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Investigators have concluded that the failure of a pump on a fire engine was likely caused by a mechanical and/or design defect. The failure occurred on July 4 at a car accident scene where David Contreras died. Chief Dave Lugo may pursue litigation with manufacturer Kovatch Mobile Fire Apparatus. See related story, Arcadia Weekly, July 11, 2002, p. 8 and Arcadia Weekly, July 18, 2002, p. 1.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2002
Pages
p. 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2002
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Contreras, David
Fire engines
Fire equipment
Kovatch Mobile Fire Apparatus
Traffic Accidents
Item ID
30848AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Fire Department's 1960 crown pumper fire truck is for sale for $15,000 after 27 years of service.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 24, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 24, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
1583AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Two people were shot at Newcastle Park in a possible gang-related incident on Tuesday, July 12, 2005.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 13, 2005
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 13, 2005
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Shootings
Gangs
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
29767AN
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Newspaper Index
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Three Vietnamese men were arrested after the second reported shooting incident at the Rhythm Karaoke Club on the 100 block of South 1st Street.

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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
January 26, 1993
Pages
p. A-1
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Star Tribune
Date
January 26, 1993
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Karaoke clubs
Item ID
271AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A recent audit of fire department response times in 12 cities shows San Marino and Pasadena firefighters were the quickest in responding to emergency calls. The report covered April, May and June. San Marino's and Pasadena's average response times were 4:03 and 4:02, respectively. Arcadia's average, in comparison, was 4:21.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 2, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 2, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Fire departments
Verdugo Fire Communications Center
Item ID
32319AN
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Newspaper Index
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A fire on July 4th in Alhambra, believed to have been caused by illegal fireworks, destroyed Southland Display, a business that supplied posters and promotional materials to Hollywood movie studios. Arcadia Fire Department and other surrounding area fire departments helped to put out the blaze.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Fires
Southland Display
Item ID
30313AN
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Newspaper Index
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A 38-year-old Los Angeles man, accused of setting four arson fires in Arcadia and of carjacking a woman trying to move her car away from one of the fires, is arrested. The first fire was in a rear corridor on the second floor of The Shops at Santa Anita mall, at 400 South Baldwin Avenue at 11:40 A.M. on Friday. The other three fires were in the vicinity of the 900 block of Arcadia Avenue.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2023
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2023
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arson
Crime and Criminals
Fires
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Fire Chief Kurt Norwood announces his retirement. He began his career in Arcadia in March, 1987 as a firefighter. His last day will be July 9. See also Mountain Views News, p. 6, June 18, 2016.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 16, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 16, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Chiefs
Arcadia Fire Department employees
Norwood, Kurt
Item ID
34789AN
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Newspaper Index
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Bobcat Fire - Most Chantry Flat cabins survived - 62 of 80 structures, historic Adams Pack Station did not burn down in massive Bobcat Fire which broke out September 6.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Big Santa Anita Canyon
Bobcat Fire
Fires
Vanni, Greg
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Henry Amparan and David "Casey" Jones are being hailed as local heroes for their quick thinking in using a ladder to lead three people to safety when a fire swept through a second-story apartment at the San Souci complex at 501 East Live Oak Ave.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Fires and Fire Prevention
Item ID
1607AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police arrested two Arcadia High School students 16, and 15, in connection with a December 11 racial incident in which a cross was burned and anti-Asian epithets were scrawled on the front yard of a home in the 200 block of Arbolada Drive. The two boys were booked for damaging property based on ethnic origin and were released to the custody of their parents.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 10, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 10, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1395AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Fire Chief Pete Bonano has resigned to become fire chief for the city of Beverly Hills. January 1, 2002 will be his last day.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 13, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 13, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department-Fire Chiefs
Bonano, Pete
Item ID
33608AN
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Newspaper Index
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New Arcadia Fire Chief Michael Lang appointed, effective July 10, 2016.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 7, 2016
Pages
p. 13
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 7, 2016
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Chiefs
Arcadia Fire Department employees
Lang, Michael E.
Item ID
34799AN
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Hikers and scouts were briefly trapped by flames, and homeowners in Sierra Madre were given the option to evacuate, due to a brush fire which started in a wooded area about one mile north of Arno Drive in north Arcadia around 3pm yesterday. The fire has burned more than 100 acres.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31179AN
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Newspaper Index
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Due to heavy smoke from the Williams Fire in the Angeles National Forest, schedules at schools were cut back including the postponement of the tennis and water polo matches at Arcadia High School.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Fires
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
24725AN
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Newspaper Index
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Poisonous chlorine gas sent 8 employees of Arcadia's Embassy Suites Hotel to the hospital Sunday following what was apparently an accidental mixing of chemicals in the laundry room. This was the second incident of its kind in a little over 2 months.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 19, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 19, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Embassy Suites
Item ID
1823AN
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Newspaper Index
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A group of Arcadia firefighters who had gone to New York City to help after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks were so profoundly affected that they organized a fundraiser to benefit widows and orphans of the New York Fire Department and Arcadia Fire Department. Those who went were Captain Hutcheson, Captain Trabbie, John Beveridge, Craig Stogner, Cody Cerwin and paramedic Mike MacGregor.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2002
Pages
p. 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2002
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department - 2001-2010
Firefighters
Fundraisers
New York Fire Department
September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001
Item ID
30802AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's new fire chief David R. Lugo, Jr., runs the fire department with a budget of $7.2 million and a staff of 58.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department
Fire chief
Lugo, David R., Jr. - biography
Item ID
30532AN
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Newspaper Index
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The proposed new uniform Fire Code for Arcadia will be available at the City Clerk's Office on July 8, 1974.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 7, 1974
Pages
p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 7, 1974
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Ordinances, Municipal
Item ID
2046AN
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Newspaper Index
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Two area businesses were robbed at gunpoint within an hour Tuesday night by men in black ski masks. The first incident happened at a Chevron gas station in Arcadia at 500 N. Santa Anita Avenue. The second happened in Altadena.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Item ID
30559AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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