LIVE CC BY ABERDEEN CAPTIONING 800-688-6621 WWW.ABERCAP.COM >> NEXT ON "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT", DIRECTOR LESLIE CASTELLANO FROM THE INK PEOPLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS JAY:S US TO TALK ABOUT A SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL TO ALLOW A NUMBER OF ARTISTS TO GET THEIR WORK SEEN AND APPRECIATED.

A MEETING LOOKS TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE PLIGHT OF MISSING AND MURDERED NATIVE WOMEN AND GIRLS, A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF WHOM COME FROM THIS REGION.

COMING UP NOW ON "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT".

FROM THE TOP OF HUMBOLDT HILL, THIS IS "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT", I'M JAMES FAULK.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

THERE ARE ONLY A FEW ATTRIBUTES YOU COULD NAME THAT STAND OUT AS DEFINITIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

ONE, OF COURSE, IS AN OFF THE CHARTS LEVEL OF CREATIVITY, DEMONSTRATED BY THE HIGH NUMBER OF ARTISTS PER CAPITA IN OUR COMMUNITY.

MAYBE PROXIMITY TO NATURE, OR ISOLATION FROM THE REST OF THE STATE OR WHAT USED TO BE AN EXTREMELY WET CLIMATE THAT KEPT US INDOORS MORE THAN OTHER COMMUNITY.

MAYBE IT IS THE WEED.

WHATEVER THE CAUSE, BECAUSE WE ARE SO PREDISPOSED TO INDIVIDUALITY AND CREATIVITY AND WE HAVE SO MANY ARTISTS, EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO GET SUCH WORK SEEN AND APPRECIATED IS ABSOLUTELY PRECIOUS.

A NEW OPPORTUNITY IS FESTIVAL OF DREAMS, A CELEBRATION OF ART AND CULTURE TAKING PLACE BETWEEN AUGUST 18-20 AT HALL VERSON PARK.

WE SPOKE WITH LESLIE CASTELLANO, THE DIRECTOR OF THE INK PEOPLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND A EUREKA CITY COUNCILWOMAN WHO DESCRIBED WHAT THE FESTIVAL WILL BECOME.

>> THE FESTIVAL OF DREAMS IS A RELATIVELY NEW FESTIVAL IN EUREKA.

IT IS A FESTIVAL THAT CELEBRATES THE QUIRKRY, THE WILD, THE WONDERFUL AND REALLY HOPEFULLY EMBRACES THE SPIRIT OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMUNITY IN EUREKA IN ORDER TO REALLY KIND OF SHINE A LIGHT ON THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY HERE, BUT TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE WHAT IT IS TO DREAM.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE THEME OF DREAMS, CALDER JOHNSON, FROM NORTH COAST REP ERRETOIR THEATER.

>> WE HAD HIM ON THE SHOW.

>> WE CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA BECAUSE THE IDEA OF DREAMS OPENS UP A LARGE SPECTRUM OF PMS ART AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE.

WE THINK EVERYONE HAS THE CAPACITY TO DREAM.

>> THE MOODS ARE WIDE AND LOTS OF DIRECTIONS YOU CAN TAKE IT, I MEAN.

>> EXACTLY.

JUST THIS IDEA THAT WITHIN THAT, IT DOES KIND OF OPEN UP THIS QUESTION OF, WHAT IF?

THE DREAMS WE HAVE AT NIGHT AND THE DREAMS WE HAVE ABOUT SOCIETY, ABOUT THE PEOPLE WE ARE BECOMING TOGETHER.

AND SO WE FELT LIKE THIS IDEA OF A FESTIVAL AROUND THAT COULD REALLY OFFER JUST A PLATFORM FOR ALL KINDS OF ARTISTS TO CREATE AND EXPRESS, BUT ALSO HOPEFULLY A PLATFORM FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AND SEE ONE ANOTHER A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

>> YEAH.

>> AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE OPEN UP SOME NEW WAYS OF THINKING ABOUT THE WORLD.

THE FESTIVAL WILL BE TAKING PLACE -- IT IS A TWO-PART FESTIVAL.

>> I WAS GOING ASK YOU, THERE IS A COMPONENT IN AUGUST AND ONE IN OCTOBER.

>> EXACTLY.

>> OKAY.

>> AND SO THE FIRST PART IS AN OUTDOOR COMPONENT THAT IS GOING HAVE A PARADE AND SITE-SPECIFIC ART, POSSIBLY SOME VENDORS.

AND THEN THE SECOND PART, THE LATTER PART IN OCTOBER IS REALLY EMBRACING INDOOR PERFORMANCE, MORE INSPIRED BY A FRINGE THEATER FESTIVAL WHERE PEOPLE ARE PERFORMERS OR MAKING NEW WORKS INSPIRED BY THE THEME.

AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL BE INVITED TO COME TO LOCAL VENUES IN EUREKA.

ALL OF THIS IS EUREKA BASED BECAUSE IT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE CITY OF EUREKA.

>> YEAH.

>> AND I JUST WANT TO LIFT UP SOME OF IT WAS INSPIRED BY ARCADIA PLAYHOUSE, PLAYHOUSE ARTS.

THEY HAVE BEEN FUNDING OUTDOOR PERFORMANCES IN ARCAIA AND THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HUMBOLDT CREATIVE ALLIANCE, WE REALLY SAW THE IMPACT THAT WAS MAKING IN THE ARCADIA COMMUNITY AND FELT THAT THERE WAS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING INSPIRED BY IT, BUT A LITTLE DIFFERENT HERE IN EUREKA.

EUREKA, I THINK, HAS ALWAYS HAD AN INCREDIBLY VIBRANT ARTS AND CULTURE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE SAY.

IT HAS BEEN IN MAGAZINES FEATURED AS SUCH.

>> EXACTLY.

SO LAST YEAR WE PILOTED A SMALL PART OF THE FESTIVAL, REALLY, WE FOCUSED ON HAVING A PARADE, JUST TO KIND OF FLUSH OUT THE IDEA, GET IT OUT THERE, GET PEOPLE INVOLVED.

REALLY ALSO THINKING THAT EUREKA DOESN'T HAVE VERY MANY PARADES.

WELL, WE HAVE WHAT IS COMING UP THE RHODODENDRUM PARADE, BUT NOT WALKING PARADES IN THE HEART OF OLD TOWN.

>> YEAH, ESPECIALLY FOCUSING ON CREATIVITY.

IT SHOULD FOSTER FLOAT IDEAS AND AESTHETICS WE WOULDN'T NORMALLY SEE.

>> EXACTLY.

SO OFTEN PEOPLE CONTRIBUTE TIME, MONEY, ENERGY TO THESE THINGS WITHOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE FUNDING.

SO WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ARTISTS WOULD GET PAID THROUGH THIS ENDEAVOR.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY ARTISTS, I MAY HAVE MENTIONED THIS A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE GREATEST IMPACT FROM THE PANDEMIC.

THEY ARE STILL RECOVERING.

ESPECIALLY SITE SPECIFIC ARTISTS.

ANYWHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING TOGETHER, PEOPLE ARE HESITANT OR WHOSE HABITS HAVE CHANGED.

THEY MAY BRACE THE IDEA OF GOING PERFORMANCE, MAYBE THEY USED TO GO ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR TO SEE A SHOW -- >> THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN BACK INTO THAT.

>> EXACTLY.

SO THE OUTDOORS, ONE, THE WHOLE EVENT WILL BE FREE FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME AND ATTEND THE OUTDOOR EVENTS AND IT WILL REALLY PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE WAY PEOPLE CAN CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER, EXPERIENCE ONE ANOTHER'S CREATCREATIVITY.

>> TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WORDS YOU USED, SITE SPECIFIC ART.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?

>> I'M A BIG FAN OF SITE SPECIFIC ART.

IT CAN BE HARD TO DEFINE.

IT IS ART CREATED WITH THE SENSE OF A SPECIFIC PLACE IN MIND.

THIS WILL TAKE PLACE AT HALL VERSON PARK.

ARTISTS WILL CREATE PIECES THAT COULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO INTERACT WITH.

IT COULD BE A SEATING STRUCTURE OR A PAINTING THAT PEOPLE ARE ADDING TO OVER THE COURSE OF THE EVENT.

>> YEAH.

>> IT COULD BE MORE SCULPTURAL THAT IS MORE VISUAL, BUT IS VISUAL IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE.

THOSE ARE SOME EXAMPLES.

>> YEAH.

>> IT IS DEFINITELY A FIELD THAT INVITES POSTULATING WHAT COULD BE.

>> YEAH.

IT MAKES THE VIEWER ALIVING PART OF WHATEVER THE ART IS.

>> EXACTLY.

>> OR SEEMS TO.

YEAH.

>> THERE COULD EVEN BE, AS YOU BRING UP PERFORMTIVE POSSIBILITIES WHERE PERHAPS VIEWERS ARE GIVEN A SERIES OF INSTRUCTIONS THEY CARRY OUT DURING THE FESTIVAL.

>> YEAH.

>> AND THEY BECOME -- >> PART OF THE WORK.

>> PART OF THE PIECE, PART OF THE WORK THAT IS HAPPENING THERE.

>> THAT SOUNDS FASCINATING.

IF PEOPLE ARE ARTISTS, HOW DO THEY GET INVOLVED?

THERE IS $40,000 OF GRANT MONEY THE CITY OF EUREKA IS PONYING UP TO SUPPORT THIS.

HOW CAN PEOPLE APPLY FOR THAT MONEY OR USE IT TO DEVELOP A PROJECT?

>> SURE.

SURE.

SO THE EASIEST WAY TO GET INVOLVED IS TO GO TO THE NCR TEXAS WEBSITE, NCRT.ORG.

>> .NET/FESTIVALOFDREAMS.

>> I FORGET.

THERE IS AN APPLICATION PROCESS THERE.

WE WILL BE POSTING ON THAT WEBSITE SOME TRAININGS COMING UP.

SO IF YOU OPEN UP THE GRANT APPLICATION AND IT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, GRANT APPLICATION IS AN ACQUIRED TASTE.

THERE IS AN E-MAIL LINK ON THE WEBSITE PEOPLE CAN REACH OUT TO.

>> THIS IS SPECIFICALLY TO HELP ARTISTS CREATE COOL PROJECTS, RIGHT?

>> EXACTLY.

>> THAT'S AMAZING.

>> EXACTLY.

THIS IS BEING FUNDED THROUGH AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, ARPA FUNDING, THAT WAS SET ASIDE ALREADY BY THE CITY OF EUREKA TO FUND THE ARTS AND CULTURE SECTOR.

>> OKAY.

>> THEY CREATED AN INITIAL ROUND OF GRANTS THAT WAS REALLY TARGETED TOWARDS ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS.

AND SO ORGANIZATIONS THAT COULD, THAT MET THE REQUIREMENTS DID APPLY AND RECEIVE THAT FUNDING.

BUT SO MANY ARTISTS WORK OUTSIDE OF A CONCRETE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE SO IT LEFT MANY ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS OUT OF THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO APPLY.

SO THE EUREKA ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION, EUREKA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONCEIVED OF THIS PROJECT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THOSE PEOPLE WHO, AGAIN, ARE STILL TRYING TO CREATE THEIR LIVELIHOODS.

IT IS REALLY ARTISTS AND ARTISTS' WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY.

>> YEAH.

ABSOLUTELY.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE THROUGH LINE IS BETWEEN THE EVENT IN AUGUST AND THE INSIDE EVENT IN OCTOBER?

IS THERE ANYTHING LINKING THE TWO YOU CAN POINT TO OR IS IT PEOPLE WHO COME TO THE AUGUST APPLY TO BE PART OF THE OCTOBER EVENT?

I MEAN, HOW DOES THAT WORK?

>> GREAT.

THERE MAY BE COMMONALITIES BETWEEN THE TWO PEOPLE CAN APPLY FOR FUNDING FOR EITHER OR BOTH.

>> OKAY.

>> YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN OVERARCHING THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL, SECRETS OF WIGI.

WIGI IS A -- WORD THAT REFERS TO THE BODY OF WATER THAT IS HUMBOLDT BAY.

>> OKAY.

>> SO WE HOPE THAT THEME GUIDES PEOPLE'S APPLICATIONS AND PROVIDES A THROUGH LINE BETWEEN THE TWO EVENTS.

YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE SOME BIG DIFFERENCES, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE FLARE AND THE FLAVOR FROM BEING OUTDOORS IN THE SUMMER TO BEING INDOORS IN THE FALL.

>> YEAH.

>> WE ARE HOPING TO CONNECT INTO -- WITH A WIDER MORE NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL KIND OF PERFORMING ARTS COMMUNITY.

AND HOPEFULLY CONNECT -- CREATE SOME CONNECTIONS WITH FRINGE THEATER FESTIVALS AND OTHER PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVALS AND HOPEFULLY INVITE PEOPLE TO OUR AREA, YOU KNOW.

SO THESE FESTIVALS WILL BE NOT ONLY FOR RESIDENTS, DEFINITELY FOR RESIDENTS OF EUREKA AND HUMBOLDT COUNTY, BUT BROADCAST ON A WIDER SCALE AS WELL.

>> FROM ARTIST, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE FROM EUREKA?

YOU CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM HUMBOLDT COUNTY OR ANYWHERE?

>> SURE.

THERE IS A PREFERENCE FOR PEOPLE FROM HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND EUREKA-CENTERIC ARTISTS, BUT WE WELCOME ALL PEOPLE TO APPLY.

THERE IS ALSO A REAL DESIRE TO REACH OUT TO UNDERREPRESENTED ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY, SO MAYBE PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, HAVE LESS REPRESENTATION IN THE POPULAR CULTURE.

>> SURE.

>> TO MAKE SURE THEIR PERSPECTIVES, THEIR DREAMS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THE FESTIVAL IS TAKING PLACE WITHIN THE EUREKA CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT AS WELL.

>> HOW DO YOU DEFINE THAT?

I SAW THAT IN THE PAPERWORK BUT I WASN'T SHUFR THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

>> FIVE YEARS AGO THE CITY OF EUREKA AND INK PEOPLE AND MAIN STREET SUBMITTED A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION PUT FORWARD BY THE INK PEOPLE AND MY PREDECESSOR AND FOUNDER OF THE INK PEOPLE.

THAT APPLICATION WENT THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL.

THE CITY OF EUREKA WAS ONE OF ONLY 14 ARTS AND CULTURE DISTRICTS SELECTED BY THE STATE TO KIND OF RECEIVE THIS DESIGNATION.

>> YEAH.

>> AND PRIOR TO -- NOW THAT HAS LARGELY BEEN AN UNFUNDED MANDATE.

>> YEAH.

>> AND DESIGNATION.

NOW THERE IS A LOT MORE WONDERFUL ACTIVITY AROUND THE ARTS AND CULTURE DISTRICT TO THINK ABOUT HOW CAN IT BE A PLACE WHERE ALL CULTURES IN THIS AREA REALLY HAVE A SPACE TO BE SEEN AND BE HEARD.

AND THE DISTRICT IS RATHER LARGE AMONGST ARTS AND CULTURE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE AND EXTENDED BASICALLY FROM BLUE OX MILL WORKS SOUTH ALL THE WAY ALONG THE WATERFRONT ENCOMPASSING THE EUREKA MAIN STREET AREA, EXTENDS TO NCRT, THE MORRIS GRAVES MUSEUM AND SO REALLY THAT OLD TOWN/DOWNTOWN CORE.

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

>> AS WELL AS THE HALVERSON PARK WHERE THE FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE.

SO DEFINITELY FOR VIEWERS OUT THERE, KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN.

THERE'S A TREMENDOUS GROUP OF PEOPLE MEETING TO CONVENE ABOUT THE DISTRICT, MARNI FROM THE CULTURAL CENTER.

>> YES.

WHO WILL ALSO BE ON THIS SHOW IN A WEEK OR TWO.

>> OH, MY GOSH, HOW WONDERFUL.

HOW LUCKY FOR EVERYONE OUT THERE.

ANDREA STUCKEY, BRENDA PEREZ FROM CENTRAL DEL PUEBLO.

CARLA JOHNSON FROM NCRT.

>> YEAH.

>> IT IS SO EXCITING THE WAY THAT I THINK ARTS AND CULTURE CAN REALLY CREATE A SPACE AND I THINK THAT ARTS AND CULTURE DISTRICT CAN BE THAT SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE ONE ANOTHER'S UNIQUENESS.

AND, OF COURSE, RIGHT, WE'LL SEE MANY DIFFERENT EVENTS POPPING UP THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATING UNIQUENESS IN SOME WAY.

INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, IF IT IS NOT ON YOUR RADAR ALREADY, THE UPCOMING EUREKA CHINA TOWN FESTIVAL.

>> WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

IT IS PROBABLY TIME FOR AN UPDATE.

>> THAT IS COMING UP TWO SATURDAYS -- OH, NO, JUST A LITTLE OVER A WEEK FROM NOW.

>> I'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT NEXT WEEK.

WE HAD A SHOW ABOUT IT AND THE HISTORY, OF COURSE, IS BLEAK.

>> YEAH.

>> WE ARE TRYING TO TRANSCEND IT IN A POSITIVE WAY.

WE HAVE TWO MINUTES LEFT.

YOU ARE THE HEAD OF THE INK PEOPLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, YOU TOOK OVER FOR LIBBY MAYNARD, WHICH IS A HUGE JOB.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU ARE ALSO ON THE EUREKA CITY COUNCIL.

YOU ARE AT THE FORMATIVE APEX WHERE A LOT OF THESE ELEMENTS COME TOGETHER.

HOW IMPORTANT IS IT, DO YOU THINK, FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO HAVE ITS STRONG IDENTIFICATION WITH THE ARTS, BOTH ECONOMICALLY AND CULTURALLY?

>> SURE.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT ARTS ARE AN ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR THE REGION, ESPECIALLY FOR EUREKA.

SO AND AS YOU SAID EARLIER, WE ARE KNOWN FOR THE ARTS.

SO I THINK BUILDING UPON THAT WILL BRING MORE TOURISTS TO THE AREA.

AND, OF COURSE, WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE TOURIST ECONOMY IS GOOD FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY, TOO, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC EVENTS ON THE STREETS, THINGS THAT BRING PEOPLE TO UP TO.

YOU KNOW, I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE -- OUR REGION, OUR COMMUNITY IS ON THE CUSP OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, WHETHER IT IS THE ENVIRONMENT, NEW INDUSTRIES COMING TO THE AREA.

I THINK MANY OF THESE THINGS ARE POSITIVE.

MANY OF THEM ALSO WILL CHALLENGE US.

AND FOR ME, AND I THINK FOR MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, ARTS AND CULTURE EVENTS AND, YOU KNOW -- ARE A WAY THAT PEOPLE ADAPT TO CHANGE, A WAY THAT PEOPLE CONVERSE AROUND CHANGE AND A WAY THAT PEOPLE TRANSFORM THEMSELVES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH ONE ANOTHER IN A WAY THAT REALLY HONORS THE STRUGGLES, YOU KNOW, WHILE ALSO SEEING THAT THERE'S EACH HUMAN, EACH CULTURE HAS A DELICATE AND WILD IMPULSE THAT EXISTS THAT WE CAN REALLY CELEBRATE.

MY HOPE IS THAT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH EACH OTHER AT OUR BEST AND HEAL AS A COMMUNITY AS WELL.

>> EXCELLENT.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

>> OKAY.

>> THANKS FOR COMING DOWN.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FESTIVAL.

I THINK IT IS GOING BE A BLAST.

>> I'M EXCITED.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO EVERYONE COMING OUT AND SUBMITTING THEIR GRANT PERSPECTIVES AS WELL.

>> YEAH.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS SHORT BREAK.

>> KEY CONTRIBUTOR RYAN HUTSON ATTENDED A RECENT EVENT HIGHLIGHTS THE PLIGHT OF MISSING AND MURDERED NATIVE WOMEN AND GIRLS A LARGE PERCENTAGE COMING FROM CALIFORNIA.

LEGISLATION IS BEING DEVELOPED TO FILL INFORMATIONAL GAPS AND STRENGTHEN COHESION BETWEEN THE VARIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES INVOLVED.

HUDSON FILED THIS SOBERING YET HOPEFUL REPORT.

>> FIRST OF ITS KIND CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BROUGHT SIX DIFFERENT SHERIFF'S JURISDICTIONS, FEDERAL OFFICERS AND TRIBAL POLICE TO A NETWORKING TO AN EVENT WHERE MISSING AND MURDERED NATIVE WOMEN AND GIRLS WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH INVESTIGATORS, ASK QUESTIONS, REPORT INFORMATION AND PROVIDE DNA SAMPLES.

CHAIRMAN JOSEPH JAMES OF THE YUROK TRIBE EXPLAINED LEADERSHIP ARE FROM THE TRIBE HAS ENABLED OTHER TRIBES TO BE PROACTIVE.

>> WE HAVE TWO BILLS HERE WORKING IN CALIFORNIA, BUT ALSO CONTINUING THAT WORK ACROSS THE NATION.

YOU ARE SEEING A GOOD EXAMPLE OF IT TODAY.

THERE IS BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND TRYING TO MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE IN CHANGE FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR PEOPLE.

IT IS EXCITING TIMES RIGHT NOW.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK HARD THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.

WE ARE WORKING WITH THE GOVERNOR, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

WE ARE LEADING AN EXAMPLE.

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS RALLYING, RALLYING AS ONE TO NOT ONLY COMBAT THIS CRISIS IN CALIFORNIA, BUT ALSO TO RALLY TO LEAD EXAMPLES FOR ACROSS THE NATION.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK YET TO BE DONE.

WE'RE UP FOR THE TASK.

>> AS CHAIRMAN JAMES MENTIONED, LEGISLATION IS IN THE WORKS IN CALIFORNIA TO ADDRESS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS THAT OFFICERS HAVE ACROSS THE BOARD, WHICH IS A LACK OF ACCESS TO THE CRIMINAL DATA INDUSTRY SYSTEM CALLED CLETS.

>> RIGHT NOW THE ACCESS IS LIMITED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OR TRIBES THAT PETITION DOJ, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, TO RECEIVE THAT ACCESS.

SO THE CLETS SYSTEM IS A COMPUTER DATA BASE THAT CALIFORNIA LAW ENFORCEMENT USES TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGES SUCH AS MISSING PERSONS, MISSING PERSONS INDEX AND DATA BASE.

ALSO WANTED PERSONS, PROBATION STATUS.

IT IS A WAY FOR US TO SHARE THAT CRITICAL INFORMATION.

LEGISLATION IS GOING ON IN OUR STATE LEGISLATURE TO PROVIDE CLETS ACCESS TO ALL THE TRIBES AS OPPOSED TO A PETITION.

AS OPPOSED TO A PETITION.

WE HOPE THAT WILL GET CHANGED AND ALL TRIBES WILL HAVE ACCESS.

TRIBES CAN, ROSEMARY CAN TALK IT GOES THROUGH THE SUPERIOR COURT.

>> I WAS GOING ASK ABOUT THE RESTRAINING ORDERS FOR MMIP.

>> MMIP DOES INTERSECT WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PROTECTIVE ORDERS.

WHAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT THE CLETS ISSUE, THE SOVEREIGN NATION, THE TRIBE, CAN ISSUE A VALID DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDER.

SOME TRIBES DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ENTER INTO ANY SYSTEM, AND SOME TRIBES ENTER INTO NCIC, A NATIONAL DATA BASE.

ONE OF SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES MAKE A TRAFFIC STOP AND NOT REALLY BE ABLE TO SEE EVERYTHING HE NEEDS TO SEE IN THAT MOMENT, TO PROTECT THAT PERSON, PROTECT THEMSELVES.

IF WE CAN'T PROPERLY UPHOLD DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDERS WHEN SOMEONE IS BRAVE ENOUGH TO SAY I'M IN DANGER, I NEED PROTECTION, WE ARE KIND OF SETTING THEM UP TO FAIL.

ACCESS TO CLETS IS IMPORTANT.

AB44, HAS TO DO WITH TRIBAL POLICE OFFICERS.

IT IS NOT IN ITS FINAL ITERATION.

YOU HAVE THE STAKEHOLDERS WORKING TOGETHER.

THE TRIBES ARE NOT WORKING ON THIS IN A VACUUM.

WE HAVE ALL IDENTIFIED THE NEED AND THE BEST WAY TO AFFIDAVIT KATD FOR THAT IS TO COME TOGETHER IN COALITION AND EXPLAIN HOW IT HAMPERS ALL OF OUR ABILITIES.

>> IN ORDER TO SOLVE THESE CRIMES AND BRING CLOSURE TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS.

AND DNA.

SEVERAL FAMILIES HAVE NEVER >> TODAY?

>> JUST TODAY.

LONG-TERM, WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED AND THAT IS WHAT IS BEAUTIFUL ABOUT IT.

WAKING UP KNOWING WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO IMPROVE A SYSTEM THAT CAN WORK FOR US AS TRIBES, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, WE HAVE OUR CULTURAL PART OF THIS.

YOU HAVE OUR TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONERS PART OF THIS.

EVERYBODY IS LEANING INTO THIS IN A GOOD WAY OUR HEART TO PROTECT THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF OUR PEOPLE NOW AND GENERATIONS TO COME.

WE ARE SAYING, NO MORE, IN A GOOD WAY.

NO MORE.

THIS IS NOT STATUS QUO FOR US.

>> FOR "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT", THIS IS RYAN HUTSON.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK RYAN FOR THAT REPORT.

ON AN ISSUE FENTANYL OVERDOSES KILLED 74 PEOPLE IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY LAST YEAR, ROUGHLY FOUR TIMES SINCE THIS DATE 2021, AGE ADJUSTED PER CAPITA AVERAGE.

ON TUESDAY COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASKED PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS TO ADDRESS POPULIST COMPLAINTS THAT THE NEEDLE DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM OR SSP EMBOLDENS DRUG USERS AND CONTRIBUTES TO NEEDLE LITTER.

>> WE ARE NOT DOING AN EXCHANGE ANYMORE.

WE ARE GIVING NEEDLES OUT.

IF YOU WANT TO BRING THEM BACK, BRING THEM BACK.

>> DATA RUN IS CLEAR THAT REQUIRING A ONE FOR ONE EXCHANGE DECREASES PARTICIPATION WITH THE SYRINGE SERVICES PROGRAM WHICH LEADS TO ULTIMATELY INCREASED SYRINGE LITTER.

SOME OF THE THINGS SSPs PROVIDE, THEY INCREASE ACCESS TO DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND REFERRALS TO HEALTH CARE AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE, HUMAN SERVICES, HOUSING AND THEY DECREASE THE INCIDENCE OF HIV, HEPATITIS B AND C AND BACTERIAL FUNCTIONS IN COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY ARE FUNCTIONING.

THEY PROVIDE FREE HEPATITIS C TESTING AND PROVIDE A GOOD LOCATION FOR HIGH-YIELD EDUCATION ABOUT OVERDOSE PREVENTION.

>> STOKTSON SAID THE COUNTY'S DISTRIBUTION OF NALOXONE, NAR CAN, HELPED REDUCE OVERDOSEAND HELPED SAVE THE LIVES OF 271 PEOPLE.

WE ARE HAPPY TO BRING YOU -- WTA'S SERIES ICONIC AMERICA.

>> I HAVE REDWOOD TREES AT HOME WE SUSTAINABLY MANAGE.

FOR GENERATIONS MY FAMILY HAS WORKED IN THE FOREST.

OFTENTIMES WHEN I'M IN A FOREST LIKE THIS, THIS IS A PLACE WHERE MY FATHER AND GRANDFATHER LOGGED.

THIS FOREST WAS HARVESTED IN THE 40s OR '50S.

THE COLLEGE OF REDWOODS HAS SOME REMNANT OLD GROWTH TREES, BUT MOST IS SECOND GROWTH TREES.

ANY GIVEN DAY WHEN I'M PROVIDING INSTRUCTION FOR MY COURSES AT THE COLLEGE, STUDENTS WILL BE IN THE CLASSROOM FOR LECTURE.

IT IS A FIVE OR 10-MINUTE HIKE INTO THE SCHOOL FOREST AND WE ARE MEASURING TREES, WE ARE EVALUATING WILD LIFE HABITAT AND LEARNING ABOUT FORESTS IN THE FOREST.

AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT REDWOOD FORESTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY, THERE IS A LONG HISTORICAL HISTORY OR STORY TO TELL ABOUT HOW REDWOODS HAVE IMPACTED GENERATIONS.

BOTH NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE.

PEOPLE COMING TO THE AREA, LOOKING FOR WORK, CUTTING TREES, SUPPLYING SAN FRANCISCO WITH OUR REDWOODS.

THERE IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT STORY OF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

REDWOODS CONTINUE TO BE AN IMPORTANT PRODUCT.

WE BUILD FENCES AND DECKS, KIND OF PRIMARILY OUT OF THAT BEAUTIFUL WOOD, BUT ALSO EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, WHETHER IT IS RESTORATION OR PROTECTING WILD LIFE HABITAT, THERE ARE MANY, MANY JOBS CONNECTED TO THAT.

RESTORING FISH HABITAT, RESTORING REDWOOD FORESTS.

THAT FUNDING GOES TO GOOD-PAYING