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• Arcadia Confronts Foreign Influence After Former Mayor's Guilty Plea (americanow.com) — Arcadia is reassessing how to guard against foreign influence after former mayor and councilmember Eileen Wang resigned and agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government. City leaders and residents are weighing new safeguards while stressing that one official's actions should not stigmatize Arcadia's large Chinese and Asian American community.
• Creative ways wards are making temple trips easier for everyone (ldsliving.com) — Members of the Arcadia California Stake recently organized a large, family-friendly temple day that combined ordinance sessions with kid-focused activities, ridesharing, and coordinated childcare to remove barriers to participation. Their approach—complete with workshops, walking tours, and a big barbecue—aimed to broaden how people think about temple worship and offers practical ideas other local congregations could adapt.
• Ex-members of Compton and Baldwin Park city councils sentenced to prison (sgvtribune.com) — A federal bribery case involving former Compton and Baldwin Park councilmembers also touched Arcadia through businessman Yichang Bai, identified as being from the city. Bai, an import-export operator tied to marijuana permit bribes in Baldwin Park, previously pleaded guilty and received a one-year-eight-month prison sentence connected to the broader corruption probe.
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