Like many other families coping with a loved one’s detention, Alma Ramirez and her children have faced financial struggles and mental health tolls A version of this story was originally published in La Opinión. Read the story in Spanish here . Every night, for months, as they settled into bed at

Surrogate who rejected abortion request had asked justices to halt court order recognizing LA couple as legal parents The supreme court has refused to get involved with a custody dispute between an Alaska surrogate and a California couple whose child was born with a rare and serious heart defect. On

California man charged with misdemeanor battery in Burbank over incident sending three patrons to hospital A 34-year-old man from California has been arrested after allegedly pepper-spraying a person at a movie theater who was using his cellphone during the film, according to authorities. Police arr