Arcadia’s Citizen of the Year, Sho Tay, will make his fourth run at City Council early next year. His two likeliest strongest opponents...

Patriotism and volunteerism comes in many colors. Last Monday the colors were blue and white, the uniform colors of the Buddhist Tzu Chi...

My cousin Kurt Scheibner has lived in Sendai for many years. He was in his older downtown high-rise office building the afternoon of the...

Those who opposed the Shops at Santa Anita should be thrilled now that Caruso Affiliated has finally thrown in the towel on the project....

Scott Shimamoto doesn’t speak or understand much Japanese but he knows his heritage and he knew that he could use his stand-up comedy to...

This will be a good summer to save money on travel and instead stay in town to enjoy back-to-back weekends of carnivals, parades, and car...

One of the advantages of controlling your own web site is being able to take liberties once in awhile to plug something or someone that...

Good for Arcadia Mayor Peter Amundson. Good for the protesters of his choice of a speaker from Focus on the Family. And good for Arcadia....

For many decades the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Santa Anita Park in Arcadia have been favorite locations for shooting movies and TV...

Among the multiple comments posted below my Jan. 27 post about the millions in shortfalls faced by the City and school district, were...

Although the economy is said to no longer be in recession, the stock market is strong, and there are various positive signs in the...

Even before another half-hour of impassioned pleas and some scolding from audience members tonight at the Arcadia City Council meeting...

Wearing my other hat as an entertainment industry blogger at my web sites HollywoodInHiDef.com and 3DHollywood.net, by Scott Hettrick I...

Typically flash mobs of hundreds or even thousands of people descend on a large outdoor public space to dance to a popular classic hit...

When the Detroit Lions stepped up and offered its NFL Ford Stadium to be used as the emergency home field of the Minnesota Vikings Monday...

I’m really looking forward to Arcadia in 2014 and 2015. by Scott Hettrick If it feels like much of Arcadia has been under construction...

For all the fuss about whether to trap and kill coyotes or let them wander around Arcadia while we keep pets and children inside, lock...

Having just picked up my youngest daughter from LAX to join my wife and I and our oldest daughter and her husband for the Thanksgiving...

Nevermind that the City spent $800,000 – $1 million and countless man hours developing the first 25-year General Plan for the City since...

Sitting in on board meetings of various organizations around town sure reinforces what great things are going on around town and what...