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At Bay Area food banks, there is a lot riding on the holiday season.
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At Bay Area food banks, there is a lot riding on the holiday season.
Across the country, food banks and pantries are struggling to keep up with demand as more and more people struggle to buy the basics.
In an unprecedented step, the Bay Area's major food banks recently came together to stress the need for help this holiday season.
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A Bay Area organization is keeping food from filling landfills by delivering excess food from supermarkets to nonprofits and pantries.
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Even in fertile agriculture regions like the North Bay counties there are people going hungry who the Redwood Empire Food Bank helps every day.
Food banks and pantries across the Bay Area are bracing for what could be one of the worst winters yet due to inflation and the end of pandemic-era benefits.
According to the food bank, the decision comes due to the end of federal, state and local pandemic funding.
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley says it is back to peak pandemic levels in terms of distributing food, but unlike at the height of the COVID-19 outbreak, they are lacking in resources they need to pack the same amount of food and receive local and federal funding from the government.
Food banks across the Bay Area are seeing an influx of people struggling to make ends meet. Itay Hod reports. (7-6-23)
Reed Cowan talks about volunteering with the SF Marin Food Bank as part of Paramount Community Day (6-14-2023)
With inflation and a rising cost of living, the need for aid at local food banks has doubled, which means so has the need for volunteers.
The number of people volunteering nationwide is dropping while the need is only growing. One San Francisco man has made it a tradition to give back, and he's encouraging others to do the same.
A combination of soaring prices and an increase in demand has pressure mounting on food banks in the South Bay.
Amid rising inflation and layoffs in the tech industry, food banks in the Bay Area are facing new challenges. Len Ramirez reports. (4/10/23)
On the cusp of the Christmas weekend and the New Year, local food banks are making one last plea for help. The San Francisco Marin Bank says it still needs financial support to help offset inflation costs, as demand for help continues to grow.
When running a food bank, making sure things get to where they're supposed to is half the battle, if not more.
No food goes to waste at the Redwood Empire Food Bank. Any donated food that does not get bagged up for grocery distribution, the food bank makes into fresh meals.
One man who regularly receives help from a South Bay food bank also works hard to give back, bringing food to those in need.
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Police in Livermore released details Thursday about the arrests of five teens following a shooting believed to be gang-related and a high-speed pursuit late last month.
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Two people have been found dead in Sonoma County in less than 24 hours from the effects of the atmospheric river storm systems battering the Bay Area this week, authorities said Thursday.
A person was fatally shot behind a supermarket in Redwood City early Thursday morning, according to police.
A person was fatally shot behind a supermarket in Redwood City early Thursday morning, according to police.
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