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Coyotes are suspected as pets vanish. Coyotes have been sighted in the Santa Anita Oaks neighborhood. The City of Arcadia forwards the wild animal complaints to the State Department of Fish and Game.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24595
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
Octover 1, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
Octover 1, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Coyotes
Item ID
24786AN
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Newspaper Index
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A wild bear wandered into the backyards of Arcadia residences in the Whispering Pines Estates area. Foothills Middle School was locked down because of the bear situation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30014
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 2006
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 2006
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Bears
Wild animals
Foothills Middle School
Item ID
30201AN
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Newspaper Index
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San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District wants to control the West-Nile virus epidemic by sending Pasadena police helicopters over Alhambra, Arcadia, Azusa, Covina, Monrovia and West Covina. They identified 94 green pools and stagnant bodies of water yesterday. Owners will be ordered to clean them up or face a $1000 fine. Dirty swimming pools are the most significant source of mosquito breeding.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29460
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Swimming pools
West Nile Virus
San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
Helicopters
Mosquitoes
Item ID
29645AN
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Newspaper Index
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A dead bird in Arcadia and two dead birds in Temple City were found to be infected by West Nile virus. The virus can be spread to humans by the bite of infected mosquitoes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31017
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 30, 2008
Pages
p. News 5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 30, 2008
Pages
p. News 5
Subjects
Crows
San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
Viruses
West Nile Virus
Item ID
31212AN
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Newspaper Index
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Debra Amos, Food Services Director for the Arcadia Unified School District for the last 20 years, recently earned the Silver Special Achievement Award from the National Food Service Achievement Management Excellence program. She discusses her job and how tastes have changed over the years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31369
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 2, 2009
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 2, 2009
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Subjects
Amos, Debra
Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD)
Item ID
31564AN
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Newspaper Index
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City officials are working to improve access to polling places after the confusion of the last election.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22920
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2002
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Election, polling places
Item ID
23128AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police shot a mountain lion, or cougar, at 8 PM in the backyard of a home in the 2200 block of Canyon Road. The mountain lion had just mauled a dog to death and was charging at police when police shot the cat with an assault weapon.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31281
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Big cats
Cougars
Mountain Lions
Wild animals
Item ID
31476AN
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The city of Arcadia hired Animal Pest Control Management Services to conduct a census of the city's peafowl. This was in response to the many complaints of the loose birds vandalizing residential properties.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper23688
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 4, 2002
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 4, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Peacocks
Item ID
23895AN
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Wallace Wells was sentenced to 6 years for vehicle manslaughter. Arcadia residents Kevin Bruggeman and Melissa Dicke were killed when Wells ran a stop sign and hit their car.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper23090
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 17, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 17, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Automobile accidents
Wells, Wallace
Bruggeman, Kevin
Dicke, Melissa
Item ID
23298AN
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Arcadia police officers honor Albert Matthies, the city's only police officer killed in the line of duty, with a ceremony and a plaque, 80 years after his death. The plaque is on the 1000 block of North View Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30633
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia police officers
Awards - honors - recognitions
Matthies, Albert Edward
Plaques
Remembrances
Item ID
30821AN
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Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30079
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2006
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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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Holiday shopping at Westfield Shoppingtown - Santa Anita, was up as much a 7 to 10% over last year as shoppers jammed the mall the day after Thanksgiving.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24783
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Item ID
24977AN
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Arcadia mayor Roger Chandler outlined six major areas of progress in the last year in his State of the City address. Overall, he said, "The state of Arcadia is great!"

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30453
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 22, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 22, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Chandler, Roger
Speeches
State of the City Address
Item ID
30639AN
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Newspaper Index
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Dog owners could be fined up to $1,000 and their pet impounded or destroyed under an ordinance the City Council introduced to protect residents from dangerous or vicious dogs.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24828
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
Dec. 19, 2002
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p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
Dec. 19, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Ordinances - Municipal
Animals - Dogs
Davidson, Mia
Item ID
25023AN
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Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert O'Brien ordered changes to a statement signed by Mayor Roger Chandler and members of the City Council after two residents, with the backing of the initiative's corporate sponsor, filed suit over factual inaccuracies. This will affect the wording of Measure N on the next ballot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30198
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Ballot iniatives
Elections
Measure N
The Shops at Santa Anita
Item ID
30385AN
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Three residents representing a group they call "Friends of Anoakia" have sued the city in an attempt to stop demolition of the historic Anoakia estate. Forrest Besocke, Winston Besocke and Michael Mulvehill filed the lawsuit Friday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18182
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2000
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Anoakia
Besocke, Forrest
Besocke, Winston
Mulvehill, Michael
Item ID
18429AN
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As part of Arcadia's 2003 centennial celebration, each council member has served as mayor for a three-month period of time. Mickey Segal will lead the city for the last three months until after the April 13 City Council election.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27387
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Centennial Celebrations, 2003
City Council 2000 - 2009
Segal, Mickey
Item ID
27586AN
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Police arrested four people, including a 13-year-old, on prostitution-related charges last week by responding to a Craigslist advertisement. Arcadia police spokesperson Sergeant Dean Caputo said the four were arrested at Santa Anita Inn.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31304
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2008
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arrests
Caputo, Sgt. Dean
Craigslist
Crime and Criminals
Prostitution
Santa Anita Inn
Solicitation
Item ID
31499AN
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Newspaper Index
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Public employees' retirement and pensions are costing cities up to 25% of the city budget. In March, CalPERS announced its stock portfolio had lost 39.8%. Costs for retirees are ballooning and El Monte and West Covina budgets have been hit hard from the recession. Arcadia, which had the fourth highest pension costs of the 24 cities surveyed, spent $6.7 million last year for its 357 current employees and retirees. The city's general fund budget is $46 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31472
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
City budgets
Pensions
Recession
Retirement benefits
Item ID
31665AN
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Newspaper Index
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Westfield, Santa Anita Shoppingtown, and Santa Anita Fashion Park, are the three plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the City of Arcadia, the City Council, and developer Rick Caruso, aimed at stopping the new mall The Shops at Santa Anita. Plaintiffs allege the environmental study done was flawed. Assistant City Manager Don Penman said the study was the most thorough one he had ever seen.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30546
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Caruso, Rick
Caruso Affiliated
Lawsuits
Malls
Mall war
Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Item ID
30734AN
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Newspaper Index
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