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Supreme Court Rules Same Sex Marriage Legal in United States BY TERRY MILLER In a landmark opinion, a divided Supreme Court ruled Friday that states cannot ban same-sex marriage, establishing a new civil right and handing gay rights advocates a victory that until very recently would have seemed unthinkable. George Takei, of Star Trek fame had this to say Friday morning on his Facebook account. “Oh Happy Day! The Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that marriage equality is the law of the United States. Yes, ALL of these United States. I have waited decades for this day, and my heart is full of joy and my eyes wet with tears. Let the celebrations begin, and may the happy couples live long and prosper together. The 78-year-old and his now-husband were among the first gay couples in California to obtain a marriage license, and they wed in the before Prop. 8 kicked in that November and defined marriage in the state as between a man and SEE PG. 5
-Photo by Terry Miller
Carjacking Suspects Lead Officers on Wild Multi-Agency Pursuit Ending in Arcadia
Monrovia’s Golden West Army Navy Store Won’t Carry Confederate Flags Anymore
BY TERRY MILLER
BY TERRY MILLER
Two people were arrested after a pursuit involving a stolen black Chevy Volt car that began in the Inland Empire and ended in the San Gabriel Valley on Tuesday morning, according to CHP. The KTLA news chopper caught the action unfolding while a LASD helicopter circled the scene until the officers gave a “code 4,” meaning no further assistance was needed and that the suspects were SEE PG. 2
Dead End Carjackers – The suspects in the stolen Chevy Volt thought they could evade officers by turning onto a dead end street in Arcadia Tuesday morning. -Photo by Terry Miller
Manager of Golden West military surplus store Larry Salas said he won’t carry Confederate flags anymore due to the public outcry over the symbol, which means racism and hatred to many people across the nation, not just the south. Ralph Walker of KGEM interviewed the store’s manager Wednesday afternoon on why they still carried the flag. The program will be aired on KGEM in a couple of days. The store replied that
the flags are fairly popular with younger people, but it has only sold a few of the offensive symbols, which were apparently made in China. Once his current inventory runs out, that’s it. No more. The national debate over the continued use of the Confederate flag in the wake of the deadly church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, has even reached The Dukes of HazSEE PG. 2
Ralph Walker poses with the offending flag. -Photo by Terry Miller