The creek corridor behind the AMC Poway 10 theater was littered with fast food containers, plastic bags, bottles, and clothing tangled in brush. A shopping cart and stripped bicycle had been dumped directly on the trail. Debris lined fence lines and creek banks, polluting the waterway and degrading the neighborhood that Poway residents walk, jog, and bike through every day.
A 5-person crew equipped with grabber tools, work gloves, snake gaiters, and 42-gallon contractor bags worked along the creek corridor — pulling debris from brush, bagging litter, and removing bulky dumped items including a shopping cart, bicycle frame, and suitcase. Rattlesnake season safety protocols were followed throughout, with all crew members wearing snake gaiters in the brush.
Eight bags of trash removed. Shopping cart, bicycle frame, and suitcase hauled out and disposed of properly. The trail corridor is clean and the creek bank is free of debris — restoring a space that hundreds of Poway residents use daily. All waste was disposed via the EDCO dumpster at the adjacent shopping center.
