Arcadia’s Showta karate champ

Showta Moriyama is about to enter Arcadia High School as a freshman. That’s a big deal for a 13-year-old after graduating from First Avenue Middle School. But if one of his teachers asks him to do a project about what he did during his summer vacation, he’s ahead of the game. That’s because Showta not [...]

Pack Station on radio

Deb Burgess, owner and operator of Adams’ Pack Station was featured on an American Public Media radio show called “The Story” this week. Deb, a forest cabin owner who recently saved the 74-year-old Pack Station from being closed by the County Health Department this year with the help of the Arcadia Historical Society and many [...]

Stewart named Prince president

Arcadiasbest.com blogger Larry Stewart has been named president of Prince Jewelers in Arcadia. Stewart, a sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times for more than 30 years, has been a friend and customer of  Si “Lam” Huynh since Lam opened Prince Jewelers in 1983. The store is in the retail center at 411 E. Huntington [...]

Santa Anita “Woman of Influence”

Santa Anita Park’s Amy Zimmerman has been chosen as one of 25 “Women of Influence” by The Thoroughbred Times, in the publication’s July 3, 2010 weekly issue. Zimmerman, who serves as Santa Anita’s Vice President, Business Coordination and as Director of Broadcasting, was selected from a group of 100 candidates.  She has worked at Santa [...]

Robinson Biz Woman of Year 7/16

Arcadia’s Arlynn Robinson will be named Small Business Woman of the Year at the 11th Annual Women In Business Legislative Update & Awards Luncheon on July 16 at the Hilton Hotel in Pasadena. The recognition comes only a few weeks after Arlynn’s son Gary Robinson II was named Firefighter of the Year by the Arcadia [...]

Next Page »