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Arcadia Unified School District ranked among the top performers in LA County by the Academic Performance Index ratings. AUSD received an overall rating of 826 out of a possible 900 points.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 12, 2000
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 12, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
27907AN
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The Arcadia Unified School District has enrolled 9,637 students this year. Enrollment numbers broken down by level: Arcadia High School: 3417 Middle Schools: 2436 Elementary Schools: 3739 New Teachers: 38 Permits from other districts: 355 The article includes other numbers as well.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 26, 2002
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p. 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 26, 2002
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Enrollment
Statistics
Item ID
30771AN
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Arcadia police are calling this past holiday season quiet in terms of criminal activity. The one crime of note was the bank robbery of Citizen's Business Bank on First Avenue on December 31, 2001.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30153
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 3, 2002
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 3, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Citizen's Business Bank
Bank robbery
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
30340AN
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Newspaper Index
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A summary of the state of the library includes programs and statistics, and the promotion of Janet Sporleder to City Librarian.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30033
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 23, 2001
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p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 23, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - 2001-2010
Services
Statistics
Ross, Kent
Sporleder, Janet
Item ID
30220AN
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The Arcadia Beautiful Commission presented its annual awards in a ceremony to honor residential and business owners for outstanding landscaping and overall appearances. Business owners awarded were Union 76, Sav-on Drugs, and the Baldwin Plaza.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29809
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2001
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Beautiful Commission - annual awards - 2001-2010
Ceremonies
Item ID
29994AN
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A mandatory state survey of Arcadia's seventh and ninth graders shows a drop in alcohol and drug use.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30726
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2002
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p. 19
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2002
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Alcohol
Drug use
Drugs
Item ID
30914AN
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Arcadia City Council approved the first of a projected series of ten annual 5% increases in the city water rate. Sewer and trash rates will also increase.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30394
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2002
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p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Sewer
Trash
Utilities
Water
Item ID
30581AN
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Sergeant Ken Kuwahara of the Arcadia Police Department flies the police helicopter over the area as a member of LA IMPACT (Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police Apprehension Crime Task Force).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27704
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 28, 2000
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 28, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Police Department
Kuwahara, Ken
Item ID
27901AN
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The Arcadia City Council is considering changes to fees charged by the city through the Development Services Department. One change might be a $25 fee for new business license applications. The fees may increase for design review of new commercial projects and appeals from an architectural review board to the Planning Commission. The General plan amendment fee may drop and tentative tract maps for condos may drop. The city plans to increase fines for code violations.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31935
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
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p. 1, 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Arcadia City Council - 2001-2010
Fees
Item ID
32132AN
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The Feds (Secret Service, part of the U.S. Treasury Department) take over counterfeiting case from Arcadia Police Department. Five individuals were arrested on suspicion of passing counterfeit bills at Robinsons-May, Macy's and possibly JC Penney, at Westfield Shoppingtown in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33415
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 20, 2001
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p. 1, 7
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 20, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 7
Subjects
Counterfeit money
Crime and Criminals
Pena, Alfonso
Portillo, Juan
Item ID
33611AN
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A panel discussion chaired by Assembly member Carol Liu, D-Pasadena, addressing the issue of Asian gang activity, was held in Arcadia City Council Chambers on Wednesday, November 14. It was a fact finding hearing intending to develop legislative and community oriented solutions to Asian organized crime in California.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33406
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 22, 2001
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p. 1, 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 22, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Asian Gangs
California State Assembly
Liu, Carol
Item ID
33602AN
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The fatal shooting of two Asian men last week in Arcadia was probably gang-related. These are unsolved murders.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30538
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2002
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lam, Wing Wong
Murder
Shootings
Tsui, Kenneth
Item ID
30726AN
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Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon in Washington DC, Police Chief Dave Hinig said the Arcadia Police Department has evolved and is thinking beyond local crime enforcement. Officers are thinking more regionally and are more conscious of calling the bomb squad.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31847
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department - 2001-2010
Item ID
32044AN
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Dave Hinig, Arcadia Police Chief, discusses changes in the department over the last thirty years, including new technology, new crimes, community composition and new hires.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29215
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 12, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 12, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Hinig, Dave
Technology
Police Work
Item ID
29401AN
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All but one regular Arcadia school ranks in the top percentile of schools across California in the API ratings. A comparison to Monrovia and Pasadena schools is included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31108
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 27, 2003
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 27, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Academic Performance Index (API)
Arcadia Schools
Test Scores
Item ID
31302AN
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Arcadia police pursued and arrested armed suspects after they robbed a Wells Fargo Bank at 211 East Foothill Boulevard. The suspects were Wilfredo Ramirez, Aaron Allen, Melonie Young, and Robert Burnham.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30482
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 11, 2002
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 11, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Allen, Aaron
Bank robbery
Burnham, Robert
Crime and Criminals
Ramirez, Wilfredo
Young, Melonie
Item ID
30669AN
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Four suspects involved in an Arcadia bank robbery had their original bail amounts increased from $35,000 to $280,000 and upwards of $300,000. The suspects were Wilfredo Ramirez, Aaron Allen, Melonie Young, and Robert Burnham.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2002
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2002
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p. 1
Subjects
Allen, Aaron
Bank robbery
Burnham, Robert
Crime and Criminals
Ramirez, Wilfredo
Young, Melonie
Item ID
30685AN
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Police in seven San Gabriel Valley cities will be able to respond more quickly and effectively to reports of a crime in progress using a new mapping technology installed in a police helicopter operated by Foothill Air Support Team under a joint powers agreement between the cities of Alhambra, Arcadia, Azusa, Covina, Monrovia, Pasadena, and West Covina. The system is linked to a Global Positioning System (GPS).

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 19, 2003
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"p. 1, 20"
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 19, 2003
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"p. 1, 20"
Subjects
Police helicopters
Technology
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31728AN
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Authorities have released Joshua Connole of Pomona, a suspect in the August 22 vehicle vandalisms labeled by FBI as acts of ecoterrorism. More than $2 million in damage was caused by vandals claiming affiliation with the Earth Liberation Front. High-end sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and other vehicles at the Rusnak Mercedes Benz dealership in Arcadia, Advantage Ford in Monrovia, Clippinger Chevrolet in West Covina, and Duarte Mitsubishi were torched and spray painted.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32124
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
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p. 1, 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Connole, Joshua
Crime and Criminals
Ecoterrorism
Sport utility vehicles (SUVs)
Vandalism
Item ID
32321AN
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A child molester living in Monrovia has returned to Nevada after daily demonstrations and picketing outside the residence.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 31, 2000
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 31, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime
Protests
Demonstrations
Item ID
27891AN
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