The family of Cathy LaCorte successfully blocked the parole of Richard Johnson who murdered Cathy and her boyfriend Bob Morton at Chantry Flat in 1976.
Sam and Louise LaCorte have collected 24,671 signatures from people opposed to the parole of Richard Lanill Johnson, the man who killed their daughter. Johnson was convicted of shooting and killing Catherine LaCorte and Robert Morton in the foothills above Arcadia on February 11, 1976.
The family of Cathy LaCorte, who was shot in Chantry Flat on February 11, 1976, with her boyfriend, Bob Morton, is asking a parole board not to set the killer Richard Johnson free.
A memorial trust fund is being set up to finance the education of the children of Steven and Cathy Jones, an Arcadia couple who were killed in and auto accident August 17 near Val Verde.
Charles E. Gilb, president of the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association is pictured with the new Royal Court Joy Blackburn, Sandi Thistlewaite, Kristy Mutschler, Cathy Reid (alternate spelling may be Cathi Reid), Theresa Van Dusen.
Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association plans its 12th annual Coronation Ball. Mrs. Earl Welch is chairman of the Ball Committee. Miss Arcadia will be crowned. Members of the 1977 Rose Court Joy Blackburn, Sandi Thistlewaite, Kristy Mutschler, Cathy Reid (alternate spelling may be Cathi Reid), Theresa Van Dusen.
Arcadia stockbroker Richard Robert Russo was found guilty of first-degree murder for killing his wife Carmen one year ago. He faces 50 years to life in prison with the possibility of parole.
The Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association Royal Court includes Joy Blackburn, Sandi Thistlewaite, Kristy Mutschler, Cathy Reid, Theresa Van Dusen. They will ride on the Arcadia float in the Pasadena Rose Parade on January 1, 1977. The queen has not been chosen yet.
Coronation Ball for the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association Royal Court with Queen Robin Parker and princesses Denise Coupe, Micki Lee Hogarth, Sheri Owens, Cathy Grewe (photos).
Princesses who will ride Arcadia's float in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade in January 1964 with Miss Arcadia Cathy Lee Crosby are Nancy Moore, Mardell Miller, Janice Zarubica (alternately Janis Zarubica), Lynn Schwartz.
Cathy Lee Crosby has been named Miss Arcadia of 1964. The new Miss Arcadia's Court will include Nancy Moore, Mardell Miller, Janice Zarubica (alternately Janis Zarubica), Lynn Schwartz. (Photos). See hard copy in VF Tournament of Roses.
Richard Robert Russo, convicted in the murder of his wife Carmen, hanged himself with a bedsheet in his cell at Wasco State Prison. He died Sunday, October 15, 2006.
Paroled sex offender Paul Jeffrey Cricks, 44, was arrested in Arcadia after letting his electronic ankle bracelet die and disappearing from parole officers for a few days.