It is an issue that was brought to our attention by a CBS 13 viewer who had seen our homeless cave coverage in Modesto and noticed it happening here.
Albert McCoy spotted the huge hole in the hillside while he was at Sailor Bar on Sunday.
He captured multiple photos of what appears to be homeless men popping in and out of the somewhat camouflaged cave along the American River Parkway.
We walked down to the cave and were just a few steps from the rushing water when we saw the massive opening for ourselves. That cave was well above six feet high and about 40 feet deep. It looked like a tunnel, but no one was inside.
Sacramento County gave CBS 13 this statement on the issue:
Digging in Regional Parks facilities is prohibited per County Ordinance, those caught violating this ordinance risk citation."
"When the river rises say about five feet, it's going to flood into that tunnel, that space and who knows what will happen then," McCoy said. "It's an attractive nuisance it may bring people in that just want to go and check it out just because it's cool and then something could happen."
The cave resembles the ones dug along the Tuolumne River in Modesto. Earlier this month, the City of Modesto met with CBS 13 and said its engineers were still in the environmental review process of how to fill in the caves. The City of Modesto does not have a timeline for when they will be filled in and no one from the engineering department has been available for comment.
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