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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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Steve Burd, Safeway chairman and CEO, told analysts that parent company of Arcadia-based Vons/Pavilions expects to continue rebounding from the 5-month labor strike that ended March 2004. Safeway reversed losses with a $202.7 million fourth-quarter profit in 2004.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29428
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 22, 2005
Pages
p. C3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 22, 2005
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Safeway
Vons / Pavilions --profits and earnings
Labor strikes
Item ID
29612AN
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.'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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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., 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
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Newspaper Index
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A class action lawsuit is allegedly underway against Safeway Inc. The claim is that a store manager at one of their locations was peeping at women in the restroom. Carpenters Local 409 also claim Vons has been negligent in paying standard wages to carpenters.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29031
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Safeway Inc.
Vons
Lawsuits - class action
Sexual misconduct - peeping
Carpenters Locas 409
Item ID
29218AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Grocery workers strike with a picket line in front of Pavilions in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26605
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2003
October 13, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2003
October 13, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Strikes
Pavilions
Item ID
26805AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia-based Vons/Pavilions is negotiating with the Teamsters to avoid a possible strike.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24656
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 2002
Pages
p. B5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 2002
Pages
p. B5
Subjects
Vons/Pavilions
Strikes
Item ID
24846AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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George Fasching, shown in a photo, is no longer selling gas at Fasching's Car Wash in Arcadia because he is unwilling to comply with a state mandate, effective April 1, 2009, that requires gas station owners to purchase new equipment to reduce vapor emissions at the pump.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31368
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Emissions
Fasching, George
Fasching's Car Wash
Gas stations
Pollution
Item ID
31563AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia-based company Solar Webb, Inc. offers alternative sources of electricity with solar electric generator systems for homes and businesses.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32723
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 23
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 23
Subjects
Business and Industry
Electricity
Energy
Solar Webb, Inc.
Item ID
32920AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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No end seen for market strike. Labor dispute between employees of Vons Pavilions, Albertsons and Ralphs grocery stores.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33101
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 16, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 16, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Albertsons
Grocery Stores
Labor strikes
Ralphs
Vons Pavilions
Item ID
33298AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Getting a permit to install solar panels on homes in the San Gabriel Valley is costly. A Sierra Club report shows that San Gabriel Valley cities charge more than other Southland communities. The average permit cost to install a typical 20-panel system in Southern California is about $493. Arcadia's fee is $283. A chart shows the fees of surrounding cities.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31559
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Energy
Environment
Solar panels
Solar power
Item ID
31755AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Residential customers of Southern California Edison (SCE) may see increases of an average of 30% or more next year because of soaring fuel prices and costs to upgrade infrastructure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31138
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Electricity
Energy
Power
Southern California Edison (SCE)
Utilities
Item ID
31332AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The city is in the process of installing new reflective street signs across Arcadia. The signs are made by Safeway Signs.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30354
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 30, 2002
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 30, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Signage
Street signs
Item ID
30541AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia residents escape a possible brownout. Energy supplies continue to be uncertain.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28935
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 18, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 18, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Power brownouts
Southern California Edison (SCE)
Energy supplies
Energy crisis
Item ID
29124AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Governor Gray Davis issued an order requiring retail businesses to reduce unnecessary outdoor lighting wattage during non-business hours. The Arcadia Police Department seeks compliance from local businesses.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29213
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 12, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 12, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Energy crisis
Electricity
Businesses
Conservation
Item ID
29399AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Residents in much of the San Gabriel Valley can now shop for groceries online from Arcadia based Vons Company. Vons.com offers the same products as found in the stores at the same price, but charges $9.95 for delivery.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24386
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 27, 2002
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 27, 2002
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Vons Company
Pavilions
Online Shopping
Item ID
24577AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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George Fasching, former city council member and owner of Fasching's Car Wash in Arcadia for the last 31 years, may have to stop selling gas at his business due to a state mandate, set to go into effect next April, requiring California gas station owners to purchase between $20,000 and $80,000 in new equipment to further reduce vapor emissions at the pump.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31204
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Business owners
Fasching, George
Fasching's Car Wash
Gas stations
Pollution
State mandates
Item ID
31399AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Power outages occurred in Arcadia, affecting business along Huntington Drive, including Core Media, publishers of the Arcadia Weekly and other local papers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29523
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 10, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 10, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Blackouts
Power outages
Energy crisis
Southern California Edison (SCE)
Item ID
29707AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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