Valentina Saldaña is your comunity reporter covering the north coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria, and San Simeon. The requirement for able-bodied adults ...

Thousands of San Luis Obispo County residents could lose access to public health insurance and food stamps once the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act goes into effect. During the Board ...

The Small Business Administration (“SBA”) grace period for implementation of its new recertification regulations ended as of January 17, 2026. As we previously advised, last year SBA substantially ...

A Madera County social services employee who worked with the elderly and Spanish-speakers has pleaded guilty to stealing about $40,000 in government assistance, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday.

This post was updated Jan. 11 at 10:05 p.m. Confusing income calculations and time-consuming application processes can make CalFresh – California’s version of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

If you’re trying to figure out CalFresh for the new year, you’re not alone. Last I checked, over 5.5 million people in California use this program just to get by. So, what is it exactly? Think of it ...

Sacramento County projects $6M–$24M CalFresh administrative funding shortfall. Final county burden hinges on California funding and governor’s Jan. 10 announcement. County enacted hiring freeze, ...

When a federal government shutdown caused a delay in November CalFresh benefit distribution, food insecurity rose sharply across Yolo County. In response, Yolo Food Bank, in partnership with Yolo ...

Matthew Parker with South Sacramento Christian Center checks one of the turkeys that was delivered by the Sacramento Food Bank for Thanksgiving meals. State lawmakers are looking for ways to ...

Every day more than 5 million Californians rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known here as CalFresh, to keep food on the table. It is our state’s largest anti-hunger ...

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