Meet West, Worthy, Baylor, more…

Tweet This may be a little off the beaten path because I’m writing about an event in LaVerne, but bear with me. I got involved in a charity golf tournament awhile back to help out some friends, Greg DeSmet and Vicki Brown, and told them I would try and line up a few celebrities. It [...]

‘Secretariat’ visits Santa Anita

Tweet Hollywood came to Arcadia earlier this week. To promote the movie “Secretariat,” which opens nationwide on October 8, Disney Studios put on a promotional Press Day at Santa Anita Park. The two leading stars of the film, Diane Lane, who plays Secretariat’s owner, Penny Chenery, and John Malkovich, who plays trainer Lucien Laurie, were [...]

Kings-sized surprise

Tweet Bobby Williams, a former Arcadia police officer now with the El Monte department, got a nice surprise at his recent 46th birthday surprise party at his Arcadia home. Williams is a huge Los Angeles Kings fan, and showing up at the party was the hockey team’s legendary play-by-play announcer, Bob Miller. Asked if Miller’s [...]

More race days at Santa Anita?

Tweet Lost among all the recent news about Santa Anita Park losing the Oak Tree meet and the announcement that the Arcadia racetrack is going back to a conventional dirt surface is track owner Frank Stronach’s long-range plan for the “Great Race Place.” After spending two days in Del Mar covering the developments there and [...]

Oak Tree a scratch at Santa Anita

Tweet The Oak Tree Racing meet at Santa Anita Park, an Arcadia fixture since 1969, is apparently going to be held at Hollywood Park this year after all. The California Horse Racing Board voted today (Thursday, Aug. 19). to deny the Oak Tree Racing Association’s application to run its fall meet at Santa Anita, meaning [...]

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