Eight caregivers win awards for outstanding commitment and dedication to foster care Zakiyyah Lateef will admit that her six-bedroom home is usually full of children. But she knows there is not enough space there for all the youngsters and teens in need of supportive and loving homes. Last time she counted 10 years ago; Lateef ...

By Dianne Anderson Everyone is on lockdown in tight living quarters, which makes it hard to see or hear what’s going on with the kids behind closed doors. In recent weeks since the start of the pandemic, reports and calls of abuse or neglect have dropped by 56 percent at Riverside County Department of Public ...