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 George A. Bolton, social science instructor at San Bernardino Valley College and Craafton Hills College, Yucaipa, has been included in the recent edition of "Who's Who in California." Bolton is a staff analyst for the department of environmental health services for San Bernardino County, while continuing to teach part-time at the colleges. He was honored after a personal/training study he published received national attention.
Arcadia High School chemistry teacher George Stapleton's Advanced Placement chemistry class won first place in the Southern California Chemical Society Competition.
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.
Candidates for city council give their comments regarding the proposed Santa Anita Arts & Entertainment Center. Proposition C is explained by City Attorney Mike Miller.
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.
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 Cathy LaCorte successfully blocked the parole of Richard Johnson who murdered Cathy and her boyfriend Bob Morton at Chantry Flat in 1976.