And various communities, including Alameda County, san ramon, and Silicon Valley, talking to those trying to do something about hunger. And when we examine the situation in Alameda County, we find that one in five residents experience or are at risk of hunger. In fact, about 119,000 are considered food insecure, and an addition 130,000 are marginally food secure. Addressing the need is a daunting task, and that is taken on by the Alameda County Community Food bank. Joining us to talk about whats being done and what needs to be done are director Michael Altfest and outreach associate roy chim. Welcome to the show. Michael altfest thank you for having us. Robert you know, you hear that kind of term, food insecure, and things like that. Give us an idea in terms of what that means. Michael its quite simple. So, when were talking about somebody thats food insecure, theyre literally answering questions like, i do not have enough food to feed my children today. So, these are people who are st
Assignment this morning. Lets check in with roberta now. All of us agree last week was just horrific as far as the rainfall is concerned. Its going to be additional rainfall on already saturated soil. Plus the winds play a key factor. Right now, picking up some green on the screen. That is basically some very goo thiazide van waiting before it hits the land mass but this is what you need to know. Flash flood watch posted for thursday and friday. When the bulk of the rain moves into the bay area. That on top of already saturated soil, the winds going to kick up first and this is the big difference between this storm and last weeks storm. We will have winds up to 45 mileperhour gusts and 60 in the highest elevations. In addition to that we have a High Surf Advisory in place for north bay beaches. Were going to talk more about this forecast frank its coming up later on in . Newscast. This newscast. Dont forget the kpix 5 weather app. Everything you need to know right there. Check conditio
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