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A Modesto judge has a poor record of assigning a vital service for foster kids. Child advocates wonder why

About 300 Stanislaus County foster children in the past five years haven’t had adult court-appointed special advocates (CASAs) to help them navigate often-difficult lives because the judge in charge systematically excludes the service. Stanislaus is the only California county with a juvenile dependency judge who regularly declines to provide extra adult eyes, ears and hearts […]