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August 19, 2016

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ByHeatherHoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF Cal Fire Tehama- Glenn Unit Chief Christine Thompson spoke with the Te- hama District Fair Board of Di- rectors Tuesday about improve- ments she and the Cal Fire unit would like to make to the gazebo area at the Tehama District Fair- ground. Cal Fire has had a relation- ship with the fair for many years, Thompson said. The two joined together in 1972 to build the ga- zebo just inside the main en- trance of the fairgrounds. The proposed repairs to the gazebo include repairing bro- ken slats and woodwork on the structure, pressure washing the GAZEBO CalFireto improve gazebo at fairgrounds By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter GERBER Two Tehama County 13-year-olds were arrested in Gerber on Wednesday in con- nection with a vehicle theft that took place earlier in the day in Red Bluff city limits. Red Bluff Police were con- tacted about 12:15 p.m. Wednes- day regarding a stolen 2004 Mit- subishi Eclipse taken about noon from America's Best Value Inn on Main Street, according to the logs. The vehicle was last seen going north on Main Street. The Cal- ifornia Highway Patrol and Te- hama County Sheriff's Depart- ment were called to assist in the incident. Sheriff's logs show the vehi- cle was found in the 8300 block VEHICLE THEFT Two Tehama County teens arrested Wednesday By Julie Zeeb jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Zeeb on Twitter RED BLUFF Red Bluff Police are seeking the public's assistance in tracking down information regarding a series of recent van- dalism incidents throughout the city between Aug. 13 and 17. Several businesses and an apartment complex have been vandalized with either a BB or a pellet gun, including the Adobe Road Starbucks, which has been hit twice, said Red Bluff Police Sgt. Kevin Busekist. The incidents are believed to have been done by the same suspect and the department is checking for video of the inci- dents. It is unknown if the dam- age was done by one person or more than one person, Busekist said. The exact amount of damage is not known, however, it is in the thousands of dollars, which makes it a felony case, Busekist said. Red Bluff Police responded on Sunday to Adobe Road to take report at Sierra Central Credit Union, where 10 windows were damaged, and Starbucks, where eight more windows and a door had been vandalized, Busekist said. Two windows were broken early Wednesday at Ramos Do- nut House with Red Bluff Police logs showing a report of some- thing shot into or thrown at the window, but it is unclear if that incident is connected. Several more incidents appear in log reports from Wednesday including Kremer Chiropractic on Main Street, which reported a front window and doors shot out about 8 a.m. Edward Jones on Main Street reported a min- ute later a door had been shot and it was possibly done by a pellet gun. A BB was located at Kremer Chiropractic and turned VANDALISM Policeaskingforassistance By Heather Hoelscher hhoelscher@redbluffdailynews.com @DN_Heather on Twitter RED BLUFF The former Red Bluff Burn Dump improvement project began Monday with crews beginning to remove soil and exposed waste in an ef- fort to clean up the roughly 29 acres of vacant land owned by the city east of Baker Road be- tween Walbridge and Monrovia streets. The project is estimated to be completed by Oct. 18. California Department of Re- sources Recycling and Recov- ery construction workers will soon be consolidating and cap- ping the waste material that has been removed into one area to be placed in the northeast por- tion of the property in a rect- angular footprint encompass- ing about five acres, said Steph- anie Young, Cal Recycle project manager. Waste had been placed here from the mid 1950s to 1972 when people would burn their trash and dispose of it at the site, Young said. The exposed burned ash waste has become a public safety issue. The site contains about 60,000 cubic yards of mixed soil and residual burned solid waste. The removal of the waste is important to reduce the poten- tial for environmental and pub- lic health and safety risks asso- ciated with unstable slopes and exposure of wastes and to re- duce the potential for ground- water and surface water con- tamination, according to a press release issued Monday by the city. The project's hours of opera- tion are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The public is asked to stay out of this area as heavy equipment will be mov- ing around which poses a sig- nificant hazard to people who aren't familiar with the site con- ditions, according to the release. Due to last year's wild fires, funding for the project was un- available, which delayed the project for a year, Young said. Cal Recycle is providing fund- ing to assist with the necessary design and is now conducting the needed construction ac- tivities that will be required to bring the abandoned land- fill into regulatory compliance, Young said. The Tehama County Depart- ment of Environmental Health as the Local Enforcement Agency issued the violation on the site in 2014 stating a plan must be put in place to bring the site into compliance for safety purposes. Following completion of the soil cover, a seed blend from lo- cal plant communities will be applied to the final cover soils to promote vegetation growth and provide further long-term stability of the final cover soil, said Richard Crabtree, city manager. In addition, tempo- rary erosion control measures would be installed on the re- consolidated waste prism to reduce the potential for ero- sion until the vegetation is es- tablished. City staff and the Tehama County Air Pollution Control District have worked with Cal Recycle, the lead agency on the project, to make this proj- ect happen. If any unusual activities or trespassing occurs during off hours of construction the city asks the public to report it to the Red Bluff Police Depart- ment at 527-3131. The city thanks Cal Recycle for its assistance with the proj- ect, Crabtree said. CLEAN UP CITY BEGINS BURN DUMP IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PHOTOSBYHEATHERHOELSCHER—DAILYNEWS Contractors from Cal Recycle began work on the former burn dump just east of Baker Road on Monday. Construction begins at the former Red Bluff Burn Dump to the east of Baker Road on Monday. Have a great day, Nancy Overall. GOOD MORNING Thousands of federal inmates will be affected by the an- nouncement a er problems uncovered in audit. PAGEA8 CRIMINAL JUSTICE Fedstophaseoutthe use of private prisons Police shootings and unrest give way to devastating floods inundating communities in south Louisiana. PAGE A8 DISASTERS It's been a summer of pain in Baton Rouge ConnectiontoRed Bluff vehicle the CRIME PAGE 9 FAIR PAGE 9 Information regarding damage to businesses needed BIZ PAGE 9 Classifieds......B5 Community.....A3 Opinion............A4 Lifestyles........A6 Sports.............. B1 Weather ..........B6 INDEX Check out what's going on in your neighborhood and the community. 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