The 37-acre Arcadia County Park, which costs the Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation Department $234,000 a year to operate, may be fenced off and "abandoned" if the Department is forced to slash 25% of its budget.
$300,0000 worth of imaging equipment and the facility to house it were donated to the Park by the Southern California Equine Foundation. The nuclear imaging equipment is used like an X-ray to diagnose bone fractures and strains in horses.
The newest park in the Arcadia area is the Peck Road Water Conservation Park at Live Oak and Peck Road. There will be fishing in the spreading basin of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District. This is a Los Angeles County Regional Park. Supervisor Peter Schabarum was on hand for the opening on June 23, 1975.
The Los Angeles County Office of Education has announced that Longley Way Elementary School's fifth grade teacher Sandra Burch has been selected as a 1999 Los Angeles County Teacher of the Year.
San Gabriel Valley residents and medical authorities chastised the Los Angeles County Supervisors over the lack of hospital facilities and health care centers in the San Gabriel Valley even though the Valley has a large portion of the County's population.
15 Arcadia High School students beat out 19 other schools to win the county competition of the Science Olympiad. The state competition is set for April 9, followed by the national competition in Arizona.
The City Council was decidedly disappointed at the low tax evaluation put on Fashion Park this year. The county says that the land will be re-assessed upward each year as its business and development is expanded.
Rubbermaid Inc. announced that it has acquired Arcadia-based Decor Concepts, Inc., better known as Omni. Omni, which designs and manufactures commercial playground equipment, produces about $30 million in annual revenues.
An anonymous donor apparently has withdrawn $225,000 in support of county botanical programs because of concerns about a proposed merger between the L.A. County Natural History Museum and the county Dept. of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens.
Arcadia will no longer participate in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade as the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association will be disbanding due to declining revenues and climbing costs.
The Arcadia City Council unanimously decided to allow music and entertainment events at the 320-acre Santa Anita Park on 30 days over the next year as part of a pilot program. Events can be scheduled for weekdays from 9 AM to 6 PM and on Fridays and Saturdays from 9 AM to 11 PM.
The new food court at Fashion Park, called the Park Cafe, will open in October. The 292-seat facility will house 8 food merchants, create at least 70 new jobs, and generate $40,000 in sales tax each year. The Nordstrom expansion is also detailed.