When the dark comedy "Numbers" hits the big screen, millions of viewers will believe the story unfolds in Harrisburg, PA, but local folks will know that they're really seeing a stretch of Huntington Drive in Arcadia.
Christina Farrell, former Arcadia High School student and member of the Pasadena Rose Court, looks back at her year and what she learned as a Tournament of Roses princess.
The Arcadia intersection of Huntington Drive and Sunset Blvd. was one of the nine worst in Los Angeles County in 1998 according to a study by the Automobile Association of Southern California.
The Arcadia Girls Senior Softball Team was honored by the City of Arcadia on Saturday. The team placed best in the state and finished second in the western regional tournament.
Sounding bitter complaints about a construction project at Santa Anita Park that is halfway finished, nearly a dozen residents and preservationists appeared at Tueday's City Council meeting to criticize the city's approval of the project.
The windmill will stay as part of the redesign of Denny's at the corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The windmill was originally built for a Van de Kamp's coffee shop in 1967.
The family of John Chan, the 44-year-old Arcadian who was killed by Lisa Welchert in a drunk driving traffic accident, filed a claim against the City because they feel the police officers left Welchert apparently passed out in her car and returned to their patrol cars, allowing her to escape from the police in her automobile.
A long-time Arcadia landmark, the windmill atop the Denny's restaurant at 7 E. Huntington Drive, is scheduled to come down before the end of the summer.