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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
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 31, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Bishop, Mitchell
Historic Buildings
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
Item ID
32610AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Baldwin Lake
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Viera, Margaux
Item ID
34242AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District upgraded and improved four campuses over summer break, costing nearly $10 million. Funded under the district's $218 million Measure I Bond, the four schools that got updated classrooms and facilities are Arcadia High School, Camino Grove Elementary, Hugo Reid Elementary, and Highland Oaks Elementary schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33598
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 7
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 7
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Bond measures
Construction
Item ID
33793AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City revamps intersection, returns excess property on Hugo Reid Drive and Golden West Avenue to owners.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34686
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 13, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 13, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Streets
Land
Item ID
34878AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia’s Baldwin Lake makes history. A “History Lives Here” historical marker was dedicated at Baldwin Lake at the Los Angeles County Arboretum last Thursday. The marker was donated by Arcadia Historical Society.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35281
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 20, 2018
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p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 20, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society-Historical Markers
Baldwin Lake
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Item ID
35470AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Joaquin Perkins of Hugo Reid Elementary School in Arcadia, won the 4th grade section of the 2013 K-12 National Chess tournament in Orlando, Florida.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33733
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 16, 2014
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 16, 2014
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Chess
Perkins, Joaquin
Item ID
33929AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Why are fewer migratory birds visiting Arcadia’s Baldwin Lake at the Arboretum? The lake could see great benefit from Proposition 3 and Measure W. Audobon Society birders say there used to be approximately 330 species of migratory birds landing each winter at Baldwin Lake. In recent years that number has dwindled to about 200 species, such that the lake, which is in dire need of dredging and major ecological rehabilitation, is the focus of much debate. The lake has a low algae problem in the winter, not enough oxygen, and lots of sediment. The silt and organic matter has contributed to the shallow levels.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35316
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 1, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 1, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Baldwin Lake
Birds
Item ID
35506AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The salaries of city managers in the area have come under scrutiny following the city of Bell's scandal involving overpaid city officials. Bell's now-ousted city manager Robert Rizzo was earning close to $800,000. Arcadia city manager Don Penman's salary of $214,032 is shown in a chart along with other nearby city managers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32125
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
City employees--salaries
Item ID
32322AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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On September 8, 2011, Arcadia Mayor Gary Kovacic had an emergency procedure to put a stent in one of his 3 major heart arteries. His Left Anterior Descending (LAD) artery was 90-95% blocked. He was released from Arcadia Methodist Hospital (AMH) the following day and was back at AMH 24 hours later for a dedication ceremony of the new patient tower that has been under construction for some time now.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32533
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 22, 2011
Pages
p. 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 22, 2011
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Arcadia mayors
Kovacic, Gary
Item ID
32732AN
Collection
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What's Going on with Lake Baldwin in Arcadia" Part 2: the Plan. Plan includes installing wetland ponds and settling basins north of Baldwin Lake, along Arcadia Wash. The idea is to capture water, channel it into a natural filter, and a portion of which will find its way down to an aquifer (a layer of water-holding rock below the surface), where it is drawn and used in various ways, including drinking water.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35200
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Arcadia Wash
Baldwin Lake
Water
Item ID
35389AN
Collection
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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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Monrovia man David King Brewster has been charged with attempted murder of a peace officer, as he became combative and began fighting with two Arcadia police officers for no apparent reason, on July 6, 2015 in the 400 block of East Huntington Drive. Brewster may have been under the influence of a controlled substance. He punched one officer in the face and choked the other officer in an attempt to use cause serious or fatal injury to him.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34235
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 9, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 9, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Brewster, David King
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
34429AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Aldi, a German discount grocer, will open 10 new stores in Southern California later this month, including one at 1403 S. Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34507
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 8, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 8, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Aldi (company)
Business and Industry
Grocery Stores
Item ID
34699AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Strong winds slammed Southland yesterday and will continue today. In photo, a tree branch toppled yesterday during the wind storm and came to rest atop a Scion car in the 600 block of Sunset Boulevard, just east of Michillinda Avenue, in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33483
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2013
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2013
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Weather
Wind Storm
Item ID
33678AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Lucky Baldwin statue unveiled in Arcadia. See also VF "Statuary."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33487
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 18, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 18, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 3
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Gibson, Heather
Gibson-Viera, Margaux
Paredes, Alfred
Statuary
Item ID
33682AN
Collection
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Arcadia resident in the 700 block of Camino Grove Avenue finds the body of a stranger in his swimming pool. The dead man is 35-year old Greg Tser-Ming Chen of Arcadia. Foul play was not initially suspected in the death. Chen's dog, a golden retriever, which was not on a leash, was found in the backyard too. Chen leaves behind a wife Maggie, who is pregnant with the couple's second child, and a toddler-aged son. See also Pasadena Star News, p. A3, August 9, 2013.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33584
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Chen, Greg Tser-Ming
Deaths
Item ID
33779AN
Collection
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Arcadia police dog Zoli receives protective vest from anonymous donor. It is bullet-proof and stab-resistant and valued at $1795-2235. See also Arcadia Weekly, April 6, 2017, p. 1.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34843
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 3, 2017
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 3, 2017
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department-K-9 (canine)
Dogs
Foulks, Joshua
Item ID
35034AN
Collection
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Adam Chu is an entrepreneur opening a seafood grill restaurant in Monrovia on April 17, at 123 East Colorado Boulevard. It will be called Big Shrimps Fish Grill. His goal is to keep menu items reasonably priced because he is also the supplier. he imports seafood under the company he founded called Five Star Seafoods. Chu moved the operations of Five Star from Arcadia to the second floor of the new building that will house his restaurant.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32360
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 2011
Pages
p. A10
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 2011
Pages
p. A10
Subjects
Business and Industry
Chu, Adam
Entrepreneurs
Restaurants
Seafood
Item ID
32558AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Sierra Madre accuses Arcadia of stealing water from a shared East Raymond Basin. See also Pasadena Star News March 14, 2014.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33781
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 20, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 20, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Anoakia Well (Arcadia, CA)
Colorado Well (Arcadia, CA)
East Raymond Basin
Segal, Shel
Water
Whatley, Holly
Item ID
33976AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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30th annual Breeders' Cup World Championships brings exciting racing to Santa Anita Park. Record crowds filled the stands. Sierra Madre jockey Gary Stevens came out of retirement to win the Breeders' Cup Classic aboard horse Mucho Macho Man.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33675
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
Breeders' Cup World Championships
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Stevens, Gary (jockey)
Item ID
33871AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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