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Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Bill would ensure free meals for needy charter school students

March 28, 2012, 12:05 AM
At the Blue Oak School in Chico, where 60 percent of the charter school's student body comes from low-income households, it’s a source of school pride that the soft tacos and chicken pot pies served at lunch are made from organic and locally sourced ingredients.  The meals are... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

More Californians struggle to afford food

November 28, 2011, 12:05 AM
On a recent November afternoon, Hermelinda Hernandez, who had spent 27 years packing cauliflower and cantaloupes from the farms of the Imperial Valley, found herself fourth in line for the monthly distribution of emergency food at the New Life Assembly Church in Calexico. Hundreds of... + read more
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