Arcadia Presbyterian Church's 100th anniversary (centennial) will feature a choral and organ concert. John Henken will conduct the chorus and Tabitha Henken will be the organ accompanist.
Writer Charles Cooper continues his series of articles called "Memories of Arcadia" with a history and description of the U.S. Army Balloon School that was at Camp Ross (or Ross Field) in Arcadia during World War I. The balloon school was located on the current site of Arcadia County Park.
Hope International Church of Arcadia, located at 1741 S. Baldwin Avenue, welcomes new pastor Reverend Sam Lee into the community. Installation service on September 29.
Once again, Verizon's cell phone tower appeal postponed to January 17. The controversial cell tower is proposed as 53 feet tall and hidden in a faux bell tower at Church of Transfiguration.
Arcadia tenor Todd Wilander is a featured soloist in the Verdi Chorus 35th anniversary concert. He grew up in Arcadia and attended Arcadia High School in the late 1980s. He was a member of “Chanteurs” and sang in the Arcadia Presbyterian Church choir.
Steven R. Kutcher, an Arcadia resident, is the entomologist who provided the arachnids for the movie "Spider-man." Kutcher discusses other film projects to which he has lent his expertise.
Man charged with kidnapping, beating ex-girlfriend in Arcadia. Robert Michael Mendez faces one count each of kidnapping and criminal threats and three counts of injuring a girlfriend or child's parent.
Sustainable Arcadia: officials talk water conservation and climate change initiatives, such as regional stormwater reuse, tiered water rates, drought tolerant landscaping, energy efficiency Clean Power Alliance, CNG facility, EV chargers and electric vehicles, renewal diesel, trash and recycling, compost to mulch.
At the Board of Education annual organizational meeting, three members, Maryann Gibson, James C. Romo, and John R. McClain were officially sworn to begin their new term of office. A profile of McClain, the new 1999-2000 board president, is presented.
The Arcadia City Council has voted to disband its Sister City Commission. However, this does not affect Arcadia's sister city relationships with Newcastle, Australia, or Tripolis, Greece.
Arcadia will devise a program to celebrate its centennial next year with its sister city of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Next year will mark the 30th year of the sister city relationship.
Arcadia City Council approves $30,000 for officials' trip to China and Taiwan. The purpose is to foster a better understanding of Asian culture in order to better serve Arcadia, which is heavily populated by residents from China and Taiwan. Establishing sister city relationships with Chinese and Taiwanese municipalities is another goal of the trip. See VF Sister City.
Dennis Lojeski Field at Eisenhower Park, site of the Little League baseball field named in honor of Dr. Dennis Lojeski (1944-1996), was dedicated on January 12.