>> COMING UP ON "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT," A BEVY OF NEW TRAFFIC LAWS ARE SET TO TAKE EFFECT WITH THE NEW YEAR.

WE'LL RUN THROUGH THE LIST AND KEEP YOU ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LAW.

ALSO, WE SPEAK WITH AUTHOR AND PROFESSOR JEAN PFAELZER AND SHERI WOO FROM THE EUREKA CHINATOWN PROJECT TO DISCUSS THE ONGOING EFFORT TO HONOR THE HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE OF THOSE HARMED IN 1885 WHEN THE CHINESE WERE FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM THE CITY OF EUREKA.

COMING UP NOW ON "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT."

LIVE CC BY ABERDEEN CAPTIONING 800-688-6621 WWW.ABERCAP.COM FROM THE TOP OF HUMBOLDT HILL, THIS IS "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT".

I'M JAMES FAULK.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

HISTORY, AS WE ALL KNOW, IS COMPLICATED.

OUR NATION AS A WHOLE HAS A HISTORY THAT ON ONE LEVEL HONORS THE HOPE AND IDEALS SET FORTH IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

ON ANOTHER LEVEL, HOWEVER, IT IS CLEAR WE HAVE TRAGICALLY MISSED THE MARK IN OUR EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH A JUST AND STURDY UNION OF EQUAL STATES AND PEOPLE.

HOW WE WRESTLE WITH THESE DUAL LEGACIES HELPS DEFINE WHO AND WHAT WE ARE IN ANY GIVEN MOMENT OF HISTORY.

FOR EUREKA, AND BROADER HUMBOLDT COUNTY, TWO HISTORIC CRIMES STAND OUT AS THE DEFINITIVE SINS THAT UNDERLIE, IN PART, OUR REGIONAL CHARACTER.

ONE, OF COURSE, IS THE INDIAN ISLAND MASSACRE, WHERE DOZENS OF WHITE MEN STOLE ACROSS HUMBOLDT BAY LATE AT NIGHT TO ATTACK AND KILL WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO HAD GATHERED THERE TO CELEBRATE WORLD RENEWAL.

THE OTHER IS THE EXPULSION OF THE CHINESE IN 1885, IN THE WAKE OF THE ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING OF A EUREKA CITY COUNCILMAN.

THE CITY, IN RECENT YEARS, HAS TAKEN BOLD STEPS TO ADDRESS BOTH OF THESE HISTORIC CRIMES.

THE ISLAND, RIGHTFULLY, HAS BEEN MOSTLY RETURNED TO THE TRIBE.

AND THE EFFORT TO HONOR THE LIVES AND EXPERIENCES OF THOSE CHINESE PEOPLE EVICTED FROM EUREKA UNDER THREAT OF VIOLENCE IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.

AND THAT EUREKA CHINATOWN PROJECT SPONSORED BY THE HUMBOLDT ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDERS GROUP HAPI IS OUR STORY TONIGHT.

THERE IS NO UNDOING OF SUCH HISTORIC TRAUMA.

NO AMOUNT OF HAPPY TALK AND HANDSHAKING CAN LESSEN THE HORROR EXPERIENCED BY THOSE PEOPLE IN THOSE DARK EPISODES.

BUT BY STEPPING FORWARD, ADMITTING CULPABILITY, AND HONORING THEIR LIVES AND CONTRIBUTIONS, THE CITY, AND US AS ITS CITIZENS, CAN WORK TO CREATE A WORLD OF RESPECT AND HUMANITY WHERE SUCH CRIMES WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

NOW, THE NEWS.

THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL ISSUED A LIST THIS WEEK OUTLINING HOW TRAFFIC LAWS WILL BE CHANGING IN THE NEW YEAR.

TO KEEP YOU FINANCIALLY WHOLE AND OUT OF UNNECESSARY TROUBLE, HERE'S THAT LIST.

BECAUSE OF ASSEMBLY BILL 256, EXPIRED REGISTRATION WILL NO LONGER BE A REASON TO PULL PEOPLE OVER BEFORE THE SECOND MONTH AFTER THE EXPIRATION.

IF A VEHICLE, HOWEVER, IS STOPPED FOR ANOTHER REASON, THE EXPIRE RATION CAN BE CITED.

ASSEMBLY BILL 295 REQUIRES THAT POLICE OFFICERS VERIFY THE SIX-MONTH LACK OF REGISTRATION BEFORE HAVING A VEHICLE HAULED OFF.

IF THEY CAN'T VERIFY THAT INFORMATION WITH THE DMV, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO TOW.

BECAUSE OF AB 413, PARKING OR STOPPING A VEHICLE ALONG A CURB AT LEAST 20 FEET FROM A MARKED CROSSWALK, OR 15 FEET FROM A CROSSWALK WHERE A CURB EXTENSION IS PRESENT, WILL BE PROHIBITED.

AB 436, HOWEVER, REMOVES CITY AND COUNTY AUTHORITIES TO LIMIT CRUISING.

DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT?

AS TEENAGERS, CRUISING.

I'M FROM MODESTO.

ADDITIONALLY, THE LAW LEGALIZES SO-CALLED LOW-RIDER VEHICLES BY REMOVING HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS ON LOWERED VEHICLES.

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS WERE THE FOCUS OF SEVERAL NEW LAWS.

PEOPLE IN POSSESSION OF NINE OR MORE CONVERTERS WILL NOW BE CLASSIFIED AS AUTOMOBILE DISMANTLERS AND ESTABLISHES PENALTIES FOR THOSE PEOPLE ACTING ILLEGALLY AS SUCH DISMANTLERS.

IN THE COMING YEAR, IT WILL BE ILLEGAL TO REMOVE THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION OR VIN NUMBER FROM SUCH CONVERTERS.

POSSESSION OF THREE OR MORE VIN-LESS CONVERTERS WILL ALSO BE ILLEGAL.

LASTLY, DEALERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE CONVERTERS STAMPED WITH VIN NUMBERS PRIOR TO SALE.

IN THE NEW YEAR, AUTHORITIES WILL NOW BE ABLE TO SIGNAL THEIR ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS STATEWIDE WITH AN EBONY ALERT WHEN AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTH HAS GONE MISSING UNDER QUESTIONABLE CIRCUMSTANCES.

AND TO HELP THOSE MISSING PEOPLE WHO FALL BETWEEN THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES, A NEW LAW AUTHORIZES ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO REQUEST THE CHP ACTIVATE AN "ENDANGERED MISSING ADVISORY" FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION.

LASTLY, SCHOOL BUSES AND THEIR DRIVERS WILL NOW BE SUBJECT TO INCREASED SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, AND THE STATE WILL NOW ALLOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COUNTY EDUCATION OFFICES TO POST NOTICES OF THEIR ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES.

TO SORT OF PAT THEMSELVES ON THE BACK.

I'M NOW JOINED BY SHERRI WOO FROM THE EUREKA CHINATOWN PROJECT.

THANKS FOR COMING IN.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.

>> I CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO OUR CONVERSATION.

FIRST I'M GOING GO TO AN INTERVIEW I DID WITH JEAN TO SEE WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE SUBJECT AND REMIND US OF THE HISTORY.

>> ON A COLD FEBRUARY NIGHT IN 1885, SHOTS RANG OUT IN EUREKA'S CHINATOWN.

IT WAS FEBRUARY.

IT WAS DREARY.

IT WAS FOGGY.

WE NOW KNOW HOW TO DO THAT RESEARCH, DOWN TO FINDING WHAT THE WEATHER WAS.

IT WAS ALSO LUNAR NEW YEAR.

THE CHINESE RESIDENTS HAD HEARD THE GAMBLERS WERE GOING COME UP FROM SAN FRANCISCO AND CAUSE TROUBLE.

THEY ASKED THE EUREKA POLICE FOR PROTECTION, A RIGHT THAT THEY BELIEVED THEY SHARED WITH ALL THE OTHER RESIDENTS OF THIS LUMBER TOWN.

BUT THE POLICE REFUSED.

ON THAT COLD NIGHT, IN THE MELEE THAT FOLLOWED, A CITY COUNCILMAN WAS SHOT IN THE CROSSFIRE AND KILLED.

WITHIN AN HOUR, 800 PEOPLE GATHERED IN CENTENNIAL HALL NAMED IRONICALLY NOW IN HONOR OF THE FIRST CENTENNIAL OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

A MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY THE MAYOR.

THREE MOTIONS CAME FROM THE CROWD.

FIRST MOTION.

KILL ALL THE CHINESE AND IN THAT CHRISTIAN TOWN IT WAS VOTED DOWN.

THE SECOND MOTION, BURN CHINATOWN.

HERE IN EUREKA THE CHINESE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO OWN PROPERTY.

CHINATOWN, THE LAND AND THE HOUSES, WERE OWNED BY A WHITE MAN, RICKS, WHO OWNED THE STABLES DOWN THE STREET.

THE MEN IN CENTENNIAL HALL WERE NOT ABOUT TO TORCH ANOTHER WHITE MAN'S PROPERTY.

AND SO THERE WAS A THIRD MOTION.

PURGE ALL THE CHINESE RESIDENTS OF EUREKA.

GIVE THEM 24 HOURS, JUST 24 HOURS, TO GET OUT OF TOWN.

THESE PEOPLE WERE VEGETABLE GROWERS, SERVANTS, LAUNDERERS, MERCHANTS, RANCH HANDS, WIVES AND ENSLAVED PROSTITUTES.

MANY WERE CHILDREN.

ALL THAT NIGHT IN THAT EARLY FEBRUARY NIGHT OF 1885, THE TERRIFIED RESIDENTS OF CHINATOWN PACKED.

VIGILANTES TRAPPED THE CHINESE PEOPLE WHO LIVED OUTSIDE OF THAT CHINATOWN ALONG 5th AND E AND THEY WORKED AT LUMBERYARDS, AT REMOTE RANCHES AND VIGILANTES RODE ALL OVER THE COUNTY AND TRACKED THEM DOWN AND MARCHED THEM BACK TO TOWN.

AT DAWN, THE VIGILANTES AND THE SHERIFF MARCHED OVER 200 CHINESE RESIDENTS OF EUREKA DOWN TO THE WHARF.

JUST A FEW BLOCKS DOWN TO A WAREHOUSE HERE AT THE DOCK.

AND HERE AT THE DOCK THEY SPENT THE WEEKEND, COLD, FRIGHTENED, HUNGRY, AND UNDER ARMED GUARD.

ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7th, 1885, 200 PEOPLE WERE LOADED ON TWO SHIPS THAT WERE IN HUMBOLDT BAY.

THE WIND THAT NIGHT WAS FROM THE NORTH AND THE SHIPS ARRIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO ON MONDAY MORNING.

THE CUSTOM HOUSE, WHICH WAS THEN THE IMMIGRATION STATION, WAS STILL CLOSED FROM THE WEEKEND AND THE CHINESE PEOPLE FROM EUREKA FLED INTO SAN FRANCISCO'S CHINATOWN.

THAT SAME AFTERNOON, AFTER THAT TERRIFYING WEEKEND, THE CHINESE REGATHERED.

THEY MADE AN HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT.

THEY WOULD SUE EUREKA FOR THE ECONOMIC DAMAGE DONE TO THEM AND MOST URGENTLY, THEY WOULD SUE FOR BEING THE VICTIMS OF MOB VIOLENCE.

THE LAWSUIT WAS CALLED WING HINGV.

THE CITY OF EUREKA.

WE THINK IT IS THE FIRST LAWSUIT, PERHAPS THE FIRST LAWSUIT IN THE UNITED STATES FOR REPARATIONS.

A YEAR LATER, IN 1886, THERE WAS A MOP UP.

THE SURROUNDING TOWNS OF ARCADIA AND CRESCENT CITY CELEBRATED THIS PURGE BY ROUNDING UP ALL OF THE CHINESE FROM THE COUNTY.

SOME CHINESE MINERS REMAINED IN THE HILLS.

THEY WERE PROTECTED AND HIDDEN BY THE KAROOK.

SOON OVER 300 TOWNS ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOLLOWED EUREKA'S LEAD.

NOW THE EUREKA CHINATOWN MONUMENT IS MARKING THE PURGES.

IT INSISTS THAT WE REMEMBER THAT WE TEACH, THAT WE HONOR THIS HISTORY.

THIS MONUMENT ALSO MARKS NOW THE RETURN OF A LARGE ASIAN COMMUNITY TO HUMBOLDT COUNTY, WHO WORK AND LIVE AND GO TO SCHOOL, WHO OPEN BUSINESSES, WHO TEACH, WHO WORK IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS MONUMENT IS PART OF THE REPARATIONS THAT THE EARLY CHINESE SOUGHT.

THIS MONUMENT IS JUSTICE THAT REPAIRS.

>> WOW.

I'VE COVERED THIS STORY A LOT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, ESPECIALLY, AND EACH TIME IT MOVES ME.

SHE HAS A PARTICULAR PENCHANT FOR TELLING A STORY, BUT THAT DOESN'T OBVIOUSLY TAKE AWAY FROM THE HORROR AND TRAGEDY OF THE CHARITY AND THE TALE OF ONGOING STRENGTH AND THE WILL TO OVERCOME.

SO, YOU KNOW, ONE THING SHE SAID THAT REALLY STRUCK ME WAS THAT EUREKA LED AT THAT TIME IN KICKING OFF THIS EXPUNGING OF THE CHINESE FROM OUR AREA.

IN A LOT OF WAYS EUREKA IS TRYING TO LEAD BOTH WITH THE INDIAN ISLAND SITUATION AND NOW WITH THIS MONUMENT TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE WHO WERE EVICTED BACK IN 1885.

COULD YOU REFLECT ON THAT FOR US A LITTLE BIT AND TELL US WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS WERE AFTER LISTENING TO JEAN'S RENDERING OF THE STORY?

>> YES.

CERTAINLY.

WELL, THEY DID CALL IT THE EUREKA METHOD BACK IN THE DAY.

AS JEAN SAID, IT WAS REPLICATED UP AND DOWN THE WEST COAST BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT, WELL, WE DIDN'T KILL THEM, SO IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A BETTER WAY TO DO IT.

CERTAINLY, YES, EVERYBODY LOST WHATEVER, THEIR FARMS, THEIR BOATS, THEIR BUSINESSES.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS WORKING WITH THE HISTORIANS AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE MAPS.

ONE OF THEM WAS 1884, THE YEAR BEFORE THE CHINESE WERE KICKED OUT.

AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE LOCATIONS OF THE BUSINESSES, THE STORES, THE LAUNDRY MATS, NOT LANDRY MATS, THE LAUNDRY SERVICES AND DWELLINGS.

SO IT HAS BEEN A -- YEAH, IT BRINGS IT HOME TO KNOW WHERE THE SITE OF THIS MONUMENT ON 1st AND E, KITTY CORNER TO THAT WHERE THE NEW DICTATOR CHOCOLATES IS THERE WAS A CHINESE BUSINESS THERE.

>> WOW.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

>> YEAH.

IN THE PARKING AREA OF THE BAYFRONT ONE RESTAURANT THERE WERE BUSINESSES THERE.

THEY HAVE BEEN SCATTERED.

ANOTHER ONE WHERE THE CLARK MUSEUM IS NOW.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS JEAN MENTIONED IN THE COURSE OF OUR LONGER CONVERSATION, SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT SORT OF REPAIRING THE DAMAGE FOR WHAT HAPPENED AND SHE USED THE TERM REPARATIONS.

I THINK A LOT OF GROUPS DESERVE REPARATIONS IN THIS COUNTRY FROM THE SINS FROM THE PAST.

THAT IS NOT WHAT I'M TRYING TO FOCUS ON.

DOES ANYTHING LIKE THIS REPAIR ANYTHING?

REPAIR IS A WORD THAT IS MAKING WHOLE AGAIN, PUTTING BACK IN THE CONDITION IT WAS BEFORE.

THAT CAN'T BE SO IF IT IS NOT REPAIR, WHAT IS IT?

>> TO ME IT IS HEALING.

>> YEAH.

>> SO MAYBE IT IS A KIND OF REPAIR.

REPARATIONS MEANS THERE IS SOMETHING PHYSICAL, WHETHER IT IS MONEY OR LAND BEING GIVEN BACK.

I THINK THERE'S ALSO A SOCIAL GIVING BACK THAT WE'RE REALLY FEELING RIGHT NOW.

IT IS ACTUALLY SUPER WONDERFUL.

SO BESIDES THE MONUMENT, THERE'S THE WHOLE EUREKA CHINATOWN PROJECT.

>> MM-HMM.

>> AND THAT PROJECT IS A NUMBER OF THINGS.

WE'VE BEEN GIVING THE HISTORICAL CHINATOWN TOURS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

THERE'S A MURAL KIND OF IN THE CENTER OF WHERE CHINATOWN WAS IN EUREKA, E., F., 4th AND 5th, THAT BLOCK.

>> THE HEART OF OLD TOWN RIGHT NOW.

>> RIGHT.

CENTENNIAL HALL, WHICH YOU JUST SHOWED ON THERE WHERE, AS JEAN SAID, THE MOB FORMED.

THE CITY HAS ALSO ALLOWED US TO RENAME THE STREETWAY THAT GOES THROUGH THAT.

WE SHOULD NAME IT ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, THERE ARE ALL THESE DIFFERENT IDEAS.

WE ENDED UP NAMING IT CHARLIE MOON WAY.

THAT WAS TO HONOR THIS RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE DISCOVERED BETWEEN THE CHINESE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE AND THE MOON FAMILY.

YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, THE MOON FAMILY HAS THRIVED AND SURVIVED IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND BEYOND.

AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS WHOLE PROJECT IS CONNECTING WITH THE MOON FAMILY.

AND THEY WERE PROUD TO CLAIM THEIR CHINESE HERITAGE, WHICH, TO ME, WAS JUST KIND OF AMAZING.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, FOR VIEWERS, HE HID OUT ON A RANCH AND ENDED UP STAYING IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY FOREVER.

HE HAD A WIFE AND KIDS AND FAMILY AND THAT FAMILY IS LARGE.

>> YES.

>> THERE ARE LOTS OF MOONS.

I DON'T KNOW THE SIZE OF IT NOW, BUT FOR YEARS THERE WERE LOTS OF MOONS AROUND.

SO HIS LEGACY -- >> STILL ARE.

MM-HMM.

>> LIVES ON, WHICH I THINK IS A COOL, AMAZING STORY.

NOW, SO THERE IS RECENTLY A GOFUNDME PAGE.

CAN YOU TELL ME THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HAPI AND THE PROJECT AND HOW IT IS GETTING FUNDED AND WHAT YOU NEED PEOPLE TO DO IF THEY WANT TO HELP?

>> YES.

HAPI, ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN SOLIDARITY IS A DREAM MAKER PROJECT OF THE INK PEOPLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS.

THE EUREKA CHINATOWN PROJECT IS ONE OF THE THINGS HAPI IS DOING.

THERE WERE THE TOURS, THE MURALS, THE RENAMING, INTERPRETIVE SIGNS.

WHAT STARTED OUT AS LET'S HAVE A PLAQUE HAS BECOME, HMM, HOW ABOUT A MONUMENT.

AND THE CITY OF EUREKA HAS BEEN JUST WONDERFUL IN SUPPORTING AND THEY ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH THE SITE AT 1st AND E. WE DISCOVERED THAT 1st AND E. CORNER IS REALLY IN THE CENTER OF THE DIFFERENT CHINESE BUSINESSES THAT WERE IN EUREKA AT THAT TIME.

>> SO THAT WAS SYNCHRONICITY, DISCOVERED AFTERWARDS?

>> YEAH.

>> WOW.

THAT IS COOL.

>> THE DESIGN OF THE MONUMENT, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT REPARATIONS AND HEALING, THE DESIGN IS FOR THAT.

THERE IS A POEM THAT A LOCAL POET DARRYL CHIN HAS WRITTEN.

THE MONUMENT IS MEANT TO BE REFLECTIVE AND HEALING.

THERE'S GOING TO BE MARKERS AND ON THE MARKERS THEY SAY THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY AND HOPE AND RESILIENCE.

AND THESE ARE CONCEPTS THAT WE HOPE PEOPLE WILL FEEL WHEN THEY COME TO THIS MONUMENT.

I PARTICULARLY LIKE THE MONUMENT THAT SAYS COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT IS NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, OUR CHINESE OR ASIAN COMMUNITY, BUT EVERYBODY WHO HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT.

AND I TELL YOU, IT HAS BEEN AMAZING.

I HAVE BEEN TO A LOT OF ROTARY TALKS AND KAWANIS CLUB TALKS AND EVERYBODY IS SO SUPPORTIVE.

SINCE YOU ASKED, THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN SUPPORTIVE IN TERMS OF FUNDING.

WE HAVE A GOFUNDME PAGE.

WE HAVE BEEN FUND-RAISING FOR DEFINITELY OVER A YEAR.

WE ARE ABOUT 2/3 OF THE WAY.

SO THE HARD PART IS COMING UP.

>> WHAT IS THE TOTAL PRICE ON THE PRICE TAG, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING.

>> $254,000.

>> YOU HAVE GOTTEN 2/3 OF THE WAY.

>> YEAH.

ABOUT 2/3 OF THE WAY.

SO YOU HAVE A LITTLE MORE TO GO SO PEOPLE CAN GIVE BY GOING TO THE HAPI WEBSITE.

>> HAPIHUMBOLDT.ORG.

WE HAVE A GOFUNDME PAGE AND THERE IS AN ONLINE WAY, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH GOFUNDME BUT THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, YOU CAN DO THAT.

>> IF SOMEONE ISN'T FAMILIAR WITH GOFUNDME, THEY CAN GO SEARCH FOR HAPI.

>> EUREKA MONUMENT, EUREKA CHINATOWN MONUMENT.

>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN GO THERE.

>> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO GENEROUS.

IT IS AMAZING.

I'M SO THANKFUL.

>> PEOPLE DON'T GET A CHANCE TO TAKE PART IN SOMETHING THAT IS OBVIOUSLY POSITIVE AND TAKING STOCK OF OUR CURRENT HISTORY AND WHERE WE WANT TO GO.

IT IS ALL THINGS TO SOME PEOPLE IN A LOT OF THE WAYS.

THE THINGS YOU ARE DOING IS FANTASTIC.

ONE THING THAT STRUCK ME AS JEAN WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PROGRESS OVER THE YEARS AND MORE ASIANS LIVING IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND MORE OF THEM ARE WILLING TO LIVE HERE.

WHAT IS YOUR OWN STORY ABOUT COMING TO HUMBOLDT AND WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT LOOMED OVER YOUR PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THIS AREA?

>> YEAH.

GOOD QUESTION.

SO I'M FIFTH GENERATION CHINESE, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL.

WE HAVE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF A GREAT, GREAT GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS BORN IN 1850 IN STOCKTON.

>> WOW.

>> I THINK MY BACKGROUND IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL.

MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED UP TO HUMBOLDT IN 1989.

WHEN I TOLD MY FAMILY WE WERE MOVING UP TO HUMBOLDT THEY ALL WENT, HMM, THEY SAID, NO, THAT IS NOT A GREAT IDEA, BUT THEY DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHY.

NO, YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT.

WE HAVE A RUNNING JOKE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW WE'RE ALL CALLED BY EACH OTHER'S NAMES, THAT WHOLE ASIAN THING THAT IS AN INSIDE JOKE BETWEEN ALL OF US.

>> YEAH.

>> MY CHILDREN HAVE HAD VERY FEW RACIAL INCIDENTS.

THEY ARE THERE, BUT BECAUSE I THINK MY BACKGROUND, I GREW UP IN SACRAMENTO WHERE THERE WAS A FAIRLY SIZABLE ASIAN POPULATION IN MY HIGH SCHOOL.

SO I HAVEN'T -- MAYBE I JUST DON'T EVEN RECOGNIZE SOMETIMES WHEN THERE IS OVERT RACISM.

I KNOW IT IS THERE THOUGH.

WE DO A LOT OF WORK WITH CAL POLY HUMBOLDT AND CR STUDENTS AND THEY ARE NOT THAT COMFORTABLE FROM WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM, MAYBE L.A. OR THE BIGGER CITIES.

YEAH.

I'M GLAD THAT HAPI IS HERE SO WE CAN -- THEY KNOW THERE IS A COMMUNITY HERE.

>> YEAH.

I MEAN, IF NOTHING ELSE, JUST THE MERE CULTURE SHOCK OF COMING TO A PLACE THAT IS SO PREDOMINANTLY WHITE WHEN THEY ARE FROM SOMEWHERE WHERE THERE WAS SOME SIGNIFICANT DIVERSITY COULD BE A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM FOR SURE.

AND I THINK THAT IS CHANGING A LITTLE BIT.

WE ARE GETTING INCREASED DIVERSITY.

WHAT IS THE, I MEAN, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A WEIRD QUESTION, WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY?

IS IT BURGEONING, GROWING OR ROLLING ALONG STEADILY AT THE SAME SIZE?

WHAT IS YOUR IMPRESSION?

>> MY IMPRESSION, I DON'T HAVE THE DATA, RIGHT, SO THIS IS JUST ME, MOI, MY OWN INFORMATION.

WE HAVE THE LAU COMMUNITY, THE HMONG COMMUNITY.

SO IT IS PROBABLY GROWING SLOWLY, I WOULD SAY.

>> YEAH.

IT IS FASCINATING TO WATCH HOW THESE THINGS SHIFT OVER TIME.

THERE IS A GROWING HISPANIC POPULATION, A GROWING AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN THERE IS A LITTLE MORE COLOR ON THE BUSES AND, YOU KNOW, AND JUST I THINK WE COULD USE THAT PERSPECTIVE.

WHEN I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL AT EUREKA HIGH, THERE WERE ONLY A FEW PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE WHOLE GRADUATING CLASS.

>> SHOUT OUT TO EUREKA HIGH.

FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE GIVEN CHINATOWN TOURS TO THE HISTORY CLASSES THERE.

>> OH, WOW.

>> SO I'M REALLY HOPING, AGAIN, THIS STORY IS A PERMANENT STORY.

IT DOESN'T JUST DIE DOWN AND GET ERASED AGAIN AND EVERYBODY HAS TO DO A BUNCH OF WORK TO BRING IT BACK UP TO THE SURFACE, SO -- >> YEAH.

>> I'M HOPEFUL.

IT IS BECOMING PART OF A CURRICULUM.

>> AS A KID I KNEW VAGUELY SOMETHING HAPPENED AND THAT WAS IT.

UP UNTIL I WAS ALMOST 30.

ONE THING I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT.

THESE KINDS OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED IN COMMUNITIES.

IT IS A GROSS PART OF OUR COLLECTIVE HISTORY.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT WE REVISIT THESE THINGS ALL THESE YEARS LATER?

>> WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN SO GREAT ABOUT THE STUDENTS IS TALKING TO THEM ABOUT CRITICAL THINKING.

WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?

WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT LED UP TO IT?

INCOME INEQUALITY.

YOU KNOW, UNCERTAINTY.

PEOPLE FEELING UNSAFE, BOTH WHITE PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE OF COLOR, RIGHT?

SO WHEN THESE CONDITIONS HAPPEN AGAIN, WE HAVE TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THINGS LIKE THIS.

YEAH, OVERT RACISM AND SCAPEGOATING.

WE HAVE TO BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR IT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THAT LEADS INTO AND ANSWERS MY NEXT QUESTION, ARE WE IMMUNE TO THESE KINDS OF THINGS NOW.

I KNOW MY ANSWER.

>> FROWNY FACE.

YOU KNOW WHERE I'M COMING FROM.

>> YEAH, WELL, THE DEMONSTRATION SINCE 2016 OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THIS COUNTRY, TO A LARGE DEGREE, ANSWERS THAT QUESTION.

>> ANTI-ASIAN HATE IS ON THE UPRISE.

DATA SUPPORT THAT.

IT DOES FEEL GOOD TO BE ABLE TO GIVE OUR COMMUNITY SOMETHING THAT IS ANTI-HATE.

>> YEAH.

>> SOMETHING TO SUPPORT AND TO FEEL, YOU KNOW, BETTER ABOUT.

I'M NOT GOING SAY YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT, BUT YOU FEEL BETTER AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY CAME OUT WITH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE EUREKA METHOD, THIS PURGES OF YOUR CHINESE PEOPLE, RUN THEM OUT OF TOWN.

WE ARE STARTING A NEW EUREKA METHOD IN THAT THIS EUREKA CHINATOWN PROJECT, LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS A MURAL, THE RENAMING OF THE ALLEY AND INTERPRETIVE PANELS AND NOW THE MONUMENT.

AND THIS IS BEING REPEATED IN RED BLUFF.

>> OH.

>> THEY BASICALLY TOOK THE CITY OF EUREKA'S PROCLAMATION TO RENAME THE ALLEY AND BASICALLY KIND OF DID A CUT AND PAST FROM EUREKA TO RED BLUFF.

IT IS THE NEW EUREKA METHOD.

>> THAT IS A GREAT TRANSFORMATION.

IT SEEMS THE WHOLE POINT IS TO HEAL AND LEARN AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THE NEXT TIME THE SITUATION ARISES.

>> RIGHT.

>> YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF EUREKA CLOSELY.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO OFFER YOUR OPINION OF HOW THE CITY HAS DONE WITH ALL OF THIS?

WERE THE COUNCILMEMBERS APPROACHABLE, CITY STAFF?

WHAT WAS THAT RELATIONSHIP LIKE?

>> I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS, REALLY.

A LOT OF THEIR IDEAS, THEY WOULD COME TO US WITH, HEY, WE HAVE A MURAL SPACE.

WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT MAYBE HAVING A MURAL THERE?

SO WE WOULD FUND RAISE AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.

THE SAME WITH THE INTERPRETIVE PANELS THAT ARE ON THOSE WAYFINDING SIGNS ON 4th AND 5th STREETS.

CITY CAME UP WITH THOSE, TOO, AND SAID WE HAVE TWO PANELS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE THEM.

AND SO ONE OF THEM HAS THE STORY OF THE EXPULSION.

AND THE OTHER ONE HAS THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WHAT THE CHINESE DID AT THAT TIME.

A LOT OF IT WAS THE VEGETABLES, THE SERVING IN HOMES AND FARMS.

YEAH, SO, THE CITY BOTH THIS CITY COUNCIL AND THE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL, THEY'RE SO SUPPORTIVE.

IT'S AMAZING.

>> I THINK THE WORK TO ADDRESS THE CRIMES OF HISTORY HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROJECT FOR THEM OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

>> MM-HMM.

>> IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING WAY TO SEE.

>> ONCE AGAIN, THEY ARE A THIRD AWAY FROM THEIR GOAL.

IF YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE, GO TO HAPIHUMBOLDT.ORG, GO TO GO FUND ME AND SEARCH FOR EUREKA CHINATOWN PROJECT.

IF YOU LIKE THE WORK AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT SUCCEED, GIVE.

>> THANK YOU, JAMES.

>> WE APPRECIATE HAVING YOU ON.

THAT'S IT FOR TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED.

STAY INFORMED.