Arcadia Gold Line plaza design chosen. Concept is "Town Square" for the transit plaza adjacent to the Gold Line Arcadia station and parking lot, to be built on the northwest corner of First Avenue, across Santa Clara Avenue.
Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Some kind of police communications console or control panel being hauled in a trailer hooked up to a car. There are cars in the parking lot.
Police Department building recently completed in Civic Center complex. View is west, across parking lot of Santa Anita Racetrack. Building just to the left of Police Facilities, is the National Guard Armory.
Arcadia Police Department receives a $137,000 grant for a year-long program of special enforcements and public awareness efforts to prevent traffic-related deaths and injuries.
Side and back view of the yet unfinished Arcadia Police Department and its parking lot at 250 W. Huntington Drive. View of the San Gabriel Mountains is clear in the background.
In response to concerns for traffic safety, students at Arcadia High School created an original traffic safety video entitled "Cars and Schools: Everybody's Business." The video will air on Arcadia's cable channel and on the school district's channel.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held at Arcadia's new 911 Center on a 3.5 acre parcel where the National Guard Armory once stood adjacent to the Arcadia Police Department.
Two local fire safe councils, the Sierra Madre and Big Santa Anita councils, each received $1000 of a grant from Farmers Insurance Group. The grant will help residents protect their homes.
Drivers in Arcadia who display courteous driving habits will be pulled over by Arcadia police during the month of April and be rewarded with a free prime rib dinner at the Cask 'n Cleaver Restaurant in a good driving incentive program.
Exploring new opportunities within Arcadia Police Department. Youth ages 14-18 are encouraged to join the Explorer Program, where they may experience a civilian ride-along, searches for evidence, command post operations, crime prevention surveillance, and more.
View of front door of one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. The building has a flat roof. Man in suit stands inside the front door. Parking lot of the Santa Anita Racetrack in background.
The cause of the excess chlorine in the Arcadia County Park swimming pool that sent 17 children to the hospital on July 19 was found to be human error. Workers at the pool mistakenly primed the chemical pump twice, allowing up to 20 extra gallons of chlorine into the water.
Circus Vargas will be coming to Santa Anita Park for the first time this fall. It will run for 11 days starting Thanksgiving Day in the southwest parking lot. It is an animal-free circus.
Deborah Pierce, 29, discharged from the Arcadia Police Department for failure to meet probationary standards, has filed a sexual discrimination and harassment claim, alleging that officers watched pornographic videos while on duty.
Arcadia is ranked 44th safest city in California this year, according to “50 Safest Cities in California for 2018,” a report recently released by SafeWise. In order to produce these rankings, analysts at SafeWise reviewed FBI’s crime statistics and population data for 2016. The criterion for a safe city was based on the number of reported violent crimes in each city per 1000 people. See also Mountain Views News, p. 6, October 20, 2018.
Arcadia High School campus prepares for possible terror with lockdown drills after police receive an anonymous 911 call warning that a gunman could be headed for the campus.
