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ByJeffreyCollinsand Meg Kinnard The Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. SouthCar- olina's governor relegated the Confederate flag to the state's "relic room" on Thursday, more than 50 years after the rebel banner began flying at the State- house to protest the civil rights movement. Compelled to act by the slaughter of nine African- Americans at a church Bi- ble study, Gov. Nikki Haley praised lawmakers for ac- knowledging that the long- celebrated symbol is too painful and divisive to keep promoting. "The Confederate flag is coming off the grounds of the South Carolina State- house," Haley said before signing the bill. "We will bring it down with dignity and we will make sure it is stored in its rightful place." Police then surrounded the rebel flag with barri- cades and rope, a siege of sorts that will end Friday after the banner is furled for the last time at a 10 a.m. ceremony. South Carolina's lead- ers first flew the battle flag over the Statehouse dome in 1961 to mark the 100th an- niversary of the Civil War. It remained there to repre- sent official opposition to the civil rights movement. Mass protests against the flag decades later led to a compromise in 2000 with lawmakers who insisted that it symbolized Southern heri- tage and states' rights. They agreed to move it to a 30- foot pole next to a Confed- erate monument out front. But even from that lower perch, the flag was clearly visible in the center of town, and flag supporters remained a powerful bloc in the state. The massacre 22 days ago of state Sen. Clementa Pinckney and eight others inside Charleston's Eman- uel African Methodist Episcopal Church suddenly changed this dynamic, not only in South Carolina but around the nation. Police said the killings were racially motivated. By posing with the Confeder- ate flag before the shoot- ings, suspect Dylann Storm Roof, who has not yet en- tered a plea to nine counts of murder, showed that the flag also has symbolized white supremacy and ra- cial oppression. Haley moved first, calling lawmakers to vote the flag down. Very quickly there- after, Republican leaders in other states who have long cultivated the votes of Confederate flag supporters announced that Civil War symbols no longer deserve places of honor. "These nine pens are go- ing to the families of the Emanuel Nine," Haley said after signing the bill into law. "Nine amazing indi- viduals who have forever changed South Carolina history." The governor said the way the victims welcomed the gunman into their Bi- ble study, and the forgive- ness survivors expressed when the suspect later ap- peared in court, have in- spired change nationwide. "Nine people took in someone who did not look like them or act like them. And with true love and true faith and acceptance, they sat and prayed with him for an hour. That love and faith was so strong that it brought grace to them and the families," Haley said. "We saw the families show the world what true grace and forgiveness look like," she added. "That set off an action of compassion by peo- ple in South Carolina and all over this country. They stopped looking at their dif- ferences and started looking at their similarities." The flag removal bill passed easily in the Senate, where the Rev. Pinckney served, but then stalled as House members proposed dozens of amendments. Any changes could have delayed the flag's removal and blunted momentum for change. The debate stretched on for more than 13 hours as representatives shared an- ger, tears and memories of their ancestors. Flag sup- porters talked about grand- parents passing down fam- ily treasures. Some la- mented that the flag had been "hijacked" or "ab- ducted" by racists. Rep. Mike Pitts recalled playing with a Confederate ancestor's cavalry sword while growing up, and said the flag reminds him of dirt- poor Southern farmers who fought Yankees, not because they hated blacks, but be- cause their land was being invaded. Black Democrats, frus- trated at being asked to honor those who fought for slavery, offered their own family histories. Rep. Joe Neal traces his ancestry to four broth- ers, brought to America in chains and bought by a slave owner named Neal who pulled them apart from their families. "The whole world is ask- ing, is South Carolina really going to change, or will it hold to an ugly tradition of prejudice and discrimina- tion and hide behind her- itage as an excuse for it?" Neal said. NEW LAW SCgovernor:Confederateflag coming off Statehouse grounds PATRICKSEMANSKY—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Interim Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, le , speaks with students participating in a junior state's attorney program on Thursday in Baltimore. By Juliet Linderman The Associated Press BALTIMORE Baltimore's next police commissioner will have a daunting to- do list: quell a surge in murders, rebuild trust be- tween officers and the pub- lic, win the confidence of a demoralized and alienated department, and keep the peace when the explosive Freddie Gray case comes to trial. "It's the toughest job in the United States at the moment," said Eugene O'Donnell, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York and a former New York City police officer. Commissioner Anthony Batts was fired by the mayor on Wednesday, less than three months after riots erupted over Gray's death from a spinal in- jury the 25-year-old black man suffered while being bounced around the back of a moving police van. Six officers are awaiting trial in October on charges ranging up to murder. 'Specterorriots' "You have a confluence of factors: You have an on- going criminal case that's traumatic for everybody. You have the specter of ri- ots. For the police union and officers, they're alien- ated, and the concern is that the cops will be fur- ther alienated," O'Donnell said. "You need a chief who can, first and fore- most, drive everyone to- ward common ground." In dismissing Batts, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings- Blake said his approach was too divisive and his pres- ence too damaging. Just hours before his firing, in a sign that the 2,800-officer department's rank-and-file had lost con- fidence in Batts, the po- lice union issued a re- port blasting his response to the looting, arson and vandalism that broke out April 27. The report said Batts discouraged officers from wearing protective gear and told them not to engage with rioters. Roughly 200 officers were injured during the unrest. "The officers charac- terized the Baltimore Po- lice Department's leader- ship during the riots as unprepared, politically motivated and uncaring and confusing," said Gene Ryan, president of the po- lice union. Batts' standing was fur- ther damaged by soaring bloodshed in the city in the weeks after the riots. In May, Baltimore saw its biggest surge in ho- micides in four decades, while arrests dropped by half compared with the same period a year earlier. The city's homicide total so far this year is 156, a 48 percent increase from the same time last year. And shootings have climbed 86 percent. Community members have accused police of not doing their jobs in the wake of the Gray arrests. Batts and the police union denied that officers were shirking their duties but acknowledged that po- lice are angry, frustrated and fearful in light of the Gray case of being sec- ond-guessed and prose- cuted. Peter Moskos, also with John Jay College and a for- mer Baltimore police offi- cer, said the Gray case led police officers to doubt whether the department had their backs. 'Chilling effect' "The harm from the Freddie Gray death is it had a chilling effect: Cops were saying, 'That could have been me,'" he said. But he said getting rid of Batts was "a step toward getting things on track." "Batts was a leader with- out a following," Moskos said. "If none of the rank and file thinks you're com- petent, it's as good as be- ing incompetent." Batts' deputy, Kevin Da- vis, will serve as interim commissioner until the mayor appoints a perma- nent replacement. City of- ficials gave no time frame for selecting someone. "My message to the rank and file is I will walk with them, I will serve with them, and I intend to be with them every step of the way as we focus on the crime fight," Davis said. But in the most violent and drug-ridden neigh- borhoods in Baltimore — a city of roughly 622,000 people, 63 percent of them black — residents have a long history of mistrust of the police department. In the wake of Gray's death, the U.S. Justice Depart- ment opened an investi- gation into whether the department engages in discriminatory practices, including unlawful stops and excessive force. Baltimore's next po li ce c hi ef f ac es demoralized force COMMUNITY RELATIONS JOHN BAZEMORE — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Maria Calef, of Columbia, S.C., waves a sign as she celebrates in front of the South Carolina statehouse on Thursday in Columbia, S.C. By Deb Riechmann The Associated Press WASHINGTON President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday that Russia poses the greatest threat to U.S. national secu- rity and it would be a rea- sonable military decision to supply lethal arms to Ukrai- nians fighting against reb- els backed by Moscow. The White House quickly dis- tanced the president from the remarks. "Russia presents the greatest threat to our na- tional security. ... If you look at their behavior, it's noth- ing short of alarming," Ma- rine Gen. Joseph Dunford said during his confirma- tion hearing before the Sen- ate Armed Services Com- mittee. Relations between Rus- sia and the West have sunk to post-Cold War lows af- ter Moscow's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Pen- insula and its support for a pro-Russian insur- gency in eastern Ukraine. The United States has re- sponded with sanctions but so far has refrained from providing lethal arms to the Ukrainian forces. At the White House, press secretary Josh Ear- nest distanced the pres- ident from Dunford's as- sessment. He praised him as someone who had spent substantial time thinking about threats to U.S. secu- rity but said Dunford's com- ments reflected his own views and not necessarily "the consensus analysis of the president's national se- curity team." Yet Earnest acknowl- edged that much has changed since 2012, when President Barack Obama mocked his Republican op- ponent, Mitt Romney, for calling Russia the top U.S. geopolitical threat. Earnest said Russia's destabilizing actions in Ukraine and "sa- ber-rattling" over its nu- clear program and military activities near borders with NATO allies have increased U.S. concerns. Dunford, asked if the U.S. should provide lethal arms to Ukraine, said that from a military standpoint, it would be a "reasonable" re- sponse. "Frankly, without that kind of support, they are not going to be able to defend themselves against Russian aggression," he said. His comments were wel- comed by Sen. John Mc- Cain, chairman of the com- mittee. "In Europe, Vladimir Pu- tin's Russia continues its on- slaught in Ukraine," said Mc- Cain, R-Ariz. "But even as Russian troops and equip- ment execute this neo-impe- rial campaign to undermine Ukraine's government and independence, the United States has refused Ukraine the weapons it needs and de- serves for its defense." WASHINGTON Joint Chiefs nominee: Russia is top threat CLIFF OWEN — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford, Jr., takes a seat to testify during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing to become the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Capitol Hill on Thursday. LEGALNOTICE NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. CA-15-657186-JP Order No.: 150015397-CA-VOI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 7/7/2003. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bid- der for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal sav- ings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and author- ized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warran- ty, expressed or implied, regard- ing title, possession, or encum- brances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) se- cured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges there- on, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest there- on , fees, charges and expenses , , g p of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENE- FICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): JAMES H PROWS AND SHARON PROWS Recorded: 7/16/2003 as Instrument No. 013614 in Book 2332 Page 302 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of TEHAMA County, California; Date of Sale: 8/10/2015 at 1:00 PM Place of Sale: At the Main Entrance to the Tehama County Superior Court, 633 Washington St., Red Bluff, CA 96080 Amount of un- paid balance and other charges: $53,717.15 The purported proper- ty address is: 1350 BURGESS ST, RED BLUFF, CA 96080 Assessor's Parcel No.: 033-240-57 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should under- stand that there are risks in- volved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not auto- matically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that h li b i i d ff the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, be- fore you can receive clear title to the property. You are encour- aged to investigate the exis- tence, priority, and size of out- standing liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a ti- tle insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be post- poned one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that in- formation about trustee sale postponements be made availa- ble to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you ll f i f p p y, y may call 800-280-2832 for infor- mation regarding the trustee's sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.co m , using the file number as- signed to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-15-657186-JP . Infor- mation about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immedi- ately be reflected in the tele- phone information or on the In- ternet Web site. The best way to verify postponement informa- tion is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any in- correctness of the property ad- dress or other common designa- tion, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficia- ry within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and ex- clusive remedy shall be the re- turn of monies paid to the Trust- ee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any rea- son , the Purchaser at the sale h ll b i l d l , shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Pur- chaser shall have no further re- course against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee's Attorney. If you have previously been dis- charged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intend- ed to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. 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