Lisa Melinda Welchert was convicted on charges related to an Arcadia traffic fatality on February 9, 1999 that killed John Chan. The police were not held liable.
Lisa Welchert, who crashed into a station wagon, killing John Chan, while driving drunk, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
Daniel Fox, son of Jim and Toni Fox, has returned home to celebrate Thanksgiving after a car accident. He has been recovering over the last seven months.
Christopher Carl Eastland was killed when his disabled car was struck by a Jeep driven by an alleged drunk driver on the eastbound Foothill Freeway (210).
Ya-May Christle of Arcadia sued the city of Los Angeles and former Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michael Berkow in May, 2006, claiming she was demoted three levels for objecting to Berkow's alleged sexual misconduct with other LAPD officers. No settlement has been reached.
A wrongful death lawsuit against Bridgestone-Firestone Company has been filed by an Arcadia family in the death of Robert Kloss and Victoria Kapitan in a rollover accident on the 210 Freeway. The deaths were linked to faulty tires.
The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency won a $495,000 settlement for removing toxic waste from 1.6 acres of downtown Arcadia land it bought from Clifford C. Bong and Co. last year. The agency sued Bong in April of 1988 to recover the money it spent to dispose of soil contaminated with high levels of lead, cadmium and hydrocarbon wastes. The agreement was reached two days before the June 27 trial was to begin.
Wallace Wells was sentenced to 6 years for vehicle manslaughter. Arcadia residents Kevin Bruggeman and Melissa Dicke were killed when Wells ran a stop sign and hit their car.
When her brakes failed, a woman decided to hit a wall under construction at a Ralphs supermarket rather than plow into vehicles in front of her on Sunset Avenue. No name is given.
The body and car of Arcadia resident Pei-hua Tsai were recovered after his car plunged into the San Gabriel Reservoir last Saturday, March 12, 2005. He was 24 years old. A photo shows the wreckage and divers.
Seven of thirty-three finalists will be chosen for the Rose Queen and her Royal Court next week. Two finalists, Stacie Chan and Tiffany Lu, are from Arcadia High School.
A Los Angeles County firefighter, 41-year-old Richard M. Burk of San Dimas, is suing Arcadia Police Department for $500+ in damages, citing false arrest, defamation and emotional distress. He was arrested April 4 at the Derby Restaurant for fighting and public drunkenness.