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Tag: Food insecurity

Brothers, Hawie Mekbib, 26, and Yarred, 20, help prune basil at Overflow Farms in Riverside, CA. Oct. 10, 2020. Photo by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters

Mutual aid: When neighbors look to each other for pandemic relief

Orlando Mayorquin by Orlando Mayorquin October 20, 2020October 27, 2020

The mutual aid movement has sprung up across California as networks offer food and other forms of relief. But it’s too soon to tell if these groups will stick around beyond the pandemic.

Elizabeth Hopkins, left, fills Sal Vega’s shopping bag with canned goods at a food distribution site in Martinez, CA. Vega, 76, wears a mask, gloves and sunglasses to protect himself while out of the house. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

More Californians are hungry, seeking help amid coronavirus job losses

Jackie Botts by Jackie Botts March 19, 2020March 20, 2020
A large sign hangs over the warehouse that says, 'Thank you volunteers' in the volunteer center at the Alameda County Community Food Bank on July 25, 2019. The food bank relies on roughly 100 volunteers every day to package thousands of meals to be distributed. Photo by Anne Wernikoff/CalMatters

Food banks face shortages of volunteers; many Bay Area pantries close as coronavirus spreads

Jackie BottsNigel Duara by Jackie Botts, Nigel Duara and Erica Hellerstein March 13, 2020March 16, 2020

“We need the food that we lost.” Low-income families still reeling from blackouts

Jackie Botts by Jackie Botts November 22, 2019February 27, 2020

California families are hungry while a third of crops rot in fields

by Manuela Tobias October 18, 2019March 5, 2020

Public health and cannabis vapes, police use of force and mental illness, and parents seeking a better life get a break

Dan Morain by Dan Morain September 30, 2019September 30, 2019
Money cost saving or money reserve for goal and success in school, higher level education concept : US dollar coins / cash, a black graduation cap or hat, a certificate / diploma on white background.

The #RealCollege guru offers three ways to fix California’s student financial aid

Felicia Mello by Felicia Mello March 25, 2019June 23, 2020

California campuses confront a growing challenge: homeless students

Felicia Mello by Felicia Mello April 3, 2018June 23, 2020
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