Marilyn Daleo is the television channel manager for Channel 58/96 on Adelphia Cable. She broadcasts from school district headquarters programs such as "Reading Matters."
Arcadia City Council has adopted an ordinance officially awarding a cable television franchise for the city to Altrio Communications. Adelphia was the last cable provider.
City officials of Arcadia and Monrovia are keeping an eye on the financial struggles of Adelphia, one of two cable television providers in the two cities.
Meredith Brucker of Arcadia (in photo) is one of many television viewers frustrated with the switch from analog to digital television that happened on June 12. Viewers using the digital converter boxes are complaining of problems receiving certain channels, that the picture freezes, and it takes several seconds for channels to change.
New series "Luck" on cable television channel HBO shows horse racing's seedier side, is filmed at Santa Anita Park. Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte are among its stars.
Cable television's Learning Channel show "Junkyard Wars" brought a challenge to Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita. Competitors were given 10 minutes to build a gravity-powered vehicle from assorted pieces of junk, wheels and miscellaneous items.
Group W Cable celebrated the hook-up of its first cable television subscriber south of Foothill Blvd. Group W and Arcadia city officials gathered at the home of Frank Waite on La Sierra Dr. in Arcadia to present the new connection and a new television as a gift.
An episode of cable television channel AMC's show "Mad Men," that was filmed on location at Rod's Grill on Huntington Drive in Arcadia, last October, was shown this past week on the network. The episode is called "Far Away Places" and stars Jon Hamm as Don Draper, and Jessica Pare, as his wife. In this period drama, they are supposedly at a Howard Johnson's motor lodge (motel and restaurant).
The television cable channel HBO filmed a pilot called "Luck" at Santa Anita Park last spring, starring Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte. The writer and producer is David Milch, who also wrote for the "Deadwood" television series. Santa Anita Park officials hope the pilot is picked up as a series. Its exposure on HBO could mean more revenue for the race track.
Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD) Deputy Superintendent Robert Leri has resigned. Arcadia High School Principal David Vannasdall will take on the additional role of Deputy Superintendent March 1 and leave his job as principal at end of school year to become Deputy Superintendent. Other personnel changes within the school district. AUSD is trying to cover a projected $7 million annual budget deficit with a proposed 5-year parcel tax. Arcadia Educational Foundation is doing its annual solicitation.
In response to concerns for traffic safety, students at Arcadia High School created an original traffic safety video entitled "Cars and Schools: Everybody's Business." The video will air on Arcadia's cable channel and on the school district's channel.
The Arcadia City Council will apparently have to adopt a wait-and- see stance in regard to the service provided to the city by Group W cable television.
After months of delay, the city is prepared to begin negotiations with Teleprompter Cable TV to develop the southern portion of the city to receive pay television service.
Complaints about Group W, the Westinghouse subsidiary that bought out Teleprompter and theoretically is supplying cable television to northern part of Arcadia by City Council.
Arcadia High School teacher Kevin Fox is in a photograph with the 24-member Constitution Team. They placed fourth statewide in a competition in Sacramento last week.
If a tentative contract proposal is signed by the city of Arcadia, Group W Cable should provide cable TV services throughout the city within a year. With Falcon Cable planning to set up a system south of the Foothill Freeway, this would mean two cable services could be operating south of the freeway.