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Assemblymember Mike Fong, D-Alhambra, secures $4.5M for San Gabriel Valley cities. The cities Fong represents include Alhambra, Arcadia, El Monte, Montebello, Monterey Park, Rosemead, San Gabriel, San Marino, South El Monte, South Pasadena and Temple City. The money is for investing in infrastructure that will increase access to park space, library services, and athletic facilities and enhance public safety for the 49th District.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36510
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A4
Subjects
Fong, Mike
Infrastructure
49th Assembly District
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Fong out to early lead in election. Democrat Mike Fong garners 70% of first votes, is ahead by 39 percentage points in the 49th Assembly District race against Republican Burton Brink. The 49th District is comprised of 10 San Gabriel Valley cities, including Arcadia. The seat was vacated by Ed Chau-D-Monterey Park, who left his post early for an appointment to the Los Angeles County Superior Court judge's bench.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36184
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 16, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 16, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Brink, Burton
Chau, Edwin
Fong, Mike
Special elections
49th Assembly District
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Democrat Mike Fong and Republican Burton Brink vie for vacant Assembly seat in the 49th Assembly District, which is comprised of 10 San Gabriel Valley cities, including Arcadia. Vote centers are open. The term is through December 5. Biographical information included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36176
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 13, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A14
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 13, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A14
Subjects
Brink, Burton
Chau, Edwin
Fong, Mike
Special elections
49th Assembly District
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Vote centers open for San Gabriel Valley's 49th Assembly District special election. Vote centers will remain open from 10 AM to 7 PM every day for in-person voting or to drop off completed vote-by-mail ballots. The seat was vacated by Democrat Edwin Chau or Arcadia when California Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Chau to serve as judge in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Democrat Mike Fong runs against Republican Burton Brink in this race. The 49th Assembly District includes Arcadia, El Monte, Monterey Park, Rosemead, San Gabriel, San Marino, Temple City, and portions of Montebello and South El Monte. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 3, February 10, 2022.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36166
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2022
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p. A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2022
Pages
p. A11
Subjects
Brink, Burton
Chau, Edwin
Fong, Mike
Special elections
49th Assembly District
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Bill seeks addition to forest landscape. Rep. Judy Chu, D-Pasadena, hopes to expand San Gabriel Mountains National Monument by 100,000-plus acres with the San Gabriel Mountains Protection Act, written by Representative Judy Chu. The San Gabriel Mountains are north of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36488
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 30, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 30, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Chu, Judy
Conservation
Forests
San Gabriel Mountains
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San Gabriel Mountains-Veterans seeking expansion of forest. Advocates ask White House to add acreage to federal protection. Iraq War veteran Steve Dunwoody leads veterans struggling with PTSD on hikes through the Angeles National Forest. The veterans group joins legislators, cities, tribal, and environmental groups in support of adding forest land to the San Gabriel Mountains monument. The proposed addition borders the cities of Santa Clarita, Monrovia, Arcadia, and Sierra Madre, as well as Los Angeles communities of Sylmar, Tujunga, and Sunland. Twin bills from House of Representatives Rep. Judy Chu, D-Pasadena and U.S. Sentor Alex Padilla, D-Calif. propose an expansion that would grow the monument by one-third.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36636
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 19, 2024
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p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 19, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Chu, Judy
Dunwoody, Steve
Forests
Legislation
Padilla, Alex
San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
Veterans
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Public lands: additions sought for San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. U.S. Senator Alex Padilla and Rep. Judy Chu, D-Pasadena, push bid to expand area by 109,000 acres by designating the western Angeles National Forest as part of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. The San Gabriel Mountains are north of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36501
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Angeles National Forest
Chu, Judy
Conservation
Forests
Padilla, Alex
San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
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Bobcat Fire - Most Chantry Flat cabins survived - 62 of 80 structures, historic Adams Pack Station did not burn down in massive Bobcat Fire which broke out September 6.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35860
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Big Santa Anita Canyon
Bobcat Fire
Fires
Vanni, Greg
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Huge California conservation bill heads to vote in Congress today. The Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act, or House Resolution 803, seeks to preserve 1 million acres of public land in California. Part of it is the San Gabriel Mountains and Rivers Protection Act, authored by Rep. Judy Chu-D. to extend the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument designation by adding 109,143 acres of the western front-facing Angeles National Forest. This includes popular hiking areas within Chantry Flat, located just north of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35914
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Chu, Judy
Congress
Conservation
Environment
Legislation
San Gabriel Mountains
Schiff, Adam
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U.S. Senator Alex Padilla seeks wilderness protections, introduced in a bill covering 1 million acres of land and 500 miles of rivers. Padilla's bill incorporates the San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act, written by Representative Judy Chu, D-Pasadena. Under this provision, the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, established by President Barack Obama in 2014 will be expanded by 109,143 acres to include front facing portions of the Angeles National Forest north of Sierra Madre and Arcadia and into the forest's western edge near Santa Clarita.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35959
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 4, 2021
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 4, 2021
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Chu, Judy
Conservation
Crowfoot, Wade
Forests
Obama, Barack
San Gabriel Mountains
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Flames continue north to homes. Residents evacuate as Bobcat Fire jumps Highway 2, tops mountain ridge, menaces Antelope Valley. The 50,539-acre fire which once primarily threatened San Gabriel Valley foothill communities after it started on September 6, jumped Highway 2 overnight and continues to spread north, putting Antelope Valley under an evacuation warning. Evacuation warnings were still in place for parts of Monrovia, Arcadia, Duarte, Bradbury, Sierra Madre, Pasadena, and Altadena, though evacuation orders in parts of Sierra Madre and Arcadia were lifted Wednesday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35806
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
San Gabriel Mountains
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