Plans for a Blue Line rail depot to be built on Santa Clara St. near First Ave. disappoints city officials who hoped it would be closer to main tourist hubs.
City planners will try to preserve Rosemarie Drive in Arcadia, as they work with a developer and neighbors on the possibility of a split lot for Joseph Winn's property at 460 W. Walnut. Currently the street has a cul-de-sac to the west and dead ends to the east.
Arcadia firefighters help with preventive measures near the Cleveland National Forest in fire-ravaged Silverado Canyon. A photo and caption accompany article about wildfires in California.
Opponents of the proposed mall The Shops at Santa Anita have filed a complaint accusing the City Council of breaking open meeting laws. An attorney for Arcadia First! asked the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office to investigate whether negotiations between the city and developer Caruso Affiliated violated the Brown Act because they were held outside of public view.
Arcadia's new city government first formed in 1903 and its first meeting took place at Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's Oakwood Hotel, located at First Avenue and Santa Clara Road. Baldwin's hotel featured gambling and fine dining along with city government. The Oakwood Hotel burned down in 1911, and the city government moved to the McCoy Building at First Avenue and St. Joseph Street. Two years later, City Hall moved across the street to the Hibbard Building. In 1917, the first building was constructed as a City Hall at Huntington Drive and Second Avenue (?). A two-story colonial building was built for $18,000. This City Hall opened on July 13, 1918. City Hall moved in 1949 to a 13-acre parcel between Huntington Drive and the Pacific Electric railroad tracks.
The Arcadia City Council has awarded a $3.056 million contract to Pacific Hydrotech to build the St. Joseph Reservoir at Santa Clara and Second Avenue.
Arcadia City Council has approved a major expansion of Methodist Hospital of Southern California. The project will cost $130 million and is slated to finish by early 2009.
Residential customers of Southern California Edison (SCE) may see increases of an average of 30% or more next year because of soaring fuel prices and costs to upgrade infrastructure.
An industrial fire at Altos Tire Company, on Longden Avenue, in Irwindale, near Monrovia and Arcadia, burned for more than 3 hours. Arcadia Fire Department and Monrovia Fire Department assisted. Arcadia firefighter Don Smith (photo) from Station 105, battles the fire atop one of the company's largest ladders.
Thomas McKernan, a 60-year-old Arcadia resident, plans to help streamline the government bureaucracies that often bog down business ventures. He is the new chairman of California Business Roundtable.
Dr. Loretta Huang, President of the Chinese American Education Association of Southern California, presents Arcadia City Council member Gary Kovacic with a service award.
Rick J. Caruso, founder and CEO of Caruso Affiliated, who is seeking to build The Shops at Santa Anita in Arcadia, has been named to the University of Southern California Board of Trustees.
Arcadia Methodist Hospital has been trying to reduce the number of heart failure patients that are readmitted to the hospital through education, teamwork, and follow-up. The Heart Failure Program was established in 2003 for this purpose. Since 2003, more than 600 patients have participated in the program with encouraging results.
Vendors and 2000 people attended the Southern California Utility Association's Information Fair. Arcadia's water department employee, Richard Reeley, raced to see how quickly he could change a water meter. The Fair was held at the Irwindale Speedway.