Robert Zook, co-founder of Douglass and Zook Mortuary in Monrovia, has died at the age of 78. His is the second oldest business in Monrovia. The article includes a biography.
Lou and Juli Costanzo, 37, are co-owners of Champion Sports Collectibles, which recently moved to Arcadia after 10 years in San Gabriel. They are profiled.
The developers of a proposed $9.8 million inline skating facility have abandoned plans for building in downtown Arcadia, saying they would rather take their project to Monrovia.
Rubbermaid Inc. announced that it has acquired Arcadia-based Decor Concepts, Inc., better known as Omni. Omni, which designs and manufactures commercial playground equipment, produces about $30 million in annual revenues.
Arcadia launches the new Arcadia Downtown Business Association, with plans to revitalize the downtown district. Matt McSweeney is the association's chairperson and owner of Matt Denny's Ale House Restaurant on East Huntington Drive. City officials will spend about $90,000 on a parking study and about $18,000 in redevelopment funds to get Arcadia Downtown Business Association off the ground. The revitalization plans should work nicely with the slated opening of the Gold Line station at the northwest corner of North First Avenue and East Santa Clara Street by 2014.
This article profiles the local business Knight Cleaners. Owned by Peter Delgatto, Jr., and his mother Marilyn Delgatto, it celebrates 40 years in business.
An extensive survey by a Los Angeles based real estate consulting firm rated the cost of doing business in a number of California cities, including Arcadia.
Threatened with a law suit, Arcadia may relax an ordinance governing adult business, clearing the way for an all-nude striptease club proposed for an industrial area.
Threatened with a law suit from developers of a proposed striptease club, Arcadia city council members unanimously approved an emergency ordinance that clears the way for all-nude dancing.