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Going One Direction to diverse music
Betty Hettrick at Rose Bowl 1D concert My wife Betty and I may have been the only people in their 50s at one of the recent concerts of...
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Oct 4, 20145 min read
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AHS: Your Challenge Went Too Far
Emily Zheng, a senior at Arcadia High School Don’t get me wrong: The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has been a great fundraising strategy. It...
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Sep 14, 20143 min read
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Making history: Walk of Champions
Scott Hettrick Fifty-four years ago a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Hollywood Walk of Fame in February 1960. It quickly became...
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Sep 14, 20143 min read
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Free Fun Flute Club starts Oct. 19
Emily Zheng, a senior at Arcadia High School Come join Fun Flute Club’s fourth year with free weekly group lessons for elementary school...
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Sep 6, 20141 min read
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I was nailed by Arcadia Police
I got a speeding ticket from an Arcadia policeman Friday morning. It’s going to be a big one because I was driving well in excess of the...
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Aug 3, 20142 min read
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Serving our students
It was ruled less than a week ago in court that California teachers are no longer secured under tenure, laid off on seniority alone, or...
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Jun 15, 20143 min read
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Coding School Returns to Arcadia
This Summer, CodePrep, a computer science school based in Arcadia that was founded by Arcadia High School alumni, is back with new...
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May 26, 20142 min read
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Carcadia on biggest race day
Today was the biggest annual day in auto racing — “Racing’s Greatest Day” — that I look forward to every year, Formula 1’s...
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May 25, 20143 min read
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Big crowd for police Town Hall
Arcadia PD Promotes “See Something, Say Something” Huge Turnout at Citywide Town Hall Meeting by Glenn Oyoung If you take the time to...
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Mar 4, 20143 min read
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Rhinos, zebras and falls, oh my!
It was to be yet another eye-opening and perception-altering trip to another part of the globe. There were no issues with violence,...
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Mar 1, 20146 min read
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Liu: The Sierra Trek
We marched like solid men in the frontiers. We were boy scouts on a mission to blaze through the backpacking trails of the Sierra...
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Jan 26, 20142 min read
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Out of Classroom Curriculum
In Arcadia High School‘s AP Environmental Science (APES) classes, students are required to have at least eight hours of “service...
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Nov 26, 20132 min read
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High School “Dinner” comedy another delight
The Arcadia High School Theatre Department has done it again; The Man Who Came to Dinner is an amusing comedy that offers a delightful...
desseinall
Nov 14, 20132 min read
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A Night with Coach Wooden
Update June 5, 2010: With the passing of legendary Coach John Wooden on Friday, June 4, 2010, at age 99, Arcadia’s Best is rerunning a...
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Jun 5, 20105 min read
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Westfield: Let Arcadia move on
The Nov. 6/7 Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita Park is the biggest international horse racing event of the year that will get national network...
desseinall
Oct 28, 20094 min read
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Arcadia TV golfers stayin’ alive
The theme song for the two Arcadia-area golfers competing in the Golf Channel’s “Big Break Disney Golf” series could be the Bee Gee’s...
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Oct 28, 20092 min read
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Dodgers hero from Arcadia
Not that Dodgers and Angels fans in Arcadia need any additional reasons to watch the League Championship Series starting tonight with the...
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Oct 15, 20092 min read
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Golfers survive 1st round
The two Arcadia-area golfers competing on the Golf Channel reality show “Big Break Disney Golf”, which made its debut Tuesday night,...
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Oct 14, 20091 min read
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Arboretum CEO Backs Adobe
The new CEO of the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Richard Schulhof, was introduced Sunday night, October 4, to more...
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Oct 7, 20096 min read
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Stewart: Moore wants more golf
The first thing I noticed about Blake Moore when we met at Matt Denny’s Ale House for lunch was that his cap was askew. But after...
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Sep 26, 20094 min read
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