MODESTO — Some homeless people in Modesto appear to have moved back into the caves along the Tuolumne River near Crater Avenue.
CBS13 was the first to uncover and get action from the city on the issue back in January , but now neighbors say people are moving back in.
The caves may look less elaborate than they did eight months ago when we were out here, but the safety concern for neighbors is still the same.
“There’s families, couples, I saw a small child going with a homeless group down into it,” said Tracy Rojas, who lives up above the cave campers. “There’s been loose dogs, pit bulls, noises, trash just everywhere.”
Rojas took us on a tour of the caves back in January and gave us a look inside the rent-free living happening in the craters below her home on Crater Avenue.
Thick foliage now camouflages most of the area but recent groceries on the ground, blankets, clothes hangers, and a campfire all were evidence we found of people living there again.