Arcadia community honors musician and Arcadia High School alumnus Joe Ramsey at a benefit memorial concert at Santa Anita Park on February 21. Joe Ramsey had been a founding member of rock groups The Prime Movers and Dread Zeppelin, both of which featured fellow Arcadia musicians.
A high speed police chase that began in Pasadena, then went through Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte and several other San Gabriel Valley cities, ended in the driving crashing into another car. The suspect was Edgar Angarita, 45, of Hollywood and the 21-year-old woman from Baldwin Park that he crashed into, are both being treated at the hospital. Police say Angarita was intoxicated. The chase occurred Monday, January 24. He is being held on suspicion of felony evading a police officer, but additional charges may be coming.