CURLING…ON GRASS IN ARCADIA
Margi Rambo delivers a bowl in a Triples Tournament at the Santa Anita Bowling
Green Club’s Greens at the Arcadia County Park. (Photo by Gene Plunkett)
We all watched Curling in the Olympic games, but did you know that that sport on ice [...]
Annual Wistaria Festival Offers Good Eats, Music, Fun – and One Spectacular Vine This Sunday
The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Wistaria Festival on Sunday, March 14, 2010. The festival first began in the early 20th century, drawing as many as 100,000 people over an extended period of time. Now the vine, which is on private property, is available to the public for viewing [...]
Tax Time Blues (or) The Rats Ate My Cadillac
Tax Time Blues (or) The Rats Ate My Cadillac
By Dorothy Denne
(I have decided to rerun a column I did in April, 1999. While working on my income taxes yesterday, I was reminded of it.)
I paid our income tax last week. I was feeling a little blue. If the IRS said I [...]
Sacramento Victory Advances 30-Member Team to National Competition in D.C.
AHS Government Team Takes State Championship
Candidate Endorsed by Eight Former Arcadia Mayors
25-year Arcadia resident and community leader Sho Tay recently declared his candidacy for election to the Arcadia City Council, pitting him against a field of seven other candidates vying for three potentially open seats. With an April 13 election date a little over two months away, Tay’s announcement for city council has already garnered an [...]
Veteran Local Reporter, Larry Bortstein Passes Away Sunday
Veteran turf writer Larry Bortstein passed away early Sunday morning at Arcadia Methodist Hospital after sustaining a pulmonary embolism on Jan. 23rd. Bortstein, 67, never regained consciousness and had been on life support since being transported to Methodist following the embolism.
A native of New York, Bortstein was a versatile writer who covered horse racing [...]
Arcadia Company Donates $10,000 To Haiti Relief
Continental Assets Management presented a check in the amount of $10,000 to the Arcadia Chapter of the American Red Cross. This is in response to the earthquake in Haiti.
Pictured from left: Linda Chang (Vice President, Continental Assets Management), Louisa Lin (VP East West Bank Relationship Manager) Robert P. Deao Sr (Executive Director, Arcadia Chapter of [...]
The Fonz Finds Arcadia Library Cool
Actor Henry Winkler, perhaps best known as the super cool Fonz, spoke and signed his children’s books following a music performance as part of the “Classical Kaleidoscope” concert series Wednesday evening at the Arcadia Public Library. Hundred of local residents attended this free experience.
Reminding guests that when as played the character the [...]
Strong Thunderstorms Are Possible Across Southwestern California This Week
Strong Thunderstorms Are Possible Across Southwestern California
This Week
The national weather service has issued the following weather warning:
A powerful frontal system will sweep through southwestern California
Monday afternoon and evening…bringing heavy rain and scattered
thunderstorms. Even after the front moves through the region this
evening…very moist and [...]
Bigger Gym, Smaller Waistlines
Sierra Fitness Expansion Means More Weights, More Spinning Space
Last week we told you about Sierra Madre fitness mogul Sandy Lewis-Duval and her newest business venture, The Shabby Dog. And while Lewis-Duvall is certainly branching out into new business areas with her high-end dog leashes sold online and at her Montecito Ave. boutique, she’s not leaving [...]
