Deborah Pierce, 29, discharged from the Arcadia Police Department for failure to meet probationary standards, has filed a sexual discrimination and harassment claim, alleging that officers watched pornographic videos while on duty.
Andrea Sanchez, 40, and her daughter Olivia, 24, filed a civil lawsuit, claiming they suffered sexual harassment and were asked for sex in exchange for more working hours at the Santa Anita Park race track.
Deborah Pierce, 29, who was discharged 2 months before the end of her training period with the Arcadia Police Department, has filed a federal complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, alleging that she was fired for complaining that officers watched pornographic movies on duty, uttered racial epithets and sexually harassed her.
Nurses Susan Ricci, Hiedi Reed, Karen Schade and Sonya Smith are claiming in a lawsuit that Dr. Albert Peters sexually harassed and sexually battered them.
Wendell Griffith, 35, of Monrovia, a track supervisor who was fired after 2 female employees accused him of sexual harassment, is going to work at the track as a janitor. Background on the case is given.
Santa Anita Park is paying worker compensation benefits to settle a claim brought by 1 of 2 women who alleged their race track supervisors sexually harassed them and offered inducements to have sex.
Arcadia-based Falcon Management Co. owner Robert Forsting agreed to a Star-Tribune interview concerning complaints from customers in Valley cities and Los Angeles. Mr. Forsting said he's had to fire employees who have made mistakes, and the Arcadia Police Department has taken the unusual step of advising those customers to file a class action lawsuit.
Coastal Superior Credit Bureau is a victim of an unusual form of harassment in which it has been receiving a minimum of 300 calls a day from people who have been paged by someone suspected of generating the pages through a computer.
Geri Fasching (wife of former councilman George Fasching), S. H. Wen (past president of the Arcadia Chinese Association) and 2 other residents filed a lawsuit contesting the election of Sheng Chang, alleging his campaign workers paid for votes and knowingly registered people who could not legally cast a ballot.
Police have arrested nine people who are believed to be members of a San Gabriel Valley Asian gang that has been under investigation in recent months for terrorizing local Asian youths. Four adults and five juveniles were taken into custody after police linked them with a February 15 kidnapping, attempted extortion and assault.
The Arcadia Police Department's cadet program is profiled, including the stories of several cadets, especially 21-year-old Arcadia resident Sandra Schreiner.
Terrance M. Towner, former Pasadena resident and school superintendent in Los Gatos, will be next superintendent for the Arcadia Unified School District. The Arcadia Board of Education selected Towner after a 4-month search. He replaces Stephen Goldstone, who left in September to become superintendent with the Chino Unified School District. Mr. Towner will earn $91,000 per year.
Five months after the owners of Arcadia Fastprint started giving away free fliers to help people find lost pets, they've been sued by an Altadena man who claims he has exclusive copyright to any "lost dog" or "lost cat" posters.
Funeral services will be held for Richard A. Morris of Arcadia, who died early Tuesday of injuries sustained when his car swerved off the 210 Freeway Monday and hit a tree. He was 36.
Bea Chute of Arcadia was among those who traveled to Sacramento as part of her role as Library Supporter Delegate to the White House Conference on Library and Information Services. "School libraries should be an Arcadia priority."
Rung "RC" Tang, 44, settled her lawsuit against Southern California Edison Co. on the eve of a retrial for charges of causing her cancer from radiation exposure. Tang dropped all claims in exchange for an undisclosed amount of money.
The library has new equipment for people with special needs. The "Reading Edge" scans printed text, converts it and then reads it aloud for those who are blind or visually impaired. The library also has a color video magnification system.