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Article reports Arcadia's crime rates for the year. Burglary down, theft up.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 7, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 7, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1392AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

In the face of astronomical insurance rates, Arcadia is seriously examining joining other cities to form what would in effect be a small insurance company. Arcadia Finance Director, Jerry Shuster, said the insurance rate for 1985-86 shot up 500% from costs last year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 20, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 20, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Insurance

Item ID: 1868AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Tax rates are being increased in the city's five lighting districts. Article discusses status of other tax rates and notes an increase of 9.2% in the total assessed valuation of all properties in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 7, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 7, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3327AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Best Disposal Company will ask City Council for an approximate 40% increase in rates. Arcadia has had the lowest rates in the Valley for a number of years. A survey of the area shows that Best's request is for a higher rate than the average.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 19, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 19, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Refuse and Refuse Disposal

Item ID: 2321AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Mortgage rates for senior housing rise. City has been notified by Department of Housing and Urban Development that the mortgage rates for such projects have been raised from 9 1/4 to 11 5/8 %.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 9, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 9, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Senior Citizens - Housing

Item ID: 3185AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Crime report for first six months of the year. The burglary rate continues to rise. The most dramatic changes have occurred in traffic control.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 2, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 2, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1363AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Enrollment in Arcadia schools, for the 8th school month declined compared to the same month last year. Enrollment overall, slipped from 7,553 to 7,419.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 18, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 18, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Enrollment

Item ID: 2904AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council will increase water rates on a year to year basis for the next five years. Funds will thus be accumulated for predictable major replacement projects. These projects are outlined in the article.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 6, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 6, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 3459AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Granada Royale Hometel is being sold along with the other hotels in the chain to the Holiday Inns.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 15, 1983

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 15, 1983

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Hometel Corporation

Item ID: 1829AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council has amended the municipal code establishing new water rates.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 24, 1981

Pages: p. A-3

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 24, 1981

Pages: p. A-3

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 3456AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Four areas along the 210 freeway qualify for sound-wall construction. According to Chester Howar, Director of Public Works, one of those areas could have a wall built within 9 years, but walls for the other areas may never be built.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Noise Abatement

Item ID: 2024AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

22-year-old Miguel Fernandez of Arcadia was thrown from the back of a pickup truck and killed when the truck careened out of control and flipped upside down at the intersection of Del Mar Boulevard and Hill Avenue.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 5, 1984

Pages: p. A2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 5, 1984

Pages: p. A2

Subjects: Fernandez, Miguel; Automobile Accident

Item ID: 27515AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Council has postponed their decision on Best Disposal's request for an increase in the trash pick-up rate pending a study of increases in other cities by other companies. In October, Best asked for a 40% increase. They are now requesting an 80% increase.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 5, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 5, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Refuse and Refuse Disposal

Item ID: 2323AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

One robbery was foiled at Arcadia's Southland Bank, but earlier the same day another man got away with just over $1,000 from the First Interstate Bank on South Baldwin Ave.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 11, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 11, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1371AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

From elementary school to college, Arcadia students are doing better than the state average, and frequently better than they have done in previous years, according to Wade Askew, Assistant Superintendent in charge of Curriculum and Instruction.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 15, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 15, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3118AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

After considerable discussion City Council has decided to delay a decision on Best Disposal's request to increase the trash rates by 40.6%.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: Ovtober 23, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: Ovtober 23, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Refuse and Refuse Disposal

Item ID: 2322AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

In honor of the high school marching band traveling to Newcastle, Australia, a film crew from "Down Under" arrived in Arcadia to shoot scenes around the city. Mayor Don Pellegrino served as tour guide. A second article tells of the preparations made by Jack and Barbara Saelid, and numerous others, as the Saelids prepare to lead 164 teenagers and chaperones plus 30 others on the trip to Australia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 24, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo w/first article

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 24, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo w/first article

Subjects: Schools - Arcadia High School; Saelid, Jack and Barbara

Item ID: 3008AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Board of Education ratified a new contract with the district's teachers by a 4-1 vote, but with some reservations about a binding arbitration provision (which would have district-teachers disputes resolved by a 3rd party). The contract includes a 10% salary increase for 1984/85 and an increase from a 177-day a year student school year to 180 days, along with lengthier instructional time per day.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 13, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 13, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2775AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's Methodist Hospital had a high mortality rate from heart attacks among Medicare patients in 1984, according to a report from the federal Health Care Financing Administration.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 16, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 16, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Hospitals - Arcadia Methodist Hospital

Item ID: 1796AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article discusses severe budget and staff cuts at the Arboretum. Since 1975 the staff has been cut by 40 percent. The most recent county budget cut another $250,000 from the department.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 457AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Article reports Arcadia's crime rates for the year. Burglary down, theft up.

In the face of astronomical insurance rates, Arcadia is seriously examining joining other cities to form what would in effect be a small insurance company. Arcadia Finance Director, Jerry Shuster, said the insurance rate for 1985-86 shot up 500% from costs last year.

Tax rates are being increased in the city's five lighting districts. Article discusses status of other tax rates and notes an increase of 9.2% in the total assessed valuation of all properties in Arcadia.

Best Disposal Company will ask City Council for an approximate 40% increase in rates. Arcadia has had the lowest rates in the Valley for a number of years. A survey of the area shows that Best's request is for a higher rate than the average.

Mortgage rates for senior housing rise. City has been notified by Department of Housing and Urban Development that the mortgage rates for such projects have been raised from 9 1/4 to 11 5/8 %.

Crime report for first six months of the year. The burglary rate continues to rise. The most dramatic changes have occurred in traffic control.

Enrollment in Arcadia schools, for the 8th school month declined compared to the same month last year. Enrollment overall, slipped from 7,553 to 7,419.

The City Council will increase water rates on a year to year basis for the next five years. Funds will thus be accumulated for predictable major replacement projects. These projects are outlined in the article.

Granada Royale Hometel is being sold along with the other hotels in the chain to the Holiday Inns.

City Council has amended the municipal code establishing new water rates.

Four areas along the 210 freeway qualify for sound-wall construction. According to Chester Howar, Director of Public Works, one of those areas could have a wall built within 9 years, but walls for the other areas may never be built.

22-year-old Miguel Fernandez of Arcadia was thrown from the back of a pickup truck and killed when the truck careened out of control and flipped upside down at the intersection of Del Mar Boulevard and Hill Avenue.

Council has postponed their decision on Best Disposal's request for an increase in the trash pick-up rate pending a study of increases in other cities by other companies. In October, Best asked for a 40% increase. They are now requesting an 80% increase.

One robbery was foiled at Arcadia's Southland Bank, but earlier the same day another man got away with just over $1,000 from the First Interstate Bank on South Baldwin Ave.

From elementary school to college, Arcadia students are doing better than the state average, and frequently better than they have done in previous years, according to Wade Askew, Assistant Superintendent in charge of Curriculum and Instruction.

After considerable discussion City Council has decided to delay a decision on Best Disposal's request to increase the trash rates by 40.6%.

Arcadia's Methodist Hospital had a high mortality rate from heart attacks among Medicare patients in 1984, according to a report from the federal Health Care Financing Administration.

Article discusses severe budget and staff cuts at the Arboretum. Since 1975 the staff has been cut by 40 percent. The most recent county budget cut another $250,000 from the department.