Doo Dah Parade Moves East this Saturday
After 33 years in the Old Pasadena retail and entertainment district, the Doo Dah Parade will bring its notorious brand of wackiness across town on Saturday, May 1st, stepping off at 11:00am. The relocation to East Colorado Boulevard places the parade in an older, retro neighborhood reminiscent of its long-ago ‘Old Town’ roots. In fact, [...]
Arcadia Weekly – April 29th, 2010
AHS Government Team Wins National Championship
After three days of simulated congressional hearings on the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the class from Arcadia High School of Arcadia, California, has emerged as the national champion of the 23rd annual We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution National Finals. The academic competition marked the end of months of study [...]
AHS Advances to Championship Round of National Competition on Constitution and Bill Of Rights
Arcadia High School is advancing to the championship round of the 2010 We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution National Finals on Monday, April 26. The Arcadia, California, class is one of ten classes that will compete for first place in the academic competition, where students demonstrate their constitutional knowledge during simulated congressional hearings. [...]
Homeboy Industries Founder Visits Arcadia Rotary
Arcadia Rotarians heard a powerful message of inspiration and hope when Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries visited the club last week. With its mission statement of “Jobs not Jails,” Homeboy Industries “assists at-risk and formerly gang-involved youth to become positive and contributing members of society through job placement, training and education.” Founded by Boyle [...]
“Cub” Reporters Visit Arcadia Weekly – Arcadia Tiger Scouts Roar into Beacon Media Newsroom
Looking like cub reporters on their first day on the job, Leander Lu, Efrain Berrio and, Jacob Hsu from Arcadia Pack 111Cub Scouts Tiger Scouts got a first hand look at how the newspaper business works last week . Dan Hsu, Den Leader of Arcadia Tiger Scouts Pack 111 led a field trip for some [...]
Arcadia Weekly – April 22nd, 2010
Ellen DeGeneres and David Arquette Visit Foothill Unity in Monrovia Monday
By Terry Miller Feeding America has been selected as one of several beneficiaries of Idol Gives Back this year, a part of American Idol. On Monday morning Idol star Ellen DeGeneres and actor David Arquette visited the Foothill Unity Center in Monrovia where hundreds of families receive help every day of the year. American Idol’s [...]
Arcadia Voters Send Segal, Harbicht and Amundson to Back to Council Record Campaign Budgets No Match for Long-Standing Reputations and Experience
By Terry Miller and John Stephens Arcadia High School senior Michael Kallin voted for the first time in his life Tuesday evening at the polling place located within the Arcadia Retirement Gardens. The AHS Constitution Team member, whose 18th birthday was just this March said he was eager to vote for the first time and [...]
Arcadia Weekly – April 15th, 2010
