Methodist Hospital of Southern California has been grappling with the cultural differences brought about by the influx of Chinese Americans to Arcadia surrounding communities.
In response to requests from the local Chinese-American community, the Arcadia Police Dept. has agreed to perform an investigation into police conduct during the arrest of an Asian couple involved in a fracas at the Burger King Restaurant.
In an effort to increase public awareness of childhood cancer, the National Childhood Cancer Foundation will once again participate as a sponsor of the Arcadia Tournament of Roses with a child survivor riding on the float in the Rose Parade.
A profile of Elizabeth Gotha, who raised $1,500 for the National Childhood Cancer Foundation while at school in Lake Placid, N.Y., where she is training as an ice skater.
Several members of the Arcadia Chinese Association, in addition to Chinese groups from other cities called a press conference together to discuss the recent proposed trip to Taiwan for Police Chief Ronnie Garner.
The National Childhood Cancer Foundation has contributed $20,000 to the Arcadia Tournament of Roses to join forces in raising public awareness of childhood cancer. Survivors Emily Volk and Jeff Headley, both 8 years old, will ride on the Arcadia float in the Rose Parade.
The Arcadia Tournament of Roses may lose its primary sponsor, the National Childhood Cancer Foundation. Reasons are given why NCCF thinks it did not get the national exposure it expected.
This article profiles Derek Moses, Amy Dilbeck, John Sandbrook, and Susan Webb, four children who survived childhood cancer and will ride on the 1998 Arcadia Rose Parade Float.
More than a mascot. Schools: When a Native American group urged Arcadia High to stop using the Apache as a symbol, officials made it an educational issue to be studied--and decided by--the Student Council. Members of the Arcadia High School Student Council are scheduled today to recommend whether to keep their school mascot, the Apache warrior which has been used for 45 years.
American Association of University Women (AAUW)-Arcadia Branch Collection, 1950-2000s The Arcadia branch of AAUW was founded in 1950 and disbanded in 2016. First of three boxes.
Chronological Folders 1950-2000s
AAUW Bulletin (newsletter), Arcadia Branch 1950-1971 (various months and missing years)…
American Association of University Women (AAUW)-Arcadia Branch Collection, 1950-2000s
The Arcadia branch of AAUW was founded in 1950 and disbanded in 2016. First of three boxes.
Chronological Folders 1950-2000s
AAUW Bulletin (newsletter), Arcadia Branch 1950-1971 (various months and missing years)
The folder for each fiscal year (July through June) 1972-2000, may contain the following items (some items and months may be missing):
Bulletin (newsletter)
Membership directory
Annual report
Installation program pamphlet
Newsletters AAUW Arcadia Jan 2009-May/June 2015
AAUW Arcadia Branch membership directories 2001-2004
Misc. booklets-AAUW and other women’s organizations
The Arcadia City Council has rejected the Asian Pacific American Legal Center's request that the city revoke a rule limiting the amount of space foreign languages can occupy on business signs. Councilman Robert Harbicht noted that the ordinance has been on the books for several years and the city has not received a single complaint about it.