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Gold Line measure proposed. Supporters of the Metro Gold Line Extension through San Gabriel Valley are campaigning in Sacramento this week for legislation that would help create a new Gold Line authority. The new authority would provide for a 15-member board of representatives from the so-called Phase II cities, including Arcadia and Monrovia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32716

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 11, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 18

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 11, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 18

Subjects: Cooper, Charles; Doyle, Bart; Light rail trains; Liu, Carol; Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension; Transportation

Item ID: 32913AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia residents will get the chance to be updated on plans for the extension of the light rail Gold Line and to show their support.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30303

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 9, 2002

Pages: p. 1, 25; see also

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 9, 2002

Pages: p. 1, 25; see also

Subjects: Gold Line extension; Light Rail; Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)

Item ID: 30490AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The extension of the Gold Line from East Pasadena to Claremont is expected to cost about $1 billion.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30688

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 14, 2002

Pages: p. 20

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 14, 2002

Pages: p. 20

Subjects: Gold Line extension; Light rail trains; Transit; Transportation

Item ID: 30876AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Blue Line Construction Authority has changed the projected completion date for the Gold Line extension that would run from Pasadena through Arcadia, to Claremont. What was previously projected for a completion in 2008 is now projected for 2013.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30724

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 5, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 5, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Gold Line extension; Light rail transit; Trains; Transportation

Item ID: 30912AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council has approved in concept a proposal for a Joint Powers Agreement with ten other cities to cooperate on extending the Gold Line to Claremont.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30771

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 19, 2002

Pages: p. 19

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 19, 2002

Pages: p. 19

Subjects: Joint Powers Agreement; Light Rail; Metro Gold Line Extension; Trains; Transportation

Item ID: 30959AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Gold Line received federal financial support in the final House appropriations bill. Monrovia, Arcadia and other cities along the planned extension of the route from Pasadena to Claremont have formed a joint powers authority to study grade separations.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31069

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 20, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 20, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Gold Line extension; Light Rail; Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA); Public transportation; Trains

Item ID: 31264AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Metro Blue Line Construction Authority is working to create a joint powers agreement to oversee the construction of the transit line extension from Pasadena to Claremont, with participation from cities along the planned route. That would include Arcadia and Monrovia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30536

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 5, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 5, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Gold Line; Light Rail; Metro Blue Line Construction Authority; Trains; Transportation

Item ID: 30724AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Comments are sought from the public on the Gold Line extension project connecting Pasadena to Claremont. Arcadia would be one stop along the route.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30321

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 16, 2002

Pages: p. 1, 21

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 16, 2002

Pages: p. 1, 21

Subjects: Gold Line; Light Rail; Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)

Item ID: 30507AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Tournament of Roses Queen Alexandra Wucetich and her court ride under the parade route in a Metro Gold Line tunnel. Metro Gold Line follows the same Atchison/Topeka Santa Fe Railroad right of way that has provided passengers and freight service for nearly 100 years. Arcadia's princess Anjali Agrawal is in a photo with her father Sudhir K. Agrawal.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30772

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 19, 2002

Pages: p. 19

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 19, 2002

Pages: p. 19

Subjects: Agrawal, Anjali; Agrawal, Sudhir K.; Light Rail; Metro Gold Line; Pasadena Tournament of Roses - royal court; Trains; Transportation; Wucetich, Alexandra

Item ID: 30960AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia city council endorsed the construction of the second phase of the Gold Line as a light rail transit system. Grade level of the major street crossings was discussed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30347

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 23, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 23, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Gold Line extension; Light Rail; Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA); Transit

Item ID: 30533AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich met with Arcadia City Council and the Redevelopment Agency to discuss the Gold Line issues and state funding.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33413

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 6, 2001

Pages: p. 1, 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 6, 2001

Pages: p. 1, 8

Subjects: Antonovich, Michael; Kelly, Bill; Kovacic, Gary; Metro Gold Line; Trains; Transportation; Segal, Mickey; Vehicle License Fund (VLF)

Item ID: 33609AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

If a 1948 plan by the Rapid Transit Action Group to salvage a portion of the Pacific Electric Red Car system had become a reality, Arcadia and Monrovia would have been enjoying the benefits of light rail transit for the last 54 years. Arcadia Weekly writer Charles Cooper provides historical information and rider statistics of the old rail lines.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30506

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 1, 2002

Pages: p. 9

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 1, 2002

Pages: p. 9

Subjects: Light Rail; Rapid Transit Action Group; Trains; Transportation - history

Item ID: 30693AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council chose an appropriate depiction of racehorses in full gallop with their jockeys hunched low, designed by artist Paul Tzanetopoulos, for the artwork to span the Huntington Drive/Second Avenue railway bridge.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27519

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 15, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 15, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Artists - Tzanetopoulos, Paul

Item ID: 27717AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Sound walls will be built along the 210 Freeway by Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) at a cost of $549 million. Under state rules, walls can be built wherever freeway noise is above 67 decibels.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30388

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 13, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 13, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Noise; Sound Walls

Item ID: 30575AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

About 1000 feet of sound walls will be built by the westbound lanes of the 210 Foothill Freeway between Second Avenue and Fifth Avenue. There is also discussion of future sound wall construction projects.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30026

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 12, 2001

Pages: p. 1, 10

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 12, 2001

Pages: p. 1, 10

Subjects: 210 Foothill Freeway; Sound Walls; Noise; California Department of Transportation

Item ID: 30213AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

More than 3700 people came to a two-day plant sale which raised funds to support programs at the Arboretum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29503

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 10, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 10, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Baldwin Bonanza; Events; Los Angeles County Arboretum; Fundraisers

Item ID: 29687AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City councils from Arcadia and Sierra Madre met in a joint session to discuss federal lobbying efforts, the Gold Line Rail project, water and open space.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30486

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 11, 2002

Pages: p. 9

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 11, 2002

Pages: p. 9

Subjects: Arcadia City Council - 2001-2010; Sierra Madre City Council

Item ID: 30673AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Board of Supervisors has approved a request from the County Department of Public Works to take over jurisdiction on the project to seismically retrofit transit bridges on Colorado Boulevard and Huntington Drive/Second Avenue. The board declared the portion of Colorado Boulevard under the bridge, as well as portions of Huntington Drive and Second Avenue under the transit bridge, to be part of the county system of roads and highways.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30675

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 7, 2002

Pages: p. 15

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 7, 2002

Pages: p. 15

Subjects: Bridges; Seismic retrofitting

Item ID: 30863AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Construction is expected to begin this summer on a 54-unit senior housing project on Las Tunas, to be known as Arcadia Heritage Park. The builder is American Senior Living.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31152

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 6, 2003

Pages: p. 20

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 6, 2003

Pages: p. 20

Subjects: Arcadia Heritage Park; Senior housing

Item ID: 31347AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Board of Education voted to eliminate nearly nine teaching positions from next year's budget. The jobs cut are in 9th grade math and English, and in English language support in elementary schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31154

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 13, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 13, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Board of Education; Budget; Schools

Item ID: 31349AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Arcadia residents will get the chance to be updated on plans for the extension of the light rail Gold Line and to show their support.

The extension of the Gold Line from East Pasadena to Claremont is expected to cost about $1 billion.

Blue Line Construction Authority has changed the projected completion date for the Gold Line extension that would run from Pasadena through Arcadia, to Claremont. What was previously projected for a completion in 2008 is now projected for 2013.

The Arcadia City Council has approved in concept a proposal for a Joint Powers Agreement with ten other cities to cooperate on extending the Gold Line to Claremont.

The Gold Line received federal financial support in the final House appropriations bill. Monrovia, Arcadia and other cities along the planned extension of the route from Pasadena to Claremont have formed a joint powers authority to study grade separations.

The Metro Blue Line Construction Authority is working to create a joint powers agreement to oversee the construction of the transit line extension from Pasadena to Claremont, with participation from cities along the planned route. That would include Arcadia and Monrovia.

Comments are sought from the public on the Gold Line extension project connecting Pasadena to Claremont. Arcadia would be one stop along the route.

The Arcadia city council endorsed the construction of the second phase of the Gold Line as a light rail transit system. Grade level of the major street crossings was discussed.

Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich met with Arcadia City Council and the Redevelopment Agency to discuss the Gold Line issues and state funding.

The City Council chose an appropriate depiction of racehorses in full gallop with their jockeys hunched low, designed by artist Paul Tzanetopoulos, for the artwork to span the Huntington Drive/Second Avenue railway bridge.

Sound walls will be built along the 210 Freeway by Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) at a cost of $549 million. Under state rules, walls can be built wherever freeway noise is above 67 decibels.

About 1000 feet of sound walls will be built by the westbound lanes of the 210 Foothill Freeway between Second Avenue and Fifth Avenue. There is also discussion of future sound wall construction projects.

More than 3700 people came to a two-day plant sale which raised funds to support programs at the Arboretum.

City councils from Arcadia and Sierra Madre met in a joint session to discuss federal lobbying efforts, the Gold Line Rail project, water and open space.

Construction is expected to begin this summer on a 54-unit senior housing project on Las Tunas, to be known as Arcadia Heritage Park. The builder is American Senior Living.

The Arcadia Board of Education voted to eliminate nearly nine teaching positions from next year's budget. The jobs cut are in 9th grade math and English, and in English language support in elementary schools.