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Arson is suspected in a $150,000 fire that gutted a brand new office building at 411 South First Avenue on September 11. The building housed the law offices of Pike, Wilson and Cosso.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1596
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 14, 1980
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 14, 1980
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Fires and Fire Prevention
Item ID
1595AN
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Newspaper Index
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Don Alcorn, a 20-year veteran of the Arcadia Police Department, has been named to the new post of Emergency Services Coordinator by the Arcadia City Council. Alcorn's job is to prepare an emergency plan that will cover any aspect of any possible disaster, from earthquake to fire to nuclear disaster.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1526
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 26, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 26, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Emergency Services Coordinator
Alcorn, Don
Item ID
1525AN
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Newspaper Index
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Paramedic Richard Brown was named fire captain. He will take command of Engine Co. 31 at Santa Anita Avenue and Genoa Streets.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1588
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 14, 1987
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 14, 1987
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Fire Department
Brown, Richard
Item ID
1587AN
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Newspaper Index
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Unpredictable Bobcat Fire explodes to 44,000 acres, county supervisors declare local emergency.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35847
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 17, 2020
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 17, 2020
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Fires
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9-1-1 emergency number passed first real test when high winds and fires hit area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1525
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 29, 1984
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p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 29, 1984
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Emergency Communication System
Item ID
1524AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arboretum was awarded a $25,000 emergency grant from the Institute of Museum Services. The funds will be used to repair the damage that occurred during a windstorm in February.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper452
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 9, 1980
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p. 6
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 9, 1980
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
452AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia firemen warned local residents to be particularly concerned with fire dangers in the wake of a garage fire that did $40,000 damage at 231 Carolwood Drive, threatening nearby homes and brush-covered hillsides.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1607
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 27, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 27, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Fires and Fire Prevention
Item ID
1606AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park looking for a brighter future. When Aidan Butler, Executive Director of California Racing Operations for The Stronach Group took over at Santa Anita about a year ago, he couldn't have envisioned the road blocks his first year--heavy rains that postponed opening day, the COVID-19 pandemic, recent brush fires that forced the fall meet to be postponed. He discusses the difficulties this year, the new turf chute and the future.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35809
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2020
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p. B6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2020
Pages
p. B6
Subjects
Butler, Aidan
Fires
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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A 38-year-old Los Angeles man, accused of setting four arson fires in Arcadia and of carjacking a woman trying to move her car away from one of the fires, is arrested. The first fire was in a rear corridor on the second floor of The Shops at Santa Anita mall, at 400 South Baldwin Avenue at 11:40 A.M. on Friday. The other three fires were in the vicinity of the 900 block of Arcadia Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36496
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2023
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2023
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p. A4
Subjects
Arson
Crime and Criminals
Fires
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Newspaper Index
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Damage saps fun from Angeles forest. Angeles National Forest's Chantry Flat Road remains closed after suffering damage from the 2020 Bobcat fire and subsequent fires. Storms and fires force closure of trails, roads and campgrounds, some for years. The forest's second-most visited area, Chantry Flat, in the section north of Arcadia, Monrovia and Sierra Madre, has been closed since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. A sign in Arcadia (photo) advises motorists of the Chantry Flat Road closure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36507
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 18, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 18, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Chantry Flat
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The Arcadia Police Department's non-emergency business telephone numbers have been changed to the following: Front desk, 570-5150; Administrative offices, 574-5178; Investigation division, 574-5160. The change is due to the switch to Pacific Bell Centrex System which gives priority to emergency services in the event of an emergency.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2231
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 1, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 1, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Police
Item ID
2205AN
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The Fire Department's 1960 crown pumper fire truck is for sale for $15,000 after 27 years of service.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1584
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 24, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 24, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
1583AN
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Chen Suen becomes first Asian American fire chief in Arcadia. He takes over from Barry Spriggs who retired November 8, after 29 years of service. Suen is an Arcadia resident. He emigrated from Taiwan. He graduated from Arcadia High School, and attended Loyola Law School, UC Irvine, and Santa Ana College, before spending the last 18 years with Arcadia Fire Department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36371
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A7
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Chiefs
Arcadia Fire Department
Asian-Americans
Spriggs, Barry
Suen, Chen
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Arcadia Methodist joins other area hospitals in using Lifeline emergency service.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1789
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 12, 1984
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 12, 1984
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Hospitals - Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Item ID
1788AN
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New risk rises from wildfires. Smoke can make people more subject to COVID-19, experts say. Smoke inhalation can weaken the immune system and make people more vulnerable to respiratory infections, including the novel coronavirus. Smoke from nearby Bobcat Fire shrouds Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia (in photo).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35807
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 19, 2020
Pages
p. A3, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 19, 2020
Pages
p. A3, A7
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Fires
San Gabriel Mountains
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Chief wants new fire station built. After a year of study using computer technology, Arcadia Fire Chief Jerry Gardner has recommended to the City Council that a fourth fire station be built in vicinity of Sixth and Live Oak Avenues.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1581
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 12, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 12, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
1580AN
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Captain Ted Nichols has been named the new Arcadia Fire Department Battalion Chief.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1595
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1987
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p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1987
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Fire Department
Nichols, Ted
Item ID
1594AN
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Nearly all of region's national forest areas, including the Angeles, Los Padres, San Bernardino and Cleveland national forests, reopened yesterday, one week after the expiration of the California regional closure. The forests also lowered their fire danger level from critical to extreme, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The closure order was issued August 31 in response to statewide wildfires. Although the majority of the Angeles National Forest will reopen, a significant part will remain closed due to the 2020 Bobcat fire. The closure order for Angeles National Forest has been in place since September 2020 and remains in effect until April, to allow for affected areas to recover from the 100,000-plus-acre Bobcat Fire. Still closed are Chantry Flat Picnic Area and Buckhorn Campground.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36052
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2021
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Buckhorn Campground
Chantry Flat Picnic Area
U.S. Forest Service
Wildfires
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A cabin is lost, but memories endure. Greg Vanni of Arcadia, had a cabin among the 80 historic Chantry Flat cabins in Big Santa Anita Canyon. It burned to its foundation in the Bobcat Fire. It was a 350-foot cabin built in 1910 during "The Great Hiking Era," a time between the 1880s to the late 1930s in Southern California, when settlers from the city were drawn to the San Gabriel Mountains looking for adventure. The historic Adams Pack Station survived the fire.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35859
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2020
Pages
p. A4, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2020
Pages
p. A4, A5
Subjects
Big Santa Anita Canyon
Bobcat Fire
Cabins
Chantry Flat
Fires
Schoth, Lauren
Vanni, Greg
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Photograph of Mayor Don Pellegrino, Fire Chief Jerry Gardner, Arcadia Police Department Capt. Gordon Schneiders going over plans of new emergency dispatch and 9-1-1 communications center during groundbreaking ceremonies held last week.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1521
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 27, 1983
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 27, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Emergency Communication System
Item ID
1520AN
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Newspaper Index
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