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Local residents fearful after fifth fatality in Monrovia/Duarte area. Arcadia teen Gabriel Shea Carlos was shot dead at approximately 1:40 a.m. last Sunday in the 400 block of Shrode Avenue. Mourners say that is a dangerous area with at least two gangs, but Carlos was not a gang member.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34908
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 8, 2017
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p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 8, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Carlos, Gabriel Shea
Deaths
Shootings
Item ID
35098AN
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Train testing underway throughout summer along the Foothill Gold Line light rail project from Pasadena to Azusa. Testing is currently taking place in Duarte and portions of Irwindale, and will expand to the cities of Pasadena, Arcadia, Monrovia and Azusa over the next several months.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34093
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 12, 2015
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p. 1, 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 12, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Light trail
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
34287AN
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Foothill Gold Line Station dedication schedule is established. Arcadia Station August 22, 10 AM. Monrovia Station September 12, 10 AM. Duarte/City of Hope August 15. Irwindale August 28, 5 PM. Azusa Station September 19.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34195
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 11, 2015
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p. 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 11, 2015
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Foothill Gold Line Stations
Dedications
Item ID
34389AN
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Completion of the Gold Line Bridge over the 210 Foothill Freeway in Arcadia is celebrated. The $18.6 million bridge, completed on time and on budget, is only one element of the $1.2 billion eastward extension of the Gold Line through Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale, and Azusa. Andrew Leicester is the artist and designer of the bridge baskets.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33270
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 13, 2012
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p. 1, 18
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 13, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Balian, Habib
Bridges
Leicester, Andrew
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33467AN
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Arcadia opens first Veterans' Administration (VA) clinic in the San Gabriel Valley area in eight years, called the Interim San Gabriel Valley Community Based Outpatient Clinic, located at 7 West Foothill Boulevard, Arcadia. It is called interim because this is a temporary location. This is a branch of the West Los Angeles VA Hospital. In an email from Gene Glasco, elected City Clerk, after years of advocacy, this veterans health clinic had its grand opening celebration on August 23, 2019.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35587
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2019
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p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2019
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Interim San Gabriel Valley Community Based Outpatient Clinic
Veterans' Administration (VA)
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The Arcadia City Council has approved a 12-month pilot program to expand its Dial-a-Ride service to include a new non-emergency medical appointment transportation program for seniors and disabled persons. The program includes service to five hospitals outside the city limits--Huntington Hospital, Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park, City of Hope Medical Center and Santa Teresita Hospital, both in Duarte, and Mountainview Dialysis Center in Monrovia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30569
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Arcadia Transit
Dial-A-Ride
Disabled persons
Senior Citizens
Transportation
Item ID
30757AN
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Santa Anita Courthouse, located in Monrovia, which serves Monrovia, Arcadia, and Duarte, is being considered for shutdown by the Los Angeles Superior Court Executive Committee.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30575
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 2002
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Courthouse
Item ID
30763AN
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Arcadia had a job growth of 3 percent from 1991 to 1999, according to a report from the San Gabriel Council of Governments. Arcadia job growth netted out at 652.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29044
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 22, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 22, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Job Growth
San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership
Item ID
29231AN
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Newspaper Index
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California water use drops 27.3%, exceeds 25% mandate for June. San Gabriel Valley Water Company reduced water use by 35% in June.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34286
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 13, 2015
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p. 1, 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 13, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Drought
San Gabriel Valley Water Company
Water conservation
Item ID
34480AN
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Arcadia imports Monrovia Street Fair patriotic kick-off event set for July 3. It will happen weekly on Friday nights in Arcadia's downtown area, on First Avenue between Huntington Drive and Santa Clara Street.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34198
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 11, 2015
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p. 1, 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 11, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Arcadia Street Fair
Item ID
34392AN
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Fisher family reunion celebrated during Monrovia Day. Forty-four descendants of Julian Fisher and Gladys Fisher are still around in this area. Julian Fisher was Monrovia's first African American police officer and his father was recruited to come work on Lucky Baldwin's race horses. Julian and Gladys Fisher had 11 children.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35514
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2019
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p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2019
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
African Americans
Fisher, Gladys
Fisher, Julian
Fisher, Vivian
Thomas, Frederick
Vance, Jason
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Arcadia-Monrovia VFW Post 2070 celebrates 90 years of community service. On Saturday, October 2, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 2070 Arcadia-Monrovia commemorates nine decades of offering support and services for all veterans especially those in Monrovia, Arcadia and Duarte.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36067
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 30, 2021
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 30, 2021
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
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Arcadia is teaming with Monrovia, Azusa, Covina and West Covina to form the regional Foothill Air Support Team (FAST) which will give the city police helicopter support.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27508
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 11, 2000
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 11, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Police Department
Item ID
27706AN
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The FBI is tracking vandals who caused an estimated $2.5 million in damage across San Gabriel Valley area sport utility vehicle dealerships. The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) claimed responsibility for these acts of ecoterrorism.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31844
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Vandalism
Item ID
32041AN
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All 14 at-grade rail crossings now complete for Foothill Gold Line, from Pasadena to Azusa. The at-grade crossing in Arcadia is at First Avenue and Santa Clara Street.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34011
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 30, 2014
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 30, 2014
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line-Foothill Extension
Railroads
Transportation
Item ID
34205AN
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The windmill will stay as part of the redesign of Denny's at the corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The windmill was originally built for a Van de Kamp's coffee shop in 1967.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26977
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 12, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 12, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Restaurants - Denny's
Restaurants - Van de Kamp's
Architecture
Item ID
27176AN
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Kathy Kimball is honored at the NWSGVAA annual awards breakfast for her volunteer work and outstanding community leadership.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29089
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 29, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 29, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Kimball, Kathy
Golden Apple Award
Northwest San Gabriel Valley Administrators Association (NWSGVAA)
Volunteers
Item ID
29276AN
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Arcadia City Council members got to inspect an Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms investigation truck housed in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30625
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)
Arcadia Fire Department
San Gabriel Valley Arson Task Force
Item ID
30812AN
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What's next for cabins in Santa Anita Canyon affected by Bobcat Fire? Historic cabins dating from the early 1900s were threatened by the fire in September. The number of cabins decreased to 63 from 80. Most were built during the Great Hiking Era. The cabin owners still use the original hand-crank telephone system invented by Alexander Graham Bell. Includes more history and description.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35864
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 10, 2020
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p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 10, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Bobcat Fire
Cabins
Fires
Santa Anita Canyon
San Gabriel Mountains
Stone, Cameron
U.S. Forest Service
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Foothill Workforce allocation of funds to South Bay continues to raise eyebrows in Monrovia. Monrovia has filed an application to withdraw from the Foothill Workforce Development Board (FWDB), which distributes federal money for job skills assessment, basic education, job training, job placement, and community workforce development. The FWDB covers Sierra Madre, Monrovia, Arcadia, Pasadena, South Pasadena, and Duarte.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35997
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 2021
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 2021
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Foothill Workforce Development Board
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