Quick Hits: DCFS Changes, Breaking News Alerts

Happy Wednesday! Here are five things Palos Verdes residents should know today: 

1. The filing period is almost over for the Ridgecrest and Miraleste parks and recreation districts' Nov. 5 election. Check Patch later today for more information.
   
2. Los Angeles County officials Tuesday discussed pay changes for social workers as a means to reform Department of Children and Family Services. Phillip Browning, the director of DCFS, told the Board of Supervisors he was considering pay changes as part of an effort to prevent deaths like that of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez, who was left in his Palmdale home despite multiple reports of abuse. Two social workers and two supervisors are set to be fired in connection with the boy's death.
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4. In case you missed it, Tuesday's most popular headline was West Nile Virus Concerns Force Closure of Madrona Marsh.
5. Today's photo of the day is from Ivy Faulkner of Palos Verdes Pictures. Want to submit your own? Email it to palosverdes@patch.com; tweet it to @PVPatch; post it on the Palos Verdes Patch Facebook page; or tag it #pvpatch on Instagram. Patch reserves the right to publish any submitted photos at its discretion.