Actor and activist George Takei, 75, famous for his portrayal of Sulu on television series Star Trek, will talk about gay rights and a childhood spent in internment camps at Santa Anita Park (assembly center), Tule Lake and Rohwer, Arkansas, during World War II. He will be speaking at Cal Poly Pomona on Tuesday.
Actor and comedian Kevin Hart's Hart House is open in Monrovia at 602 West Huntington Drive. This fast food is all plant-based, no additives or hormones, artificial colors, preservatives, or high fructose corn syrup and it's delicious. Karen MacNair of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce waas present at the ribbon cutting.
Actor George Takei, discusses social media, justice, and his family's internment, which started at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia. He spoke at Cal Poly Pomona.
After actor Mel Gibson was arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol, he went into an anti-Semitic tirade. Rabbi Devora Fond of Congregation Shaarei Torah in Arcadia comments, "I believe that when you are drunk, what you truly believe comes out."
Andy Griffith, movie & television personality on left. William Parker Lyon, Jr. center and unidentified person on right. Apparently this was taken at the time Harrah's in Reno, Nevada auctioned off items that formerly had been in Arcadia at Pony Express Museum and had been sold to Harrah's some years earlier.
Breeders' Cup World Championships take place this weekend at Santa Anita Park, with a lot of celebrity support from Tim Conway, Jr., Tim Conway, Sr., Mel Brooks, Dick Van Patten, Bobby Flay, Dustin Hoffman, Bo Derek, Kurt Russell, Jim Rome, and more.
Debbie Turner, former Arcadia resident and child star, who played Marta in the 1965 film "The Sound of Music," along with 2 of her 7 Sound of Music siblings, Angela Cartwright (Brigitta) and Kym Karath (Gretl), will greet attendees atTaste of Arcadia, on September 24 at Los Angeles County Arboretum.
Drive-in movie fundraiser, a tribute to former addict and prison inmage, actor Danny Trejo, to help drug treatment organization CRI-Help. Features Universal Studio's award-winning documentary "Inmate #1: the rise of Danny Trejo" on a 50-foot screen at Santa Anita Park on May 14. The film chronicles Trejo's journey from addiction to Hollywood stardom. He will appear and his restaurant Trejo's Tacos will cater the event.
Hall of Fame jockey and Sierra Madre resident Gary Stevens is doing well after a fall that injured his lung and shoulders at the Arlington Million. Stevens, in his first acting role, starred as George "The Iceman" Woolf in the Universal film, Seabiscuit. Stevens has won the Santa Anita Derby.
HBO Television show "Luck" will hold open casting call February 12 for extras and season two will begin production. Shown in picture are actor Nick Nolte and Carolyn Conley, from HRTV.
Thousands of Arnold Schwarzenegger supporters came out to see him at the Los Angeles County Arboretum on his campaign tour in the special election to recall Governor Gray Davis. Voters have chosen Arnold Schwarzenegger to replace Gray Davis as governor of California.