Roy L. Coats, last year's Tournament of Roses president, died unexpectedly Saturday afternoon while working in the garden of his Arcadia home. He was 64.
More than 850 people turned out for the unveiling of "Life's Crowning Moments." The Arcadia Tournament of Roses 1997 parade float will depict a coronation in the park with palm trees, a pond, and five former Arcadia Rose Queens. Fiscal problems forced the Arcadia Tournament of Roses to cancel having a Rose Court this year. The five former Rose Queens are not named.
A 760-acre wildfire that authorities called "suspicious" was close to being stamped out Wednesday. Now officials worry about the stability of the hillsides.
Nearly 24% of voters - about 5,566 of 24,207 registered - turned out Tuesday to decide on a school bond measure. Officials are disappointed with the low voter turnout.
El Monte City Council members voted to take out newspaper advertisements and send hundreds of mailers to Arcadia residents in an effort to foster opposition to the controversial Rodeffer Quarry Landfill Project, a project that El Monte has opposed since the 1960's.
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.
Dennis A. Lojeski was tearfully remembered as friends and family gathered Sunday to dedicate a baseball field in Eisenhower Park to the former mayor and city councilman, who died in August at age 52.
Dennis Lojeski, the city councilman and former mayor who won his narrowest election victory just four months ago, died Sunday of a brain aneurysm. He was 52.
The City Council has unanimously opposed the Arcadia Police Relief Association's proposals for a work week make up of 3 8-hour days, a 1.5% pay increase, and payment for time spent on-call.
A roof collapsed on top of firefighters battling an intense blaze at 122 White Oaks Drive Sunday, pinning two firefighters to the ground and injuring four others who rushed in to rescue them.
Rosalie Dunham, who moved to Arcadia 10 year ago, is the Senior Citizen of the Year. After the death of her husband 8 years ago, she and her friend Marilyn Morrison began Starting Over, a group for people who have suffered a loss. She also started a follow-up group called Branching Out.