Jesse Rivas can’t escape the what-ifs. Even now, two years later, he agonizes over what he could have done to save 4-year-old Sirita Sotelo, a precious member of his extended family. “It’s so hard to ...

OLYMPIA – Legislation intended to protect children from abusive parents and spurred by the death of 4-year-old Sirita Sotelo cleared its final hurdle Thursday. The bill known as “Sirita’s Law” will ...

First of all, tell us a little about your background and how you got to where you are today. I moved to NYC in 2005 while finishing undergrad at Marymount University in Arlington, VA. I was studying ...

In the past year, two babies starved in Kent with cans of food sitting in their mother's kitchen, a 4-year-old girl in Lake Stevens was killed by her stepmother and other children were shaken to death ...

A 4-year-old who died last week at her Lake Stevens home had repeatedly come to the attention of state child welfare workers as an alleged victim of abuse or neglect and spent time in foster care ...

OLYMPIA – It’s the memories that push Gary Malkasian. He remembers the 3-year-old girl he and his wife took in as foster parents. He remembers her dancing and singing, her scrutiny of an anthill in a ...

EVERETT — A manslaughter charge was filed today against the 25-year-old stepmother of 4-year-old Sirita Sotelo, who was beaten to death in January at the family home in Lake Stevens. Heather Ewell was ...

EVERETT — A 25-year-old Lake Stevens woman who allegedly beat her 4-year-old stepdaughter to death was charged yesterday with first-degree manslaughter. Heather Ewell had initially told authorities ...

Model-turned-runway-coach talks longevity in a fashion industry where success can be short-lived.