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The preliminary report of the population and housing counts of the 1980 census provides population figures for cities in the area. Arcadia's population increased slightly more than 800 from 45,138 in 1970 to 45, 955 in 1980.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 8, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 8, 1981
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p. A-1
Subjects
Population
Item ID
2231AN
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City Council has renewed an examination of the admission tax Santa Anita pays compared to other race tracks. The track provided 34.1% of the city's total annual revenues in the fiscal year 1980-81. Traffic control costs in Arcadia are higher than in other cities with race tracks.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 16, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 16, 1981
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p. A-1
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
3330AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia in 1989 is a changing city. Officials estimate Asians now comprise 15 to 17 % of the population and 27% of the student body. Minorities, including Hispanics, blacks and American Indians total 35% of the school enrollment.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 4, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 4, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Population
Item ID
2232AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia ranks at the top among US cities with the highest-paid employees, yet charges its residents less for municipal services and receives less aid than most California cities of similar size. No other US city outside California with a population between 10,000 and 50,000 pays its employees more; the average city employee earns $32,767 per year.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 31, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 31, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Economic Conditions
Item ID
1501AN
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Newspaper Index
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Last of five articles about Asians discusses ways the community has responded. See hard copy in VF "Population" item #45.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Asian Americans
Asians
Immigrants
Population
Item ID
538AN
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City Council met with representatives of Santa Anita Park race track to discuss the possibility of raising the admissions tax. Council is concerned with the cost of traffic control. Benefits to the city from the track have increased 22.6% in the past two years and 43% the previous season.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 30 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 30 1981
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p. A-1
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
3331AN
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Newspaper Index
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City Council tabled a Planning Commission recommendation to limit new homes to 40% of their lot size after complaints that the restrictions would reduce property values.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 6, 1988
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p. A-7
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 6, 1988
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p. A-7
Subjects
Housing
Item ID
1847AN
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Santa Anita Fashion Park's plan to expand its facilities to include a Nordstrom Department store and additional small retail stores is scheduled to come before the Arcadia Planning Commission at its November 27 meeting. According to Chuck Cline, general manager of the mall, plans are very much in the preliminary stages and no architectural plans have yet been drawn.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 25, 1984
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 25, 1984
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p. A-1
Subjects
Fashion Park
Item ID
1551AN
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Arcadia's City Council is having second thoughts about its regulation requiring the removal of burglar bars in town and has sent the whole ordinance back to staff for further study.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 25, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 25, 1987
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p. A-1
Subjects
Ordinances, Municipal
Item ID
2071AN
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Sue Wallace, owner-operator of the Turnquist Dog School, has been training dogs for 35 years at Arcadia County Park. A decline in the city's dog population is eroding her once thriving business.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 26, 1988
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 26, 1988
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p. A-1 photo
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Turnquist Dog School
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836AN
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The City Council will increase water rates on a year to year basis for the next five years. Funds will thus be accumulated for predictable major replacement projects. These projects are outlined in the article.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 6, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 6, 1982
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p. A-1
Subjects
Water
Item ID
3459AN
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Dr. Dennis Lojeski, a dentist in Arcadia, is running for City Council. Lojeski has been very active in local organizations. Biographical details included.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 6, 1980
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 6, 1980
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1980
Lojeski, Dennis
Item ID
1076AN
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Several streets in Arcadia have misleading signs saying "Not a Through Street" despite the fact that they are not dead ends or cul-de-sacs. Public Works Director, Chester Howard, explained that the signs were put up in response to residents who wanted to protect their neighborhoods from too much traffic.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 17, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 17, 1987
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p. A-1
Subjects
Streets
Item ID
3277AN
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Crime report for first six months of the year. The burglary rate continues to rise. The most dramatic changes have occurred in traffic control.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 2, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 2, 1981
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p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1363AN
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A financial forecast for fiscal year 1982-83 predicts a negative balance of $1.9 million for the city of Arcadia. This projection assumes no change in the level of services or programs.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20, 1981
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p. A-1
Subjects
Budget
Item ID
666AN
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Newspaper Index
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Discusses the steadily growing Asian population in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1987
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1987
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p. 1
Subjects
Asian Americans
Item ID
533AN
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Bill requiring cities to pay businesses for signs that are condemned sparks debate. City officials from Duarte, Monrovia, Temple City and Arcadia have sent letters to local legislators opposing the bill.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 12, 1983
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 12, 1983
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p. A-1
Subjects
Signs and Signboards
Item ID
3213AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Friends of the Arcadia Public Library's 30th annual book sale drew larger than usual crowds, with sales amounting to more than $9000, $1000 more than sales made in 1987.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 11, 1988
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 11, 1988
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p. B-1 photos
Subjects
Friends of the Arcadia Public Library
Item ID
1648AN
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Arcadia residents living near the Edwards Drive-In at Live Oak and Peck Road complain that swap meet traffic will continue to be a nuisance in their neighborhood even though the swap meet's license expires in May.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 10, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 10, 1988
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p. A-1
Subjects
Swap Meets
Item ID
3292AN
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Article anticipates changes in the City in 1989. Demographic changes, increased traffic and further redevelopment will affect the city.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 4, 1989
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 4, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia (City) - History 1980 - 1989
Item ID
1724AN
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