On December 5, the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce will honor Gary L. Thomas, Arcadia resident and the 2003 President of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association. Thomas, a 41 year member was elected to the Executive Committee in 1995.
Judge David Thomas of Arcadia has been selected to receive the 2003 Trustee of the Year Award from the American Association of the Homes and Services for the Aging.
San Marino resident Alexandra Wucetich was named Rose Queen. Arcadia local Anjali Agrawal is a princess. She and Tournament of Roses President Gary Thomas are shown in a photo.
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.
25-year-old entrepreneurs Dustin Nicolarsen and Michael Thomas co-own The Derby, the historic Arcadia steakhouse. The two give back to their community by hosting a fundraiser to benefit their high school.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Thomas L. Willhite, 50, of Arcadia to the State Court of Appeal for the Second District. Willhite has also been a Superior Court judge and a Los Angeles Municipal Court judge.
Arcadia resident Thomas V. McKernan, Jr., president and chief executive officer of Automobile Club of California, has been elected president of the non-profit Los Angeles Police Foundation, which was created to help fund police safety programs.
The District Attorney's Office announced this week it won't prosecute an Arcadia Police Officer for elder abuse for accepting $9000 from an elderly woman. Arcadia Resident Bernis St. Thomas, 89, told investigators she wanted to give officer Michael Castro the money.
Mayor of Arcadia Gary Kovacic and mayor of Sierra Madre Rob Stockly visit Congressman David Dreier, Senator Dianne Feinstein and Senator Barbara Boxer in Washington, D. C.
The 9th annual "Remembering Our Veterans and Their Families" event was held at Arcadia County Park to honor our soldiers. Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich attended.
After five years of filing applications and lobbying in Washington, D C., Arcadia and Sierra Madre will share $6.5 million in federal funding to improve the earthquake safety of both cities' reservoirs.
Michael Lieber of Arcadia has been awarded the 2005 MERIT Award, a total of $3.25 million, to fund his cancer research involving "human V(D)J recombinase in neoplastic and primary cells."