COMING UP ON THE H LONG TIME SPOKESMEN FOR THE FISHING KEN BATES TALKS ABOUT THE RECENT LEASES OF THE WINDMILLS ON THE COAST.

WHO WON A JURY AGAINST A EX OUR KHEDA DETERMINE THAT THE OFFICER HAD PROBABLE CAUSE TO ARREST HIM.

COMING UPENING ON HUMBOLDT H. ON TOP OF THE HUMBOLDT HILL THIS IS JAMES FALK.

TWO OF ARE LOCATED WEST OF THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

SUPPORTERS INCLUDING JARED HUFFMAN TALK ABOUT IN GLOWING TERMS WHILE RE-VITALING HUMBOLDT COUNTY OF INTO A WINDMILL MANUFACTURING.

THERE ARE 43 COMPANIES THAT ARE QUALIFIED TO BID FOR THE LEASES DURING THE DECEMBER 6TH AUCTION.

WHILE SOME ARE BE THE PROJECT BE HANDLED IN A FAIR AND EQUITABLE MANNER.

QUOTE PAST BOOM AND BUST AND PRECIOUS ECOSYSTEMS AND THE REGION IS STILL RECOVERING FROM UNDER LACK RELIABLE ELECTRICITY, TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AS WELL AS ACCESS TO CHILD CARE AND OTHER SERVICES.

PIVOTAL SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED TO HOST THIS NEW INDUSTRY.

I SPOKE WITH CONGRESSMAN HUFFMAN THURSDAY, AND HE HAD THIS TO SAY.

>> WE TALK ABOUT THE CLIMATE KREIS AND WE TALK ABOUT YOU CAN'T GET THERE WITHOUT PROJECTS LIKE THIS.

WE HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE THIS WORK.

TO SAY YES TO PROJECTS LIKE THIS.

HUMBOLDT COUNTY IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS PRECIOUS RESOURCE.

JOE MANCHIN STUCK IN THESE HOSTAGE WHERE YOU WANTED TO DO ANY RENEWABLES OR OFF OUR COAST YOU'VE GOT TO OFFER THESE FOSSIL FUEL LEASES AS WELL.

THESE LEASE ARE NOT TETHERED TO THAT FAUST 81 MANCHIN DEAL.

BUT THEY GAVE A CREDIT FOR COMMUNITY BENEFITS, AND INCLUDED SOME CERTAIN PROVISIONS ABOUT A PROCESS TO CONFER WITH FISHER MUST NOT AND ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS.

>> AND NOW TOWARD OFF SETTING THE COUNTY'S OWN POWER USAGE.

ABOUT THE IMPACT AND THE OTHER PROJECTS ON LOCAL FISHERIES.

JOINING IS KEN BATES A LONG TIME AND THE HUMBOLDT FISHING ASSOCIATION PAST AS PAST PRESIDENT AND PAST VICE PRESIDENT.

NOW HE'S THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA RESILIENCY ASSOCIATION.

>> WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE.

>> WELL FIRST OF ALL JAMES I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT KIND OF THE FISHERMAN'S PERSPECTIVE AND I NEED TO START RIGHT AWAY TO EXPLAIN THAT FISHERMAN ARE NOT OPPOSED TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

FISHERMAN ARE THE DIRECT RECIPIENTS OF THE THINGS WE'RE SEEING IN THE CLIMATE.

WE GET IT.

FISHERMAN HAS BEEN IT'S BEEN THE WAY THAT THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED YOU KNOW IN THE PERMITTING PROCESSES AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS LIKE THAT.

CONGRESSMAN HUFFMAN IS RIGHT THE STATEMENTS THAT HE MADE ABOUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET OFF FOSSIL FUELS UNLESS ARE COMPLETELY CORRECT.

AND THAT PROBABLY THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST PLACES TO PUT THESE PROJECTS.

THAT BEING SAID, AGAIN, CALIFORNIA FISHER MEN WHILE NO ONE IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE WIND POWER PROJECTS IN THE OCEAN.

WE'RE FIVE OR SIX YEARS DOWN THE ROAD IN THIS PROCESS, AND FOR FISHERMAN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COLLECTIVELY THAT THE FISHERMAN'S ASSOCIATIONS IN CALIFORNIA ARE HOPING THESE PROJECTS DO GO FORWARD THAT THEY WILL TEMPORARILY PUT THE BRAKES ON EXPANDING UNTIL WE SEE IF THEY'RE ABLE TO HOLD THESE UNITS IN THE OCEAN THROUGH THE STORMS.

AND DO THE RATES OF POWER THEY'RE EXPECTED TO BE.

TO SEE IF FISHER MEN CAN SURVIVE THESE PROJECTS.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S DANGEROUS.

THERE'S BAD WEATHER.

THE COAST IS STORMY OFTEN AND LOTS OF WIND AND SURF.

HAVE YOU CONCERNED THEY'RE NOT FORECASTED TO LAST.

WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

SO A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES RECENTLY THE NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORIES GOT FEDERAL PERMITS TO WHAT THEY LIDAR BUOY IN THE ENERGY AREA.

IT WAS GOING TO BE THERE FOR A YEAR.

IT WAS THERE ALMOST TWO YEARS.

BUT IT WAS CONSISTENTLY.

ONE WEATHER EVENT RIPPED THE GENERATOR OFF OF IT.

FISHER MEN EXPECT THAT THESE BIG TURBINES WILL BE DRUG OFF STATION.

THEY'LL BE PARTED FROM THEIR MOORINGS.

THEY MAY PART FROM 2345IR COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRICAL CABLES, AND IF YOU GO ONLINE AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THE BIG MACHINES TURBINES ARE ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LEARNING HOW TO DESIGN AND RUN BETTER.

FAILURE WHERE THEY SPLILF COME APART FOR OVERSPEEDING AND THERE'S BEEN NUMEROUS.

>> THE SEALS LIKE THE GASKETS.

>> EXACTLY.

IT'S LUBRICATING OIL SEALS.

>> AND LOSING BLADES.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SO WHEN YOU SEE THOSE KIND OF PROBLEMS ON A TERRESTRIAL SITE, WHILE THEY'RE DANGEROUS AND THEY'RE PROBLEMATIC AND NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT HAPPEN THEY ARE CONTAINED.

WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN IN THE OCEAN AND YOU KNOW HUMAN BEINGS ARE NOT ABLE TO CLEAN UP THE DEBRIS FROM THESE THINGS.

WE STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CLEAN UP AN OIL SPILL.

FISHER MEN HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT.

THE LOSS OF FISHING GROUNDS IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.

WE'RE TRADING A SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD RESOURCES WE'VE MANAGED FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS IN CALIFORNIA FOR POWER.

>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

NORMALLY THE FLEET CAN MOVE AROUND TO WHERE THE FISH ARE.

IF THERE'S A LAUCKEDS LOCATION WHERE THERE'S A BUNCH OF THESE WINDMILLS.

>> THOSE WILL BE OFF-LIMITS.

THE COAST GUARD HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR.

HAVE LOOKED AT THIS STUFF AND FOR THE MOST PART YOU KNOW THE TRAWL AND LONG LINE FISHERIES ARE COMPLETELY INCOMPATIBLE WITH THESE PROJECTS.

>> CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT.

>> I CAN EXPLAIN WHY.

SURE.

LET'S TAKE THE HUMBOLDT CALIFORNIA WE HAVE A WIND ENERGY THAT WAS PROPOSED.

THAT WIND ENERGY WAS PICKED BY THE BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM THE FISHING INDUSTRY.

THEY LOOKED AT THE WINDIEST AREAS.

SO WHEN YOU GO AHEAD AND JUST LET'S TALK ABOUT ANCHOR WIND TURBINES.

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ANCHORING THESE IN 400 OR 500 FATHER UMS OF WATER.

THEY HAVE TO HAVE TREMENDOUS ANCHORS.

THE SCOPES IS AND THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THESE THINGS THROUGH EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS.

SATELLITE DATA SHOWED THAT THEY RECORDED A 90-FOOT WAVE OFF OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

DURING A STORM.

THAT'S A COMBINATION OF WAVES HITTING THE WAVES AT THE SAME TIME.

THAT'S A STILL A PRETTY BIG PILE OF WATER.

WHEN ALL THIS STUFF IS ANCHORED YOU CAN'T PULL A NET OR TRAWL THROUGH THERE.

CERTAINLY LONG LINE GEAR IS SMALLER THAN AN QUARTER OF AN INCH.

IT'S NO MATCH FOR ANY OF THE SYSTEMS THAT THEY HAVE FOR HOLDING THOSE IN PLACES.

THOSE INTERCONNECTING CABLES THAT GO FROM ONE TURBINE TO ANOTHER.

AND THEY'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT SUBSTATIONS FLOATING WHERE THE CABLE COMES INTO THE BEACH.

FOR THIS WIND ENERGY AREA HERE IF THEY DECIDE TO BRING A CABLE STRAIGHT TO THE HUMBOLDT BAY THAT WILL TAKE AN ADDITIONAL 20 MILES.

THAT'S THROUGH THE CRAB GROUNDS.

WE'RE BASICALLY LOOKING AT 220 MILES OF LEASE AREA.

THE WAY THAT FISHING YOU CAN'T GET CLOSE TO THIS STUFF.

THE CURRENTS CHANGE DIRECTION.

YOU CAN HAVE A SURFACE CURRENT.

AND YOU FIND OUT YOU'RE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE.

SO THESE AREAS ARE GOING TO BE MUCH THE BOUNDARY AROUND THAT FISHERMAN WILL BE MUCH GREATER THAN THE LEASE AREA.

>> IF THE FISHERMAN HAD SOME INPUT WHERE THEY WOULD BE LOCATED WOULD IT HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.

>> THAT IS BASICALLY ESSENTIALLY OF MAD RIVER OFFSHORE.

THAT'S JUST OUTSIDE AN AREA THAT THE LONG LINE AND FISHERMAN REFER AS THE ROCK PILE.

THAT'S BEEN A TRADITIONAL FISHING AREA SINCE 1920.

>> IT'S AN AREA THAT FISH TEND TO CONGREGATE.

WHEN THE WEATHER GENERALLY GETS BAD WHICH IS GENERALLY OUT OF THE NORTHWEST YOU HAVE A DOWNWARD RIDE HOME.

IF FISHERMAN THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE PICKED THAT SPOT.

THEY WOULD BE PROBABLY SUGGESTED ANOTHER WINDY SOUTH OF EEL RIVER SOUTH OF MENDOCINO.

I WANT TO SAY PRESENTLY IT'S LESS CRITICAL THERE.

>> WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT NOT INTERESTING WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT IT'S NOT IF THIS IS GOING TO BE IN EFFECT ON AN INDUSTRY THAT IS OTHERWISE BOOMING.

THIS IS ANOTHER CHALLENGE IN AN ALREADY CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT FOR FISHERMAN.

>> THAT'S THE DEAL.

LET'S JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

SO IF YOU WERE TO TAKE A FELT PEN A MARKER AND YOU HAD A MAP OF THE OCEAN OFF OF CALIFORNIA AND YOU COLORED EVERY AREA WHERE THERE WAS A RESTRICTION.

CABLE LANE, A MARINE PROTECTED AREA, NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY, CLOSURES FOR HABITAT AND ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT.

DUMPING GROUNDS WHERE THE NAVY HAS DUMPED.

ALMOST ALL OF CALIFORNIA WOULD BE BLACK.

THERE IS A RESTRICTION ALMOST ANYWHERE.

CALIFORNIA WHILE ON A POSITIVE NOTE HAS THE MOST REGULATED FISHERIES IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES AND MAYBE IN THE WORLD WE ALSO HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF ACCESS TO FISHING GROUNDS AND ALTERNATE FISHING GROUNDS.

EVERY TIME A PIECE GOES AWAY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS MAYBE A COUPLE OF BOATS GO TO OREGON.

THEY GO TO NEWPORT OR MAYBE THEY GO TO WASHINGTON.

NO BIG DEAL.

WELL EVENTUALLY YOU START TO LOSE ENOUGH FISHING CAPACITY, AND CONSISTENT LANDINGS THAT A FISH COMPANY CLOSES.

PEOPLE THAT WORKED LOST THEIR JOBS.

TRUCKERS ARE GONE.

PRETTY SOON YOU WATCH THE INFRASTRUCTURE DISAPPEAR.

WE USED TO HAVE THREE FUEL DOCKS IN 1970.

THERE WERE NINE FISH BUYERS AND THREE PROCESSING PLANTS.

FORT GREG NO LONGER HAS A FUEL DOCK.

SO THE GOOD THINGS AND THE BAD THINGS.

LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT OVER TIME I AM SURE THAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO CREATE SIGNIFICANT EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

AND CERTAINLY THAT IS NOT A BAD THING.

I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT JARED HUFFMAN'S GREAT EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WORKERS WERE PROTECTED HERE.

WENT QUITE A DISTANCE.

THE BUREAU OF THE OCEAN AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROVIDES FOR 20% FOR WORKFORCE INVESTMENT.

THAT'S A VERY POSITIVE THING.

EVEN THE CABLE THAT'S BEEN RECENTLY INSTALLED.

THOSE ARE ALL CREWS ON THOSE BOATS ON THE BOATS THEY'RE ALL FOREIGN.

FOREIGN NATIONALS.

THERE'S NO U.S.

PERSONNEL ON THOSE JOBS.

THAT'S GOOD.

I THINK IT'S ALSO INTERESTING CONGRESSMAN HUFFMAN HAS SPENT QUITE A BIT TIME NOT ONLY TALKING TO FISHERMAN BUT HAVING HIS STAFF RESEARCH THE POSSIBLE NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE WEST COAST FISHING FLEET NOT JUST IN EUREKA, AND MUCH TO HIS CREDIT, HE HAD BASICALLY ADVOCATED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 20% BID CREDIT THAT WOULD BE PARTIALLY USED TO OFFSET IMPACTS TO THE FISHING FLEET.

IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT WHAT WE REFER AS BOEM THEY'VE MADE IT VERY CLEAR IN SOME OF THEIR PUBLIC STATEMENTS THEIR JOB IS TO FIND AREAS TO LEASE AND LEASE THEM.

THEIR JOB IS NOT NECESSARILY TO FORM REGULATIONS AND PROTOCOLS HOW THESE OPERATIONS MIGHT WORK.

>> WHO'S GOING TO DO.

>> THAT'S THE THING.

AND THE CRAZY THING IS THAT ARE THE CALIFORNIA RESILIENCY FISH ASSOCIATION SENT A LETTER TO BOEM CONSIDERING A 13 PAGE DOCUMENT.

IT WAS ESSENTIALLY CALLED -- IT HAD TO DO WITH MITIGATION OF IMPACTS TO COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FISHERIES IN THE INTERCONTINENTAL SHELF.

THE TITLE THEY DID ADMIT THERE WAS GOING TO BE IMPACT.

BUT THE NEXT THING WAS A DISCLAIMER THESE RECOMMENDATION GUIDELINES HAD NO FORCE OR EFFECT OF LAW AND DID NOT BIND THE PUBLIC DEVELOPERS IN ANY WAY.

SO THE SECOND THING THEY SAY WE'VE PUT TOGETHER SOME POSSIBLE GUIDELINES, BUT THEY'RE VOLUNTARY.

AND NCYA.

>> YEAH.

FOR CALIFORNIA FISHERMAN'S ASSOCIATIONS THIS IS HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC.

WE KNOW HOW THAT THE BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT IS NOT GOING TO PUT UP STRENUOUS PROTOCOLS HOW THESE OPERATIONS ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE OVER TIME BEING THE SITE SURVEY OR EVEN DECOMMISSIONING.

WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE THE FISHING FLEET.

KIND OF THE OBI-WAN KENOBI OUR ONLY HOPE STATE AGENCIES WILL TAKE UP THAT CHARGE.

OUR ASSOCIATIONS HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED FOR ABOUT FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS.

FIVE YEARS UP HERE, SEVEN YEARS IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WITH THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION, AND COASTAL CALIFORNIA FISH AND WILDLIFE ALSO OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL AND AGAIN CONSTANTLY REQUESTING AND CHALLENGING THESE AGENCIES TO ACTUALLY START TO WORK TO FORMULATE SOME SORT OF RULES THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO UNDERSTAND.

AND IT'S HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> WE'VE GOT ABOUT TWO MINUTES LEFT.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO ASK DO YOU FEEL THAT THE FISHERMAN WERE INCLUDED UP TO THIS POINT.

>> SO I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

SINCE THESE -- WITH THE EXCEPTION WITH OUR INTERACTIONS WITH THE GOOD RAPPORT WITH RIVER COAST ENERGY FISHERMAN HAVE NOT BEEN AT THE TABLE.

THE PARTIALLY BECAUSE WE'RE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ASSOCIATIONS.

AND THE LATEST DOCUMENT THAT CAME FROM THE KOS ITEM COMMISSION WHICH IS THE FEDERAL CONSISTENCY DETERMINATION FOR CALIFORNIA LEASE AREAS THEY HAVE A RECOMMENDATION THAT A WORKING GROUP BE FORMED WITH FISHERMAN.

WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR MONTHS AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED.

WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE WE ALL THE FISHERMAN HAVE A UNIFORM MESSAGE.

BUT THIS HAS BEEN A VERY FRAUGHT, DIFFICULT PROJECT.

IT'S PROBABLY OF ALL OF THE THINGS I HAVE TACKLED SINCE I'VE BEEN -- HAD THE ABILITY AND PRIVILEGE TO FISH THIS IS PROBABLY AT TIMES THE MOST DEPRESSING BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET OTHER THAN CONGRESSMAN HUFFMAN TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.

OUR JOB JUST LIKE TODAY IS TO KEEP TRYING.

WE HAVE 90 SECONDS LECHLT.

IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S THIS COMPLEXITY HERE.

THE FISHERMAN ARE ADMITTING THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.

MAYBE THIS ISN'T THE APPROACH OR IT NEEDS TO BE THOUGHT THROUGH IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

>> IT'S NOT IN MY BACKYARD.

WHAT'S THE DEAL CALIFORNIA FISHERMAN'S ASSOCIATIONS UNDERSTAND THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO COME.

OREGON THEY STILL DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE HAVE A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE TOWARDS THAT.

WE CAN SEE THE DOTTED LINES ON THE MAPS.

WE KNOW THERE'S 43 BID USHES COMING UP IN DECEMBER.

AGAIN OUR GOAL IS TO SAY OKAY, HOW CAN WE AVOID IMPACTS, MINIMIZE FOR IMPACTS AND THEN THE LAST THING IS TO MITIGATE.

IF WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THOSE HOPEFULLY WE'LL SURVIVE.

>> THANKS FOR JOINING US KEN.

>> ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

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

THE OWN GOING SAGA INTO THE INVESTIGATION OF THE JOSIAH LAWSON AFTER A THREW OUT WIN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS DOLLARS.

KYLE ZOELLNER FOR VINDICTIVE PROSECUTION.

AND THE JURY ULTIMATELY AWARDED THEM MORE THAN $775,000.

THE JUDGMENT WAS FINDING PROBABLE CAUSE TO ARREST ZOELLNER IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THIS WEEK THE JUDGE FOUND THERE WAS PROBABLE CAUSE.

RYAN HUTSON HAS THE STORY.

THIS WEEK A STPVENLT JUDGE TURNED OVER TO PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION ZOELLNER AGAINST A FORMER ARCATA OF MALICIOUS TO THE 2017 ARREST FOR THE STABBING DEATH OF HSU DAVID JOSIAH LAWSON FOR TRIAL.

IT ENDED WITH THE JUDGE RULING IN FAVOR OF THE DEFENDANT THE COURT CONCLUDES THAT MR. ZOELLNER HAS NOT PROVED THE PROBABLE CAUSE ELEMENT OF HIS MALICIOUS PROSECUTION CLAIM.

BUT THEN RELEASED FROM CUSTODY WHEN A LOCAL JUDGE DETERMINED THERE WAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO HOLD HIM FOR CRIME.

CHARMAINE LAWSON EXPLAINED THE SITUATION FROM INSIDE THE COURTHOUSE.

AGAIN I'M ABOUT TO COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS ARRESTED AND ACCUSED OF MURDERING MY SON.

DAVID JOSIAH LAWSON.

MY SON WAS A HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT WHEN HIS LIFE WAS VICIOUSLY TAKEN AND THE D.N.A.

ON THE EVIDENCE IS OF.

CHRISTOPHER ZOELLNER IS SUING THE CITY OF ARCATA FOR UNLAWFUL ARREST.

>> FOLLOWING THE JURY'S VERDICT AWARDING KYLE ZOELLNER THE BULK BE WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID BY THE CITY OF OUR KAW TAY CHARMAINE FOCUSED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DO BETTER.

THE JURIES WERE SENDING A MESSAGE TO POLICE OFFICERS.

BUT THIS WAS THE WRONG CASE TO SEND THE MESSAGE.

WHEN THE SUSPECT WAS THE RIGHT PERSON THAT WAS ARRESTED.

>> JUST A FEW DAYS LATER FINDING THAT THERE WAS PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THE ARREST OF ZOELLNER IN LAWSON'S DEATH IN 2017 THE JUDGE RULED FOR THE DEFENDANT FORMER ARCATA ERIC LOSEY.

EVEN KYLE ZOELLNER THAT THE ELEMENTS OF MALICIOUS PROSECUTION HAD OCCURRED JUDGE CORLEY DENIED ZOELLNER THE WIN AND CANCELED THE MONETARY AWARD ISSUED BY THE JURY.

IN REGARD TO THE PROBABLE CAUSE FOR ZOELLNER'S FOR LAWSON'S STABBING.

JUDGE CORLEY A REASONABLE OFFICER COULD BELIEVE THERE WAS FAIR PROBABILITY MR. ZOELLNER ESTABLISHED MR. LAWSON.

UNQUOTE.

SPEAKING TO CHARMAINE LAWSON BY PHONE SHE REACTED TO THE JUDGE'S ORDER SEEMED TO SEE WHAT SHE SEES.

I KNOW I HAVE OVERJOYED, AND ABSOLUTELY RELIEVED BECAUSE THE JUDGE GOT IT RIGHT.

THERE WERE ABSOLUTE, ABSOLUTE PROBABLE CAUSE TO ARREST KYLE ZOELLNER FOR THE MURDER OF HIS SON.

HIS BLOODY CLOTHES, THE KNIFE FOUND CLOSE TO THE SCENE.

>> NOW, ZOELLNER HAS 60 DIES TO APPEAL THE JUDGE'S FAVOR IN FAVOR OF THE ARCATA POLICE OFFICER LOSEY.

THE TRIAL AS TO MALICIOUS PROSECUTION HAS CONCLUDED IN FAVOR OF THE DEFENDANT ERIC LOSEY DESPITE THE JURY'S FINDING IN FAVOR OF ZOELLNER.

I'M NEVER GOING TO GIVE UP.

I KNOW THAT KYLE CHRISTOPHER ZOELLNER BASED ON THE EVIDENCE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDER OF MY SON AND I WILL NEVER GIVE UP UNTIL HIS MURDER IS BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.

I'M NOT GOING TO AWAY.

I THANK THE JUDGE FOR SEEING THE FACTS VERY CLEARLY.

AGAIN, THE EVIDENCE WAS OVERWHELMING TO SAY THE LEAST.

IT WAS ENOUGH.

YOU DON'T NEED AN EYEWITNESS WITH EVIDENCE THAT WAS PRESENTED.

D.N.A., BLOODY CLOTHES, AND MOTIVE.

WHY DO YOU NEED AN EYEWITNESS.

>> THE OUR KAW TAY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS STILL ASKING WITNESSES TO COME FORWARD.

FOR HEAD LINE HUMBOLDT THIS IS RYAN HUTSON.

>> THAT'S IDENTIFIED FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOW.

STAY TUNED, STAY INFORMED.