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Francis Ching, 60, a native Hawaiian, is retiring after 20 years as supervisor of the Los Angeles County Dept. of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens, which includes the LA County Arboretum in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 1, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 1, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
466AN
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County supervisors called a halt to a plan to merge the Department of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens with the county Museum of Natural History because the county's Economy and Efficiency Commission has not made sufficient progress on it and because the board needs to replace recently retired arboreta department head Francis Ching.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 1, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 1, 1990
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p. A-1
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
462AN
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Volunteers constructed a replica of a Shoshone shelter, called a WICKIUP, at the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 30, 1991
Pages
p. A-3 photo related story
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 30, 1991
Pages
p. A-3 photo related story
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
463AN
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A series of winter storms has returned the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum's lower lake to its more picturesque self.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 9, 1992
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p. 1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 9, 1992
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p. 1 photo
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
12AN
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Retired Arcadia physician Edward Hayes died in a scuba diving accident Saturday as the result of drowning according to officials from the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 14, 1992
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 14, 1992
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p. A-1
Subjects
Hayes, Edward
Item ID
79AN
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Rebecca Switzer, a math instructor at Arcadia High School, was one of 10 Los Angeles County teachers selected as a finalist in the Jaime Escalante Mathematics Teacher Awards program.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 21, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 21, 1990
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Switzer, Rebecca
Item ID
2882AN
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Arcadia-born Ruth Reeder, author of the recently published book, "Lemon-Twist: No Salt Added," will be the featured speaker at the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum on June 10, 1991.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 30, 1991
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p. B-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 30, 1991
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p. B-1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia authors - Reeder, Ruth
Item ID
574AN
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First Avenue Junior High was one of 3 area schools to receive the state Dept. of Education's Distinguished High School and Middle School Awards. Arcadia's Foothill Jr. High received the award in 1988. The other winners included San Marino High School and the L. A. County High School for the Arts at Cal State Los Angeles.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1990
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
Item ID
3045AN
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A group of nine former mayors has denounced the City Council's recent decision to ask for City Manager George Watts' resignation.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 14, 1992
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 14, 1992
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p. A-1
Subjects
City Employees - Watts, George
Item ID
78AN
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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.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 11, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 11, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
464AN
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Maryann Gibson and Michael Lamb were sworn in as new school board members, replacing outgoing President G. Michael Allison and member Robert Kladifko.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 11, 1991
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 11, 1991
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p. A-1
Subjects
School Board
Item ID
2481AN
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Mayor George Fasching blasted a group of nine former mayors for distributing an open letter that accused the new City Council of breaking the law by asking City Manager George Watts to resign.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 21, 1992
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 21, 1992
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p. A-1
Subjects
City Employees - Watts, George
Item ID
83AN
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A policy prohibiting students from dressing or behaving like gang members was approved unanimously Monday by the Board of Education.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 29, 1991
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 29, 1991
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Closure
Item ID
2679AN
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Funeral services were held Tuesday for Richard Jarnagin, who created and directed the Los Angeles Co. Parks and Recreation's tax assessment districts. The 63 year old Arcadia resident died April 15 in his home after a struggle with cancer.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 23, 1992
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 23, 1992
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p. A-2
Subjects
Jarnagin, Richard
Item ID
44AN
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The Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education backed the idea of a resolution calling for an immediate halt to aerial spraying of malathion. The board's actions came less than a week after the Arcadia City Council unanimously passed a resolution asking for a halt to the spraying.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 28, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 28, 1990
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p. A-1
Subjects
Pesticides
Item ID
2170AN
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The City Council passed a resolution supporting the Arcadia Coalition for Education, a group of educators and community members demanding more state money for schools.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 18, 1991
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 18, 1991
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p. A-1
Subjects
City Council 1990 - 1999
Item ID
1040AN
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A policy aimed at preventing gang activity in schools was introduced at Monday's Board of Education meeting. If approved, the policy would prohibit students from dressing like gang members.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 1, 1991
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 1, 1991
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Dress Code
Item ID
2678AN
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Arcadia School Board members unanimously approved the funds to prepare and file the necessary legal documents to hold a bond election on September 15 that could raise nearly $28 million to renovate the district's classrooms.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 16, 1992
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 16, 1992
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
43AN
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Mary Young, the only woman in Arcadia's history to serve 2 terms as mayor and only the second on the city council, was unanimously elected as mayor while Charles Gilb was elected mayor pro-tem by the newly formed city council.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photos - Young and Gilb
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photos - Young and Gilb
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1990
Mayors - Young, Mary
Gilb, Charles E.
Item ID
1132AN
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Robert Fielding, 16, a junior at Loyola High School in Los Angeles, won at least $5000 on the TV show Jeopardy!

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 17, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 17, 1991
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Fielding, Robert
Item ID
1559AN
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