Red Bluff targeted clean-up effort removes more than 30,000 lbs of trash from Reeds Creek area

RED BLUFF, Calif., — Officials say a targeted clean-up effort that began in Red Bluff on Friday has already yielded more than 30,000 pounds of trash removed from the Reeds Creek area near the Red Bluff River Park. Weather permitting, the clean-up is expected to continue throughout the weekend.

Reeds Creek passes under Main Street, between the Sacramento River and Jackson Street, and has become known for homeless encampments and other problems, which have led to many citizen complaints about associated criminal activities, illegal trash dumping, and other related blight.

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The past week’s joint, multiple agency clean-up operation involved Red Bluff Police Department, Tehama County Probation, Tehama County Code Enforcement, and Red Bluff Public Works; as well as volunteers who helped remove debris from the creek area.

Prior to the operation, officers delivered multiple notices of the pending clean-up efforts along the creek, giving area homeless ample time to clean out their own encampments, and during the operation officials focused their efforts on several of those homeless encampments.

As a result of the day’s efforts, officials trucked out multiple large trailer-loads of collected debris, ultimately removing more than 30,000 pounds of trash; including broken bicycles, old tires and furniture, and other discarded items. Red Bluff Police Department photos

As reported by Red Bluff Daily News, Tehama County Environmental Health Director Tim Potanovic has said the cleanup efforts are in response to worsening conditions along the Sacramento River and other water tributaries, due to trash and discarded debris that has been illegally dumped in the area.

“We are very, very concerned about the potential for surface water degradation from all the debris along the creek,” Potanovic said; adding that the clean-up efforts were conducted to ensure that the creek’s waste does not bleed into the nearby Sacramento River.

“See all the debris and the blackberries and other vegetation along the creek bank, we do not want that interfacing with any surface waters that empty into the Sacramento River,” Potanovic went on to say. “Anything that does not belong in the river, we do not want to have the potential to get here from surface water runoff.”

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Area residents have been overwhelmingly supportive of the City’s ongoing efforts to clean up their community and many took to social media to share their thoughts about the recent efforts.

“Thank you, County Code Enforcement, Probation personnel, community service workers, and all those who helped clean up the community,” Red Bluff resident Felecia Weston wrote online after learning of the project; adding, “Resources are limited and the need is endless.”

“Yes! The river run-off creek on my property behind Aloha is getting full of homeless and their mess!”, Veronica Dingman, also of Red Bluff added.

“I can’t even take my kids and dogs on a walk along our creek because of it,” she continued.

Officials have said that other areas have already been scheduled for clean-up in the near future and have thanked the community for their continued support.

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Additionally, he writes or has written for several other news organizations; including Riverside County based newspapers Valley News, Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; the Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County; and Mountain Echo in Shasta County. He is also a regular contributor to Thin Blue Line TV and Law Enforcement News Network and has had his stories featured on news stations throughout the Southern California and North State regions.

Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back, and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)

During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations; including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center, and Lake Elsinore Station; along with other locations.

Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team, and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.

Trevor has been married for more than 30 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 18 grandchildren.