Democratic State Controller Steve Westly will formally announce today he is running for governor in 2006. The kickoff event is being held in a friend's house in Arcadia, the city where he was born.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Thomas L. Willhite, 50, of Arcadia to the State Court of Appeal for the Second District. Willhite has also been a Superior Court judge and a Los Angeles Municipal Court judge.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a $125.6 billion budget for 2006-2007. He plans to increase spending on education and transportation and cut funding for some welfare and health programs, while not increasing taxes. Arcadia Mayor John Wuo agrees that California needs to make substantial investments in the state infrastructure.
Richard Robert Russo, convicted in the murder of his wife Carmen, hanged himself with a bedsheet in his cell at Wasco State Prison. He died Sunday, October 15, 2006.
Bradbury man Steve Chen, CEO of U.S. Fine Investment Arts, Inc. Gem Coin, and other companies, allegedly conspired to commit fraud with his Arcadia-based marketing company, to plead guilty. He promised potential investors gemstones from their mines along with valuable digital currency. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 4, February 27, 2020.
Arcadia would lose $1.2 million in revenue during the next two years under a California State budget plan proposed by Governnor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Also, a dog park at Eisenhower Park would open.
Thousands of Arnold Schwarzenegger supporters came out to see him at the Los Angeles County Arboretum on his campaign tour in the special election to recall Governor Gray Davis. Voters have chosen Arnold Schwarzenegger to replace Gray Davis as governor of California.
Police arrrested an Arcadia juvenile after he allegedly sideswiped a United States Mail carrier's vehicle and then fled the scene at Second Avenue and El Dorado. His license plate was left at the scene.
Arcadia mayor Roger Chandler outlined six major areas of progress in the last year in his State of the City address. Overall, he said, "The state of Arcadia is great!"
The seven finalists have been selected for the Royal Court for the 2006 Rose Parade. One princess is Alyssa Jones, 18, of Arcadia, who attends Pasadena City College.
Gary Kovacic is Arcadia's mayor for the third time. His first term was in 1998-1999 and his second term was in 2000-2001. In this, his third term, he is one of four out of the five Arcadia city council members rotating into the mayor's position during the 2003 Arcadia Centennial. The article includes biographical information.
Local business internet, Dreamlab, located on Baldwin Avenue, offers internet access with twenty high speed computers rented on an hourly basis. Its manager is Steve Raby.
Arcadia City Council has hired consultant Steve Rose, of Purkiss Rose & Associaties, for $8000 to look into establishing a skateboard facility in a local park.
Twin brothers Steve and Scott Carwile bring their family mattress-making business to Arcadia. The company is called Vivetique Sleep Systems and their products are all natural with no polyester or synthetics.