‘Disheartening’: San Jose food lines grow longer as more people seek help

Across San Jose, nonprofits running food distributions are seeing their lines explode.

Martha’s Kitchen, which provides hot meals and has a weekly food pantry, has seen its numbers nearly triple since June, serving between 150 to 300 people each week. Hunger at Home, another nonprofit group fighting food insecurity, has seen a 30% increase of people seeking assistance since the start of the year, distributing produce to about 300 to 350 households, or 1,200 to 1,400 people each week.