Impacted residents have until Jan. 22 to report food loss
RIVERSIDE — Riverside County residents who lost food during recent winter storms and used CalFresh benefits to purchase that food have until Jan. 22 to report losses and request replacement benefits.The state extended the standard food-loss reporting period from 10 days to 30 days, giving affected households in several counties, including Riverside, additional time to assess damage and recover losses.State officials estimate 1.7 million CalFresh households statewide were affected, at a cost of about $580.6 million in benefits. Some benefits were used to purchase food later destroyed by storms that began Dec. 23, bringing blizzards, heavy rain, strong winds, flooding, mudslides and power outages across California.The s
