The couple accused of torturing and killing 8-year-old Genesis Mata had their preliminary hearing delayed to October after ...

Statements made by Ray Mata and Graciela Bustamonte to police were self-serving and later inconsistent with their own ...

Father and stepmother of Genesis Mata to appear in court Thursday Trump's pick to oversee Social Security COLA says "need to ...

A preliminary hearing for Ray Mata Jr. and Graciela Bustamonte, the couple accused of torturing and killing 8-year-old Genesis Mata, has been postponed until ...

The head of Kern’s Department of Human Services is proposing an external review of the county’s child welfare services. Lito Morillo will make the ...

Ray Mata Jr. and Graciela Bustamonte have been charged with first-degree murder, willful cruelty to a child, and torture ...

The Kern County Board of Supervisors will consider an independent review of child welfare services which was requested by the ...

Kern County Department of Human Services has proposed an independent review of Child Welfare Services as part of the death ...

While the community is still grappling with 8-year-old Genesis Mata’s brutal death, 17 News spoke with Genesis’ biological ...

Over 3,000 people have signed a petition demanding an independent investigation into Kern County Child Protective Services after the death of 8-year-old Genesis Mata.

A protest was held Friday outside the Department of Human Services building. In attendance were members of Genesis Mata’s family and other mothers who say the system failed their kids as ...