Hunger has no guidelines on the Peninsula. These people are working for the same wages, fighting to pay the same bills and trying to support their families and children.

The resident set the house on fire. A SWAT team fired a less-than-lethal beanbag round, causing him to surrender.

What's really shocking with these numbers are the kids, and the fact that 25 percent of these households are elderly.

Most of the people are no thicker than Formica, yet they hunger obscurely for some continuity with the place and with each other.

Whether it is tribalism, racism, xenophobia, or anti-Muslim backlash we're talking about, we spend so much time and energy fighting ways to divide ourselves from others.

Many people are weakened by hunger. They can no longer walk long distances to fetch water. They often become desperate and drink dirty water, which leads to sickness and death.