Arcadia Weekly – September 17th, 2009
Congresswoman Judy Chu Talks Diversity, Healthcare and Immigration at San Gabriel Mosque
There was a flurry of activity in the parking lot of the San Gabriel Mosque as the clock neared seven p.m. on Saturday. Table settings were laid out in four rows on the floor where mosque members and friends sat, prepared to end the day of fasting during the Islamic month of Ramadan. As a [...]
Arcadia’s First Avenue Citibank Robbed
Citibank in Arcadia was robbed Tuesday of approximately $7000.00 The robbery took place at around 11 a.m. when two suspects demanded cash via a handwritten note. Arcadia police reported the suspects as two black male adults who were wearing hooded sweats at the time of the robbery. No other information was immediately available. Check arcadiaweely.com [...]
APD Officer Honored
The Arcadia Police Department’s Detective Dan Crowther has been named Reserve Coordinator of the Year by the California Reserve Police Officers Association. Crowther was honored on August 28, 2009, at the Association’s awards luncheon held at the Towne and Country Inn in San Diego, California. He was chosen from Reserve Coordinators of police agencies throughout [...]
Community Picnic Draws Hundreds to Arcadia City Hall
Stars and Stripes Saturday Salutes Arcadia’s Hometown Heroes The Stars & Stripes Community Picnic held on Saturday, Sept. 12, at Arcadia’s City Hall drew in hundreds of people from all over the area both to honor our local servicemen and women at home and abroad as well as celebrate the talents of local would-be Arcadia [...]
Methodist Celebrates 20th Year of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Smiling healthy children and adults who once were very sick patients at Methodist Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit mingled with doctors and nurses at the Arcadia Community Center on Sunday afternoon. The infants, children and adults, who attended with their families, took the event as an opportunity to show how they had beat the odds [...]
Arcadia Police Blotters
For the period of Sunday, August 30 through Saturday, September 5, the Police Department responded to 974 calls for service of which 133 required formal investigations. The following is a summary report of the major incidents handled by the Department during this period. Sunday, August 30: 1. Security personnel from the racetrack advised that they [...]
Council Votes to Adjust Fees for City Services
Penman Calls Updates Necessary to Reflect Current Costs A city ordinance passed at the August 18 council meeting will raise fees for some city services in an effort to recover costs, the city reports. Some established fees and some new user fees had not been updated to reflect current costs, said City Manager Don Penman. [...]
New Commissioner Appointed to Parks and Recreation
Following the early resignation of Michael Cook, the city council moved to appoint resident Joe Shiuan to the Parks and Recreation Commission at the meeting held on September 16. While the staff was prepared to review the eight resumes they had on file from the former application period, Shiuan came to the meeting and stood [...]
Arcadia Budget Worse than Expected
An updated projection and discussion of the 2009-2010 fiscal year budget presented to the Mayor and City Council at the meeting on September 15 showed that the city budget was worse off than expected, some council members say.
