Articles by Hank Sims
June 2015
Saddle Fire Incident Command Gets Hold of the Blaze; 1,500 Acres, 45 Percent Contained
(UPDATED) Fire at Fortuna Assisted Living Facility; Residents Evacuated
(UPDATED) ‘Love Witch’ Film Crew Invades Arcata Plaza
Saddle Fire Grows to 1,331 Acres, Only Five Percent Contained
EUREKA DROUGHT RULES: No Watering on Weekdays That Don’t Start With ‘T’
New Wildfire Breaks Out South of Weitchpec; Calfire Orders Air Attack
Humboldt Bay Fire Officially Announces Station Closures Due to Eureka Budget Cuts
Evening Wildfire Round-Up: Bald Fire Fully Contained; Saddle Fire Uncontrolled; Six Rivers Mops Up
Morning Fire Update: Saddle Fire Nears 1,000 Acres and Growing; Bald Fire Smaller Than Thought
Central Valley Farmers Side With North Coast Enviros in North Coast Railroad Supreme Court Case
Tiny Brush Fire at Ridgewood School Quickly Squashed
Forest Service Personnel Scrambling to Put Out Dozens of Lightning Strike Wildfires
Weed & Stolen Goods! Perps Pay Price for Allegedly Breaking More Than One Law at a Time
PBS Newshour on Weed and Water Politics in Humboldt County
Who Do You Want to Be the Next County Health Department Head? Tell Rex Bohn Later This Month
THAT DOES NOT GO THERE: Car Makes a Detour Into Fortuna Main Street Storefront, Witnesses Say
(UPDATED) Fire at College of the Redwoods Humanities Building
Call in the SWAT Team! University Police Respond to Crazed Bee Swarm
Boat, Truck Torched in Early Morning Highland Park-Area Arson, Sheriff’s Office Says
McK School District Again Refinances Bond Debt as New Gym Nears Completion
Two Men Working at (Legal) Medical Marijuana Farm Rifle-Butted, Shot at By Unknown Assailants
(UPDATED) Structure Fire Off Harris Street
Small Vegetation Fire Out Elk River Road; Calfire, Humboldt Bay Respond
Burglary Suspect Evades Taser, Gunpoint Hold Only to Be Arrested While Crawling Into a Culvert
INTRODUCING: The Newest Member of Team Outpost, John Ross Ferrara
(UPDATED) Arcata Police Investigate Stabbing Near High School
Rush Hour Crash Closes One Lane of Seventh Street
DA’S Office: Old Town Face-Stabber Found Guilty, Could Face up to Thirteen Years in Prison
Arcata Police Look for At-Risk Man Who Escaped From Mental Health Hold at Mad River Hospital
Two-Car Collision at Buhne and S Leaves Four Injured
Phillipsville Man Strangles Girfriend for Drug Money, Sheriff’s Office Says
Load O’ Weed ’N’ Meth Discovered in Late-Nite Central Avenue Traffic Stop
(UPDATED: FALSE REPORT) Rescue Swimmers Searching Del Norte Street Pier for Reported Drowning Victim
‘Parklets,’ Food Carts, Waterfront Planning on Tuesday’s Eureka City Council Agenda
May 2015
Smokejumpers, Helicopters Sent to Battle Hoopa Wildfire
(UPDATED) Humboldt Bay Fire Battling House Fire in the West Side
Sheriff’s Office to McK’s Hiller Road for Suicidal Man, Possible Shot Fired
Crescent City Police Trying to Sort Fact From Fancy in Reported Kidnapping
Sheriff’s Office Seeking Suspect in Machete-Based Assault, Robbery of Pizza Deliveryman
Eureka’s Fake Firearm Enthusiast Arrested Yet Again, After Attempted Liquor Store Holdup
Union Street Drug House POPpped by Eureka Police; Weed, Meth, Guns, Etc., Etc., Etc…
Car Smashes Into Future Eureka Bakery, Thereby Assisting With Remodel Work
Sheriff’s Office Release Photo of Homicide Suspect; Million-Dollar Bail Warrant Set
Smoke, No Fire at Alder Grove Charter School’s Downtown Eureka Campus