More than a decade after the death of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez exposed heartbreaking failures in the child welfare system, Assemblyman Tom Lackey’s (R-Palmdale) years-long effort to strengthen protections for abused children has cleared the California Legislature.  Gabriel’s case drew renewed national attention in 2020 with the Netflix documentary series “The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez,” which examined the failures of the ...

As National Foster Care Month comes to a close, Fostering Youth Indepence (FYI) in Santa Clarita has recognized an individual who has embraced the FYI community. Santa Clarita’s FYI group has chosen to spotlight Gabriel, an individual who’s endured the adversity that comes along with leaving the foster care system and faced a plethora of challenges that led him to ...