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More than 11 acres of pristine native oak woodland at the Arcadia/Monrovia border, adjacent to Wilderness Park, are scheduled to be cut down to create a dumping ground for sediment dredge from the Santa Anita Dam, in a Los Angeles County Public Works project. The dam gets cleared out every 20 years or so. About 500,000 cubic yards of dirt and debris clogging the dam will be removed. Glen Owens, a founder of the Big Santa Anita Historical Society and a Monrovia planning commissioner, said the dirt shouldn't be dumped in one of only two native woodlands left in the San Gabriel Valley. Arcadia Councilman Bob Harbicht wants to hold a meeting with the city and county public works officials to clarify plans for the dirt dispersal.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32235
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Owens, Glen
Santa Anita Dam
Item ID
32434AN
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Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County supervisor Mike Antonovich plans to set aside $650,000 of county funds to re-seed the oak woodland habitat in Arcadia that was demolished last week for flood control purposes, after mud and debris dredged from the Santa Anita Dam has been spread at the site. Bob Spencer, spokesman for Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, said there is much more debris poised to come down the hills and "We need to find a solution." Other county wilderness areas face destruction to make way for sediment. Officials are already considering the relocation of sediment from Devil's Gate Dam, which could end up on a 40-acre mature black willow woodland in the Hahamongna Watershed Park. Environmental activists won't let that happen without a fight.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32293
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Activists
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site
Spencer, Bob
Item ID
32492AN
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Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County Public Works is scheduled to clear 11.3 acres of pristine native oak woodland to dump tons of sediment dredged from Santa Anita Dam. Glen Owens, a founder of the Big Santa Anita Historical Society and a Monrovia planning commissioner, hopes it's not too late for a grass roots effort to oppose or at least postpone the project. The sediment dump would be entirely in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32247
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 29, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 29, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Owens, Glen
Santa Anita Dam
Item ID
32446AN
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Newspaper Index
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Bulldozers finished demolishing the 11 acres of oak tree woodlands in Arcadia, at the Los Angeles County Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site yesterday. Four environmental activists, called "tree-sitters," were booked on trespassing and obstruction, then were later released. Los Angeles County Public Works said demolishing the 179 trees to make room for sediment dredged from nearby dams is a flood control effort necessary to ensure public safety. The bitter debate continues. Activists claim the project was not transparent to the public and media.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32292
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 14, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 14, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Activists
Environment
Kaspar, Michael
Los Angeles County Public Works
Mead, Cheryl
Oak trees
Quigley, John
Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site
Spencer, Bob
Stone, Camron
Item ID
32491AN
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Newspaper Index
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Environmental activists are calling for an independent investigation into a Los Angeles County flood control project--6 days after they failed to stop bulldozers from clearing 11.1 acres of native oak woodland for a dam sediment dump in Arcadia. The group calling for the probe includes Glen Owens, Camron Stone, and "tree-sitters" John Quigley, Andrea Bowers and Julia Posin. Los Angeles County supervisor Michael Antonovich's deputy Tony Bell said the three-year county public works planning process for the sediment project was completely open and the facts were available to the public.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32295
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Activists
Bell, Tony
Bowers, Andrea
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Owens, Glen
Posin, Julia
Quigley, John
Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site
Stone, Camron
Item ID
32494AN
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Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County keeps environmental activists and media off the site where the 11 acres of oak tree woodlands are being bulldozed near Wilderness Park. It is called Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site. Activists were unable to save the area from becoming a debris basin. See related story "Razing woodland: protesters watch as trees are cut down" Pasadena Star News, January 13, 2011, p. A1, A7.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32290
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Activists
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Santa Anita Dam
Item ID
32489AN
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Newspaper Index
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Editorial. Carlos Aguilar writes about Tongva natives' "Creation Myths and all of this rain." He warns that Santa Anita Dam above Sierra Madre runs the risk of overflowing as do several other 14 dams built in the first half of the twentieth century.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36459
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2023
Pages
p. H2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2023
Pages
p. H2
Subjects
Aguilar, Carlos
Rain
Santa Anita Dam
Weather
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Environmentalists, such as the Sierra Club in Pasadena and other groups, have requested an urgent meeting with Los Angeles County Department of Public Works officials to discuss last minute alternatives to the flood control project that would involve demolishing 11.1 acres of Arcadia woodlands. A 30-day moratorium on work at the site is ending in 2 days.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32277
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Santa Anita Dam
Item ID
32476AN
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Newspaper Index
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2,100 cubic yards of concrete has been poured now and the 584-foot Gold Line Bridge is taking shape inside the wood forms above the eastbound lanes of the 210 Freeway.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33073
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bridges
Construction
Leicester, Andrew
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority
Skanska USA Civil
Transportation
Item ID
33270AN
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Newspaper Index
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This month's heavy rainstorms triggered as many as 18 mudslides. The first major slide deposited 6000 cubic yards of mud on a section of road in Arcadia. The road to Chantry Flat is closed until further notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29393
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 29, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 29, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Chantry Flat
Santa Anita Canyon Road
Mudslides
Rain damages
Item ID
29577AN
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Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County agrees to a minimum 30-day moratorium on its plan to cut down 11.1 acres of oak and sycamore woodland for a dumping site for debris dredged from the Santa Anita Dam. The site is below Arcadia's Wilderness Park. During this time, opponents to the project will be looking at alternatives and the county will communicate the project's impact to the environmental community.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32254
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Santa Anita Dam
Item ID
32453AN
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Newspaper Index
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An L. A. County Public Works employee found the remains of a human body in the flood control basin in northeast Arcadia. The age and identity are unknown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27212
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 31, 2003
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 31, 2003
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Human remains
Death
Item ID
27410AN
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Newspaper Index
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Public health: staying safe in a pandemic. Experts weigh in on the practicalities of daily life during the coronavirus outbreak. The message from state officials is clear: stay home, only leave for essentials and keep 6 feet from others to stop the spread of the new coronavirus.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35672
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Diseases
Epidemics
Illnesses
Pandemics
Public Health
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Frank Rubio, a 77-year old Temple City resident, was found dead in the side yard of a house in the 500 block of Las Tunas Drive. He had wandered away from a concert park and was missing for about 10 days. He appeared to have died from exposure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29582
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 12, 2005
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 12, 2005
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Rubio, Frank
Missing Persons
Obituary/death notice
Item ID
29766AN
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Newspaper Index
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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina's destruction, experts warn that Southern California is not ready to handle the Big One-an earthquake of at least 7.0 magnitude. A photo of Santa Anita Dam is shown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29703
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Natural disasters
Dams
Disaster preparedness
Earthquakes
Item ID
29888AN
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Newspaper Index
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Sierra Madre and Arcadia engaged in water fight. Sierra Madre accused Arcadia of stealing water from a shared East Raymond Basin. Holly Whatley, Sierra Madre's assistant city attorney, said the California Supreme Court divided the east and west Raymond Basin in a 1944 judgment. Arcadia spent $2.8 million to build its Anoakia Well in 2001 and its Colorado Well in 2007. Hydrogeology expert Tim Thompson said although Arcadia's two wells reside on the eastern side, the wells actually draw ground water that originates from the West Raymond Basin. He said there is very little water traveling from the east and west basins because of a hydrogeological barrier, and a scientific look at the ground shows that Arcadia is taking adjudicated water from the West Raymond Basin. See hard copy in VF Water.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33777
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2014
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2014
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Anderson, Steve
Raymond Basin Management Board
Thompson, Tim
Water
Whatley, Holly
Item ID
33972AN
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Chantry Flat is still closed as a public area gets reconstructed and Arcadia's Public Works Department handles other road improvements.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29337
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Chantry Flat
Closures
Angeles National Forest
Roadwork
Item ID
29521AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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In this week's high school football stat leaders, two are from Arcadia: Keyonn Chatman with 1032 yards, 110 avg, 15 TDs. And Max Yang 6.0 in defensive leading sacks.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36578
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2023
Pages
p. B2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2023
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports-Football
Chatman, Keyonn
Yang, Max
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Newspaper Index
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Hollywood actors Ed Begley, Jr. and Daryl Hannah called on prosecutors to drop a trespassing case against the group of tree-sitters who have become known as the "Arcadia 4." The four climbed into oak trees on January 12, 2011 while Los Angeles County bulldozers destroyed an 11-acre woodland around them. Begley rallied with supporters outside Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley's downtown headquarters. The four are John Quigley of Glendale, Julia Jaye Posin of Venice Beach, Travis Jochimsen of Lancaster and Andrea Bowers of Los Angeles. The trees were cleared to make room for a sediment site.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32380
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Activists
Begley, Ed, Jr.
Bowers, Andrea
Environment
Hannah, Daryl
Jochimsen, Travis
Oak trees
Posin, Julia Jaye
Quigley, John
Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site
Item ID
32578AN
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Newspaper Index
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Detective Scott Elenberger, a P. C. expert, works to catch identity thieves, such as Michael Ly of Rosemead.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29067
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4. 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4. 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Elenberger, Scott
Comuter Forensics
Identity theft
Ly, Michael
Item ID
29253AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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