Articles by Ryan Burns
June 2016
Supes Move Forward With Reduced Weed Tax Measure, Aggressive Panhandling Ordinance
County Supervisors to Consider Putting Weed Tax on the November Ballot
Careful in the Eel River This Week, Folks: PG&E Releasing Extra Water to Test Its Dam Powerhouse
(VIDEO) Exploding Watermelon Teaches Kids Science
Relying on Each Other: Yurok Tribe Responds to Youth Suicide Crisis
Thousands of AT&T Employees, From Eureka to Anaheim, Go on Strike, Alleging Unfair Labor Practices
Man Who Wielded Machete to Carjack a Pizza Deliveryman Convicted of Multiple Felonies
DA Maggie Fleming Has Hired 11 Deputies Since Taking Office
May 2016
Dredge to the Rescue! Humboldt Bay Will Soon Be Less Shallow
(UPDATES) Officer-Involved Shooting in Arcata
SUPE CANDIDATES DEBATE! What Would You Ask Supervisorial Candidates Uri Driscoll and Mike Wilson?
(UPDATED) Gary Lee Bullock Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Priest Murder
County to Hold Series of Events Promoting Mental Health Awareness
Two of SoHum’s Most Wanted Nabbed Along With Two Others in Related Busts
Board’s Measure Z Funding Suggestions: Firefighting Equipment, Roads and Sheriff’s Staff
Missing 14-Year-Old Girl Last Seen April 27 in Eureka
Man Walks Through McKinleyville Without Pants, Fondling Himself, And Gets Arrested: Sheriff’s Office
April 2016
Rex Bohn and Estelle Fennell Lead in Supervisor Campaign Fundraising
How the Harbor District Found Itself in the Middle of Humboldt’s Most Bitter Political Fight
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
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
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