First murder in 2 1/2 years

We don’t have a Trader Joe’s and we seem to have pretty poor cell phone service here in town, but those minor inconveniences are offset by the knowledge that we are remarkably safe here in Arcadia. Last week’s murder was the first in Arcadia in 2 1/2 years. That’s pretty amazing. And it’s at least [...]

Congrats to Weekly’s Miller

Congratulations to Arcadia Weekly’s Terry Miller for being appointed editor of the city’s only newspaper and a vital community resource and voice for many years. I have come to know and greatly respect Terry over the last few years as we have bumped into each other at many local events. As he explained in the [...]

Arcadia salaries revealed

With news in recent weeks of the salary scandal among city officials in the city of Bell, residents in other cities have been asking about salaries of their elected and appointed city officials. Below is a list of salaries of key Arcadia officials and links to the city website where all of this information is [...]

A Heep of driving

At this time a week ago I was in the midst of a road trip, driving 3,600 miles over four days (2,000 by myself in two days), just to see my favorite 1970s British heavy metal rock band, Uriah Heep, on a rare American tour playing at one of those river-side casinos in Missouri. OK, [...]

Get Lights vote right this time

Can we please get the vote right this time on Arcadia street lights? For goodness sakes, it’s less than 10-cents per day for most of us! You’ll soon be getting a vote-by-mail ballot from the City again about how to cover the $420,000 to literally keep the lights on around town. (Once again it’s poor [...]

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