Karen de Sa

an investigative reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle

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Part 3 of "Drugging Our Kids," the Mercury News series on psychotropics and the foster care system is now online at: http://t.co/rf5t1iVcU7

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Read Part Two of the San Jose Mercury News series "Drugging Our Kids," now online at http://t.co/pTOcShm14e

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California Medical Board to investigate following Mercury News series "Drugging Our Kids" on foster youth:
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Swift reaction from lawmakers to Mercury News series "Drugging Our Kids" on foster youth and psych meds:
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Please check out "Drugging Our Kids," a report on California foster youth and psych meds, 8/24/14: http://t.co/pTOcShm14e

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Coming Sunday: We investigate how psychiatric drugs are being used on California's foster children.

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One year county jail plus three years probation for former supervisor Shirakawa. He's taken straight from the courtroom to begin serving.

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Shirakawa sentenced to full year in county jail with one day credit for time served.

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Shirakawa lawyer argues for no jail time, claiming his client's life is already"bleak" with no money and no career.

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Attorney Williams says media have imposed a "life sentence" on Shirakawa by dubbing him a "disgraced former supervisor."

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Shirakawa attorney says he was no "sophisticated" criminal, just a desperate, depressed gambling addict.

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Williams says "at the heart of this is addiction," in defending Shirakawa. "He has fallen far," he adds, asking for sympathy from judge.

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Shirakawa attorney John Williams says his client simply has a gambling problem, "it's a comfort if you will."

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DA says Shirakawa gambled through March and April of this year.

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Former San Jose Police Chief Moore describes in video how Shirakawa used county credit card to pay for lavish meal unbeknownst to him.

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Shirakawa former chief of staff Eddie Garcia says he did not question almost 1,000 receipts that were not properly itemized.