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Developer Charles Bluth was given permission by the Arcadia City Council to proceed with phase 2 of his Whispering Pines residential project in the hills just north of Foothills Junior High.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 12, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 12, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Real Estate - Whispering Pines

Item ID: 2296AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

In an article reviewing the problems of hillside development in the San Gabriel Valley, Arcadia's problems with Charles Bluth's yet-to-be-built Whispering Pines subdivision are discussed. Excessive runoff caused damage to property below the development.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 27, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 27, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Real Estate - Whispering Pines

Item ID: 2294AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A public hearing Wednesday night before the Arcadia City Council on a draft Environmental Impact Report for an extensive addition to Whispering Pines Estates drew a mixed reaction from the audience and many questions from Councilman Jeff Dring. After lengthy discussion, the council members, on a 3-1 vote, agreed that a soils study could be postponed until after submission of the final EIR.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 25, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 25, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Real Estate - Whispering Pines

Item ID: 2295AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A 90-year-old woman was found dead in her Arcadia home, an apparent murder victim.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 24, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 24, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Murder

Item ID: 1379AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Santa Anita Inn was purchased 2 weeks ago by developer Charles Bluth, who is already implementing plans to turn the hotel at the corner of Huntington Drive and Colorado Place into a four-star inn. Renovation (with a New Orleans motif) should be completed by January.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 28, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 28, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Santa Anita Inn

Item ID: 1837AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Aerial photo of Charles Bluth's new home, named Peacock Manor. Under construction, the house is being built on 7 1/2 acres and will contain 24 rooms and 8 baths.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 11, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 11, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Bluth, Charles P.

Item ID: 1841AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

At a meeting of about 200 Anoakia School parents, directors of the school, which has operated on the former estate of Anita Baldwin for 48 years, explained the reasons the school wants to relocate after June 1990. Lowry McCaslin, who owns the property, wants to develop the 20 acre estate.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 22, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 22, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools, Private - Anoakia School

Item ID: 3055AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Two instances of racial vandalism occurred in Arcadia in 1986. In one case the windows of a synagogue were shot out with a bb gun and in another case, a rabbi's home had a swastika sprayed on it.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: Februarry 25, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: Februarry 25, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Vandalism

Item ID: 3431AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Fine-year-old Kevin Watchler, who lives near the city's main fire station, wrote a letter to the Fire Department prompting a visit at his home be half a dozen firefighters aboard the department's newest engine.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 17, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 17, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Watchler, Kevin

Item ID: 3443AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A 58-year-old woman was raped and her house robbed by two males in their 20's.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1382AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The office building proposed for the grass park at the northwest corner of Huntington Drive and 1st Avenue may not be built. The Arcadia City Council let lapse the contract guaranteeing an exclusive right to negotiate between the city & the developer, Sam Falzone.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 7, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 7, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1307AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Compared with February 1986, felonies in Arcadia for February of this year are up by 2 incidents, from 222 to 224.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 18, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 18, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1373AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article describes the new Charles P. Bluth home. A tour and reception are planned to be held there to benefit the Arcadia Chapter of the American Red Cross.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 4, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 4, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Subjects: Bluth, Charles P.

Item ID: 1842AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 18, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1314AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

16 homes, businesses, churches, and neighborhoods were selected to receive this year's Arcadia Beautiful Commission Awards.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 17, 1986

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 17, 1986

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Boards and Commissions

Item ID: 627AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A 24-year-old Arcadia man, Brian Lawrence Snoke, was found guilty of three murders, including that of Arcadian Scott Hutson.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 9, 1988

Pages: p. A1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 9, 1988

Pages: p. A1

Subjects: Snoke, Brian Lawrence; Crime and Criminals; Hutson, Scott

Item ID: 28400AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Brian Lawrence Snoke, a 24-year-old Arcadia man, was found guilty of three murders in an attempt to assume control of a lucrative cocaine sales network.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 9, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 9, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Murder - Snoke, Brian

Item ID: 1383AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Police are looking into possible connections between 2 murders of elderly women that occurred January 7. Lillian Lehman, 91, was found dead at her Fashion Park Villas condominium in Arcadia, while Dora Peyton, 78, was beaten to death at her Duarte home.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 27, 1988

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 27, 1988

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Murder - Lehman, Lillian

Item ID: 1380AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A disappointing turnout of less than a dozen people (mainly real estate developers) attended the public meeting to discuss phase I of the Downtown Arcadia Revitalization Study held Tuesday, July 31. One idea offered at the meeting was to create an "Avenue of the Thoroughbreds." More interaction with business owners affected by such suggestions was hoped for.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 2, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 2, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1298AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

According to the Arcadia Police Department's monthly activity report for the month of December, which reports statistics for the entire year, daytime burglaries increased while night burglaries decreased. Also, there were no murders, 3 rapes, 2 attempted rapes, 36 assaults with a gun and 13 arrests for indecent exposure in 1987.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1378AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Developer Charles Bluth was given permission by the Arcadia City Council to proceed with phase 2 of his Whispering Pines residential project in the hills just north of Foothills Junior High.

In an article reviewing the problems of hillside development in the San Gabriel Valley, Arcadia's problems with Charles Bluth's yet-to-be-built Whispering Pines subdivision are discussed. Excessive runoff caused damage to property below the development.

A 90-year-old woman was found dead in her Arcadia home, an apparent murder victim.

The Santa Anita Inn was purchased 2 weeks ago by developer Charles Bluth, who is already implementing plans to turn the hotel at the corner of Huntington Drive and Colorado Place into a four-star inn. Renovation (with a New Orleans motif) should be completed by January.

Aerial photo of Charles Bluth's new home, named Peacock Manor. Under construction, the house is being built on 7 1/2 acres and will contain 24 rooms and 8 baths.

At a meeting of about 200 Anoakia School parents, directors of the school, which has operated on the former estate of Anita Baldwin for 48 years, explained the reasons the school wants to relocate after June 1990. Lowry McCaslin, who owns the property, wants to develop the 20 acre estate.

Two instances of racial vandalism occurred in Arcadia in 1986. In one case the windows of a synagogue were shot out with a bb gun and in another case, a rabbi's home had a swastika sprayed on it.

Fine-year-old Kevin Watchler, who lives near the city's main fire station, wrote a letter to the Fire Department prompting a visit at his home be half a dozen firefighters aboard the department's newest engine.

A 58-year-old woman was raped and her house robbed by two males in their 20's.

The office building proposed for the grass park at the northwest corner of Huntington Drive and 1st Avenue may not be built. The Arcadia City Council let lapse the contract guaranteeing an exclusive right to negotiate between the city & the developer, Sam Falzone.

Compared with February 1986, felonies in Arcadia for February of this year are up by 2 incidents, from 222 to 224.

Article describes the new Charles P. Bluth home. A tour and reception are planned to be held there to benefit the Arcadia Chapter of the American Red Cross.

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.

16 homes, businesses, churches, and neighborhoods were selected to receive this year's Arcadia Beautiful Commission Awards.

A 24-year-old Arcadia man, Brian Lawrence Snoke, was found guilty of three murders, including that of Arcadian Scott Hutson.

Brian Lawrence Snoke, a 24-year-old Arcadia man, was found guilty of three murders in an attempt to assume control of a lucrative cocaine sales network.

Police are looking into possible connections between 2 murders of elderly women that occurred January 7. Lillian Lehman, 91, was found dead at her Fashion Park Villas condominium in Arcadia, while Dora Peyton, 78, was beaten to death at her Duarte home.