Articles by John Ross Ferrara

December 2016

Kortney Olson, International Entrepreneur and Humboldt Native, Bounces Back From Addiction on the Strength of Her Watermelon-Crushing Thighs

(VIDEO) A Drone’s-Eye View of Paragliders Soaring Over Table Bluff

(Photos/Video) Here’s What Those Giant Waves Looked Like at the North Jetty Today

A Couple of Chinook Helicopters are Passing Through Humboldt This Afternoon

Gnar-Gnar Waves the Size of a Two-Story House Will Churn Up Humboldt’s Shoreline Today

My Day Off: Jurassic Park Comes to Life at Fern Canyon

November 2016

High Surf Advisory: 20 to 24-Foot-Waves Will Whomp Humboldt, Del Norte and Mendo Beaches

Arcata Man is Second Arrested for Murder of Laytonville Grower Jeffrey Quinn Settler, Five Suspects Still at Large

Missing Mushroom Picker Wanders Into Rescue Camp After Three Chilling Nights, Burnt Shoes to Stay Warm

(VIDEO) Santa Claus is at the Old Town Gazebo

Former Humboldt State Lumberjack Taylor Boggs Is Back on the NFL Gridiron for the Arizona Cardinals

Turkey-Day Downpour: Heavy Rain, Rockslides Forecast for Thanksgiving

EPD Apprehends Burglary Suspect During a Pretty Decent Humboldt Sunset

Dog Shot During Armed Robbery at the Corner of California and Washington Streets, EPD Investigating

Mountain Lion Attacks Alpacas, Frightens Elementary School Community in Dow’s Prairie

Search Warrant Leads to Arrest of Cher-Ae Heights Casino Armed-Robbery Suspect

SCENES FROM THE NEW ZEALAND EARTHQUAKE: Someday This Will All Happen to Humboldt

BOLO: A Group of Trimmers Allegedly Rob, Murder Laytonville Grower, Make Off With More Than 100 Pounds of Weed

Rumors on Social Media That Others Were Involved in Alleged Planning Attack at Fortuna High Pep Rally Are Not Credible, Says FPD

(VIDEO) Stay Away From the Jetties, Surging Tides Will Engulf Humboldt’s Coastline for the Next Few Days

Emergency Personnel Swarm Parking Lot of the McKinleyville Kmart

Humboldt Bay Fire Battling Active Structure Fire at Boarded-Up Home On T Street

The Harris Street Water Tower Gets Branded with Eureka High School’s Team Logo

Local Homeless Advocacy Group AHHA Holds Meeting to Address the Ongoing Homeless Crisis in Humboldt County

Pipeline Protesters Storm the Old Town Gazebo, March Toward the Eureka Courthouse Chanting “Water is Life”

High Surf Advisory: 19 to 22-Foot Waves Will Pound Humboldt’s Coastline Today

Fortuna Motel Robbed by Man Wielding a Sawed-Off Shotgun, Suspect is Still At Large

‘Major Network’ Holding Casting Call in Redwood Region for Reality Show That Handles Neighborly Disputes

Suspect Hot-Wires, Steals Bulldozer From Humboldt Bay Trail Construction Site, Plows it Into a Fence

Check Out The Humboldt State Entrance Sign’s Latest Makeover

Take a Hike, Domoic Acid: Dungeness Crab Season Opens This Saturday Without Delay

October 2016

(UPDATE) HSU Weighs in on the Hole in the University Sign

Head-on Two-Car Crash Completely Shuts Down Samoa Bridge

A Thunderous Storm Will Dump Rain on Humboldt Tonight

Humboldt Emergency Personnel Do Push-Ups to Raise Awareness of High Suicide Rates Among American Veterans

Department of Fish and Wildlife Investigates the Poaching of Two Dismembered Elk on Bald Hills Road

Rainy Weather Ahead: Showers Forecast Tonight Through Monday

Busted News Day: a Punk Pit Bull and a Pot-Bellied Pig

HSU’s Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research to Hold Prop. 64 Panel Discussion on Campus

Sheriff’s Deputy Discovers Guns, Ammo, 39 Grams of Heroin, After Wanted Felon Flees on Foot in Willow Creek

HSU Answers Students’ Cries of Poopy Butts, Toilet Paper Made Accessible to All Campus Residents Once More

Thunder and Lightning Possible Throughout Northern California Today

Lazy Tree Shuts Down One Lane of 4th Street in Eureka

Heavy Rains, Strong Winds, Thunderstorms — Hell, Maybe Even a Tornado: A Nasty Storm is About to Unleash Its Fury Upon Humboldt

Free Pre-Filled Sandbags Available for Arcata Residents

Upcoming Perigean Spring Tides May Trigger Large Earthquakes, Study Says

Fortuna Police Conducting a Death Investigation on Emerald Lane

Pedestrian Struck, Killed After Walking into Traffic on Airport Road

A String of Bogus $20s Sweeps Through Willow Creek

Caltrans Replaces Culvert Featured in ‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,’ Thanks Steven Spielberg by Sending Him a Hunk of Rusted Steel