Second look at AIDS food program

Carrying signs that read "Hunger Kills!" and "Salvation not Starvation!" nearly 200 people crammed into a Los Angeles auditorium Thursday to protest a vote that would have cut funding to food programs that serve those with HIV and AIDS. Susan Abram in the Daily News.

Members of Los Angeles County's Commission on HIV considered cutting $350,000 from a nutrition service, which includes a pantry and distribution center in North Hollywood. The services reach roughly 3,000 people a month.

But after hearing comments by dozens of clients, volunteers and staff from AIDS Project Los Angeles, Project Angel Food, and Bienestar among others, the commission voted to send the issue back to a committee for further discussion.