On Thursday in the East Bay, Meals on Wheels is ending some home food deliveries because the program has been starved for funding.

For 11 years, Vijay Behl has been driving food to homebound Antioch seniors. And he absolutely loves doing it.

"Helping the people who are in need of this, people who cannot walk, who cannot go out on their own, and they get the meals at home, that is the best part of this program," he said as he began his daily rounds.

Behl has about 100 clients in the Antioch area that he delivers to each week. But the program was ending on Thursday, at least for breakfast.

"There's cereal, and there's eggs in here," said Lindy Maynes-Koltoff, as she pulled out the contents of a "breakfast bag."

As a board member of Meals on Wheels, Diablo Region, she said they were the

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