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A brush fire that started Saturday in Santa Anita Canyon is being referrred to as the Santa Anita Fire. The fire is still raging in the mountains above Sierra Madre and Arcadia. It has destroyed 400 acres, forced the evacuation of 1000 people, and forced Sierra Madre to close its schools. Officials say it could take 4-7 days to contain the fire.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30985
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2008
Pages
p. News 1, 6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2008
Pages
p. News 1, 6
Subjects
Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31180AN
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A brush fire caused by a suspected arsonist broke out at 1:42 PM in the Santa Anita Canyon right on the Sierra Madre and Arcadia border last Monday. Flames reached within 100 feet of homes in Arcadia, but no structural damage was reported.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30510
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Item ID
30697AN
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Firefighters are making progress containing the Santa Anita Fire. The burn area was 93 percent contained as of yesterday evening.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30995
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2008
Pages
p. News 1 (or A1)
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2008
Pages
p. News 1 (or A1)
Subjects
Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31190AN
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Firefighters have gained the upper hand on the Santa Anita Fire yesterday after it had burned a total of 584 acres. Officials lifted mandatory evacuations throughout the area. A timeline of the fire is on page 11.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30994
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 30, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 30, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31189AN
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Calmer winds helped firefighters battling the 538-acre Santa Anita Fire yesterday as crews focused on protecting homes and stopping a creeping western edge of flames that forced evacuations in neighboring Pasadena. Also see two accompanying articles on the front page.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30986
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31181AN
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About 100 homes were evacuated last night as a stubborn blaze scorched between 200 and 300 acres north of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18056
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 28, 1999
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 28, 1999
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
18258AN
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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
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 10, 2020
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
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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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35860
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
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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Bobcat Fire, on its 9th day in the San Gabriel Mountains, continued to grow north of the San Gabriel Valley. It had charred 38,299 acres Monday with containment at 3%. The fire has crossed to west side of Santa Anita Canyon. On Sunday, residents in Arcadia and Sierra Madre who live north of Elkins Avenue and east of Santa Anita Avenue were ordered to evacuate. About 305 homes were in the evacuation zone. Most are in Arcadia and 32 are in Sierra Madre.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35803
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
San Gabriel Mountains
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Santa Anita Park to delay start of fall meet, due to poor air quality of Bobcat Fire, to September 25. The Red Cross is using Santa Anita Park as the evacuation zone for people, including many of our horsemen, whose homes are less than 2 miles from here.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35804
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2020
Pages
p. B6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2020
Pages
p. B6
Subjects
Air quality
Bobcat Fire
Butler, Aidan
Fires
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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A cabin is lost, but memories endure. Greg Vanni of Arcadia, had a cabin among the 80 historic Chantry Flat cabins in Big Santa Anita Canyon. It burned to its foundation in the Bobcat Fire. It was a 350-foot cabin built in 1910 during "The Great Hiking Era," a time between the 1880s to the late 1930s in Southern California, when settlers from the city were drawn to the San Gabriel Mountains looking for adventure. The historic Adams Pack Station survived the fire.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35859
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2020
Pages
p. A4, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2020
Pages
p. A4, A5
Subjects
Big Santa Anita Canyon
Bobcat Fire
Cabins
Chantry Flat
Fires
Schoth, Lauren
Vanni, Greg
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Santa Anita Canyon Road, aka Chantry Flat Road, has been jointly owned by Arcadia, Sierra Madre, Monrovia, and Los Angeles County for years. The 3-mile mountain road that leads to the Angeles National Forest will be turned over to Los Angeles County if the cities pay to fix it up. Arcadia and Sierra Madre have completed their repairs and are waiting for Monrovia to start a roughly $500,000 project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31867
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Chantry Flat Road
Santa Anita Canyon Road
Item ID
32064AN
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Flames continue north to homes. Residents evacuate as Bobcat Fire jumps Highway 2, tops mountain ridge, menaces Antelope Valley. The 50,539-acre fire which once primarily threatened San Gabriel Valley foothill communities after it started on September 6, jumped Highway 2 overnight and continues to spread north, putting Antelope Valley under an evacuation warning. Evacuation warnings were still in place for parts of Monrovia, Arcadia, Duarte, Bradbury, Sierra Madre, Pasadena, and Altadena, though evacuation orders in parts of Sierra Madre and Arcadia were lifted Wednesday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35806
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
San Gabriel Mountains
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Given a big enough rainstorm, at least 19 Arcadia homes lie in the path of potential mudslides coming as a result of the Santa Anita fire.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18084
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 6, 2000
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 6, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
18286AN
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Looking north toward San Gabriel Mountains at devastating Monrovia Peak fire on first night. It was to eventually burn more than 13,000 acres and be out of control for five days.

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Date
December 27, 1953
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  1 image

Date
December 27, 1953
Subjects
Forest fires
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
895
Collection
Photographs
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Fire crews in the Angeles National Forest brace for Santa Ana winds. The Bobcat fire is burning in the San Gabriel Mountains. Residents of Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Bradbury, and Sierra Madre were told to prepare for possible evacuation. It has burned 4900 acres, north of Azusa,

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35798
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
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Workers use earth-moving equipment to shore up Chantry Flat Road, which has been closed for over a year due to mudslides. The road may re-open at the end of September.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29578
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Chantry Flat
Santa Anita Canyon Road
Road repairs
Angeles National Forest
Item ID
29762AN
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Arcadia Public Works crews worked to divert mud resulting from recent heavy rains in the Santa Anita Fire area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18619
Newspaper
Los Angeles Times San Gabriel Valley Weekly Section
Date
February 25, 2000
Pages
p. 1 w/photo
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times San Gabriel Valley Weekly Section
Date
February 25, 2000
Pages
p. 1 w/photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
18863AN
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Rain turns mountains into paradise. Local trails greener, waterfalls larger as canyons turn into verdant landscapes, but hikers should proceed with caution.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34789
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 28, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 28, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Chantry Flat
Hiking
Santa Anita Canyon
Waterfalls
Item ID
34980AN
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Newspaper Index
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Local firefighters including battalion chief Dave Haney from Arcadia Fire Department help out at brush fires in the San Diego area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30760
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Firefighters
Fires
Haney, Dave
Item ID
30948AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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