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Los Angeles County Arboretum. $8 million cleanup and restoration of Baldwin Lake sought. Flood control district assigns funding; expense to go before supervisors in July. Baldwin Lake is severely polluted centerpiece of the county Arboretum, visited by 400,000 people annually. The 144-year-old lake, dug out by 19th century real estate pioneer Elias Jackson “Lucky” Baldwin on his estate, has been dying a slow death because of the accumulation of street runoff laced with heavy metals, automobile brake fragments and other chemicals that create algae blooms and strong odors. Supervisor Kathryn Barger is championing the project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35416
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Barger, Kathryn
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works and Flood Control District
Pestrella, Mark
Item ID
35608AN
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A ninth historical marker, presented by Arcadia Historical society, will be dedicated on October 2 near the main entrance of the Los Angeles County Arboretum. This "History Lives Here" marker showcases vintage photographs and descriptions of the history and evolution of the Arboretum, which was once the home of Arcadia founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin. See hard copy in VF "Historical Society"

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33162
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
September 15, 2012
Pages
p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
September 15, 2012
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Historical markers
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Item ID
33359AN
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Los Angeles County Arboretum and Baldwin family push to revive Baldwin Lake. The 4-acre lake in the middle of the Arboretum stands polluted, filled with tons of mud and filth from years of urban runoff. Tony Zampiello, executive officer of the Main San Gabriel Basin Watermaster, along with the county's Department of Parks and Recreation, have formed a task force with goal of dredging the old lake built by Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin in the late 19th century. Margaux Viera, Baldwin's great-great-great granddaughter, a member of the "Save Baldwin Lake" task force, says the shoreline around the lake is collapsing and eroding. See hard copy in VF "Arboretum."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34048
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2014
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2014
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p. A1, A4
Subjects
Baldwin Lake
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Viera, Margaux
Item ID
34242AN
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Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden will have its historic buildings upgraded and a new 5-year strategic plan is being drafted for the first time in many years. Among items to be improved are the roof replacement and stabilization of the Hugo Reid Adobe (aka Baldwin Adobe), the rehabilitation of the library, as well as roof replacements for the 126-year-old Queen Anne Cottage of "Fantasy Island" fame, and the Coach Barn. Mitchell Bishop, curator of the historic collections, said he plans to rehabilitate Baldwin Lake.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32412
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 31, 2011
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 31, 2011
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p. A1, A4
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Bishop, Mitchell
Historic Buildings
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
Item ID
32610AN
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Newspaper Index
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Community believes subpoena power, transparency and accountability are key to sheriff's committee. A town hall meeting was held at the Los Angeles County Arboretum to discuss the formation of a new citizen's oversight committee to oversee the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34154
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2015
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p.A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2015
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p.A3
Subjects
Braun, Brent
Huntsman, Max
Jong, Paul
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Item ID
34348AN
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Summer temperatures in Southern California have been lower than usual. The average temperature in July was 79 degrees, which was 5 degrees below normal. Jill Morganelli, horticulture curator at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden says she is enjoying the lower than normal temperatures and is more productive because of them. She discusses how colder night temperatures have affected plants.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32135
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2010
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
Morganelli, Jill
Weather
Item ID
32332AN
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Arboretum provides chance for lovely stroll. Pictures of Queen Anne Cottage and Bauer pool and water fountain.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35249
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2018
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p, A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2018
Pages
p, A3
Subjects
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
Item ID
35438AN
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Pasadena Pops Orchestra debuts its first summer season at the Los Angeles County Arboretum today with Marvin Hamlisch, composer and conductor. The CalPhil lost out to the Pasadena Pops in a bid to stay at the Arboretum and CalPhil signed up with neighboring Santa Anita Park instead.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33066
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 16, 2012
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 16, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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California Philharmonic Orchestra (CalPhil)
Hamlisch, Marvin
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Pasadena Pops
Vener, Victor
Zdunek, Paul Jan
Item ID
33263AN
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Pasadena Symphony Association and its Pasadena Pops Orchestra, will take over the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden's 2012 summer concerts, which had featured the California Philharmonic Orchestra and its music director Victor Vener for 14 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32385
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2011
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p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2011
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
California Philharmonic Orchestra
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden--summer concerts
Music
Pasadena Symphony Association--Pasadena Pops Orchestra
Item ID
32583AN
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New Live Oak Library dedication in Arcadia November 2. The building was purchased, not leased. Los Angeles County Supervisor helped make this new library a reality.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34708
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Mountain Views News
Date
November 5, 2016
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p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
November 5, 2016
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
County of Los Angeles Public Library-Live Oak Library
Item ID
34900AN
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The Los Angeles County Arboretum and parts of the Huntington Library remain closed to the public more than two weeks after a ferocious windstorm hit the region overnight on November 30 and December 1. At the historic Arboretum, more than 325 trees were toppled and more than 700 others were damaged. The Arboretum officials want to reopen by December 31. At the Huntington Library in San Marino, more than 50 major trees went down but officials estimate that between 150 and 200 trees will be lost altogether from the damage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32695
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 18, 2011
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p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 18, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Disasters
Folsom, Jim
Huntington Library
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Schulhof, Richard
Trees
Weather
Wind and windstorms
Item ID
32892AN
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Los Angeles County agrees to a minimum 30-day moratorium on its plan to cut down 11.1 acres of oak and sycamore woodland for a dumping site for debris dredged from the Santa Anita Dam. The site is below Arcadia's Wilderness Park. During this time, opponents to the project will be looking at alternatives and the county will communicate the project's impact to the environmental community.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32254
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Santa Anita Dam
Item ID
32453AN
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A day after the Arcadia County Park was closed for sending people exposed to excess chlorine to the hospital, the pool remained closed yesterday while Los Angeles County supervisors ordered a top-down safety review for all 27 county pools. The Arcadia pool will remain closed until the problem can be fixed to ensure public safety.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32112
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 21, 2010
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 21, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Antonovich, Michael (pictured)
Arcadia County Park -- swimming pool
Los Angeles County supervisors
Item ID
32309AN
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Arcadia named most business-friendly city finalist in the Eddy Awards by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 11, September 29, 2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34679
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
September 24, 2016
Pages
p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
September 24, 2016
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Awards
Businesses
Economy
Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.
Item ID
34871AN
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Arcadia recognized as "Most Business Friendly" for its mix of a strong local economy, well-known attractions, and responsive city hall workers, at the Eddy Awards, presented by Los Angeles County Economic Development, in the category of city with population less than 68,000. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 13, November 16, 2017.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35007
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2017
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p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Business and Industry
Los Angeles County Economic Development
Item ID
35198AN
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New state-of-the-art library coming to Arcadia. The Los Angeles County Public Library will replace the current branch in unincorporated Arcadia (4153 East Live Oak Avenue) sometime in 2017 at a new site at 22 West Live Oak Boulevard. It will cost about $9 million from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors capital projects funding.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34648
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Antonovich, Michael
Libraries
Los Angeles County Public Library-Live Oak Branch
Patrick, Skye
Item ID
34840AN
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Children's Hospital Los Angeles opened a new outpatient services center at 468 E. Santa Clara Street in Arcadia on November 1. It is a 10,000 square feet facility with specialty services such as ophthalmology, pulmonology, lab and radiology services, pediatric surgery, orthopaedics, gastroenterology and ear, nose and throat. The outpatient clinic is open Monday through Friday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32219
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
November 17, 2010
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News,
Date
November 17, 2010
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p. A3
Subjects
Children's Hospital Los Angeles-Arcadia
Clinics
Health care
Hospitals
Item ID
32418AN
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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
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p. A1, A4
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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
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California Philharmonic Orchestra officials held a press conference and said they do not know why the county decided to end a 15-year run of concerts at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden with them. The press conference was held at Cal Phil's new office in Arcadia. In attendance were Cal Phil founder and Music Director Victor Vener, his son Andre Vener (the orchestra's CEO), Robert W. Miller (member of the Cal Phil board), Michael Arnold (principal clarinetist), Barbara Hicks (volunteer) and 20 protesters who had picketed at the Arboretum, in reaction to the ouster of the orchestra.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32394
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Arnold, Michael
California Philharmonic Orchestra
Hicks, Barbara
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden--summer concerts
Miller, Robert W.
Music
Pasadena Symphony Association--Pasadena Pops Orchestra
Vener, Andre
Vener, Victor
Item ID
32592AN
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Los Angeles County supervisor Mike Antonovich plans to set aside $650,000 of county funds to re-seed the oak woodland habitat in Arcadia that was demolished last week for flood control purposes, after mud and debris dredged from the Santa Anita Dam has been spread at the site. Bob Spencer, spokesman for Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, said there is much more debris poised to come down the hills and "We need to find a solution." Other county wilderness areas face destruction to make way for sediment. Officials are already considering the relocation of sediment from Devil's Gate Dam, which could end up on a 40-acre mature black willow woodland in the Hahamongna Watershed Park. Environmental activists won't let that happen without a fight.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32293
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Activists
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site
Spencer, Bob
Item ID
32492AN
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