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Last winter's 4 1/2 month strike had a devastating impact on Safeway Inc., parent company of Vons/Pavilion headquartered in Arcadia. First quarter profits fell 73.5 % to $43.1 million from $162.6 million during the same quarter for the prior year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28710
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 23, 2004
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 23, 2004
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Business & Industry - Safeway Inc. -- Vons/Pavilion -- profits
United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW)
Supermarkets & grocery stores
Labor union disputes -- strikes
Item ID
28897AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Safeway Inc.'s profit slid 4% in the second quarter as the nation's number 3 supermarket chain continued to battle lingering effects from last winter's polarizing labor strikes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28858
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2004
Pages
p. B5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2004
Pages
p. B5
Subjects
Business and Industry
Supermarkets
Strikes --Labor disputes
Safeway Inc. --Vons/Pavilions
Financial profits
Item ID
29049AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Shares of Safeway Inc. fell 4.5 percent after the Pleasanton-based parent company of Arcadia-based Vons/Pavilions said it expects second-quarter earnings will be below Wall Street estimates.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29509
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 4, 2005
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 4, 2005
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Safeway Inc.
Vons/Pavilions
Business and Industry
Supermarkets
Item ID
29693AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Safeway shares rose 10% but analysts question the future. Arcadia-based Vons/Pavilions, which is owned by Safeway, faces a tough food environment and the many problems confronting the economy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24594
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2002
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2002
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Vons/Pavilions
Safeway Inc.
Economic Conditions
Grocery Stores
Item ID
24785AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Safeway, Inc., the parent company of The Vons Companies, Inc., announced layoffs which will include 28 workers at the Vons Pavilions headquarters in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25638
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2003
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2003
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Vons Companies Inc.
Item ID
25838AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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State officials have shut down 5 Arcadia massage parlors and fined one business $1.83 million for alleged labor code violations. Inspectors discovered that employees were not being paid hourly wages but got paid every time a massage was given. New Life Acupuncture at 610 E. Live Oak was fined $1.83 million for allegedly violating laws requiring employers to provide pay stubs and workers' compensation insurance. The four other locations fined were Ocean Health Center, C.H. Health Center, Arcadia Spa, and Best Health Center. The fines and closures continued a crackdown on massage-related businesses in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31354
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
California Department of Industrial Relations
California Employment Development Department (EDD)
Labor laws
Massage parlors
New Life Acupuncture
Item ID
31549AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Safeway Inc., parent company of Arcadia-based Vons/Pavilions, is changing operations to comply with a new law that calls for a 25 percent reduction in California's carbon emissions by the year 2020.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30222
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 3, 2006
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 3, 2006
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Business and Industry
Energy
Environment
Safeway Incorporated
Vons/Pavilions
Item ID
30409AN
Collection
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
Pages
p. Local 2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2008
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Labor contracts
Labor unions
Item ID
31141AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Employees at Santa Anita Park fear bankruptcy of its parent company Magna Entertainment Corp (MEC). Chairman Frank Stronach said the horsemen would not have to worry about any of their monies. Paymaster accounts total $11 million at Santa Anita Park. The accounts contain money earmarked for winning owners, who must pay a percentage of those earnings to jockeys and trainers. Magna Entertainment Corp. has lost $500 million in the past 5 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31396
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 4, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A10
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 4, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A10
Subjects
Bankruptcy
Magna Entertainment Corp (MEC)
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
31589AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Board of Education of the Arcadia Unified School District has approved a one year contract with the teachers union that includes a 5 percent pay raise.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30888
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Labor contracts
Teachers union
Item ID
31076AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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California home prices continue to increase. Chart shows the change in median home prices from March 2004 to March 2005. The median home price in Arcadia went up 7.5% in the last year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29478
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 26, 2005
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 26, 2005
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Real estate--residential--home prices
California Association of Realtors (CAR)
Housing market
Item ID
29663AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dr. Stephen Liu, CEO and chairman of the board of Tomato Bank, is shown in photo. Tomato Bank is opening a branch in Arcadia at 1317 S. Baldwin Avenue with a grand opening celebration on Saturday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30562
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 31, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 31, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
Subjects
Banks
Business and Industry
Liu, Stephen
Tomato Bank
Item ID
30750AN
Collection
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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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
City budgets
Pensions
Recession
Retirement benefits
Item ID
31665AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City staff projects a $3.5 million deficit in the 2010-2011 fiscal year, due in large part to rising retirement costs. City Manager Bill Kelly told City Council that even with the Caruso mall, expansion at Westfield Shoppingtown and at Rusnak auto dealership, the city still faces a budget shortfall in about 5 years. He suggested a library assessment district as a potential revenue source.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29796
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2005
Pages
p. A4, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2005
Pages
p. A4, A6
Subjects
Arcadia City Municipal Budget - projections
Item ID
29981AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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American Senior Living, a Santa Ana developer, broke ground on the $8.57 million gated apartment complex located on Las Tunas. Heritage Park of Arcadia will open in 2004 and will be for independent senior citizens age 62 and older.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26165
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Heritage Park
Senior Citizens - Housing
American Senior Living
Item ID
26365AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police officers, friends and families protest for higher pay and more officers at Santa Anita Avenue and Foothill Boulevard.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30816
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Labor contracts
Labor disputes
Protests
Item ID
31004AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A story about Huntington Hospital's nurse recruitment program, the general status of nursing in California, and the nursing personnel shortage, mentions that Arcadia Methodist Hospital gives $5000 bonuses to employees that refer a new hire.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30784
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 1, 2007
Pages
p. News 1, 6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 1, 2007
Pages
p. News 1, 6
Subjects
Labor
Nurses
Item ID
30972AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A large demonstration was held at the Vons division headquarters on Michillinda Avenue in an effort by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union to get the corporation to settle the labor dispute that has lasted for more than three months.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27388
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Demonstrations
Strikes
Vons
Item ID
27587AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County unemployment hit a 5-year high of 7 percent last month. Arcadia has 3.6 percent unemployment.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31137
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 19, 2008
Pages
p. A9
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 19, 2008
Pages
p. A9
Subjects
Unemployment
Item ID
31331AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Classy, brilliant, cool and humble retired jockey Eddie Delahoussaye will be honored after the 5th race on Santa Anita Handicap day March 5, 2005.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29443
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 4, 2005
Pages
p. C1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 4, 2005
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Ceremonies
Delahoussaye, Eddie
Awards--honors--recognitions
Horse racing
Jockeys
Santa Anita Park race track - 2001-2010
Item ID
29628AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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