Arcadia Beautiful's holiday decoration awards will be given December 15. Winners will receive a yard sign, holiday gift, and a personal visit from the Santa Squad.
Arcadia High School student, senior Timothy Man Hay Lee, a national chemistry champion, has qualified for one of four spots on the U.S. team bound for the 44th annual International Chemistry Olympiad.
Arcadia High School "We the People" Constitution Team aka Government Team scores big in Washington DC. They won National Unit Four Award for having the highest combined score of any Unit Four over the two day competition.
HRTV and Santa Anita Park have announced plans for a first ever non-fiction documentary film competition entitled "A Day at the Races" for film students and filmmakers wishing to make a five-minute or less Santa Anita-based film. First prize is $10,000.
Arcadia City Council Recap: Council ends tutor feud and moves future elections. Arcadia Police Chief Robert Guthrie was honored for his exemplary performance, two Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade princesses from Arcadia, Lauren Buehner and Sidney Grace Pickering, were recognized, and Arcadia man Roshan Akula (pictured) announced his campaign to run for U.S. House of Representatives.
In the Regional Odyssey of the Mind competition, three teams from Foothills Middle School have won first place trophies and invitations to advance to the state tournament.
5th grade students graduated from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program. Essay winners Alanna Mori and Kelsey Tallon read their essays during the program.
Arcadia Announces Limited Reopening of City Facilities by Appointment. The City of Arcadia is reopening City Hall to the public for services by appointment only for essential activities in response to the revised Safer at Home Order issued by Los Angeles County on May 13, 2020. These include building permits, inspections, and planning related services. Tennis courts are now open for modified use. All players must abide by posted rules and those who ignore the guidelines will not be allowed to play.
Two Arcadia High School teams go to Tennessee for Global Destination Imagination for National STEAM Challenge. STEAM is Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math.