Santa Anita Park a prom hero

Chandelier Room during recent Chamber of Commerce Citizen of Year Dinner

Santa Anita Park and event planner Elizabeth Booth are being hailed as heroes for saving a prom night for 400 anxious students who showed up a week earlier than scheduled. And the availability of the iconic Chandelier Room was the reason it all worked. Masses of formally-dressed students of Bloomington High School began rolling up to Santa Anita Park in limos at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, to the surprise of everyone at Santa Anita, … [Read more...]

Arcadia Fire Dept assists Springs fire

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Many keen observers spotted an Arcadia Fire Department truck shown on ABC World News Thursday and other national and regional coverage of the Camarillo Springs fire as one of the earliest responders even though the fire is about 65 miles away. <Story continues below the following video...> Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Beth Stogner, Fire Administrative Specialist and Public Information Officer, confirmed to … [Read more...]

AHS Theatre’s first DTASC sweepstakes

LChristian Cruz, Nicole Richcreek, Liam Swan, Catherine Liu, Shelby Dreves, Christie Kuo, Susana Nestor, and Carolyn Ho

Another First for the Arcadia High School Theatre Department! Arcadia High School Theatre Department Wins The DTASC Sweepstakes Trophy. This is the first time in the history of the school that the Theatre Department has won this first place Sweepstakes trophy. Out of 66 schools throughout Southern CA, including all the performing arts schools in LA, Arcadia High School took home the most first place awards ranking us in First place for the … [Read more...]

Arcadia and forest heat warnings

April 20 fire in foothills of Monrovia near Arcadia

Special Weather Statement for Los Angeles County San Gabriel Valley, CA Issued by The National Weather Service Los Angeles, CA 5:08 am PDT, Wed., May. 1, 2013 ... OFFSHORE WINDS WITH VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR INTERIOR SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY... ... ELEVATED FIRE DANGER FOR INTERIOR SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY... A LATE SEASON OFFSHORE WIND EVENT WILL BRING MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG … [Read more...]

Bridge work delayed three weeks

Media event January 31, 2013, at Colorado bridge construction site.

Completion of the bridge over Colorado Boulevard, and thus the opening of that street and the beginning of construction on the bridge over Santa Anita Avenue has all been pushed back by three weeks until the end of May. So far, there is no obvious bridge over Colorado Boulevard except on each side of the street. That bridge is the second of four bridges to be built through Arcadia to carry a light rail line an additional 11.5 miles from … [Read more...]