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PHOTO: Married by the Mayor

Mayor Aide Castro married 10 couples Saturday.

From the city of Lynwood:

Ten couples were married for free by the city of Lynwood’s Mayor Saturday for the first time in Lynwood history.

Mayor Aide Castro was asked a few months ago if she was allowed to marry people – a question she said bewildered her. Curious, she called the County Registrar Recorder’s Office and was told that she could officially marry couples as long as she was sanctioned by the county and certified by the state of California.

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