Articles by Hank Sims
December 2023
Eureka City Schools Board of Trustees Unanimously Votes for So-Called ‘Land Exchange’ With Mystery Developer
Mystery Item on Tonight’s Eureka City School Agenda Suggests Imminent Action on Jacobs Campus, but the School District Won’t Share Details
The Spring Ballot is Set Which Means it’s Time for the Glorious Return of LoCO Elections, Your Q&A-With-the-Candidates Site
BREAKING: Supervisor Mike Wilson Has Vowed to Curb His Usage of the Phrase ‘With Relationship To’
In Open Letter to the City, Eureka Police Department Rank-and-File Ask For Public’s Understanding and Help in Face of Severe Understaffing
McK High Parents Express Frustration and Fear in Face of Lockdowns; Sheriff’s Office Says it Believes That It’s Close to Identifying a Suspect
November 2023
(UPDATING) McKinleyville High School on Lockdown
Caltrans and the City are Getting Ready to Redo the Murals on the Utility Boxes on the Highway 101 Corridor Through Eureka, and Some of the Previous Artists are Perturbed
HUH? The Catalina Island Ferry Seems to be Docked in Eureka This Morning
Don’t Be Fooled by the Fake ‘Humboldt Paws Cause’ Lookalike Facebook Page Some Asshole Set Up to Scam Desperate People Out of Their Money
Sunset Heights! It’ll be That New City Housing Development Up By Winco, and the City Would Like to Hear Your Thoughts About It
And Yet Another Crash in Eureka Has Closed One Lane of Broadway
Another Two-Car Collision on Henderson Sends Three to the Hospital
Fatal Crash Near Henderson Center Closes I Street
(PHOTOS/VIDEO) Houseless Cal Poly Students and Their Supporters Gather in the Rain to Protest Eviction of People Living in Their Vehicles on Campus
October 2023
Key Senators Announce Intention to Subpoena Rob Arkley in Supreme Court Ethics Probe
Backers of Pro-Parking Lot ‘Housing for All’ Initiative Say They’ve Filed a Lawsuit Against the City of Eureka Because They Believe They Should be on the Spring Ballot Rather Than the Fall Ballot
Cal Poly Humboldt Says Effort to Reach 11,000 Students in Coming Years is ‘Still on Track,’ Despite Relatively Flat Enrollment This Year; Next Year’s Budget at Risk
September 2023
Senator Dianne Feinstein Has Died
(UPDATE) Highway 101 Closed Near Standish Hickey Due to Semi Truck Crash
BATTEN DOWN! A Decent-Sized Storm Looks Like It’s Going to Blow Through, With Big Rain Monday or Tuesday
(PHOTOS) The Historic Hōkūleʻa, a Living Symbol of Polynesian Culture and Heritage, Will be Docked in Eureka for the Next Couple of Days
(UPDATING) Eureka High on Hard Lockdown as Police Investigate Off-Campus Incident
INTRODUCING: A New LoCO Feature That Acquaints You With the Plants, Animals, Mushrooms and Other Various Lifeforms You Share Space With
August 2023
Action on South Fork Fires Near Dinsmore Prompts Evacuation Warning
Interested in the Arcata Police Department’s Purchase and Use of Military-Grade Gear? There’s a Meeting for That Tonight
SoHum is Getting New Fire Trucks: In a Press Conference This Morning, Sen. McGuire Announces New State Funding for a Big Equipment Upgrade
‘60 Minutes’ Pays a Visit to the World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm, Which is Located Near an English Town Not Completely Unlike Eureka
July 2023
Local Group Announces Intent to Stop the City of Eureka’s Conversion of Downtown Parking Lots Into Housing With New Ballot Measure
Grand Jury Dings County Supervisors, Top Administration for Chaotic Information Management
(PHOTOS) They’re Sprucing Up the Romano Gabriel Sculpture Garden
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA! Choose Your Own Humboldt Fourth of July Adventure With Our Handy Guide to Local Festivities!
June 2023
Can You Guess How Many Hours of Sunshine We’ve Had This Year? Will This Godforsaken Miserable Weather Never End?
THE PIPPEN FILES: Uh, So, Was That Scottie Pippen At Shamus T. Bones Last Night or Was It Not?
(UPDATE: UMM….) A Bunch of Local Ballers Ran Into Scottie Pippen at Shamus T. Bones Tonight (Or Not)
Jessica McGuinty, Former KHUM DJ and Founder of Jessicurl, Dies at 47
Here’s a Very Important Essay on Native California That You Should Read
(VIDEO) Eureka High Computer Science Whiz Racks Up Big Tech Scholarships
May 2023
CITY of MCKINLEYVILLE? It’s Time for Real Talk About Incorporation, Grand Jury Sez
NEW TSUNAMI MAPS! Revised Maps of Potential Danger Show Less of Humboldt Being Swept Away Than Previously Feared
Fire at Arcata’s Campground Restaurant Last Night Contained With Minimal Structural Damage, Fire District Says
In its Second Report of the Year, the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury Tackles the ‘Dysfunctional’ State of Child Welfare Services in the County and the ‘Toxic’ Work Atmosphere Within the Department
YÉESHIIP! Local Woman Brings Home Miss Indian World Title
April 2023
Several Days of Sunshine and Warmth are Forecast for Humboldt County, and We’ve Sure as Hell Earned Them
(LIVE) Sheriff’s Office Press Conference About Yesterday’s Police Shooting on Harris Avenue
(VIDEOS) A Look Back at the Astounding Hour of Weather We in the Humboldt Bay Area Got Last Night
New PBS Digital Series Releases Gorgeous Episode on the History, Ecology and Future of the Redwoods
California’s Ocean Salmon Season Will Be Officially Canceled; Huffman, Pelosi Promise Expedited Disaster Relief Funding
Reported Crash on the Samoa Bridge Early This Morning, Which Supposedly Involved a Bicyclist Being Tossed Into the Bay, is Believed Not to Have Actually Happened
New Group — ‘Citizens for a Better Eureka’ — Says It Will Sue Eureka Over Downtown Housing Development