Riverside County residents who were impacted by recent winter storms have until Monday, March 4, to report food loss. Valley News/Courtesy photo
RIVERSIDE COUNTY – Riverside County residents who lost food during recent winter storms and used their CalFresh benefits to purchase that food have until Monday, March 4, to report their losses and request replacement benefits, county officials said.The state recently approved extending the normal reporting period for food loss from 10 to 30 days. The additional time allows impacted CalFresh households to assess their losses and recover as much as possible.State officials estimate that 279,875 CalFresh households were affected statewide with a cost of about $54.5 million in benefits, some of which may have been used to purchase food subsequently destroyed due to the winter storms that began Saturday, Feb. 3, and spread across California causing flash floods, heavy snowfall and wi
