The TV station said the man wrote this question: "Why leave the children to a stranger?"

The note said the couple worked at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center.

The man wrote that they filed a grievance but nothing was done and two days later they were fired.

To quote the note: "They did nothing to the manager who started such and did not attempt to assist us in the matter, knowing we have no job and five children under 8 years old with no place to go. So here we are."

At the bottom of the note, the man wrote, "Oh lord, my God, is there no hope for a widow's son?"