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A brush fire caused by a suspected arsonist broke out at 1:42 PM in the Santa Anita Canyon right on the Sierra Madre and Arcadia border last Monday. Flames reached within 100 feet of homes in Arcadia, but no structural damage was reported.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 15, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 15, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Fires; Santa Anita Canyon

Item ID: 30697AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The city's efforts to save homes beneath the fire-ravaged hillsides from a flood of mud and debris have been praised, but mud and debris are still flowing onto Highland Vista, Monte Place, Vista and Santa Anita Avenues.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 24, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 24, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Fires; Mudslides

Item ID: 27626AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Sparks thrown from a cutting torch ignited debris in a dorm structure causing a fire at Anoakia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 22, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 22, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia; Fires

Item ID: 27875AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Investigators have concluded that the failure of a pump on a fire engine was likely caused by a mechanical and/or design defect. The failure occurred on July 4 at a car accident scene where David Contreras died. Chief Dave Lugo may pursue litigation with manufacturer Kovatch Mobile Fire Apparatus. See related story, Arcadia Weekly, July 11, 2002, p. 8 and Arcadia Weekly, July 18, 2002, p. 1.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 31, 2002

Pages: p. 17

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 31, 2002

Pages: p. 17

Subjects: Contreras, David; Fire engines; Fire equipment; Kovatch Mobile Fire Apparatus; Traffic Accidents

Item ID: 30848AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Automated external defibrillators have been installed on fire units.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 22, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 22, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Fire Department; Defibrillators; Fire engines; Fire trucks

Item ID: 30701AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A contract has been awarded to E.C. Construction to do storm and debris control work to prevent fires.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 28, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 28, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Fires

Item ID: 27969AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The FBI is tracking vandals who caused an estimated $2.5 million in damage across San Gabriel Valley area sport utility vehicle dealerships. The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) claimed responsibility for these acts of ecoterrorism.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 28, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 28, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Earth Liberation Front (ELF); Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV); Vandalism

Item ID: 32041AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Insurance Services Office (ISO) recently evaluated the Arcadia Fire Department and reconfirmed its designation as a "Class 1" department. This is the second time Arcadia has been so honored. Only 41 fire agencies in the country have this elite distinction.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 10, 2001

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 10, 2001

Pages: p. 8

Subjects: Arcadia Fire Department - 2001-2010; Awards-honors-recognitions; Insurance Services Office (ISO)

Item ID: 29710AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Duarte Road, from El Monte Avenue to the western city limits, will have utility lines placed underground. The cost will be $2.3 million. The issue of undergrounding utilities came up during the January windstorm, when nearly 30 power poles were knocked down on Live Oak Avenue.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 4, 2003

Pages: p. 17

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 4, 2003

Pages: p. 17

Subjects: Construction; Power lines; Utilities

Item ID: 32129AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Public Services Director Pat Malloy met with the Highland Homeowners Association to update the residents on the work that has been done after the fire that denuded the hillsides above their homes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27431

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 2, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 2, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Fires; Mudslides; Highland Homeowners Association

Item ID: 27628AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Fire Chief Peter Bonano discusses the December 27 fires.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 6, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 6, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Fires

Item ID: 27364AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Hillside residents meet to discuss the fire-ravaged hillsides and problems that may occur with rain.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 13, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 13, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Fires

Item ID: 27369AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The fatal fire that killed an Arcadia couple and seriously injured their six-year-old son remains under investigation. No names were released.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 20, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 20, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Fires

Item ID: 27371AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The city of Arcadia has spent more than $300,00 so far in its efforts to protect the 260 homes beneath the hillsides ravaged by the December 27 fire.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 20, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 20, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Fires

Item ID: 27370AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

After months of preparation and more than $300,000 expenditures in the aftermath of the Santa Anita II fires that diverted a wall of mud from homes, the fire-ravaged hillside seemed to be holding despite the rain storms.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27427

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 17, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 17, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Fires; Mudslides

Item ID: 27624AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's new fire chief David R. Lugo, Jr., runs the fire department with a budget of $7.2 million and a staff of 58.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30346

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 23, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 23, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Fire Department; Fire chief; Lugo, David R., Jr. - biography

Item ID: 30532AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Fire Chief Pete Bonano has resigned to become fire chief for the city of Beverly Hills. January 1, 2002 will be his last day.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 13, 2001

Pages: p. 1, 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 13, 2001

Pages: p. 1, 8

Subjects: Arcadia Fire Department-Fire Chiefs; Bonano, Pete

Item ID: 33608AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

An industrial fire at Altos Tire Company, on Longden Avenue, in Irwindale, near Monrovia and Arcadia, burned for more than 3 hours. Arcadia Fire Department and Monrovia Fire Department assisted. Arcadia firefighter Don Smith (photo) from Station 105, battles the fire atop one of the company's largest ladders.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 26, 2001

Pages: p. 1, 10

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 26, 2001

Pages: p. 1, 10

Subjects: Altos Tire Company; Fires; Smith, Don

Item ID: 33495AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council has authorized the Arcadia Fire Department to spend $184,682 to buy an urban search and rescue truck and $64,408 on 100 ballistic vests for the Arcadia Police Department.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 10, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 10, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Fire Department - equipment - search and rescue truck; Arcadia Police Department - equipment - bullet proof vests

Item ID: 31824AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Construction has started on the expansion of the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita. There will be two parking structures to replace current surface parking, 104,400 square feet of retail space, 18,400 square feet of restaurants, a 7,800 square foot food court, 45,000 square feet of specialty stores, 54,300 square feet of movie theaters, and a 5,400 square foot auto center. The tenant list includes an AMC theater, Borders bookstore, and a Sports Chalet. The expansion is scheduled to be completed September 2004. City manager Bill Kelly said Arcadia will proceed to expand Fire Station 105 to serve as the new fire department headquarters and will rebuild Station 106. The city is considering building a new City Hall and youth center from city revenues from Santa Anita Park. The new police station, the first city facility partly financed through bonds, will be open this fall. A $1/2 million project to remodel City Council Chambers is finally complete, with the opening of the council conference room.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 24, 2003

Pages: p. 18

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 24, 2003

Pages: p. 18

Subjects: Arcadia Police station; Civic buildings; Fire station 105 headquarters; Malls; Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita

Item ID: 31507AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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A brush fire caused by a suspected arsonist broke out at 1:42 PM in the Santa Anita Canyon right on the Sierra Madre and Arcadia border last Monday. Flames reached within 100 feet of homes in Arcadia, but no structural damage was reported.

The city's efforts to save homes beneath the fire-ravaged hillsides from a flood of mud and debris have been praised, but mud and debris are still flowing onto Highland Vista, Monte Place, Vista and Santa Anita Avenues.

Sparks thrown from a cutting torch ignited debris in a dorm structure causing a fire at Anoakia.

Automated external defibrillators have been installed on fire units.

A contract has been awarded to E.C. Construction to do storm and debris control work to prevent fires.

The FBI is tracking vandals who caused an estimated $2.5 million in damage across San Gabriel Valley area sport utility vehicle dealerships. The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) claimed responsibility for these acts of ecoterrorism.

The Insurance Services Office (ISO) recently evaluated the Arcadia Fire Department and reconfirmed its designation as a "Class 1" department. This is the second time Arcadia has been so honored. Only 41 fire agencies in the country have this elite distinction.

Duarte Road, from El Monte Avenue to the western city limits, will have utility lines placed underground. The cost will be $2.3 million. The issue of undergrounding utilities came up during the January windstorm, when nearly 30 power poles were knocked down on Live Oak Avenue.

Public Services Director Pat Malloy met with the Highland Homeowners Association to update the residents on the work that has been done after the fire that denuded the hillsides above their homes.

Fire Chief Peter Bonano discusses the December 27 fires.

Hillside residents meet to discuss the fire-ravaged hillsides and problems that may occur with rain.

The fatal fire that killed an Arcadia couple and seriously injured their six-year-old son remains under investigation. No names were released.

The city of Arcadia has spent more than $300,00 so far in its efforts to protect the 260 homes beneath the hillsides ravaged by the December 27 fire.

After months of preparation and more than $300,000 expenditures in the aftermath of the Santa Anita II fires that diverted a wall of mud from homes, the fire-ravaged hillside seemed to be holding despite the rain storms.

Arcadia's new fire chief David R. Lugo, Jr., runs the fire department with a budget of $7.2 million and a staff of 58.

Arcadia Fire Chief Pete Bonano has resigned to become fire chief for the city of Beverly Hills. January 1, 2002 will be his last day.

Arcadia City Council has authorized the Arcadia Fire Department to spend $184,682 to buy an urban search and rescue truck and $64,408 on 100 ballistic vests for the Arcadia Police Department.