Articles by Hank Sims

May 2015

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

(UPDATED) Stabbing in Hoopa; Helicopter Called in to Medivac Victim

McKenny’s Building Center — aka Myrtletown Lumber — Closes Its Doors

Man Found Shot in the Leg at Eureka Area Homeless Camp This Morning

(UPDATE) Klamath Boy on Life Support After Being Shot in the Head Dies; Male Juvenile in Custody

Eureka Police Chase Gonzo Motorcyclist Around West Side; Suspect Nabbed After They Give Up Pursuit

OBITUARY: Albert “Al” Leo Braud, 1928-2015

Weed, Guns and Three Serial Burglary Suspects Taken in Yesterday’s Large-Scale Traffic Stop at College of the Redwoods

New General Manager for Humboldt Bay Water District Announced

April 2015

Ten Police Cars Stop Vehicle at CR; Three Taken Into Custody on Warrants Out of Mendocino County

(UPDATE) Sheriff’s Office: Today’s Jail Suicide Attempt Was Committed By Eureka Bank Robbery Suspect

Emergency Medical Personnel Respond to Hanging at Humboldt County Jail

Red Tape for Weed Grows? Water Board Seeks to Bring Sprawling Marijuana Industry Into State’s Bureaucratic Orbit

Myers Flat Man Beaten in the Head With Hammer, Declines to Name His Assailant