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Department Of Children And Family Services

Changes at LA County DCFS aim to better protect kids from abuse

  • Aug 19, 2025

Report highlights child-abuse cases plaguing Antelope Valley

  • Jan 26, 2024

San Bernardino County Department of Children and Family Services sued

  • Jun 1, 2023

Anthony Avalos case: Mother, boyfriend found guilty in boy's death

  • Mar 8, 2023

Anthony Avalos case: Family, county reach $32 million settlement

  • May 11, 2022

LA Rams help raise money for mural to remember Gabriel Fernandez

  • Mar 2, 2022

Lawsuit: Woman impregnated at 13 alleges DCFS worker set up abortion

  • Jul 23, 2021

Mother mourns Pomona teen slain after alleged torture: 'It's not fair'

  • Jun 7, 2021

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LA County DCFS facing $50 million lawsuit over death of toddler

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An inside look as DCFS works to improve troubled agency

  • Aug 19, 2025
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Report highlights Antelope Valley as trouble spot for child-abuse cases

  • Jan 26, 2024
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San Bernardino County child services sued on behalf of 5,800 foster children

  • May 27, 2023
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Mother of Anthony Avalos and her boyfriend found guilty in Lancaster boy's murder

  • Mar 8, 2023
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Mother of Anthony Avalos and her boyfriend found guilty in Lancaster boy's murder

  • Mar 8, 2023
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Madre de Anthony Avalos y su novio declarados culpables en el asesinato del niño de 10 años

  • Mar 7, 2023
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Mother of Anthony Avalos and her boyfriend found guilty in Lancaster boy's murder

  • Mar 7, 2023

Latest Stories

16-year-old Pomona boy, murdered allegedly by stepmom, identified as George Almaraz

"She's a monster. She's not a stepmother...He's 16 years old. He had a future ahead of him." The slaying of a 16-year-old boy and the arrest of his stepmother on murder, abuse and torture charges have shocked a Pomona neighborhood.

  • Jun 4, 2021
Pomona Police Department

Father, stepmother arrested in murder, abuse of 16-year-old boy in Pomona

Police say a Pomona woman killed her 16-year-old stepson, while the boy's father did nothing to prevent prior abuse by her.

  • Jun 4, 2021

Gabriel Fernandez: Family hopes to have mural designed as remembrance to abused children

The family of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez wants to make sure people remember the murdered Palmdale boy with a mural in downtown Los Angeles that will serve as a remembrance to abused children.

  • May 4, 2021

Mother of Gabriel Fernandez files petition for re-sentencing, vacated murder conviction

A Palmdale woman who pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of her 8-year-old son, Gabriel Fernandez, has filed court papers seeking a new hearing in her case.

  • Apr 8, 2021

Palmdale community remembers Gabriel Fernandez on what would've been his 16th birthday

Family and community members gathered in Palmdale to celebrate the life of Gabriel Fernandez, the boy who was tortured and killed by his mother and her boyfriend, on what would've been his 16th birthday.

  • Feb 21, 2021