Frank Perini, longtime Arcadia Rotary member and hairdresser, honored on his 93rd birthday. He had 58 years of perfect attendance in Rotary. Frank Perez changed his name to the Italian sounding Perini to be able to buy a house and to be accepted into Arcadia Rotary.
Santa Anita Park is searching for new great voice to announce races since Trevor Denman will be retiring. In the meantime, Frank Mirahmadi and Michael Wrona will share announcer duties.
Frank Girardot writes about the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park. Jockey Aaron Gryder rides horse Calidoscopio to win the fifth race yesterday.
Apache News at Arcadia High School sets journalistic standards. Apache News is a 15-minute weekly show that airs every Friday during fourth period. It is created by the Advanced Video Production class taught by Frank Nunez.
Perini's Hair Plus named a "business icon" by Arcadia Chamber of Commerce and Arcadia Historical Society. Frank Perini opened his barbershop in Arcadia in 1954. He joined Arcadia Rotary Club shortly after opening his shop.
Arcadia officials will meet with Santa Anita Park's majority owner Frank Stronach, to talk about the mall project that fell through with Caruso Affiliated, and to see if Stronach still envisions a high end retail project to develop on the track parking lot.
Arcadia High School alumnus Ray Fu is on the Team USA Chemistry Olympiad Team, to compete in the International Chemistry Olympiad in Azerbaijan, July 20-29.
Arcadia enacts water limits. City pushes 20% reduction goal by 2020 as other cities ease restrictions. The City's water conservation program is mandatory.
Santa Anita Park's owners want rock group KISS's singer Gene Simmons for a public relations and marketing gig. Despite several changes in recent months, track owner Frank Stronach, 80, said Santa Anita Park continues to fall short of his financial expectations.
A study session before the Arcadia City Council regarding recreational vehicles (RVs) will take place November 20, 2012 at 5:30 PM at Arcadia City Hall.
Santa Anita Park's current Pro-Ride synthetic track surface will be replaced with a dirt track after the Oak Tree meet ends October 31 and before Santa Anita Park's winter-spring season starts December 26, 2010. Frank Stronach said it will cost about $6 million to install.
Santa Anita Park prepares for December 26 opening; "Great Race Place" will use 20 Los Angeles area billboards. HBO's "Luck" is the key to reaching younger demographic.
Beacon Media will celebrate 20 years with a special edition December 29. Visionary leader Von Raess, Dorothy Denne, and the late Floretta Lauber started Arcadia Weekly in 1996.