17 year old Angie Zamorano's death last week in a car accident less than a mile from Arcadia High School brought 300 people together Tuesday for a memorial service at Oakdale Memorial Park in Glendora.
A 20-year-old Arcadia resident charged with murdering his father remained in custody. The son is charged with the strangulation death of 48-year-old Wenda Peter Liu in their Longden Avenue home.
23 year old Arcadian Jimmy Palma was ambushed and stabbed to death October 13 in the exercise yard of San Quentin State Prison. A Superior Court judge sentenced him to die for killing two children and their mother in El Monte in 1995.
Albert Matthies, the only Arcadia police officer killed in the line of duty, was honored with a memorial plaque nearly 70 years after his murder. Photo.
The Arcadia Chamber of Commerce presented awards to three outstanding Chamber members: Peter Ulrich, Michael Costuma and Elvin Pate. They are profiled. Photos.
Arcadia veteran Al Parker is a survivor of the Bataan Death March. More than 78,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war were herded 60 miles through Philippine jungles following Maj. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright's April 9, 1943 surrender on the island of Corrigidor.
As part of National Police Week, a memorial ceremony was held at the Episcopal Church of Transfiguration in memory of those officers killed in 1998 in the line of duty. A photo of Albert Edward Matthies, the only Arcadia police officer ever killed in the line of duty, was on the altar.
Donald D. Pellegrino, 53, died of a heart attack Christmas Eve during a family gathering at his Arcadia home. The 35-year Arcadia resident was elected to the City Council in 1978 and served as mayor in 1982, 1983, and 1985 during his 8 years on the panel. Photo.
Edward Marquez, a 4th-generation native of Tucson, Arizona, has some of his paintings in the Vice President's Admiralty House, Pope John Paul II's Castle Gandolfo, and Egypt's Abden Palace. He is profiled.
Family, friends and customers at Chef's Coffee Shop are mourning the death of the man they called Grandpa. Gerhard Seltman was struck and killed by a pickup truck. His son, Bob Seltman, owns Chef's Coffee Shop.
The family of John Chan has filed a claim aagainst Arcadia and the police, saying officers' negligence led to his death. Chan died in a traffic accident in February.