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Hikers and scouts were briefly trapped by flames, and homeowners in Sierra Madre were given the option to evacuate, due to a brush fire which started in a wooded area about one mile north of Arno Drive in north Arcadia around 3pm yesterday. The fire has burned more than 100 acres.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30984
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 2008
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p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 2008
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p. News 1
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Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31179AN
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A massive hillside wild fire of "suspicious" origin raged into its second day Tuesday, consuming about 750 acres and forcing at least 500 Arcadia residents from their homes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18057
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 1999
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p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 1999
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p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
18259AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30510
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
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p. 1
Subjects
Fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Item ID
30697AN
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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.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2008
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p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2008
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p. News 1
Subjects
Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31181AN
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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.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 30, 2008
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p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 30, 2008
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p. News 1
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Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31189AN
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A brush fire that started Saturday in Santa Anita Canyon is being referrred to as the Santa Anita Fire. The fire is still raging in the mountains above Sierra Madre and Arcadia. It has destroyed 400 acres, forced the evacuation of 1000 people, and forced Sierra Madre to close its schools. Officials say it could take 4-7 days to contain the fire.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2008
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p. News 1, 6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2008
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p. News 1, 6
Subjects
Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31180AN
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Given a big enough rainstorm, at least 19 Arcadia homes lie in the path of potential mudslides coming as a result of the Santa Anita fire.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 6, 2000
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 6, 2000
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p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
18286AN
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A 760-acre wildfire that authorities called "suspicious" was close to being stamped out Wednesday. Now officials worry about the stability of the hillsides.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18058
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 30, 1999
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 30, 1999
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p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Fire
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18260AN
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With storms brewing in next week's forecast, Arcadia city officials scrambled Thursday to arrange a meeting with residents and survey homes vulnerable to mudslides from the charred slopes of the Angeles National Forest.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 2000
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 2000
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p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
18287AN
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Questions were raised about the connection between Arcadia Fire Fighters' Association and the Taxfighters' Association.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26301
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 23, 1998
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 23, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Fire Fighters' Association
Taxfighters' Association
Item ID
26502AN
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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
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 1993
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p. A-3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 1993
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p. A-3 photo
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Wilderness Park
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176AN
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About 95% of the more than 2,700 security alarms the Arcadia Police Department responded to last year turned out to be false alarms. Arcadia police Chief Bob Sanderson is asking the City Council to implement a $100 fine for a third false alarm issued in a 365-day period. A $200 fine for the fourth false alarm and $300 for the fifth and all subsequent false alarms would be part of the new ordinance that City Council will consider next month.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31012
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2008
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p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Fines
Home security alarms
Proposed ordinances
Item ID
31207AN
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A fire that started in a classroom at Baldwin Stocker School was completely contained by the Arcadia Fire Dept. on the morning of February 14. No other rooms were damaged in the blaze.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4483
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Sierra Madre News
Date
February 16, 1995
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p. 13
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Sierra Madre News
Date
February 16, 1995
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Fires & Fire Prevention
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Item ID
4359AN
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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
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 24, 2001
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p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 24, 2001
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p. A2
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
21057AN
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Santa Anita Park Race Track owner Frank Stronach has met with city officials about Arcadia's concerns with the track expansion plan and future sessions will be held. The concerns centered around plans to build new barns on the north side of the property, the internal connections between the track and Westfield Shopping mall traffic and people, and architectural compatibility with the track.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 11, 2001
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p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 11, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010--expansion
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
33482AN
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Officials with the Santa Anita Companies, owners of the race track and Santa Anita Fashion Park, have filed a formal application with the City of Arcadia to build a new 100-acre entertainment center on its property.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4506
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 1995
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p. A-1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 1995
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p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Companies
Item ID
4382AN
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In the last four days before Christmas, the member of shoppers is expected to increase between 3 and 5% at Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27207
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 22, 2003
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p. A13
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 22, 2003
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p. A13
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Item ID
27405AN
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Anoakia Estates model homes to open for viewing by this spring. The community is made up of 31 luxury homes. Developer is Tom Hover. The homes were constructed on the site of Anoakia, an estate owned by Anita Baldwin, daughter of Arcadia city founder, Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, at Foothill Boulevard and Baldwin Avenue. The homes will be 2-stories, and 5,000-6,000 square feet.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 7, 2002
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p. 1, 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 7, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Anoakia Estates
Baldwin, Anita
Housing developments
Hover, Tom
Item ID
33614AN
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Months of talks between Westfield Shopping Town Santa Anita and Santa Anita Park race track about building a shopping center seem to have fallen through.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18184
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2000
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2000
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
18431AN
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More than 750 acres burned in the foothills above Arcadia. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27161
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 30, 1999
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 30, 1999
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p. 1
Subjects
Fires
Item ID
27359AN
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