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There are now no through streets in Arcadia incorrectly posted with "Not a Through Street" signs, according to Chester Howard, Arcadia's Public Works Director.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 2, 1987

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 2, 1987

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Streets

Item ID: 3278AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Four areas along the 210 freeway qualify for sound-wall construction. According to Chester Howar, Director of Public Works, one of those areas could have a wall built within 9 years, but walls for the other areas may never be built.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Noise Abatement

Item ID: 2024AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Planning Commission members and Planning Director Bill Woolard were bitterly disappointed at the slim turn-out of residents at a recent and much publicized hearing to review zoning in the city's central area.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 31, 1974

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 31, 1974

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1176AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Residents of the Arcadia portion of Hillcrest Blvd. and Valencia Way have urged the City Council to close Hillcrest and make Valencia a dead end. An alternative would be the erection of stop signs along Hillcrest.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 7, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 7, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets

Item ID: 3271AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Dwain Schenck, 27, who grew up in Arcadia, is project director for AmeriCares, a non-profit relief organization founded in 1982 which is currently helping thousands of refugees who have fled Kuwait for Jordan.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 17, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 17, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Schenck, Dwain

Item ID: 2445AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Police Department has received a grant of $142,286 to set up a trial traffic safety program. It is enough to purchase one extra car and pay the salaries of three policemen who have indicated an interest. The goal is to reduce personal injury and fatal traffic collisions by 3% each year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 18, 1977

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 18, 1977

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Police

Item ID: 2190AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

By the year 2000 Arcadia will have more homes and businesses, more traffic, higher property values, and a larger population of Asians, though the population of the city as a whole will not increase very much. Officials predict what the city will be like in the year 2000.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Forecasting

Item ID: 1638AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Howard Jarvis, the father of Proposition 13, spent an hour in Arcadia, knocking down the "straw man" arguments he said were being put up against the property tax initiative. Prop. 13 would reduce property taxes in California to 1 percent of what market value was in 1975-1976, plus whatever is necessary to pay off current bonded indebtedness. A 2 percent annual inflation rate is written into the constitutional amendment.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 19, 1978

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 19, 1978

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Jarvis, Howard; Property Taxes

Item ID: 34112AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Residents will no longer pay penalties for using too much water starting in January, after the City Council decided Tuesday that the existing system was unfair.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 8, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 8, 1991

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 3473AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Mrs. Raymond A. Dorn, wife of Pasadena real estate man, who developed much of the property north of Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia, was killed and her husband injured in an automobile accident at Rosemead Boulevard and Callita Street.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 10, 1961

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 10, 1961

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Dorn, Raymond A. (Mrs.); Real estate developers

Item ID: 32505AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Monrovia has offered a compromise in regards to Hillcrest Blvd If Arcadia agrees not to construct barriers at Valencia Way and Hillcrest Blvd., Monrovia will install stop signs at two Hillcrest intersections to slow traffic on the boulevard.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 21, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 21, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets

Item ID: 3272AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Negotiating teams for the Arcadia Teachers Association and the Board of Education have declared an impasse. Letters will be sent to the Public Employees Relations Board which may appoint a mediator. If the mediator is unable to resolve the differences, a fact finding panel may be selected.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 2, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 2, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2738AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Controversial traffic barrier on San Carlos at Orange Grove Avenue apparently wasn't as useful in reducing speed on San Carlos as has been the installation of stop signs at the intersections of San Carlos with Oaklawn Place and Hacienda Drive.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 11, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 11, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Traffic Regulations

Item ID: 3414AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Planning Department hopes to get a marked and some-what protected bicycle path through the city that would link up with adjoining areas. The city has included $10,000 in the capital improvements budget for 1975-76.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 10, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 10, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Bicycles and bicycling

Item ID: 603AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Three new laws have been recently passed by the City Council: 1. Noise - aimed primarily to curtail amplified sound. 2. Garage sales - must be held in a rear yard and be able to establish title to the goods. No signs may be placed on public property. 3. smoking - banned in theaters, etc.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 11, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 11, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Ordinances, Municipal

Item ID: 2049AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Of the 69 teachers who were notified they would be laid off next year, 61 have asked for hearings before a state officer.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 29, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 29, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2748AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Instead of spending $300,000 to put an addition on the Arcadia Police Department building, the Arcadia City Council has adopted a plan to spend 1/3 as much to provide temporary office space.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 14, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 14, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Police Station

Item ID: 2278AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Speed limits on 17 Arcadia streets will be going up by five miles per hour as a result of a recent study conducted by the police department and public works.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 20, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 20, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Traffic Regulations

Item ID: 3416AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Hal Roach will chair the Historical Committee that will put together an Arcadia Who's Who for the 75th anniversary.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 11, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 11, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Arcadia (City) - History; Roach, Hal

Item ID: 1715AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A memorial trust fund is being set up to finance the education of the children of Steven and Cathy Jones, an Arcadia couple who were killed in and auto accident August 17 near Val Verde.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 24, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 24, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Jones, Steven & Cathy

Item ID: 1876AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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There are now no through streets in Arcadia incorrectly posted with "Not a Through Street" signs, according to Chester Howard, Arcadia's Public Works Director.

Four areas along the 210 freeway qualify for sound-wall construction. According to Chester Howar, Director of Public Works, one of those areas could have a wall built within 9 years, but walls for the other areas may never be built.

Planning Commission members and Planning Director Bill Woolard were bitterly disappointed at the slim turn-out of residents at a recent and much publicized hearing to review zoning in the city's central area.

Residents of the Arcadia portion of Hillcrest Blvd. and Valencia Way have urged the City Council to close Hillcrest and make Valencia a dead end. An alternative would be the erection of stop signs along Hillcrest.

Dwain Schenck, 27, who grew up in Arcadia, is project director for AmeriCares, a non-profit relief organization founded in 1982 which is currently helping thousands of refugees who have fled Kuwait for Jordan.

Arcadia Police Department has received a grant of $142,286 to set up a trial traffic safety program. It is enough to purchase one extra car and pay the salaries of three policemen who have indicated an interest. The goal is to reduce personal injury and fatal traffic collisions by 3% each year.

By the year 2000 Arcadia will have more homes and businesses, more traffic, higher property values, and a larger population of Asians, though the population of the city as a whole will not increase very much. Officials predict what the city will be like in the year 2000.

Residents will no longer pay penalties for using too much water starting in January, after the City Council decided Tuesday that the existing system was unfair.

Mrs. Raymond A. Dorn, wife of Pasadena real estate man, who developed much of the property north of Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia, was killed and her husband injured in an automobile accident at Rosemead Boulevard and Callita Street.

Monrovia has offered a compromise in regards to Hillcrest Blvd If Arcadia agrees not to construct barriers at Valencia Way and Hillcrest Blvd., Monrovia will install stop signs at two Hillcrest intersections to slow traffic on the boulevard.

Negotiating teams for the Arcadia Teachers Association and the Board of Education have declared an impasse. Letters will be sent to the Public Employees Relations Board which may appoint a mediator. If the mediator is unable to resolve the differences, a fact finding panel may be selected.

Controversial traffic barrier on San Carlos at Orange Grove Avenue apparently wasn't as useful in reducing speed on San Carlos as has been the installation of stop signs at the intersections of San Carlos with Oaklawn Place and Hacienda Drive.

The Planning Department hopes to get a marked and some-what protected bicycle path through the city that would link up with adjoining areas. The city has included $10,000 in the capital improvements budget for 1975-76.

Three new laws have been recently passed by the City Council: 1. Noise - aimed primarily to curtail amplified sound. 2. Garage sales - must be held in a rear yard and be able to establish title to the goods. No signs may be placed on public property. 3. smoking - banned in theaters, etc.

Of the 69 teachers who were notified they would be laid off next year, 61 have asked for hearings before a state officer.

Instead of spending $300,000 to put an addition on the Arcadia Police Department building, the Arcadia City Council has adopted a plan to spend 1/3 as much to provide temporary office space.

Speed limits on 17 Arcadia streets will be going up by five miles per hour as a result of a recent study conducted by the police department and public works.

Hal Roach will chair the Historical Committee that will put together an Arcadia Who's Who for the 75th anniversary.

A memorial trust fund is being set up to finance the education of the children of Steven and Cathy Jones, an Arcadia couple who were killed in and auto accident August 17 near Val Verde.