Arcadia is the first city in the West San Gabriel Valley to receive a donation of an armored truck, thanks to Los Angeles-based Armored Transport of California. The Police Dept. has retrofitted it for use by its SWAT team.
The Arcadia Tournament of Roses may lose its primary sponsor, the National Childhood Cancer Foundation. Reasons are given why NCCF thinks it did not get the national exposure it expected.
The Arcadia First Medical Association held a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house to celebrate the opening of their new clinic in the medical complex at 624 West Duarte Rd, Suite 103. The association, with support from Methodist Hospital has opened the facility to provide service to Chinese-speaking residents of Arcadia and San Gabriel area.
Rung "RC" Tang, 44, settled her lawsuit against Southern California Edison Co. on the eve of a retrial for charges of causing her cancer from radiation exposure. Tang dropped all claims in exchange for an undisclosed amount of money.
Arcadia resident Morley Winograd and co-author Dudley Buffa have published the book "Taking Control: Politics in the Information Age." The book was edited by Winograd's wife Bobbie, a former research librarian.
Arcadia resident Gloria Horstman, a book columnist for San Gabriel Valley newspapers, begins a monthly book review program at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena.
The city is exploring means to provide low-income senior housing by 2005 as required by the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments "Fair Share" housing formula.
Lou and Juli Costanzo, 37, are co-owners of Champion Sports Collectibles, which recently moved to Arcadia after 10 years in San Gabriel. They are profiled.