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City officials have extended a moratorium on issuing massage therapy business licenses by another 10 1/2 months. Believing that such businesses are often a front for prostitution, officials first enacted a 45-day ban on October 21 on all new license applications for businesses that supply massages as a secondary service. The extension would give authorities time to study the issue more.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31288
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2008
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Business licenses
Massage parlors
Massage - regulations
Spas
Item ID
31483AN
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Arcadia City Council adjusts an ordinance pertaining to massage therapists. The ordinance originally required 500 hours of training for a massage therapist to have a license in the city. The council decided to let currently employed therapists substitute on the job hours for any shortage in training under 500 hours. The Council also dropped a requirement for windows in rooms where therapy is provided and decided therapists will not be required to wear white. The therapist will be required to have an identification card in his/her possession but will not be required to display it.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31219
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 19
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Business licenses
Massage therapists
Ordinances
Spas
Item ID
31414AN
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The Arcadia City Council will decide on an ordinance to regulate massage therapy. Provisions will regulate massage therapists, practitioners or technicians, and require them to have identification cards from the police and a business license. The ordinance contains other restrictions.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30636
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2002
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Council Meetings - 2001-2010
Massage - regulations
Item ID
30824AN
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The Massage Therapist Regulations ordinance, approved November 5 by City Council, places regulations on the licensing of massage therapists and the activities of businesses offering massage services. It regulates business hours, uniforms, customers' bodily coverings and suggestive ads.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30692
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 21, 2002
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 21, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Massage therapy
Ordinances
Item ID
30880AN
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Arcadia City Council members voted to place a 45-day moratorium on all new license applications for businesses that supply massages as a secondary service such as spas, acupuncturists and chiropractors. Arcadia will also stop issuing new licenses to massage therapists. Arcadia is overwhelmed by the surge in license applications and concerned about the possibility of prostitution. The ban could be extended for up to one year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31264
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2008
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2008
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p. A1
Subjects
Business licenses
Massage therapists
Zhang, Amanda
Item ID
31459AN
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Massage therapists will have to pay a $265 fee to be licensed in Arcadia under a new city ordinance. A background check will be done on applicants and they will be fingerprinted.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30769
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 12, 2002
Pages
p. 20
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 12, 2002
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
Business and Industry
Fees
Licenses
Massage therapy
Item ID
30957AN
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A state law scheduled to take effect in September is expected to set standards in the massage industry. Arcadia City Manager Don Penman commented that the new law may not stop people who want to commit a crime and do illegal acts. In the last few months of 2008, Arcadia shut down seven massage busineses for illegal activities.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 2009
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Massage
Item ID
31784AN
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State officials have shut down 5 Arcadia massage parlors and fined one business $1.83 million for alleged labor code violations. Inspectors discovered that employees were not being paid hourly wages but got paid every time a massage was given. New Life Acupuncture at 610 E. Live Oak was fined $1.83 million for allegedly violating laws requiring employers to provide pay stubs and workers' compensation insurance. The four other locations fined were Ocean Health Center, C.H. Health Center, Arcadia Spa, and Best Health Center. The fines and closures continued a crackdown on massage-related businesses in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31354
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2009
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
California Department of Industrial Relations
California Employment Development Department (EDD)
Labor laws
Massage parlors
New Life Acupuncture
Item ID
31549AN
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Arcadia City Council has approved a new contract with the Pasadena Humane Society (PHS) to provide animal services to Arcadia. The contract is for $69,838, a 3% increase over the current year's agreement. The city has contracted with PHS since 1994. PHS handles dog licensing, answers calls for service and offers low-cost spay and neuter clinics. Other items were approved, including a contract with Engineered Plumbing Inc. for water mains and valves, the purchase of Mobile Data Terminals for the Arcadia Fire Department from Nida Companies, and massage therapist permits.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31456
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 15, 2003
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p. 1, 25
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 15, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 25
Subjects
Animal control
Arcadia City Council meetings - 2001-2010
Pasadena Humane Society (PHS)
Item ID
31649AN
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Three candidates from the community are running to fill two seats on the Arcadia City Council. The election will be held April 8.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30948
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2008
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p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Arcadia City Council Elections - 2008
Chandler, Roger
City Council candidates
Kovacic, Gary
Young, George Leung-Chu
Item ID
31143AN
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Arcadia City Council has gone on record as supporting the building of a new city hall that would be built on the other side of the Civic Center property. Out of three options presented by city manager Bill Kelly, the council consensus was for a new building at a cost of $6.6 million and adjacent to Huntington Drive West.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31146
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 6, 2003
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 6, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia City Hall building
Item ID
31341AN
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As part of Arcadia's 2003 centennial celebration, each council member has served as mayor for a three-month period of time. Mickey Segal will lead the city for the last three months until after the April 13 City Council election.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27387
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Centennial Celebrations, 2003
City Council 2000 - 2009
Segal, Mickey
Item ID
27586AN
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Arcadia City Council has decided not to change the city seal, as the city's 100th birthday approaches, in two years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33308
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
August 2, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly,
Date
August 2, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia centennial
Arcadia city seal
Item ID
33504AN
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Three Arcadia City Council members to be chosen in next Tuesday's municipal election. Candidates are Roger Chandler, Bob Harbicht, Gary Kovacic, Gail Marshall, and John Wuo. Two articles on this page.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33218
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Arcadia City Council elections--2002
Chandler, Roger
Harbicht, Bob
Kovacic, Gary
Marshall, Gail
Wuo, John
Item ID
33415AN
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Dr. Sheng Chang has completed his three month term as mayor of Arcadia. For this centennial year, the position of mayor is a under rotation plan approved by the city council. Gary Kovacic will now be mayor for the next three months. Dr. Sheng Chang was honored as Arcadia's first Chinese-American mayor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31744
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 17, 2003
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p. 1, 18
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial - 2003
Chang, Dr. Sheng
Chinese-Americans
Mayors
Item ID
31941AN
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Arcadia City Council has accepted a federal grant of $125,000 to place a uniformed police officer on the campuses of the city's three middle schools. The program is called Youth and Educational Support (YES).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30651
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2002
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
School police
Youth and Educational Support (YES)
Item ID
30839AN
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Arcadia City Council discusses a possible city arts center on the campus of Arcadia High School. Another topic of discussion was trash haulers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28931
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 4, 2001
Pages
p. 1.9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 4, 2001
Pages
p. 1.9
Subjects
Arcadia City Council Meetings
Cultural Arts Center
Trash Haulers
Item ID
29120AN
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Arcadia City Council has accepted a grant for $42,026 from the MTA in Proposition C funds to help operate Arcadia Transit. Other City Council items were discussed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30567
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Transit
City Council Meetings - 2001-2010
Metropolitan Transportatin Authority (MTA)
Item ID
30755AN
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Arcadia City Council has approved a 10% increase in the amount of city funds allocated to the Chamber of Commerce. The total will be $55,000 this year. The Chamber also receives subsidized rental in a city-owned building.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33316
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
August 9, 2001
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly,
Date
August 9, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Arcadia Chamber of Commerce
Item ID
33512AN
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Architectural drawings and the design for the new Arcadia City Hall have drawn criticism from the City Council. The new City Hall building is estimated to cost $11 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30920
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia City Hall
Architecture
Civic Center
Steinberg Architects
Item ID
31115AN
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