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Volume 22, NO. 35
MAN ARRESTED AFTER STEALING TRACKER CASH PACK FROM ARCADIA BUSINESS
Words of praise for McCain at Fasching’s Car Wash. Efrain R. Quezada of San Gabriel was arrested for burglary. – Courtesy photo / APD
Staff WRITER editorial@beaconmedianews.com
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he Arcadia Police Department (APD) has had much success apprehending thieves targeting packages on porches using their tracker bait packages. Detectives will also place trackers in money packs or other items to help combat recurring crimes. Local businesses in the 1200 block of South Golden West Avenue have been victims of commercial burglary and attempted burglary over the last few
months. In response to the burglaries, detectives worked with merchants and placed trackers inside the businesses to be used while the businesses are closed. Early one morning APD received an activation of a tracker cash pack inside one of the businesses in the 1200 block of South Golden West Avenue. Officers arrived and found the business had been burglarized. The GPS signal led officers to a nearby apartment complex where a man was detained. The cash pack was found nearby and Efrain SEE MAN ARRESTED PAGE 11
– Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
Arcadia Businessman Pays Homage to John McCain Never at a loss for words, former Arcadia Mayor George Fasching was incensed by the President’s
lack of respect at the passing of Senator John McCain who served the United States for six decades.
ARCADIA: A TASTE OF HISTORY LOOMS Taste of Arcadia slated Sept. 24 Staff WRITER editorial@beaconmedianews.com
The Taste of Arcadia is the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce’s most soughtafter event; held traditionally on the last Monday in the month of September. Each year the ‘Taste,” as it is fondly known, grows in
popularity, with more and more food vendors joining the festivities, more businesses showcasing their products and services, and many more members of the public in attendance. What better place to enjoy the best of the City of Arcadia than the very jewel of the valley: the
LA County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. The city’s founder, Elias J. “Lucky” Baldwin himself probably would have approved of the Taste’s chosen location. Taste of Arcadia began as a much smaller event
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at Santa Anita Park, will now be held at the
Arboretum.
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ARCADIA NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHT SEP 5 AT 8:00 PM PROMO CODE: ARCADIA Save 20% on your tickets* A neighborly comedy directed by Seinfeld’s Jason Alexander
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Sep 5 – 30
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