Arcadia

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The California Military Academy spent a spectacular few of its early years, circa 1906, on the water at Santa Monica, leasing out the rambling Victorian pile that had once been the Arcadia Hotel.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Mike Altamirano, 29, lives outside the city but loves visiting Arcadia, which he calls one of the nicer areas in Los Angeles County.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Wang, a mother of two, has lived in Arcadia for two decades.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Generations of Chinese immigrants have settled in Arcadia, transforming the San Gabriel Valley suburb, a typical bedroom community, into a “Chinese Beverly Hills” with high-end real estate and luxury shopping.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Historiographic conceits aside, Polybius was born in Arcadia, notorious throughout antiquity as an irredeemable backwater.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro