Lines stretched for five blocks outside the Elmcor Food Pantry in Corona.
The largely immigrant community is struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic.
The pantry normally serves about 180 families per week.
Wednesday, about 600 people showed up to get a week's worth of food.
Last week, so many people lined up that the pantry ran out of food.
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