Home of Arcadia's home newspaper. Today's first issue of the Arcadia Bulletin is the third newspaper published from the stucco building shown in picture, at 530 North First Avenue. D.H. Roush and his son Frank G. Roush started the Weekly News in this community in 1924, then the Tribune in 1930, now the Arcadia Bulletin. See hard copy in subject file Newspapers.
Arcadia police arrested two Arcadia High School students 16, and 15, in connection with a December 11 racial incident in which a cross was burned and anti-Asian epithets were scrawled on the front yard of a home in the 200 block of Arbolada Drive. The two boys were booked for damaging property based on ethnic origin and were released to the custody of their parents.
Jef Wheeler, 26, a jazz dance teacher at Arcadia Dance Arts for two years, is currently touring with "Heart Strings" an AIDS benefit sponsored by the Design Alliance to Combat AIDS and the Design Industries Foundation for AIDS. After the Los Angeles show, the troupe will move on to Houston, Miami, New York, Boston and Washington, D. C. Organizers hope to raise $4 million for AIDS research, community education programs and care and services for AIDS patients.
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.
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.
John Allsbury, 39, the Arcadia auto broker accused of felony grand theft, was found guilty of nine felony counts of grand theft and nine misdemeanor counts of operating his auto brokerage without a state license. Sentencing was scheduled for March 9 in Los Angeles Superior Court.
City Finance Director Alan C. Murphy died of cancer at 34 - just two weeks after receiving a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting and an award for Financial Reporting Achievement by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA). Photo
In an informal, long-range planning session, City Council members made a new library and police station two of their top priorities. Last month, the council approves spending $55,000 to hire a consultant, to be chosen at the June 19th meeting, to draw up plans for a new library to replace the overcrowded library.
Officer Mike Blair, with his partner, Rick Merkh of the South Lake Tahoe Police Dept. won a silver medal in the golf competition at this year's California Police Summer Games in Sacramento.
Plaza de las Fiestas, a new multipurpose arena in the northwest quadrant of the infield at the Santa Anita Park, has been created to accommodate Family Faire weekend outings for groups of 25 or more, as well as company picnics, concerts, trade shows, equine shows and other special occasions that can share the day with racing.