Funeral services were held May 30 for Marie S. Donnelly, a longtime member of the Arcadia Republican Women's Club who died May 25, two days short of her 96th birthday.
The recent scaling back of the proposed expansion at the Santa Anita Fashion Park means the city may no longer need a bond to help pay for the project.
Exactly a year after the Sierra Madre earthquake, the Arcadia Post Office remains shored up by wooden beams. Renovation of the structure may begin soon.
The City Council gave preliminary approval Wednesday to an expansion of the Arcadia Public Library that may add 15,000 square feet of space at a cost of about $3.5 million.
A law designed to protect Arcadia's oak tree population was passed 4-0 by the City Council on Tuesday. The trees listed in the ordinance may not be cut down or excessively trimmed.
May Co. has bowed out of the proposed expansion of the Santa Anita Fashion Park. As a result, the project's price tag should drop from $75 million to approximately $32 million.
69 year old Win Arn of Arcadia has published his theories on how older people may enjoy their later years through their mental activities and their attitudes in a book titled, "Characteristics of People who Live Long and Enjoy It."
Dwain Schenck, 27, who grew up in Arcadia, is project director for AmeriCares, a non-profit relief organization founded in 1982 which is currently helping thousands of refugees who have fled Kuwait for Jordan.
Partick Anderson, 23, of Inglewood remained in custody on suspicion of murder charges for the shooting death of Henry Miller, 27, of Los Angeles, who was killed in the paddock at the Santa Anita Park race track, making this the first shooting at the track in its 55-year history.
Rose Hassing, 27, currently the director of volunteer services for the Pasadena American Red Cross, will become the new senior citizens supervisor for the City of Arcadia as of February 7. She is replacing Betty Harris, who retired in December after 20 years with the city's senior citizens services.
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.
111 City Hall employees may earn an extra $50-110 a month by walking, bicycling, carpooling, or using public transportation to work. The City Council approved the plan to satisfy South Coast Air Quality Management District regulations requiring worksites to provide incentives to employees who reduce vehicle trips to work.