Business woman Monty Lindsey, a community leader and active volunteer, was selected in late January as the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year. She is profiled.
The California Arboretum Foundation and the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation have reached an agreement that the foundation and parks and recreation will co-manage and be equally involved in decisions on the use of the Arboretum. An executive director will be hired.
Mark Linnecke earned the first volunteer-of-the-month award as one of the first to volunteer for the 1991 U.S. Olympic Festival, the largest multisport event in the United States next to the Olympics.
Ruth Dunlop was presented a Volunteer of the Year award at the Community Center's Annual Volunteer Recognition Banquet. She has volunteered 949 hours at Arcadia's Senior Citizen Services this year.
A 90-foot crane used for a movie shoot at the Arboretum toppled arm-first into Baldwin lake, which is being used as the set for the upcoming Columbia Pictures movie "Anaconda."
The Santa Anita Companies and Meditrust, the nation's largest health-care real estate investment trust, have completed a $383 million deal to merge the two companies.
A profile on Kirk King from Taiwan and the problem of "parachute kids" being sent from Asia to America for schooling, often having little or no supervision.
The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement to build a 122-room hotel in East Arcadia. The deal with ESA Management, the parent company of Extended Stay America, calls for an expected completion date by mid-1998.
The Outback Steakhouse, a 340-seat restaurant whose opening in December will coincide with the completion of Arcadia's Downtown 2000 makeover, has been criticized for having received special consideration by the City.