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The Southern California News Group gives grades for affordable housing in area cities. Every city and county in California is required to plan for adequate housing across income levels but actually building those homes is largely a goal rather than a requirement. Arcadia got an overall D Minus grade.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35614
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2019
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2019
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Housing
Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA)
Collection
Newspaper Index
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This article compares the public access that citizens have to local government/city council meetings. Arcadia provides minutes of council meetings dating back to 1957. About 70% of area cities offer some form of archived video, whether it's replayed on a local cable channel, or the Internet, or on DVDs available at the local library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31960
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 12, 2010
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 12, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
City Council Meetings
Public access
Item ID
32157AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Secrecy by school districts blasted. Board of Education members Mike Spencer of West Covina Unified and Ramon Miramontes of Pasadena Unified each called for more transparency from their staffs on the issue of teacher misconduct. Pasadena Star News sent Public Records Act requests to 28 school districts in San Gabriel Valley requesting information on teacher misconduct. While two districts--Arcadia Unified School District and Bonita Unified--have now released information, 26 others have cited employee privacy concerns as a reason to keep their records private.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32880
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 23, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 23, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Teachers--misconduct
Item ID
33077AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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2011 Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) scores show a majority of area schools are progressing. California's STAR program assesses public school students' knowledge of the math, English and science in grades 2 through 11. At Arcadia Unified School District, these are the percentage of students who scored proficient or advanced in core subjects: English-Language Arts 83.9%; History 76%; Mathematics 82.4%; Science 84.7%; Science end of course 80.4%. STAR scores from other area schools are given.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32499
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR)
Test Scores
Item ID
32698AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The failure of local school districts to release teacher misconduct records has parents and residents expressing concerns about child safety and government transparency. In the wake of recent sexual misconduct scandals in Los Angeles Unified School District, Pasadena Star News requested teacher misconduct records from 28 school districts in San Gabriel Valley. Of those, only Arcadia Unified School District complied fully with the request. The other 27 school districts either refused to turn over documents, asked for clarification or requested more time to look through their records.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32882
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 22, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 22, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Teachers--misconduct
Item ID
33079AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia, Alhambra, Monrovia, Pasadena, South Pasadena, San Gabriel, San Marino and Temple City public schools all showed improvement on California state API testing that measures English and math performance. Duarte Unified showed a drop from the previous year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32510
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Academic Performance Index (API)
Arcadia Schools
Test Scores
Item ID
32709AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A Los Angeles County report showed that life expectancy in Los Angeles County reached 80.3 years, an all-time high, according to the county Department of Health Services. Arcadia, East San Gabriel, Walnut and Rowland Heights had some of the highest life expectancy rates in the county. Arcadia's life expectancy is 84.7 years. Females of Asian-Pacific Islander descent have the highest life expectancy in the county and all four of the SGV communities with the highest life expectancy rates also have high populations of residents of Asian Pacific Islander descent. In general, the report found that people in affluent communities tend to live longer while residents of poorer cities in more urban parts of the county had some of the lowest life expectancy rates.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32116
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2010
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Life expectancy
Public Health
Item ID
32313AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County keeps environmental activists and media off the site where the 11 acres of oak tree woodlands are being bulldozed near Wilderness Park. It is called Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site. Activists were unable to save the area from becoming a debris basin. See related story "Razing woodland: protesters watch as trees are cut down" Pasadena Star News, January 13, 2011, p. A1, A7.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32290
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Activists
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Santa Anita Dam
Item ID
32489AN
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Newspaper Index
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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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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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District Board elections next week. At issue are dual enrollment and transparency. There are four candidates runnings for two seats.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34851
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 12, 2017
Pages
p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 12, 2017
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education-elections
Chavez, Leigh
Eng, Fenton
Ricchiazzi, Paul
Yamane, Kathy
Item ID
35041AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City clerks often earn six figure salaries. Pasadena has the highest paid clerk in the San Gabriel Valley with an annual salary of $143,006, and 10 cities have clerks that make more than $100,000. The City Clerk is responsible for all city records and for orchestrating city elections. Arcadia's city manager Don Penman said the role of city clerk as chief record keeper is essential and the pay is justified because of the level of responsibility the position demands. Arcadia's city clerk is paid $90,870 per year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32138
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 15, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 15, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
City employees--salaries
Item ID
32335AN
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Newspaper Index
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More than 11 acres of pristine native oak woodland at the Arcadia/Monrovia border, adjacent to Wilderness Park, are scheduled to be cut down to create a dumping ground for sediment dredge from the Santa Anita Dam, in a Los Angeles County Public Works project. The dam gets cleared out every 20 years or so. About 500,000 cubic yards of dirt and debris clogging the dam will be removed. Glen Owens, a founder of the Big Santa Anita Historical Society and a Monrovia planning commissioner, said the dirt shouldn't be dumped in one of only two native woodlands left in the San Gabriel Valley. Arcadia Councilman Bob Harbicht wants to hold a meeting with the city and county public works officials to clarify plans for the dirt dispersal.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32235
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Owens, Glen
Santa Anita Dam
Item ID
32434AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Mayors of seven San Gabriel Valley cities that were hard hit by last year's ferocious windstorm are making a plea to Governor Jerry Brown for state disaster relief. The seven cities include Pasadena, Sierra Madre, Arcadia, Temple City, San Marino, South Pasadena and La Canada Flintridge.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32810
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Disasters
Weather
Wind and windstorms
Item ID
33007AN
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Newspaper Index
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Experts question donations for travel. Delegation from Arcadia City Hall given $30,000 from two Chinese firms and one local developer for trip to Asia, including Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong in China and Taipei, Taiwan. Government and ethics experts say the cash donations to the City of Arcadia for this trip raises concerns about transparency and influence. The trips are designed study sister city relationships, learn about the culture and talk to Chinese and Taiwanese officials. Those traveling include Mayor John Wuo and his wife, Council Sho Tay and wife, Councilman Tom Beck, City Attorney Stephen Deitsch, City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto, Fire Chief Kurt Norwood, Recreation Director Sara Somogyi, Public Works Director Tom Tait, and George and Sandy Wuo, who are relatives of the mayor. See VF Sister City.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34072
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia City Council--2010-2019
Companhia de Comercial Dingyuan Limitada
Perfect Brothers Development Co.
Sichuan Arrow Recovery Technology Company Ltd.
Sister City
Taixing, China
Item ID
34266AN
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Newspaper Index
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Local host cities ready for Special Olympics delegates. City of Arcadia will introduce its Trinidad and Tobago, and Kyrgyz Republic delegates at its free concert at the City Hall lawn this Thursday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34255
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 21, 2015
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 21, 2015
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Special Olympics
Item ID
34449AN
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Newspaper Index
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Power outage creates feelings of isolationism in residents who were affected by last week's extreme winds. People have experienced extended power outages in Pasadena, San Marino, Sierra Madre, Temple City, South Pasadena, Monrovia and Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32766
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 6, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 6, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Disasters
Southern California Edison (SCE)--electricity utility
Weather
Wind and windstorms
Item ID
32963AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Environmentalists, such as the Sierra Club in Pasadena and other groups, have requested an urgent meeting with Los Angeles County Department of Public Works officials to discuss last minute alternatives to the flood control project that would involve demolishing 11.1 acres of Arcadia woodlands. A 30-day moratorium on work at the site is ending in 2 days.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32277
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Santa Anita Dam
Item ID
32476AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. See also Pasadena Star News p. A4 on February 14, 2013.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33345
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 13, 2013
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 13, 2013
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Dukes, Barbara Ann
Item ID
33541AN
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Newspaper Index
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The windstorm that hit San Gabriel Valley on November 30-December 1 leaves lessons. Utilities and city officials study what went wrong to be better prepared in future emergencies and disasters. Southern California Edison (SCE) restored power to the last of its 433,925 customers by Thursday--one week after the storm--and is now the subject of public criticism and a probe by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for "prolonged power outages." Crews in Pasadena and surrounding cities are still clearing the streets.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32703
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 11, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 11, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
California Emergency Management Agency
Disasters
Southern California Edison (SCE)--electricity utility
Trees
Weather
Wind and windstorms
Item ID
32900AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County Public Works is scheduled to clear 11.3 acres of pristine native oak woodland to dump tons of sediment dredged from Santa Anita Dam. Glen Owens, a founder of the Big Santa Anita Historical Society and a Monrovia planning commissioner, hopes it's not too late for a grass roots effort to oppose or at least postpone the project. The sediment dump would be entirely in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32247
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 29, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 29, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Owens, Glen
Santa Anita Dam
Item ID
32446AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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