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...]

Historical Society sale, auction highlights

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Enjoy the following two-minute video highlights of yet another Arcadia Historical Society event, the group's first sale and auction generously hosted by the Arcadia 210 Self Storage, a perfect facility for the wine and cheese presentation for guests in the spacious parking lot, followed by the expansive lobby area where many tables of collectibles were offered for sale and auction. None of the materials represented any direct connection to … [Read more...]

Din Tai Fung going Americana

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Arcadia's Frank Yang is expanding his world famous Din Tai Fung Dumpling House restaurant to feature new shops at mega-developer Rick Caruso's Americana at Brand in Glendale and later at upscale South Coast Plaza. The news comes on the heels of Tom Cruise stopping by Din Tai Fung in Taipei during a publicity tour for his new "Oblivion" movie to get some hands-on instruction from Yang's brother on preparing the signature dumplings.... (Story … [Read more...]

Inside Grand Prix at Long Beach

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A few years ago I became familiar with Sir Speedy when it was in Downtown Arcadia on Huntington Drive and provided almost all the printing for Rick Caruso's effort to introduce the Shops at Santa Anita. Since then Caruso gave up on his Shops, new owner Shane Seneviratne moved Sir Speedy to Monrovia, and I became the CEO of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, where Shane and I came to know each other. It happens that Shane is also something … [Read more...]

Walk of Champions coming to Arcadia

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There have been so many champions in Arcadia that former Mayor Gail Marsall and former Arcadia Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Beth Costanza have decided it's time to celebrate, commemorate, and memorialize the likes of Seabiscuit and the legions of other famous race horses, jockeys, and trainers with a new Thoroughbred Racing Walk of Champions right here in Arcadia where most of them gained their prominence at Santa Anita Park. The … [Read more...]