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Terry Miller, photographer for the Arcadia Weekly, gives his perspective and photographs of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City.

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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: September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001; World Trade Center - New York State, New York City

Item ID: 30278AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Second grade student Austin Puertas of Holy Angels School in Arcadia organized a fundraiser to help victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. He raised $1,153 to go to the New York Firefighters Fund. Austin Puertas and Captain Rick Sandona of Arcadia Police Department are shown in a photograph.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 25, 2001

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 25, 2001

Pages: p. 8

Subjects: Puertas, Austin; Firefighters; Fundraisers; September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001

Item ID: 30331AN

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

The Arcadia Fire Department has formed a special relationship with Dean Street Station 105 in Brooklyn, New York. One Voice For Tomorrow is a local non-profit organization that helps raise money for the Dean Street Station Fund and to help the Arcadia Fire Association Widows and Orphan Fund.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 24, 2002

Pages: p. 24

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 24, 2002

Pages: p. 24

Subjects: Firefighters - firemen; Fundraisers; Hutcheson, Dave; Marston, Ken; Non-profit organizations; One Voice for Tomorrow; September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001

Item ID: 30864AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Local Muslim businessman and resident Fawaz Elmasri, of Lebanese descent, condemns the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. He dispels myths about Muslims to promote better relations between Muslims and the communities that are now looking upon his people with suspicion.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 25, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 25, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Elmasri, Fawaz; Ethnic groups; Islam; Muslim-Americans; Muslims; Muslim Public Affairs; September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001

Item ID: 30332AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon in Washington DC, Police Chief Dave Hinig said the Arcadia Police Department has evolved and is thinking beyond local crime enforcement. Officers are thinking more regionally and are more conscious of calling the bomb squad.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 11, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 11, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department - 2001-2010

Item ID: 32044AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia resident and business owner Fawaz Elmasri, who was born in Lebanon, conveyed a message that Muslim people are peaceful and the Islam religion condemns killing of civilian people and the destruction of property. He explained that the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks were acts against God.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 4, 2001

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 4, 2001

Pages: p. 8

Subjects: Elmasri, Fawaz; City Council Meetings - 2001-2010; Islam; Muslims; Terrorism

Item ID: 30281AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Insurance Services Office (ISO) recently evaluated the Arcadia Fire Department and reconfirmed its designation as a "Class 1" department. This is the second time Arcadia has been so honored. Only 41 fire agencies in the country have this elite distinction.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 10, 2001

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 10, 2001

Pages: p. 8

Subjects: Arcadia Fire Department - 2001-2010; Awards-honors-recognitions; Insurance Services Office (ISO)

Item ID: 29710AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The city of Arcadia has spent more than $300,00 so far in its efforts to protect the 260 homes beneath the hillsides ravaged by the December 27 fire.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 20, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 20, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Fires

Item ID: 27370AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Janet Sporleder has been appointed City Librarian effective July 1, 2001. She replaces Kent Ross, who is retiring.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 31, 2001

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 31, 2001

Pages: p. 8

Subjects: City Librarian; Arcadia Public Library -- 2001-2010; Librarians; Sporleder, Janet

Item ID: 29924AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 23, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 23, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Fire Department; Fire chief; Lugo, David R., Jr. - biography

Item ID: 30532AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council has agreed to create new positions for deputy fire chief and fire division chief in the fire department. The salary range is $93,000-116,000 for the deputy fire chief and $85,000-105,000 for the fire division chief.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 14, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 14, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Fire Department; Jobs; Salaries

Item ID: 30865AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The fatal fire that killed an Arcadia couple and seriously injured their six-year-old son remains under investigation. No names were released.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 20, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 20, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Fires

Item ID: 27371AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia has new fire chief--David R. Lugo, 49, from Rancho Cucamonga.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 4, 2002

Pages: p. 11

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 4, 2002

Pages: p. 11

Subjects: Arcadia Fire Chiefs; Lugo, David R. (biography)

Item ID: 33416AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Part II of the Arcadia Year in Review, including July through December, 2001.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 3, 2002

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 3, 2002

Pages: p. 8

Subjects: Annual year in review; News recaps

Item ID: 30339AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Fire Department has acquired a thermal imaging camera. It picks up heat to help locate persons who may be unconscious or hiding.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 5, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 5, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Fire Department; Thermal Imaging Camera; Equipment; Firefighting

Item ID: 29326AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

As the United States goes to war with Iraq and the threat of retaliatory terrorist attacks raised the national threat level to High Risk Orange, the cities of Monrovia and Arcadia are prepared for the worst. City officials are talking about emergency response. The city has developed the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), where representatives from all city departments can gather to organize and respond to any emergency.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 20, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 12

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 20, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 12

Subjects: Emergency Operations Center (EOC); Emergency response; Iraq War (2003 - ?); Terrorist attacks

Item ID: 31356AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The new fiscal year will bring about changes in the city. Most notably, construction will begin on a new $16 million police station. Other possible projects include moving fire stations around, new signs, upgrades to infrastructure and more.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 5, 2001

Pages: p. 1, 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 5, 2001

Pages: p. 1, 8

Subjects: Fiscal year 2001-2002; Budget; Arcadia Police Department - police station

Item ID: 30209AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The city has taken a second pumper truck out of service following a July 4 incident in which a water pump failed to engage on a fire truck. The two engines that malfunctioned were bought from Kovatch Mobile Equipment Fire Apparatus. David Contreras died in the July 4 incident. See related story, Arcadia Weekly, July 11, 2002, p. 8.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 18, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 18, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Contreras, David; Fire engines; Traffic Accidents

Item ID: 30670AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden has hired a new Chief Executive Officer named Dr. Mark Wourms. Wourms has a B.S. degree in botany from Ohio University, a Ph.D. in ecology and animal behavior from Boston University, and a certificate in business administration from New York University. He recently left the Kansas City Zoo, where he had been the zoo director since 1992.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31630

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 8, 2004

Pages: p. 1, 16

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 8, 2004

Pages: p. 1, 16

Subjects: Los Angeles County Arboretum (2001-2010) - employees; Wourms, Mark - biography

Item ID: 31827AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Terry Miller, photographer for the Arcadia Weekly, gives his perspective and photographs of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City.

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.

The Arcadia Fire Department has formed a special relationship with Dean Street Station 105 in Brooklyn, New York. One Voice For Tomorrow is a local non-profit organization that helps raise money for the Dean Street Station Fund and to help the Arcadia Fire Association Widows and Orphan Fund.

Local Muslim businessman and resident Fawaz Elmasri, of Lebanese descent, condemns the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. He dispels myths about Muslims to promote better relations between Muslims and the communities that are now looking upon his people with suspicion.

The Insurance Services Office (ISO) recently evaluated the Arcadia Fire Department and reconfirmed its designation as a "Class 1" department. This is the second time Arcadia has been so honored. Only 41 fire agencies in the country have this elite distinction.

The city of Arcadia has spent more than $300,00 so far in its efforts to protect the 260 homes beneath the hillsides ravaged by the December 27 fire.

Janet Sporleder has been appointed City Librarian effective July 1, 2001. She replaces Kent Ross, who is retiring.

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.

The Arcadia City Council has agreed to create new positions for deputy fire chief and fire division chief in the fire department. The salary range is $93,000-116,000 for the deputy fire chief and $85,000-105,000 for the fire division chief.

The fatal fire that killed an Arcadia couple and seriously injured their six-year-old son remains under investigation. No names were released.

Arcadia has new fire chief--David R. Lugo, 49, from Rancho Cucamonga.

Part II of the Arcadia Year in Review, including July through December, 2001.

Arcadia Fire Department has acquired a thermal imaging camera. It picks up heat to help locate persons who may be unconscious or hiding.

The new fiscal year will bring about changes in the city. Most notably, construction will begin on a new $16 million police station. Other possible projects include moving fire stations around, new signs, upgrades to infrastructure and more.