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.
Vons Market, which operates 328 grocery stores in Southern California, has moved its corporate headquarters from El Monte to Michillinda Avenue, between Sunset Boulevard and Huntington Drive. The 240,000 square foot building, a former May Co. store that closed in January 1989, will house 950 Vons employees.
Rung "RC" Tang, 44, is battling leukemia and preparing for a second trial against Southern California Edison Co., who she claims is responsible for exposing her to radiation while she worked at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in the mid 1980's.
The Arcadia intersection of Huntington Drive and Sunset Blvd. was one of the nine worst in Los Angeles County in 1998 according to a study by the Automobile Association of Southern California.
In a major retreat from its campaign to develop land south of the Santa Anita Park race track, Santa Anita Realty Enterprises has withdrawn its application to build a $300 million entertainment complex.
Outback Steakhouse is currently under construction at the south-west corner of Huntington Drive and Second Ave., and is scheduled to be complete by November 14, 1995.
Arcadia citizens rally against Measure "M", the proposition on the November 5 ballot that would require a special election every time any non-racing activity is proposed for Santa Anita Park race track.
Dr. Dino Clarizio, Medical Director for the California Thoroughbred Horsemen's Foundation, spends one day every week at the Clinic he helps operate at Santa Anita Park race track caring for race track personnel and their families.
Santa Anita Companies have submitted a down-scaled entertainment complex with the new proposal for developing the South parking lot of the Santa Anita Park race track property.
The $4.1 million Downtown 2000 plan will restore the area along Huntington Drive from Santa Clara to 5th Avenue, as well as on 1st Ave. The project should start in June and be completed by the fall racing season.
David Sterkin, 65, won a $1.9 million settlement from 5 doctors at the Methodist Hospital of Southern California after his foot infection was misdiagnosed, leaving him a quadriplegic.
Matthew Jacobus was stabbed once in the back following a minor car accident on Huntington Drive near Santa Clara. One of three men in the other car approached Jacobus after sideswiping his car and stabbed him.
Mayor Bob Harbicht will host "Speaking of Arcadia" at the Arcadia Historical Museum and will have a roundtable discussion with 5 people who lived here when Huntington Drive was two lanes and orange groves covered most of the city. "Speak of Arcadia" airs on cable channel 20.
The Big Hoss Saloon and Dance Hall, voted the best country and western night club in the San Gabriel Valley last year, reopened for its third season on Friday April 28 at Santa Anita Park race track.