Miss Virginia Bower, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bower of 126 Wheeler Street, will be heard in her first major operatic role when she sings the lyric soprano role of Amy Everton in the opera "Shanewis."
The Arcadia Planning Commission voted 4-2 to recommend against the proposed subdivision of a lot on South 8th Avenue into 5 separate properties, ruling it would not be suitable for the area, which is heavily populated by horse owners.
A plan to reduce the size of the Arcadia Planning Commission from 7 to 5 members has been held over by the City Council. The Council has until July to think about the proposal.
Peter Kinnahan, former redevelopment project manager for the City of Carson, has been appointed assistant city manager for economic development in Arcadia by City Manager George Watts. Kinnahan succeeds Jay Corey.
Arcadia, E. O. Rodeffer, and Public Storage won a round in their legal dispute with the city of El Monte. On March 12, Superior Court Judge Norman Douds ordered El Monte to allow San Gabriel Valley Water Company to dig up El Monte streets to install water lines to a Public Storage building partially located in Arcadia.
After narrowly rejecting a Target Department Store as a suitable use for a property on Huntington Drive Tuesday night, the Arcadia City Council will have to await another proposal if it still plans to redevelop the property. The vote was 2-2 with and abstention. the measure needed 3 votes to win.
Todd Dickson, a 12-year-old student at Baldwin Stocker School, has won a trip to Spain. Parade Magazine conducted a contest for news carriers across the country. Todd joins 139 other carriers for his two week trip.
Arcadia Olympic Commission took steps at recent meeting to launch three civic projects and consider three others: An essay and poster contest for all Arcadia school students in April; Assist Arcadia High School students in promoting and selling tickets for annual 5K-10K run; Immediately establish an Olympic information center.
A food distribution center sponsored by the Presbytery of San Gabriel should open its doors in Arcadia on September 15, the first step in providing more complete care for the homeless and hungry in the mid-San Gabriel Valley. The temporary distribution point will be at Village Presbyterian Church of Arcadia, 2733, 10th St.
Recent groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Arcadia Chapter building of the American Red Cross culminated years of fundraising projects and negotiations between the Red Cross, Methodist Hospital and City of Arcadia. Ceremony held at Methodist Hospital.
A shuttle service with Chinese-speaking drivers will begin in November between San Gabriel Valley, including Arcadia, and the LA International Airport.
The local police department and humane societies in the San Gabriel Valley do not support efforts to establish a new private humane society in Arcadia.