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The newly installed railroad crossing at First Avenue and Santa Clara Street was dedicated. To celebrate the occasion, the Goodyear blimp (Goodyear supplied the rubber crossing pads) hovered overhead. Arcadia is the first city in the Los Angeles area to install rubber crossings. The city is paying $93,000 of the nearly $200,000 cost of the project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2321
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1980
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1980
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Railroads - Crossings
Item ID
2281AN
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Newspaper Index
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Residents of South Arcadia have launched a month-long signature- gathering campaign to establish a homeowner's association that proponents say could help stop construction on remodeling of houses which do not harmonize with existing residences.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 5, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 5, 1988
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p. A-1
Subjects
Homeowners Associations
Item ID
1732AN
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Newspaper Index
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Article about Arcadian Bob Elwood discusses his work with the Little League and with Goodyear as a consultant in Northern Ireland.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 15, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 15, 1981
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p. A-1
Subjects
Elwood, Bob
Item ID
1516AN
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Newspaper Index
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Mayor Don Pellegrino has declared October "Drug Abuse Education Month" in Arcadia. Presentation by Carla Lowe discussing "Current Drug Issues and What We Can Do About Them". Ms. Lowe is on the Board of Directors of the National Federation of Parents for Drug Free Youth.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 17, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 17, 1982
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p. A-1
Subjects
Drug Abuse
Item ID
1450AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council snapped up a surprise offer by Falcon Communications to provide cable TV service to the south side of Arcadia. Most cable services have been reluctant to move into the community because they do not wish to compete with Group W cable which already has a non-exclusive agreement to operate in the city.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 7, 1985
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 7, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Community Antenna Television
Item ID
1243AN
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The Board will decide May 11 which two of four elementary schools to close next fall. Bonita Park is the most likely candidate for closure. Comments pro and con on the four schools under consideration (Santa Anita, Holly Ave., Bonita Park and Baldwin Park) are given.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 30, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 30, 1981
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Closure
Item ID
2672AN
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El Monte Residents near the proposed landfill would like to see other alternatives. The 85 acre quarry could be filled with inert materials over a 12-20 year span.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 18, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 18, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Rodeffer Landfill
Item ID
1901AN
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Residents of South Arcadia plan to organize a homeowner's organization that proponents say could help block construction of new houses which do not harmonize with existing residences.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 1, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 1, 1988
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p. A-1
Subjects
Homeowners Associations
Item ID
1731AN
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Orange Grove Avenue, which is the border between Arcadia and Sierra Madre, has a posted speed limit of 35 mph on the Arcadia side and 30 mph on the Sierra Madre side.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 1, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 1, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Streets - Orange Grove Avenue
Item ID
3285AN
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About 300 Arcadia students will have their creations on display at the annual School District Art Exhibit, May 11-28 at Arcadia Public Library.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1987
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1987
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Art - Exhibitions
Item ID
517AN
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Homeowners in the Highland Oaks area of Arcadia showed up at City Hall to list their concerns about a private tennis club proposed for flood control land near their homes.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 22, 1987
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 22, 1987
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Recreation
Item ID
2310AN
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Second of five articles about Asian immigrants concerns the differing cultural stresses that arise when East meets West. See hard copy in VF "Population" item #42.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 30, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 30, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Asian Americans
Asians
Immigrants
Population
Item ID
535AN
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A long-simmering feud between the senior and junior members of the Council came to a boil when Jack Saelid moved for a vote of censure against Jeff Dring, accusing him of attacking Mayor Don Pellegrino in the press and attempting to besmirch his character. The motion was not passed.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 22, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 22, 1981
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p. A-1
Subjects
City Council 1980 - 1989
Item ID
1010AN
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Newspaper Index
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Members of the school district Long Range Space Utilization Task Force have been visiting all the elementary schools in the district to gain an overview of all the facilities before they recommend which should be closed.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 5, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 5, 1980
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Closure
Item ID
2659AN
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Construction of a $21 million Target Department Store in Arcadia's redevelopment area became a distinct possibility when the City Council unanimously agreed to sign an exclusive "right to negotiate" agreement with the development firm of Dean Beck and Associates.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 8, 1984
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 8, 1984
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p. 1
Subjects
Target Department Store
Item ID
815AN
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Following a 2-year study period and moratorium on adult book stores, the Arcadia Planning Commission accepted a text amendment which zones such business to a narrow slip of land in a bit of industrial area in southeast Arcadia known as Chicago Park.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 1, 1987
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 1, 1987
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
City Planning
Item ID
1203AN
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Newspaper Index
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An earthquake registering 5.5 on the Richter scale hit Australia's southeast coast at 3:28 PST on Wednesday, December 27, 1989. Newcastle, Australia's fifth largest city, suffered the majority of damage as 11 were known to have died. A city of 500,000, Newcastle has the largest concentration of heavy industry in the country.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 31, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 31, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Sister City - Newcastle, Australia
Item ID
3237AN
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The developer of Monrovia's Huntington Oaks shopping center now has an exclusive right to negotiate with the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency to construct a $17.3 million office and restaurant complex on the south side of Huntington Drive between the railroad tracks and the east boundary of the city.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 18, 1985
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 18, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
1314AN
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Staff people from Sanitation District 15 attempted to explain the reasons for an $11 sewer assessment that will be tacked on to the property taxes next year. About 100 people attended the meeting at Camino Grove School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3304
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 2, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 2, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Sewers
Item ID
3205AN
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Newspaper Index
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Suzanne Gilstrap, who was paralyzed for life when a 20-foot-long tree limb fell on her at the Los Angeles County Arboretum on July 25, 1977, has won a $1,625,000 settlement from the County. Miss Gilstrap, now 16, has appeared as a paraplegic in a recent television movie, "Skyward," with Bette Davis.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper458
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 1, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 1, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
458AN
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Newspaper Index
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