The Trump administration is suing California over its animal welfare laws, claiming they unconstitutionally raised egg prices ...

In summary California child welfare agencies must investigate claims of Native American ancestry before separating a family, the California Supreme Court stressed in a new ruling that affects ...

California kids were taken from their parents for their own safety. Then county social workers abused them, they say. San Diego County is confronting hundreds of lawsuits filed by now-grown ...

In response to the tragic abuse and disappearance of Fayette County toddler Kahleb Collins, a new legislative proposal is ...

Their son, now 5-years-old, suffered permanent brain damage, leaving him a quadriplegic unable to walk, talk, or see.

A one-year-old boy has died from heatstroke after he was left inside a hot vehicle for over two hours while his mother ...

The state Legislature has passed a bill outlawing anonymous reports to the state’s central hotline for child abuse and ...

Two parents in Northern California have been charged with murder after their child was found buried near a lake, authorities say.

But according to the California Child Welfare Indicators Project, only 1-in-9 cases of child abuse or neglect was substantiated in 2023.

A key argument in this case was whether including tribal general welfare payments in child support calculations would infringe on tribal sovereignty.

Now, Gomez, a graduate of the University of California, Davis, is realizing her ambition through a program to professionalize and add to the corps of social workers at public child welfare agencies in ...

The Trump administration has sued California over the state's voter-approved animal welfare law, which protects hens, pigs ...