California's insurance crisis now includes the foster care system. The main provider of foster care agencies is dropping its ...

AB 218 could result in up to $3 billion in childhood sexual abuse settlements for school districts that are already squeezed financially.

We're witnessing program closures, layoffs and families scrambling for safe, enriching spaces for their children,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Twenty-one children are in the custody of a California child-welfare agency while authorities investigate a Los Angeles-area couple and whether they misled surrogate mothers around the country.