Police have arrested a 16 year old Arcadia High School student on suspicion of firing a gun Monday afternoon at two teenagers involved in an on-campus brawl several hours earlier.
Plans have been made to form an Association of San Gabriel Valley Cities. The banding together is a preliminary step to give strength to a move to secede from Los Angeles County.
22-year-old Miguel Fernandez of Arcadia was thrown from the back of a pickup truck and killed when the truck careened out of control and flipped upside down at the intersection of Del Mar Boulevard and Hill Avenue.
17 year old Angie Zamorano's death last week in a car accident less than a mile from Arcadia High School brought 300 people together Tuesday for a memorial service at Oakdale Memorial Park in Glendora.
More than 40 cats and kittens have taken over a foreclosed house in Arcadia and while most neighbors are complaining, some are feeding and trying to find a home for the cats. The house, at 381 Walnut Avenue, has been described as "one big litter box."
Only few weeks before Paul Simons, manager of the JC Penney store in Arcadia, was to have been installed as president of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, he was transferred to Long Beach store.
Simone Eden, born in Arcadia as Simone Howe in 1970 is the February centerfold in Playboy magazine. Her mother, Carol Eden, posed as the centerfold for the December 1960 issue of the magazine.
The family of David Taylor, an Arcadia High School student who was killed in a bicycle accident last year, has presented a claim of $500,000 to the Arcadia School District. The claim was denied by the school board and turned over to the district's insurance company.
A White House Commission has selected 16 year old Arcadia resident Eugenia Kim as one of 500 finalists in the U. S. Presidential Scholar Program, "the nation's highest honor for high school students."
Arcadia, along with other Foothill communities, received allotments from the Southern California Association of Governments for the purpose of building bicycle paths. Arcadia's share amounted to $8884.
The Planning Commission and ultimately the City Council are going to have a very difficult time prohibiting further lot splits in areas where splits were OK'd before the present laws limiting this practice.
The Arcadia Beautiful Commission awarded 16 property owners hand-decorated plaques for their beautification of residential as well as business properties. This year the Arboretum was given a special award.
Roy L. Coats, last year's Tournament of Roses president, died unexpectedly Saturday afternoon while working in the garden of his Arcadia home. He was 64.
For the first time people 62 years old and over and those on disability may get substantial tax relief. They must file between May 16 and August 31 to the Franchise Tax Board office at 3325 Wilshire Blvd. or Senior Citizens Property Tax Assistance- P. O. Box 1588 Sacramento. Proof of age or disability required.
The city unveiled a bronze plaque of a horse and rider, commemorating Arcadia's participation in the 1984 Olympics equestrian events. The plaque and a bas relief sculpture of a horse and rider jumping over a hurdle will be placed at the entryway of the Arcadia City Council Chambers.
A gunman driving an off-white pick-up truck attempted to kidnap two 12 year old Arcadia girls as they walked through the parking lot of Camino Grove Elementary School on Sunday afternoon.