SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The pandemic had the San Diego Food Bank seeing record numbers of people turning to them for survival.
“We are up to 11 million dollars in food purchases,” Jim Floros, CEO of the San Diego Food Bank, describing that San Diego’s need from food banks has not diminished much though more of the population is becoming vaccinated.
SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK (KUSI) – Even though the government lockdowns are slowly coming to an end, the damage done to the economy will be felt for many years to come.
Economists say thousands of businesses are not coming back and potentially millions of people will not be returning to their old careers.
A record number of people are turning to food banks to feed their families.
KUSI’s Dan Plante joins us live from the San Diego Food Bank, where meals are being served to a “record number” of people.
Imperial Beach, 5 p.m. Wednesday,
National City, 6 p.m. Tuesday
School boards: La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, 6 p.m. Tuesday;
Lemon Grove School District, 4 p.m. today
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“It makes me feel really awesome,” said Weaver.
The three said their school is teaming with fellow Mira Mesa-area schools Sandburg and Hage Elementary to raise money for the Food Bank.
“As much as we can. Yeah, as much as we can. Like, maybe a million,” chimed the twins.
“These kids got it right,” said Jim Floros, the CEO for the San Diego Food Bank. “These are tomorrow’s leaders and they really have it ingrained that giving back to the community, being part of the solution is part of that.”
The @SDFoodBank did it again. They opened their 35th pantry to help people during this brutal pandemic. You re going to love who recently donated thousands of dollars. @nbcsandiego at 4:30. pic.twitter.com/bo9OthCkr5 Joe Little (@LittleJoeTV) March 13, 2021
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Say the name Rod Luck in the company of longtime San Diego TV news viewers and you’re bound to get a reaction. Luck, who passed away from cancer last weekend at age 72, counted on that. In fact, that was the colorful television broadcaster’s calling card.
From 1992 to 2008, Luck’s freewheeling and often corny hijinks on KUSI TV’s “Good Morning San Diego” show earned him lots of fans and more than a few foes. He talked about his unusual style of participatory journalism in a 2015 video posted on his personal website, rodluckonline.com.
“I was good at what I did, a true personality. And you know you’re a personality when they either love you or hate you,” he said.