Judge blocks O.C. deputies from arresting homeless who refuse to leave encampments
Kathy Schuler, 62, left, who was released from jail Tuesday evening, is given a hug by her granddaughter Ashley Foster, 23, where they live at a homeless encampment along the Santa Ana River in Anaheim.
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Kathy Schuler, 62, left, walks with granddaughter Ashley Foster, 23, and daughter Tammy Schuler, 42, at a homeless encampment along the Santa Ana River in Anaheim.
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Jacob Serrano, 39, walks back to his tent where he lives with his wife at a homeless encampment along the Santa Ana River in Anaheim.
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“It is a horrible thing to lose your house, but it happens. I never thought, looking over there, I would be homeless,” said Debbie Wales, 60, where she lives at a homeless encampment along the Santa Ana River in Anaheim.
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Orange County sheriff’s deputies patrol a homeless encampment along the Santa Ana River in Anaheim.
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“I just hope they leave us alone. There are a few of us trying to get out of here; it is not that easy,” said Tammy Schuler, 42, where she lives at a homeless encampment along the Santa Ana River in Anaheim.
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Orange County sheriff’s deputies question a man while responding to a report of an individual in the flood channel with a weapon. Only a fake firearm was found along the Santa Ana River in Anaheim.
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