Yuba County Food Insecurity | ICE Deports Natomas DACA Recipient | Sactown Movie Buffs Film Festival
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Sacramento State’s campus food pantry Oct. 27, 2025.
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Yuba County Food Insecurity
According to a recent study from the UC Davis Labor and Community Center, CalFresh enrollment across the Sacramento region has grown since the pandemic. Researchers looked at the effects on the seven county region - Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, El Dorado, Nevada, Yuba and Sutter - sparked by the Trump Administration’s seismic H.R.1 spending plan which restricts food assistance funding to certain recipients. On today’s Insight, we’ll check in with Yuba County, where CalFresh enrollment for adults aged 18-59 is nearly double the statewide average. A higher rate not driven by unemployment, but low-wages - the median household income is nearly 20% lower than the statewide median. Chaya Galicia is the Program Director at the Yuba County Department of Health and Human Services and Maria Ball is the Executive Director of the Yuba-Sutter Food Bank. They join us to discuss how the changes at the federal level will impact food security in the communities they serve.
ICE Deports Natomas DACA Recipient
A Natomas woman has been thrust into the Trump Administration’s hardlined immigration enforcement. Maria de Jesús Estrada Juárez immigrated to the U.S. as a minor and is protected under the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The 42-year-old was deported in February after attending a scheduled hearing for a green card, only to return to the U.S. last week, after a federal judge ruled the deportation unlawful. But that isn’t where the story ends, as Estrada Juárez is due back in court. Sacramento Vice Mayor Karina Talamantes organized a press conference following her return and joins us with more on the city’s role and next steps.
Maria de Jesús Estrada Juárez was unable for an interview today, but spoke with NPR Weekend Edition on April 4.
We reached out to the Department of Homeland Security which said, in part, “This is yet another ruling from a Biden-appointed activist judge… DACA does not confer any form of legal status in this country.”
Sactown Movie Buffs Film Festival
What started as two friends debating movies has become a showcase for local filmmakers. Kierre Stowes and Jason Alley have been best friends since childhood, but they haven’t always seen eye to eye when it comes to movies. They channeled their love of film and debate with each other into the Sactown Movie Buffs TV show and podcast, where they review films and discuss the movie industry with professionals from the Sacramento scene. They joined us today to talk about their upcoming Sactown Movie Buffs Film Festival taking place this weekend.
