Arcadia Weekly August 26, 2010
Arcadia Police Seek Community Help in Locating Murder Suspect Michael Thomas
On Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at approximately 5:20 p.m., Arcadia Police officers responded to an apartment in the 800 block of Fairview Avenue on the report of an unconscious subject inside. Responding officers discovered a subject, later identified as Victim Brian Kelly, deceased. Preliminary investigation revealed the victim had been bludgeoned. Evidence collected during the [...]
Oak Tree will not meet at Santa Anita This Year – Track Safety Concerns Cited
The California Horse Racing Board starved of an application Thursday for the Oak Tree Racing Association to run its fall meet at Santa Anita Park. It has been a difficult time for horse racing in general and for Santa Anita Park in particular. Many contributing factors which include lower attendance and few race horses have [...]
Arcadia Weekly August 19, 2010
Red White and Bluess Jaszz Fest on Tap Aug. 28 – 29
Redwhite+bluezz Pasadena Jazz Fest has announced the line-up of jazz and blues musicians to perform during the star-studded festival August 28 and 29, 2010. 200 plus artists, 23 top acts will entertain thousands of fans gathered at the spectacular outdoor venue the Los Angeles Arboretum. The weekend event, complete with an international food court, [...]
Foothill Unity Center’s Back To School Distribution Slated for Aug 19
SANTA ANITA TO HOST BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT, FOOTHILL UNITY CENTER TO HELP 2000 KIDS AUG. 19 Santa Anita Park announced today that it will provide its facility to Foothill Unity Center for its annual Back to School Distribution event on Thursday, Aug. 19, in the Top of the Stretch area. Registration closes Friday for [...]
Arcadia Weekly August 12, 2010
Methodist Hospital’s Crystal Ball 2010 to feature The Beach Boys
Methodist Hospital Foundation’s Crystal Ball will feature all the elegance and excitement guests have come to expect but with a fun, Southern California vibe that could only be created by this year’s headliners, the world-famous Beach Boys. Crystal Ball 2010, “An Evening of Good Vibrations with The Beach Boys” will be held Saturday, October 16, [...]
BEACON Spotlight Falls on: Franklin Dale Murdock, 90 Years Young – The Best is Yet to Come.
The Best is Yet to Come is the title of this prolific writer’s latest endeavor. An author of some considerable note, Murdock lives at the Gables in Monrovia and suffers from macular degeneration. Despite this seemingly enormous obstacle for a writer, Franklin Murdoch refuses to let the disability put a crimp in his life and [...]
Coyote Attacks Prompt City Council Action in Arcadia
The Arcadia City Council has hired a coyote trapping firm after numerous complaints from residents in many different areas of Arcadia. Linda Garcia, Arcadia’s special projects manager said she’s had over 25 complaints just last week. Not all were Coyote attacks but many were and some were just sightings and general fearlessness of these animals. [...]
