Fighting the Scourge of Shopping Center Trespassers: Addressing Trespassing at Retail Stores and Its Hazardous Aftermath

News reports in California and in other parts of the country illustrate what some might fairly call an ongoing assault on shopping centers and retail stores. This includes everything from organized mass shoplifting raids on these merchants resulting in large-scale losses due to theft. It also includes situations involving trespassers who engage in a range…

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Overview of How to Protect Your Legal Rights: What to Do When a Home Inspector Fails to Report Material Issues at a Property

One of the most exciting moments in the lives of many people is the purchase of their first home. Such was the case with Michael Stein, who closed on his first home not that long ago. Unfortunately, as also does happen with some regularity, after closing Michael discovered a material issue at his new home…

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Cleanup and Remediation of a Filthy Los Angeles Skid Row Transitional Housing Unit

A not-for-profit organization in the Skid Row district of Los Angeles aims to provide accessible housing to unhoused people in Los Angeles. (The organization’s name is kept private, and the individuals associated with it discussed in this article have been changed as well.) At present, over 2,500 individuals are housed in different types of housing…

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The Work of the Orange County Task Force on Hoarding: “A Collaborative Effort to Help People Live Safely in Their Homes”

The Orange County Task Force on Hoarding does not provide direct services. The organization is comprised of representatives of organizations that can provide assistance to individuals dealing with hoarding behavior or with persons who have been diagnosed with hoarding disorder. Organizations or individuals that encounter hoarding situations are encouraged to bring challenging cases to the…

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Remediating Biohazards in a Community Garden North of San Francisco: Restoring an Important Neighborhood Spot to a Safe and Usable Condition

No precise count exists on the number of community gardens in operation in the swath of territory around the greater Bay Area communities. Indeed, there is no reliable estimate of the number of active communities throughout California. It is estimated that there are over 29,000 community gardens in the 100 largest cities in the United…

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Dealing With Challenges of Cleaning Commercial Trash Bin Storage Area Misused by Homeless Individuals

A national retail chain store with a location in Riverside, contacted Eco Bear recently. The store needed our biohazard remediation professionals to assist in cleaning up a site that had been contaminated due to trespassing and other conduct by people who are unhoused.  The store maintained its trash bins in a fenced, gated, and locked…

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HOA Manager Faces Virtually Incomprehensible Situation With Condo Resident: Hoarding, Filth, Failure to Use Water Combine to Create Major Health Hazard Impact Others

Jaqueline manages a homeowner’s association in Long Beach. The community consists of interconnected condominiums. In this case, four units are connected, with two residences on the ground floor and a pair of condos above them. The four individual residences share common plumbing facilities. Each of the condos are individually owned. There is a plumbing issue…

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Hoarder Reaches Out to Eco Bear for Compassionate Professional Help to Get Home in Order

Verna explained that she needs the assistance of professionals like those at Eco Bear who are patient, understanding, and experienced in working with individuals like her who exhibit hoarding behavior and very well may have hoarding disorder.  The compassionate, experienced hoarder property cleanup team at Eco Bear has an extensive background in working with people…

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Senior in His Golden Years Needs Professional Assistance to Clean Trailer: Garbage, Biohazards, and Salvageable Personal Property Create Challenging Cleanup Project

William resides in a single-wide trailer in Lake Elsinore, California. Recently, he has exhibited what some people have described as hoarding behavior. Hoarding behavior involves the excessive acquisition of and inability or unwillingness to discard large quantities of objects that cover the living areas of the home and cause significant distress or impairment. Hoarding disorder…

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Older LA Couple Need Recurring Assistance With Deep Cleaning and Maintaining a Tidy Home

Morris and Madeline have what their friends and neighbors describe as a “lovely home” in Los Angeles’ Cheviot Hills. Their residence in the upscale neighborhood is about 3,000 square feet. Morris and Madeline are both in their mid-70s. Professionally, Morris is an attorney and Madeline is in advertising. Both Morris and Madeline have limited their…

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Professional Biohazard Remediation of a Recovered Stolen Automobile: A Look at Process and Cost

A California insurance adjuster has been left with the task of assisting an insured in obtaining appropriate biohazardous remediation of an automobile that was stolen and then recovered. The vehicle was missing for about three months after it was stolen. By most accounts of people who have now seen the automobile in question, it has…

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Hazards and Challenges in the Aftermath of a Meth Lab Operation: Identifying and Remediating a Meth-Contaminated Property

A California property owner reached out to a biohazard remediation company called Eco Bear regarding a property he owned that he worried had been used as a math lab. He wasn’t 100 percent certain that this illicit activity occurred at the property, although he believed there were many signs of a meth lab having been…

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Worker Forced to Cleanup Bird and Rodent Droppings: Rights of Employee When Exposed to Rodent and Bird Droppings

A hardware store worker reported that his employer required him to clean bird and rodent droppings from paint cans in the storage area before being placed for sale in the shop. The worker’s employer only provided rubber gloves and no other personal protection equipment or PPE. The worker asks whether this was an appropriate course…

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California Adult Services Client Needs Residential Deep Cleaning and Biohazard Remediation: House Inundated by Cat Feces and Insect Infestation

A woman named Elly lives alone in Desert Hot Springs, California, with a significant number of cats. An official determination of hoarding disorder or even pet hoarding behavior has not been made. With that said, there are symptoms of hoarding behavior and possibly even hoarding disorder. The possibility that Elly is involved in cat hoarding…

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Woman Receiving Supportive Services Requires Help to Remediate Hazardous Residence: Trash and Biohazards Create Unhealthy Environment

Gwen is the recipient of adult supportive services offered by the state and county who resides in Nuevo, California. Gwen and her husband Harry, live in a two bedroom, two bathroom trailer. Gwen’s caseworker did a home visit to the trailer and discovered an array of issues that jeopardize the health and welfare of Gwen…

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California Woman Lives in Squalor – California Adult Services and a Biohazard Remediation Professional Steps in to Restore Home to Habitable Condition

California Adult Services provides an array of different types of assistance to people over the age of 18. These are individuals who face shortcomings or deficiencies in their lives of different types. As a consequence of their life statuses or living situations, these people are assigned case workers to ensure that they are able to…

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Homeless Housing Property Manager Faces Overwhelming Challenges

Los Angeles is the location of a number of homeless programs designed to assist unhoused vets in transitioning into suitable, safe housing. An example of these services is apartment units housing, providing living spaces for previously unhoused vets. In many ways, this particular center operates like any other apartment complex. With that said, a vet…

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