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President Biden sending official to hear public views on the proposed expansion of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. Chantry Flat, a hiking and picnic spot north of Arcadia and Sierra Madre, closed for several years, is proposed for inclusion in the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36570

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: November 6, 2023

Pages: p. A1, A6

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: November 6, 2023

Pages: p. A1, A6

Subjects: Biden, Joe (President of the United States of America); Forests; Legislation; San Gabriel Mountains National Monument; Wilkes, Homer

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: June 27, 2023

Pages: p. A1, A7

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: June 27, 2023

Pages: p. A1, A7

Subjects: Angeles National Forest; Chu, Judy; Conservation; Forests; Padilla, Alex; San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

Collection: Newspaper Index

Aerial view taken from about over what became Campus Drive and Arcadia High School, and looking toward (NW) Pasadena and Sierra Madre at foot of San Gabriel Mountains. Photo shows Santa Anita Park Race Track possibly just a few years after opening.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs633

Date: c.1936

1 image

Date: c.1936

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Arcadia High School; Campus Drive; San Gabriel Mountains; Santa Anita Park-1934-1942

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 629

Collection: Photographs

Images

Shows six balloons inflated and secured just off the ground. Officers and men are in formations beneath the balloons. Buildings and tents of Ross Field are arrayed across photo. Eucalyptus make a row completely across photo. San Gabriel Mountains form backdrop.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs187

Date: c.1918

1 image

Date: c.1918

Subjects: Balloon School; San Gabriel Mountains

Physical Description: 4x10 b&w

ID: 186

Collection: Photographs

Images

Aerial view looking towards San Gabriel Mountains showing intersection of Baldwin Avenue and Huntington Drive, the Santa Anita Park and training track where Santa Anita Fashion Park (currently known as Westfield Santa Anita Shopping Mall) was built.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1754

Date: Unknown

1 image

Date: Unknown

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Baldwin Avenue; Huntington Drive; Malls; San Gabriel Mountains; Santa Anita Fashion Park; Santa Anita Park, 1945-1980; Westfield Santa Anita Shopping Mall

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w photocopy

ID: 1742

Collection: Photographs

Images

San Gabriel Mountains: Bobcat Fire grows, but Arcadia lifts evacuation warning. The fire has burned more than 19,796 acres. as of yesterday evening. It was 0% contained.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: September 10, 2020

Pages: p. A1, A8

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: September 10, 2020

Pages: p. A1, A8

Subjects: Angeles National Forest; Bobcat Fire; Fires; San Gabriel Mountains

Collection: Newspaper Index

Strawberry patch. Looking northeast between First Avenue and Second Avenue. Houses and mountains in view.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs13

Date: c.1910-1915

1 image

Date: c.1910-1915

Subjects: Houses; San Gabriel Mountains; Agriculture; Arcadia(City)-History-1903-1919

Physical Description: 2x3 b&w (top left corner torn)

ID: 13

Collection: Photographs

Images

Bobcat Fire, on its 9th day in the San Gabriel Mountains, continued to grow north of the San Gabriel Valley. It had charred 38,299 acres Monday with containment at 3%. The fire has crossed to west side of Santa Anita Canyon. On Sunday, residents in Arcadia and Sierra Madre who live north of Elkins Avenue and east of Santa Anita Avenue were ordered to evacuate. About 305 homes were in the evacuation zone. Most are in Arcadia and 32 are in Sierra Madre.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35803

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: September 15, 2020

Pages: p. A1, A6

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: September 15, 2020

Pages: p. A1, A6

Subjects: Angeles National Forest; Bobcat Fire; Fires; San Gabriel Mountains

Collection: Newspaper Index

View of intersection of Baldwin Avenue and Duarte Road. Service station on the NE corner was owned by Mr. Renshaw. There is a two story house just north of station. There has been a recent snow fall in the San Gabriel Mountains. Home to the north is F.E. Grote home.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs590

Date: c.1935

1 image

Date: c.1935

Subjects: Duarte Road; Baldwin Avenue; Gas stations; Renshaw's Service Station; San Gabriel Mountains

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 586

Collection: Photographs

Images

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Some kind of police communications console or control panel being hauled in a trailer hooked up to a car. There are cars in the parking lot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1799

Date: 1956

1 image

Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1832

Collection: Photographs

Images

Aerial view. Looking east. Street along right edge of photo which is lined with trees is Duarte Road. Santa Anita Avenue cuts across photo from right to left and up into the San Gabriel Mountains. Huntington Drive can be seen in center of photo with young trees planted on north side of it. Santa Anita Race Track is one furthest from camera. The next small track is a training track belonging to Santa Anita. There is a VERY small round track across the street from the training track, which was part of a private horse stables. The incompleted oval was part of work done in 1933 by Joe Smoot and Anita Baldwin in their effort to develop the Jockey Club Track. This photo belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs627

Date: c. 1935

1 image

Date: c. 1935

Subjects: Duarte Road; Huntington Drive; Los Angeles Jockey Club; San Gabriel Mountains; Santa Anita Park-1934-1942

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 623

Collection: Photographs

Images

With the House of Representatives leaderless and legislation going nowhere, President Biden has been urged to expand the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. More cities, elected officials, ask president to use his executive power to add acreage to the area, including Alhambra, Monterey Park, Santa Clarita and South Pasadena. The proposed addition of 109,000 ares to the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument includes forest sections just above the cities of Monrovia, Arcadia, and Sierra Madre, and up to Santa Clarita.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36558

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: October 16, 2023

Pages: p. A1, A4

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: October 16, 2023

Pages: p. A1, A4

Subjects: Biden, Joe; Chu, Judy; Forests; Legislation; San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

Collection: Newspaper Index

Far view of front exterior of one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Building looks unoccupied.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1837

Date: 1956 or 1957

1 image

Date: 1956 or 1957

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1760

Collection: Photographs

Images

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. View of the lower part of a crane.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1778

Date: 1956

1 image

Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Cranes

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1811

Collection: Photographs

Images

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Man is working on the ceiling. Santa Anita Park Racetrack is visible in the left-hand background.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1768

Date: 1956

1 image

Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1801

Collection: Photographs

Images

Construction in progress of the foundation of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. There are mounds of dirt and a parked car. The Santa Anita Park Racetrack grandstand is visible in the background.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1782

Date: 1956

1 image

Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1815

Collection: Photographs

Images

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. It seems to be a view of the door / bars of a jail cell.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1766

Date: 1956

1 image

Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Jails

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1799

Collection: Photographs

Images

San Gabriel Mountains monument expands. United States President Joe Biden OKs sabout 106,000 acres added to federally protected area with promise for more resources.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36684

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: May 3, 2024

Pages: p. A1, A8

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: May 3, 2024

Pages: p. A1, A8

Subjects: Angeles National Forest; Biden, Joe, President of the United States; Chantry Flat; Forests; Legislation; San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: February 26, 2021

Pages: p. A1, A8

Newspaper: 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

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: May 4, 2021

Pages: p. A5

Newspaper: 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

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Aerial view taken from about over what became Campus Drive and Arcadia High School, and looking toward (NW) Pasadena and Sierra Madre at foot of San Gabriel Mountains. Photo shows Santa Anita Park Race Track possibly just a few years after opening.

Images

Shows six balloons inflated and secured just off the ground. Officers and men are in formations beneath the balloons. Buildings and tents of Ross Field are arrayed across photo. Eucalyptus make a row completely across photo. San Gabriel Mountains form backdrop.

Images

Aerial view looking towards San Gabriel Mountains showing intersection of Baldwin Avenue and Huntington Drive, the Santa Anita Park and training track where Santa Anita Fashion Park (currently known as Westfield Santa Anita Shopping Mall) was built.

Images

San Gabriel Mountains: Bobcat Fire grows, but Arcadia lifts evacuation warning. The fire has burned more than 19,796 acres. as of yesterday evening. It was 0% contained.

Strawberry patch. Looking northeast between First Avenue and Second Avenue. Houses and mountains in view.

Images

View of intersection of Baldwin Avenue and Duarte Road. Service station on the NE corner was owned by Mr. Renshaw. There is a two story house just north of station. There has been a recent snow fall in the San Gabriel Mountains. Home to the north is F.E. Grote home.

Images

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Some kind of police communications console or control panel being hauled in a trailer hooked up to a car. There are cars in the parking lot.

Images

Images

Far view of front exterior of one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Building looks unoccupied.

Images

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. View of the lower part of a crane.

Images

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Man is working on the ceiling. Santa Anita Park Racetrack is visible in the left-hand background.

Images

Construction in progress of the foundation of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. There are mounds of dirt and a parked car. The Santa Anita Park Racetrack grandstand is visible in the background.

Images

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. It seems to be a view of the door / bars of a jail cell.

Images

San Gabriel Mountains monument expands. United States President Joe Biden OKs sabout 106,000 acres added to federally protected area with promise for more resources.