Track won’t pay Arcadia $185,000

Santa Anita Park track owner MI Developments will not pay the City of Arcadia the approximately $185,000 the city would have collected if Oak Tree would have run at Santa Anita in October. (Update Tuesday, Aug. 24: Oak Tree Racing Association executive director Sherwood “Chilly” Chillingworth told ArcadiasBest.com today the move of Oak Tree to [...]

$9 mil. financing, senior housing?

Arcadia’s Redevelopment Agency and City Council Agenda meetings for Tuesday, Aug. 17:

Marijuana clinic hearing Sept. 13

A hearing on the controversial application of a businessman to open a medical marijuana dispensary in an unincorporated area of Arcadia will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13 in Duarte’s Pamela Park, 2236 Goodall Ave. (at East Pamela Road, a few blocks south of Duarte Road and a few blocks east of S. [...]

Biggest free concert crowd

The weekly free summer concerts at City Hall keep getting bigger and bigger, with last night’s program drawing the biggest crowd yet at about 950, according to City Clerk Jim Barrows. That surpassed the 882 attendees at the  July 22 concert by the Mariachi Divas. In addition to the perfectly cool weather and the offer [...]

City to trap killer coyotes

Amid a flurry of reports of coyotes showing up in many different parts of Arcadia and killing and injuring many dogs and cats, the City Council on Tuesday directed staff to hire Animal Pest Management (APM) at a cost of $30,000 per year to conduct a trapping program similar to what was done in Arcadia [...]

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