Arcadia City Council may declare the Downtown 2000 construction project a potential health emergency in order to suspend it's contract with striking workers and hire another firm to do the work until the strike is over.
The Arcadia City Council plans to seek more than $1 million in damages against its original contractor for cost overruns in the City's Downtown 2000 revitalization project.
Program N.E.A.T.(Neighborhood Emergency Action Team) was presented to the community by the Arcadia Fire Department. It was developed to organize neighborhoods to prepare themselves in the event of a major disaster.
Methodist Hospital's emergency room was closed for three hours early Saturday morning after an x-ray film processor malfunctioned and emitted toxic fumes.
Threatened with a law suit from developers of a proposed striptease club, Arcadia city council members unanimously approved an emergency ordinance that clears the way for all-nude dancing.
The city budget passed unanimously on Tuesday night and included the elimination of 9 full-time employee positions, an increase in paramedics fees and a one-year, 1 percent utility tax increase.
The city's long standing budget woes have emerged as the No. 1 concern of the nine potential candidates for four open seats in the April 14 elections. Deadline to file is Friday.
On February 20, 1997 Arcadia police officers responded to an emergency call in the 600 block of S. First Avenue regarding a stabbing in progress. A suspect was arrested and the victim transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Lightning, the Division 5 girls team from the Arcadia-Sierra Madre area, won the TriSection State Championship by beating Paso Robles 5 to 2. The team, composed of 8 and 9 year olds, had a record of 31-0-1 and is the 4th team from the area to win the state championship in 27 years.
John Allsbury, 39, the Arcadia auto broker accused of felony grand theft, was found guilty of nine felony counts of grand theft and nine misdemeanor counts of operating his auto brokerage without a state license. Sentencing was scheduled for March 9 in Los Angeles Superior Court.
The Arcadia City Planning Commission voted unanimously to allow McDonald's restaurants to open an "Express" restaurant at 1311-B South Baldwin Ave. This will be the second "Express" restaurant in the state; "Express" refers to the limited hours of operation (daily 8 AM to 9 PM), menu, and lack of drive-through services.
A scam that tricks pager user into calling a high-toll phone number in the Virgin Islands is blitzing numbers in the area, including several Arcadia Police Department officers.