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Mom and boyfriend who allegedly tortured, murdered boy due in court
This post has been corrected. See below for details. A Palmdale mother and her boyfriend are scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in the alleged torture and beating death of the woman's 8-year-old son. Pearl Fernandez, 29, and her boyfriend, Isauro...
Tags: Skull Fracture, Fractured Rib, Suicide, Abusive Behavior, Career and Workplace
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Signs of boy's abuse missed by L.A. County social workers
When paramedics arrived at his Palmdale home last week, 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez's skull was cracked, three ribs were broken and his skin was bruised and burned. He had BB pellets embedded in his lung and groin. Two teeth were knocked out of his...
Tags: Suicide, Child Abuse, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Zev Yaroslavsky
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Children's welfare demands a fix in institutional incompetence
I'm tired of hearing "culture change" held out as a fix for idiocy. That's the standard excuse when institutions fail: A dysfunctional culture is to blame when students don't learn or jail inmates are beaten. And it's the explanation being offered...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Career and Workplace
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Charity funds for tragedy victims getting trickier
Within hours of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing, even as the tragedy was unfolding on live television, the machinery of victim fundraising had already started to hum. By 5 p.m. April 16 — less than 26 hours after bomb blasts killed three...
Tags: Sports, John Hickenlooper, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Social Issues, Deval Patrick
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Letters: No more child deaths
Re "County missed signs of boy's abuse," May 31 As a resident of Los Angeles County, I am appalled and sickened and most of all saddened by the death of 8-year old Gabriel Fernandez from horrific injuries allegedly inflicted by his mother's boyfriend...
Tags: Suicide, Abusive Behavior, Career and Workplace
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Letters: More social workers for L.A. County
Re "The Gabriel Fernandez case," Editorial, June 4 The Times' editorial on the tragic death of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez was notable for its sophisticated analysis of many problems in the Los Angeles County child welfare system, but also for a...
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Camp Pendleton to open gates for rare classic car tour in June
Classic car events with tours or rallies are nothing new. One touring the largest military base on the West Coast is. For the first time ever, Camp Pendleton will open its gates for auto enthusiasts to tour its 125,000-acre facility on June 21. The...
Tags: Social Issues, U.S. Department of Defense, Charity, Entertainment Events, Ferrari
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More poor live in suburbs than in urban areas, research shows
Bucking longstanding patterns in the United States, more poor people now live in the nation's suburbs than in urban areas, according to a new analysis. As poverty mounted throughout the nation over the past decade, the number of poor people living in...
Tags: Social Issues, Hofstra University, Business Institutions, Brookings Institution, Poverty
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CVS customers say unauthorized prescription refills still occur
Barbara De Maria received calls from her local CVS store in Glendale recently saying that her son's prescription had been automatically refilled, as per his instructions. Problem was, De Maria's son had given no such instructions, and the prescription...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Social Issues, CVS Corp., Craigslist, Inc., Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Dodgers owners distance themselves from Frank McCourt charities
Most of the changes brought on by the Dodgers’ new ownership group have been flashy, headline-grabbing. From a record baseball payroll to over $100 million in stadium improvements, the changes were designed to grab attention and inspire renewed...
Tags: Sports, Baseball, Social Issues, Zack Greinke, Charity
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Hungry for a group to safely deliver leftover food to charities
On a recent evening, students at Pomona College feasted on chicken pot pie, steamed veggies, biscuits and rice. And, as is often the case, there were plenty of leftovers in the dining hall, enough for about 100 extra meals. Those leftovers, however,...
Tags: Social Issues, Colleges and Universities, Career and Workplace, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Maryland, College Park
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Dorothy DeBolt dies at 89; adoption advocate raised 20 children
It was a story Dorothy Atwood DeBolt enjoyed telling, one that any harried parent of young children might find somewhat familiar. The phone rang one day as the busy mother raced around her home, getting ready for an out-of-town trip and wrapping up...
Tags: Family, Entertainment, Adoption, Henry Winkler, Movies
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