Articles by Ryan Burns

April 2016

How the Harbor District Found Itself in the Middle of Humboldt’s Most Bitter Political Fight

On Behalf of Homeless, Eureka Attorney Peter Martin Sues City, Police Department Over Palco Marsh Eviction Plan

At Heated Meeting, Former Planning Commissioner Asks Harbor Commissioner to ‘Step Outside’

Wood’s Proposed Weed Tax Clears Committee; Fees Would be Levied on Buds, Leaves and Immature Plants

Tree-Trimming Company Cited for Fatal Accident in Weitchpec

Beware, Recreational Opioid Users! Super-Potent Drug Fentanyl Making the Rounds

About That Stat: No, the Average Humboldt Resident Does Not Take 14 Vicodin Per Day

Eureka Business and Property Owners Threaten Lawsuit Over Shipping Container Homeless Camp

Bullock Withdraws Plea of Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity, Bringing Trial to an Abrupt End

Inside the New Plan to Move Homeless People From the Palco Marsh Into Metal Shipping Containers

Sidestepping a Legal Threat, County Counsel Agrees to Ignore Reproductive FACT Act

Bullock Found Guilty on All Counts

Wing Inflatables Lands $25 Million Department of Defense Contract

Jury Misses a Day; Deliberations in Bullock Trial to Continue Next Week

Man Sues Wild Planet For Allegedly Under-filling Tuna Cans

CSU Strike Avoided; Faculty to Receive 10.5 Percent Raise Over Three Years Under Proposed Deal

HSU Faculty Strike to be Postponed Pending Tentative Agreement

Firefighting Equipment and Road Resurfacing Top List of Measure Z Advisory Committee’s 2016-17 Recommendations

Still Deliberating, Bullock Jury Reviews Security Video Clip in Open Court

Attorneys Finish Closing Statements; Bullock Case Now in Hands of Jury

Deliberate Crime or Psychotic Breakdown? Attorneys Make Closing Arguments in Bullock Murder Trial

Behold! The Gloriously Weird Trailer for Daniel Radcliffe’s Humboldt-Filmed Farting Corpse Movie Has Arrived!

CSU Faculty Set to Strike After Independent Fact-Finder Report Supports Call for Raises

March 2016

Humboldt Creamery Strikes Deal With Walmart to Carry Organic Ice Cream Nationwide

Arcata to Require Sewage Pipe Inspections When Selling Older Properties

Bullock’s Insanity Defense Undercut as Drug Abuse History Revealed in Court

High on Drugs and Foaming at the Mouth, Bullock was Delusional and Erratic Around Time of Freed Murder, Attorney Argues

Autopsy Photos Show Brutality of Father Freed’s Death; People Rest Their Case Against Bullock

Bullock’s DNA Found on Father Freed’s Body; Freed’s DNA Found on Bullock’s Clothes

Anti-Abortion Organizations Try to Strong-Arm Local Officials Into Ignoring State Law

Jurors See Photos of Father Freed’s Battered Body; Bullock’s Fingerprints Found Nearby

Jury Watches Chilling Security Camera Footage of Bullock on Night of Father Freed Murder

‘Bullock Intentionally Killed Father Freed,’ Prosecutor Argues in Priest Murder Case

James Dunlap Interview: Former Yurok Chair Addresses His Resignation and His ‘Horrifyingly Shocking’ Crime of 28 Years Ago

[UPDATED With Statements From Pambianco] HSU Settles Lawsuit Brought by Former Assistant Athletic Director

Yurok Tribe Names New Chairman After Tuesday’s Sudden Resignation

Eureka City Council Unanimously Passes Anti-Panhandling Amendments

Attorney Threatens Lawsuit Over Eureka’s Anti-Panhandling Ordinance Amendment

Yurok Tribal Chair James Dunlap Resigns After Stories Resurface of Him Killing His Infant Daughter in 1988

Man Confronts Group of Guys Peering Into Cars, Gets Assaulted, Says EPD

Man Arrested for Domestic Violence and Child Endangerment in Garberville

California Assembly Approves Bill to Raise Legal Smoking Age to 21

Karuk Tribe and Environmental Groups File Lawsuit Over Logging Plan in Klamath National Forest

Hey, Fortuna, Do You Want a Dairy Queen?

Witnesses Retrace Trail of Evidence in Bullock Murder Trial

Huffman Introduces Bipartisan Bill That Would Keep Eureka Postal Facility Open

February 2016

In Recorded Phone Call, Bullock Pleaded With His Grandma to Put Her House Up for His Bail

Jury Selection Begins in Trial of Gary Lee Bullock, Accused of Murdering Catholic Priest

Three Men Dressed as Sheriff’s Deputies Allegedly Tie People Up and Rob Them in Weitchpec

(VIDEOS) Local Man Uses Spherical Camera Technology to Immerse Viewers in Humboldt’s Beauty