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Three firefighters and a fire technician will be laid off February 1 in the latest cost-cutting move in the city's five-year struggle to balance the budget.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11909
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 1998
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 1998
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
12110AN
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Newspaper Index
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Hall of Fame jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. was awarded $2.7 million in a lawsuit against Huntington Ambulance Service. He claims that Huntington's treatment of him after a riding accident in which he broke two bones in his neck and a spinal injury, caused him to end his career. The Ambulance company is not affiliated with Huntington Hospital.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30527
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 10, 2007
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p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 10, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Huntington Ambulance Service
Jockeys
Pincay, Laffit, Jr.
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
30715AN
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Newspaper Index
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Public employees' retirement and pensions are costing cities up to 25% of the city budget. In March, CalPERS announced its stock portfolio had lost 39.8%. Costs for retirees are ballooning and El Monte and West Covina budgets have been hit hard from the recession. Arcadia, which had the fourth highest pension costs of the 24 cities surveyed, spent $6.7 million last year for its 357 current employees and retirees. The city's general fund budget is $46 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31472
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
City budgets
Pensions
Recession
Retirement benefits
Item ID
31665AN
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Newspaper Index
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Tiny house homeless plan draws opposition. Council tables proposal to build shelters at park. The city will create a citizens committee to help study the issue. The city is looking into costs, infrastructure and grants for the proposed complex of tiny shelters, in response to the growing number of unhoused people in Arcadia. Homelessness in Arcadia grew from 85 in 2019 to 117 in 2020.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35972
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 22, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 22, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Homelessness
Homeless population
Social issues
Tiny homes
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Newspaper Index
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Local city governments in the San Gabriel Valley and Whittier are realizing the future costs of pensions and retirement benefits for their employees. The costs will be enormous and city governments need to save money for their future obligations. Arcadia's retiree medical cost is $375,062 this year and its unfunded health liabilities for current employees and retirees is $10.3 million. Unfunded health liability is the amount that would be needed to pay for all health obligations to current employees if they were to retire today, and for all retirees. Other cities' obligations are shown in a chart.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31422
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2009
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
City Employees
City governments
Local governments
Municipalities
Pensions
Retirement benefits
Item ID
31615AN
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Newspaper Index
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Property owners overwhelmingly rejected the city's $2.2 million tax increase Tuesday, casting "no" votes by a 2 -to- 1 margin against the Fire Suppression District.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10224
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 1997
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Elections - Fire Suppression District
Item ID
10174AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City Council signed an agreement with the Arcadia police officers that will cost $1.66 million over the next 4 years. Contract details are given.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30946
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2008
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p. Local 2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2008
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Labor contracts
Labor unions
Item ID
31141AN
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Newspaper Index
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Proposed 53-foot tall cellular service tower at Church of the Transfiguration divides residents in Arcadia. Residents don't want a 5-story tower. The church would receive $2000/month from Verizon. The Planning Commission denied the proposal in September 2016 and City Council will hear Verizon's appeal tonight.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34798
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 2017
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 2017
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Planning Commission
Bryant, Julie D.
Church of the Transfiguration
Priester-Schwarz, Debbie
Verizon Wireless
Item ID
34989AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority opened bidding yesterday on Phase 2A of the light rail's extension toward Azusa, which would make a stop in Arcadia. The project is estimated to cost more than $450 million with a completion date in 2017. Measure R guarantees full funding for the Gold Line Extension minus a gap of $500,000. With possible help from a private investment, the completion could be moved up to 2013.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32161
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
32358AN
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Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27386
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2004
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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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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council has decided to leave in place a city policy that imposes term limits for serving on City Council, restricting residents from running for more than two consecutive council terms. Had council voted to remove the restrictions, local voters would have had a chance to vote on term limits as a local ballot measure. Arcadia's city charter requires council members who have served two consecutive 4-year terms to take a 2-year break before they can run again for another term.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32302
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2011
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p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2011
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Arcadia City Council -- Term limits
Item ID
32501AN
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Billy Cottrell, a Cal Tech graduate student who took part in a fire bombing spree that caused millions of dollars in damage to SUV dealerships in the San Gabriel Valley, was sentenced to more than 8 years in prison. See inset for chronology of ecoterror events.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29501
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Sentences
Trials
Item ID
29685AN
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Newspaper Index
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City council is considering a proposal to help subsidize the wages of city employees who are called away to military service.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22216
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2001
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2001
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
City Council
Subsidy, wages
Item ID
22431AN
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Newspaper Index
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Architectural drawings and the design for the new Arcadia City Hall have drawn criticism from the City Council. The new City Hall building is estimated to cost $11 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30920
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia City Hall
Architecture
Civic Center
Steinberg Architects
Item ID
31115AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia residents may vote again on street lighting fees. Under the new proposal, single family homes on arterial streets would pay about $17 a year, while those not on arterial streets would pay about $27 a year, making the assessments more fair. Voters in 2008 rejected a proposal to fund the lighting and now the city is considering another mail-in vote.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31898
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 2010
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Mail-in ballots
Street lights
Street lighting assessment districts
Item ID
32095AN
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Newspaper Index
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Hikers and scouts were briefly trapped by flames, and homeowners in Sierra Madre were given the option to evacuate, due to a brush fire which started in a wooded area about one mile north of Arno Drive in north Arcadia around 3pm yesterday. The fire has burned more than 100 acres.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30984
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31179AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council rejected a proposed draft resolution last week that several argued would give city-designated homeowner associations (HOA) too much power. During a study session, the Council discussed amending and consolidating the five HOAs' development standards, design guidelines and design review procedures into one cohesive document. Some argued the draft would give the associations' Architectural Review Boards (ARB)--which have architectural design review authority over the association area--too much control over the size of homes, setbacks and other issues. ARBs should look favorably on someone's dream home plans "unless it was so garish and outlandish that it might negatively affect property values," said Councilman Bob Harbicht. Opposition from Kevin Tomkins and Laurie Thompson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32551
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 2011
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 2011
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Architectural Review Boards (ARB)
Homeowner Associations (HOA)
Thompson, Laurie
Tomkins, Kevin
Item ID
32750AN
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Newspaper Index
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Trouble at Santa Anita Park. According to figures taken from Equibase, Santa Anita Park's total handle was down $77.1 million, or 17.7% from a year ago. If the current trend continues, the track's all-sources handle could show a decline of more than $100 million for the 2010-2011 meet. George Haines, the president of Santa Anita Park, has other troubles, including some wet weather, a players' boycott, and the inconsistencies of a new dirt racing surface.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32358
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2011
Pages
p. C1, C2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2011
Pages
p. C1, C2
Subjects
Haines, George
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
32556AN
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Newspaper Index
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The developers of a proposed $9.8 million inline skating facility have abandoned plans for building in downtown Arcadia, saying they would rather take their project to Monrovia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10704
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Business & Industry
Item ID
10631AN
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Newspaper Index
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Levels of reported crime in most San Gabriel Valley cities are significantly lower than national levels, according to the FBI's 2001 National Crime Index. A chart shows statistics for Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24735
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 29, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 29, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime
Statistics
Item ID
24929AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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