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ByHeatherHoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF The city has com- pleted upgrades to the Red Bluff's River Park, including new play- ground equipment and ground re- surfacing, for fiscal year 2016/2017 as part of the voter-approved quarter-cent sales tax increase that went into effect in April 2015. River Park received upgrades to its playground area near the McG- lynn Pool with new, safer equip- ment and engineered wood fiber surfacing. The project, which was approved by the City Council Oct. 18, 2016, included the replacement of surfacing at all city parks. Sandy Ryan, finance director, thanked Mike Skelton, supervi- sor with the Public Works Depart- ment, for his work and involve- ment with the installation. Skelton said there were a cou- RIVER PARK Newplayground equipment, surfacing finished Staff report RED BLUFF Four people were arrested Thursday afternoon at a Cedar Street residence af- ter police serving a search war- rant found drug paraphernalia throughout the house and a young child, who was deemed drug en- dangered. Red Bluff Police officers served the warrant around 12:25 p.m. Thursday at 1033 Cedar St., a home that had reportedly been associated with illegal narcotics and possible sales, according to a press release issued Thursday af- ternoon by Red Bluff Police. Officers found hypodermic sy- ringes, glass methamphetamine pipes and other associated drug paraphernalia throughout the home and six people at the home were detained and questioned, including resident Sara Soto, 26, the release said. Monica Souza, 27, Timothy Jones, 54 and Michael Holmes, 28, all of Red Bluff, were found to have outstanding war- rants for their arrest. Souza, Jones, Holmes and Soto were arrested and charged with CRIME Four arrested, child removed from Cedar Street home Staff report @redbluffnews on Twitter CORNING Four people were injured, with three re- ceiving major injuries, in a high speed collision about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday on 99W at Orangewood Road in the Corning area. The California Highway Patrol responded at 8:35 p.m. to a report of a col- lision in which Edgar Va- lencia, 19, of Corning al- lowed his 2012 Mercedes, which was going at speeds of at least 90 mph, to rear- end a 2001 Dodge driven by Elfego Haroacevedo, 19, of Corning, according to a press release issued Thursday. Both vehicles were trav- elling south on 99W north of Orangewood Road with Haroacevedo in front go- ing about 50 mph. As Va- lencia began to overtake the Dodge, he allowed his Mercedes to collide with it. The impact caused the Mercedes to bounce off the Dodge and Valen- cia to loose control of the Mercedes, which left the east road edge and spun out, coming to rest on its wheels. The Dodge went off the west road edge where it overturned and hit a fence, coming to rest on its wheels. Haroacevedo was taken to Enloe Medical Center in Chico with minor injuries while his passen- gers Arturo Rivera, 37, and Abran Gutierrez, 42, both of Corning were taken to Enloe with major injuries. Valencia was taken to En- loe with massive trauma injuries. Valencia was not wearing his seat belt. All others involved were wear- ing seat belts. COLLISION Majorinjurieson99WWednesday By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF An abatement no- tice was issued Thursday by Tehama County Code Enforce- ment Officers for a property on Minch Road that the county has been working on for about a year for various violations. The county first dealt with the property owner regarding his collection of at least 1,000 appliances, which he had been taking in for scrap metal pur- poses, said Tehama County En- vironmental Health Director Tim Potanovic. That requires an e-waste permit from the Department of Toxic Substance Control, which the property owner did not have. The owner recently cleaned up that problem, but then other issues showed up. "We abated the appliances and then this problem appeared out of nowhere," Potanovic said of the most recent issue, involv- ing RVs. "With this clean-up, we're trying to call attention to some of the situations pre- sented to us and make it known that we do consider it a prob- lem and will go after situations that are affecting the neighbor- hoods." In this case, the property has at least four to six RVs and it is believed people are living in, and possibly the vacant build- ings that formerly served as a meat packing facility, a code en- forcement officer said. "In this case, there are is- sues with appropriate zoning," Potanovic said. "It is indus- trial, which means they can't have RVs. We have a lot of is- sues we're working on, from il- legal homeless camps to squat- ters living in abandoned build- ings and illegal dwellings such as RVs and mobile homes that are inappropriate dwellings." The responsibility for the issue falls with the property owner and the department is trying to conduct abatements to mitigate and hopefully pre- vent these types of situations, Potanavic said. "This program is one where voluntary compliance is a pri- ority," Potanovic said. "If an owner is unreasonable or un- willing to comply, they receive a notice of violation and then, if there's still a problem, we do abatement as the ordinances al- low. It could mean fines, prop- erty liens and ultimately it could be a court-ordered abate- ment." There are a few properties that the owners allow to return to the original state. About 80 percent of the prop- erties the department deals with lead to the abatement or- der, Potanavic said. CODE ENFORCEMENT PROPERTY RECEIVES NOTICE TO ABATE ILLEGAL RVS PHOTOSBYJULIEZEEB—DAILYNEWS Notice was posted Thursday by the Tehama County Code Enforcement officers regarding the need for clean-up of a property at Minch Road where several RVs located on-site are believed to have people living in them, which is against the zoning for the site, which is industrial. Notice was posted Thursday by the Tehama County Code Enforcement officers regarding the need for clean-up of a property at Minch Road where several RVs located on-site are believed to have people living in them, which is against the zoning for the site, which is industrial. Calendar..........A2 Community.....A3 Lifestyles........A4 Education........A5 Opinion............A6 Weather ..........A8 Index............... ## INDEX Washington state leads the pack in collection of states attempting to overturn order in court. 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