Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:

On 07-20-17 [following a call that came in at 10:02 a.m.] the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team was called to Hilfiker Ln. in Eureka for a possible pipe bomb. Two EOD technicians responded and met with members of the Eureka Fire Department who had secured the area. Team members located the device which resembled a pipe bomb and rendered the device safe by destroying it on scene.