Residents of the neighborhood near the Golden West Village Shopping Center are upset that the abandoned stores are being used as a dumping ground. The mall was vacated by the Pantry market and Clark Drug Store almost two years ago.
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.
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.
A proposed ranch house called a "a monstrosity" by one Arcadia neighbor and a "a hay barn" by another will not be built, the Arcadia City Council decided. The 2-story house with a 3-car garage attached was proposed for the lot at 400 Columbia Road.
The Hughes-El Rancho Market is to be razed to make room for the construction of an entirely new building. The new market will be twice the size of the old. Several shops in the center will vacate to make way for the expansion.
A woman pedestrian was critically injured in a hit and run and an Arcadia police officer suffered injuries in a second mishap, both in heavy traffic outside Santa Anita Park. The female victim also suffered the theft of her purse just minutes before the auto mishap.
Janet S. Maynard was arrested for trying to raffle off her $250,000 home for $25 a ticket. She organized the raffle because she has been unable to sell the house and was facing foreclosure.