Articles by John Ross Ferrara

March 2017

Attention, Humboldt Sightseers! You Probably Shouldn’t Get this Close to a Wild Elk

(VIDEO) ‘Deceptive’ Slide Continues to Dump Mud on Route 1 Near Leggett, the Road is Also Sinking and Caltrans Doesn’t Know Why

Ferndale Woman Rose Clothilda Ambrosini Celebrates a ‘Fantastic’ 101st Birthday Today

Two Arrested for Possession of Stolen Property, Drugs After Fortuna High School is Burglarized Via Roof Access

Burnt Ranch Elementary Campus Closed After Mold is Found in All School District Buildings

Poacher Cuts Talons Off Bald Eagle Before Dumping It in a River at the Oregon Border

Brother of Iranian HSU Student Affected by Trump’s Travel Ban Will Consider Suing College of the Redwoods Because He Was Unable to Register for Classes a Week Late

Active Slide Threatens to Send Trinidad’s Memorial Lighthouse Tumbling Into the Pacific Ocean

(VIDEO) Lions and Bobcats, and Bears, Oh Yes! Trail Cam Captures Rarely-Seen Wildlife in Headwaters Forest Reserve

Notable HSU Alumnus Who Created ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Diagnosed With Lou Gehrig’s Disease

Fortuna Man Gets 28 Years to Life in Prison for Sexually Assaulting His Daughter Over a Five-Year Period

Semi Crashes Into Hopland Tap House After Driver Reportedly Suffers From a Coughing Fit

Humboldt Will Have a Case of the Drizzles for the Next Week or So, Spring Season Starts Monday

Humboldt Bay Fire Extinguishes Early-Morning Structure Fire on Pigeon Point Road, Two Dogs Die in the Blaze

LoCO Challenge: Turd or Fossil

Rotary Club of Eureka Cleans Up Rat-Infested Blight on Del Norte Street

Mendo County Sheriff’s Office Nabs Seventh and Final Suspect Tied to Murder of Laytonville Man Jeffrey Quinn Settler

Another El Niño Next Year? Odds Are Better Than 50-50, Federal Forecasters Say

(UPDATE) Three Victims Confirmed Dead After Officers Recover Vehicle In Sunday’s Highway 96 Crash From Klamath River

TRAVEL-BANNED: One Iranian HSU Student’s Crazy Odyssey to Get Back to the States and Finish the School Year

Snow, Hail and Rain Will Continue to Pummel Humboldt for the Rest of the Day

(UPDATING) Snowy, Icy Roads are Causing Traffic Accidents All Around Humboldt This Morning

Rain, Thunder and Hail Scheduled for Sunday Funday

Expect Traffic Delays on Highway 96 South of Weitchpec Due to Emergency Slope Stabilization

Caltrans Undermines Unstable Route 1 Slide Near Leggett … and Now They Play The Waiting Game

February 2017

Humboldt Bay Fire Douses Car Fire at Intersection of Creighton and Union Streets

CHP: Pedestrian Killed in Yesterday’s Highway 101 Crash Ran Into Path of Oncoming Traffic

South Lake Tahoe PD Arrests One of Two Remaining Fugitive Trimmers Wanted for the Murder of Laytonville Man Jeffrey Quinn Settler

Humboldt Shares Its Snow Day Photos

Heavy Rain and Lots of Snow is Set to Unload All Over Humboldt Tomorrow

A Broken Water Main is Backing Up Traffic on Northbound 101 Near the Eureka Slough Bridge

Klamath River Flows Swell as Upper Klamath Lake Surpasses Flood Control Threshold

Highway 299 Will Open for Local Traffic Later Today, Should Remain Open Until Early Tomorrow Morning

Van of Missing Children Last Seen in Humboldt County Found Safe and Sound Says Chico Police Department

Downed Old Growth Redwood Triggers Earthquake Sensor in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Highway 299 Will be Open for a Few Limited Hours This Weekend Caltrans Says

(UPDATE) Subtropical Moisture Will Soon Dump Inches of Rain on Humboldt, Flood Watch in Effect Until Tuesday

HSU Student Had Been Drinking Before Driving Through University Entrance Sign; No Field Sobriety Tests Were Issued, According to UPD Traffic Report

(UPDATE) Crescent City CHP Officer Injured in Big Rig Crash Near Humboldt-Del Norte Border

City of Arcata to Plant 115 Urban Street Trees and Shrubs During February and March

Humboldt Will Get a Taste of San Francisco’s Deep Cyclone Tomorrow

Fortuna Police Taser, Arrest Intoxicated Woman for Allegedly Accelerating Car With Missing Tire Into Police Cruiser

Multi-Vehicle Rollover Crash Near WinCo

Guy Fieri Thanks Former Ferndale Elementary Teacher in CA Lotto Commercial, Wraps Shoot With a Frosty Surprise

Protesters Swarm The Humboldt County Courthouse in Support of Planned Parenthood

Fugitive Trimmer Arrested for Murder of Laytonville Man Jeffrey Quinn Settler After Sheriffs Find Him Hiding In Vacant Virginia Home

(VIDEO) Some of the Best Moments From the Discovery Museum’s 16th Annual Perilous Plunge

Hollywood Blocked Off Wabash Today So a Couple of Actors Could Grind on the Hood of a Car

(VIDEO) Breach in the Big ‘Goon!

(VIDEO) Landslide Makes Wilder Ridge Road Go Bye-Bye