Bail was set at $1 million for Arcadian Hua Jiang, charged with enslaving a 20-year old woman from China. Her husband and co-defendant, Dianyi Zhai, will remain in custody without bail for several additional charges.
David Ma, defeated candidate for the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees, has been charged with a misdemeanor for violating city sign posting restrictions.
David Ma pleads guilty to charges of violating an ordinance prohibiting the placement of election signs on private property when he was running for the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees.
Pasadena City College board candidate David Ma faces criminal charges for sign ordinance violation. His election signs were found on public property. The arraignment will be held November 25 at Santa Anita Municipal Courthouse in Monrovia.
An Arcadia representative to the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees will be chosen. Information on the three candidates, Beth Wells-Miller, Virginia Conijn, and David Ma, is presented.
A family in the 700 block of North First Avenue fought off a pair of burglars who broke into their home early Sunday morning and tried to rob them by gunpoint.
Convicted rapist Steven Wu, the Arcadia deacon who drugged his two sisters-in-law and videotaped himself sexually assaulting them, was sentenced to 79 years in prison Friday.
Burton Wallace Smith graduated Wednesday from Huntington High School with kudos from the President of the United States. The program at Huntington High School allowed Smith to complete classwork and take tests at his own pace.
Test scores of Arcadia Unified School District's seniors rose this year. The reading score was 294 (up 19 points) while math score was 333 (up 20 points). Since 1987-88, students moved from the 77th to the 85th percentile in reading and from the 89th to the 96th percentile in math statewide.
Kianji Zhai and Hua Kiang of Arcadia were arrested and booked on charges of kidnapping, extortion, slavery and assault with a deadly weapon. They are accused of enslaving and torturing their 20 year old babysitter.
The Arcadia Historical Museum has been approved for a $100,000 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for construction of a new museum.