY CYCLING AROUND THE PAPER.

I BEEN FITTED FROM A FIRST OFFENDER P.C.

1,000.

WHICH ENABLED ME NOT TO GET CONVICTED.

DIVERTED ME INTO TREATMENT.

PROBABLY SAVED MY LIFE.

IT DIDN'T NECESSARILY TAKE RIGHT AWAY.

IT ENABLED ME THE CHANCE TO SEE I CAN GET OUT OF THE SITUATION I WAS IN.

BY STOPPING PUTTING PEOPLE THERE TO BEGIN WITH.

ONE THING THAT GETS LOST ON A LOT OF FOLKS WHEN YOU HAVE A CRIMINAL SMALL-TIME OR PALTRY AND YOU PUT THEM IN PRISON YOU'RE MAKING A BETTER, MORE LETHAL PERSON.

AND THAT MEANS A CULTURE OF HARSH REALITIES.

THAT BRING THAT BACK OUT WITH THEM.

>> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

WHEN I TALK ABOUT PERPETUATING CRIME.

IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

ONE IT'S OVER $100,000 TO HOUSE SOMEONE IN PRISON.

WE'RE SENDING THEM TO A IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL TO BECOME WORSE.

THEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR OPPORTUNITIES WHEN THEY GET OUT AND HAVE A CONVICTION.

IT'S MORE DIFFICULT TO GET A BACK.

YOU'RE OFTEN PUSHED BACK INTO A LIFE OF CRIME.

IT'S SNOWBALL CASCADING EFFECT.

ONE OF THE THINGS IS I THINK IS INTERESTING ABOUT YOUR CANDIDACY YOU ARE A NOW A PUBLIC DEFENDER.

HOW YOU ENDED UP AT THE PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICE FROM THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AND HOW DO YOU THINK THAT EXPERIENCE MIGHT ENABLE YOU TO BE A BETTER DA.

>> FIRST, I WAS AT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS FROM 2014 TO 2020.

REALLY LOVED THE JOB.

I BUILT A LOT OF STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

>> SO A VERTICAL PROSECUTOR IS SOMEONE THAT HANDLES A CASE PRE-CHARGING MAKE THEIR OWN CHARGING DECISIONS AND HAS THE CASE THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS TO POST SENTENCING.

RIGHT NOW THE HEAD DA CHARGES MOST OF THE CASES AND THEN THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO PEOPLE VIA ALPHABET.

SO THERE IS I GUESS LESS DISCRETION IN THOSE SITUATIONS THAN A VERTICAL PROSECUTOR WOULD HAVE.

SO HAVING YOU KNOW SOME LATITUDE I REALLY LOVED MY JOB, AND FINDING CREEFRT WAYS TO GET TO SOLUTIONS.

NOT TREATING EVERY CASE THE SAME AS LIKE AN ASSEMBLY.

THINKING ABOUT IT AND HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THE FUNDAMENTAL THINGS WE WANT WHICH IS A VICTIM TO BE MADE WHOLE.

MAKE THE COMMUNITY SAFER, AND HOLD THE DEFENDANT ACCOUNTABLE.

SO I TOOK THAT APPROACH WHILE I WAS THERE.

I THINK THAT MY PHILOSOPHY DIDN'T FIT IN WITH THE CULTURE THERE.

THAT WAS PRETTY EVIDENT PRETTY EARLY ON.

HAVING MY OWN AREA WHERE I HAD SOME SPACE TO WORK.

>> YOU WERE ABLE THE TO EFFECT YOUR OWN WORK.

>> EVENTUALLY I KEPT SEEING THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WERE UNJUST A WASTE OF RESOURCES AND I VOICED MY OPINION ABOUT IT.

AND IT WASN'T WELCOMED, AND YOU KNOW AFTER A SERIES OF MORE SERIOUS ISSUES INVOLVING THAT SAME THING CALLING OUT THINGS WHEN I SEE THEM I WAS ASKED TO RESIGN, AND I REFUSED TO RESIGN.

OUT OF PRINCIPLE.

AND SO I WAS NEVERTHELESS DISMISSED.

AND THEN I WAS IMMEDIATELY REHIRED BY THE COUNTY WENT ACROSS THE STREET AND SO THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICE IS AMAZING.

IT IS A COLLABORATIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT.

AND THERE ARE SOME REALLY, REALLY TALENTED LAWYERS IN THERE THAT ARE REALLY THOUGHTFUL AND SO I REALLY ENJOY BEING THERE.

AND THE JOB ITSELF I THINK THERE'S TWO THINGS.

ONE IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO -- I MEAN WHAT I DID AS A PROSECUTOR.

I'M LOOKING AT DID THE OFFICERS DO THEIR JOB IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THEIR TRAINING.

DO IT A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION, FOLLOW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.

THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT WHEN I'M LOOKING AT A CASE.

AS WELL AS I WHEN I WAS A DA.

THE THING DA YOU CAN DO IT IN THE FOREFRONT.

THERE'S AN ISSUE HERE.

MAYBE WE TALK ABOUT IT.

MAYBE YOU LEARN FROM THIS.

AND THEN NOW IT'S ON THE BACK END.

SO IF IT'S A SEARCH ISSUE I'M FILING A MOTION TO SAY THAT WAS AN UNLAWFUL SEARCH.

THAT TAKES A BUNCH OF COURT TIME TO BE LITIGATED.

I VERY MUCH TOOK AN APPROACH JUST BEING AN OBJECTIVE LAWYER LOOKING AT THE FACTS AND WHAT WE CAN PROVE AND MAKING SURE THAT CRIMINAL PROCEDURE WAS DONE.

THAT'S THE MAIN THING TO SAY ABOUT BEING A PUBLIC DEFENDER.

THE SECOND THING IT DOES GIVE YOU A GREATER IN SIGHT TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND LIVES OF DEFENDANTS.

IN SOME SITUATIONS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE EMPATHETIC SITUATIONS PEOPLE REALLY STRUGGLING.

THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY BAD PEOPLE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAN.

ARE GOING THROUGH A TOUGH TIME OR GOING THROUGH A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS OR STUFF LIKE THAT AND THEY JUST NEED HELP.

GETTING THAT PERSPECTIVE KIND OF HELPS ME CALIBRATE WHEN I BECOME THE DA HOW ARE -- IF THIS PERSON WITH NO RECORD THAT'S HERE THAT'S SOMEONE WE SHOULD TRY TO DIVERT THAT KIND OF THING.

THAT IS GOING TO SAVE US A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF RESOURCES AND IT'S GOING TO ALLOW PROSECUTORS TO FOCUS ON THE REALLY VIOLENT, REALLY SERIOUS PEOPLE WE NEED TO GET OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

>> WE ARE SORT OF RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

THESE CONVERSATIONS COULD GO ON FOR AN HOUR.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS TALKING WITH MY DIRECTOR BEFORE THIS SHOW THIS IDEA OR I DON'T KNOW THIS -- IT SEEMS FROM THE OUTSIDE IN IT BECOMES A GAMESMANSHIP BETWEEN PROSECUTORS AND THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS AND CHOICES DON'T GET MADE BECAUSE IT'S THE JUST APPROACH BECAUSE WE WANT TO WIN.

I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY REALLY HUMAN AND I UNDERSTAND IT FROM AN INTELLECTUAL PERSPECTIVE.

BUT I'M WONDERING AS A DA IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO AFFECT THE FLOFRSERS BELOW YOU LET'S NOT FOCUS SO MUCH ON BRINGING UP CONVICTION RATES AND EVERYTHING BUT FOCUS TRYING TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY MORE WHOLE.

>> THAT SHOULD BE THE FUNDAMENTAL GOAL.

MAKE OUR COMMUNITY MORE WHOLE AND SAFER.

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

THEY WOULD SAY THAT A DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S JOB IS NOT TO SECURE CONVICTIONS TO QUOTE WIN.

YOUR JOB IS TO SEEK THE TRUTH.

SOMETIMES JUSTICE MIGHT MEAN DISMISSING IT.

SO THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE THE MENTALITY THAT THE DA'S OFFICE.

THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY A CULTURE CHANGE.

WE'RE NOT WORRIED WINS AND LOSSES.

WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT HOW EACH INDIVIDUAL CASE WE CAN TAILOR THAT CAN PLAY A PART IN MAKING OUR COMMUNITY SAFER.

THE OTHER PART ABOUT THE WINS AND LOSSES AND MENTALITY IS THAT OFTEN WE'LL SEE THE DA'S OFFICE KIND OF PUSHING CASES ALL THE WAY TO THE END LIKE TO TRIAL ASSIGNMENT.

PLAYING A GAME OF CHICKEN AND ALL OF THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS KNOW YOU CAN'T PROVE THIS CASE BUT YOU KEEP COMING BACK WITH LOW OFFERS.

IT'S KIND OF SILLY NOT TO MAKE THE DECISIONS EARLY ON AND TRY TO SOMETIMES COERCE.

>> I MEAN THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

SOMEONE'S LIFE HANGS IN THE BALANCE.

THAT'S WHAT SUCKS ABOUT IT SO MUCH.

THERE'S SOMEONE WAITING TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR FATE IS GOING TO BE.

WHAT THE SYSTEM IS GOING TO DO WITH YOU.

AND THAT CAN BE REALLY DISCUN KURTING AS I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE.

>> NOT JUST FOR THE DEFENDANT BUT THE VICTIMS AS WELL.

THEY'RE BEING STRUNG ALONG FOR SO LONG.

AND THEY'RE NOT HAVING THE RESOLUTION SO THEY CAN MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIFE.

THAT IS THE TRUE BALANCE.

YOU HAVE THE NEEDS OF THE VICTIM AND THE RIGHTS OF THE DEFENDANT AND NEEDS OF SOCIETY AS A WHOLE AND TRYING TO BALANCE ALL THOSE THINGS.

THAT'S WHY IT'S A TOUGH JOB.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS SHORT BREAK.

>> AS HUMBOLDT COUNTY'S JOINT INFORMATION CENTER FOLDS UP OPERATIONS THIS WEEK RYAN HUTSON WHERE WE CAN TURN IN THE FUTURE FOR INFORMATION.

>> THE NOVEL IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY A NEW DASHBOARD HAS BEEN REVEALED NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON.

OFFERING BETTER VISUALIZATIONS AND DEGREE OF CUSTOMIZATION THE IMPROVED COVED DASHBOARD GIVES THE PUBLIC TO ADJUST THE DATE RANGES FOR A MORE SPECIFIC DATA ANALYSIS.

PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR SOFIA PEREIRA GAVE PEOPLE ADVANCE WARNING.

WE ARE USING A TABLEAU FOR OUR DASHBOARD.

REALLY GREAT DATA VISUALIZATION TOOL THAT IS OUT THERE.

THERE'S REALLY GREAT FEATURES WHERE PEOPLE CAN INTERACT AND LOOK AT IT IN DIFFERENT TIME FRAMES AND BE ABLE TO HOVER OVER THINGS.

GET MORE DETAIL.

IT'S MUCH MORE USER-FRIENDLY FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE DATA.

THERE'S A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT TABLES AND GRAPHS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PUT TOGETHER.

SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2020 HUMBOLDT COUNTY HAS BEEN TALLYING AND ANSWERING CALLS RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC THROUGH THE JOINT INFORMATION CENTER WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY RUN BY THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

NOW THE J.

C AND CALLERS MAY FIND BY CALLING PUBLIC HEALTH AT 707-4:45-6001.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO PRESS CONFERENCES ON THE TOPIC OF COVED.

AND NOW THE PRESS CONFERENCES ARE ROLLING OUT ONCE A WEEK ON WEDNESDAYS.

>> WE ARE MAKING THESE TRANSITIONS AS WE'RE SCALING OUR KOFED RESPONSE APPROPRIATELY TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND IN THE COMMUNITY.

NOW I DO WANT TO NOTE WE DO HAVE TWO PART-TIME HEALTH OFFICERS THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING US THROUGHOUT THIS RESPONSE.

SO DR. KATE ESKLIN.

AND WHILE THE NEW DASHBOARD DOES NOT OFFER CURRENT CASE RATES IN ZIP CODES.

IT PRESENTS CUMULATIVE TOTALS WITH FIVE REGIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY IDENTIFIED.

ADDITIONALLY DASHBOARD DOES NOT SHOW THE PUBLIC CURRENT HOSPITALIZATION OR ICU NUMBERS.

THIS IS RYAN HUTSON FOR HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

>> JARED HUFFMAN AND DAU FAZIO TO BY 58,000 ACRES.

THE MOVE IS TO EXPECTED TO PROTECT THE OF THE NORTH FORK OF THE SMITH RIVER WATERSHED AND BOOST FISHING AND OTHER INDUSTRIES.

TO PROTECT THE WATERSHED BUT THE BOUNDARY OF THE N.R.A.

STOPPED AT THE OREGON BORDER.

LEAVING ITS TRIBUTARIES UNPROTECTED.

EXPANDING IT INTO OREGON IS A COMMON SENSE STEP TO PROTECT THIS NATIONAL TREASURE.

OREGON'S NORTH FORK SMITH WATERSHED IS A TREASURE AND SHOULD BE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE SMITH RIVER IN 1990 HE SAID.

WILL ATTEND HUMBOLDT COUNTY'S BOREDS TO DEMAND A RAISE.

WHICH ARE SET TO START LATER THIS YEAR.

LATER UNION MEMBERS WILL PICKET IN PROTEST IS THE CONTINUED OWNER OF THE GRENADA CARE HOME OVERWORKING CONDITIONS AND THAT HAVE LED MANY TO QUIT WHICH COMPROMISES CARE AND WORKING CONDITIONS.

THAT'S IT FOR THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STAYING TUNED AND WATCHING OUR SHOW.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

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