
For the period of Sunday, October 11, through Saturday, October 17, the Police Department responded to 854 calls for service of which 145 required formal investigations. The following is a summary report of the major incidents handled by the Department during this period.

They say that nowadays you just can’t find good customer service. But a customer of Magnolia Boutique, located on Foothill Avenue, said she loves their service so much that she doesn’t give out her own business cards, but Magnolia’s instead. Store owner Karen Crisci opened the boutique in 1998 with the help of her husband [...]


A late afternoon car fire destroyed a late model Audi in a parking lot near Chase bank on First Avenue in Arcadia Friday. Arcadia Firefighters quickly extinguished the spectacular blaze. Photos by Terry Miller

This Article is Part III of our Series on the Historic Hugo Reid Adobe Restoration Project As you read this, the adobe structure located on the grounds of the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden in Arcadia continues to deteriorate. And its condition is of grave concern to many at the County, Arboretum volunteers [...]

Sighting a significant downturn in wagering brought on by the struggling economy, Arcadia’s Santa Anita Racetrack announced this week that it would cut overnight purses by 10 percent for the upcoming Oak Tree meeting. With the reductions slated to take effect this Saturday, the track is wasting no time in implementing the new policy ahead [...]

Drill Was Part of Preparations for Upcoming Breeders’ Cup

The Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, Arcadia Chinese Association and Arcadia Masonic Center will combine forces for the ever growing 4th Annual Asian Business night November 4. The event brings together Asian businesses to meet with representatives of the city, chambers of commerce, fire and police departments as well as other organizations who help promote and [...]

Harbicht: Developers Guilty of Misusing Environmental Laws

Veteran real estate sales associates Nathalie Marles & Emily Duggan were recently congratulated by Andy Bencosme, Managing Broker of Century 21 Village Realty in Sierra Madre for leading the office in home sales for the first half of September. Marles finished the period with just under 2 million dollars in sales. “2008 was a very [...]