Roughly 70 students took part in the school district's first-ever Diversity Summit designed to let students talk openly about racial tensions at the high school.
Former Arcadia resident David Thornton has been involved in fundraising for kidney research ever since a rare kidney disease began tormenting him five years ago.
In 1993 the Arcadia City Council and the Redevelopment Agency implemented the Comprehensive Revitalization Strategy Program designed to bring new economic developments to the downtown district. The streetscape construction project has been completed and the revitalization is on-going with the Commercial Facade Rehabilitation Program (CFRP) providing financial assistance for storefront improvements.
The Santa Anita Companies and Meditrust, the nation's largest health-care real estate investment trust, have completed a $383 million deal to merge the two companies.
Marilynn Bochte of Arcadia is being honored by the Arboretum of Los Angeles County for having completed 30 years of volunteer service. Marilynn is the first volunteer, still active, to have reached this distinction.
Stephanie and Krystle Wang of Arcadia have been winning local, state and international piano competitions almost since they began taking lessons at the age of 5.
Diane I-Fan Chang, 22, a student at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, is an illustrator for the new magazine, UNITY LA. The non-profit magazine, written and designed for the multicultural youth of the Los Angeles area, is designed to create a more understanding society.
Family owned and operated since 1977, owners Bob and Nora Barsuk have opened a third location for Arcadia Cleaners. It is the oldest family-owned dry cleaners in Arcadia.
The annual Friends of the Arcadia Public Library booksale will feature 50,000 used books ranging in price from $.75 to $7. This is potentially the last sale since a book shop is part of the design for the library expansion project, scheduled for ground-breaking in November, 1994.
Dale Paul Raine, 30, received the Mayor's Certificate of Commendation for helping to stop the attempted kidnapping of two 16-year-old girls near his home on Golden West Avenue.
Preservationists are protesting the remodeling at the Santa Anita Park race track. The Los Angeles Conservancy opposes the twin elevator towers and other plans under development.
Frank Ferris, 68, is a well-known Arcadia interior designer who has been in the decorating business since 1947. His store, Frank Ferris Interiors, has been open for 35 years.