Arcadia in the news: a local mayor faces a guilty plea in a foreign agent case; recall Arcadia’s mayoral duties amid this federal probe. A California city in LA County, about 13 miles NE of downtown LA.
Eileen Wang has pled guilty to one count of acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government, for operating the US News Center to publish pro-PRC material from 2020 to 2022. She has resigned as Arcadia’s mayor. Co-operating with authorities, Yaoning Sun has already received a four-year sentence.