Pasadena Showcase House of Design features the 1937 Federal country-style Locke House in Arcadia. The annual fundraiser is going virtual due to the pandemic lockdown. The house was originally built by Hollywood society architect Gerard Colcord in 1937. For this fundraiser, there were 17 designers who contributed to the renovation. This nonprofit supports music and arts programs in Southern California.
Thirty-seven portable classrooms-or nearly half the campus - are being used to house students at Arcadia High School while the school undergoes and $8.5 million renovation.
Gusty Santa Ana winds wreak havoc to local business and residents in Arcadia. The patio outside the restaurant Matt Denny's Ale House was destroyed by the heavy winds.
House passes preservation bill on a bipartisan vote. The Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act, or House Resolution 803 seeks to conserve 1 million acres of public land in California, much of it in Southern California. HR 803 incorporates two local measures, including the San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act that will protect the Angeles National Forest, located just north of Arcadia.
John Gotusso, an Arcadia resident and former principal of Christbridge Academy, was sentenced to 30 days house arrest after pleading no contest to one count of battery on a female student.
The new 11,700 square foot fire station in West Arcadia will house three separate areas for dormitories and locker and dressing rooms, making recruitment of female firefighters easier.
A police Special Weapons and Tactics team stormed a house early Saturday after residents were robbed by six gunmen who invaded the South Third Avenue home.
Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner has identified the 23-yearold Hispanic male killed at an August 31 house party on the 2800 block of Caroline Way in Arcadia as Gustavo Lopez.
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."
$300,0000 worth of imaging equipment and the facility to house it were donated to the Park by the Southern California Equine Foundation. The nuclear imaging equipment is used like an X-ray to diagnose bone fractures and strains in horses.