Mayra Jimenez Almaras was 8 when she came to the U.S. from Mexico with her parents and two siblings. At 11, she was working ...

More than 644,000 Bay Area residents who use CalFresh — the state’s version of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, sometimes referred to as food stamps — have been hit by a delay in ...

Contra Costa County is stepping up to help our neediest County residents due to the Federal government’s failure to fund its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, which is called ...

Contra Costa County plans to distribute grocery debit cards to the county's 107,000 CalFresh enrollees. The debit cards will carry a value similar to a family's existing benefit. The cards will be ...

“I’m scared as hell,” said Kaya Owens. A single mom and hairdresser who works in Contra Costa and Alameda counties, Owens relies on Medi-Cal for herself and her young daughter. Contra Costa County has ...

A new state law to create more high-density housing near transit stops by overriding local zoning restrictions may add housing units in San Diego, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley and the Bay Area, but ...

The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday to approve a first-in-the-nation countywide policy requiring large retail stores to stock only healthier foods and beverages in ...

The California legislature’s passage of Senate Bill 79 didn’t come without a few modifications, including a carveout that excludes one county. Contra Costa County in the Bay Area wouldn’t be required ...

MERRILL − The Lincoln County Health Department is offering adult flu shot clinics every Wednesday through Nov. 19. The clinics will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 607 N. Sales St., Suite 101, in ...

Health care and food assistance providers in Contra Costa County spoke out Thursday against local impacts projected from the recently passed Republican spending bill they say will be devastating to ...

Free physical exams and confidential reproductive health services are now being offered at Contra Costa County's three community colleges, county public health officials said Wednesday. Contra Costa ...