Breeders’ Cup goes Hollywood

Tweet Taking a page out of the marketing handbook of Los Angeles Angels baseball team owner Arte Moreno, the Breeders’ Cup has left the name Arcadia off the logo for this year’s two-day event at Santa Anita Park Nov. 2-3. Updated 8 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1: For that matter, there’s not even any mention of [...]

HBO “Luck” looks like winner

Tweet HBO‘s Sunday night sneak preview of its highly-touted new series “Luck” offered a sumptuous visual depiction of Santa Anita Park. The one-hour pilot directed by Michael Mann also offered glimpses of many people and places familiar to Arcadians, including a scene in Rod’s Grill on Huntington Drive and speaking roles for popular local jockeys [...]

Edison should disclose more

Tweet The Arcadia City Council has scheduled a special study session for tonight at 5 p.m. in which the public is invited to come and offer input about how response to last week’s wind storm was handled. Of course, there are always misunderstandings and media misinformation in these situations, such as KABC channel 7‘s broadcast [...]

Public Works really works

Tweet About 15 years ago when my family moved to our current house on First Avenue we were puzzled by a missing stretch of a couple hundred feet or so of sidewalk alongside the field at the Arcadia Christian School. It was an uneven patch of dirt between two sections of nice sidewalk that made [...]

Hettrick wins state recognition

Tweet CITY OF ARCADIA PRESS RELEASE August 24, 2011 California Chapter of the American Planning Association Recognizes Arcadia Resident Scott Hettrick Scott Hettrick has been named the recipient of the Distinguished Leadership Award/Citizen Planner for the state of California Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA). The award follows Hettrick’s presentation in June of the [...]

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