County food banks facing bare shelves

Workers at food pantries across the county are saying they've never seen the shelves so bare and so many families desperate for help putting food on the table.

One shelter in north county made an executive decision last week to no longer stock meat products because they are so expensive.

Ground beef and hot dogs are a thing of the past, said Marsha Frazier, president of North County Emergency Outreach Network.

The associate director of a shelter in south county said 63 percent of the clients they served in September were using the pantry's services for the first time.

And St. James' Parish's pantry...