A bomb scare at the J. C. Penney Co. store in Santa Anita Fashion Park mall led to the closing of about ten stores and the evacuation of more than 100 customers and employees.
Kel Mason selected to receive annual Humanitarian Award. Award presented by San Gabriel Valley Human Relations Committee to persons who have contributed time and effort toward betterment of the community.
The $10.5 million renovation project at Santa Anita Fashion Park has begun, with a formal ground-breaking ceremony to be held January 26. The project is expected to last 10 months.
John Trilca, owner of the Trilco Co., an upholstery business at 202-214 North First Ave., is seeking City approval to raze the existing structure and construct an industrial building. The current structure may be 100 years old. It's history is discussed.
Plans to add a Nordstrom Department Store to Santa Anita Fashion Park received a set-back when the Arcadia Planning Commission voted down a request to reduce the required number of parking spaces at regional shopping centers.
As the first stage of what the owners hope will be a 2-part improvement of Arcadia's Santa Anita Fashion Park, the 12-year-old shopping center has announced it will soon begin a $10.5 million interior and exterior remodeling.
Fashion Park is more than a center of business activity. It sponsors various special events such as the Community Health Fair designed to entertain, educate and assist residents. The mall's sales and property taxes constitute a large portion of the city's revenues.
Santa Anita Fashion Park's plan to expand its facilities to include a Nordstrom Department store and additional small retail stores is scheduled to come before the Arcadia Planning Commission at its November 27 meeting. According to Chuck Cline, general manager of the mall, plans are very much in the preliminary stages and no architectural plans have yet been drawn.
Arcadia Fire Department will observe Fire Service Day with an open house at each of the city's three fire stations. Photo and caption. See hard copy of newspaper in Box 51.
Two candidates, Bob Kladifko (2,623) and Jim Bryant (2,497) who were defeated in the Arcadia school board election two years ago, emerged as winners in Tuesday's election. The third winner was Mike Allison (2,579). Marilyn Perkins (2,225) finished fourth and was not elected.
Arcadia Tournament of Roses Royal Court is pictured together with Michael Allison, manager of the shoe department at The May Co., Arcadia. They are Queen Laura Cowan, and princesses Marena Hanrahan, Lisa Bowen, Barbara Hale and Jana Lynn Worsley.