Articles by Hank Sims

August 2018

Hoopa Man Arrested on Child Molestation Charges Today, Sheriff’s Office Says

Drug Task Force Arrests 17-Year-Old Found With a Pound and a Half of Heroin

Citizen Tips Sheriff’s Office to Felony Car Thief Suspect Hanging Out Behind Avenue of the Giants Market

The Bill Formerly Known as ‘The Great Redwood Trail Act’ Has Passed the Assembly

Fields Landing Fire Roundup: Flames Finally Extinguished, Arson Suspected, Estimated $750,000 in Damages

Acting on Citizen Tip, Fortuna Police Arrest Local Man Wanted on Child Sexual Abuse Charges Sleeping in Someone’s Backyard

Big Ol’ EPD Contingency Downtown; One Person Detained in Connection With ‘Shots Fired’ Call

Fire Burns Dock, Warehouse in Fields Landing

HUMBOLDT RESPONDS: Gov. Brown Signs Major Criminal Justice Reform Bill Doing Away With Cash Bail

Calfire Units Are Dashing Around the County From Fire to Fire This Afternoon

Bomb Squad Called to McKinleyville to Deal With Suspicious Object, Which Actually Turned Out to Be a Bomb

Sheriff’s Office Names Homicide Victims Found in Burning Car; Says Both Were Shot Dead

Humboldt Bay Fire Battles Series of Vegetation Blazes Along the Hikshari Trail

Mill Creek 1 Fire Grows to 3,600 Acres and is 74 Percent Contained; Highway 96 Still Touch-and-Go

McGuire Bill Cracking Down on Illegal Timberland Conversion Goes to Governor’s Desk

Someone Stole a Bunch of Dahlias From Eureka’s Beloved Public Dahlia Garden

(UPDATE) Mill Creek 1 Fire Nears 3,000 Acres as Containment Grows; Highway 96 Mostly a No-Go, Unless Conditions Change

Citizen Spots Arcata Serial Burglary Suspect Climbing Through Her Own Window

CHP Identifies Vehicle Possibly Associated With Fatal Hit-and-Run, Seeks Public’s Help to Gather More Information

Highway 96 Scheduled to Open Two More Times Today, as Firefighters Work to Keep Mill Creek 1 From Spreading Into Hoopa

Mill Creek One Fire Balloons Up to Over 2,000 Acres; Still Only 26 Percent Contained

After Scoring a Couple of Million in Grant Funds, Eureka is One Step Closer to the Waterfront Drive of its Dreams

TOO MUCH SMOKE: Klamath-Trinity Schools Push Back First Day of Classes to Sept. 4

Up Against Legislative Deadline, McGuire Scales Back ‘Great Redwood Trail’ Plans in Hopes of Getting Bill Past Assembly, Governor

Arson Blamed in Mill Creek One Fire; Reward Offered; Highway 96 Still Closed; Air Quality ‘Unhealthy’ in Much of East County

Fire Last Night in Midtown Eureka Does Major Damage to Single-Family Home

Rangers Looking For Two Men Suspected of Stealing from Vehicle at Redwood State and National Park

Marci Kitchen to Plead Guilty Monday

DA Releases Statement on Potential Release of Sexually Violent Predator to the Freshwater Area

Drug Task Force Busts Suspected Heroin Dealer in Loleta

Fire Devoured a Humboldt Hill Home Last Night; No Injuries Reported

Now the Phone Scammers Are Pretending to be From Redwood Memorial Hospital!

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK? Three Out of Four Candidates For Eureka’s Ward One Registered to Vote There Within the Last Six Months

Bomb Squad Blows Up ‘Suspicious Object’ in the Hiller Park Men’s Room; No Threat to Public

HOMICIDE: Boy Stabbed to Death at Ocean View Cemetery Last Night; One Adult Woman, One Kid Arrested, Police Say

Autopsy Determines That 18-Year-Old Found Dead Near Humboldt Hill Had Injuries ‘Consistent’ With Vehicle Collision

Highway 299 Will Reopen Today, But You May Only Travel During Certain Hours

(UPDATE) Victim, Suspect in Last Week’s Murder/Suicide Identified by EPD

Man FedExes Phone Scammer $13k in Cash, Realizes His Mistake Just in Time

HSU Administrator Threatens Legal Action Against the Outpost, Mad River Union Over Reporting on KHSU Strife

Rep. Jared Huffman Calls Trump ‘President Shit-for-Brains,’ Respectfully Requests More Federal Firefighting Help

Heroin-For-Sale Suspect Has Skipped Court Date, DA’s Office Says; Investigators Ask for Public’s Help Tracking Her Down

Many Seafaring Boats Broke Down Saturday, But Sector Humboldt Bay Naturally Rescued Everyone at Risk

LoCO Salutes the 2018 Humboldt Crabs — Champions of Baseball — By Ranking the Top Dozen Names on This Year’s Squad

Two People Found Dead in Eureka Home Last Night; Police Investigating Case as Homicide

Sheriff’s Office ID’s Body Found Near 101 Yesterday as 18-Year-Old Eureka Man

CHEAP DOGS! Crowding at the Animal Shelter Means That You Can Pick Up a New Canine Friend for as Little as $35, Out the Door

June 2018

Grand Jury Wraps Up Year With Reports on Measure Z Oversight, Special Education, Apathy in County Leadership

County Government Says Klamath Dam Plan Represents ‘Major Milestone’ for the River, Fisheries

RABID DOGS AND VACATION RENTALS: No Bombshells in Grand Jury Reports — Yet — But Plenty of Interesting and Useful Work