COMING UP ON THE NEXT ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

WE SIT DOWN WITH THE BRENDA PEREZ AND WILL DIRKS.

ALSO A NEW GROUP OF RC CARS ENTHUSE CYSTS ARE FUNDING RAISING TO BUILD A TRACK IN THE CITY OF EUREKA.

WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO HELP.

ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT NOW.

FROM THE TOP OF THE HUMBOLDT HILL.

I'M JAMES FAULK AND THATSS FOR JOINING US.

ONE OF OUR GUESTS TONIGHT BRENDA PEREZ IS ONE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THIS PHENOMENON.

THE FIRST TIME I TALKED WITH BRENDA WE DISCUSSED ABOUT NEW IMMIGRATION BEING DEVELOPED AND BEING BE DEPLOYED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

AND THE DACA OR DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS WAS BEING SHUT DOWN.

CENTRO EL PUEBLO IN SUPPORTING THOSE.

WE SPOKE WITH HER ABOUT THE SIMILARITIES ABOUT THE RECENT OF TREATMENT OF LATIN IMMIGRANTS FROM LATIN AMERICA.

THE REPEATED DESECRATION OF CENTRO EL PUEBLO SEINING GARDEN IN ARCATA.

WHEN THE WORLD GETS BRUTAL AS IT OFTEN DOES SHOWING STRENGTH AND RESOLVE OF OF ARE THE TWO MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS OF WILLIAM DIRKS MANAGER OF THE SEINING GARDEN FOR CENTRO EL PUEBLO AFTER THIS SHORT BREAK.

>> THANKS FOR JOINING US GUYS.

DEPL THANKS FOR HAVING US.

>> I WISH IT WAS UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES.

IT PAINS ME TO REPORT AS THE GARDEN AND I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL A SENTIMENT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO PROTECT, AND ITS ABUSE IS A CRIME.

AND NO LESS.

SO LET'S START WITH YOU BRENDA.

FIRST OF ALL, CAN YOU TRIBE FOR US WHAT CENTRO EL PUEBLO IS.

I DON'T SAY IT VERY WELL.

BUT CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT IT IS.

CENTRO EL PUEBLO, IT'S A MOVEMENT THAT HAPPENED TO BE ORGANIZED IN A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

IT'S LED BY LATINA BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FROM THE SOUTH AND WE ARE ALL ORGANIZED FOR HUMAN RIGHTS OR ALL RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS.

>> IS THERE A MEMBERSHIP YOU COUNT?

>> WELL WE HAVE SERVED THE PANDEMIC OVER 700 PEOPLE.

OUR LITTLE TEAM IS 10 PEOPLE.

AND WE ARE FROM RED WAY TO McKINLEYVILLE.

>> HOW ARE YOU GUYS SUPPORTED.

>> DURING THE EARTHQUAKE WE WERE DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION IN SPANISH FOR ECONOMIC RESOURCES.

EVERYTHING WITH IN SPANISH IS DONE BY CENTRO.

AND THE SANCTUARY GARDENS ARE THERE FOR SERVICE COMMUNITY.

>> NOW, WILLIAM, YOU'RE THE GARDEN MANAGER OR THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE GARDEN.

>> YEAH.

I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR ALL OF THE SANCTUARY GARDENS.

WE HAVE AROUND HUMBOLDT.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF FIVE RIGHT NOW.

>> HOW DID THE PROGRAM START.

WHAT WAS THE IMPETUS.

>> ALL OF THE PROJECTS STARTS WITH COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE PEOPLE GET TOGETHER AND THEY ASK FOR WHAT DO THEY NEED IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

AND AT THE SAME TIME THEY ASK THESE QUESTIONS WE ALSO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS HOW DO WE ACCOMPLISH.

HOW DO WE HAVE THE FOODS WE'RE FAMILIAR.

WELL WE NEED A GARDEN.

>> NOW THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THE GARDEN ARE THEY MEMBERS.

OR HOW DOES THAT WORK?

>> THEY ARE MEMBERS.

AND THEY ARE ORGANIZERS ARE LATINX.

WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THEM TO INCORPORATE SOMETHING LIKE US.

THE REST OF THE VOLUNTEERS ARE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF DIFFERENT ORIGINS.

MOST OF THEM ARE MEMBERS OF CENTRO.

>> AS FOOD SOVEREIGNTY OR SUPPLYING THINGS WHERE THEY'RE FROM SO THEY'RE MORE FAMILIAR.

>> THEY CAN PLANT WITH SOMETHING THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH.

>> THE GARDEN IN ARCATA IS MORE OF A CURATED.

CULTIVATING.

>> PEOPLE LEARN.

>> SO IT'S ENTER JENNING NULL LEARNING.

IT DOESN'T HAVE PLOTS PER SE.

SOME OF THEM HAVE PLOTS.

SEM OF MAINLY PROVIDING PLANTS.

WE'LL HAVE SMALL PLANTS AND WE DISTRIBUTE THEM TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALL OVER HUMBOLDT.

ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO GROW.

IT MAKES SO PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN LIVE IN APARTMENTS HAVE FRESH FOOD OR HERBS THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH.

>> HOW POPULAR IS THIS PROGRAM.

>> IT'S VERY POPULAR.

FOR OUR FORE TUNA.

>> IT'S NOT ARCATA.

>> IT'S NOT ARCATA UNFORTUNATELY.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE FOOD THAT THEY DON'T FIND HERE HERBS.

SEEDS.

BUT THE BAD NEWS IT REPRESENTS A SIGN OF THREATEN AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE MOST REACTION OF VIOLENCE.

>> YEAH, AND LET'S GET INTO THAT.

IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A YEAR.

WHO DISCOVERED THE FIRST VANDALISM AND HOW YOU FELT DURING THAT PROCESS?

>> WELL, I THINK IT WAS EITHER MYSELF OR BRENDA THAT DISCOVERED THE FIRST ONE.

AND IT WAS HEARTBREAKING TO SEE SOMEBODY HAD TAKEN OUR SIGN AND SPRAY PAINTED RED AND BLACK U.S.A. SPRAY PAINTING THE WHOLE THING.

THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE.

>> WHEN DID THEY DETERMINE IT WAS A HATE CRIME AND NOT SOME KIDS.

>> AFTER THE FIRST TIME WELL WE DON'T KNOW.

I BELIEVE IT WAS THE THIRD TIME ONCE THEY STARTED IMPLEMENTING LIKE LOCKING THE GATE AND CHOPPING THE CORN DOWN IT HAS A LOT OF TRADITION AND HERITAGE.

IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PLANT.

>> HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO GROW?

>> SO THEY EVENTUALLY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EXPRESSING THEIR EXTREMIST BELIEFS VIANNEY OH KNOTSISM IN A WAY THAT'S KIND OF STIFLING THE RIGHTS OF OTHER PEOPLE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS RIGHTS TO BE ABLE TO FREE.

YEAH BECAUSE IT IS AN INDIGENOUS A LATINX ORGANIZATION THIS IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED A HATE CRIME FROM NOW ON.

>> HAVE YOU COMMUNICATED WITH MEMBERS ABOUT THIS AND WHAT DOES THAT CONVERSATION LIKE THAT.

THE AND WHAT ARE THOSE FEELINGS?

>> OF COURSE, WE ARE SAD.

THAT'S THE MAIN FEELING AND SOME OF THE MEMBERS ARE STILL PARTICIPATING OUT OF FEAR BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE COMING WITH BABIES AND ELDERS.

THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE ANYMORE IN THE ARCATA GARDEN.

WE'RE TRYING TO REBUILD THAT FEELING OF SAFETY FOR HAVING THEM BACK.

>> OVER THE YEAR -- NOW, IS THE VANDALISM AT OTHER GARDENS.

ARE THEY LinkedIn TIME?

OR THEY SORT OF HIT AND MISS.

>> THEY'RE DEFINITELY DIFFERENT.

I MEAN THE INTERACTION IN FORTUNA IT LED INTO RACIAL PROFILING A BREAK DOWN OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ORGANIZE SIGHINGS WE WERE WORKING AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WE WERE REPRESENTING.

>> HOW IS THAT?

>> IT WENT FROM BEING ABSENCE OPEN GARDEN AND A LOT OF THE RULES COMING IN REQUIRING BACKGROUND CHECKS AND INVASIVE INFORMATION.

TO WORK AT A GARDEN.

>> A LOT OF THE MEMBERS THIS ISN'T WHAT WE SIGNED UP FOR WE SHOULD FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE.

>> IS THAT THE GARDEN STILL OPERATING IN FORTUNA.

>> WE STARTED A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OPEN DOOR AND THEY HAVE A NICE LITTLE SPACE FOR CENTRO EL PUEBLO.

SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE AT THE PLACE.

>> YOU MENTIONED SAFETY OR FEAR OF NOT BEING SAFE.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS COULD BE THE HARBINGER OF SOMETHING MORE DANGEROUS AND VIOLENT.

ARE YOU PRETTY CONFIDENT IT'S GOING TO STAY WITH OBJECTS.

>> IT'S HARD TO PREDICT.

I THINK IT CAN ESCALATE.

BEFORE THAT IT WAS EVERY MONTH.

AND NOW THEY ARE INVADING MY PERSONAL SPACE.

>> HOW IS THAT.

>> I'M A NEIGHBOR OF THE GARDEN.

SO FOR ACCESSING THE GARDEN IN THE WE HAVE TO ACCESS MY SPACE.

MY BACKYARD.

AND -- >> SO THEY'RE NEAR YOUR HOME WHILE YOU'RE ASLEEP.

THAT'S TERRIFYING.

>> IT'S TERRIFYING.

DEMANDING THE CITY FOR A REACTION FOR ACTIONS.

>> YEAH.

IT SEEMS LIKE THAT THIS HAS BEEN HEAVILY REPORTED THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WHERE YOU PLACED CAMERAS AND MOTION DETECTORS.

>> CAN YOU TELL US WHAT HAPPENED WITH THOSE.

>> THEY WERE STOLEN.

OUR ORGANIZATION IS NOT AS BIG.

WE ALWAYS ARE WE NEED TO INVEST NOW IN THE COMMUNITY.

NOW WE'RE INVESTING IN TECHNOLOGY TO PROTECT THE GARDEN.

IT'S DAMAGING OUR FINANCES FOR DOING IN >> OF COURSE.

THEY LOCK THE GATE.

WHAT KIND OF INCONVENIENCE DOES THAT PRESENT TO YOUR ORGANIZATION WHEN THE GATE IS LOCKED?

>> IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS A LOT MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE THEY REACH OVER AND LOCK IT QUITE EASILY.

WE REPLACED THE GATE AND BECAUSE THE VANDALIZER BROKE IT.

SO IT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMEBODY THAT IS THINKING THINGS THROUGH, AND LOGGING THE GATE IS REALLY IT'S HURTFUL AND IT'S NOT GOOD.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> IT GETS WE HAVE TO USE SOME POWER TOOLS TO CUT THE LOCKS OR UNSCREW THE BRACKETS HE'S PUTTING ON HIMSELF.

>> HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING AT NIGHT WHEN THIS IS GOING ON.

HAS THERE EVER BEEN A TIME WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU SAW SOMETHING OR HEAR ANYTHING.

>> AFTER THE ATTACKS TWICE A WEEK.

WE'RE NOT RECEIVING FROM THE ATTACKS.

>> SO HOW HAVE THE ARCATA POLICE BEEN?

I UNDERSTAND IT'S A PROPERTY CRIME AMONG OTHER THINGS.

BUT THIS IS A SYMBOL OF SOMETHING MORE DANGEROUS AND DEFINITELY VIOLENTLY.

>> I'D LIKE TO DEFINITELY LIKE TO SEE MORE.

THEY TOOK TWO OFFICERS FOR THE CITY.

I'VE SEEN THE MORE PROACTIVE TO INVESTIGATE.

BUT I DO THINK THEY NEED TO HAVE A BETTER YOU KNOW LIKE GUIDE TRAINING INVESTIGATION.

MORE OF A GOOD ANSWER TO US,AND I DON'T FEEL SATISFIED WITH THE WAY THEY ARE DOING.

LATELY THEY'VE BEEN PARKING CARS WITH CAMERAS OUTSIDE THE GARDEN AND THAT IS VERY GOOD.

I TOTALLY AGREE THESE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE -- WHERE WE NEED THAT TYPE OF PROTECTION.

WE EXPECT IT'S NO LONGER OR THEY WERE POLICE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE GARDEN 24 HOURS.

BUT I DON'T KNOW.

I FEEL THEY COULD DO MORE SURE.

>> THERE'S -- IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THESE PEOPLE.

JUST BEING THE SIGNAL BEING INTO THEIR ROOM WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM TO GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE DAMAGE THEY ARE DOING.

>> THERE IS A WAY BACK TO WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

THERE IS TYPES OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE SYSTEMS.

THERE'S TYPES WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITHOUT HURTING EACH OTHER.

THERE'S WAYS WHERE THEY CAN EXPRESS WHAT THEY FEELING.

WITHOUT VANDALIZE A PUBLIC SPACE.

THERE IS WAYS THEY CAN UNDERSTAND OUR WITHOUT HURTING THEM.

CHANGES ARE HAPPENING.

SOMETIMES ARE CHANGING.

AND THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WE'RE HERE TO STAY.

>> I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT.

A LOT OF THE RACISM WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS PEOPLE BEING AFRAID FOR THE FUTURE, AND I THINK THAT'S A FEAR THAT'S BASED IN IGNORANCE HONESTLY.

ARCATA IS KNOWN FOR BEING SORT OF A CULTURALLY OPEN FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT SURPRISING TO SEE IT IN ARCATA.

HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED OTHER TYPES OF THIS IN TOWN.

DID YOU SEE THIS COMING?

>> ARCATA HAS BEEN FOR ME A COMPLEX SPACE.

IT'S THE FIRST SANCTUARY CITY IN 2017 IT CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE FOR US IMMIGRANTS.

AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE NOT DECLARING THEMSELVES AS A SANCTUARY SPACE.

I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FULLY ENJOY A FARMER'S MARKET IN ARCATA BECAUSE THERE IS THIS TYPE OF ATTITUDES.

THEY CAN CHANGE IF WE DO BETTER.

ARCATA, IT'S BEEN A SIGN OF ALSO OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT CHANGE.

THEY DON'T -- THEY PROTECT THE SPACE.

THEY PROTECT THEIR ARCHITECTURE.

THAT'S A SIGN THAT WHERE THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE PEOPLE AROUND IN THE LANDSCAPE.

>> THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

WILLIAM, WE HAVE A MINUTE LEFT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST THING ABOUT THE GARDEN.

WHAT DRIVES YOU TO KEEP DOING THIS WORK, AND FOCUS ON THIS PROJECT?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT THE VOLUNTEERS ARE THE BEST PART.

WHEN YOU GET PEOPLE FROM ALL DIFFERENT CULTURES SHARING, TALKING AND LAUGHING I THINK THAT IS THE BEST PART OF HAVING A COMMUNITY GARDEN.

YOU MAKE FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE YOU MIGHT HAVE NEVER BEEN FRIENDS WITH.

AND YOU HAVE INTERACTIONS AND YOU CHERISH THESE MEMORIES THAT YOU MAKE.

ONE THING I WANT TO SAY AFTER PASSING THE SANCTUARY LAW HERE IN HUMBOLDT WHICH WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.

I THINK ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING AFTER THAT IS TO MAKE THAT A REALITY NOT JUST A PIECE OF PAPER AND CREATE INCLUSIVITY FOR ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE OUT IN THE OPEN.

AND TAKE WHICH WAS WRITTEN INTO LAW AND MAKE IT A REALITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT LAW WAS VOTED IN BY THE PEOPLE.

WHICH MEANS MORE PEOPLE WANT THAT MORE THAN THAT DON'T.

>> WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO END IT.

FOR ANYBODY IF YOU SEE ANYTHING SAY SOMETHING.

CALL THE ARCATA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS SHORT BREAK.

>> KEET CONTRIBUTOR RYAN HUTSON BRINGS AN UPDATE ON HOMELESSNESS.

THIS WEEK SHE INTERVIEWS NEZZIE WADE OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALTERNATIVES.

>> DYNAMICS OF THE UNHOUSE THE TOWN HALL I SAT DOWN WITH THE NEZZIE WADE THE PRESIDENT OF THE NONPROFIT LOOK TO AFFORDABLE HOMELESS ALL TURNSTIVE OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AHA.

TO LEARN MORE TO EUREKA'S HOMELESS PROBLEM MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

>> WE'VE HAD 12 YEARS IN THE CHUTE NOW AND IT'S BEEN REALLY CHALLENGING TIME TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CHANGE THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

WE DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT HOMELESSNESS.

WE DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO LIVE SO ROUGH AND HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN RENT AND A TENT.

IF RENT IS TOO HIGH THEN WE SHOULD TAKE AWAY THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A TENT.

THE GOVERNOR IN MARCH HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE AT CAL EXPO USING OUR LANGUAGE WE HAVE TO DO THESE INTERIM AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVES BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING BETWEEN LOW-INCOME HOUSING AND STREETS.

LOW-INCOME HOUSING IS NOT OFTEN ELIGIBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE RESOURCES.

>> WHAT IS THE IDEA TO BRIDGE THAT GAMENT.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THAT LOOK LIKE?

>> IT'S NOT ONE THING.

A TRIAGE CAMP SUFFERING BEING OUTSIDE AND NOT ABLE TO ACCESS WHAT THEY WANT.

IF THEY'RE UNHOUSED IN PUBLIC AND WE REACT VERY STRONGLY TO THAT.

THERE NEEDS TO BE STRUCTURE.

YOU CAN PROVIDE A PLACE AND LET PEOPLE LIVE THERE AND PROBABLY THEY'LL DO A WHOLE LOT BETTER AND BE LESS DRAIN OF A SYSTEM THAN TRYING TO MOVE PEOPLE ABOUT.

IF WE'RE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE MOVE IN THE DIRECTION OF GETTING STABILITY AND BECOME IS HOUSED THEN THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE IN PLACE.

THEY HAVE TO BE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.

THEY HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO A LOT OF THINGS.

FOR MOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY GET INTO A SITUATION OF STABILITY A LOT OF THEIR ISSUES FALL AWAY.

AHA WOULD BE INTERESTED IN CREATE A INTERIM HOUSING SITUATION IF THAT WERE POSSIBLE.

>> BUT THE ISSUE WON'T GO TO THE SHELTER.

SO IF YOU CREATE IT LIKE THE SITUATION THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO NOW WHAT IS YOUR ASSURANCE THEY'RE GOING TO GO IF YOU CREATE ANOTHER ONE.

SO I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT CHANGE.

WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT EMPLOYING AND I DON'T MEAN THAT IN THE SENSE OF EMPLOYMENT ALTHOUGH IT COULD, THE PEOPLE WE'RE ASSISTING WITH CREATING THEIR OWN CIRCUMSTANCES AND GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM US ABOUT WHAT WILL WORK.

>> TO GET THEM INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.

>> IT SEEMS TO ME THERE ARE SOLUTIONS AND HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY EMERGENCY SHELTER ZONES WHICH WOULD ALAUER FOR THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN.

NOW IT'S TRENDING YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH A PRIVATE PARTY BECAUSE THERE'S NO PUBLIC LAND AVAILABLE TO DO.

THERE'S A LOT OF COPY TIGS FOR LAND.

IT'S IT'S GOING TO COST MORE.

SO WHO'RE NOT COSTS WE WOULD HAVE TO ABSORB WE THOUGHT WE COULD USE EMERGENCY SHELTER ZONES WE LEASE THROUGH CITY PROPERTY.

>> YEAH.

NOW WE'RE TO THE PLACE IF YOU GET A PRIVATE PARTY THEN THEY'LL HELP YOU.

IF YOU DON'T GET A PRIVATE PARTY AND YOU HAVE LAND, OR IF YOU WANT INTO SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT WHERE A LONG-TERM LEASE FOR A LOW AMOUNT, IS 3S WITH AN OPTION TO BUY OR OUT RIGHT SALE THEN SUPPORT US IN GETTING SOME OF AMAZING FUNDS COMING AT SOME POINT OR HELP US AND WE WILL PURCHASE PROPERTY OR WE WILL LEASE IT AND WE WILL DO A PROJECT THAT WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR US IS TO ABLE TO POSSIBLE FOR US IS TO ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE.

THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS WE CAN DO.

FOR HEADLINE HUMBOLDT THIS IS RYAN HUTSON.

>> RC CARS ARE REMOTE CONTROL VEHICLES AND THEY ALLOW ADULTS TO BE A KID AGAIN THROUGH HAVING ENTHUSIASTS ARE FUND-RAISING TO BUILD A TRACK.

RCKS TRENDED DURING COVID WHEN SEARCH FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

ENTHUSIASTS ARE FUND-RAISING TO BUILD A TRACK.

THE FUND-RAISER YOU ON THE JULY 9th.

IT WILL START AT 10 AND GO TO ABOUT 4.

WE WILL HAVE RACING FOR LARGER CARS.

AND SMALLER CARS AND DRIFTING CARS.

WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE A CAR SHOW FOR BEST IN SHOW.

FOR ANYONE WHO SHOWS UP TO THE EVENT AND DOESN'T HAVE A CAR WE HAVE SOME CARS THAT WILL BE THERE TO LOAN OUT THE FUNDRAISER IS TRYING TO SHOW THE CITY THAT THERE IS ENOUGH RC PEOPLE IN TOWN THAT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE USED THE TRACK THAT WE'RE FUNDRAISING FOR IS FOR AN OUTDOOR TRACK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE A PLACE TO DO THIS AND NOT BE TOLD WE CAN'T RC CARS SEEM TO BE A MULTIGENERALTIONAL ACTIVITY EVERYONE IS HAVING A GOOD TIME >> RC ENTHUSIASTS TO INCLUDE A B.M.X.

TRACK IN A FUTURE FUTURE PARK.

AS A WETA'S ICONIC 'MERICA THE REDWOODS.

JIM CAMP MANY SPECKLER GIVES US A TOUR OF THE SKYWALK.

THE REDWOOD SKYWALK IS A SELF-GUIDE TOUR INTO THE REDWOOD CANAPE.

THIS 1,100 WALKWAY TAKES US 100 FEET INTO A REDWOOD CANOPY.

AS A REDWOOD CANOPY SCIENTIST I SPENT STUDYING THE REDWOOD FORESTS.

YOU SEE THESE COMPLEX CROWNS THERE'S A LOT OF WILDLIFE HABITAT UP THERE AND SUCH A DIVERSITY OF LIFE.

FROM THIS VANTAGE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TOP OF A 120 TALL REDWOOD.

THIS LIGHTER COLOR LEAF IS ACTUALLY THIS YEAR'S NEW GROWTH AND ALTHOUGH REDWOOD ARE EVERGREEN THEY DO LOSE SOME LEAVES EACH YEAR AND IT'S USUALLY THE OLDER LEAVES IN THE BACK.

IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN FOR MYSELF AND MY VISITORS TO LOOK AT THE GROWTH THAT THE TREE PUTS ON ANNUALLY.

THE COAST REDWOOD IS THEIR RESISTANCE TO FIRE AND FUNGUS.

THERE IS FIRE SCARRING ON THIS TREE.

IF YOU LOOK UP IT GOES UP ANOTHER 100 FEET.

THE BARK IT DIDN'T BURN.

REDWOOD FOREST AND THE SKYWALK INTERACT WITH THE PEOPLE AND SHARE MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE REDWOOD FOREST AND THE SKYWALK ITSELF.

>> CATCH THE NEXT EPISODE OF ICONIC AMERICA OUR SYMBOLS AND STORIES WITH DAVID RUBINSTEIN ON JULY 11th AT 10:00 P.M. ONLY ON PBS.

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