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Arcadia firefighters raise funds to help fight pediatric cancer. Arcadia firefighters have been involved with Saint Baldrick's Foundation for over 15 years, said Arcadia Fire Chief Chen Suen. Arcadia firefighters are shown in photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36658
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 21, 2024
Pages
p. 23
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 21, 2024
Pages
p. 23
Subjects
Arcadia firefighters
Cancer
Fundraisers
Suen, Chen
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Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36590
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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Obituary/death notice. Family, friends mourn loss of Arcadia resident Arekel Carranco after fatal hit-and-run on Huntington Drive on June 30, by a 17-year-old driver.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36513
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 20, 2023
Pages
p. 27
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 20, 2023
Pages
p. 27
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Carranco, Arekel
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District continues decades-long advocacy for fair funding from the state. A dozen delegates from Arcadia went to Sacramento for the California State Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) Legislation Conference, where they discussed key issues in public education, such as funding for mental health resources and arts programs, continued budget cuts and more. Arcadia High School student delegates Isaac Offstein, Joya Sarkar and Chloe Wong, met with State Senator Susan Rubio (D-49), State Senator Anthony Portantio (D-25) and Assemblyman Mike Fong (AD-49).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36464
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 6, 2023
Pages
p. 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 6, 2023
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
California State Parent Teacher Association (CA PTA) Legislation Conference
Munoz, Jorge, Dr. (assistant principal Arcadia High School)
Offstein, Isaac
Sarkar, Joya
Verlato, April
Wong, Chloe
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Representative Judy Chu (District 28) makes special speaking appearance at Arcadia High School on February 3, 2023. She spoke about monumental issues and legislation on topics like gun control, abortion, and more, hosted by Arcadia Young Democrats. The event called "What's New with Representative Chu," was the first of its kind at Arcadia High School. Chu, the first Chinese- American woman ever elected to Congress, has had a 22-year career in politics.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36440
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 2, 2023
Pages
p. 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 2, 2023
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Arcadia Young Democrats
Chu, Judy
Politicians
United States Congress
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Former TV finance analyst from Arcadia James Arthur McDonalds, Jr. charged with lying to investors about the health of his finance firm and failing to disclose massive losses incurred through risky investments following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. McDonald was CEO of Los Angeles-based Hercules Investments and Redondo Beach-based Index Strategy Advisors Inc. He is believed to be in hiding.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36342
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 29, 2022
Pages
p. 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 29, 2022
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Crimes and criminals
Fraud
Hercules Investments
McDonald, James Arthur, Jr.
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Arcadia Unified School District's Profiles in Excellence returns as an in-person ceremony after a 2-year halt due to the pandemic. Profiles in Excellence recognizes 12 certificated staff and 12 classified staff. The recipients reflect the district's tagline--Imagine, Inspire and Inquire--and go above and beyond in helping the students, teachers, families and the entire district. Photo of the recipients.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36230
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 28, 2022
Pages
p. 1, 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 28, 2022
Pages
p. 1, 3
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Awards, honors, recognitions
Counselors
Educators
Teachers
Perez, Stephanie
Hryciw, Kevin
Vannasdall, David
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Arcadia Methodist Hospital set to announce partnership with USC. Bryan Green (or Brian Green) will discuss the hospital's new partnership with USC at the Arcadia Community Coordinating Council meeting on April 4. Includes biographical information on Green.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36203
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 17, 2022
Pages
p. 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 17, 2022
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Green, Bryan
Green, Brian
Hospitals
University of Southern California
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Anita Baldwin statue to be unveiled at Le Méridien Hotel in Arcadia The Anita May Baldwin statue at the Le Méridien Hotel will be unveiled on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021 at 11 a.m. Anita is the daughter of city founder, Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin. The statue will be featured on the opposite end of the Huntington Drive islands’ hotel property. “We are very excited to be bringing Anita back to Arcadia,” said Mayor Sho Tay in a statement released by the city. “I would like to thank the Shen, Liu and Chen Families, Jeff Lee, the Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation, Heather D. Gibson and Margaux L. Gibson, and the Arcadia Historical Society, for their generous donations.” “On behalf of the Baldwin family, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the Arcadia City Council, the Arcadia Historical Society, the Le Méridien Hotel and all those who have supported this effort to pay homage to my great-great grandmother, Anita May Baldwin,” said Margaux Gibson. “This magnificent statue of Anita will showcase a strong woman who was ahead of her time. I am proud to call Anita May Baldwin my great-great grandmother, and I am truly proud to be a part of this historic project.” The Anita statue was sculpted by local artist and southern California native Alfred Paredes — who created the Lucky Baldwin statue on the corner of Huntington Drive and Holly Avenue — and is aptly named, “A Legacy of Charity” in honor of Anita’s contributions to life in early Arcadia and throughout California.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36071
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 7, 2021
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 7, 2021
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Baldwin, Anita
Gibson, Heather D.
Gibson, Margaux L.
Le Meridien Hotel
Paredes, Alfred
Public Art
Statuary
Statues
Collection
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A fire displaced homeless encampment in Arcadia at 2nd Avenue and Colorado Boulevard last month.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36007
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 10, 2021
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 10, 2021
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Homeless
Homelessness
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Social issues
Verlato, April
Collection
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Tiny homes opponents appeal for reduction of Foothill Unity Center’s homeless services. Opponents protested outside Arcadia Councilmember April Verlato's home.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36006
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 2021
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 2021
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Foothill Unity Center
Homeless
Homelessness
Social issues
Verlato, April
Collection
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Arcadia, the Community of Homes, starkly divided on helping the homeless. Residents are unhappy with homeless encampment at Second Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. The City proposes helping unhoused people with the Tiny Shelter project. The plan involves building a village of tiny homes on county land at Peck Park access road site. Residents expressed opposition to that, too.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35968
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 20, 2021
Pages
p. 1, 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 20, 2021
Pages
p. 1, 3
Subjects
Homelessness
Social issues
Somogyi, Sara
Tiny homes
Verlato, April
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Businesses rejoice as Coronavirus restrictions are relaxed. On Friday, California met the vaccine equity goal that allowed public health jurisdictions in Los Angeles County, including Pasadena, to move into the less restrictive red tier of the state’s reopening roadmap on Monday. As Los Angeles County geared up for some semblance of familiarity after an extraordinary 12 months of lockdown, the defining red tier reached is a delineating moment for better days ahead. The staggering loss of life, political turmoil and concerns of becoming another statistic weigh heavily on the minds of Southern Californians as we enter into the next phase of reopening businesses which we used to take for granted. As of Monday, indoor dining, movie theatres and other businesses were allowed to reopen with limited capacity — restaurants at 25% for example.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35941
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 18, 2021
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 18, 2021
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Economy
Pandemics
Public Health
Restaurants, bars, etc.
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California offers schools $2 billion incentive to resume in-person learning. Parents of Arcadia Unified School District students plan a peaceful rally for Thursday, March 4 at noon at Arcadia County Park to address Arcadia's reopening plan.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35934
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 4, 2021
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 4, 2021
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Pandemics
Public Health
Schools
Wiegand, Lena
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Arcadia native Eileen Chen, a UCSB student, hosts global day of letter writing to senior citizens isolated by COVID-19. See also Pasadena Star News, p. A3, A4, February 16, 2021.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35898
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 4, 2021
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 4, 2021
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Chen, Eileen
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Pandemics
Volunteerism
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Arcadia Gem Coin mastermind Steve Chen sentenced to 10 years in prison. One of Arcadia’s largest financial scandals in 2015 involved cryptocurrency and a host of well-known public officials, including a former Arcadia mayor, for involvement in a Ponzi scheme that ultimately shut down the operations of the Arcadia business known as U.S. Fine Investment Arts, Inc. (USFIA).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35891
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 14, 2021
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 14, 2021
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Chen, Steve
Cryptocurrency
Gem Coin
US Fine Investment Arts, Inc. (USFIA)
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County Assessor reports solid growth for Arcadia in 2020 Assessment Roll. The Roll for 2020 has been closed and it reflects solid growth for Arcadia and the rest of the County. However, the Roll is pre-COVID. This comprehensive tally values more than 2.5 million real estate parcels in Los Angeles County and results in the very tax dollars that goes to pay for vital public services, such as healthcare, police, fire, schools, and even librarians, to name just a few. The County Assessor is constitutionally mandated to close the roll by the end of the Fiscal Year on June 30. The 2020 Assessment Roll has a total net value of $1.7 trillion, indicating the 10th year of consecutive growth. That value places $17 billion in the hands of the County to be used for those public services I just mentioned. This year the Roll has an added dynamic, the COVID-19 pandemic. Locally, Arcadia for 2020 came in at $18.3 billion for taxable values, which is a 4.4% increase over last year’s numbers. That includes 14,854 single-family homes, 809 apartment complexes, 995 commercial-industrial parcels for a grand total of 16,658 taxable properties. Growth is steady in Arcadia. More importantly, that $18.3 billion translates into about $183 million for vital public services such as public safety, healthcare and public education that benefits Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35824
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 27, 2020
Pages
p. 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 27, 2020
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Los Angeles County Assessor
Pandemics
Prang, Jeff
Property Taxes
Viruses
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The fight over affirmative action arrives in Arcadia. Arcadia Mayor Roger Chandler and Councilmember Paul Cheng will participate in a demonstration to protest Proposition 16 on Saturday at Arcadia County Park. Proposition 16 is a constitutional amendment that would repeal Proposition 206, which banned the use of affirmative action involving race-based or sex-based preferences in California, from the state constitution.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35697
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 6, 2020
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 6, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Affirmative action
Chandler, Roger (Mayor)
Cheng, Paul (Councilmember)
Protests
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Local school districts just say 'no' to physical school reopenings. Last week, the L.A. County Department of Public Health and the L.A. County Office of Education (LACOE) issued new guidelines and protocols for opening K-12 schools in the new academic year. Public Health stated that, given current health data, we must all prepare to remain in a remote learning environment in the new school year. In response to the feedback from a survey, Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) will offer a 100% online option in the core curriculum for K-12 students during the upcoming school year. “This online option will vary from the emergency remote learning model that was temporarily in place for Spring 2020 and have increased live interaction as a foundational feature,” PUSD officials said. “We cannot and will not take chances with the health and safety of our students and staff. Pasadena Unified will open in a 100% distance learning model on Aug. 17,” Superintendent Brian McDonald said. The Arcadia Unified School District has been planning multiple contingencies for their reopening plan that will allow the district to flex and adjust plans as guided by Public Health and LACOE. On Thursday, Arcadia Unified School District announced it will be utilizing distance learning to start the year. Their full update is on the district’s Facebook page and website.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35820
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 23, 2020
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 23, 2020
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Arcadia Unified School District
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Pandemics
Viruses
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia faith leaders voice support for peaceful protests. Members of Arcadia Interfaith Action Group--representing the Baha'i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh faith community--vehemently condemn the "senseless murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer." The group recognizes "that people of color are much more likely to be the victims of such violent treatment by law enforcement personnel."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35760
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 4, 2020
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 4, 2020
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Activism
Arcadia Baha'i Community
Arcadia Congregational Church of Christ
Arcadia Muslim Congregation
Bains, Gagan, Dr.
Cadenbach, Jolene, Dr.
Dunham, Rick
Emarsi, Fawaz
Licata, Stephen
Moss, Jason
Protests
Rettig, Kevin
Thai-Erwin, Eva
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Newspaper Index
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