>> COMING UP ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT WE SIT DOWN WITH SHIN LOUNG AND HOW THE CAREGIVERS WANT TO ACCEPT INSURANCE FACE DAUNTING CHALLENGES MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

WHILE ALSO RAISING SOME MONEY FOR KIDS NEEDING CANCER TREATMENTS.

COMING UP NOW ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

FROM THE TOP OF THE HUMBOLDT HILL THIS IS JAMES FALK THIS IS HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

IT'S NO SECRET THAT MY OWN FATHER SUFFERED FROM A SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS.

AND HIS FAMILY.

HE WAS A SCHIZOPHRENIC KEPT THEM SEDATED ON THE COUCH RATHER THAN CURRENTLY WRESTLING.

HALDOL AND THORAZINE DO NOTHING THEY SIMPLY MAKE IT SO THE PATIENT IS NEARLY CATATONIC.

WHILE TREATMENT OPTIONS HAVE MULTIPLIED IN BOTH QUANTITY AND QUALITY.

AS A RESULT THE REST OF US HAVE THE BURDEN OF MUCH TRYING TO MAKE THE MENTAL SYSTEM AS EASY.

EVERYTHING FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA AND ACUTE ANXIETY.

THE LAST FOR A DYSFUNCTIONAL OVERBIRTHED SYSTEM TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT THAN IT HAS TO BE.

AS A CHILD WE MOVED SEVERAL TIMES ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR THE BEST FACILITIES AND TREATMENT BETTER.

IT RARELY WORKED.

AND HE DIED AT THE AGE OF 49 AFTER ALMOST 30 YEARS OF HARD GOING.

EVEN IN 2022 OFTEN MAKING TREATMENT FOR MINOR ISSUES OUT FOR REACH FOR THOSE WITH LITTLE MONEY.

EVEN IF THEY HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE.

>> SHIN LOUNG IS HERE.

BECAUSE OF THIS DIFFICULTY MANY LOCAL MENTAL PROVIDERS TAKE PRIVATE PAY MAKING IT OUT OF REACH FOR THOSE THAT NEED IT MOST.

EXEMPLIFIES THE PROBLEM.

SEEING THE SIGNS.

SUICIDE PREVENTION IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

>> I KNEW THAT SHE NEEDED HELP.

I BELIEVED HER WHEN SHE TOLD ME.

SO WE ATTEMPTED TO GET HER HELP.

THE REASONS JUST PILED ON ONE ON TOP OF ANOTHER.

I ACTUALLY WALKED INTO THE PLACE WHERE I WORK BUT FOR A DIFFERENT PROGRAM AND THEY ASKED BUT WE ONLY TAKE MED CAM.

AND THAT'S FANTASTIC I HAVE MEDI-CAL.

THIS HAS THIS AND THIS.

WE CAN'T TAKE HER UNLESS SHE ONLY HAS THE MEDI-CAL.

THEY WEREN'T ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS.

DIDN'T WANT TO WORK WITH CHILDREN OR SHE WAS OVERINSURED.

I JUST COULD NOT FIND HELP FOR HER.

>> THANK YOU SHIN FOR COMING DOWN TO THE STATION AND COMING TALK TO US.

>> YOU ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO US.

YOU READ ABOUT LINDA STANSBURY.

YOU POINTED OUT IN YOUR EMAIL IT'S RIDICULOUSLY DIFFICULT FOR A THERAPIST TO GET QUALIFIED 20 EVEN ACCEPT INSURANCE.

AND FROM EACH INDIVIDUAL INSURANCE PROVIDER NOT JUST IN GENERAL BUT YOU HAVE TO QUALIFY INDIVIDUALLY FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL COMPANY.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ISSUE AND WHY YOU THOUGHT TO BRING IT TO US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

SO I THOUGHT ABOUT BRINGING THIS UP NOT ONLY WAS IT DIFFICULT FOR ME TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS BUT I WAS HEARING OTHER THERAPISTS WHO'RE AT THE SAME TIME GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND FOLKS WERE TRYING TO LIVE THEIR LIVES AND TRYING TO PROVIDE QUALITY CARE TO FOLKS THAT NEED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

I SAW WHILE THIS IS A MAJOR BOTTLENECK GOING ON.

I THINK WE CAN AVOID IT BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW AT THIS TIME.

THERE'S POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS OUT THERE.

AT THIS TIME WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THEM AND WE'RE NOT DOING IT.

AND EVERY INSURANCE WE MAY WE AS THERAPISTS MAY BE CREDENTIALED WITH IS A PAINFUL PROCESS ITSELF.

JUST EACH ONE.

THERE'S NO CLEARINGHOUSE YOU'RE SET FOR ALL 10 OF THESE INSURANCES.

IT'S THREE INSURANCE WE HAVE LOCALLY WE REALLY LOOK AT, AND THE OTHER ANTHEM AND BLUESHIELD.

THOSE TWO ARE REALLY DIFFICULT TO GET CREDENTIALED AS WELL.

>> CAN YOU GIVE ME A SENSE OF THE TIME FRAME.

ONCE YOU GOT YOUR LICENSE TO PRACTICE AND TRY I WANT TO TRY TO QUALIFY MEDI-CAL OR BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD.

WHATSEDS IT LOOK LIKE.

>> MOST OF IT IS ONLINE.

YOU'LL SEE WHEN YOU GOOGLE I WANT TO GET AN IDEA.

IT WILL SAY 90 TO 120 DAYS.

WHEN YOU GET INTO THE PROCESS IT ENDS UP BEING MORE THAN THAT.

>> 90 TO 120 DAYS.

>> THAT'S WHAT GOOGLE SAYS.

BUT YOU FIND IT'S 121 UP TO 90 UP TO 120 BUSINESS DAYS.

OH WAIT IT'S 90 TO 120 AFTER THE PRE-CREDENTIALING PORTION.

YOU FILL IT OUT WITH PIRP WHO SUBCONTRACTS TO BEACON HILL INSURANCE.

BEACON IS WITH MEDI-CAL.

>> YEAH AND SO FROM THERE YOU DO A PRE-CREDENTIALING WHETHER IT BE THE ONE CONTRACTOR HERE IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY OR YOU GO AHEAD AND DO IT ONLINE.

YOU SIT IN PRE-CREDENTIALING.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE.

YOU'RE DAY 89.

AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WORK AT BEACON THE CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHETHER IT'S CALENDAR DAYS OR BUSINESS DAYS.

SO YOU'RE SITTING THERE.

YOU'RE NOT QUITE SURE.

THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW.

WHAT'S HAPPENING.

I'M AT DAY 89.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE BREACHING THE 90-DAY SITUATION, AND YOU THEN COME TO FIND I'M SITTING IN PRE-CREDENTIALING WHICH MEANS MY CLOCK OF 90 TO 120 DAYS HASN'T STARTED YET.

IT'S WHEN YOU'RE THE CREDENTIALING PHASE DOES THE CLOCK START.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

OTHER PEOPLE I'VE SPOKEN TO DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

IT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU TALK TO.

>> SO AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS YOU'VE GOT PATIENTS THAT WANT TO SEE YOU.

PATIENTS WHO WANTED TO FOLLOW YOU TO YOUR NEXT PLACE HAD NOWHERE TO GO OR MAYBE WORKED OUT SOME ARRANGEMENTS.

YOU'RE LEAVING A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE LURCH.

>> I WAS AT A GROUP PRACTICE AND MOST OF MY CLIENTS DECIDED YES I WANT TO GO WITH YOU.

HERE'S THE SITUATION.

AND THE SITUATION WAS UNFOLDING AS I WAS LEAVING MY PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT AND SO WE GOT TO THE POINT WHEN I SEEING PEOPLE PRO BONO WHEN THEY IN ACUTE DEPRESSION OR ACUTE ANXIETY THINGS THAT WERE CRITICAL.

I WOULD SEE THEM.

A LOT OF THEM WERE CONCERNED FOR ME AS MUCH AS I DIDN'T TELL THEM THE PROCESS.

SO ARE YOU CREDENTIALED WITH MEDI-CAL.

I'M NOT.

THEN THEY BECOME WORRIED FOR ME.

IT'S OKAY.

I GOT THIS.

I WOULDN'T SITTING HERE IF I DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS OKAY.

NOW I'M SAYING NOW YOU'RE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF ANXIETY BECAUSE OF MY SITUATION.

WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO PROCESS YOUR ANXIETY.

>> IT'S KIND ARE SORT OF A CIRCULAR GOING DOWN THE DRAIN.

>> AND EVEN UP UP UNTIL NOW BECAUSE I'M FULLY CREDENTIALED WITH BEACON.

I SORTED OUT ALL OF THE PAYMENT AS OF TWO WEEKS AGO.

I DIDN'T START GETTING PAID UNTIL A WEEK AND A HALF AGO I THINK IT WAS.

AND NOT -- SO I HADN'T PAID FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.

CLIENTS WERE REALLY CONCERNED.

WELL I HAD A JOB AT THAT TIME.

>> JUST THE FACT IT'S 10 MONTHS FROM WHEN YOU START THE PROCESS AND TO GET YOU A CHECK.

>> IN AN AREA ESPECIALLY WITH BEACON.

>> RIGHT.

>> WOW.

>> I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.

WHEN I SAW THIS IS A PROBLEM.

I'M GOING OVER HERE TALKING TO A COLLEAGUE, AND SHE AND I WERE IN THE PROCESS TOGETHER.

AND SO IT WAS REALLY ODD SO SHE TURNED HER APPLICATION IN FEBRUARY BUT GOT FULLY CREDENTIALED IN JUNE AND GOT HER FIRST CHECK IN AUGUST.

MY APPLICATION HAD BEEN SITTING THERE FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.

I'VE JANUARY OF 2022 AND THEIR CREDENTIALING GOT SPED UP BECAUSE THEY WERE IN A GROUP PRACTICE.

THEN BEACON MIGHT HAVE MESSED SOMETHING UP.

THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT GROUP WHEN WE DATA ENTERED THE STUFF IN.

AND THEN THERE WERE YOU HAVE TO RESTART THE ENTIRE PROCESS AGAIN.

WAIT WHAT.

>> HOW INTERACTIVE.

ARE YOU BEING TESTED ON STUFF.

WHEN PEOPLE HEARING HEAR ABOUT CREDENTIALING.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

IS THE BASICALLY RECOGNIZING YOU HAVE THE PROPER DEGREE AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE SIMPLE.

I WOULD IMAGINE IT WOULD BE SIMPLE.

A LOT OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE WHEN THEY CREDENTIAL FOLKS ANY KIND OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL THEY USE THE CUQAH COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE.

THEY'RE A REPOSITORY WHERE YOU ESSENTIALLY AS A MEDICAL PROVIDER THE EASIEST YOU DUMP ALL OF YOUR INFORMATION THERE TO SAY I WENT TO THIS SCHOOL.

I WORKED AT THIS JOB.

THIS IS MY CURRENT PHONE NUMBER.

THIS IS WHERE YOU PUT ALL OF YOUR INFORMATION AND BEACON, ANTHEM, BLUESHIELD WHOEVER YOU'RE TRYING TO GET CREDENTIALED THEY GO TO THIS REPOSITORY OKAY THEY HAVE ALL OF THEIR THINGS IN PLACE.

WHATEVER PROFESSION I'M IN.

FROM THERE THEY HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION SITTING IN FRONT OF THEM.

I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE PROCESS IS AFTER THAT.

I GRADUATED FROM HUMBOLDT STATE.

BECAUSE CAQH -- SHE SHOULD BE OKAY.

YOU'RE NOT ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.

YOU FILE IT AND YOU AWALK.

IT STILL TAKES 10 MONTHS.

WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON THE GROUND.

AS YOU MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO THERE'S A CRUNCH FOR PEOPLE NEEDING THERAPY IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

YOU HAD MENTIONED THERE IS A PROBABLY A TOO LOW NUMBER FOR THE THERAPISTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY ALSO.

THERE'S A COMPLICATION IN THAT YOU CAN GO TO A THERAPIST AND THEY'RE NOT TAKING YOUR KIND OF INSURANCE.

BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THAT PROGRAM.

AND SO HOW DOES THAT TRANSLATE INTO ITS IMPACT ON THE PATIENTS?

>> SO A LOT OF TIMES I'LL GET CALLS FROM PEOPLE I SAW YOU ON THE NORTH COAST ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL MENTAL PROFESSIONALS AND THEY'RE LIKE I THINK YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WITH AVAILABILITY.

IT SAYS THAT MY APPOINTMENTS ARE A MONTH OUT.

JUST SO I CAN SCREEN TO SEE IF WE'RE A GOOD FIT.

WHAT I'VE LOOKING FOR A THERAPIST.

THEY'LL I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A THERAPIST FOR FOUR MONTHS.

I WAS GIVEN A LIST MY MEDICAL PROVIDER TRY THESE PEOPLE AND THEY TRIED THE PEOPLE AND THEY DON'T GET CALL BACKS A LOT OF TIMES.

THERAPISTS ARE SO JAM-PACKED IN PRIVATE PRACTICE AS WELL.

I TEND TO CALL PEOPLE BACK.

I TRY TO GIVE PEOPLE INFORMATION WHERE TO GO NEXT.

I'M JUST HOPING THAT THIS PERSON MAY HAVE AVAILABILITY AND YOU CAN COME BACK TO YOU AND I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU FIND A THERAPIST.

A LOT OF PEOPLE I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR SIX MONTHS.

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THREE MONTHS.

NOBODY TAKES ANTHEM.

DO YOU TAKE BLUESHIELD.

THERE'S VERY FEW PEOPLE TAKING MEDICARE.

I SEE FOLKS FROM THE AGING POPULATION.

WHICH WAS A LOT EASIER.

>> MEDICARE -- >> WHICH IS IRONIC ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINTS.

I APPLIED FOR CREDENTIALING IN APRIL AND GOT CREDENTIALED WITHIN TWO WEEKS.

THAT WAS KIND OF HOW I WAS ABLE TO SURVIVE WAS ON THE MEDICARE SIDE.

>> I INTERRUPTED YOU.

>> SO THE OTHER THING I WONDERED IS IF -- WHAT CAN WE DO.

WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT IN THE INTERVIEW MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE A CLEARINGHOUSE A STATE ORGANIZATION THAT SETS UP THE QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED TO GET CERTIFIED AND ONCE YOU'RE CERTIFIED FOR ONE THAT EXTENDS TO ALL.

DO YOU THINK THAT COULD WORK?

WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD BE A GOOD SOLUTION.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BEST SOLUTION.

THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY A CLIENT OF MINE.

SHE'S BEEN DEALING WITH MEDI-CAL WHETHER IT BE MEDICAL CARE OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

SHE BROUGHT UP A GOOD IDEA HAVING A CLEARINGHOUSE TO CREDENTIAL FOLKS FROM CALIFORNIA.

HERE WHETHER WE'RE PRIVATE OR PUBLIC INSURANCE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS CLEARINGHOUSE HAS CHECKED ALL OF THE BOXES AND THEY'RE GOOD TO GO.

AND WHETHER IT BE BLUESHIELD THAT OH GREAT OKAY THEY WERE GIVEN THE OKAY BY THIS CLEARINGHOUSE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THEY'RE GOOD.

WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CREDENTIALING OURSELVES.

>> WHO KNOWS WHAT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WOULD BE GOING FOR.

IT WOULD SAVE THEM THE TIME AND LABOR HAVING TO RESEARCH EACH INDIVIDUAL APPLICANT FOR CREDENTIALING.

THE CREDENTIALING WHEN YOU CALL THEM THEY TREAT LIKE YOU LIKE A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN.

WE'RE DOING YOU A FAVOR.

ARE YOU SURE.

BY SAYING I'M A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER AND I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE TO MY LOCAL COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE ABSOLUTELY NEED IT.

IT'S REALLY HARD.

NO, I'M NOT HERE TO SERVE YOU.

WE'RE HERE TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY.

THIS IS MY COMMUNITY.

THIS IS REALLY HARD WHEN I COME IN HERE.

ABSOLUTELY WE ALL DO.

BUT MY PRIMARY CONCERN WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO NEED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND BEHAVIORAL SERVICES AND THAT'S FIRST.

DON'T TREAT ME AS IF I'M SOME OTHER PERSON THAT IS JUST OH YOU WANT TO BE CREDENTIALED TOO.

GOOD LUCK.

GET IN THIS LINE.

>> IT SEEMS IDEALLY THEY WOULD BE DRAETING YOU WITH WITH RESPECT AND IN VITING YOU IN.

IF THEY DON'T HAVE SOMEONE CREDENTIALED IN THE AREA WHICH MEANS PEOPLE MIGHT NOT WANT THEIR INSURANCE.

YOU MENTIONED BEFORE YOU'RE KIND OF DEALING WITH A BLACK BOX.

THIS ISN'T JOSO AND SO WHO'S HANDLING THE CREDENTIALING PROCESS.

AND THEY'RE HARD YOU CAN'T GET INTO THE BOX AT ALL.

>> SOMETIMES YOU'RE NOT CALLING THE RIGHT BOX.

YOU DIDN'T KNOW IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY WE BEACON HEALTH STRATEGIES.

OH WHAT.

WHAT'S THE NUMBER?

THIS IS THE NUMBER.

OH, YEAH YOU CALLED THE RIGHT NUMBER.

BUT WE'RE ALSO BEACON HEALTH OPTIONS.

THIS IS REALLY DIFFICULT.

I DON'T KNOW WITH PARTNERSHIP ARE GETTING ANY AND I FEEL I JUST DENT KNOW ANYTHING.

ARE YOU REALLY FOOLING ME INTO THINKING I'M COMPLETELY IGNORANT BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WAY.

>> IT'S STARTING LING COMING THAT FROM A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL.

YOU TAKE ON THIS THEY PROJECT OUT THAT PEOPLE ARE OBVIOUSLY STRUGGLING AND IT KIND OF MANIFESTS ITSELF.

THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY.

IT SEEMS TO -- NONE OF THESE PEOPLE ARE INTEGRAL TO THE PROCESS OF PEOPLE FEEL BETTER.

IT'S THERE'S A METHOD TO MAKE MONEY AND IT ALLOWS INSURANCE COMPANIES TO SERVE PEOPLE BUT THERE'S NO -- IT DOES NOTHING ADDITIONAL FOR THE PATIENT OR THE SERVICE.

IT'S IT'S BASICALLY A VACUUM TIME AND ENERGY.

IT DID SUCK UP A TIME AND ENERGY.

I FOUND MYSELF BECAUSE I WAS GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND HAVING SUCH ACUTE ANXIETY AND KIND A LITTLE BIT OF DEPRESSION.

HOW SAD IT IS FOR US THIS COMMUNITY WHOEVER THAT WHATEVER INSURANCE IT IS, AND I HAVE TO PAY FOR PRIVATE INSURE EVERY INSURANCE.

WHENEVER I USE MY BENEFITS FOR MENTAL HEALTH I WOULDN'T BECAUSE IT DOESN'T PAY A THERAPIST THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY DESERVE.

I WOULDN'T DO THAT TO SOMEBODY.

I'VE GONE ONLINE TO SEE IF THAT WOULD HELP.

I'VE BEEN ABLE TO MIND MY OWN THERAPIES THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL.

THAT'S GREAT FOR MYSELF.

WHAT ABOUT ABOUT THE OTHER FOLKS THAT NEED SOME GUIDANCES OR SOMEONE TO TALK TO.

YOU'VE APPROACHED LEGISLATORS.

YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE AN ENTIRE DEPENDS ON THE SPEED AND EFFICACY OF A BUREAUCRACY WITH NO PUBLIC OR GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION WHATSOEVER.

WHAT KIND OF LUCK HAVE YOU HAD TO REACH OUT TO LEGISLATORS.

>> I'VE ONLY REACHED OUT TO THE LOCAL ASSEMBLY.

THAT'S A VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A WAY YOU WANT TO POINT ME.

I DON'T EXPECT ANSWERS FROM YOU.

WHERE CAN I GO FROM NEXT.

WHEN I CALLED PARTNERSHIP, I CALLED PARTNERSHIP DOWN IN CYPRUS FOR SOME ODD REASON THAT'S WHERE THE NUMBER GOES.

I CALLED THEM SOUNDS LIKE YOU NEED TO FILE A GRIEVANCE AGAINST WHO.

AGAINST PARTNERSHIP.

THIS IS THE PARTNERSHIP CUSTOMER SERVICE TELLING ME ON THE GRIEVANCE LINE TO FILE A GRIEVANCE AGAINST PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE OF LACK OF OVERSIGHT THEY HAVE TO BEACON.

OKAY.

LET'S FILE THAT GRIEVANCE THEN.

I JUST TRIED TO FILE A GRIEVANCE WITH BEACON PRIVATE OPTIONS.

SEND AN EMAIL.

SO I SENT AN EMAIL BUT I NEVER HEARD BACK.

>> HOW MANY DEALING WITH HEALTH INSURANCE.

>> WOW.

I REALLY APPRECIATE.

WE'RE ABOUT OUT OF TIME.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD.

>> NO BUT I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME TIME.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE A DEDICATED PROFESSIONAL.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS SHORT BREAK.

>> KAET RYAN HUTSON BRINGS US A STORY ON A HAUNTED LOCAL ATTRACTION THAT WILL RAISE MONEY FOR ST. JUDE'S HOSPITAL.

THE HAUNTING AT DEADWOOD MANOR PUTS THE E BACK IN HALLOWEEN.

A SPOOKY FUND-RAISER ON ST. JUDE'S CHILDREN RESEARCH HOSPITAL.

WITH THE HELP OF HALLOWEEN ENTHUSIASTS AND HUMBOLDT COUNTY IS CONTRIBUTING WITH THE HELP OF ONE LOCAL HAUNT.

A PROGRAM CALLED SKELETONS FOR ST. JUDE HAS RAISED OVER $100,000 OF EXCEEDING THEIR GOAL FOR 2022.

THE THIRD YEAR RUNNING.

WITH AN OUTDOOR HAUNTED MAIZE ATTACHED TO A CLEAVERLY ENGINEERED CEMETERY EUREKA'S DEADWOOD MANOR RAIDSES MONEY WITH JAINT JUDE'S HELP WHICH TURNED THIS LOCAL HAUNTING INTO A LOCAL HAIR-RAISING FUND-RAISER.

BASED ON A ROARING 20s WILD WEST TIME IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

BOASTING ANIMATRONICS AND JUMP SCARES THIS OUTDOOR WALKTHROUGH HAUNT WILL NOT DISAPPOINT.

EMPHASIZING ALDO NATIONS GO DIRECTLY TO HELPING KIDS AT ST. JUDE THE CRYPT KEEPERS TOLD ME THAT THEIR HALLOWEEN IS A PROJECT OF PASSION AND THAT PROMOTING THE WORK DONE BY ST. JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL WAS A NO-BRAINER.

MANY OF THE TOMB STONES YOU WILL SEE AT DEADWOOD MANOR ARE CAREFULLY HANDMADE.

ONE OF THE MAIN ATTRACTION IS A NEW SPAIN'S KIDS OF DEATH STATUE.

USING HAD A VINTAGE WEDDING DRESS A REPURPOSED SKELETON NOT OF HUMAN ORIGIN AND SOME VERY SERIOUS ART MATERIALS THIS CREEPY STATUE GREETS VISITORS AT THE EDGE OF DEADWOOD'S DRIVEWAY JUST OFF OF MYRTLE AVENUE.

THIS WEEKEND VISITORS ARE WELCOME TO DRIVE BY AND ENJOY THE SPOOKY SCENE.

TO DONATE TO SCEL TUNDS FOR ST. JUDE YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE OR TEXT THE WORD HALLOWEEN TO 785833.

WISHING EVERYBODY A SAFE AND SPOOKY HALLOWEEN.

FOR HEADLINE HUMBOLDT THIS IS RYAN HUTSON.

>> KEEPING THESE THE SPOOKY THIS SUNDAY FROM NOON TO 4 JOIN KAET TV AND OTHER SCWOUR'S PARKS BOO AT THE ZOO.

WILL FEATURE A TRICK-OR-TREAT TRAIL FOR GUESTS SPONSORED BY LOCAL BUSINESSES AS WELL AS A SPOOKY SCIENCE LAB.

ANIMALS STOP AND CHOMP.

COSTUMES ARE ENCOURAGED.

THE EVENT IS CONSIDERED A NORMAL ADMISSION DAY.

THOSE WITH ANNUAL PASSES CAN USE THOSE.

THE SEQUOIA PARK ZOO IS 3414W STREET IN EUREKA FOR.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THE ZOO OH WEBSITE.

I WANT TO ANNOUNCE A LITTLE BIT OF A NEWS BRIEF WE GOT.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MARITIME ADMINISTRATION AWARDED $8 MILLION TO TWO PROJECTS OFF THE NORTH COAST $650 THOULS FOR THE FISHERMAN'S TERMINAL DOCK.

THAT'S MUCH NEEDED MONEY AND A HAPPY HALLOWEEN GIFT APPARENTLY.

STAY TUNED, STAY INFORMED.