We have been seeing the devastation on children and on families at a record pace,

I only remember that I was asleep and when I woke up, the van was already turning over. When the van stopped, I was thrown into the grass. I turned my head, and saw that other people had been thrown out. I couldn't see whether they were OK. I couldn't move. I couldn't sit up. I couldn't walk. All I could do was wait for help to come. It seemed like forever because of the pain.

Within the agency, I've always been treated fairly, ... I stood out because I was the only bilingual Hispanic, I believe, for about the first 13 years in the sheriff's office in my career. I ended up getting all the high-profile felony cases -- homicides, shootings, robberies -- involving Spanish-speaking individuals. So it accelerated my training, but it put a heavy workload on me.

Sounded a bit unfriendly to me, but that was their official answer.

We believe that at this particular point, the best interests of the children will be with the grandmother.

We discussed the possibility of the grandmother starting to have visitation with the children. We are setting up a timetable to arrange these visits.