The City Council agreed that private karaoke rooms, which have been associated with criminal activity in the area, should be barred from the city. The proposed ordinance, which will be considered August 3rd, would allow alcohol in restaurants with karaoke.
The City Council voted Tuesday to impose a temporary ban on new Karaoke clubs after police reported such clubs increasingly attract gangs and lawlessness.
1. "Karaoke - Moratorium Ordinance." Memo from the City Attorney to the Mayor and City Council, October 15, 1992. 2. "Text Amendment T.A. 93-004." Document from Donna L. Butler, Planning Department, September 21, 1993. 3. Document from William E, Stokes, Planning Department to City Council reg…
Rhythm Karaoke Club was closed by owners tired of the problems associated with it, such as 2 shootings in 4 months and a recent citation for serving alcohol to minors.
The City Council voted 5-0 to extend the 45-day moratorium on karaoke permits to 10 months, following city officials' reports recommending further study.
Exterior view of 100-to-1 cocktail bar at 100 W. Huntington Drive. This horse racing themed bar was demolished 2015. Signs read "Complimentary buffet" and "Karaoke." Murals inside were salvaged by Gilb Museum. Photograph by Terry Miller.
Ryan Richard Swender, of Arcadia, along with two others, plead not guilty in the December 1 stabbing of a 17-year-old boy at Memorial Park in Sierra Madre.
15-year-old Richard Ung was arrested at his parents' home in Arcadia, where sheriffs recovered nine guns, including an AK-47 assault rifle and an assault pistol. Ung is being investigated for alleged involvement in the stabbing death of Boo K. Lee.
Two teenage stabbing victims are expected to recover from injuries they sustained when they fought with unknown attackers outside the southeast side of the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita mall.
23 year old Arcadian Jimmy Palma was ambushed and stabbed to death October 13 in the exercise yard of San Quentin State Prison. A Superior Court judge sentenced him to die for killing two children and their mother in El Monte in 1995.
Matthew Jacobus was stabbed once in the back following a minor car accident on Huntington Drive near Santa Clara. One of three men in the other car approached Jacobus after sideswiping his car and stabbed him.
A 19-year-old man Matthew Zamora, could face a 25 year prison sentence for shooting and killing 24-year-old Joseph Romero of Arcadia, on June 16, 2012, on the 5200 block of Tyler Avenue in unincorporated county area near Arcadia and El Monte.
A 22 year old Monterey Park man was shot and killed after leaving the Sportsrock Cafe about 1:30am and getting involved in an argument with 10-15 men in a nearby parking lot. He was shot with an illegal pen gun.