Tzu Chi, Coldwell patriots

Patriotism and volunteerism comes in many colors. Last Monday the colors were blue and white, the uniform colors of the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, and the colors of Coldwell Banker George Realty. A couple weeks ago without me even mentioning anything to her, Arcadia super volunteer Alice Wang asked me if I knew someplace where [...]

Japan earthquake impact firsthand

My cousin Kurt Scheibner has lived in Sendai for many years. He was in his older downtown high-rise office building the afternoon of the terrible earthquake and tsunami in his adopted Japanese city on March 11, 2011. Kurt was in the middle of teaching English to a handful of older Japanese women when the monstrous [...]

Arcadia’s big loss: Caruso

Those who opposed the Shops at Santa Anita should be thrilled now that Caruso Affiliated has finally thrown in the towel on the project. After more than five years of battling unrelenting public and legal challenges by Westfield and Westfield’s citizen advocacy group Arcadia First!, followed by the legendary intractable negotiating tactics of Santa Anita [...]

Comics raise cash for Japan

Scott Shimamoto doesn’t speak or understand much Japanese but he knows his heritage and he knew that he could use his stand-up comedy to raise money for the victims of the 9.0 earthquake in Japan and the subsequent tsunami and nuclear radiation leaks. So that’s what the Pasadena comic did last night, drawing on his [...]

Coming: summer carnival, parade

This will be a good summer to save money on travel and instead stay in town to enjoy back-to-back weekends of carnivals, parades, and car shows right here in Arcadia. The Chamber of Commerce is bringing back its carnival in Arcadia Park the weekend of June 24-26, with details to be announced soon. The following [...]

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