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The water in Baldwin Lake at the Los Angeles County Arboretum, which is actually a sag pond, is evaporating, and the water is not being replenished by the artesian well because of low levels in the water table. The lake is famous from the television show Fantasy Island. The last time Baldwin Lake was dry was 1991.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32721
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 18
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Los Angeles County Arboretum--Baldwin Lake
Water
Item ID
32918AN
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The Los Angeles County Arboretum, which had its name changed to Los Angeles County Botanic Gardens, is now going back to the name Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31837
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 14, 2003
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 14, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens - 2001-2010
Item ID
32034AN
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The Arboretum name change battle continues.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31465
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 22, 2003
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 22, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Los Angeles County Botanic Gardens
Item ID
31658AN
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Los Angeles County is having second thoughts about the newly changed name for the Arboretum. The official name is Los Angeles County Botanic Gardens and Arboretum, but now LA County will seek the feedback of interested residents and organizations to decide on the official name.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31442
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 15, 2003
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p. 1, 24
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 15, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 24
Subjects
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Item ID
31635AN
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Arcadia police officers ran in the Special Olympics Torch Run to raise funds and awareness.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29816
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police
Special Olympics Torch Run
Fundraisers
Item ID
30001AN
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The closure of the Los Angeles County Arboretum was listed in a "worst case scenario" of possible reductions in Los Angeles County services.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31036
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 13, 2003
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 13, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
California state budget crisis
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Los Angeles County budget
Item ID
31231AN
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The Gilb Foundation is challenging the community to raise additional funds of $175,000 needed for the building of the Arcadia Historical Museum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27451
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 16, 2000
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 16, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Fundraisers
Item ID
27648AN
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Supervisor Mike Antonovich has proposed a name change for the Los Angeles County Arboretum. The new name will be the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens. Tour guide and peafowl expert Nelson Holmes is shown in photo. Currently, there are no safeguards protecting the Arboretum peafowl from Exotic Newcastle Disease.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30832
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 16, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 16, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Holmes, Nelson
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens
Item ID
31020AN
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Writer Charles Cooper recounts the history of the Los Angeles County Arboretum, including previous landowners Hugo Reid and Elias J. ("Lucky") Baldwin.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31039
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 13, 2003
Pages
p. 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 13, 2003
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. ("Lucky")
Los Angeles County Arboretum - history
Rancho Santa Anita - history
Reid, Hugo
Item ID
31234AN
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Historical information on Baldwin Lake, the four-acre body of water that adjoins the Queen Anne Cottage in the historical section of the Los Angeles County Arboretum, is presented. The history of lake extends from time of the Native Americans (they called their village Aleupkigna), to Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's ranch in 1873, to the movies and television shows in which it has appeared. Baldwin Lake played host to movie stars Johnny Weismuller, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. The lake has appeared in Safari, Roots, and Fantasy Island. See also VF "Arboretum" for hard copy of article.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30529
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
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p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia History - Rancho Santa Anita - 1875-1909
Baldwin Lake
Films
Lakes
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Motion Pictures
Ponds
Queen Anne Cottage
Water
Item ID
30717AN
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Timothy Phillips is the interim Chief Executive Officer of the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, replacing Peter Atkins. A nationwide search continues for a successor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31626
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 10, 2003
Pages
p. 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 10, 2003
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Los Angeles County Arboretum (2001-2010) - employees
Phillips, Timothy
Item ID
31823AN
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Arcadia resident Thomas V. McKernan, Jr., president and chief executive officer of Automobile Club of California, has been elected president of the non-profit Los Angeles Police Foundation, which was created to help fund police safety programs.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30034
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 23, 2001
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p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 23, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
McKernan, Thomas V., Jr.
Los Angeles Police Foundation
Non-profit organizations
Item ID
30221AN
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Second grade student Austin Puertas of Holy Angels School in Arcadia organized a fundraiser to help victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. He raised $1,153 to go to the New York Firefighters Fund. Austin Puertas and Captain Rick Sandona of Arcadia Police Department are shown in a photograph.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30144
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 25, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 25, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Puertas, Austin
Firefighters
Fundraisers
September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001
Item ID
30331AN
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Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden has hired a new Chief Executive Officer named Dr. Mark Wourms. Wourms has a B.S. degree in botany from Ohio University, a Ph.D. in ecology and animal behavior from Boston University, and a certificate in business administration from New York University. He recently left the Kansas City Zoo, where he had been the zoo director since 1992.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31630
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 8, 2004
Pages
p. 1, 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 8, 2004
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Los Angeles County Arboretum (2001-2010) - employees
Wourms, Mark - biography
Item ID
31827AN
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A crop walk raised an estimated $26,000 to fight world and local hunger.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29085
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 29, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 29, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crop Walk
Arcadia Interfaiths Action Group
Charity events
Leong, David
Yuen, Annie
Steinmeier, Joan
Dougherty, Mary
Item ID
29272AN
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Virginia Stein is new president of the volunteer support organization for the Arboretum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27826
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 10, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 10, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arboretum
Stein, Virginia
Volunteers
Item ID
28023AN
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Arcadia Methodist Hospital celebrated its 53rd Annual Holiday Homes Tour. All proceeds go to support The Next Generation of Care campaign, toward a new patient tower, expanded Emergency department, and additional ICU beds.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33208
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 17, 2007
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p. 1, 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 17, 2007
Pages
p. 1, 2
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Bade, Diane
Fundraisers
Item ID
33405AN
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Arcadia's Centennial (1903-2003) approaches and the Arcadia Centennial Celebration Commission is planning on a year-long, citywide celebration for the city's 100th birthday. In photo, a baseball cap to commemorate the centennial, is on sale at Arcadia Public Library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33397
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 8, 2001
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial (1903-2003)
Arcadia Centennial Celebration Commission
Community events
Item ID
33593AN
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Tim Stafford of Arcadia is training for the 17th Los Angeles Marathon to raise money for a child to meet Shaquille O'Neal via Make-a-Wish Foundation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30208
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2002
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Athletes
Los Angeles Marathon XVII
Running
Stafford, Tim
Item ID
30395AN
Collection
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The Arcadia Fire Department has formed a special relationship with Dean Street Station 105 in Brooklyn, New York. One Voice For Tomorrow is a local non-profit organization that helps raise money for the Dean Street Station Fund and to help the Arcadia Fire Association Widows and Orphan Fund.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30676
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2002
Pages
p. 24
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2002
Pages
p. 24
Subjects
Firefighters - firemen
Fundraisers
Hutcheson, Dave
Marston, Ken
Non-profit organizations
One Voice for Tomorrow
September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001
Item ID
30864AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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