The 37-acre Arcadia County Park, which costs the Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation Department $234,000 a year to operate, may be fenced off and "abandoned" if the Department is forced to slash 25% of its budget.
Promoters expect 20,000 people a day to attend Festival Santa Anita, a Labor Day weekend event featuring Latin music, food, and arts and crafts. This will be the first major event at Santa Anita Park since the City Council decided in July to allow its use as a concert venue.
Promoters cancelled the final day of Festival Santa Anita after drawing only 5000 of an anticipated 60,000 people. This was the first music event at Santa Anita Park.
The Arcadia Chamber of Commerce has chosen 4 special individuals to bestow their annual awards upon. They are: Joan Clive and Jesse Vanlandingham both tied for Community Volunteer of the Year; Mike Lamb, Business Person of the Year; and Chris Loomis, Chamber Service Award.
To help reach its goal of raising $1.2 million to provide interior details for the new Arcadia Public Library, the Library Foundation is sponsoring a Day at the Races during the Oak Tree Meet at Santa Anita Park.
Arcadia High School graduate Mike Taylor, along with 2 others, started Cronies, a Chatsworth based company that is making a big splash in the area of licensed apparel.
Nine year old Karen Spurney of Arcadia won in her age group in the 47th annual "Search for Talent Competition" sponsored by the National Exchange Club. She played a rendition of Bach on the piano.
Francis Ching, 60, a native Hawaiian, is retiring after 20 years as supervisor of the Los Angeles County Dept. of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens, which includes the LA County Arboretum in Arcadia.
The Arcadia City Council unanimously decided to allow music and entertainment events at the 320-acre Santa Anita Park on 30 days over the next year as part of a pilot program. Events can be scheduled for weekdays from 9 AM to 6 PM and on Fridays and Saturdays from 9 AM to 11 PM.