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Arcadia firefighters help with preventive measures near the Cleveland National Forest in fire-ravaged Silverado Canyon. A photo and caption accompany article about wildfires in California.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Firefighters
Fires
Item ID
30951AN
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Wildfires ravaging areas from Ventura to San Diego are produced air polllution levels deemed unhealthy.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2003
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2003
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Fires
Item ID
26866AN
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Firefighters are making progress containing the Santa Anita Fire. The burn area was 93 percent contained as of yesterday evening.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2008
Pages
p. News 1 (or A1)
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2008
Pages
p. News 1 (or A1)
Subjects
Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31190AN
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Arcadia firefighters and paramedics save a boy with asthma. The boy visits the fire station and firefighters go to the boy's birthday party. Community ties are strengthened by this emergency call.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 28, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 28, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Chavez, Dolores
Chavez, Anthony
Firefighters
Seastrom, Mark
Paramedics
Item ID
29499AN
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Dave Wilson of Arcadia states his opinion that there are too many chiefs in the fire department when more firemen are needed.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2005
Pages
p. A12
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2005
Pages
p. A12
Subjects
Wilson, Dave
Arcadia Fire Department
Chiefs
Letters to the editor
Item ID
29647AN
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Two local fire safe councils, the Sierra Madre and Big Santa Anita councils, each received $1000 of a grant from Farmers Insurance Group. The grant will help residents protect their homes.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2008
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Fire safety
Fires
Grants
Item ID
31225AN
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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
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 30, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31189AN
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In a city that is 50 percent Asian, the first Chinese-American and Cambodian-American firefighters--both bilingual--have joined the Arcadia Fire Department. (Photo of Colorguard, Sun, Pheng and their parents).

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department--Station 106
Pheng, Nik
Suen, Chen
Badge ceremonies--recruits and promotions
Firefighters-Asian
Item ID
29574AN
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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.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2000
Pages
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 fire on July 4th in Alhambra, believed to have been caused by illegal fireworks, destroyed Southland Display, a business that supplied posters and promotional materials to Hollywood movie studios. Arcadia Fire Department and other surrounding area fire departments helped to put out the blaze.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Fires
Southland Display
Item ID
30313AN
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Arcadia High School students Marcus Haney and Justin Tan made a film about immigration and breaking down social barriers. It's called Viola and will screen at Laemmle One Colorado Theater in Old Pasadena.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 29, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 29, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Haney, Marcus
Tan, Justin
Student filmmakers
Arcadia High School - Students
Item ID
30246AN
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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
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31181AN
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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.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 2008
Pages
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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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
Pages
p. News 1, 6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2008
Pages
p. News 1, 6
Subjects
Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31180AN
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A Monrovia firefighter, Fernando Rodriguez, 41, shot his wife, Katherine Rodriguez, and then himself in the parking lot of City of Hope National Medical Center. Arcadia and Los Angeles County fire teams watched over Monrovia after all Monrovia fire personnel were called in to hear the news.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Rodriguez, Fernando
Rodriguez, Katherine
City of Hope National Medical Center
Firefighters
Monrovia Fire Department
Murder-suicide
Shootings
Item ID
30265AN
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A ceremony was held for the moving of a memorial plaque dedicated to Captain Jerry Broadwell. He is the only Arcadia firefighter to die in the line of duty. The plaque has been moved to Station 2.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 19, 2005
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Broadwell, Jerry
Arcadia Fire Department
Plaques
Firefighters
Ceremonies
Item ID
29971AN
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Arcadia Fire Department received Fire Engine No. 343 from the Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES). The number is significant and it has been specially dedicated by the state to the memory of the 343 New York City firefighters who died on September 11, 2001.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2008
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department
Fire engines - fire trucks
Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES)
September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001
Item ID
31398AN
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Allstar Fire Equipment Inc., located on Lower Azusa Road in Arcadia, sells firefighting equipment to fire departments throughout California. Joe Sposato, president of the company, is providing supplies to fight the Williams fire.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2002
Pages
p. B3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2002
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Fires
Allstar Fire Equipment Inc.
Sposato, Joe
Item ID
24726AN
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Due to heavy smoke from the Williams Fire in the Angeles National Forest, schedules at schools were cut back including the postponement of the tennis and water polo matches at Arcadia High School.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Fires
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
24725AN
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Fire Chief Pete Bonano resigns from City of Arcadia to take job with the Beverly Hills Fire Department.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 2001
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 2001
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Fire Dept.
Item ID
22629AN
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