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10 year-old Arcadia resident Eddie Drain, who lost his hair after chemotherapy treatments, got a boost from his baseball league teammates when they got together and shaved their own heads.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22921
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Drain, Eddie
Item ID
23129AN
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Newspaper Index
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10-year-old Arcadia resident Natalia Sanchez-Nigolian started a "Save the Trees" fund to maintain trees on Paloma Drive, where she lives. She plans to start an environmental club at Hugo Reid Elementary.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30598
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Environmentalists
Preservation
Sanchez-Nigolian, Natalia
Trees
Item ID
30786AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Board of Education has adopted a $63.9 million General Fund budget for the coming year. The budget contains reductions across the board, with 10% cuts at schools, a reduction in categorical programs and no cost of living increase from the state.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31561
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 19, 2003
Pages
p. 21
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 19, 2003
Pages
p. 21
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education - budget - fiscal year 2003-2004
Item ID
31757AN
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The Arcadia Board of Education will lease 200 square feet of property at Dana Middle School to AT&T to install a cellular phone tower. The lease will be for 5 years with a minimum bid of $18,000 per year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30754
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 12, 2002
Pages
p. 20
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 12, 2002
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
Cellular phone towers
Dana Middle School
Item ID
30942AN
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The Arcadia City Council has adopted an ordinance with rules for using Bonita Park's Skateboard Park. The city will follow state requirements that skateboarders must wear a helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads. Hours are 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. Alcohol, drugs, and smoking are forbidden, as are graffiti and reckless skating.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31463
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 15, 2003
Pages
p. 25
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 15, 2003
Pages
p. 25
Subjects
Bonita Park Skateboard Park
Skate park
Item ID
31656AN
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Arcadia City Council has approved a 10% increase in the amount of city funds allocated to the Chamber of Commerce. The total will be $55,000 this year. The Chamber also receives subsidized rental in a city-owned building.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
August 9, 2001
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly,
Date
August 9, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Arcadia Chamber of Commerce
Item ID
33512AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia city officials have adopted a voluntary water conservation program that aims to reduce annual water consumption by 10 percent. Currently there is a state wide drought and a local water supply shortage. Metropolitan Water District (MWD) has voted to raise water rates 14 percent in July 2009. The other two main sources of the city's water are the Main San Gabriel Basin and Raymond Basin.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 30, 2008
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 30, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Metropolitan Water District (MWD)
Water conservation
Water supply
Item ID
31378AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School senior Andrew Pilavjian is Runner of the Year and Mr. January in the cross-country calendar.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30328
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2006
Pages
p. Sports 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2006
Pages
p. Sports 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School - sports
Cross country
Pilavjian, Andrew - biography
Runners
Item ID
30514AN
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Arcadia resident Robert C. Howard crash landed his airplane on the Antelope Valley Freeway on Aug. 6, 2001.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21450
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 7, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 7, 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Accidents
Howard, Robert C.
Item ID
21672AN
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Arcadia Unified School District is looking to cut 10% of its budget for district offices and school sites in preparing the budget for the 2003-2004 school year.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 24, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 24, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Budget
Item ID
31431AN
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Arcadia will join a coalition of 39 other cities in suing the federal and state governments over a new program regulating storm water runoff from local streets. The federal and state program requires cities to reduce trash runoff by 10 percent a year, until it reaches zero, or pay a fine.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 11, 2002
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 11, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Lawsuits
Refuse
Trash
Item ID
30674AN
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Arroyo Pacific Academy will be allowed to begin classes Sept. 10, 2002 at its new site, 41 W. Santa Clara St. The private school for grades 7 to 12 will operate in a two story office building.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Schools - Arroyo Pacific Academy
Item ID
24573AN
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By the 2010 census, Asians and Pacific Islanders will make up more than half of the population in Arcadia and 10 other communities in the San Gabriel Valley.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27571
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 13, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 13, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Population
Asian Americans
Item ID
27769AN
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Cable television's Learning Channel show "Junkyard Wars" brought a challenge to Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita. Competitors were given 10 minutes to build a gravity-powered vehicle from assorted pieces of junk, wheels and miscellaneous items.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31581
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 26, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 26, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Baerg, Monica
Baerg, Niccolo
Beneville, Michael
Television shows-"Junkyard Wars"
Item ID
31777AN
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The California State Department of Education has released test scores and rankings. Every spring the state gives each public school two rankings from 1 to 10. A "statewide" rank compares each school in the state and the "similar schools" rank compares schools with similar demographics and populations. Oak Avenue Intermediate in Temple City Unified School District and Huntington Middle School and San Marino High School in San Marino Unified all got 10s in both categories. All schools in the Arcadia Unified School District earned a rank of 10 in the "statewide" category, but ranks varied in the "similar schools" category.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A16
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A16
Subjects
Academic Performance Index (API)
Arcadia Schools
Test Scores
Item ID
31676AN
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A chart shows school enrollment numbers from 1998 to 2004. More than 40 percent of the public school districts in California are experiencing declining enrollment. Experts say it is due to a decline in the birth rate and families' migration patterns.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29449
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2005
Pages
p. A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2005
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Enrollment
Schools - West San Gabriel Valley
Item ID
29634AN
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Christopher Carl Eastland was killed when his disabled car was struck by a Jeep driven by an alleged drunk driver on the eastbound Foothill Freeway (210).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27836
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 6, 2004
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 6, 2004
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Eastland, Christopher Earl
Automobile Accident
Obituary/death notice
Item ID
28033AN
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City administrators and negotiators for the Arcadia Police Department have not yet reached a contract agreement. Officers want an immediate 10% raise for the first year and 4% increases the second and third years. City council has offered salaries that would make Arcadia police the second or third highest paid in cities surveyed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30852
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Arcadia Police Officers Association Union
Labor contracts
Salaries
Item ID
31040AN
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City Council will be asked to award a $78,349 contract to Santa Rosa based Special T Fire Equipment for purchase of assorted respiratory protection and air monitoring equipment for use by city firefighters. The apparatus would be paid for by the state under its Homeland Security Grant Program.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2004
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2004
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
27585AN
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The City of Arcadia has acquired half of the land originally promised for Rusnak's Mercedes Benz expansion. Arcadia Self-Storage and Church in Arcadia are selling to the city but the Elks Lodge and Rod's Grill refused to sell. The city expects Rusnak to produce a minimum of $700,000 each year in sales tax for 10 years, or until the loan is repaid.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30200
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Eminent domain
Redevelopment
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Item ID
30387AN
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Newspaper Index
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