>> COMING UP NEXT ON "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT," WE SIT DOWN WITH STACEY EADS, CANDIDATE FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

TO TALK ABOUT JUSTICE, POLITICS AND WHERE SHE WANTS TO LEAD AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT.

ALSO DOZENS OF ANGRY LOCALS GATHERED OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE TO PROTEST A LEAKED DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT ONE THAT COULD STRIP AMERICAN WOMEN TO THEIR RIGHTS TO AN ABORTION.

COMING UP NOW ON "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT".

LIVE FROM THE TOP OF HUMBOLDT HILL.

THIS IS "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT".

I'M JAMES FAULK.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

FOR MOST OF MY LIFE I WAS EXTREMELY CLOSE TO MY PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, WITH MY GRANDFATHER THEY FLED OKLAHOMA IN THE 1930s FLEEING THE MASSIVE DUST AND WIND STORMS THAT BLIGHTED THE SOUTHERN MIDWEST AS PART OF AN EARLIER CLIMATE CRISIS THAT PROVED THE POWER OF MOTHER NATURE TO OBLITERATE OUR BEST LAID PLANS.

THEY MOVED TO ARIZONA WHERE MY FATHER WAS BORN AND TO MO DESO WHERE THEY PICKED FRUIT LIKE THE STEIN BEK NOVEL.

BY THE TIME I CAME AROUND STRUGGLES WERE A SOURCE OF FASCINATION.

I ASKED ABOUT GRAPD MOTHER'S CHILDHOOD, SIBLINGS AND HER MOTHER WHO I LEARNED WHO DIED IN A CAR CRASH, OR DID SHE?

AS I REACHED MY EARLY TEENS WE MOVED AWAY AND WERE SELDOM AND ABLE TO VISIT.

I RESPECTED AND HAD A DEEP PASSION TO PRESERVE HER STORY.

AFTER I GRADUATED COLLEGE AND MADE A LIFE AS A REPORTER I CONTINUED THOSE EFFORT AS PRESERVATION.

AFTER SEVERAL INTERVIEW SESSIONS I FINALLY BROACHED THE SUBJECT OF THE CRASH.

GRANDMA LOOKED AT ME, LOOKED AT HER HANDS AND PAUSED FOR A LONG MINUTE BEFORE CONTINUING.

IT HADN'T BEEN ANY KIND OF CRASH, SHE TOLD ME.

NOR WAS IT A SPIDER BITE AS I READ IN THE OFFICIAL OBITUARY.

BURDENED WITH THREE KIDS AND A SINGLE MOTHER WITH NO JOB PROSPECTS, MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER CHOSE IN DESPERATION TO TERMINATE HER PREGNANCY USING ONE OF SEVERAL FOLK REMEDIES AVAILABLE AT THE TIME.

YOUNG KATHERINE NEVER KNEW IF THE RECIPE WAS OFF OR IF HER MOTHER MADE SOME MISTAKE IN THE PROCESS, BUT THE ATTEMPTED ABORTION ENDED UP KILLING EVA AND LEFT HER THREE KIDS ORPHANED AND ALONE.

SHE COULDN'T GO TO A DOCTOR BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE JAIL TIME.

SHAME KEPT HER HIDING ALONE.

SHE DIED IN HER BED.

THIS IS WHAT THE ABORTION DEBATE IS ABOUT.

THESE ARE THE STAKES.

IT IS A COMPLICATED INTENTIONALLY PERSONAL CHOICE THAT AUTHORITIES, NO MATTER THEIR INTENT, CAN SELDOM UNDERSTAND.

HUMILITY IS OFTEN NECESSARY FOR TRUE UNDERSTANDING.

FOR THE INTERVIEW TONIGHT, WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE STACEY EADS LIVE IN THE STUDIO TO DISCUSS HER CAMPAIGN FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> OH, YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> WE'LL START WITH THE BASICS.

WHY DO YOU WANT THE JOB?

>> I WANT THE JOB BECAUSE I'M THE PERSON QUALIFIED TO HAVE THE JOB AND TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY.

I HAVE BEEN AT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PROSECUTING CRIME FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

>> WOW.

>> I CURRENTLY AM THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

I LEAD OUR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN PROSECUTION UNIT, SO WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM OF PROSECUTORS AND SO I THINK BASED UPON MY YEARS OF SERVICE TO HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND MY KNOWLEDGE WITH BEING THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT ROLE THAN THE DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS BECAUSE IT IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE AS WELL >> SURE.

>> I PARTICIPATE IN THE OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF THE OFFICE AND WORK WITH DA FLEMING ON BUDGET ISSUES, PERSONAL NEL AND OVER A ALL MANAGEMENT.

>> YOU THINK THAT PREPARES YOU TO TAKE ON THE JOB?

>> IT CERTAINLY IS GETTING ME TO A POINT OF BEING WELL PREPARED.

YES.

>> EXCELLENT.

I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE LAW AND I GUESS I AM -- I WISH I WERE AN ATTORNEY, BUT I'M NOT.

IT IS FASCINATING TO ME BECAUSE ITS PHILOSOPHICAL IMPLICATIONS AND THE INTELLIGENCE THAT IS INVOLVED IN ALL OF ITS MANIFESTATIONS.

WHY DO YOU LOVE THE LAW?

I MEAN, IS THERE A PASSION FOR IT IN YOU AND WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM?

>> SO, I THINK WHAT I REALLY LOVE THE MOST ABOUT THE LAW IN PARTICULAR, CRIMINAL LAW AND BEING A PROSECUTOR HERE IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY GOING BACK TO I'M ORIGINALLY FROM HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND AFTER LAW SCHOOL, I KNEW MORE THAN ANYTHING THAT IF POSSIBLE I WANTED TO RETURN TO HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND PRACTICE LAW.

>> MM-HMM.

>> I THOUGHT ACTUALLY I WOULD GO INTO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW OR TRANSACTIONAL LAND USE TYPE LAW.

>> MM-HMM.

>> THAT IS WHAT I FOCUSED ON DURING LAW SCHOOL AND COUPLED WITH MY HAVING GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES FROM UC DAVIS THAT SEEMED LIKE A NATURAL PATH FOR ME.

>> SURE.

>> BUT WHEN I CAME TO HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND LOOKING FOR A JOB IN THE LEGAL COMMUNITY IT WAS AT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT I FOUND MY FIRST JOB.

AND I HAVE BEEN THERE EVER SINCE AND I LOVE IT AND THE REASON I LOVE IT MORE THAN ANYTHING IS I REALLY DO HAVE A CHANCE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

IN PARTICULAR WHEN I GET TO WORK WITH VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS, TO HELP NAVIGATE THEM THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND SUPPORT THEM AND TO OFTENTIMES IN PARTICULAR WITH CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED OR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, TO WATCH THEM GO FROM HAVING BEEN VICTIMIZED AND CONTROLLED AND OFTENTIMES SADLY TERRORIZED BY THEIR OFFENDERS AND THEN TO -- FOR THEM TO REGAIN A SENSE OF CONTROL.

>> YEAH.

>> OVER WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THEM AND TO, YOU KNOW, GET RID OF ANY SENSE OF THEIR BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT THE OFFENDER CHOSE TO DO TO THEM.

SO EMPOWERMENT, RIGHT?

>> MM-HMM.

>> THAT IS A TREMENDOUSLY GREAT REWARD TO BE ABLE TO STAND BY AND WATCH THAT HAPPEN.

SO I FRANKLY CAN'T IMAGINE A BETTER JOB TO BE ABLE TO HELP FOLKS GET A SENSE OF JUSTICE, YOU KNOW.

AND ALSO JUST THE FACT THAT AS PROSECUTORS AND YOU AND I WERE SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS BEFORE, THE FACT THAT I REPRESENT THE PEOPLE.

SO WHEN I APPEAR IN COURT I ALWAYS SAY STACEY EADS, ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE.

I MEAN THAT.

SO IT IS NOT JUST THAT I'M TRYING TO PROSECUTE OR, YOU KNOW, GET SOMEBODY LOCKED UP OR INCARCERATED.

IT IS REALLY ABOUT ENSURING THAT EVERYBODY'S RIGHTS ARE WELL PROTECTED AND EVERYONE IS TREATED FAIRLY AND EQUALLY.

AND YEAH, TO ENSURE THAT THE VICTIMS ALSO ARE NOT LOST IN THE PROCESS, WHICH SADLY OFTEN TIME CANS HAPPEN.

>> YEAH.

I MEAN, THAT IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD LATER ON THE IDEA IT IS A RACE OF WINS VERSUS LOSSES.

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE TRYING TO TRANSCEND THAT DICHOTOMY AND LOOK FOR JUSTICE, I GUESS.

IS THAT RIGHT?

>> I THINK JUSTICE IS THE WIN.

>> YEAH.

>> SO WHEN I TAKE A CASE TO TRIAL, I AT THE CLOSE OF MY CLOSING ARGUMENT, IF I WAS ABLE TO PRESENT ALL OF THE CREDIBLE ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE TO THE JURORS AND IF I WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE FACTS TO THE LAW AND PRESENT MY ARGUMENT FOR WHY THE OFFENDER, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE CHARGES THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT BEFORE, THAT'S MY JUSTICE.

I'M DONE AND WHATEVER THE JURORS DECIDE, BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED, THAT IS THEIR DECISION.

SO IT REALLY ISN'T ABOUT CONVICTION VERSUS ACQUITTAL.

I THINK AT THE SAME TIME IF I WERE TO BE CONTINUOUSLY PRESENTING A CASE AND ALWAYS -- ACQUITTALS WERE HAPPENING, I WOULD HAVE TO RETHINK ABOUT WHAT AM I DOING.

>> EITHER YOU ARE CONVICTING CRIMES YOU SHOULDN'T BE.

>> THERE WOULD BE A PROBLEM THERE, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

>> AND I HAVE PERSONALLY HAD REALLY GOOD OUTCOMES IN TERMS OF CONVICTIONS, BUT I WAS RECENTLY ASKED WHAT WAS YOUR CONVICTION RATE?

I REALLY HAD TO THINK ABOUT IT.

I DON'T KEEP A TALLY.

THAT IS NOT WHAT IT IS ABOUT FOR ME.

>> I WON'T EVEN ASK YOU WHAT IT IS.

I'M SURE IT IS HIGH.

SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID YOU ARE MAGGIE FLEMING'S HEIR COMING INTO OFFICE.

SHE SUPPORTS YOUR CANDIDACY AND YOU ARE HER ASSISTANT CURRENTLY.

SO I GUESS I'M LOOKING FOR YOU TO KIND OF STATE WHAT IS YOUR OWN VISION WITHIN THAT?

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE RIGHT UNDER MAGGIE'S LEADERSHIP AND WHERE DO YOU THINK THERE MAY BE ROOM FOR CHANGES OR REFORMS?

>> SO UNDER MAGGIE'S LEADERSHIP, WE HERE IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOMEONE WITH A VERY HIGH STANDARD OF ETHICS WHO IS VERY COMMITTED, VERY HARD WORKING.

AND VERY, AGAIN, I GUESS THIS IS SORT OF REDUNDANT, BUT SO DEDICATED TO THE COMMUNITY.

SHE WORKS SIX TO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, NO JOKE.

SHE PUTS IN CRAZY HOUR AND SHE ALWAYS IS STRUGGLING TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.

I THINK SHE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC, THE RATIONAL BEHIND THOSE DECISIONS THAT SHE'S HAD TO MAKE, IN PARTICULAR MORE HIGH-PROFILE MATTERS OR OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS.

>> YEAH.

>> VERY THOROUGH ANALYSIS REGARDING THE DECISION SHE HAS HAD TO MAKE UNDER USUALLY VERY -- IT IS TRAGIC.

IT IS ALWAYS TRAGIC.

>> AND COMPLICATED.

>> AND COMPLICATED.

I THINK SHE HAS DONE THOSE THINGS VERY WELL.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CHANGES WITHIN THE RECENT PAST IN TERMS OF THE LAWS AND THERE REALLY IS A CALL TO PROSECUTORS TO SORT OF ADAPT WITH A LOT OF THE CHANGES.

I THINK A LOT OF THESE ARE REALLY GOOD IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS OFFENDER BEHAVIOR.

>> MM-HMM.

>> THERE ARE ON THE, YOU KNOW, BOOKS, ON THE LAWS, A LOT OF DIVERSION PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE.

A MORE RECENT ONE FOR US IN THE CRIMINAL COURTS IS THE MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION.

I THINK THAT HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD ONE BECAUSE IT HAS REALLY OPENED THE DOOR TO EXPLORE SOME OFFENDERS THAT MIGHT HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS/DISORDER AND WHETHER THERE IS A NEXUS BETWEEN THE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND THAT PARTICULAR DISORDER AND IF WE COULD ADDRESS THAT BY TREATMENT AND SERVICES AND INTERVENTION, AND SORT OF SET THE CRIMINAL CHARGES TO THE SIDE, ENSURING THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY IS ADDRESSED AS WELL SO THAT IS NUMBER ONE THING FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC.

>> OF COURSE.

YEAH.

>> IT BRINGS IN SOME OF THE MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SERVICE PROVIDERS TO SORT OF LIKE HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES RATHER THAN JUST BE LIMITED TO IS THIS A PERSON GOING ON PROBATION AND BACK ON THE STREETS OR ARE WE GOING LOCK THIS PERSON UP.

>> YEAH.

>> THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVES SO I THINK THAT, THERE ARE VETERANS DIVERSION OPPORTUNITIES.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE TRIBES, AND WORKING TOWARDS DEVELOPING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR TRIBAL DIVERSION PROGRAM.

>> YEAH.

>> WE HAD A PRETTY CLOSED TO FINALIZED AGREEMENT, BUT THEN SOME ISSUES WERE POINTED OUT BY THE COURTS AND SO WE ARE REVISITING SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.

WE HAVE TO ENSURE THE AGREEMENT WE ENTER INTO A LAWFUL.

>> IS LEGAL.

YEAH.

THAT IS IMPORTANT.

>> YEAH.

SO ANYHOW, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN EXPLORE AND JUST NEEDING TO ADAPT WITH THE CHANGES IN THE LAWS AND WHAT ARE THE TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US IN TERMS OF WITH PROSECUTION.

>> THERE'S TWO REFORMS I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT IN PARTICULAR.

ONE HAS BEEN THE CHANGE IN HOW THE STATE PRISONERS WHO ARE MANAGED, PEOPLE WHO HAVE UNDER THREE YEARS AND THEY CAN OFTEN BE HELD IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY JAIL RATHER THAN IN STATE PENITENTIARIES.

AND THAT HAS CAUSED SOME ISSUES AT THE JAIL.

DOES THAT IMPACT, AS A PROSECUTOR, DOES THAT IMPACT CHARGING DECISIONS YOU MIGHT MAKE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE REAL ESTATE TO HOUSE CERTAIN PRISONERS OR IS THAT OUTSIDE OF YOUR PURVIEW?

>> SO THAT IS A CHANGE IN THE LAW THAT MADE IT SO CERTAIN TYPES OF OFFENSES.

IT IS BASED ON THE OFFENSE AND WHETHER THE PERSON -- THERE ARE CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS FOR EVERY RULE.

IF A PERSON IS A 290, THEY MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE -- BY 290, I MEAN SEX REGISTRANT.

SORRY.

>> THAT'S OKAY.

>> SECOND DEGREE BURGLARY IN THE PAST COULD EXPOSE AN OFFENDER TO GOING TO PRISON FOR UP TO THREE YEARS, BUT THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE LAW.

SO NO LONGER IS YOUR STANDARD SECOND DEGREE BURGLARY IS ELIGIBLE FOR PRISON AND PRISON AS WE KNOW IT.

>> YEAH.

>> WITHIN THE STATE PRISON SYSTEM.

SO REALLY OUR LOCAL JAIL HAS BECOME TO A CERTAIN EXTENT KIND OF A MINI-PRISON.

SO IN A LOT OF THE -- AND THERE'S ALSO SOME HOUSE ARREST OPTIONS THAT ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT AS WELL >> YEAH.

>> SO WE HAVE SPLIT SENTENCES WHERE AN OFFENDER AFTER THEY ARE SENTENCED, THEY MIGHT BE SPENDING SOME OF THEIR TIME IN THE JAIL RATHER THAN PRISON AND THEN OTHER BITS OF IT ON HOUSE ARREST.

>> WITH AN ANKLE MONITOR.

>> YEAH.

WITH AN ANKLE MONITOR AND THEY ARE ALLOWED TO GO OUT THEIR BUSINESS TO A LARGE EXTENT AS LONG AS IT IS STRUCTURED.

SO THESE ARE A LOT OF THE CHANGES.

IN TERMS OF THE CHARGING DECISION, IT DOESN'T REALLY IMPACT THE CHARGING DECISION THAT I MAKE.

SO REALLY WHEN I LOOK AT THE CASE, I'M NOT THINKING, SO, NOT REALLY, I TRY TO MAKE A DECISION BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE THAT IS PRESENTED WITHIN THE BODY OF THE POLICE REPORTS AND OFTENTIMES WE'LL HAVE VIDEO EVIDENCE, PHOTOGRAPHS.

EVEN EARLY ON WHEN WE ARE MAKING THOSE INITIAL FILING DECISIONS SO IT IS WHETHER THIS IS SOMETHING PROVABLE AND OR IS THERE PERHAPS SOME OTHER REASON WE WOULDN'T WANT TO FILE CHARGES AND THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE WE WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER THAT SOMETIMES JUST THE ARREST SUFFICES AND MAYBE THAT ADDRESSES THE SITUATION AND THERE ISN'T REASON TO, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY PUBLIC INTOXICATION, AN 18-YEAR-OLD.

>> YEAH.

>> OKAY.

WE ARE GOOD.

PERHAPS HE WAS CAUSING A GREAT DISTURBANCE ON THE PLAZA AND SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE DONE.

THAT MIGHT BE A DECISION WHERE WE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T NEED TO FILE CHARGES.

>> YEAH.

>> AND TARNISH THAT INDIVIDUAL'S RECORD.

>> THE OTHER REFORM I WAS GOING TALK ABOUT IS BAIL REFORM.

DO YOU SUPPORT CASH BAIL?

THAT HAS BEEN BANDIED BACK AND FORTH.

WHERE DO YOU STAND ON THAT?

>> SO THERE IS CONSIDERATION NOW IN TERMS OF A PERSON'S ABILITY TO PAY.

I THINK THAT IS FAIR BECAUSE ULTIMATELY I THINK WHAT REALLY SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IS WHAT SORT OF FLIGHT RISK DOES THE INDIVIDUAL, AS AN INDIVIDUAL, PRESENT AND ALSO WHAT SORT OF DANGER TO THE PUBLIC DOES THIS INDIVIDUAL PRESENT?

>> SURE.

>> SO WHAT DEGREE OF VIOLENCE, IF ANY, YOU KNOW, IS UNDERLYING THE FACTS OF THE PARTICULAR CRIME.

SO WHAT I GO TO BAIL HEARINGS, THAT IS USUALLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH THE JUDGE.

THIS IS A PERSON THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS A HISTORY OF FAILING TO APPEAR FOR THEIR COURT APPEARANCES.

THEREFORE, YOUR HONOR, YOU SHOULD KEEP HIM OR HER DETAINED.

>> YEAH.

>> OR THIS IS A PERSON THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, STRUCK HIS MOTHER ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH A BAT.

>> YEAH.

>> THIS IS A PERSON WHO NEEDS TO REMAIN DETAINED UNTIL WE HAVE ADDRESSED THE ISSUES.

>> EXCELLENT.

WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTESES -- MINUTES LEFT.

IT GOES BY SO FAST.

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU ARE THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB CONSIDERING -- NOT TO MAKE IT PERSONAL, BUT CONSIDERING THE COMPETITION AND THE MOMENT WE ARE IN, WHAT IS YOUR BOTTOM LINE ARGUMENT WHY PEOPLE SHOULD VOTE FOR YOU TO BE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

>> I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE WITH THE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE I HAVE.

I'M VERY FAIR.

I'M EDUCATED AND WELL REASONED.

I HAVE INTEGRITY, THE ETHICS AND DEMEANOR AND THE WELL EARNED REPUTATION IN OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM TO DO THE JOB RIGHT.

I'M HERE FIGHTING FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

>> EXCELLENT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

YOU PROSECUTED CHILD SEX CRIMES, I GUESS IS THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT.

TRAFFICKING AND MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN WHICH IS A HUGE THING RECENTLY, OBVIOUSLY.

WHERE DO YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR FOCUS THAT YOU THINK MIGHT NOT HAVE ENOUGH FOCUS ON?

>> THE RESOURCES WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, CHILDREN, ELDERS, DEPENDENT ADULTS.

THAT IS CERTAINLY WHERE I WILL BE FUNNELING MOST OF MY RESOURCES.

I THINK THAT THE OTHER ASPECT IS THAT I DO BELIEVE THERE IS AN ENTIRE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED AND, YES, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY DOESN'T HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER THAT, BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO IS BE AT THE TABLE WITH OUR OTHER COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND WRAPPING AROUND -- WRAP AROUND, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> TRYING TO ADDRESS WHAT IS GOING ON AND HELP FOLKS STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS AND IDEALLY FROM THE DA'S PERSPECTIVE, NEVER COME IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

THAT IS WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A LOT OF -- >> IT SEEMS THE STATE AND COUNTY HAVE MADE EFFORTS IN TERMS OF DRUG INTERDICTION.

THERE IS A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT WITH PEOPLE WHO SUFFER MENTAL ILLNESS AND OTHER AFFLICTIONS WHERE THE JAIL DOESN'T BECOME A CATCH ALL.

THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS NOW.

>> I THINK IT IS AN ABSOLUTE CRISIS.

AND THE EMERGENCY ROOMS AND PEOPLE NOT GETTING THE TREATMENT AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.

I THINK HUMBOLDT COUNTY REALLY NEEDS TO STEP UP AND ADDRESS THIS.

>> AWESOME.

THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE 18th FOR A CANDIDATE FORUM FOR THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS.

>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH, JAMES.

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

>> EARLY THIS WEEK A DRAFT DECISION WAS LEAKED FROM THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.

A RULING THAT IF ULTIMATELY UPHELD WOULD OVERTURN ROEV.

WADE AND END THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO ABORTION IN THIS COUNTRY.

THERE IS OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT OF THIS DECISION.

RYAN HUDSON ATTENDED A RALLY IN EUREKA.

>> AN ACT OF POLITICAL DEFINES, THIS WEEK'S LEAK OF THE SCOTUD DRAFT OPINION WILL UNDOUBTEDLY GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL LEAKS LIKE THE WATERGATE AND PENTAGON PAPERS DURING THE WAR IN VIETNAM.

THE LEAKED PENNED OPINION BY SAMUEL ALITO STATES THAT ROE WAS EGREGIOUSLY WRONG FROM THE START AND MUST BE OVERRULED.

HAVING THE TRUE INTENT OF THE HIGHEST NATION OF THE COURT LAID UNBEAR IN UNEXPECTED AND UNSER MOAN YOUS WAY, A FURIOUS DEBATE TO THE COURT'S VALIDITY HAS SURFACED QUESTIONING ABILITY TO STAND APART FROM POLITICAL PRESSURES.

AS ARTICULATED BY ALITO, THIS MEANS ABORTION WOULD BE BANNED OR EXTREMELY RESTRICTED IN AT LEAST 26 STATES.

>> WELL THE JUSTICES CLEARLY LIED WHEN THEY WERE INTERVIEWED FOR THEIR POSITION ON THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE PRO-CHOICE REPUBLICANS LIKE McCULSKEY AND COLLINS WHO SAID THEY WERE CONFIDENT THEY WERE GOING RESPECT THE LAW AND STATED THEY WOULD.

CLEARLY THEY LIED.

WE KNEW THEY WERE LYING.

>> THEY SAID THEY WOULD RESPECT PRECEDENT.

>> THEY WOULD RESPECT PRECEDENT.

THEY WOULD RESPECT THE LEGAL NOTION OF LETTING A LAW STAND.

THIS IS 50 YEARS OF CIVIL RIGHTS LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS LAW.

AND I THINK THEY ARE BEING DISSIN GENIUS.

THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY, THE RIGHT TO MARRIAGE, SO MANY THINGS WE HAVE TAKEN FOR GRANTED AND RELIED UPON.

YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS LIKE BEFORE.

AND WE BASICALLY HAVE BEEN LIVING LIKE THAT IN MANY STATES ALREADY, MORE THAN 85% OF COUNTIES DON'T HAVE A PROVIDER RIGHT NOW.

AND IT'S JUST HORRIFYING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT IS GOING MEAN WHEN THIS DECISION COMES DOWN.

WE HAVE MORE THAN A DOZEN STATES THAT HAVE TRIGGER LAWS IMMEDIATELY OUTLAW ABORTIONS.

MORE THAN HALF THE STATES ARE PREPARED TO OUTLAW ABORTION.

>> IF THE CONSERVATIVE COHORT ON THE SCOTUS HAS THEIR WAY, THE RIGHT TO BODILY AON THEMY WOULD BE STRIPPED FROM TENS OF MILLIONS AMERICANS PARTICULARLY IMPACTING PEOPLE OF LOW-INCOME AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ALREADY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN THE CONTEXT OF MEDICAL CARE.

REPORTING FOR "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT", I'M RYAN HUDSON.

>> A RECENT SURVEY FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES HAS REVEALED THE AMOUNT OF SNOW PACK THIS YEAR WILL BE NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH TO ADDRESS CALIFORNIA'S DROUGHT CONDITIONS.

STATE CLIMB TOLGS MICHAEL ANDERSON DESCRIBES THE SITUATION.

>> THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A REALLY INTERESTING YEAR, WATER WISE.

WE STARTED IN OCTOBER AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HAD THIS FANTASTIC GIANT STORM.

THE STORM WAS OFFSHORE OF ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON, THAT PUT A HUGE AMOUNT OF RAIN IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

DECEMBER COMES AND WE GET STUCK GETTING A SENSE OF THE STORMS COMING ON A REGULAR BASIS AND CLOSE TOGETHER, RUNOFF IS COMING UP.

WE ARE SEEING THE RIVERS RESPONDING.

WE ARE THINKING THIS IS IT, RIGHT?

IT IS GOING BE A GOOD YEAR.

NEW YEAR'S COMES ALONG AND FOR MOST THE STATE GOES DRY.

APRIL IS AVERAGE FOR THE STATE, WHICH IS GREAT.

SO WE HAVE PIECES OF A GOOD WATER YEAR THIS YEAR, BUT THE AGGREGATE DIDN'T GET TO WHERE WE NEEDED TO GO BECAUSE WE HAD THAT DRY NOVEMBER AND RECORD DRY JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH.

JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN THAT WINDOW FOR MOST OF THE STATE IS WHEN HALF THE ANNUAL RAINFALL SHOWS UP.

WHEN YOU SHUT THAT OFF, SPRING RAINS AREN'T GOING MAKE UP THE DEFICIT.

THE CHALLENGE WITH THE NORTH COAST IS THE PLACES IN CALIFORNIA WHERE IT HAS RAINED HAS BEEN THE NORTH COAST, BUT THE SCALE OF THE STORMS AREN'T AS BIG AS THEY SHOULD BE.

SO YOU ARE GETTING RAIN, BUT YOU ARE STILL ONLY ABOUT HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AVERAGE.

WE ARE DEFINITELY SEEING THE INFLUENCES OF A WARMING ATMOSPHERE.

THAT ELEMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, YES, IS CHANGING THE TIMING AND PACE AND SCALE OF THE STORMS WE ARE SEEING.

THE QUESTION IS IS IT ALWAYS GOING END UP WITH A DRY OUTCOME?

WE HIT THREE MULTIYEAR DROUGHTS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.

WE ARE PREFERENTIALLY DRY.

NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE.

THE CHALLENGE WILL BE WHEN IT FLOATS BACK TO WET.

>> THE STATE HAS FILED A SUIT AGAINST HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND AUDITOR CONTROLLER KAREN PAZ DOMINGUEZ FOR FAILING TO MEET STATE FINANCIAL REPORTING RULES.

THE SUIT WAS FILED BY JULIAN MOSSLER SAYING SHE FAILED TO ADOPT BUDGETS TWICE.

THE SUIT SAYS THE AUDITOR FAILED TO PROPERLY FILE THE TRANSACTION REPORTS FOR THE COUNTY THOSE SAME YEARS.

# THE STATE IS ASKING PAZ DOMINGUEZ TO PAY $10,000, TWO FINES OF $5,000 A PIECE AND ORD THE COUNTIES $2,000 FOR DELAYED REPORTS.

ISSUING A WRIT OF MANDATE REQUIRING PAZ DOMINGUEZ TO SUBMIT THE OVERDUE REPORT CORRECTLY.

PAZ DOMINGUEZ HAS REPEATEDLY CITED MISMANAGEMENT AND OTHER ACCURACY ISHSZ FOR THE FILING DELAYS AND CLAIMS OTHERS WITHIN THE COUNTY HAVE TARGETED HER.

STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 P.M., WE HERE AT KEET, WILL TEAM UP WITH THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS TO BRING YOU A SERIES OF CANDIDATE FORUMS.

THESE ARE KIND OF LIKE DEBATES, BUT NOT REALLY DEBATES BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS BUT IT IS GOING BE FUN.

THE FORUMS WILL TAKE PLACE MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY EXCEPTS MEMORIAL DAY.

YOU WON'T SEE ANY IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE SO YOU'RE SEEING JUST THE LOCAL RACES.

AUDITOR-CONTROLLER IS UP ON THE DOCKET AND THAT WILL BE A MEMORABLE EVENING I'M SURE.

SO WATCH IT.

IT IS GOING BE A SHOW TO END SHOWS.

HOW DO THEY SAY, MONDAY, MONDAY, MONDAY!

ANY WAY.

THAT IS IT FOR TONIGHT.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

STAY TUNED.

STAY INFORMED.

LIVE CC BY ABERDEEN CAPTIONING 800-688-6621 WWW.ABERCAP.COM