January 2018

Social Media Threat That Seems to Target McK High Is Actually Targeting a Different ‘MHS,’ and is a Hoax

August 2017

SoHum Rattlesnake Doesn’t Know How to Bite Correctly, Thankfully

June 2017

FAKE WILDFIRE THIS WEEKEND! All Simulated Hell Will Break Out on the McKay Tract Saturday as Local Firefighters Gear Up for Summer

Did You See a Million Cop Cars Hauling Ass Southbound Out of Eureka This Morning? Here’s What That Was

FAKE FUEL SPILL TOMORROW! They’re Going to Simulate a Catastrophic Gas Spill on the Bay to Prepare for the Real Thing, God Forbid

February 2017

SILVER ALERT CANCELED: Missing Eureka Woman Found Safe and in Good Spirits

November 2016

WHOOPS! Public Works ‘Smoke Test’ in Old Town Prompts Large Emergency Response From Eureka Firefighters

June 2016

Washington School was Briefly on Lockdown This Morning

April 2016

Firefighters Respond to Smoke at Eureka’s Pho Thien Long Restaurant, Consider Staying for Lunch

No Local Tsunami Threat From Latest in Series of Japan-Rattling Earthquake

March 2016

Humboldt County Readies Itself For the Tsunamis That Will Inevitably Come

Don’t Panic This Wednesday, Humboldt! Tsunami Sirens Will Blare But it’s Only a Test!

February 2016

All Simulated Hell is About to Break Loose in the Eel River Valley

Don’t Panic, Carlotta! The Sheriff’s Office is Blowing Up a Tree at Pamplin Grove

December 2015

At Ease, Eureka! That Unholy Caterwauling Was Only Cops Going Christmas Shopping

Don’t Freak Out About That Light on the Hill, Arcata and McKinleyville

October 2015

The Humboldt Bay Power Plant Is Not Exploding

Man Walking Through Eureka with a Rifle? Eh, Not Really

September 2015

Bomb-Bot Deployed on Bag of Laundry Near the Blue Lake Post Office Last Night

Fake Plane to Fake Crash at the California Redwood Coast–Humboldt County Airport This Afternoon

August 2015

All Simulated Hell is About to Break Loose at a Humboldt State Dorm

July 2015

DUMPSTER DEATH SCARE: Dump Truck Driver Fears That He Dumped a Dumpster-Dweller Into the Trash

Everything is Fine at ACV This Morning

Arcata Fire is Going to Torch Some Rooms Inside a McKinleyville House Tuesday

June 2015

Kayaker’s Personal Emergency Drill Unwittingly Prompts Public Emergency Response

THAT DOES NOT GO THERE: Car Makes a Detour Into Fortuna Main Street Storefront, Witnesses Say

Q: ‘Hello, Lamppost! Whatcha Knowing?’; A: ‘Some Nice Tourists’ Car Hood’

(UPDATED: FALSE REPORT) Rescue Swimmers Searching Del Norte Street Pier for Reported Drowning Victim

May 2015

Kids Evacuated From Eureka City School Bus on Highway 101 This Morning

FYI: Serial Burglar is Out and About While He Awaits Sentencing

Humboldt Bay Fire is Going to Train By Completely Mutilating the Ol’ Norman’s Dry Cleaning Building

More on the (Smoke) Grenade That Shut Down the Arcata Plaza Yesterday

April 2015

SPOILER ALERT: Arcata Hostage Crisis Turns Out to Just Be Play Rehearsal

Today’s Non-Emergency Near McKinleyville High is Another ‘Every 15 Minutes’ Production

March 2015

Don’t Panic! Tsunami Warning Test Coming Wednesday

Rio Dell Turns Off Man’s Water; Man Allegedly Turns It Back On, Gets Arrested

Dusty Smoke Alarm Garners Impressive Response From Arcata Fire District

December 2014

Yes, There Will Be a Visible Fire Near Blue Lake Today

Yes, There Will Be Helicopters in Humboldt’s Skies This Week

November 2014

Is Your Subaru Station Wagon Sinking into the Marsh Behind Blue Ox Millworks Right Now?

[PHOTO] Transient Tenants Let Weeds Overrun NoHum Nest

Again: All the Emergency Personnel at the Jail This Morning? That’s a Drill

October 2014

Do Not Be Alarmed By This Morning’s Blaring Nuclear Plant Alarm

EPD Doesn’t Want You to Be Duped By World’s Most Obvious Ukrainian Email Scam

Another Inmate Walkaway From Sheriff’s Work Crew; Zane Middle School Briefly on Lockdown

No, the Humboldt County Jail is Not on Fire

Get Ready For Simulated Catastrophe! The Great American Shakeout Happens This Morning

September 2014

Sprinkler Douses Mini-Blaze at Bayshore Mall

Coast Guard Chopper Delivers Lunch to Stranded Boaters

Fortuna High School Evacuated When Rogue Ballast Sets Off Fire Alarm