Editor's Note: The California Highway Patrol announced both children were located on Thursday and the Amber Alert is canceled ... by their father in Hanford, Kings County after their mother ...

This AMBER Alert has been deactivated. Both children have been located. The Kings County Sheriff's Office was dispatched on Tuesday night to conduct a wellness check on a woman in Hanford.

KINGS COUNTY ... Amber Alert that encompassed a large swath of the state. Maldonado-Cruz is suspected of shooting and killing the girls' mother, 22-year-old Madeline Rose Cuevas, in a home in Hanford.

On Wednesday, the California Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert ... The Kings County Sheriff's Office was dispatched on Tuesday night to conduct a wellness check on a woman in Hanford.

CHP also confirmed that the Amber Alert had been deactivated and the girls found in a post on X late Thursday morning. According to a press release posted by the Kings County Sheriff's Office ...

HANFORD, Calif. - Update: Authorities announced on Thursday that the young girls were found alive and safe. Their father was arrested. Click here to read more. An AMBER Alert has been issued for ...