Myers Flat News

A park constructed as one part of the improvement project at Shelter Cove will be dedicated Sunday, June 5, in honor of the late Mal Coombs, former director for Southern Humboldt of the Humboldt Bay Harbor ...

“Of the 40 horses seized, three were returned to their owners, and two had to be euthanized”

While their former owner faces animal neglect charges, most of the 40 horses seized from a Humboldt County, Calif., ranch are thriving, according to Sara Isaacson of Heart of the Redwoods Horse Rescue. via The Horse

“We started at daylight and didn't finish till dark”

Betty and Charlie Thomas live in a house they built themselves, from the foundation to the roof. via Redwood Times

The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office is moving forward with the planned auction of 24 of the 40 horses seized from a Myers Flat property earlier this month. via Times-Standard

“Yet artists are opportunists, and the work is equally about what I find, what it says to me, and what I choose to do with it. I personally collect or photograph all my models.”

Paintings by Amy Granfield will be on display at Riverbend Cellars and the Groves restaurant in Myers Flat during the months of May and June. via Redwood Times

On April 9, 2008, Gail Irene Brooks went home. Shorty, as her father called her, was born May 6, 1944, in Garberville, Calif. via Eureka Reporter

“We also went door to door in Ferndale asking for 5 gallon buckets for water to be in stalls, because we had none. But then Pierson's in Eureka came through and donated trash cans”

On April 1 at around 8 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff Livestock Deputies and Animal Control Officers responded to any area near Elk Creek Road in Myers Flat to a report of neglected horses. via Humboldt Beacon

“They'll make a determination if any charges will be filed.”

Officials found the seizure of 40 malnourished horses from a Myers Flat farm last week to be a legal issue during an administrative hearing Tuesday. via Eureka Reporter

The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office has completed its preliminary investigation into the animal neglect case involving 40 horses near Myers Flat and has sent it on the Humboldt County District Attorney's ... via Times-Standard

“Elsie's a hoarder, there's not a mean bone in her body -- she loves horses.”

Another horse was taken Friday from a small farm in Myers Flat, putting the total seized at 40, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Animal Control Division said Friday. via Times-Standard

“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

We're told they love horses, but sometimes it's possible to love animals beyond the capacity to care for them -- like the cat ladies in cities who have 100 overbred, feral cats in their house. via Times-Standard

The forms and patterns of the garden and everyday objects are the inspiration for the paintings by Linnea Tobias showing at the Riverbend Cellars tasting room in Myers Flat in January and February. via Times-Standard

“I know that it's illegal to copy music and all that but I want you to have this CD. I can't find the right words to say what I want but listen to track eight. It's by this guy named Jack Johnson and he gets it right.”

Judy Boyd serves as senior intelligence counsel in the Department of Homeland Security's Office of General Counsel. via Times-Standard

“What would really behoove people is to lie on their backs, look at the clouds and do nothing”

Fortuna artist Susan Cooper believes that if something needs to be done, people should just do it. via Eureka Reporter