Matt Denny’s Decade of Dedication
Arcadia Restaurant Raises $50,000 for Childhood Cancer Research During St. Baldrick’s Day 2012 William Klopper, a 9-year old, being treated at City of Hope helps shave his Mom Lois last Thursday at Matt Denny’s. -Photo by Terry Miller It’s really not hard to see why people get invloved in raising money for childhood cancer research, [...]
Arcadia Senior Friendship Club Celebrates 40 Years
The Friendship Club, hosted at Assistance League of Arcadia, celebrates forty years of “The Frienshippers” on March 21, 2012, at the Chapter House of Assistance League of Arcadia, for a luncheon and guest speaker, Betty Harris who helped form the club. In 1972 she was the Senior Services Director and she is now retired. Member [...]
Century 21 Ludecke Honors Award Winning Agents
At a recent breakfast meeting held at the Only Place in Town Restaurant in Sierra Madre, Mike and Marge Ludecke announced the 2011 top producing agents for the Company. The Company finished 2011 as the top selling Century 21 Franchise Company in the San Gabriel Valley. The top producing Agent for the Ludecke Office and [...]
END OF AN ERA: Watch Out Wikipedia, There’s an ‘Old Kid’ on the Broadband Block
By Terry Miller In a report published by the Los Angeles Times Wednesday, the world’s oldest and most trusted encyclopaedia, Brittanica, is finally going digital. The iconicThe Encyclopaedia Britannica, maker of the 32-volume reference set school children turned to before there was even a hint of what we now call Google, will no longer publish [...]
Obama Administration and HOPE NOW to Host Free Help for Homeowners Event in Los Angeles
The Obama Administration’s Making Home Affordable Program, The HOPE NOW Alliance and NeighborWorks® America are bringing the nation’s largest mortgage servicers, along with more than a dozen non-profit housing counselors, to Los Angeles this month in order to work one-on-one with struggling homeowners in southern California. The event will allow homeowners struggling to make their [...]
Legislators Call on CSU to Bring Sunshine to Executive Compensation
Portantino, Yee: Sunshine has fallen on deaf ears at CSU This week marks the observance of Sunshine Week and all across the country there are calls for government agencies to move toward a more transparent and accountable government. Unfortunately, that idea seems to have fallen on deaf ears at the California State University according to [...]
Police Blotters 3/15/12
ARCADIA POLICE BLOTTER For the period of Sunday, March 4th, through Saturday, March 10th, the Police Department responded to 924 calls for service of which 124 required formal investigations. The following is a summary report of the major incidents handled by the Department during this period. Sunday, March 4: Around 8:48 a.m., an officer responded [...]
General Municipal Elections are Held the Second Tuesday in April of Every Even-Numbered Year
Ballots were mailed on Monday, March 12 to registered voters in Arcadia for the next municipal election. Based on the overwhelming use of absentee ballots over voting at the polls recently, the Arcadia City Council decided to hold its election completely by mail. This election will include two City Council seats, one ballot measure and [...]
Arcadia Fire Department Weekly Report
The Arcadia Fire Department responded to a variety of emergency calls during the week of February 26, 2012 through March 3, 2012. The following is a breakdown of incident types recorded for this period: Incident Type Count Fires: 1 EMS/Rescues: 74 Service Calls: 1 Good Intent Calls: 1 False Alarms: 9 Severe Weather: 3 Total [...]
LASD Temple Station Police Blotters 3/12/12
LASD Temple Station 02-20-12 • Violation of Court Order: A Restraining Order Violation occurred at 1:50AM in the 6000 block of Encinita Avenue. The victim has a restraining order against the suspect for stealing his personal checks and cashing them. The suspect intentionally violated the restraining order and went to the victim’s house to visit [...]
