California families and advocates are urging state lawmakers to take bold action to reduce poverty and protect residents from federal funding cuts, by investing in proven anti-poverty tools such as ...

A number of free Lunar New Year celebrations will be taking place around the Tri-Valley this month, starting with the Pleasanton Senior Center this Saturday. Read that and more in News Digest.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers weighing how to close a nearly $3 billion budget shortfall are also grappling with ...

California Senate Majority Leader Angelique Ashby has introduced the CalFresh for Students Act, which aims to streamline access to CalFresh benefits for college students, in order to improve student ...

Health, auto, life, and renters' insurance offer peace of mind and financial support for individuals and their families during unexpected events.

You won’t want to miss Volunteer to Teach an Adult How to Read: Reading Program Orientation on the Gilroy Patch calendar ...

I spoke with Amy Terrones, of the Southern Humboldt center, who chairs the Humboldt Family Resource Center Network. Amy says that the easiest way to think of the centers is that they are regional ...

Ahead of the winter holidays, many local nonprofit organizations, elected leaders and food pantries are hosting distributions to ensure kids have a gift this season along with food on the table. This ...

It’s only been a month since the federal government shutdown caused the 5.5 million Californians who use CalFresh — the state’s version of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — to see their ...

College students, sometimes called starving students, are known to subsist on ramen noodles, which is bad enough for individuals, but not enough for students with children. During this COVID economy, ...

A food drive volunteer unloads vegetables at Latino Health Access in Santa Ana on Friday, 21, 2025. Credit: JULIE LEOPO, Voice of OC As families prepare to carve up a turkey this Thanksgiving, Orange ...