Articles by Hank Sims

April 2016

(VIDEO, UPDATE) Police Swarm Sixth and P Streets After Violent Struggle Between Cop and ‘Erratic’ Man

Fortuna PD Finds Baggied-Up Meth, Weed, $5K Cash on Traffic Stop of Probationer

Felony Warrant Suspect Beats Feet After Crashing Stolen Truck Into Street Sign, Sheriff’s Office Says

Evil Phone Scammers Took a 77-Year-Old Myrtletown Lady for $40,000, Sheriff’s Office Says

‘Major Announcement’ on Klamath River Restoration Wednesday; Jerry Brown, Secretary of the Interior, Others to Gather in Requa

Dunkin’ Donuts Announces Plans To Conquer Eureka’s Gullet

Man Dies in Police Custody Today in Eureka

(UPDATING) Plane Makes Emergency Landing on Highway 299 Just Outside Blue Lake

Burglary Alarm Gives Away Man Who Broke Into Eureka Church; Deputies Not Fooled By His Fake Name

March 2016

High Above the Streets of Arcata on a Beautiful March Day, Fixing a 99-Year-Old Bell Tower

Here’s Why That Weird Military Plane Will be Flying Patterns Around McKinleyville Soon

One Man Arrested, Another at Large After Fleeing From Traffic Stop in Myrtletown Last Night

Abalone Season is Upon Us! But Watch Out For Those Sneaker Waves, You Crazed Abbers

‘Up to Two-Hour Delays’ on Highway 299 at Buckhorn Summit This Afternoon

State Attorney General’s Office Launches Large-Scale Investigation Into Humboldt County Child Welfare Services

Eureka’s Sacred Palace Bikram Yoga Drops Half its Facade Onto the Street

(UPDATE, FOUND) Eureka Police Seek Missing Alzheimer’s Patient in Henderson Center

(UPDATED) Autopsy Scheduled for 55-Year-Old SoHum Man Found Dead Outside Hospital

Eureka Police and Others Join Statewide Crackdown on Distracted Driving

Laytonville Man Arrested For Killing His Father This Morning

Sheriff’s Office Swears in Nine New Jail Guards, One New Deputy, Two New Tribal Officers and More

Hoopa Probationer Arrested With Short-Barreled Shotgun, Stolen Property, Weed

City-Sanctioned Homeless Camp Moves Forward; Eureka Puts Out Request For Proposals From Potential Operators

Eureka Man Arrested for 2015 Courthouse Market Killing, Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter

LoCO EXPLAINS THE JOKE: You Win Again, Spotted Owl!

Burglary Suspect Pistol-Whips Victim, Flees, Is Found by K-9 Hiding in Waterfront Brush, Sheriff’s Office Says

The Fortuna BOOM Postmortem: Maybe a Few Clues, No Answers

Yesterday’s Other Emergency Drill: Scientists Prep for Future Humboldt Bay Oil Spills

Rash of Daytime House Burglaries in Eureka; Police Seek Blue Van-Driving Crew

Humboldt County Readies Itself For the Tsunamis That Will Inevitably Come

Airport Gets Baked Goods! Ramone’s to Set Up Shop at the California Redwood Coast — Humboldt County Airport

41-Year-Old Man Killed, Two Others Injured in Solo Vehicle Crash Near Mendo County Line

Farmworkers’ Union on Protest Tour Hits Eureka, Asks Locals to BOYCOTT Driscoll’s Berries

County Names New Phillip Smith-Hanes; Deputy to Take Reins of Humboldt’s Biggest Bureaucracy

Red Bandana’d Men Suspected in String of Gas Station Armed Robberies Friday Morning

One of Eastern Humboldt’s ‘Most Wanted’ Taken Into Custody While Attempting to Pick a Fight at Hoopa Home

Sixteen-Year-Old Driving Stolen Ford Pickup Busted Behind the McKinleyville K-Mart, Sheriff’s Office Says

(UPDATE) The Mattole Road Will Be Closed Tomorrow Wednesday

You’ve Not Seen the Last of Today’s Rain! Thunder! Wind! Pea-Sized Hail!

Coast Guard Helivacs 79-Year-Old Woman With Injured Hip on the Banks of the Klamath

Two Men Rob Campton Heights Market at Gunpoint

Who Rolls Down Arcata’s I Street at One A.M. With a Loaded .45 and a Meth Pipe? This Guy, APD Says

Grand Jury Blames County’s Low Vaccination Rates on Poor Transportation and the Fact That Parents Don’t Know About This One Cool Website

Chief Andy Mills Strolls Old Town, Informs Citizens of New Panhandling Restrictions

Only Pretend! Man Walking Around the Mall With ‘AR-15’ Yesterday Was Drunk and His Gun Was Fake

Stolen Jail Keys — Stolen Jail Keys! — Found During Search of Myrtletown Probationer

Sheriff’s Office Arrests Mother for Felony Warrants After Responding to Child Abduction Call

Suspected Drunk Driver Smashes EPD Patrol Car Right in Front of the Station

Introducing PATROLLED! The New Outpost Feature That Tells You What the Sheriff’s Office Was Up to Yesterday (and More)

Four Caught Buying Liquor for Minors in ABC Sting, Fortuna Police Say