Homeless people have been digging elaborate caves into the bank of the Tuolumne River along Crater Avenue in Modesto, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024.

Homeless people have been digging elaborate caves into the bank of the Tuolumne River along Crater Avenue in Modesto, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024.

MODESTO, Calif. - City leaders in Modesto are now taking steps to clear out the caves that have become homeless encampments. They say dozens of unhoused people have lived in caves along a river ...

(FOX40.COM) — During a community cleanup project, the Modesto Police Department said officers discovered what appeared to be caves near the Tuolumne River that unhoused people were occupying ...

Homeless people have been digging elaborate caves into the bank of the Tuolumne River along Crater Avenue in Modesto, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024.

MODESTO, Calif. — After caves were discovered along the river, the city of Modesto said it plans to keep people away with the goal of ultimately getting rid of those caves.

Modesto homeless move back into Tuolumne River caves 02:18. MODESTO — Some homeless people in Modesto appear to have moved back into the caves along the Tuolumne River near Crater Avenue.

Homeless people have been digging elaborate caves into the bank of the Tuolumne River along Crater Avenue in Modesto, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024.

Homeless people in Riverbank, California, have reportedly dug caves into the bank of the Stanislaus River, about 10 miles north from where cave dwellings were found in Modesto.

California caves dug out by people experiencing homelessness has the community and city officials concerned for the safety of those living underneath the Tuolumne River in Modesto.

The caves may be cleared for now, but the neighborhood near the river is feeling no real sense of peace in this problem. "It's a safety hazard for them and the community," Rojas told CBS13.

The Modesto Police Department, the Tuolumne River Trust, and Operation 9-2-99, a volunteer river clean-up organization, worked together to clean up approximately 7,600 pounds of trash from the ...