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California authorities take 21 children into custody amid surrogacy scheme investigation
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California authorities are investigating a possible surrogacy scam after they rescued 21 children linked to a Los Angeles-area couple.
Fifteen children taken from the couple’s home — as well as an additional six children discovered living elsewhere — are now under the care of a child-welfare agency. The children were between the ages of 2 months and 13 years old, The Associated Press reported.
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The children’s legal parents are believed to be 38-year-old Silvia Zhang and 65-year-old Guojun Xuan, according to AP.
The home of Silvia Zhang and Guojun Xuan is seen on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 in Arcadia, California, where a number of children were removed from the couple’s home after a child abuse allegation in May, according to Arcadia police. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
“We believe one or two were born biologically to the mother,” Arcadia Police Lt. Kollin Cieadlo said. “There are some surrogates who have come forward and said they were surrogates for the children.”
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Authorities were tipped off after the couple was arrested earlier this year when a hospital reported that their baby had a traumatic head injury. However, neglect charges were not formally pursued, according to Arcadia police.
An aerial view shows the home of Silvia Zhang and Guojun Xuan on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 in Arcadia, California, where a number of children were removed from the couple’s home after a child abuse allegation in May, according to Arcadia police. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Cieadlo said Zhang had what appeared to be legitimate birth certificates for the many children which list her as their mother, and the duo had told police that they “wanted a large family,” according to AP.
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“I’m not familiar with how the surrogacy laws work,” Cieadlo said. “We need to do a much deeper dive.”
Law enforcement removed 15 children from the couple’s home. (iStock)
Los Angeles TV stations quoted several women who claimed to be surrogate mothers for Zhang and Xuan, according to AP.
A company was previously registered at the couple’s address called Mark Surrogacy Investment LLC. The business license was terminated last month, AP reported, citing business records with the California Secretary of State.
Arcadia Police and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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Ahead of a massive Week 5 showdown between two of the Big Ten’s primary contenders, Oregon visiting Penn State, college football analyst David Pollack broke down the game and explained which side he’s giving the edge to on Saturday evening.
An episode of Pollack’s podcast, See Ball Get Ball, dropped on Wednesday and featured the former All-American’s picks for the top games of the week, which he paired with some in-depth commentary behind why he’s selected the teams and final scores that he has. For the big one, Oregon at Penn State, he explained why the Nittany Lions could have a few aces hiding up their sleeve.
“Penn State ain’t hasn’t had show nothing yet, and they haven’t showed nothing yet,” Pollack said of PSU’s soft open to their 2025 schedule. “Listen, (Andy) Kotelnecki, with a preseason tune-up, he knows exactly who he is, he knows what he is, like, they’re going to score some points,” he added.
Penn State ran off wins against Nevada, FIU and Villanova before taking their bye week ahead of Oregon. En route to outscoring those poor souls by a 132-17 total score, Pollack’s right, Penn State didn’t have to dive deep into their bag. He referenced Georgia’s performance vs. Tennessee from a couple weeks ago, noting that the Nittany Lions have an established ground game to pair with whatever new tricks are introduced in the passing game.
“The run game beat up Oregon a year ago,” Pollack commented. “The run game can be exactly the same as it was, if not better. The receiving corps cannot be worse, and I just think, with all of that, I’m betting on Penn State and I’m betting on who they have, their experience.”
The heads of that strong ground game are senior running backs Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen, contributors since the day they stepped on campus, while quarterback Drew Allar is a veteran returning starter with NFL aspirations. That’s a lot of experience for PSU, whereas Oregon has a younger transfer leading the charge in former UCLA QB Dante Moore.
“I think Jim Knowles will have something for Dante Moore that he’s absolutely never seen before in an atmosphere that’s going to be absolutely ballistic,” Pollack emphasized. “I think Dante Moore is going to look more human than he’s looked, and because of that, they could struggle a little bit. They’re not going to get to 45 like they did a year ago in the Big Ten championship game.”
With the experience edge and having the Ducks migrate across all three time zones to touch down in a “ballistic” Beaver Stadium, Pollack sees too much evidence going in Penn State’s direction for the victory.
“I got the Nittany Lions, man,” he stated. “I got 30-24 Penn State, they take care of business. All of the guys on the front who can make plays, they can get to the quarterback, they can get TFLs. They can rattle Dante Moore and I think they take care of business.”
A pair of Big 12 teams looking to get back on track clash in Morgantown, West Virginia, on Saturday, as Utah and West Virginia square off coming off disheartening losses.
While the Utes strive to put a 24-point defeat to Texas Tech behind them, the Mountaineers hope to completely wash away their lackluster outing against Kansas in their league opener, setting up an intriguing battle between two teams that need to get back in the win column if they want to keep pace in the ultra-competitive Big 12 title race.
Several outlets and media personnel have phoned in their picks for the Week 5 matchup at Milan Puskar Stadium. It’s worth noting, though, that the following predictions have been made without confirmation of the health status of some key players on both sides, namely, West Virginia running back Tye Edwards.
Here’s a look at how a few prognosticators foresee the Utes-Mountaineers matchup playing out.
Bleacher Report’s David Kenyon, after predicting the Utes would beat the Red Raiders last week, has Utah edging out a 7-point win on the road in Week 5 to move to 4-1 on the season.
Kenyon’s prediction forecasts a much closer contest on Saturday in comparison to some of the other picks on this list.
After simulating the outcome of the Utes-Mountaineers matchup over 10,000 times, Dimers.com’s model gives Utah an 83% win probability, while West Virginia has a win probability of 17%.
ESPN’s matchup predictor has been more favorable to the Utes since the start of the season, and that trend continues heading into Week 5 as Utah boasts a 72.2% win probability rate over West Virginia.
The Utes, who previously had the upper hand in five of their 12 regular-season games heading into the 2025 campaign, according to ESPN analytics, are now the algorithm’s favorite to win six of their final eight Big 12 contests, with the exception of road trips to BYU (29%) and Kansas (38.1%).
Bill Connelly’s SP+ model, a tempo- and opponent-adjusted measurement of college football efficiency, grants the Utes an 83% chance of beating the Mountaineers on the road. Connelly’s metrics-based formulas have accurately predicted three of Utah’s four games so far this season, with the exception of last week’s Texas Tech game.
Technically, Odds Shark’s computer predicts the Utes will score 33.6 points against the Mountaineers. But that’s not possible, thus the slight round-up.
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