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Blame game erupts in San Jose baby’s fentanyl death: Social workers say lawyers blocked effort to remove infant from unsafe home
Head of child protection agency had said social worker and supervisor made fateful decision.
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Baby’s fentanyl death: Santa Clara County knew of parentsâ drug use, neglect
A Bay Area News Group investigation point to a number of glaring missteps and disturbing oversights that led to the death of 3-month-old Phoenix Castro.
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Another Bay Area child dead from fentanyl, another parent behind bars. ‘They donât mean for their kid to die.’
Kristofer Ferreyra was 10 days shy of his second birthday when police say he somehow ingested fentanyl and became the Bay Area's latest child victim of the deadly opioid. Now...
Report: California investigators review protective child custody cases in Santa Clara County
The report was delivered to Santa Clara County after the California Department of Social Services received âconcernsâ that the county counselâs office was making key decisions that could leave children...
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Santa Clara County top exec admits county âdropped the ballâ in San Jose babyâs fentanyl death
State report says Santa Clara County lawyers overrode social worker decisions to remove children from unsafe homes.
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Baby Phoenix died of a fentanyl overdose in San Jose. Neighbors insist they tried to raise the alarm
Police said they found her baby bottle on the kitchen counter alongside broken glass pipes, aluminum foil and the powerful opioid that last year killed more than 6,000 Californians.
Exclusive: Santa Clara County to review its own role leading up to babyâs fentanyl death
County child protection workers had numerous encounters with the family of 3-month-old Phoenix Castro, whose father was arrested last week on child endangerment and illegal possession of a controlled substance...
Here’s what California schools must now do to prepare for a fentanyl overdose on campus
The newly approved requirements, which will apply to both public and charter schools who serve children in 7th through 12th grade, stop short of mandating that schools make the opioid-reversing...
Striking Bay Area Kaiser workers seek higher wages, better staffing
Union representatives are calling it the largest health care worker strike in United States history.
Poll: 87% of Californians say U.S. is in a mental health crisis. But how do they feel about themselves?
Residents reported widespread concerns over inflation, homelessness, and housing in the statewide survey released by the Public Policy Institute of Califonia Tuesday evening