Articles by John Ross Ferrara

September 2017

UPDATE: Small Plane Headed for ACV Crashes in Benicia, California With Two on Board

Mayor of Arcata Speaks on Yesterday’s Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting

Your Saturday Fire Update: Rain Helps Firefighters ‘Turn the Corner on a Big Chunk of the Fire’

Fire Update: Recent Rains Help ‘Moderate Fire Behavior,’ Allow Firefighters to Take a More Aggressive Approach Containing Lingering Wildfires

Before and After Photos: Storms Improve Humboldt’s Air Quality, Smoky Conditions May Return

Yurok Tribe Declares State of Emergency Over Hazardous Smoke Conditions

Lightning, Fire, Rain: Hot and Smoky Humboldt Gets Much-Needed Showers

UPDATE: Highway 299 Opens After All, But Only for a Short Time

Air Quality Update: Humboldt Chokes on Smoke

After Yesterday’s Record-Breaking Temperatures, Humboldt Is in Store for One More Day of Misery

Industrial Propane Tank Hitched to Old Town Food Truck Bursts Under Pressure of Today’s Sizzling Sun

Highway 299 Still Closed, May Reopen Sunday Afternoon Says Caltrans

It’s Only the Morning and Eureka Has Already Broken a Temperature Record

Orleans Complex: Haypress Fire Grows to 11,300 Acres After Winds Compromise Fire Line, is Zero Percent Contained

(PHOTOS) Let’s All Take a Break From Today’s Environmental Hazards, Crime and Sex Allegations to Enjoy Some Purdy Sunset Pictures

Air Quality Update: Unhealthy to Very Unhealthy Smoke Conditions Throughout the Emerald Triangle

Suspect in Near-Fatal Briceland Shooting Arrested at South Carolina Airport

‘Blue-Green Algae’ Found in Big Lagoon Says Environmental Health Officials; Toxins Especially Hazardous to Children and Dogs

August 2017

AIR QUALITY ALERT: Smoke Levels in Trinity County Deemed Hazardous

No License? No Problem: California Fish and Game Offers ‘Free Fishing Day’ This Saturday

All Right, Who’s Missing a Chicken?

(VIDEO) Yurok Tribe Gets Up-Close Footage of Black Bear Swimming in the Klamath River

Aspiring Young Firefighter Given Ride to School in Humboldt Bay Fire Engine After Mother Experiences Medical Emergency During Morning Commute

WELCOME, ZORROS! Humboldt State Football to Host Historic International Scrimmage With Aspiring Division II Squad From Mexico

Single-Engine Plane Makes Crash Landing in Fortuna

Hot Enough for Ya?! Eastern Humboldt Will See Temperatures in the Triple Digits for at Least Another Week

Where There’s Fire There’s Smoke: Your Latest Air Quality Update

(VIDEO) Distressed Horsey in a Hole Pulled From Tree Stump Tomb by Team of Rescuers

UPDATE: EPD Releases More Information on Last Night’s Fatal Shooting on 7th Street

Orleans Complex Update: After a Lull in Fire Activity, Today’s Hot and Windy Weather Conditions Have Firefighters on Alert

AIR QUALITY ALERT: Raging Wildfires Causing ‘Unhealthy to Very Unhealthy’ Smoke Levels in Northeastern Humboldt

BRAWL on the WALL! When and Where to Watch the Mayweather-McGregor Fight in Humboldt County

Demographics: Meet HSU’s Latest Batch of Freshmen

Basset Hound Mailbox, Gifted by Mack Homeowner’s Late Husband, Fixed by Sheriff’s Deputies After Yesterday’s Car Chase Ended Abruptly in Their Yard

Blue Lake Highlighted in LA Times for Having California’s Only All-Woman City Council

All Things Fire: The Latest on Humboldt’s Surrounding Wildfires

(PHOTOS) Arcata Celebrates Cannabis Culture With First Ever ‘Yes We Cann Parade & Hullabaloo’

Trinidad Civic Club Sets Up GoFundMe to Cover Estimated $100,000 Cost of Saving Memorial Lighthouse From Certain Doom

LoCO Does Sports: HSU Football Put to Shame by Women’s Soccer in Penalty Kick Shootout

More Than 800 Lightning Strikes Spark Dozens of Fires in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest This Week

Eureka Man Passed Out in Running Car Arrested for Possession of Black Tar Heroin, Crystal Meth

Feline Overload: Humboldt Animal Rescue Team is Bursting at the Seams With Furballs

(VIDEO) Eel River Bouncy House: Seattle Magician Returns to Southern Humboldt Home to Live Out Childhood Dream

Gunshot Victim Flown to Hospital After Soured Drug Deal in Briceland, Suspects Still at Large

Orleans Complex Fire Burns 3,200 Acres, is 7 Percent Contained

Topless Driver Crashes Through PG&E Security Gate, Goes for a Dip in the Slough Before Being Arrested by Deputies

Firefighters Make Progress on Orleans Complex Fire Despite Difficult Conditions

(VIDEO) Four Puppies Sealed in Box and Dumped Under Garberville Bridge During 100-Degree Heat Wave

(VIDEO) Unsuspecting Plaza Goers Get Nutmegged by Local Soccer Studs

July 2017

Orleans Complex Fire Grows to 894 Acres, is Still Zero Percent Contained