Officer Mike Blair, with his partner, Rick Merkh of the South Lake Tahoe Police Dept. won a silver medal in the golf competition at this year's California Police Summer Games in Sacramento.
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.
Arcadia resident Carla Weiner has created an "I LOVE LUCY" board game. The game is manufactured by Talicor and is available in toy and gift shops across the country.
23 Arcadia High School students capped third-place honors in the California State Finals of the National Bicentennial Competition. The students, in Ron Morris' advanced placement government class, last month won first place in the 22nd Congressional District contest, which included five local schools. Photo.
The City agreed Tuesday to work with the County as it creates a transportation program that will allow disabled people to travel across several cities without transferring.
An investigation by the District Attorney's Office into the disappearance of $10,000 in bail money at the Arcadia Police Department ended Monday without producing any suspects.
The Arcadia City Council approved a $48.7 million budget Tuesday without the significant reductions many other cities are facing due to a downturn in the economy.
John Allsbury, 39, president and sole owner of Auto Marketing Concepts, faces 18 charges of grand theft and selling cars without a license. The transactions in question occurred between late 1987 and early 1989.
Dale Allen, 72, has been named Arcadia Senior Citizen of the Year for 1990. He has helped to fight for and plan the $4.4 million senior center that will be completed next spring.
A group of parents plans to ask the school board to cancel the performance of the play "Secrets" at Foothill Junior High since it addresses the issues of AIDS and birth control without, as they see it, meeting state education guidelines because it does not stress abstinence from intercourse as an alternative.
John Allsbury, 39, the Arcadia auto broker accused of felony grand theft, was found guilty of nine felony counts of grand theft and nine misdemeanor counts of operating his auto brokerage without a state license. Sentencing was scheduled for March 9 in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Andrew Barney, 17, a senior at Arcadia Senior High School and future aeronautical engineer, recently participated in the 8-day U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, AL, where 50 students learned about the space shuttle, sampled astronaut training, and trained for a simulated space mission.