William Howard "Bill" Lewis, 50, a longtime Arcadia resident and community leader, died Friday at Methodist Hospital in Arcadia following a heart attack.
Arcadia resident Gloria Horstman, a book columnist for San Gabriel Valley newspapers, begins a monthly book review program at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena.
Former two-term Arcadia Board of Education member and longtime Arcadia resident Robert E. Kladifko was recently named California School Administrator of the year in the high school principal category by the Association of California School Administrators.
As part of a plea agreement, Jack Howard Colnot II of Arcadia pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $89,000 in soccer league funds. He will be sentenced to five years probation and ordered to repay the money.
The woman killed in a weekend plane crash that left JPL engineer Jordan Kaplan severely burned was identified as Arcadia resident Shoba Srinivasan, who played violin with Kaplan in the Samta Monica Symphony Orchestra.
The Arcadia intersection of Huntington Drive and Sunset Blvd. was one of the nine worst in Los Angeles County in 1998 according to a study by the Automobile Association of Southern California.
Kenneth Branson, 18, a senior at Arcadia High School, is one of only 6 San Gabriel Valley students to receive a $200 National Merit Scholarship. He is one of 1800 nationwide winners.
The Arcadia Police Department has filed murder charges against Lisa Melinda Welchert, an alleged drunk driver involved in a fatal accident on Huntington Drive which killed John Chan.
James C. Romo has been appointed to the Governing Board of the Arcadia Unified School District to fill the vacant seat created by the resignation of Michael Lamb in September.
The terms of G. Michael Allison, Robert Kladifko and James Bryant will expire on June 30. Bryant will stay on for another term, to be joined by newcomers Michael Lamb, 41, a 20-year resident and funeral director and Maryann Gibson, an 11-year resident and PTA Council President.