A Southern California nonprofit that serves hot meals and coffee to homeless people is asking for help after thieves ransacked their storage trailer.

Project Coffee Cup serves the unhoused in Los Angeles County and Orange County. Founder Jacob Baruch said his nonprofit's trailer was recently parked in an overnight lot in Santa Ana. When Baruch and his team returned, they found that someone had broken into it and stolen nearly all of the equipment they needed for their outreach work.

"Tables that I have accumulated over time were stolen," Baruch said. "They took our canopies, which are where we create shade for people to sit."

The thieves stole nearly $10,000 worth of equipment and supplies, including utensils, coffee burners and hygiene kits. Baruch said he couldn't report it to the pol

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