>> COMING UP NEXT ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT LINDA STANSBERRY WITH CAROLINE TITUS.

AND OWNER OF THE FERNDALE ENTERPRISE AND SOMEONE WHO'S BORNE MORE THAN HER SHARE OF HOMETOWN VIT ANNUAL.

WHAT STARTED OUT AS A FAIRLY WET YEAR FLAT LINED IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY TO CONTINUE A BLEAK THREE-YEAR DROUGHT.

COMING UP ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

AND I'M JAMES FALK.

I'M CERTAINLY BIASED I BELIEVE THE PRESENCE OF LOCAL MEDIA IN THIS COUNTRY IS DIRECTLY CORRELATED WITH THE HEALTH OF OUR DEMOCRACY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE'VE SEEN THE CORPORATION CONSOLIDATION OF NEWS SOURCES LARGE AND SMALL.

IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY WE'VE BEEN LUCKY WITH THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY.

A DAILY PAPER AN ALTERNATIVE WEEKLY.

AT LEAST TWO NEWS WEBSITES THAT HAVE THAT AND SEVERAL TV NEWS STATIONS.

WE ALSO HAVE SMALL TOWN SMALL PAPERS THAT SERVE THEIR FALLS THROUGH THE CRACKS ELSEWHERE.

INFORMATION OF VALUE TO THE FOLKS THAT LIVE AND WORK IN THOSE AREAS.

LINDA STANSBERRY INTERVIEWS CAROLINE TITUS OF THE FERNDALE ENTERPRISE, AND WHO BRAVED THE SHARK INFESTED OF SMALL TOWN POLITICS TO UGLY AND PERSONAL SERIES OF ATTACKS FROM SOME WHO DIDN'T APPRECIATE HER COVERAGE.

SHE'S UNFORTUNATELY DEMONSTRATES A DOUBLE STANDARD THAT FACES WOMEN IN THIS BUSINESS WHO'RE OFTEN VERBALLY ABUSED.

AND HEADLINE HUMBOLDT WILL COVER THIS FACT IN GREATER DEPTH.

AND IN THE MEANTIME TONIGHT'S INTERVIEW IS A FASCINATING BETWEEN TWO PROFESSIONAL WOMEN JOURNALISTS WHO HAVE COVERED THEIR BEATS AND COVERED SCOOPS IN THEIR COUNTY.

DOING NO SMALL CREDIT TO THEIR CHOSEN FIELD.

AND I'M BETTING YOU DO LEARN FROM THEM.

>> GOOD EVENING, CAROLINE IT IS SO NICE.

I'M LINDA STANSBERRY AND TODAY I'M INTERVIEWING CAROLINE TITUS WHO WAS THE PUBLISHER AND EDITOR OF THE FERNDALE ENTERPRISE FOR 20 YEARS IS THAT RIGHT.

>> WELL ABOUT 22 AND 25 YEARS AS EDITOR.

22 AS OWNER.

SO IN TOTAL FIFTH OF THE TIME OF THE ENTERPRISE.

>> IS THAT RIGHT.

THE ENTERPRISE STARTED?

1878.

>> MY MATH IS OFF.

THAT'S WHY I'M IN JOURNALISM.

>> AREN'T WE ALL.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME.

>> MY PLEASURE.

FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY I SHOULD TELL OUR VIEWERS THAT THE FERNDALE ENTERPRISE AND I'M CURRENTLY STAFF WRITER FOR THE ENTERPRISE COVERING MANY OF THE SAME ISSUES YOU COVERED OVER YOUR CAREER.

>> DOING A GREAT JOB.

SO I THOUGHT I'D ASK ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND IN JOURNALISM AND HOW YOU END IN FERNDALE.

>> HOW DID I END UP IN FERNDALE?

I WENT TO CAL STATE SACRAMENTO, AND GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE WITH GOVERNMENT JOURNALISM I SPENT IN SACRAMENTO ON NEWS TALK RADIO WHEN IT WAS THRIVING.

CBRK IN SACRAMENTO, AND MET A GUY, AND ENDED UP GETTING MARRIED AND HE SAID I'M FROM A LITTLE TOWN IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY CALLED FERNDALE.

AND THINGS HAPPENED.

AND HE END UP GETTING A JOB IN HIS HOMETOWN.

AND I HAD MY FIRST FIRST OF THREE CHILDREN.

WE ENDED UP MOVING TO FERNDALE, AND STARTED WORKING FOR THE ENTERPRISE, AND THEN IN 1998 IT CAME UP FOR SALE.

SO THOUGHT WHAT THE HECK WE BOUGHT IT.

AND REST IS HISTORY.

>> WELL, NEWSPAPERS ARE ACCOUNT OF HISTORY.

FOR ME I WOULD FIND THAT KIND OF DAUNTING.

TAKING ON A NEWSPAPER THAT HAD BEEN THERE FOR SO LONG.

>> WELL I HAD WRITTEN FOR IT FOR QUITE A FEW, TWO OR THREE YEARS NOT QUITE A FEW.

>> THE OWNER DID NOT LIVE IN FERNDALE WAS LIVING IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND IT WAS BLEEDING PRETTY BAD.

I TOOK IT ON AND DELVED INTO THE COMMUNITY.

AND THINGS WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL.

>> I WANT TO TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF THE MAJOR STORIES.

THE FIRST ONE IN 2007 BUT THIS WAS SPECIFICALLY SOMETHING THAT CAME UP WITH A LOCAL THERAPIST AND I BELIEVE IT WAS THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.

>> YEAH.

>> SO HE WANTED TO USE HIS HOUSE THERE IN FERNDALE AS A HOME OFFICE FOR HIS THERAPY PRACTICE.

AND IT BECAME A CENTER OF CONTROVERSY FOR SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITIES AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE AROUND WAS WAS CODED BECAUSE HE IS OPENLY GAY MAN AND HE WAS WORKING WITH CLIENTS WHO WERE IN THE LCKET IA COMMUNITY AND FOLKS WHO WERE DIAGNOSED WITH HIV/AIDS.

SO THEY OPPOSED IT THEY INITIALLY BLOCKED HIS APPROVAL OF HAVING A HOME BUSINESS THERE, AND THEN THAT WAS REVERSED.

CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND YOUR COVERAGE OF IT.

>> A LOT OF THINGS IN FERNDALE I THINK BEFORE THE ERA OF FAKE NEWS AND TRUMP AND THIS KIND OF WAR ON THE MEDIA, I FEEL FERNDALE WAS AHEAD OF.

AND YES THERE WERE CODED WORDS AND NOT CODED WORDS.

AND I WROTE AN EDITORIAL OF COURSE COVERED THE MEETING.

WROTE AN EDITORIAL ABOUT A SUBSEQUENT COUNCIL MEETING THAT BASICALLY THIS KIND -- THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE STOPPED THIS HOMOPHOBIC REACTION TO THIS MAN HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT HE WAS REQUESTING.

A SIDE NOTE MY HUSBAND WAS ON THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME AND I TOOK HIM TO TASK THEY SHOULD HAVE STOPPED IT.

AND ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER AND THERE WAS A BIG BACKLASH AND A LOT OF FAKE NEWS AND THAT'S NOT WHAT SOMEBODY SAID, AND THE MEETING WAS RECORDED AND PEOPLE INTERPRETED THE RECORDING DIFFERENT WAYS AND IT WAS REALLY AS I LOOK BACK ON IT AN EARLY PRECURSOR TO THIS WHOLE AS I SAID FAKE NEWS.

I REMEMBER JUST THINKING WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.

I'VE GOT IT ON TAPE.

HERE'S WHAT WAS SAID.

HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED.

TOOK LOTS OF TWISTS AND TURNS.

AND END UP GETTING HIS PERMIT, AND THE COMMUNITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN DIVIDED AND CONTINUES TO BE DIVIDED.

BUT THAT LED TO A LOT MORE STORIES ABOUT CERTAIN CURRENT DAY ISSUES OF KIND OF CAME UP TO THE SERVICE AFTER THAT.

SO THAT WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING WITH JUST LIKE EVERY COMMUNITY IS.

>> WRITING AN EDITORIAL OF THE EDITORIAL ABOUT I CAN SEE HOW THAT COULD BE A SOURCE OF SOME CONTROVERSY OR SOME BACKLASH.

HOW DO YOU BALANCE WHEN YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY A ONE WOMAN SHOW.

>> AN EDITORIAL IS AN EDITORIAL.

IT'S AN OPINION OF AN EDITORIAL BOARD AND THE NEWS STORY IS THE NEWS STORY.

AND YOU BALANCE IT BY MAKING SURE THAT YOUR NEWS STORY IS FACTUAL BEING AND YOU'VE GOT A RECORDING OF THE MEETING.

HE SAID SHE SAID, AND HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED.

YES THEN YOU WRITE AN EDITORIAL IF YOU ARE THE PUBLISHER OR THE EDITOR, WHATEVER WHETHER YOU HAVE AN EDITORIAL BOARD.

I'VE WRITTEN DOZENS AND DOZENS AND WON AWARDS FOR THEM THROUGH THE YEARS.

HOPEFULLY MADE SOME POSITIVE CHANGES IN THE TOWN I LOVE.

>> AND AFTER THIS HAPPENED, YOU WERE THREATENED.

YOU RECEIVED THREATS.

>> UH-HUH.

>> OVER THE PHONE, I BELIEVE.

>> OVER THE PHONE, AND IT'S A LONG TIME AGO NOW.

I THINK IN WRITING.

MY EDITORIAL CARTOONIST HAD SOME THREATS.

HE ENDED UP GETTING A GETTING A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER FROM A JUDGE.

I GOT A WORKPLACE RESTRAINING ORDER.

YEAH THE PUSH BACK WAS PRETTY HEAVY.

>> NEUROSURGEON DALE IS A SMALL TOWN.

IT'S VERY SMALL.

AND YOU LIVE THERE.

SO I CAN'T IMAGINE LIKE KNOWING ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS LIKE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT LIVE DOWN FROM YOU IS CALLING AND SAYING THREATENING THINGS ABOUT YOUR WORK.

WAS IT SCARY.

>> I THINK IT WAS A STORY IN "NEW YORK TIMES" I WROTE AN EDITORIAL IN RESPONSE TO SOMEBODY AT ONE OF THE NETWORKS WAS HOW TOUGH IT WAS TO REPORT NEWS AT THAT LEVEL AND SOMEBODY HAD HAD THREATS TO THEIR FAMILY.

WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE.

COME AND BE EDITOR OR PUBLISHER IN A SMALL TOWN.

THERE IS NO BETTER JOURNALISM THAN WHAT IS DONE IN A SMALL TOWN.

YOU WALK OUT OF YOUR HOUSE, AND YOU GO TO THE GROCERY STORE,AND SOMEBODY IS BITCHING AT YOU.

AND IT AFFECTS YOUR CHILDREN AT SCHOOL.

IT AFFECTS YOUR HUSBAND IN HIS JOB.

I LIKE TO THINK IN THE END LOOKING BACK OVER A QUARTER CENTURY OF WORK AT THE ENTERPRISE.

52 ISSUES EVERY SINGLE YEAR TIMES 25 ALL THE AWARDS THAT ENTERPRISE WAS NOTED FOR, IN THE END IT IS THE BEST KIND OF ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU CAN PUT SOMETHING OUT.

YOU'RE HIDING BEHIND YOUR COMPUTER.

THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABLE.

WHEN YOU PUT IT IN THE PRINT WORD.

AND THE FERNDALE ENTERPRISE IS THE HISTORY BOOK.

IF YOU DON'T GET IT RIGHT YOU'RE GOING TO BE CORRECTED.

AND DO IT IN A CIVIL MANNER.

OTHERWISE YOU TURN TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND JUST START DOING IT IN A NON-CIVIL MANNER.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

I'M SO SURPRISED WHAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO SAY ON Facebook.

>> YET THEY SEE IT IN PRINT AND THEY FLAEC IT YET THEY'LL PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> IT'S A STRANGE THING.

>> YES.

>> COUPLE OF YEARS LATER 2009 YOU DID SOME OF YOUR BEST WORK THIS IS COVERING THE HUMBOLDT CREAMERY.

THEIR C.E.O.

ALLEGEDLY ABSENCE SANTAED WITH SOME FUNDS.

>> NO.

NO FUNDS.

LEFT IN THE MIBTTLE OF THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 26th, 2009 THIS THERE AND LEFT A NOTE THERE MAY BE PROBLEMS WITH THE BOOKS.

SOMEBODY CALLED ME AND THIS HAPPENED.

I SAID THAT'S FUNNY.

THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

YES IT YOU DID HAPPEN.

AND YEAH.

I'M PRETTY PROUD OF THAT REPORTING.

IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED, AND IN FACT OUR REPORTING AT THE ENTERPRISE LED MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING SOME OF THE BANKS WHO ONE PERSON THEY WORKED FOR AMERICAN AD CREDIT.

OUR BANG PRESIDENT WAS BASICALLY I WAS UNRAVELLING THE ENTERPRISE WAS UNRAVELLING WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

AND OF COURSE WE THEN WENT THROUGH THE TRIAL IN FEDERAL COURT IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND THAT WAS A STORY THAT IMPACTED A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

IT WAS A NATIONAL STORY.

SO I'M PRETTY PROUD OF THAT REPORT.

>> AND YOU WERE ONE OF THE LOCAL PAPERS THAT COVERED IT IN SUCH DEPTH TOO.

>> YES.

>> MOVING MORE RECENTLY A LOT OF YOUR REPORTING SOME OF YOUR BIGGER STORIES HAVE BEEN AROUND THE FERNDALE FAIR BOARD.

>> HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIR BOARD.

I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THAT BRIEFLY.

BECAUSE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WORKING IN A SMALL TOWN WHERE YOUR HUSBAND IS THE MAYOR.

HIS DREAM JOB WAS GENERAL MANAGER OF THE FAIR WHICH YOU COVERED AND THIS BECAME A SOURCE OF SOME CONTROVERSY IN 2013 WHEN HE WAS LET GO.

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> WELL IN A NUTSHELL HE WAS TOLD BY CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO TELL HIS WIFE TO MAKE SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS LOOK GOOD IN THE PAPER OR HE'D LOSE HIS JOB.

ONE OF THE MAJOR STORIES WAS ONE OF HIS DIRECTORS WAS ALSO MAYOR OF FERNDALE.

MY HUSBAND WAS NOT MAYOR AT THE TIME.

HE STOPPED HIS MILK TRUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY 101 AND GOT CITED FOR A D.U.I.

AND SO I HAD TO COVER IT.

AND THE THEY DIDN'T LIKE THAT.

SO IN A NUTSHELL MY HUSBAND CAME HONEY I'M GOING TO LOSE MY JOB IF YOU DON'T STOP REPORTING CERTAIN ISSUES IN THE PAPER.

OTHER ISSUES -- ALL SORTS OF ISSUES.

WELL THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

WE LIVE IN AMERICA.

IT'S TOTAL FREEDOM OF PRESS.

I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR JOB.

AND YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH MY JOB.

SO WE TOOK THE FAIR BOARD ON AND HE ENDED AFTER A LONG -- LOTS OF VOTES LOSING HIS JOB BY A COUPLE OF VOTES AFTER 22 YEARS AND WE TOOK THE FAIR ASSOCIATION TO FEDERAL COURT AND RECEIVED A SETTLEMENT FOR WRONGFUL TERMINATION.

THEN THEY PROCEEDED TO HOLD BACK PUBLIC RECORDS.

I FILED THREE PUBLIC RECORD SUITS.

WON ALL OF THEM.

THEY ENDED UP HAVING TO PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO MY ATTORNEY.

THIRD ONE THEY HAD TO PAY.

EVENTUALLY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT'S ENOUGH.

HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION YOU WERE A GOVERNMENT ENTITY FOR 120 YEARS.

YOU'VE NOW TURNED INTO A PRIVATE NONPROFIT.

YOU'RE GOING TO GO BACK UNDER THE BROWN ACT AND YOU'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING ABOVEBOARD.

ONE OF MY BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS WAS MAKING SURE WHICH YOU COVER THE FAIR NOW.

MAKING SURE THAT THIS GOVERNMENT ENTITY AND RECENTLY RECEIVED LET'S SAY $600,000, $700 THOUSANDS THEY DO THEIR BUSINESS IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC.

THAT TOOK A LOT OF EFFORT AND LOT OF LITIGATION, AND I AM SO PLEASED THAT THE FAIR IS THRIVING WITH A LOT OF GOVERNMENT MONEY, AND A NEW MANAGER AND SO FAR YOU'LL HAVE TO TELL ME IT APPEARS THAT THEY ARE BEHAVING AND DOING THINGS OPENLY BEFORE THE PUBLIC AS THEY SHOULD >> FOR THIS WORK YOU WON SEVERAL AWARDS.

>> YEAH.

YES, I DID.

>> INCLUDING THE JAMES MADISON >> FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AWARD.

IT WAS PRETTY FUN TO GO TO STPVENLT IN 2016 FOR THREE AWARDS.

AND THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE THIS WAS GOING ON.

YEAH, YOU KNOW THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN.

>> WELL I MEAN THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE GOT VERY NASTY.

YOU WERE IN AND OUT OF COURT.

AT ONE POINT THEY SUBPOENAED YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS.

WORKING IN A SMALL TOWN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORS.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE YOU SEE EVERY DAY.

THAT MUST HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY HARD.

YOU GET TO THE POINT WHERE IT FORCES YOU TO WHEN YOU LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN TO EITHER STEP UP AND YOU KNOW JUST GET TOUGH OR YOU'RE GOING TO CRUMBLE AND I LOVE LIVING WHERE I LIVE AND I LOVE THE COMMUNITY AND WE'VE RAISED THREE CHILDREN WHO HAVE GONE ON TO DO GREAT THINGS.

AFTER A WHILE IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE ACCOUNTABLE EVERY WEEK IN THE PAPER WITH YOUR WORDS.

AND YOU'RE NOT HIDING BEHIND ANYTHING.

YOU HAVE IT ALL OUT IT.

IT TEACHES YOU TO LIVE A VERY AUTHENTIC LIFE.

YES THERE WERE TIMES WHEN IT WAS REALLY HARD AND PEOPLE PLAYED REALLY DIRTY.

AS I SAID -- I'M THERE EVERY WEEK.

SO IN THE END IT ALL WENT THE TO IN OUR FAVOR.

AND AS I SAID ONE OF THE BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS MAKING SURE THAT THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION IS NOW ABOVEBOARD AND HOPEFULLY OPERATING IN AN OPEN AND HONEST MANNER.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NEXT CHAPTER.

YOU'VE BEEN RETIRED FOR THREE MONTHS.

FOUR MONTHS.

SEMI RETIRED.

AND HAVING BEEN IN AND OUT OF MEDIA MYSELF.

IT'S HARD ONCE YOU LEAVE.

LIKE SOMETIMES YOU JUST FEEL LIKE WHEN BREAKING NEWS HAPPENS IT'S HARD NOT TO BE THERE FOR IT.

>> I FOUND THAT IN THE MOST RECENT EARTHQUAKE.

I'VE BEEN A JOURNALIST FOR GOSH ALMOST 40 YEARS IT'S HARD NOT TO GO INTO THAT MODE AND WITH THE EARTHQUAKE I WAS ON TWITTER COVERING IT AND END UP THE NATIONAL NEWS IS LOOKING FOR HASHTAGS AND LED THEM TO ME.

SO YEAH IT IS HARD.

IT IS HARD WHEN YOU'RE A REPORTER YOUR WHOLE LIFE IT IS VERY HARD.

I'M THOROUGHLY ENJOYING NOT HAVING A DEADLINE.

EVERY WEEK FOR MANY AS MANY YEARS AS I IT'S PRETTY TOUGH.

I'M THOROUGHLY ENJOYING COMING UP FOR AIR.

>> CAROLINE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU TO OUR VIEWERS FOR WATCHING.

I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH LINDA.

I LOOK FORWARD TO READING YOU ON THURSDAY IN THE ENTERPRISE.

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

>> THIS WEEK GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SAYS THAT CALIFORNIA IS ENTERING A NEW PHASE OF THE PAND.

AFTER DISCLOSING THE DETAILS IT SEEMS THAT THE NEW PHASE LOOKS LIKE THE OLD PHASE.

NO END TO THE OFFICIAL EMERGENCY THAT WAS DECLARED TWO YEARS AGO.

ONE LOOMING HOW WE MIGHT THINK ABOUT AN FIGHT.

MANAGING THE RISK AND CONTROLLING ITS IMPACT WILL DEFINE OUR RISK.

KOLF INDOOR MANDATE HAS EXPIRED AND THE LOCAL INDOOR MASK ORDERS HAVE BEEN RESCINDED NOW.

THAT THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY TO CONTINUE TO WEAR INDOORS IN PUBLIC SETTINGS.

AT A PRESENTATION TO THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY OF DRY WEATHER A HAS BEEN SHAPING TO BE A NORMAL YEAR WITH RAINFALL.

A CONTINUED DROUGHT PUTS ASPECT AND AGRICULTURAL AT-RISK.

CONVERSATION AROUND THE MEETING THE DIFFICULTY RESIDENTS FINDING WELL SITES.

THE BOARD VOTED TO CONTINUE THE ONGOING EMERGENCY FOLLOWING THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY DROUGHT TASK FORCE.

>> I WAS JUST LOOKING AT OUR PERCENT AVERAGE OF RAIN FOR THE WATER YEAR.

WATER YEAR RUNS FROM OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

WE LIKE TO LOOK AT THE WATER YEAR AS OPPOSED TO THE CALENDAR YEAR.

THAT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR SEASON.

SO FAR THIS WATER YEAR OUR STATUS HAS CHANGED JUST IN THE PAST WEEK OR SO BECAUSE OF OUR DRY CONDITIONS.

SO THERE'S PORTIONS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PORTION ARE 70 TO 90% NORMAL.

THERE'S A PRETTY WIDE SWATH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF HUMBOLDT THAT'S 50 TO 70% RAINFALL.

THIS IS A CHART FOR EUREKA, AND SO IF I DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE OCTOBER, NOVEMBER TIME FRAME YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE BROWN NORMAL LINE, AND THAT WAS WE HAD ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL.

AS WE MOVE INTO DECEMBER WE WERE A LITTLE BIT BELOW NORMAL.

WE HAD A LOT OF WET WEATHER SYSTEMS THAT BROUGHT RAIN AND SNOW TO THE COUNTY.

AND THEN AS WE MOVE INTO JANUARY YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN LINE FLAT LINE AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY STORMS.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY WEATHER MAKERS THAT HAVE BROUGHT US THE RAINFALL THAT WE NEEDED.

>> THAT MAY BE CHANGING.

THERE IS SOME CAUSE FOR HOPE.

THIS NOAA MARCH SHOULD SEE RAINFALL IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

BEHIND EUREKA WAS RELEASED BY THE EUREKA'S POLICE DEPARTMENT.

LITTLE EAGLE MOON AFTER MOON USED A VEHICLE TO TRY TO RAM HIS WAY TO FREEDOM.

A TASK FORCE WAS TRYING TO APPREHENDED MOON.

INJURED IN THE SHOOTING MOON STILL FLED FIRST BY VEHICLE AND THEN ON FOOT.

HE LEFT SEVERAL DAMAGED VEHICLES.

THE FOLLOWING FOOTAGE IS INTENSE SO I WARN IT'S FROM THE BODY CAMERA WORN BY COUCH.

AND IT WAS ACCORDING TO STATE LAW.

GET OUT OF THE CAR.

GET OUT OF THE CAR NOW!

WE'RE IN PURSUIT.

SO'S GET ON THEIR CHANNEL.

I THINK I SHOT HIM.

I'M RAIDING WITH A DTF.

WE'RE PURSUING A BLUE DODGE PICKUP.

IT JUST TCED.

>> WESTBOUND INTO THE GREENBELT ON THE EAST SIDE OF RENNER.

TO THE NORTH.

IT'S FIRST OF LITTLE EAGLE.

>> GET OUT TO THE STREET.

HANDS UP.

>> HEY.

HE WAS IN HERE LAST TIME I SAW.

THAT'S INTENSE FOOTAGE.

OUR NEXT STORY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR INCLUDED A SESSIONS OF THAT FOCUSED ON THE DROUGHT CRISIS IN THE BASIN.

$162 MILLION IN RESTORING THE CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEM.

THE LONG-TERM GOAL IS TO BALANCE CONSERVATION AND THE WATER.

AND DIVERSE AND OFTEN OPPOSED NEEDS OF STAX.

IN AN COLLABORATION BETWEEN STATES, TRIBES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS HELD VUMPB MEETINGS.

INCLUDING AND PROBABLY MOST PROMINENTLY GAM REMOVAL.

THAT'S IT FOR TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR STAYING ENGAGED.

STAY TUNED.

STAY INFORMED.