17 year old Angie Zamorano's death last week in a car accident less than a mile from Arcadia High School brought 300 people together Tuesday for a memorial service at Oakdale Memorial Park in Glendora.
A memorial trust fund is being set up to finance the education of the children of Steven and Cathy Jones, an Arcadia couple who were killed in and auto accident August 17 near Val Verde.
Arcadia High School students honor friend Boa ("Tony") Tsing with a makeshift memorial. He was recently killed in a traffic accident. He was only 18 years old.
The family of David Taylor, an Arcadia High School student who was killed in a bicycle accident last year, has presented a claim of $500,000 to the Arcadia School District. The claim was denied by the school board and turned over to the district's insurance company.
As part of National Police Week, a memorial ceremony was held at the Episcopal Church of Transfiguration in memory of those officers killed in 1998 in the line of duty. A photo of Albert Edward Matthies, the only Arcadia police officer ever killed in the line of duty, was on the altar.
Arcadia High School teacher Kevin Fox is in a photograph with the 24-member Constitution Team. They placed fourth statewide in a competition in Sacramento last week.
Two Arcadia residents were killed in an early morning auto accident when their Toyota Camry was broadsided by a Cadillac. Kevin Bruggeman and an unidentified female were the victims.
Joshua Martin Parra-Davis, 23, of Arcadia, pleaded not guilty in Pasadena Superior Court, to charges of possessing and leaving an explosive device in a backpack near a bank on Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia, on Friday, January 14, 2011. He is charged with four felony counts, including possession of a destructive device near a school. Parra-Davis, a former Foothills Middle School student, was seen opening a classroom door last Friday and then later was seen dropping the backpack into some bushes. The bag contained what appeared to be a homemade explosive.
A memorial service was held at Hill Avenue Grace Lutheran Church to honor the life of Liya Lu, a 31-year old native of China who was killed in August and put in a trashcan in Arcadia. Her boyfriend Isaac Campbell is a suspect.
Gary Southworth, Arcadia Teachers Association president and 5th grade teacher at Highland Oaks Elementary School, was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol following an automobile accident that killed a 21 year old University of La Verne student.
Montecito Fine Arts College of Design has declared bankruptcy but intends to reopen. The college has campuses in Monrovia, Arcadia, and Brea. The school's founder is Ed Kuckelhorn and the Vice President is his wife, Trisha Zhang.
Arcadia 16-year-old Roger A. Lewis, who was struck by a car while bicycling, has died. The accident occurred over the weekend at Santa Anita Avenue and Duarte Road. The driver who struck Lewis was driving a 2008 Chrysler Sebring. Lewis was a former student at Arcadia High School.