Two days after Heather Gonzalez’s sixth birthday, her mother walked out the door for the final time. As far as anyone knows, 27-year-old Teresa Wismer McKinley was headed to Peña Adobe, a ...

Teresa Watanabe covers education for the Los Angeles Times. Since joining the Times in 1989, she has covered immigration, ethnic communities, religion, Pacific Rim business and served as Tokyo ...

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