SNAP Logo - Credit usda.gov Enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, known as CalFresh in California) has fallen sharply, declining more than 13% in a single year. Preliminary USDA data shows participation dropping from 42.2 million people in May 2025 to 36.6 million in May 2026. This follows the implementation of expanded work requirements and other reforms in President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (also called H.R. 1 or the “big beautiful bil

Meet Miss Ginger, Miss Biscuit, and Miss Pepper – three sweet girls currently available for adoption through S.N.A.P. (Spay Neuter and Protect)! Miss Ginger (colorful blue tortie) is the free-spirited adventurer of the litter. Brave, smart, and endlessly curious, she loves to play, sneak-pounce on her sisters, get the zoomies (complete with somersaults!), and watch videos or play cat games on your phone. She also enjoys pets and will happily claim your lap when the mood strik

Photo courtesy of S.N.A.P. This spunky little girl is always on the move! She’s the plumpest kitten S.N.A.P. has seen all year—a true chunk—with a loving personality that melts hearts. She is available for adoption at the S.N.A.P. Thrift and Gift Store. S.N.A.P. (Spay Neuter and Protect) is a local nonprofit that began in 2018 with the mission of offering the community a low-cost spay/neuter voucher program to help reduce the number of unwanted and unaltered cats and kittens.

California’s biggest problems with fraud, waste, and mismanagement of federally funded programs are concentrated in its largest, liberal-run cities. Yet when the federal government responds with penalties, cost shifts, or funding pressure, the consequences fall disproportionately on smaller rural and inland counties like Shasta — communities that had little to do with creating the original problems. How State-Level Failures Trigger Federal Consequences When California shows h

Brooke Rollins Confirmed as Secretary of Agriculture, Cites 'Aggressive Plan' to Eliminate USDA Jobs | Food Safety Magazine Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has delivered a bombshell update on the Trump administration’s crackdown on waste, fraud, and abuse in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps. In posts on X and interviews, Rollins detailed audit findings from cooperating states that reveal systemic problems long ignored under

Shasta Unfiltered has touched on the heartbreaking realities of animal overpopulation, neglect, and abuse across Northern California. Now, LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt is forcing that uncomfortable conversation in Southern California with a powerful video and social media posts that are going viral. Photo Credit: Spencer Pratt video on X: https://x.com/spencerpratt/status/2060782789361074385?s=20 On May 30, 2026, Pratt posted on X: “There’s a reason ‘Dog’ is just ‘God’,

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has emerged as one of the nation's most aggressive defenders of undocumented immigrants, using the power of his office—and millions in taxpayer dollars—to shield non-citizens from federal enforcement while ensuring their access to state and federal benefits funded largely by California residents. Since taking office in 2021 and winning election in 2022, Bonta has filed dozens of lawsuits against the federal government, with a sharp escal

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors held their last meeting of the calendar year with new revelations from Chairman Kevin Crye about his health challenge and more cost-cutting measures ahead for the Social Services Budget under Shasta County’s Health and Human Services Agency.

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