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Metro Foothill Gold Line crossing gates snarl traffic. Faulty part that was recalled worldwide blamed for malfunctions. There are 14 at-grade crossings throughout the 5 cities along the new extension: Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale and Azusa (has two stations). Arcadia has only one at-grade crossing, but some cars were stuck at the crossing for 5 minutes or more. Each of the cities is working closely with Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority to synchronize traffic signals with train crossings to improve traffic flow.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34490
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 12, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A10
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 12, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A10
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Traffic
Transportation
Item ID
34682AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia property owners voted to continue paying for a portion of their street lights under a new formula after lighting district funds expired in June. 66% of the vote was cast in favor of extending about $428,600 of annual funding to maintain and repair street lights. A similar proposal on the ballot failed less than 2 years ago.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32113
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 2010
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 2010
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Lighting districts
Street lights
Street lighting
Item ID
32310AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia property owners will be asked to renew a street lighting fee schedule and assessment in June, when funding is set to expire. Officials warned that without an extension of the lighting assessment district, the city would lose about $420,000 a year. Unless the assessment is renewed, the city might have to cut services such as police protection, fire and emergency medical response services, library services, and recreation programs. Arcadia property owners currently pay 40% of street lighting repair and maintenance costs, while the city covers the other 60%. That would remain unchanged in the new assessment district, but the amounts each household pays will be different. Family households in residential neighborhoods will be charged $28.44 a year, while single-family homes along major thoroughfares will pay $16.73 a year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32000
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Street lights
Street lighting assessment districts
Item ID
32180AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia residents may vote again on street lighting fees. Under the new proposal, single family homes on arterial streets would pay about $17 a year, while those not on arterial streets would pay about $27 a year, making the assessments more fair. Voters in 2008 rejected a proposal to fund the lighting and now the city is considering another mail-in vote.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31898
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 2010
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Mail-in ballots
Street lights
Street lighting assessment districts
Item ID
32095AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia commuters fed up with gridlock at First Avenue at the Gold Line Station, since trains started running through Arcadia in March 2016. City engineers are aware of the problems and public's frustration and looking at ways to improve the signals and wait times.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35257
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 23, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 23, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line
Traffic
Transit
Transportation
Item ID
35446AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority opened bidding yesterday on Phase 2A of the light rail's extension toward Azusa, which would make a stop in Arcadia. The project is estimated to cost more than $450 million with a completion date in 2017. Measure R guarantees full funding for the Gold Line Extension minus a gap of $500,000. With possible help from a private investment, the completion could be moved up to 2013.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32161
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
32358AN
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Newspaper Index
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First Avenue at Santa Clara Street in Arcadia closed September 9, 2013 through February, 2014 for construction of grade crossing improvements, as part of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension light rail project in Arcadia. Also, to construct the parking structure and transit plaza adjacent to the crossing, Front Street between Santa Clara Street and Saint Joseph Street, will be permanently closing in September.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33608
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 5, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 23
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 5, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 23
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33803AN
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Newspaper Index
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Gold Line extension may be contributing factor in Arcadia homeless population. Arcadia is seeing a drastic increase in homeless compared to recent years, specifically in Downtown Arcadia and Arcadia County Park, largely due to the Gold Line light rail extension that opened in early 2016 with a stop in Arcadia. Arcadia Police Department has seen a 46% increase in transient calls to deal with in 2017, compared to 2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35074
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 7
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 7
Subjects
Homeless people
Homelessness
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line
Item ID
35263AN
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Newspaper Index
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Moonlight Forest returns to Arboretum by popular demand. It is a magical lantern art festival that will be bigger and brighter in 2019. Runs November 9 through January 12.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35598
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Lights
Los Angeles County Arboretum
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Arcadia Police Department receives a $137,000 grant for a year-long program of special enforcements and public awareness efforts to prevent traffic-related deaths and injuries.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34336
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2015
Pages
p. 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2015
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Educational programs
Grants
Office of Traffic Safety (OTS)
Item ID
34529AN
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Gold Line construction moving forward on schedule. First Avenue in Arcadia to open by the end of March. See hard copy VF "Railroads-Light Rail-Metro Gold Line."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33776
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 13, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 13, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 6
Subjects
Gold Line
Light Rail
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
33971AN
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Four day full closure of Huntington Drive and Second Avenue intersection in Arcadia begins Friday, August 8, for Gold Line Foothill Extension light rail construction.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33970
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Light Rail
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Railroads
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
34164AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City's legal team and traffic safety experts re-created the scene of the crash that killed Arcadia teen Alice Zhang, 16, of Arcadia, and badly injured her friend Priyanka Patel of Upland, on April 10, 2011. The driver, Bowen Du, 20, of Arcadia, has been sentenced to one year in jail after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count of vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32927
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Deaths
Du, Bowen
Patel, Priyanka
Traffic Accidents
Zhang, Alice
Item ID
33124AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's energy efficient street lighting program to start next month. Southern California Edison (SCE) is replacing SCE-owned inefficient High Pressure Sodium (HPS) street lights with energy efficient Light Emitting Diode (LED) lights. Conversion to LED technology will help reduce energy usage and cost by approximately $11,500 annually.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35565
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 2019
Pages
p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 2019
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Southern California Edison (SCE)
Street lighting
Utilities
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Closures of southbound Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia starting July 6 for approximately 2 weeks. Crews will be installing underground duct banks and electrical vaults as part of the 11.5 mile Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Light Rail project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33882
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 3, 2014
Pages
p. 24
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 3, 2014
Pages
p. 24
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
34076AN
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Newspaper Index
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Bowen Du, 19, an Arcadia man who was charged with felony vehicular manslaughter in the death of 16-year-old Arcadia High School student Alice Zhang, has pleaded not guilty. Du faces up to 6 years in state prison for vehicular manslaughter and up to 3 more years for causing serious injury to Zhang's friend Priyanka Patel, 16, of Upland.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32438
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 2011
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 2011
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Deaths
Du, Bowen
Patel, Priyanka
Pedestrians--safety
Traffic Accidents
Zhang, Alice
Item ID
32635AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Transit Plaza ready to welcome light rail travelers to Arcadia. Photo and article by Terry Miller. See also page 7.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34016
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 2014
Pages
p. 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 2014
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Arcadia Transit Plaza
Light rail trains
Miller, Terry
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension--Arcadia Station
Transportation
Item ID
34210AN
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Newspaper Index
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Testing of Gold Line light rail cars began on Monday. It passed over the newly built bridge on Santa Anita Avenue in Arcadia. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 17, December 11, 2014.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34039
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension--Arcadia Station
Transportation
Item ID
34233AN
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Newspaper Index
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Train testing underway throughout summer along the Foothill Gold Line light rail project from Pasadena to Azusa. Testing is currently taking place in Duarte and portions of Irwindale, and will expand to the cities of Pasadena, Arcadia, Monrovia and Azusa over the next several months.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34093
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 12, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 12, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Light trail
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
34287AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Metro amps up security to protect Arcadia, Monrovia and Pasadena public transportation residents. Metro has added local Los Angeles Police Department law enforcement to patrol the rail and bus lines.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34927
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 6, 2017
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 6, 2017
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Metro Gold Line
Light rail trains
Item ID
35117AN
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Newspaper Index
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