By ChicoSol staff | Posted August 12, 2018
In the Northern California town of Red Bluff, just south of the Redding Carr Fire, the Tehama District Fairground has been converted to a makeshift staging and resting area for the exhausted fire crews battling the catastrophic fire that has threatened to engulf the whole of Redding to the north.
The townspeople of Red Bluff, who have witnessed the daily exchange of firefighters to and from the fairground, have shown their gratitude for the fire crews by posting “Thank you” signs on the enclosing fence.
The Carr Fire started July 23, and as of Aug. 11, had burned 190,873 acres, destroyed 191 homes and was 57 percent contained, Cal Fire says. The Red Bluff Daily News reported that citizens came out to personally thank the firefighters Aug. 9. read more
By Carina Merrick | Posted March 22, 2017
It was still dark when a Red Bluff woman peered through her apartment window this morning to discover two men dressed in dark uniforms with badges that read “police.” She opened the door only after they showed her the driver’s license of a family member who had left for work less than 10 minutes earlier.
The officers were actually from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in town, according to the Tehama County Sheriff’s Department, for a two-day operation. Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston told ChicoSol that his office was notified March 18 that the ICE Mobile Criminal Alien Team had “targeted 41 criminal alien individuals” in the area. He did not provide specifics on the types of crimes involved, but said ICE had outlined three tiers of “fugitives.” read more
