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Volume 18, No. 39
Community News, Arts & Opinions Since 1996
Madre Fire burns 250 acres in Angeles National Forest
Super scoopers, choppers and a DC10 help contain fire quickly, full containment expected Friday BY TERRY MILLER The huge plume of smoke could be seen for miles on a clear and warm Sept. evening Monday as guests were enjoying the annual Taste of Arcadia at the Los Angeles County Arboretum. Many guests at the event - police officers and firefighters as well as this reporter, rushed to the scene near Highway 39. The traffic was bumper-to-bumper on the freeway, in part due to people looking at the fire and taking video with their iPhones while driving. Evacuation orders were lifted by Tuesday morning at the Madre Fire, but firefighters are still battling the brush fire burning in the Angeles National Forest behind Azusa. As of early Tuesday morning the blaze has burned 200 acres and was only 5 percent contained. The fire was moving north-west over a ridge away from several homes and further into the forest. The blaze broke out around Please see page 17
MAFA historic origins disputed on eve of the 50th anniversary BY TERRY MILLER
-Photo by Terry Miller
Arcadia Museum Education Center to break ground Sunday
In recent months there has been much discussion, bewilderment and in some cases - acrimony regarding the ancestries of Monrovia Association of Fine Arts (MAFA) and why there is no mention of those who founded the original arts group in any MAFA documents? A war of will and words
On September 29, 2013 at 5:30pm, the Arcadia City Council and the Arcadia Historical Museum Foundation will perform a ceremonial ground breaking on the construction of a Museum Education Center to be built between the Arcadia Community Center and the Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage. The 2,650 square foot
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Live horse racing returns Friday to Santa Anita Major audio visual improvements mark significant investment in horse racing
Gerardo Cortez arraignment postponed to Oct. 4 BY SHEL SEGAL
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The arraignment of a Monrovia man who allegedly made a series of threats to several San Gabriel Valley locations recently has been postponed to Oct. 4, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. Gerardo Cortez, 26, was originally set to be arraigned on Sept. 19, but that has no longer been the case. Cortez – who has a history
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-Photo by Terry Miller
Racing fans are about to get a real treat at Santa Anita’s upcoming Autumn Meet, which opens Friday, Sept. 27. A huge
investment in the audio and visual aspects of racing will greet racing fans on opening day this Friday. Not only that, but the track