Years before he was arrested in the grisly slaying of his 8-year-old daughter, admitted gang member Ray Mata Jr. allegedly ...

Ray Mata Jr. and Graciela Bustamonte have been charged with first-degree murder, willful cruelty to a child, and torture ...

The death of 8-year-old Genesis Mata has sparked renewed scrutiny of the child welfare system after reports confirmed the ...

Court filings indicate Kern County Child Protective Services had opened an investigation of possible abuse of an 8-year-old before the girl was found dead last weekend in a hotel bathroom from ...

The April report showed CPS is underfunded, understaffed and has a high turnover rate. These factors, the report says, affects workers with high case loads.

Court documents allege horrific abuse led to the death of an 8-year-old girl at the hands of her father and stepmother.

The tragic death of 8-year-old Genesis Ariah Mata has sparked a call to action for community vigilance against child abuse.

The suspects in the murder of an 8-year-old girl in central Bakersfield have been officially charged and made their first court appearance on Tuesday afternoon.

The Arizona Department of Transportation is thanking its maintenance workers who formed a human chain to rescue a woman from ...

In an exclusive interview, the ADOT crew recalls how they helped a woman who had been trapped in a canal for several hours.

An 8-year-old girl’s body was found dead and beaten in a hotel bathtub on Saturday, August 2. Now, California police have ...