PALMDALE, Calif. (CNS) -- Legislation by Assemblyman Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, aimed at strengthening protections for abused children cleared the state Legislature and is headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom for ...

Pearl Fernandez was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in June 2018 CBS LA/Youtube; Facebook Pearl Fernandez murdered her 8-year-old son, Gabriel Fernandez, in May 2013 She ...

A bill named after a Southern California boy who died after months of horrific abuse was signed into law Monday to bolster ...

After many failed bills over the past eight years, the governor has signed legislation by Assemblyman Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A physician who performed a brain examination on Gabriel Fernandez, a Palmdale boy who prosecutors said was murdered by his mother and her boyfriend, testified in court Thursday.

Thirteen years after the death of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez exposed horrendous failures in the child welfare system, ...

A proposed bill aimed at strengthening protections for abused children is heading to the governor’s desk in California.

Monday was an emotionally charged day for the relatives of Gabriel Fernandez, the 8-year-old boy who was brutally tortured to death by his mother, Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend in the worst child ...

Gabriel’s Law requires social workers to secure emergency care for children in temporary custody and strengthens accountability protections.

Documenting a horrifying story from every conceivable angle, "The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez" examines the abuse and murder of an eight-year-old boy by his mother and her boyfriend, and the ways that ...

She pleaded guilty to a first-degree murder charge in February 2018 Pearl was sentenced to life in prison without parole later that same year It's been 13 years since Pearl Fernandez murdered her ...