The removal of 21 children from a Los Angeles-area couple has put a spotlight on the practice of using surrogates to build a ...

More than 20 children were placed in the custody of a Southern California child-welfare agency following child abuse ...

An investigation into surrogacy fraud is underway after 21 children were taken from a California couple's home, with records ...

Twenty-one children are in the custody of a California child-welfare agency while authorities investigate a Los Angeles-area ...

More than 20 children are in the custody of a California child-welfare agency while authorities investigate a Los Angeles-area couple and whether surrogate mothers around the country were misled.

In Arcadia, California, 21 children, mostly born from a surrogate, are now in the protection of a state child-welfare agency after investigators searched the home in connection to a child abuse case.

The conviction came nearly five years after the couple brought their unresponsive 10-month-old son to the Hoag Hospital Emergency Room in Newport Beach.

With cuts to some child welfare programs, California's new budget provided an emergency bailout to private foster family agencies.

Fullerton became the unexpected focus of animal welfare concerns as Orange County Animal Control officers seized a staggering number of felines - at least 120 cats - from a residence on Wednesday.

Deputies called to a Taco Bell parking lot in Merced County led to an alarming discovery of dozens of cats in a U-Haul van, according to the sheriff's office.