Arcadia is praised for its top-scoring schools, ranch-style homes, and lack of ethnic tensions and political turmoil in similar cities like Monterey Park.
Family, friends and customers at Chef's Coffee Shop are mourning the death of the man they called Grandpa. Gerhard Seltman was struck and killed by a pickup truck. His son, Bob Seltman, owns Chef's Coffee Shop.
More than 850 people turned out for the unveiling of "Life's Crowning Moments." The Arcadia Tournament of Roses 1997 parade float will depict a coronation in the park with palm trees, a pond, and five former Arcadia Rose Queens. Fiscal problems forced the Arcadia Tournament of Roses to cancel having a Rose Court this year. The five former Rose Queens are not named.
A 20-year-old Arcadia resident charged with murdering his father remained in custody. The son is charged with the strangulation death of 48-year-old Wenda Peter Liu in their Longden Avenue home.
For the third year in a row, a five-member team from Arcadia High School took top honors in the regional National Science Bowl and is headed for national competition in Washington, D.C., in May.
Friends and family of former Arcadia City Clerk Christine Van Maanen gathered at Live Oak Memorial Park to pay their last respects. Her exact date of birth is not known, but she is believed to have been 86-88 years old when she died.
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.
Haitham Khalid Al-Nasseri, 33, was extradited from London to Arcadia after being arrested for kidnapping his 2-year old son in September and fleeing to his native Iraq.
Michael Goldstein, a 40-year old former stockbroker, and his wife Bridgethave opened Goldstein's Bagel Bakery at 221 N. Santa Anita Ave. after opening the original Goldstein's in Old Pasadena 5 years ago. It is the nation's first drive through bakery.
A gunman driving an off-white pick-up truck attempted to kidnap two 12 year old Arcadia girls as they walked through the parking lot of Camino Grove Elementary School on Sunday afternoon.
In a joint venture, the Monrovia and Arcadia redevelopment agencies have created a new logo which reads "Huntington Crossing" and it will top the sign where the 210 Freeway crosses Fifth Avenue.
Neighbors of 16 year old Russell Simon, killed in August while riding his bicycle home from football practice, are banding together to have a memorial plaque installed at the corner where the high school sophomore was struck by a truck.
Two men, including 22 year old Arcadian Jimmy Palma, were convicted of five counts of first-degree murder for shooting three adults and two children last year in El Monte.
Five candidates are running for three Arcadia School Board seats: Maryann Gibson; Mike Lamb; Min Mey Chang; John Wuo; and John McLain. They are profiled.
The husband and wife suspected of enslaving and torturing a 20-year old woman from mainland China allegedly kept a second slave and may have imported as many as a half dozen people into the United States. Dianji Zhai and Hua Jiang of Arcadia have been arrested.
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.