California IN BRIEF : SAN JOSE : Migrants Found Living in Caves

Health authorities have discovered squalid migrant camps and caves crowded with poor field workers in the crop-rich Santa Clara and Salinas valleys. Most of the hundreds of squatters and cave dwellers--found just 10 miles from the luxury Pebble Beach golf course in Monterey County--are low-wage, undocumented Mexicans who cannot afford housing. “I don’t think anyone was aware that people were actually living underground in such awful places but, let’s put it this way, people know there’s not enough low-income housing for migrant workers,” said Kathy Aguras, executive director of the Monterey County Housing Authority.