With federal assistance to buy food on pause, since November 1st due to the federal shutdown, Sonoma County residents are going hungry. photo credit: Shandra Back/KRCBFood drive at Alicia Park in Rohnert Park on November 6, 2025.
Walking up to Rohnert Park’s Alicia Park this morning you can see lines of cars looped far around the block. They inch one spot forward every so often.
They’re all here to pick up food, and from the looks of it, they’re willing to wait.
Juan Gonzales is among those inching slowly forward. He said he’d been waiting for around an hour and ten minutes, and still had about two blocks to go before he’s even entering the parking lot…