A strange scene unfolded at the Adams/Vermont farmers market near USC last week. The pomegranates, squash and apples were in season, pink guavas were so ripe you could…
Read more The federal SNAP-funding mess has made L.A.’s food-insecurity crisis clearer than everOn Saturday morning, Genaro Alfonzo pulled up to the Kia Forum in Inglewood wearing his Dodgers hat and jersey, with a flag for his Boys in Blue flapping…
Read more As SNAP benefits lapse, thousands show up to Southern California food banksTwo federal judges told the U.S. Department of Agriculture in separate rulings Friday that it must begin using billions of dollars in contingency funding to provide federal food…
Read more Judges order USDA to restart SNAP funding, but hungry families won’t get immediate reliefA coalition of 25 Democratic-run states sued the Trump administration Tuesday to prevent billions of dollars of cuts to federal food assistance that are set to kick in…
Read more Democratic-led states sue Trump administration to keep SNAP food assistance funds flowingBy KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is rejecting the idea of using roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep food aid flowing into November…
Read more Trump administration won’t tap contingency fund to keep food aid flowing, memo saysCindy McCain, the widow of Sen. John McCain and head of the U.N. World Food Program, suffered a mild stroke this week and is said to be recovering…
Read more Cindy McCain suffers a mild stroke and will take leave from World Food Program while recovering