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Four top city heads retiring
Over the coming months, Arcadia will lose several of its highly-regarded top administrators to retirement: Chief of Police Bob Sanderson,...
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Nov 11, 20104 min read


First murder in 2 1/2 years
We don’t have a Trader Joe’s and we seem to have pretty poor cell phone service here in town, but those minor inconveniences are offset...
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Aug 23, 20103 min read


Congrats to Weekly’s Miller
Congratulations to Arcadia Weekly’s Terry Miller for being appointed editor of the city’s only newspaper and a vital community resource...
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Aug 6, 20101 min read


Arcadia salaries revealed
With news in recent weeks of the salary scandal among city officials in the city of Bell, residents in other cities have been asking...
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Aug 4, 20105 min read


A Heep of driving
At this time a week ago I was in the midst of a road trip, driving 3,600 miles over four days (2,000 by myself in two days), just to see...
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Jul 2, 20109 min read


Get Lights vote right this time
Can we please get the vote right this time on Arcadia street lights? For goodness sakes, it’s less than 10-cents per day for most of us!...
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May 22, 20104 min read


Shape future of Arcadia
Guess what? No matter what any of us prefer, Arcadia’s population has been growng steadily for more than a century and will likely...
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Apr 26, 20105 min read


Dicey election dissection
Did the Star-News have it right after all, that Arcadia voters still vote along racial lines? It’s difficult not to at least consider...
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Apr 13, 20105 min read


Election 2010: A good thing
With less than a week before the election I think it is safe to say that this has been an election unlike any other, almost all for the...
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Apr 6, 20105 min read


Arcadians open-minded, right?
Woke up this morning to read that the Pasadena Star-News made their three endorsements for the April 13 Arcadia City Council election:...
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Mar 25, 20104 min read


Hettrick: School traffic amuck?
Somehow I always seem to find myself driving down First Avenue near Dana or First Avenue Middle schools, down Holly Avenue near the...
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Mar 22, 20103 min read


Save forest pack station
The Arcadia Historical Society needs your immediate help to save the Adams’ Pack Station and historic general store at Chantry Flat in...
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Mar 20, 20105 min read


Captain EO & Harry Potter
There are plenty of reasons to visit theme parks again, from Anaheim to Orlando. by Scott Hettrick Last week I participated in the...
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Mar 3, 20101 min read


Hettrick: Nagasu show goes on
Hundreds and maybe thousands of Arcadians proudly watched our local figure skater, 16-year-old Mirai Nagasu perform beautifully and...
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Mar 3, 20102 min read


Speedway gets “Thunder”
The annual All-Star Showdown at Toyota Speedway Saturday (Jan. 30) in Irwindale featured even more racing than usual, and a dose of...
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Feb 3, 20102 min read


Candidate blog forum here
Although there are bound to be a series of traditional candidate forums at which the six candidates for City Council will address various...
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Jan 25, 20102 min read


Arcadia Council Candidates
Arcadia voters will choose between several current and former City Councilmen and Mayors in the April 13 election to fill three of the...
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Jan 19, 20103 min read


Christmas spirit alive in Arcadia
Now that the holidays are over and my youngest daughter Brittany has gone back to teach 5th grade in Missouri where it is more than 90...
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Jan 4, 20103 min read


Hettrick: Arcadia Sumo on Leno
Arcadia resident Mark Sagato made a big splash on primetime TV Tuesday. by Scott Hettrick He got a big hug from Christina Applegate, on...
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Dec 17, 20092 min read


Hettrick: Tiger’s Arcadia link
The continuing Tiger Woods story that escalates each day with still more revelations of his marital infidelities made an Arcadia...
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Dec 12, 20092 min read
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