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Arcadia's Focus on the Family has a "handshake agreement" to move to Pomona. The 5th largest employer in Arcadia, with 400 workers, will move everything except a warehouse in Monrovia, to Pomona.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1987

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1987

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Focus on the Family

Item ID: 1624AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Focus on the Family, and Arcadia-based Christian organization dedicated to the preservation of the home, is about to move into new offices in Arcadia. The organization, which has grown rapidly over the past few years, currently has 310 employees and occupies offices in 7 separate buildings in Arcadia. The new building, located on Foothill Blvd., will be completed around the first of October.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 5, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 5, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Focus on the Family

Item ID: 1622AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Within 18 months, Arcadia Nissan, the last of the city's 3 auto dealerships, will pack up and leave town. The departure of the 3 auto dealerships will result in a loss to the city of $450,000 a year in sales tax (about 2% of the yearly city budget).

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 18, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 18, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Datsun

Item ID: 745AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Educational Foundation, a non-profit public benefit corporation, is now in the process of incorporating. The purpose of the organization is to provide financial support to the school district. Several other cities in the area have formed similar organizations.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 25, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 25, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Arcadia Educational Foundation

Item ID: 473AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Dwain Schenck, 27, who grew up in Arcadia, is project director for AmeriCares, a non-profit relief organization founded in 1982 which is currently helping thousands of refugees who have fled Kuwait for Jordan.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 17, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 17, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Schenck, Dwain

Item ID: 2445AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Within the next 6 months a left turn signal will be installed at the corner of Duarte and First Avenue in an effort to avoid the many accidents that have occurred at that intersection recently.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets

Item ID: 3279AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

David Hales, who earlier took himself out of the race for the Arcadia School Board because he was leaving the district, may run after all.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 15, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 15, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: School Board - Elections; Hales, David

Item ID: 2505AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Film companies must gather approval signatures of all neighbors within 100 ft. of residential film sites under a rule approved by the City Council last week.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 29, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 29, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Ordinances, Municipal

Item ID: 2080AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council will consider a proposed ordinance governing backyard sales on October 1, 1974. Regulations include: 1. A $1.00 permit would be required. 2. Sales would be limited to every 6 months. No sale could run longer than 2 consecutive days. 4. No signs could be placed on public property. 5. Sales must be between 8:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M. 6. No merchandise would be allowed in the front yard.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 11, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 11, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Ordinances, Municipal

Item ID: 2047AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Eric Waterhouse is the founder of the non-profit Theaterquest, an organization with a goal to produce summertime drama productions with local teenagers. He is an Arcadia resident.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 16, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 16, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Waterhouse, Eric

Item ID: 97AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Four areas along the 210 freeway qualify for sound-wall construction. According to Chester Howar, Director of Public Works, one of those areas could have a wall built within 9 years, but walls for the other areas may never be built.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Noise Abatement

Item ID: 2024AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia High School held a drive and collected $800 toward a municipal auditorium. A non-profit corporation is being established and it will be the nucleus for an auditorium drive to begin in September 1977.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 9, 1977

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 9, 1977

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Auditoriums

Item ID: 554AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A non-profit foundation to work with the citizens of Arcadia in an attempt to construct on auditorium is now complete and in operation. Gives details of how the money will be used in case an auditorium drive is not successful.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 19, 1978

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 19, 1978

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Auditoriums

Item ID: 556AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Community Hotline, sponsored by the Arcadia Presbyterian Church, will be able to pay its telephone bill for the remainder of the year, thanks to a decision by the City Council to grant the telephone counseling service $8,000. Councilman Charles Gilb questioned using taxpayers' money for a church-related operation, and asked how the Hotline would raise funds next year. Rev. Bob Johnson, Hotline director, said the organization could be incorporated and operate as a non-profit group to raise funds.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 22, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 22, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Hotline; Gilb, Charles

Item ID: 1251AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A moratorium on new liquor store construction has been extended. The original moratorium would have run out before the August 2 date set for a public hearing before City Council.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 27, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 27, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Alcohol - Law and Legislation

Item ID: 344AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A many as 60 of the trees on Orange Grove Ave., the "county road" running from Michillinda Blvd. to Santa Anita Ave., could be endangered by a proposed road-widening project currently under consideration by Arcadia and Sierra Madre. The street would be widened from 30 to 36 ft. since the street is considered too narrow for the trash bins that residents often leave in the road, constituting a hazard.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 28, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 28, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Streets - Orange Grove Avenue

Item ID: 3286AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A proposed expansion of Santa Anita Fashion Park could bring a Nordstrom , a May Co., and 50 to 60 new stores to the mall within two to three years.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 10, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 10, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Department stores; Fashion Park; May Co.; May Company; Nordstrom

Item ID: 1557AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A list of San Gabriel Valley towns in the 1st and 5th supervisorial districts and the amount each has used in tax payers' money to finance redevelopment projects.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 24, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 24, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1256AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council has extended the operating hours and reduced fares for Arcadia's Dial-A-Ride program. The service is available to anyone within city limits who needs a ride anywhere in town by calling 445-2211.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 27, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 27, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Dial-A-Ride

Item ID: 1424AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

For the first time ever, there is a proficiency examination, which if passed successfully, would permit a student to leave school at 16. A certificate issued by the State will be legally equivalent to a diploma. The student must also have parental approval.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 5, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 5, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools

Item ID: 2600AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Arcadia's Focus on the Family has a "handshake agreement" to move to Pomona. The 5th largest employer in Arcadia, with 400 workers, will move everything except a warehouse in Monrovia, to Pomona.

Within 18 months, Arcadia Nissan, the last of the city's 3 auto dealerships, will pack up and leave town. The departure of the 3 auto dealerships will result in a loss to the city of $450,000 a year in sales tax (about 2% of the yearly city budget).

The Arcadia Educational Foundation, a non-profit public benefit corporation, is now in the process of incorporating. The purpose of the organization is to provide financial support to the school district. Several other cities in the area have formed similar organizations.

Dwain Schenck, 27, who grew up in Arcadia, is project director for AmeriCares, a non-profit relief organization founded in 1982 which is currently helping thousands of refugees who have fled Kuwait for Jordan.

Within the next 6 months a left turn signal will be installed at the corner of Duarte and First Avenue in an effort to avoid the many accidents that have occurred at that intersection recently.

David Hales, who earlier took himself out of the race for the Arcadia School Board because he was leaving the district, may run after all.

Film companies must gather approval signatures of all neighbors within 100 ft. of residential film sites under a rule approved by the City Council last week.

Eric Waterhouse is the founder of the non-profit Theaterquest, an organization with a goal to produce summertime drama productions with local teenagers. He is an Arcadia resident.

Four areas along the 210 freeway qualify for sound-wall construction. According to Chester Howar, Director of Public Works, one of those areas could have a wall built within 9 years, but walls for the other areas may never be built.

Arcadia High School held a drive and collected $800 toward a municipal auditorium. A non-profit corporation is being established and it will be the nucleus for an auditorium drive to begin in September 1977.

A non-profit foundation to work with the citizens of Arcadia in an attempt to construct on auditorium is now complete and in operation. Gives details of how the money will be used in case an auditorium drive is not successful.

A moratorium on new liquor store construction has been extended. The original moratorium would have run out before the August 2 date set for a public hearing before City Council.

A proposed expansion of Santa Anita Fashion Park could bring a Nordstrom , a May Co., and 50 to 60 new stores to the mall within two to three years.

A list of San Gabriel Valley towns in the 1st and 5th supervisorial districts and the amount each has used in tax payers' money to finance redevelopment projects.

The City Council has extended the operating hours and reduced fares for Arcadia's Dial-A-Ride program. The service is available to anyone within city limits who needs a ride anywhere in town by calling 445-2211.

For the first time ever, there is a proficiency examination, which if passed successfully, would permit a student to leave school at 16. A certificate issued by the State will be legally equivalent to a diploma. The student must also have parental approval.