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Creative Housing Options in Arcadia (CHOA). Local efforts to address the lack of affordable housing and homelessness. On Saturday, April 20, 2024, a group of about 30 community members met at The Hills Church in Arcadia for a 2-hour "Sharing Session" to learn about what is being done in the city to address these issues. Safe Parking Programs were discussed. Arcadia City Council member Eileen L. Wang and Arcadia Mayor April Verlato attended.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 27, 2024
Pages
p. 7
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Mountain Views News
Date
April 27, 2024
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Homelessness
Housing
McGrail, Wendy
Social issues
Veerman, Mike
Wetterau, Sharon Chun
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Clerk Gene Glasco retires after 12 years. Photo of Glasco with Arcadia City Council. See VF for hard copy.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 20, 2024
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 20, 2024
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia City Clerks
Glasco, Gene
Retirements
Veterans
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Newspaper Index
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Longtime Arcadia City Clerk Gene Glasco retires. Glasco has served 12 years as its elected City Clerk. In 2022, Arcadia voters approved an update to the City Charter that eliminated the position of the elected City Clerk. With Glasco's retirement, the City Manager will appoint a City Clerk. Most of the traditional City Clerk duties are currently performed by professional staff in the City Manager's Office, ensuring uninterrupted service to the public. Photo of Glasco with Arcadia City Council. See press release dated April 18, 2024 in VF for full-text.

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Mountain Views News
Date
April 20, 2024
Pages
p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
April 20, 2024
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arcadia City Clerks
Glasco, Gene
Retirements
Veterans
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Newspaper Index
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Bridging the digital divide: Brenda J. Trainor to illuminate the importance of broadband internet access, at Arcadia Coordinating Council meeting on February 5, at Villa Catrina, 251 North Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia.

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Mountain Views News
Date
January 20, 2024
Pages
p. 7
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Mountain Views News
Date
January 20, 2024
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Arcadia Coordinating Council
Internet Access
Trainor, Brenda J.
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council members standing, left to right: Michael Cao, April Verlato, Eileen Wang, Sharon Kwan, and Paul P. Cheng. Seated is Gene Glasco, retiring as City Clerk as of April 16, 2024.

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Date
2024
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Date
2024
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Glasco, Gene
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ID
2308
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Photographs
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The 70th annual Arcadia Festival of Bands set for Saturday, November 18. It has grown into one of the most popular marching band reviews in Southern California and is the longest-running event of its kind in the state. Photo of Arcadia High School Band and Color Guard. Kevin Sherrill is the Band and Percussion director at Arcadia High School. The parade's grand marshal is retired Arcadia Fire Department Captain Neil Conrad.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 16, 2023
Pages
p. 13
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 16, 2023
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Arcadia Festival of Bands-2021-2030
Conrad, Neil
Marching Bands
Music
Sherrill, Kevin
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Newspaper Index
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Indictment implicates Baldwin Park's ex-city attorney Robert Tafoya in $70,000 bribery scheme to help secure cannabis permit from a vote by Councilman Ricardo Pacheco. Special agents with the FBI and IRS arrested former Compton Councilmember Isaac Galvan, 36, and another person, a 50-year-old Arcadia resident, who is the owner and operator of a cannabis grower that obtained a permit in Baldwin Park.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Bribery
Baldwin Park, California
Cannabis
Crime and Criminals
Tafoya, Robert
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Newspaper Index
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La Verne's mayor Tim Hepburn to lead as President of San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments. The other newly elected leadership includes: Claremont Mayor Ed Reese, first VP, Arcadia Mayor Pro Tem April Verlato, second VP, and City of Industry Mayor Cory Moss, third VP.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 21, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 21, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A7
Subjects
Hepburn, Tim
Moss, Cory
Reese, Ed
San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments
Verlato, April
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Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County Arboretum selects new CEO, Michael Desplaines. He has more than two decades of experience in historic property development and restoration, public garden management, environmental education and fundraising. He begins in July. He previously served as president and CEO of the Norfolk Botanical Garden in Virginia. He replaces Richard Schulhof, who retired after 14 years as CEO.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 25, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 25, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Desplaines, Michael
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Schulhof, Richard
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School wins Pacific League championship in rout of Crescenta Valley. Arcadia coach is Nick Lemas.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 30, 2023
Pages
p. B2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 30, 2023
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports-boys baseball
Eskridge, Devon
Pacific League
Truesdale, Avery
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Newspaper Index
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Whittier woman,102, embraces change. Story about Mildred Mellin and husband George Mellin. George died in 2016. He had retired after 26 years of military service and became a teacher at Arcadia High School. Her secret to longevity is one Coors Light every night with popcorn.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A6
Subjects
Centenarians
Mellin, George
Mellin, Mildred
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Newspaper Index
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CEO Ikenna Mmeje begins managing USC Arcadia Hospital. Ikenna "Ike" Mmeje will lead expansion of access to specialized healthcare and research to the San Gabriel Valley while overseeing all management and operations of the hospital. The hospital was formerly Methodist Hospital of Southern California and is now run by Keck Medicine. Mmeje replaces former president and CEO Dan Ausman, who has retired. Mmeje served as CEO of both Memorial Care Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Children's and Women's Hospital in Long Beach. He previously held CEO and COO roles with Tenet Healthcare.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A9
Subjects
Ausman, Dan
Methodist Hospital of Southern California
Mmeje, Ikenna
USC Arcadia Hospital
USC Arcadia Hospital-employees
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Newspaper Index
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Hounds put noses to work in training. Police bloodhounds and their K9 handlers gather in Encino for required certification tests and exercises. The certification exam drew police and dogs from LAPD, Arcadia, La Verne, and other cities, and sheriffs from Riverside and Orange Counties.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A7
Subjects
K-9 units
National Police Bloodhound Association
Police Dogs
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council approves a temporary permit for an inflatable Fun Box play area in the parking lot of The Shops at Santa Anita mall (formerly Westfield Santa Anita mall, name was changed in 2022). It will run from March 1 through May 23. The Shops at Santa Anita is at 400 S. Baldwin Avenue.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 9, 2023
Pages
p. 28
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 9, 2023
Pages
p. 28
Subjects
Events
The Shops at Santa Anita-2022-2030
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Newspaper Index
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Officials offer words of condolence for Monterey Park shooting victims. As Monterey Park grieves lives of 11 victims of a mass shooter who shot people at Star Dance Studio on Saturday, January 21, the Lunar New Year eve (Chinese New Year eve), President Joe Biden, Governor Gavin Newsom, and local officials such as Arcadia Mayor Paul Cheng, Rosemead Mayor Sean Dang, Duarte City officials, Los Angeles City Council, among others, offered condolences.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 26, 2023
Pages
p. A1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 26, 2023
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Cheng, Paul
Chinese New Year
Crime and Criminals
Dang, Sean
Gun violence
Holidays
Lunar New Year
Monterey Park, California
Shootings
Tran, Huu Can
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Newspaper Index
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Chen Suen becomes first Asian American fire chief in Arcadia. He takes over from Barry Spriggs who retired November 8, after 29 years of service. Suen is an Arcadia resident. He emigrated from Taiwan. He graduated from Arcadia High School, and attended Loyola Law School, UC Irvine, and Santa Ana College, before spending the last 18 years with Arcadia Fire Department.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A7
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Chiefs
Arcadia Fire Department
Asian-Americans
Spriggs, Barry
Suen, Chen
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Newspaper Index
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Eileen Wang: a strong voice for Arcadia City Council, running for District 3. Her passion is education. She wants to bring more financial responsibility and transparency to the City budget. Election is Tuesday, November 8. Photo.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 13, 2022
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p. 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 13, 2022
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
City Council Elections-2022
Wang, EIleen
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National Hockey League news-Jason Robertson signs a new deal with Dallas Stars. He is a restricted free agent, is 23-years-old, and was born in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 7, 2022
Pages
p. B7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 7, 2022
Pages
p. B7
Subjects
Athletes
Dallas Stars-hockey team
Hockey
Robertson, Jason
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Newspaper Index
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Cheryl Alberg (left) and Mayor Tom Beck (right) in front of plaque designating Arcadia Woman's Club Clubhouse the City of Arcadia Historic Landmark No. 1, at 324 S. First Avenue, Arcadia, CA. First Historic Landmark in the City of Arcadia.

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October 5, 2022
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Date
October 5, 2022
Subjects
Alberg, Cheryl
Arcadia City Council-2020-2029
Arcadia Woman's Club
Beck, Tom
City of Arcadia Historic Landmarks
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ID
2268
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Photographs
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Arcadia City Council Members at the unveiling of plaque designating Arcadia Woman's Club Clubhouse the City of Arcadia Historic Landmark No. 1, at 324 S. First Avenue, Arcadia, CA. Left to right: Council Member Sho Tay, Council Member Michael Danielson, Cheryl Alberg, Mayor Tom Beck, Council Member Paul P. Cheng, Council Member April Verlato, and Marilyn Daleo. This is the first City of Arcadia Historical Landmark.

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October 5, 2022
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Date
October 5, 2022
Subjects
Alberg, Cheryl
Arcadia City Council-2020-2029
Arcadia Woman's Club
Beck, Tom
Cheng, Paul P.
City of Arcadia Historic Landmarks
Daleo, Marilyn
Danielson, Michael
Tay, Sho
Verlato, April
Physical Description
digital, see i:images
ID
2269
Collection
Photographs
Images
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