Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services

$65M lawsuit filed after SoCal toddler dies from …

Justin Bulley, 17 months old, died on Feb. 18, 2024 in Lancaster after ingesting fentanyl. (Bulley Family)

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L.A. DCFS head to resign as agency faces scrutiny over …

Bobby Cagle, speaking at a 2019 fundraiser, said he Tuesday he planned to step down as DCFS director. (Tommaso Boddi / Getty Images for Janie's Fund)

Norwalk foster mom charged after 4-year-old boy ‘beaten …

A boy relatives say was beaten and tortured while in L.A. County foster care is shown in a provided by family members on Nov. 8, 2021.

L.A. County plans ‘blind removal’ pilot to test whether …

Supervisor Holly Mitchell, whose 2nd District stretches from Culver City to Carson, proposed a “blind removal” pilot project. Social workers will not mention race or ethnicity when presenting a child’s case for removal from their home. She is seen in an undated photo. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

Court docs detail bitter custody battle before Reseda …

Photos, candles, flowers and balloons are placed as a memorial on April 12, 2021, for three children who were killed at the Royal Villa apartments complex in Reseda. (Richard Vogel / Associated Press)

LAPD searching for 3-year-old believed to be abducted …

The Los Angeles Police Department’s Southeast Division and the Department of Children and Family Services is asking for the public’s help finding 3-year-old Nevaeh Wisner (left) and her biological father Freddie Lee Wisner Jr. (LAPD)

Relatives file wrongful death lawsuit in torture killing …

Noah Cuatro is seen in an undated photo provided to KTLA by his grandmother, Eva Hernandez.

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Sheriff’s Dept. Investigating Foster Child’s ‘Suspicious’ …

Deputies respond to a call about an unresponsive child in Palmdale on Jan. 24, 2020. (Credit: Don Luis Meza)

Appeals Court Throws Out Case Against 4 Social Workers …

Gabriel Fernandez is shown in a photo posted to Facebook.

Woman Who Abducted Children From Foster Mother in …

Police and sheriff's deputies arrested a kidnapping suspect and recovered two abducted children as the suspect awaited an out-of-state flight at the Hollywood Burbank Airport on Jan. 4, 2019. (Credit: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)

Echo Park Mother Accused of Starving Son, Hiding …

Veronica Aguilar appears for a hearing in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom in Aug. 2016. (Credit: Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

New Report Says L.A. Child-Welfare System Not at …

Noah Cuatro is seen in an undated photo provided to KTLA by his grandmother, Eva Hernandez.

Family of 10-Year-Old Anthony Avalos Files $50 Million …

Anthony Avalos is seen in a photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Attorney Demands Answers From DCFS in Suspicious …

Noah Cuatro is seen in an undated photo provided to KTLA by his grandmother, Eva Hernandez.