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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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 12, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 12, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Energy crisis; Electricity; Businesses; Conservation

Item ID: 29399AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Board of Education will lease 200 square feet of property at Dana Middle School to AT&T to install a cellular phone tower. The lease will be for 5 years with a minimum bid of $18,000 per year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 12, 2002

Pages: p. 20

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 12, 2002

Pages: p. 20

Subjects: Cellular phone towers; Dana Middle School

Item ID: 30942AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council has approved increasing the funding and total service hours for the Arcadia Transit System. The transit program is funded through federal, state and local money distributed by the Metropolitan Transit Authority.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 14, 2001

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 14, 2001

Pages: p. 8

Subjects: Arcadia Transit; R & D Transportation Services; Buses; Transportation

Item ID: 29997AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council has decided that local non-profit gruops can put up banners at seven locations in the city. The city charges $50 per banner.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 5, 2002

Pages: p. 19

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 5, 2002

Pages: p. 19

Subjects: Street banners policy

Item ID: 30913AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Foothills Middle School music teacher Sandra Ragusta resigned after 12 years, after receiving her lowest employee evaluation since 1990. She tried to withdraw her resignation but Arcadia Board of Education decided not to give Ragusta her job back.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 10, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 10, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Board of Education; Ragusa, Sandra; Ragusta, Sandra (spelling is not certain, see Arcadia Weekly, October 17, 2002, p. 1)

Item ID: 30811AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Unified School District and the city are collaborating on a $150,000 effort to open a youth center at the Arcadia High School cafeteria and extend school library hours for after school hours. This would take some afternoon pressure off the Arcadia Public Library.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 28, 2002

Pages: p. 9

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 28, 2002

Pages: p. 9

Subjects: Youth Center; Youth Master Plan Committee; Youth Services Coordinating Council

Item ID: 30393AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council adjusts an ordinance pertaining to massage therapists. The ordinance originally required 500 hours of training for a massage therapist to have a license in the city. The council decided to let currently employed therapists substitute on the job hours for any shortage in training under 500 hours. The Council also dropped a requirement for windows in rooms where therapy is provided and decided therapists will not be required to wear white. The therapist will be required to have an identification card in his/her possession but will not be required to display it.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 10, 2003

Pages: p. 19

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 10, 2003

Pages: p. 19

Subjects: Business licenses; Massage therapists; Ordinances; Spas

Item ID: 31414AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Police Department chose Linda Wenning, a community service officer, as the Civilian Employee of the Year for 2000.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 4, 2001

Pages: p. 9

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 4, 2001

Pages: p. 9

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Civilian Employee of the Year 2000; Wenning, Linda

Item ID: 29123AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Board of Education has adopted a $63.9 million General Fund budget for the coming year. The budget contains reductions across the board, with 10% cuts at schools, a reduction in categorical programs and no cost of living increase from the state.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 19, 2003

Pages: p. 21

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 19, 2003

Pages: p. 21

Subjects: Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education - budget - fiscal year 2003-2004

Item ID: 31757AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

In the transition to the new federal No Child Left Behind Program, the Arcadia Board of Education is losing money and is being forced to cut the number of English language instructional aides in elementary school.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 20, 2002

Pages: p. 9

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 20, 2002

Pages: p. 9

Subjects: English Language Development (ELD); Federal programs; No Child Left Behind Program

Item ID: 30584AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council approved the first of a projected series of ten annual 5% increases in the city water rate. Sewer and trash rates will also increase.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 20, 2002

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 20, 2002

Pages: p. 8

Subjects: Sewer; Trash; Utilities; Water

Item ID: 30581AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council has voted to request that the Board of Supervisors designate Arcadia fire stations as Safe Surrender sites for newborn babies 72 hours old or younger.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 29, 2003

Pages: p. 18

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 29, 2003

Pages: p. 18

Subjects: Arcadia fire stations; Safe havens; Safe surrender

Item ID: 31718AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Battalion Chief Don Shawver received a request to report for special duty at the Pentagon six hours after the first terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. He went to help as a safety officer.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 4, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 4, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Shawver, Don; Arcadia Fire Department; Pentagon - Washington, DC - District of Columbia; September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001

Item ID: 30279AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

New regulations require that Arcadia, among other cities in the Los Angeles River basin, reduce the amount of trash put into the system to "zero tolerance" in twelve years. Arcadia has joined other cities in the Coalition for Practical Regulation to appeal the order.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 15, 2001

Pages: p. 9

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 15, 2001

Pages: p. 9

Subjects: Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board; Environmental issues - trash; Coalition for Practical Regulation; Appeals

Item ID: 29249AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Massage Therapist Regulations ordinance, approved November 5 by City Council, places regulations on the licensing of massage therapists and the activities of businesses offering massage services. It regulates business hours, uniforms, customers' bodily coverings and suggestive ads.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 21, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 21, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Business and Industry; Massage therapy; Ordinances

Item ID: 30880AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

New estimates of the population released by the California Department of Finance report that the population in Arcadia was 55,500, an increase of 1.1% over the year before. Estimates of other cities are also listed.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 8, 2003

Pages: "p. 1, 19"

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 8, 2003

Pages: "p. 1, 19"

Subjects: Population estimates.

Item ID: 31645AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The State of California has required cities throughout Los Angeles County to adopt a program that will reduce trash and other pollutants in urban runoff. Arcadia's municipal code prohibits the dumping or discharging of water containing harmful chemicals or materials into city streets, catch basins, and storm drains.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 5, 2001

Pages: p. 9

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 5, 2001

Pages: p. 9

Subjects: Water pollution; Storms drains; Pollutants

Item ID: 30211AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia will join a coalition of 39 other cities in suing the federal and state governments over a new program regulating storm water runoff from local streets. The federal and state program requires cities to reduce trash runoff by 10 percent a year, until it reaches zero, or pay a fine.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 11, 2002

Pages: p. 9

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 11, 2002

Pages: p. 9

Subjects: Lawsuits; Refuse; Trash

Item ID: 30674AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council is considering changes to fees charged by the city through the Development Services Department. One change might be a $25 fee for new business license applications. The fees may increase for design review of new commercial projects and appeals from an architectural review board to the Planning Commission. The General plan amendment fee may drop and tentative tract maps for condos may drop. The city plans to increase fines for code violations.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 4, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 17

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 4, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 17

Subjects: Arcadia City Council - 2001-2010; Fees

Item ID: 32132AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's City Council approved design guidelines for expansion of the Westfield Shopping mall. The expansion will increase the mall size by 276,000 square feet, in a two-level extension and an open-air mall, in the northeast quadrant of the center.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 19, 2001

Pages: p. 1, 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 19, 2001

Pages: p. 1, 8

Subjects: Shopping malls; Westfield Santa Anita

Item ID: 33490AN

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.

The Arcadia Board of Education will lease 200 square feet of property at Dana Middle School to AT&T to install a cellular phone tower. The lease will be for 5 years with a minimum bid of $18,000 per year.

The Arcadia City Council has approved increasing the funding and total service hours for the Arcadia Transit System. The transit program is funded through federal, state and local money distributed by the Metropolitan Transit Authority.

The Arcadia City Council has decided that local non-profit gruops can put up banners at seven locations in the city. The city charges $50 per banner.

Foothills Middle School music teacher Sandra Ragusta resigned after 12 years, after receiving her lowest employee evaluation since 1990. She tried to withdraw her resignation but Arcadia Board of Education decided not to give Ragusta her job back.

Arcadia Unified School District and the city are collaborating on a $150,000 effort to open a youth center at the Arcadia High School cafeteria and extend school library hours for after school hours. This would take some afternoon pressure off the Arcadia Public Library.

Arcadia Police Department chose Linda Wenning, a community service officer, as the Civilian Employee of the Year for 2000.

The Arcadia Board of Education has adopted a $63.9 million General Fund budget for the coming year. The budget contains reductions across the board, with 10% cuts at schools, a reduction in categorical programs and no cost of living increase from the state.

In the transition to the new federal No Child Left Behind Program, the Arcadia Board of Education is losing money and is being forced to cut the number of English language instructional aides in elementary school.

Arcadia City Council approved the first of a projected series of ten annual 5% increases in the city water rate. Sewer and trash rates will also increase.

The Arcadia City Council has voted to request that the Board of Supervisors designate Arcadia fire stations as Safe Surrender sites for newborn babies 72 hours old or younger.

Arcadia Battalion Chief Don Shawver received a request to report for special duty at the Pentagon six hours after the first terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. He went to help as a safety officer.

New regulations require that Arcadia, among other cities in the Los Angeles River basin, reduce the amount of trash put into the system to "zero tolerance" in twelve years. Arcadia has joined other cities in the Coalition for Practical Regulation to appeal the order.

The Massage Therapist Regulations ordinance, approved November 5 by City Council, places regulations on the licensing of massage therapists and the activities of businesses offering massage services. It regulates business hours, uniforms, customers' bodily coverings and suggestive ads.

New estimates of the population released by the California Department of Finance report that the population in Arcadia was 55,500, an increase of 1.1% over the year before. Estimates of other cities are also listed.

Arcadia will join a coalition of 39 other cities in suing the federal and state governments over a new program regulating storm water runoff from local streets. The federal and state program requires cities to reduce trash runoff by 10 percent a year, until it reaches zero, or pay a fine.

Arcadia's City Council approved design guidelines for expansion of the Westfield Shopping mall. The expansion will increase the mall size by 276,000 square feet, in a two-level extension and an open-air mall, in the northeast quadrant of the center.