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Construction on Santa Anita Dam

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 17, 1969
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 17, 1969
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Dams
Item ID
3889AN
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A $222,000 study is underway to determine the strength of the Santa Anita Dam under extreme earthquake stress. The study is to be completed by February 1977.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 8, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 8, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Dams
Item ID
1403AN
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Whittier Narrows Dam project.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 1, 1947
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 1, 1947
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Dams
Item ID
3890AN
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Dams

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1. City of Arcadia Dam Inundation Plan. City Hall publication, undated. 2. "Lake at Santa Anita Dam maintains 100-ft level during entire season as home for many game fish." News clipping, Pasadena Star News, March 11, 1929. 3a. Santa Anita Dam handout: property information, upstream face, perform…
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1. City of Arcadia Dam Inundation Plan. City Hall publication, undated.
2. "Lake at Santa Anita Dam maintains 100-ft level during entire season as home for many game fish." News clipping, Pasadena Star News, March 11, 1929.
3a. Santa Anita Dam handout: property information, upstream face, performance, design and construction, hydrology and hydraulics, monitoring and outlet works, projects. 3b. Santa Anita Debris Dam handout: property information, design and construction, reanalysis and studies, hydrology and hydraulics, monitoring and outlet works, future project, geotechnical investigation--sample locations, outlet tower, full basin-January 2005. Handouts were received by Jackie Faust-Moreno on September 12, 2011 when she toured the dam and debris sites.
Subjects
Dams
Item ID
75AF
Collection
Subject Files
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A profile of the Santa Fe Dam Radio Control Modelers Club that meets at the Red Cross in Arcadia each month.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 29, 1999
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 29, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Organizations - Santa Fe Dam Radio Control Modelers Club
Item ID
27147AN
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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina's destruction, experts warn that Southern California is not ready to handle the Big One-an earthquake of at least 7.0 magnitude. A photo of Santa Anita Dam is shown.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2005
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Natural disasters
Dams
Disaster preparedness
Earthquakes
Item ID
29888AN
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Santa Anita Dam, located in Santa Anita Canyon.

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Date
July 8, 1987
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Date
July 8, 1987
Subjects
Santa Anita Dam
Physical Description
4x6 color
ID
1181
Collection
Photographs
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Santa Anita Dam viewed from south looking north into the mountains. This is located in Big Santa Anita Canyon. Taken by Wendell Stewart.

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Date
1927
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Date
1927
Subjects
Santa Anita Dam
Physical Description
6x10 b&w
ID
379
Collection
Photographs
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Editorial. Carlos Aguilar writes about Tongva natives' "Creation Myths and all of this rain." He warns that Santa Anita Dam above Sierra Madre runs the risk of overflowing as do several other 14 dams built in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2023
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p. H2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2023
Pages
p. H2
Subjects
Aguilar, Carlos
Rain
Santa Anita Dam
Weather
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More than 11 acres of pristine native oak woodland at the Arcadia/Monrovia border, adjacent to Wilderness Park, are scheduled to be cut down to create a dumping ground for sediment dredge from the Santa Anita Dam, in a Los Angeles County Public Works project. The dam gets cleared out every 20 years or so. About 500,000 cubic yards of dirt and debris clogging the dam will be removed. Glen Owens, a founder of the Big Santa Anita Historical Society and a Monrovia planning commissioner, said the dirt shouldn't be dumped in one of only two native woodlands left in the San Gabriel Valley. Arcadia Councilman Bob Harbicht wants to hold a meeting with the city and county public works officials to clarify plans for the dirt dispersal.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Owens, Glen
Santa Anita Dam
Item ID
32434AN
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Santa Anita Dam sediment project is nearly complete but residents and activists continue to question Los Angeles County's intentions for demolishing the 11-acre Arcadia Woodlands 1.5 years ago. Following the removal of the trees on January 12, 2011, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works has been moving mud and debris from the dam to the middle and lower sediment placement sites by a massive conveyor belt. Moving the dirt makes flood control and water conservation possible for the neighboring populations of Arcadia and Sierra Madre.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 27, 2012
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p. 1, 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 27, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 4
Subjects
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site
Item ID
33367AN
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Los Angeles County supervisor Mike Antonovich plans to set aside $650,000 of county funds to re-seed the oak woodland habitat in Arcadia that was demolished last week for flood control purposes, after mud and debris dredged from the Santa Anita Dam has been spread at the site. Bob Spencer, spokesman for Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, said there is much more debris poised to come down the hills and "We need to find a solution." Other county wilderness areas face destruction to make way for sediment. Officials are already considering the relocation of sediment from Devil's Gate Dam, which could end up on a 40-acre mature black willow woodland in the Hahamongna Watershed Park. Environmental activists won't let that happen without a fight.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Activists
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site
Spencer, Bob
Item ID
32492AN
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Los Angeles County agrees to a minimum 30-day moratorium on its plan to cut down 11.1 acres of oak and sycamore woodland for a dumping site for debris dredged from the Santa Anita Dam. The site is below Arcadia's Wilderness Park. During this time, opponents to the project will be looking at alternatives and the county will communicate the project's impact to the environmental community.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Santa Anita Dam
Item ID
32453AN
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Los Angeles County Public Works is scheduled to clear 11.3 acres of pristine native oak woodland to dump tons of sediment dredged from Santa Anita Dam. Glen Owens, a founder of the Big Santa Anita Historical Society and a Monrovia planning commissioner, hopes it's not too late for a grass roots effort to oppose or at least postpone the project. The sediment dump would be entirely in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 29, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 29, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Owens, Glen
Santa Anita Dam
Item ID
32446AN
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Los Angeles County keeps environmental activists and media off the site where the 11 acres of oak tree woodlands are being bulldozed near Wilderness Park. It is called Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site. Activists were unable to save the area from becoming a debris basin. See related story "Razing woodland: protesters watch as trees are cut down" Pasadena Star News, January 13, 2011, p. A1, A7.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Activists
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Santa Anita Dam
Item ID
32489AN
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Economic developer considered

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20 ,1970 p. 1
February 17, 1971 p. 1
March 7, 1971 p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20 ,1970 p. 1
February 17, 1971 p. 1
March 7, 1971 p. 1
Subjects
City Planning
Item ID
3866AN
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Joint department with Police considered.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 26, 1970 p. 1
October 21, 1970 p. 1
February 14, 1971 p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 26, 1970 p. 1
October 21, 1970 p. 1
February 14, 1971 p. 1
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
3917AN
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Bulldozers finished demolishing the 11 acres of oak tree woodlands in Arcadia, at the Los Angeles County Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site yesterday. Four environmental activists, called "tree-sitters," were booked on trespassing and obstruction, then were later released. Los Angeles County Public Works said demolishing the 179 trees to make room for sediment dredged from nearby dams is a flood control effort necessary to ensure public safety. The bitter debate continues. Activists claim the project was not transparent to the public and media.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 14, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 14, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Activists
Environment
Kaspar, Michael
Los Angeles County Public Works
Mead, Cheryl
Oak trees
Quigley, John
Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site
Spencer, Bob
Stone, Camron
Item ID
32491AN
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New taxes on the Santa Anita Park race track are being considered as the city faces a possible $1.9 million budget deficit.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 10, 1982
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 10, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990
Item ID
2413AN
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The Board of Directors of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce voted unanimously to support a retail use for the property being considered for a Target Department Store. The committee did not specifically say that Target would be the preferred use.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 2, 1984
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 2, 1984
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Item ID
724AN
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