A green-colored golden retriever puppy named Wasabi was born to Goldie, owned by Peter Tseng of Alhambra. Greg Hardy, the veterinarian at Best Friends Pet Hospital in Arcadia, said when puppies are born, sometimes there is a green discharge that could stain their fur, but will usually wash off. Wasabi's case is unusual.
Mirai Nagasu, an ice skater who was born in Montebello and raised in Arcadia, shown in photo, is training and competing hard to become an international skating champion.
Dick Martinez and John Murphy of the Arcadia Rotary Club are shown in a photo at the Peace Memorial in Hiroshima, Japan, with their copy of the Pasadena Star News.
Two boys and two girls were born to Feda and Samer Shalabi on Friday, October 4, at the Arcadia Methodist Hospital. The quadruplets were conceived through invitro fertilization.
Democratic State Controller Steve Westly will formally announce today he is running for governor in 2006. The kickoff event is being held in a friend's house in Arcadia, the city where he was born.
Incumbents Yvonne Bullock, David Hall, Melinda Taylor, and a challenger John J. Nicoloro were announced winners of the Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte- Town Council election.
Jazz musician and historian John Lucas died in March of complications from pneumonia at age 84. The Arcadia resident overcame rheumatioid arthritis to become an accomplished performer.
Brandon Michael Landreth, a teacher at John Muir High School in Pasadena, is the prime suspect in the fatal shooting of Justo Cesar Morales, who was killed in Arcadia earlier this week.
Incumbents Maryann Gibson, John McClain, and James Romo, are the only candidates so far to request school board candidacy papers. Forms must be filed by Jan. 17.
Arcadia Police Chief David Hinig bestowed the Police Department's Medal of Merit on Detective Stan Flores and Life Saving medals on patrol officers John Jurman and Jennifer Casillas.
John Wuo was named the new mayor of Arcadia on Tuesday, April 19. He is the first Asian-American to be appointed to serve in the position for a full year. He wants to build a community auditorium.
Arcadia residents will select three trustees today. Running for the Board of Education are challengers Roger Sonnenberg, Fred Peritore and Daniel Haste. Incumbents are James Romo, John McClain and Maryann Gibson.
Baldwin Park man John Bucalo has lifelong love affair with race horses. His career highlights included training one of Seabiscuit's offspring for the 1949 motion picture "The Story of Seabiscuit."