California is the latest state to sound the alarm as over five million SNAP recipients are at risk of not receiving benefits beginning as soon as November 1, as Capitol Hill remains at a standstill.

With a dramatic increase in the number of people coming to get food, a North Hollywood food pantry said it’s hiring security guards.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is planning to deploy the California National Guard to assist local food banks as the federal government shutdown threatens the CalFresh (SNAP) food aid program. Why it matters: Millions of families in California — and hundreds of thousands in San Francisco — rely on CalFresh to buy groceries,