>> CATHERINE: IT'S NOT CLEAR
YET IF THE WOMAN WILL
SURVIVE. 
>> CATHERINE: MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS AND AS MANY AS ONE
IN NINE CALIFORNIA FAMILIES
RECEIVE SOME FORM OF
FOODSTAMPS OR FOOD
ASSISTANCE BENEFITS. BUT AS
OF TODAY, MOST ARE SEEING
CUTS IN THOSE BENEFITS
BECAUSE THE FOODSTAMP BOOST
INCLUDED IN THE 2009
STIMULUS PACKAGE HAS
EXPIRED. 
>> CATHERINE: FROM SAN JOSE,
KRON FOUR'S ROB FLADEBOE HAS
THE STORY OF HOW THESE CUTS
ARE AFFECTING ONE NEEDY
FAMILY. 
>> CATHERINE: SINGLE MOTHER
SOFIA GALLEGO CAN'T AFFORD A
CAR SO SHE RIDES HER BIKE TO
THE STORE. IN HER POCKET IS
A FOODSTAMP VOUCHER. SHE IS
ONE OF A 4 MILLION
CALIFORNIANS, A QUARTER
MILLION HERE IN THE BAY
AREA, WHOSE FOODSTAMP
BENEFITS ARE BEING CUT
BACK. 
>> I WISH THEY WOULD STOP
DOING THIS. BECAUSE EVERYONE
IS KITTY HURT. WE CONTINUE
LIKE THIS IT WILL JUST GET
WORSE, AND WORSE. EVERYONE
GETTING HURT..
>> REPORTER:GALLEGO, WHO IS
OUT OF WORK AND HAS TWO
SONS, ONE OF WHOM IS
DISABLED, SHOWED THIS LETTER
SHE GOT FROM UNCLE SAM
INFORMING HER THAT HER
BENEFITS ARE BEING REDUCED
FROM $249 TO $192 DOLLARS A
MONTH. 
GALLEGO FOUND SOME BARGAINS
AT THE DOLLAR STORE BUT SHE
CAN'T USE 
FOODSTAMPS FOR TOOTHPASTE,
TOILET PAPER, LAUNDRY SOAP
AND OTHER 
NECESSITIES. SHE ESTIMATES
THE CUTS WILL MEAN FEWER,
SMALLER MEALS FROM NOW ON. 
GROCERIES UNLOADED, GALLEGO
GOT BACK ON HER BIKE AND
HEADED OUT IN SEARCH OF
RECYCLABLES TO TRY AND MAKE
UP THE DIFFERENCE. IN SAN
>> I AM REALLY TRYING TO
STRETCH IT. WHEN I SAW HOW
MUCH
