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’

Eureka’s Final Draft Budget Returns Some Money to Police, Cuts Public Contributions to Booster Organizations

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

(UPDATE — TRINITY COUNTY EVACUATIONS) Evening Forest Fire Update: 25 Known Fires in Six Rivers National Forest, Most Contained

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

Drug Task Force Hits Humboldt Hill House, Finds Blown-Up Grow Scene and Property Stolen From Neighbors

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

EPD Sweeps Through Devil’s Playground Again; 19 People Arrested on Outstanding Warrants, Fresh Charges

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

Eureka City Manager on Budget Cut Debate: Don’t Say We Aren’t Spending Measure Q Money on Police, Fire

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…

Relatives of Missing Woman Danielle Bertolini Claim Her Remains Have Been Identified; Sheriff’s Office Cannot Confirm

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