Articles by Hank Sims

June 2015

(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

Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom to Talk Weed in SoHum This Friday

One Arrested After Myers Flat Rock Assault; Suspect Made Statements About Good and Evil

Frying Pan v. Pepper Spray Battle on SoHum’s ‘Hippie Hill’ Homeless Camp Ends With One Arrested

Humboldt County Unemployment Rate Keeps Falling, But How Many People Aren’t Even Looking for Work?

Hey, Arcata – Are You Ready for a Giant ‘Marijuana Innovation Area’ Out on West End Road?

Injury Collision Snarls Traffic on Broadway

Judge Bruce Watson to Step Down After 23 Years; Governor Will Appoint One Lucky Lawyer to Fill Remainder of Term

State Fire Service Inspecting Homes From Westhaven to Big Lagoon

Measure Q Backers Urge Eurekans to Protest Planned Cuts to Police, Fire Services

Hoopa 19-Year-Old Arrested After Allegedly Firing AR-15 at His Juvenile Brother

Foul, No Harm: Driving Student Inoculated By No-Injury Woodley Island Whoopsie

Bayshore Mall Stabbing Suspect Pleads Guilty to Assault, Burglary

Eureka Police Arrest Suspected Devil’s Playground Dog Thief; Felon was in Possession of Handgun

Early Morning Apartment Fire in Arcata; Carbon Monoxide Alarms Woke Residents, Fire District Says

Break for Defendants in SoHum Murder Case: It’s Not a Crime to Torch Your Murder Victim’s Car, Federal Court Says

Woman Arrested for Saturday’s Homicide in Arcata Released From Jail

Another Homicide Arrest Today; Sheriff’s Office Books One for Ganfield Slaying

EPD Unearths Hoard of Suspected Stolen Jewelry, Seeks Rightful Owners

Wildfire Near Benbow This Morning; Calfire Warns of Bad Year to Come

Over 40 Cases of Whooping Cough So Far This Year; Vaccinate Your Damn Kids, Says County Health Department

Rock, Scissors, Crowbar! Clerk Foils Robbery Attempt at McK 76 Station

Big Neighborhood Meeting at Jefferson School Tonight; Eureka Police Kicking Project NOW Into Gear

Eureka Bank Robber Pleads Guilty, is Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison

Arcata Police Arrest Woman Believed to Have Been Involved in Saturday Night’s Home Invasion/Homicide

Homicide in Arcata: Last Night’s Fatal Shooting Connected With Home Invasion Marijuana Robbery, Says APD

Car Takes Out Fortuna Power Pole; Newburg Road Closed For the Morning

(UPDATED) Shooting in Arcata; Police, Medical Responding to Sunset Neighborhood

Pantsless Man Totes Stolen ‘Assault-Style’ Rifle in Downtown Arcata

Drug Task Force Raids Downtown Arcata Drug House; Arrest Teardrop Tatt Twins for Pills, Heroin, Meth

Eureka Police Seek Six to Serve on New Citizen Advisory Panel

Conviction in 2013 Pellet Gun Shooting Near Eureka High

Hoopa Stabbing Victim Recovers, Only to be Transported Straight From Hospital to Jail

Grenade Found Near Arcata Plaza; Police Close Block While Bomb-Bot Descends

Woman Assaults Henderson Center Bank of America Employee When She Finds Her Account Closed

Beware the Young Woman Who Knocks on Your Door And Asks About Flowers, Say Eureka Police

Home Burglaries Down in Eureka, Says EPD, But Overall Crime Rate Still Pretty High

Miserable Trinidad Burglars Knock Over Grocery Store For Booze, Smokes