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Calmer winds helped firefighters battling the 538-acre Santa Anita Fire yesterday as crews focused on protecting homes and stopping a creeping western edge of flames that forced evacuations in neighboring Pasadena. Also see two accompanying articles on the front page.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30986
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31181AN
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Newspaper Index
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Firefighters used the jaws of life to free a 3-year-old girl who got her knee wedged in a railing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22924
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Eisenhower Park, fire department
Item ID
23132AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Rotary Club collected donations to pay for the Guatemala City Volunteer firefighters to drive a donated firetruck from Arcadia to Santa Cruz del Quiche in Guatemala.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24785
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Organizations - Arcadia Rotary Club
Fire Department
Guatemala
Item ID
24980AN
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Newspaper Index
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Firefighters rescued a 7-year old boy from an upstairs bedroom as fire engulfed the home at 70 W. Las Flores Ave. They were unable to save a man and woman inside the house, who were found dead.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18185
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2000
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Fires and Fire Prevention
Item ID
18432AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Fire Department received Fire Engine No. 343 from the Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES). The number is significant and it has been specially dedicated by the state to the memory of the 343 New York City firefighters who died on September 11, 2001.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31203
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2008
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department
Fire engines - fire trucks
Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES)
September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001
Item ID
31398AN
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Newspaper Index
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Firefighters are making progress containing the Santa Anita Fire. The burn area was 93 percent contained as of yesterday evening.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30995
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2008
Pages
p. News 1 (or A1)
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2008
Pages
p. News 1 (or A1)
Subjects
Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31190AN
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Newspaper Index
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A blaze that gutted a house at 78 W. Las Flores early Saturday morning appears to have started accidentally. The blaze left a man and a woman dead, and a 7 year old boy in critical condition.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18183
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2000
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Fires and Fire Prevention
Item ID
18430AN
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Newspaper Index
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Three firefighters and a fire technician will be laid off February 1 in the latest cost-cutting move in the city's five-year struggle to balance the budget.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11909
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 1998
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 1998
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
12110AN
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Newspaper Index
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A new "Read" poster featuring Arcadia firefighters was unveiled on Tuesday, February 1, 2005, to encourage children to read.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29396
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 2, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 2, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library -- 2001-2010
Read poster
Arcadia Fire Department
Jerry Broadwell Children's Room
Item ID
29580AN
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About 100 homes were evacuated last night as a stubborn blaze scorched between 200 and 300 acres north of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18056
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 28, 1999
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 28, 1999
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
18258AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia firefighters help with preventive measures near the Cleveland National Forest in fire-ravaged Silverado Canyon. A photo and caption accompany article about wildfires in California.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30763
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Firefighters
Fires
Item ID
30951AN
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Newspaper Index
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An Arcadia woman's life was saved when her neighbor's carbon monoxide alarm went off. Neighbors alerted authorities who then broke into her apartment to find her unconscious. She was rushed to the hospital and is now in good condition.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30366
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2007
Pages
p. News 9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2007
Pages
p. News 9
Subjects
Carbon monoxide
Poisons
Item ID
30553AN
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Local firefighters including battalion chief Dave Haney from Arcadia Fire Department help out at brush fires in the San Diego area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30760
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Firefighters
Fires
Haney, Dave
Item ID
30948AN
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Arcadia will have a Patriotic Reverse Parade and Food Drive. People will drive on the parade route and wave to the "Stars of the parade" who are stationed on the sidewalk on July 2, 2021, 9-11 AM. The "stars" include firefighters, medical and police who have helped the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Canned food donations will be accepted by Foothill Unity Center.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36015
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Foothill Unity Center
Fourth of July
Holidays
Parades
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Firefighters have gained the upper hand on the Santa Anita Fire yesterday after it had burned a total of 584 acres. Officials lifted mandatory evacuations throughout the area. A timeline of the fire is on page 11.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30994
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 30, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 30, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31189AN
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Newspaper Index
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An apartment fire in Arcadia Wednesday left six people uninjured but looking for shelter. The blaze was reported at about 2:45 p.m. in unit 235 at 425 E. Live Oak.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper20827
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 24, 2001
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 24, 2001
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
21057AN
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City Council will be asked to award a $78,349 contract to Santa Rosa based Special T Fire Equipment for purchase of assorted respiratory protection and air monitoring equipment for use by city firefighters. The apparatus would be paid for by the state under its Homeland Security Grant Program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27386
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2004
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2004
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
27585AN
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In a city that is 50 percent Asian, the first Chinese-American and Cambodian-American firefighters--both bilingual--have joined the Arcadia Fire Department. (Photo of Colorguard, Sun, Pheng and their parents).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29390
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department--Station 106
Pheng, Nik
Suen, Chen
Badge ceremonies--recruits and promotions
Firefighters-Asian
Item ID
29574AN
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Though Arcadia's 1968 term limit rule forces council members to step down after two four-year terms, it allows them to come back two years later. Robert Harbicht is the latest former council member planning to make the two-year rebound.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5641
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 16, 1995
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 16, 1995
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
City Council, 1990 - 1999
Harbicht, Robert
Item ID
5492AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Methodist Hospital opened a new four-level parking structure this week, completing the first phase of its expansion. The second phase will include a 152,000 square feet, five-story patient tower, with a bridge connecting the top three floors to the existing Berger Patient Tower. The new North Tower, to be completed in 2010, will house a new emergency department, medical and surgical inpatient beds, two intensive care units, and a pharmacy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30604
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital - expansion
Hospitals
Item ID
30792AN
Collection
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