By Dianne Anderson Chicken – it’s what’s for dinner this Thanksgiving for thousands of low-income families across the Southland as COVID-19 and Avian flu have big birds in short order at food banks and food pantries everywhere. Traditional turkey dinner will be served as usual at Southwest Community Center in Santa Ana, but they are ...

By Dianne Anderson Everyone is talking turkey this week, especially how easy it is to drop $150 on the big feast. This week, Community Action Partnership (CAP) is making the day a little lighter on the family budget by collaborating with dozens of local volunteers, who are out boxing up good eats for their great ...

Andy Street families are getting a head start on the festive season, and about to break out all the secret sauce for some mouth watering Thanksgiving dinner. But first, the free turkeys. On November 17, community advocate LaVerne Duncan said their turkey giveaway for local families includes everything needed to whip a multi-course meal with ...

By Dianne Anderson Thanksgiving isn’t just a feel-good moment for Robert Flournoy and friends. He says he passed that stage over 20 years ago. “Now it’s the passion to do it, and the drive to accomplish it,” said Flournoy, founder and director of the nonprofit Loaves and Fishes X 10. It could be said that ...