Career
Rusty Shoop joined the United States Air Force, ending up in Northern California after his four year tour of duty. At Humboldt State University he became the weatherman at KIEM-TV in Eureka, California, where his brother, Larry, was the anchorman.
Rusty came to Bakersfield, California in 1984. He became weatherman and worked with anchorman Burleigh Smith on KERO-TV.
In addition to television, Rusty has worked as a truck driver, a small business owner, and an insurance company executive.
On January 5 of 2007, Rusty suffered a brain aneurysm. He put his television career on hold while recovering. During this time he polished a novel he had written 9 years prior, and published it February 25, 2008. Blood Harvest is about a fictitious news anchorman who investigates a murder.
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