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Arcadia housing boom with Chinese dollars? Bloomberg Business Week says kickbacks and Chinese cash deals are fueling the rapid growth of mansions in Arcadia
government," according to the report published Oct 15. The report goes on, “the city, population 57,600, projects that about 150 older
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BY TERRY MILLER A recent report published by Bloomberg Business Week says “[Arcadia] Residents have
become used to postcards offering immediate, all-cash deals for their property and watching as 8,000-square-foot homes go up next door to their modest split levels. For
SWAT Officer dies after being shot serving warrant in San Gabriel A Pomona police SWAT officer shot in the back of the head while serving a search warrant in San Gabriel has died, Pomona Police Chief Paul J. Capraro said Tuesday eveing. "It is with a heavy heart that we must deliver the news that early this morning Pomona police SWAT Officer Shaun Diamond had succumbed to his injuries," the Pomona Police Department said in a
buyers from mainland China, Arcadia offers excellent schools, large lots with lenient building codes, and a place to park their money beyond the reach of the Chinese
Biggest two days in horse racing this Friday and Saturday in Arcadia
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statement Wednesday. Diamond, 45, was hospitalized early Tuesday morning and listed in very critical condition at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena after authorities said he was shot by 36-year-old David Martinez during a predawn search warrant operation that was part of a investigation into a motorcycle gang. Martinez, who remains
The 2014 Breeders' Cup will feature the best racehorses in the world competing in a variety of age groups, surfaces and distances starting Friday and finishing on Saturday, Nov 1. With familiar names from the Triple Crown season as well as most of the sport's premier fillies, racing fans will have their fill over the 13 races during the two-day spectacular.
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Outdoor watering limited to one day per week starting Nov. 1 in Pasadena As part of the City’s Level 1 Water Supply Shortage Plan now in effect, Pasadena property owners will be limited to watering outdoors one day per week, on Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday, effective Nov. 1, 2014. Additionally, with the close of daylight saving time on Nov. 2, 2014, Pasadena Water and Power (PWP) reminds customers to adjust their sprinkler timers to water before 9 a.m. or after 6 p.m. The City Council approved Pasadena’s existing Water Waste Prohibitions and Water Supply Shortage Plans
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A 48-year-old man accused of sexually molesting a 10-year-old girl was charged Friday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Victor Martinez of Azusa was charged with six felony counts: sexual intercourse or sodomy with child 10 years old or younger, sodomy by use of force-victim under age
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