Five months after the owners of Arcadia Fastprint started giving away free fliers to help people find lost pets, they've been sued by an Altadena man who claims he has exclusive copyright to any "lost dog" or "lost cat" posters.
Shortly before the city cut $400,000 in salaries and programs to help close a nearly $1 million budget shortfall, the city's managers and supervisors asked the City Council to consider giving them what they termed long-overdue raises.
Water main breaks on the 1000 block of Singing Wood Drive. City officials were trying to determine the cause. It could have been caused by soil saturated by last week's rain storms, or by tree roots growing too close, or a combination of both. The damage affects 50 homes, leaving them without water.
Caruso Affiliated has offered to provide free office space to the Arcadia Unified School District at the proposed new Shops at Santa Anita outdoor lifestyle center/mall.
For the fifth straight year, more than two dozen local lawyers and judges will provide pro-bono consultation for the public on Saturday, May 3 in observance of Law Day. The free legal clinic will be at the Arcadia Public Library.
Arcadia City Council approves $70,000 to help the Downtown Business Association set up a business-improvement district. The district would tax commercial property owners to revitalize the area.
Dog owners could be fined up to $1,000 and their pet impounded or destroyed under an ordinance the City Council introduced to protect residents from dangerous or vicious dogs.
Westfield America Inc. announced yesterday that it will buy an additional 50 percent interest in Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita Fashion Park from Meditrust, giving it nearly 90 percent ownership.
After a two-year suspension, the Arcadia City Council will reinstate a coyote trapping program, after residents complained that the animals are attacking pets and showing aggressive behavior. The city has contracted with Animal Pest Management of Chino, California, to trap coyotes and euthanize them.
"Generations on Line" is a free, subscription-based program available through the Arcadia Public Library to help educate senior citizens about the benefits of computer training and the Internet.
St. Baldrick's Foundation held its annual fundraising event at Matt Denny's Ale House. More than 70 volunteers got their family, friends and co-workers to give donations for them to shave their heads. Their baldness helps raise awareness of cancer and shows solidarity with the childhood cancer patients. Arcadia firefighter Drew Pryon is shown in photographs with children.
A 300-pound bear was seen rummaging through a trash can in Wilderness Park, and authorities feel it may be the same bear that was captured in the same place 10 months ago, then released 50 miles away in Angeles National Forest near Pyramid Lake.
The Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum celebrates its fifth anniversary with a birthday party and other programs. Curator Alycia Wood in seen in a photo. The caption has her name misspelled.
A federal judge set bail at $100,000 Friday for Arcadia resident Po Chieng Ma, accused in a scheme to funnel graduate-school test answers from coast to coast and provide them to test-takers on coded pencils.
Arcadia police and firefighters have voted to defer a portion of their salaries and health benefits to help close the city's budget shortfall. In total, employee pay and benefit deferments will free up about $300,000. The city is trying to close a $600,000 deficit this fiscal year in its $48 million general fund budget.
Arcadia will give a free blue star poster to any resident whose son, daughter, brother, sister, spouse or grandchild is on active duty in the military.