Volunteers feed the need as food banks struggle with funding cuts, rising demand

YOU MIGHT HAVE WALKED past someone today who was struggling with food insecurity. Thousands of people worry about how to get food on their table, and most of them hide it.

One in three Californians has experienced or is at risk of experiencing food insecurity and hunger due to poverty, and almost 5.4 million California residents count on CalFresh, the state’s food assistance program, according to the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano.