A three-hour operation March 27 begins a week-long cleanup with the help of a Fire-Rescue Department helicopter
A San Diego Fire-Rescue Department helicopter hoists a bundle of debris from a former homeless encampment near the Torrey Pines Gliderport on March 27 in La Jolla. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Debris from an inactive homeless encampment is dropped into a large container near the Torrey Pines Gliderport in La Jolla during a cleanup March 27. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Fifty bags of trash and other debris from a former homeless encampment were lifted out from the north side of the Torrey Pines Gliderport parking lot near Black’s Beach on March 27, the first day of a planned week-long cleanup operation. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
San Diego City Council President Joe LaCava (left) watches with Deputy Fire Chief Steve Lozano and Franklin Coopersmith, deputy director of the city Environmental Services Department, as a Fire-Rescue Department helicopter crew removes trash and other debris near the Torrey Pines Gliderport on March 27. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Crews prepare bags of trash for pickup by a San Diego Fire-Rescue Department helicopter. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
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A San Diego Fire-Rescue Department helicopter hoists a bundle of debris from a former homeless encampment near the Torrey Pines Gliderport on March 27 in La Jolla. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)