HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of Californians could lose access to food assistance provided by CalFresh in the coming months, even ...

Work or volunteer requirements for federal nutrition assistance went into effect Monday, leaving some food security advocates concerned about the local impacts. Starting June 1, recipients of the ...

Thousands of CalFresh recipients in San Joaquin and Sacramento counties could face losing benefits as updated work ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stricter CalFresh program rules are going into effect Monday as changes to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...

Nearly 100,000 people across San Diego County could lose CalFresh food assistance under new federal eligibility requirements that start Monday, leaving more to turn to local groups for help. Beginning ...

California is about to crack down on CalFresh and it could leave a lot of able-bodied adults scrambling for their next ...

Beginning Monday, new requirements will be implemented for recipients of California’s food benefits program as part of the federal government’s new eligibility. Applicants for CalFresh, the state’s ...

Kimberly Saavedra, a graduate student in social welfare, said her family felt the impact of pauses to CalFresh, California’s version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Reduced ...

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...

Los Angeles County officials began a monthlong outreach campaign on Friday to raise awareness about upcoming eligibility changes and new work requirements for the CalFresh food benefit program. The ...

Salida Food Bank director Kim Brown unloads a shipment of donated food products with volunteers Denn Wesson, right, and John Kidroske, left, at the Salida Food Bank in Salida, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025.

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, California will begin enforcing new and expanded federal guidelines that require some CalFresh recipients to work 20 hours a week, or an average ...