Arcadia's CHOICESS, a non-profit organization that assists the developmentally disabled, had ten volunteers who participated in the Los Angeles Marathon and raised money for the group.
Dwain Schenck, 27, who grew up in Arcadia, is project director for AmeriCares, a non-profit relief organization founded in 1982 which is currently helping thousands of refugees who have fled Kuwait for Jordan.
The Wilderness Park, now to be known as the Arcadia Wilderness Preserve, will be open to the general public on weekdays and to non-profit organizations and small groups that have reservations on weekends.
Focus on the Family, a not-for-profit religious organization currently based in Colorado Springs, is raising moral issues of concern to its membership. The voice of Focus on the Family is former Arcadia resident and author Dr. James Dobson.
The non-profit World Space Foundation has been chosen to lead a team of U.S. engineers that will design and build a space probe that will use large, plastic sails to catch the feather-light pressure of sunlight to power its journey to the moon and Mars. Organizers hope the probe will be launched into orbit by the European Airiane rocket at the end of 1992.
Police detained four teenagers Tuesday for questioning about a lunch time melee Monday involving a dozen youths at Arcadia High School in which a teenager was hit on the head with a lead pipe.
Diane I-Fan Chang, 22, a student at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, is an illustrator for the new UNITY LA., a non-profit magazine funded by corporate donations and individuals that is geared to the ethnically diverse youth in the Los Angeles area.
Captured Images Photography (CIP) will produce senior portraits and provide materials for photography classes and the yearbook. The Governing Board also adopted a new search policy.
Diane I-Fan Chang, 22, a student at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, is an illustrator for the new magazine, UNITY LA. The non-profit magazine, written and designed for the multicultural youth of the Los Angeles area, is designed to create a more understanding society.
Arcadia resident Wendi Wagner develops candy products. Her latest product, an unshelled jelly bean called "The Lean Bean," is now sold at Target stores.
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.
In an attempt to produce permanent revenue enhancement, the City Council has agreed to go to ballot with a Fire Suppression District assessment which would ask property owners to tax themselves to achieve a balanced budget.
Citizens Organized for Police Station (COPS) was formed to educate residents and gain their support for the bond issue needed to finance a new police station. Santa Anita Park has donated $30,000 to the newly formed organization.
Hate literature has been distributed in Arcadia by the National Alliance, a white supremacist group, and the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi organization.
Members of Neighbors for Arcadia, the grass roots organization opposed to Santa Anita's proposed Arts and Entertainment Center, appeared at City Hall to file over 5000 signed initiatives with the city clerk's office.