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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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Newspaper
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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An 8-foot tall bronze tribute to Arcadia's official bird, the peacock, will be unveiled August 5, as part of the city's centennial celebration. The statue will be located in the fountain at Peacock Corner, in the front of Arcadia County Park, at the southwest corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue. The sculptor of the peacock is Dave Chapple and the sculpture cost $30,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31748
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 24, 2003
Pages
p. 20
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 24, 2003
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial - 2003
Artists
Chapple, Dave
Statuary -- Peacock Corner
Item ID
31945AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The windmill will stay as part of the redesign of Denny's at the corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The windmill was originally built for a Van de Kamp's coffee shop in 1967.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26977
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 12, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 12, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Restaurants - Denny's
Restaurants - Van de Kamp's
Architecture
Item ID
27176AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Saving Arcadia, the anti-mansionization group, sues City over controversial two-story home proposed at 1101 S. Fifth Avenue. Lawsuit alleges the project violates California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34682
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 29, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 29, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arvizu, David
Houses
Mansions
Saving Arcadia (activist group)
Item ID
34874AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Two men suspected of robbing the California State Bank on Huntington Drive on February 5th have been arrested. Roosevelt Davis of Duarte and Steven Wesley Berry of Ontario are being held in the Arcadia City Jail.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25946
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 12, 1998
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 12, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Robbery
California State Bank
Berry, Steven Wesley
Davis, Roosevelt
Item ID
26146AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The City will pay $25,000 of city money toward putting a 10-foot tall bronze peacock at Peacock Corner, in front of Arcadia County Park, on the corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue. The sculpture will emerge from the center of the fountain at the corner. The actual cost of the sculpture and base is $36,500. The fountain was originally donated by Rotary Club 35 years ago.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30678
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Fountains
Peacock Corner
Sculptures
Statuary
Item ID
30866AN
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Newspaper Index
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A history of the Van de Kamp's windmill atop the Denny's Restaurant currently at the northeast corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The Arcadia windmill was built nearly 40 years ago as part of an architectural movement called programmatic architecture, or roadside vernacular, wherein the buildings reflected their tenants. See hard copy in VF "Buildings."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31206
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Architecture
Denny's Restaurant
Historic Buildings
Van de Kamp's
Windmills
Item ID
31401AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School graduate and former professional football player turned sculptor David Chapple will design a bronze peacock to be placed in the fountain at Peacock Corner in Arcadia Park. The sculpture will cost $30,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30800
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School - Alumni
Artists
Chapple, David
Statuary
Item ID
30988AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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An Arcadia representative to the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees will be chosen. Information on the three candidates, Beth Wells-Miller, Virginia Conijn, and David Ma, is presented.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25901
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 23, 1997
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 23, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Pasadena City College - Board of Trustees
Wells-Miller, Beth
Conijn, Virginia
Ma, David
Item ID
26101AN
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Newspaper Index
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Homeless man David King Brewster, 25, was sentenced to two years in state prison for attacking Arcadia police officer on July 6, 2015.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34462
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 11, 2016
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 11, 2016
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police
Brewster, David King
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
34654AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Plans are underway for "Peacock Corner" at the fountain and entrance at Arcadia County Park at Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The bronze peacock will be 8 feet tall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29054
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Peacock Corner
Public Art
Item ID
29240AN
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Newspaper Index
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The fountain at Peacock Corner (southwest corner Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive) is taking on a new look. Student volunteers are placing small mosaic tiles on the facade of the fountain. Local interior designer Shirley Farris volunteered to coordinate the project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33438
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary Club
Farris, Shirley
Fisher, Ardelle
Kovacic, Gary
Lee, Jaime
Lin, Lisa
Item ID
33634AN
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Newspaper Index
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Two men arrested on suspicion of residential burglary and assault with a deadly weapon in the 200 block of East Colorado Blvd. The suspects were Kevin Gerald Kelly, 57, of Hollywood and Floyd Edward Broadnax, 52, of Long Beach.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34200
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 11, 2015
Pages
p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 11, 2015
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Burglary
Crime and Criminals
Broadnax, Floyd Edward
Kelly, Kevin Gerald
Item ID
34394AN
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Newspaper Index
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Issues discussed at City Council meeting included redevelopment of South Arcadia along Live Oak Avenue and Las Tunas Drive, between just east of 6th Avenue and west of the Arcadia wash. The meeting lasted 18 minutes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30085
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Agenda
Arcadia Redevelopment Agency
City Council Meetings - 2001-2010
Item ID
30272AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The school board election will take place on Tuesday. Two seats are available. Annie Yuen and David Leong are running against incumbents Mary Dougherty and Joann Steinmeier. Their positions on issues are stated.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29216
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 12, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 12, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Board of Education
2001 election
Dougherty, Mary
Steinmeier, Joann
Yuen, Annie
Leong, David
Item ID
29402AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Board of Supervisors has approved a request from the County Department of Public Works to take over jurisdiction on the project to seismically retrofit transit bridges on Colorado Boulevard and Huntington Drive/Second Avenue. The board declared the portion of Colorado Boulevard under the bridge, as well as portions of Huntington Drive and Second Avenue under the transit bridge, to be part of the county system of roads and highways.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30675
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2002
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2002
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Bridges
Seismic retrofitting
Item ID
30863AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Department and Monrovia Police Department catch vacuum thief who stole a $600 vacuum from a store on Huntington Drive, then he caught the 187 Foothill Transit Bus to get away. The police cited and released him on the promise to appear in court on the charge of theft.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34634
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 28, 2016
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 28, 2016
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Thieves
Item ID
34826AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's historic Derby Restaurant may be relocated. A mixed-use project may take the place of The Derby and Embassy Suites at 211 East Huntington Drive - 233 East Huntington Drive. Local historian Sandy Snider expressed concern that the 99 year-old building may end up being razed. George Woolf bought the Derby in 1938, originally named Proctor Tavern when it operated in 1922. Councilman Paul Cheng supports the relocation of The Derby. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 2, August 13, 2020 for "The Derby-what's next?"

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35768
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 6, 2020
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 6, 2020
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Cheng, Paul
The Derby Restaurant
Embassy Suites
Historic Buildings
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Proctor Tavern
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Snider, Sandy
Woolf, George
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Newspaper Index
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Assemblywoman Carol Liu has moved her campaign headquarters to 921 S. Baldwin Avenue, Unit D, in her bid for re-election in the 44th Assembly District. Liu's district stretches from LaCanada to Duarte, including all of Pasadena, and Eagle Rock in Los Angeles.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30588
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 26, 2002
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 26, 2002
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Democrats
Liu, Carol
Politicians
Item ID
30776AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The city has taken a second pumper truck out of service following a July 4 incident in which a water pump failed to engage on a fire truck. The two engines that malfunctioned were bought from Kovatch Mobile Equipment Fire Apparatus. David Contreras died in the July 4 incident. See related story, Arcadia Weekly, July 11, 2002, p. 8.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30483
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Contreras, David
Fire engines
Traffic Accidents
Item ID
30670AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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