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The Wilderness Park, now to be known as the Arcadia Wilderness Preserve, will be open to the general public on weekdays and to non-profit organizations and small groups that have reservations on weekends.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper170
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 1993
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 1993
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Wilderness Park - see also Arcadia Wilderness Preserve
Item ID
170AN
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City Council decided to form an ad hoc committee to study alternatives to requests for increased security at Wilderness Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper119
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
August 20, 1992
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
August 20, 1992
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Wilderness Park
Item ID
119AN
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English police rescue children of Sondra Elkins from cult.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1515
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 20, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 20, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Elkins, Sondra
Item ID
1514AN
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The City Council increased the bed tax, charged to customers staying in a hotel, from 8% to 10%. The increase will generate an estimated $140,000 a year, which would help to close the city's projected $2.2 million shortfall in the 1993-94 budget.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper214
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Item ID
214AN
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The south lake of the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum has dropped from three acres in surface area to about two acres. In 1958, the center depth was nine feet. Now it is two feet.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper464
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 11, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 11, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
464AN
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Citizen input is sought on the proposed Santa Anita Commercial Center. The current proposal is 1/3 the size of the initial package presented in 1996 and would be built on 60 acres of what is now the south parking lot of Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26379
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 11, 1998
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 11, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Item ID
26579AN
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Rodents in Wilderness Park were found to have Sylvatic Plague. The area has been dusted with insecticide and closed since June 4. It is hoped that it can be reopened soon.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2142
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 12, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 12, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Parks
Item ID
2123AN
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The City Council has temporarily closed Wilderness Park on weekends (at least until September 7) because of overcrowding. About 200-300 visitors use the park each weekend, although it has a capacity for 100 people and 50 parking spaces.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper176
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Wilderness Park
Item ID
176AN
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Responding to a proposal by L. A. County, the Arcadia City Council has agreed to discuss receiving title to the Rose Garden area of the Arcadia County Park for the city's Arcadia Historical Museum at the corner of Huntington Dr. and Holly Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1711
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 21, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 21, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Item ID
1710AN
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Sondra Elkins and her sons begin their new life together.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1516
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 27, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 27, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Elkins, Sondra
Item ID
1515AN
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Alternatives for achieving a balanced budget were presented to Staff and the City Council.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25824
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 8, 1997
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 8, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Budget
City Council - 1990-1999
Item ID
26024AN
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Eighty signed petitions urging construction of a sound wall barrier from Santa Anita Avenue east to Fifth Avenue were presented at a recent Arcadia City Council meeting.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1632
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 7, 1983
Pages
p. A-2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 7, 1983
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Foothill Freeway - (210)
Item ID
1631AN
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Three city-owned lots at 521 N. First Avenue, adjacent to the Foothill Freeway, were sold last week by the Arcadia City Council to the W. D. Wilson Co., which will construct a building on the site and move from its present location in South Pasadena. James J. Melas, president of the W. D. Wilson Co. and an Arcadia resident said his firm deals in sophisticated biomedical supplies and unusual alloys and fittings for medical instruments. Selling price was $41,500. The city originally purchased the lots from the state Department of Highways for $33,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32519
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1978
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1978
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Melas, James J.
Real property
W. D. Wilson Company
Item ID
32718AN
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Eight candidates for City Council spoke at a forum sponsored by the Santa Anita Village Association. William Carpenter and James Neumeister were not present.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1120
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 30, 1986
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 30, 1986
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1986
Item ID
1119AN
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A 300-pound bear was seen rummaging through a trash can in Wilderness Park, and authorities feel it may be the same bear that was captured in the same place 10 months ago, then released 50 miles away in Angeles National Forest near Pyramid Lake.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4119
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 18, 1994
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 18, 1994
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
3995AN
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The four-acre Foulger Ford site and the 5.73-acre Santa Anita Inn were discussed by the Arcadia City Council as properties that are not living up to their economic potential.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27142
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 28, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 28, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Redevelopment
Item ID
27340AN
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Bill Wollard, Planning Director for Arcadia, said that this office would like funding for additional land at Wilderness Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2140
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 23, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 23, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Parks
Item ID
2121AN
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Lisa-Marie Auwinger, at age 10, has won the championship title in the U.S. Figure Skating Association's Pacific Southwest Regional Championships.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper587
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 7, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 7, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Auwinger, Lisa-Marie
Item ID
587AN
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Lowery McCaslin, owner of the Anoakia estate, has been given a three month deadline to present a revised plan for the 20 acres.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper422
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 20, 1976
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 20, 1976
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Anoakia
Item ID
422AN
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Sondra Elkins' young sons have been kidnapped by a religious cult and have disappeared in Europe.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1514
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 23, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 23, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Elkins, Sondra
Item ID
1513AN
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