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Foster Care

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    LAPD Catches Child-Services Employee Trolling for Whores in County Car

    Updated below: The department says staffers like Moton are issued vans "to transport children." We recently learned what L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services employees aren't doing on the job -- namely, protecting kids from harm -- and now we might have a better idea of what they' ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2010

    BEST NEUROTIC FUNNY LADY

    Updated below: The department says staffers like Moton are issued vans "to transport children." We recently learned what L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services employees aren't doing on the job -- namely, protecting kids from harm -- and now we might have a better idea of what they' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Foster Care Until 21? That's The Law For Eligible Kids In California

    charityguide.org​Despite the state's budget woes. the state legislature and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger found money to fund a new law that funds foster care benefits for some as old as 21 -- for the children literally left behind. It might sound like an unnecessary luxury, but trust us when we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    Weekly's Heimpel wins Anna Quindlen award for gripping story on growing up in foster care

    Daniel Heimpel, freelance writer for the Weekly, has won the national Anna Quindlen Award for Excellence in Journalism in Behalf of Children and Families, a national competition founded 15 years ago to recognize print reporters, editorial writers, and broadcasters whose coverage of child welfare "ad ... More >>

  • News

    December 31, 2009

    Foster-Child Power

    Microstipends for parentless youths got slashed by Arnold. Will kids fight back?

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Police: Woman Hired Undercover Cop To Kidnap Boy

    ​Police arrested a 43-year-old woman in what they say was a plot to hire a private investigator, who turned out to be an undercover officer, to kidnap her 7-year-old son from his foster parents. Newport Beach police this week announced the arrest of Niveen Ismail on suspicion of soliciting th ... More >>

  • News

    September 10, 2009

    Left to Themselves: Foster Youths in L.A., a Before-and-After Story

    Nobody can undo the damage to kids like John, raised from infancy by the foster-care industry

  • News

    March 19, 2009

    Rooftop Foster Kids

    At 18, they lose their foster parents and become homeless. A law may help them

  • Film+TV

    January 22, 2009

    Manila: In the Claws of Mendoza

    UCLA surveys the prolific Filipino auteur

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2008

    Day of the Child on Santa Monica Pier

    By Daniel Heimpel In the world of foster kids, victories are few and often small. But this week, Santa Monica Pier was transformed, with more than 1,500 volunteers lined up in a blustery wind to meet the children with whom they'd spend the day. The 10th Annual Day of the Child, put on by Children ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Election 08: What Happens To A Dream Deferred? Prop 8 Protest in WeHo

    While much of the country and the world woke up on November 5 relieved or even joyful at the previous day's election results, the day dawned bittersweet for many others here in Los Angeles and across the state. "It's one of the most exciting days because of, clearly, Barack, and one of the most disa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2008

    Philanthropist Daphna Ziman's War for Foster Kids

    Sacramento's politicians created a fat budget deficit. Then, local bureaucrats misspent state funds meant for foster kids. Now, foster kids might pay dearly. By D. Heimpel When wealthy philanthropist Daphna Ziman, wife of real estate magnate Richard S. Ziman, walked into the meeting room of the Lo ... More >>

  • Columns

    February 28, 2008

    Conversations on Foster Care at an Oscar Party

    Sacramento's politicians created a fat budget deficit. Then, local bureaucrats misspent state funds meant for foster kids. Now, foster kids might pay dearly. By D. Heimpel When wealthy philanthropist Daphna Ziman, wife of real estate magnate Richard S. Ziman, walked into the meeting room of the Lo ... More >>

  • News

    January 10, 2008

    Terminated at 18

    Bureaucrats call it “emancipation,” but for foster kids there’s no worse birthday

  • News

    December 13, 2007

    Alleged Thieves Still on County Payroll

    Four county workers accused of taking gift cards meant for foster kids remain on the job

  • News

    November 15, 2007

    Rotten Regifting

    County employees stole gift vouchers from foster kids. They might not be fired.

  • News

    August 23, 2007

    Crossing Hoover

    Six boys eke out a precarious life in the toughest neighborhood in L.A.

  • News

    December 30, 2004

    A Fragile Peace

    Frances and Luis Aguilar fight to get their children back. But it takes more than that to keep the family together. Tensions reach a boiling point.

  • News

    December 30, 2004

    Family Analysis: A Fragile Family

    Lessons from a year with Frances, Luis and their children

  • News

    July 10, 2003

    An Unexpected Stay of Execution

    Supreme Court reaffirms inmates’ right to fair trial

  • News

    February 20, 2003

    Failing a Generation

    How to fix California’s broken Foster-Care system

  • News

    June 20, 2002

    Miles To Go

    Another Pallotta TeamWorks’ setback leaves kids in the dust

  • News

    June 29, 2000

    Letters

    Another Pallotta TeamWorks’ setback leaves kids in the dust

  • News

    June 1, 2000

    Things Fall Apart

    If your mother can’t take care of you, who will? The story of Sophie’s boys

  • Art+Books

    May 6, 1999

    White Oleander

    By Janet Fitch | Little, Brown and Co. 390 pages | $24 hardcover

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