The new Rio Hondo Regional Homeland Security Training Center celebrated its grand opening on Jan. 19. This center is a result of all the hard work by local, state, and federal departments pushing for the safety and well being of communities all around. In attendance at the grand opening were Rio Hondo College board members, Santa Fe Springs City Council members, the area's chambers of commerce members and Rep. Grace Napolitano.

Do you remember a couple months ago when all we could talk about was the ‘Occupy' movement? It was on everyone's mind and for the first time in a long time people were questioning authority. It was unlike anything I had seen before, because for once the people who were opposing the government weren't treated like complete loons. 

Rapes, murder, harassment, abuse, molestation all these terms either have a different meaning or people just don't care anymore. Recently there was a case with a teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District, "molesting" little girls from ages 6-10, telling them to eat cookies with semen after blindfolding them. 

If Kim Kardashian can marry twice and only for 72 days, why can't gays marry too? The U.S. appeals court in San Francisco ruled on Feb. 7 that Prop 8, which limited marriage to a man and woman was unconstitutional. I believe we all have a right to marry whoever we want for however long we want. The Declaration of Independence states that "We are all created equal" and that we all have "The right to the pursuit of happiness."

A revolution begins in various ways and for various reasons. There are leaders, culprits, and many painful stories behind every revolution. On the surface, the stories are always different, but the catalyst is always the same: a group of people, tired of oppression, who have been so tormented by their oppressor that they are willing to risk their lives and the lives of their loved ones in order to restore normalcy-whatever normalcy to them may be.