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Man charged with killing Pasadena couple A 29-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing his cousin and his cousin’s wife was charged today with capital murder, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Jacob Mallory Bersson (dob 4/9/85) has been charged with two counts of murder with a special circumstance allegation of multiple murders in case GA094945. The defendant was scheduled to be arraigned today, but the court appearance was continued to tomorrow, Oct. 16, in Department C of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Pasadena Branch. Additionally, the felony complaint contains a special allegation that the defendant personally used a deadly and dangerous weapon, a knife, in the Please see page 2

Taiwan’s ROC President Ma supports Hong Kong Nurses call on President students’ protest and democratic way of life to set standards for treating Ebola

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monwealth Publishing Group in Taipei their ‘Happiness Index’ (by which researchers are able to find out what locals like and dislike about their world), seems ti indicate the glass is very definitely halffull. It is an interesting sidebar when you consider that while

With concern escalating across the U.S. about the threat of a wider Ebola outbreak, National Nurses United today called on President Barack Obama to “invoke his executive authority” to order all U.S. hospitals to meet the highest “uniform, national standards and protocols” in order to “safely protect patients, all healthcare workers and the public.” The request, send in a letter to the President, came on a day in which NNU, the largest U.S. organization of nurses, hosted a national call-in conference in which 11,500 RNs from across the U.S. joined to discuss what steps should be taken to confront a virulent disease that the World Health Organization has termed the most significant health crisis in modern history. On the call, RNs from California, the District of Columbia, Florida,

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Chiang Kai-shek memorial entrance during twilight in Taipei, Tawan. Chiang Kai-shek was a Chinese political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975-Photo by Terry Miller

BY TERRY MILLER Double Tenth Day celebration was held on the square facing the Presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan last Friday, Oct 10. Celebrating 103 years, Taiwan pulls out all the stops for this National Day celebration complete with a parade and dramatic air show. Thanks to The Minis-

try of Foreign Affairs, Beacon Media’s News Editor and photographer was among a select group of international journalists invited to cover the festivities on the island of Taiwan which is home to 23 Million people but few natural resources. Much of the talk in Taiwan these past few weeks has been focused on the student

Immigration official sentenced to Bears in our backyard Black bears force closure of 30 months Asm. Holden's District Office in prison Our office is up the Monrovia Police and running since our Department and for soliciting “visitors” left our Pasadena California Department theof office building at 600 N. Fish and Wildlife I have bribes Rosemead Blvd. The two organized a public safety An immigration service officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) who took thousands of dollars in bribes from immigrants who were seeking either citizenship or lawful permanent resident status in the United States was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison.

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black bears – a mom and cub - must have seen our recent email alert and just wanted to make sure our office would do a fair representation of both sides of the issue at our bear safety event Thurs, Oct. 23rd at 7pm at the Monrovia Public Library. “I was shocked, but not surprised that bears were combing through the trash,” said Assemblymember Holden. “Working with

forum to discuss safety measures when living near wildlife. Find out what to do when you find a bear in your backyard and how to bear-proof your property. Today’s events show that your backyard can be inviting no matter where you are.” Bears in your Backyard Public Safety Forum, Thursday, October 23 at 7pm Monrovia Public Library, 321 S. Myrtle Avenue

protests in Hong Kong and the support these students have from nations all over the world, including Taiwan. Having never visited the Far East, I was immediately struck by the polite and calm nature of the Taiwanese people. Everyone smiles at you, it seems. In fact, according to a study sponsored by Dr. Charles H.H. Kao of Com-

Local man smashes state records Chris Grace is a relaxed and friendly fellow who lives in Temple City, and, with his wife Wendy, is the 42-year-old co-owner of Mission Fitness Center, a boutique gym in San Marino. There he trains a wide diversity of clients, ranging from teen football players to senior matrons. But last weekend, he was also awarded as the strongest 40– to-44 year old man in California in his weight class, breaking four state records. And he did it in pink knee socks, at the insistence of his 12-year-old daughter, a Temple City middle school student. The socks did not clash with the 6” gold medal he was awarded at the end of a grueling day. Please see page 5

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