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A 19-year-old man who was killed in a house fire in Arcadia was identified as Cheng Ming Dai of San Gabriel. A 16-year-old remains in critical condition and may be arrested and charged with arson. The house was located at 130 West Longden Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29561
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2005
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p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2005
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Fires
Arson
Dai, Cheng Ming ("Edward")
Item ID
29745AN
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A 38-year-old Los Angeles man, accused of setting four arson fires in Arcadia and of carjacking a woman trying to move her car away from one of the fires, is arrested. The first fire was in a rear corridor on the second floor of The Shops at Santa Anita mall, at 400 South Baldwin Avenue at 11:40 A.M. on Friday. The other three fires were in the vicinity of the 900 block of Arcadia Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36496
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2023
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2023
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p. A4
Subjects
Arson
Crime and Criminals
Fires
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3 people found dead in burned house, 2 others injured in a fire in the 5300 block of Tyler Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36614
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 3, 2024
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p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 3, 2024
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p. A1, A6
Subjects
Deaths
Fires
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A fire believed to have been started by a downed power line caused an estimated $1 million in the 100 block of West Norman Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30392
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Disasters
Fires
Item ID
30579AN
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It's been a year since the Santa Anita II fire but officials are still investigating the suspected arson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper20154
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2000
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2000
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
20387AN
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Electrical accident blamed for deadly house fire in unincorporated county area near Arcadia that left 3 people dead and 2 others injured. It happened to a two-story home in the 5300 block of Tyler Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36615
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2024
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2024
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p. A3
Subjects
Deaths
Fires
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A blaze that gutted a house at 78 W. Las Flores early Saturday morning appears to have started accidentally. The blaze left a man and a woman dead, and a 7 year old boy in critical condition.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18183
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2000
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Fires and Fire Prevention
Item ID
18430AN
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Firefighters rescued a 7-year old boy from an upstairs bedroom as fire engulfed the home at 70 W. Las Flores Ave. They were unable to save a man and woman inside the house, who were found dead.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18185
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2000
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Fires and Fire Prevention
Item ID
18432AN
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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
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Item ID
30697AN
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The fatal fire that killed an Arcadia couple and seriously injured their six-year-old son remains under investigation. No names were released.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27173
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 20, 2000
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 20, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Fires
Item ID
27371AN
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Fire broke out at Arcadia townhome complex, injuring one person and causing about $2.6 million in damages, in the 900 block of Fairview Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36026
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2021
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2021
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p. A4
Subjects
Fires
Fairview Avenue
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Foothills threatened as Bobcat Fire swells. Santa Ana winds lead to San Gabriel Valley evacuation warnings. The fire started on Sunday, September 6 near the Cogswell Dam and West Fork Day Use area. It had grown to 10,344 acres with no containment by Tuesday evening. It is moving slowly toward the residential areas of Monrovia, Arcadia, or Duarte, but an evacuation warning has been issued for Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35799
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
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Man hospitalized yesterday after explosion of possible illegal butane honey oil drug lab in a commercial building in Arcadia. At 2;23 PM, Arcadia Fire Department responded to a fire in the 11700 block of Goldring Road and determined an explosion had happened and found a man inside. He was taken to the hospital due to the severity of his burns. Honey oil is described as a marijuana concentrate made by extracting THC from marijuana.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36155
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2022
Pages
p. A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2022
Pages
p. A9
Subjects
Fires
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
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A house on the 2200 block of El Capitan Avenue sustained $125,000 worth of damage in a fire. The cause was determined to be accidental.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31302
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 24, 2008
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p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 24, 2008
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Fires
Item ID
31497AN
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Bobcat Fire, on its 9th day in the San Gabriel Mountains, continued to grow north of the San Gabriel Valley. It had charred 38,299 acres Monday with containment at 3%. The fire has crossed to west side of Santa Anita Canyon. On Sunday, residents in Arcadia and Sierra Madre who live north of Elkins Avenue and east of Santa Anita Avenue were ordered to evacuate. About 305 homes were in the evacuation zone. Most are in Arcadia and 32 are in Sierra Madre.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35803
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
San Gabriel Mountains
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33298
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 26, 2001
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p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 26, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Altos Tire Company
Fires
Smith, Don
Item ID
33495AN
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A man in Arcadia tried to grab a 10-year -old boy as he was walking to his grandmother's car from a medical building at 622 Duarte Road. The boy escaped, and the police are looking for the suspect.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27568
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 10, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 10, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Kidnapping
Item ID
27766AN
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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
Newspaper
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
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31179AN
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Effort underway by Arcadia resident and environmentalist Cameron Stone to save historic Adams Pack Station after Bobcat Fire destroyed 15 of the 100-year-old cabins in Big Santa Anita Canyon above Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35853
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2020
Pages
p. 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2020
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Adams Pack Station
Bobcat Fire
Fires
Stone, Cameron
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An elderly man was fatally injured after being struck by a car as he crossed the mid-block crosswalk on Las Tunas. No names were released.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26166
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Senior Citizens
Automobile accidents
Item ID
26366AN
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