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The old Arcadia Tribune Building, built sometime in the 1930's at 53 E. Huntington, is being restored for use by Postal Instant Press.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 12, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 12, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Buildings

Item ID: 685AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arboretum was awarded a $25,000 emergency grant from the Institute of Museum Services. The funds will be used to repair the damage that occurred during a windstorm in February.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 9, 1980

Pages: p. 6

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 9, 1980

Pages: p. 6

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 452AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arboretum has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Institute of Museum Services. The money will be used for a computerized system to inventory and store information on the Arboretum's plant collection.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 18, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 18, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 447AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The possibility of a fee for admission to both the Arboretum and Descanso Gardens is being considered by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. At a hearing, Hal Roach, a member of the Board of Governors expressed the hope that the Supervisors would not resort to charging a fee. The fee would NOT be used to keep up the Arboretum, but would go into the County General Fund.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 28, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 28, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 442AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article discusses severe budget and staff cuts at the Arboretum. Since 1975 the staff has been cut by 40 percent. The most recent county budget cut another $250,000 from the department.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 9, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 457AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Enormous cut backs, reduced operating hours, and admission fees are all being contemplated as solutions to keeping the Arboretum going in the face of Proposition 13 caused revenue losses.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 22, 1978

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 22, 1978

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 446AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The L.A. Board of Supervisors voted to lease the Rose Garden area of Arcadia County Park to the city for use as an historical museum.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 18, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 18, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Parks

Item ID: 2137AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The new Hall of Environmental Education at the Arboretum has been completed and will open to the public shortly. The 8,000 sq. ft. auditorium in the new building accommodates nearly 1,000 people. It will be used for exhibits, classes and shows.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 5, 1981

Pages: p. A-9

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 5, 1981

Pages: p. A-9

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 453AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Les Brown Band of Renown will perform at the annual Picnic Concert at the Arboretum. Brown is back by popular demand due to the overwhelming success of last year's concert.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 24, 1980

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 24, 1980

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 449AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Atlantic Richfield Corporation has contributed $50,000 toward the building of the planned Hall of Environmental Education at the Arboretum. The contribution is in addition to a recent $25,000 ARCO grant to support ongoing programs.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 7, 1980

Pages: p. 4

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 7, 1980

Pages: p. 4

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 450AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

First Avenue Junior High, severely damaged by a fire in 1979, will reopen this fall to students in grades 7-9 although reconstruction of the building is incomplete. Portable classrooms will be used.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 28, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 28, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3039AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Datsun official says next move is up to city. Bruce Low, general manager of Arcadia Datsun, had been granted a conditional use permit for a seven or eight story office building in the redevelopment project area.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 28, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 28, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Datsun

Item ID: 739AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Queen Anne Cottage and Coach Barn at the Arboretum have been recommended for placement on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 14, 1980

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 14, 1980

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 451AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Though Arcadia Unified School District has had to cut back on employees due to lack of money from the state, it will soon hire and elementary school counselor thanks to some imaginative use of state grant money.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 25, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 25, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2788AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Juvenile Diversion Program, a Federally funded group of which Arcadia is a part, seeks to divert students who have been in minor problems from the courts and sent them to counseling and treatment. The program has come in for heavy criticism recently due to high administrative costs.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 13, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 13, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Youth; San Gabriel Valley Juvenile Diversion Program

Item ID: 3512AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia noted for topflight city school system. From packing shed to 10 school plants, story of Arcadia--8 schools in use, 9th being built, 10th being planned.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 13, 1953

Pages: p. 12-16

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 13, 1953

Pages: p. 12-16

Subjects: Arcadia Schools-history

Collection: Newspaper Index

Francis Ching, 60, a native Hawaiian, is retiring after 20 years as supervisor of the Los Angeles County Dept. of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens, which includes the LA County Arboretum in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 1, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 1, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 466AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 2, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Business and Industry

Item ID: 724AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The south lake of the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum has dropped from three acres in surface area to about two acres. In 1958, the center depth was nine feet. Now it is two feet.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 11, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 11, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 464AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Two articles on the fire which damaged First Avenue Junior High School. The longer discusses the arson investigation, the second discusses the general fire investigation, seeking the beginning point for the fire.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 7, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 7, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3036AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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The old Arcadia Tribune Building, built sometime in the 1930's at 53 E. Huntington, is being restored for use by Postal Instant Press.

The Arboretum was awarded a $25,000 emergency grant from the Institute of Museum Services. The funds will be used to repair the damage that occurred during a windstorm in February.

The Arboretum has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Institute of Museum Services. The money will be used for a computerized system to inventory and store information on the Arboretum's plant collection.

Article discusses severe budget and staff cuts at the Arboretum. Since 1975 the staff has been cut by 40 percent. The most recent county budget cut another $250,000 from the department.

Enormous cut backs, reduced operating hours, and admission fees are all being contemplated as solutions to keeping the Arboretum going in the face of Proposition 13 caused revenue losses.

The L.A. Board of Supervisors voted to lease the Rose Garden area of Arcadia County Park to the city for use as an historical museum.

The new Hall of Environmental Education at the Arboretum has been completed and will open to the public shortly. The 8,000 sq. ft. auditorium in the new building accommodates nearly 1,000 people. It will be used for exhibits, classes and shows.

The Les Brown Band of Renown will perform at the annual Picnic Concert at the Arboretum. Brown is back by popular demand due to the overwhelming success of last year's concert.

Atlantic Richfield Corporation has contributed $50,000 toward the building of the planned Hall of Environmental Education at the Arboretum. The contribution is in addition to a recent $25,000 ARCO grant to support ongoing programs.

First Avenue Junior High, severely damaged by a fire in 1979, will reopen this fall to students in grades 7-9 although reconstruction of the building is incomplete. Portable classrooms will be used.

Arcadia Datsun official says next move is up to city. Bruce Low, general manager of Arcadia Datsun, had been granted a conditional use permit for a seven or eight story office building in the redevelopment project area.

The Queen Anne Cottage and Coach Barn at the Arboretum have been recommended for placement on the National Register of Historic Places.

Though Arcadia Unified School District has had to cut back on employees due to lack of money from the state, it will soon hire and elementary school counselor thanks to some imaginative use of state grant money.

The Juvenile Diversion Program, a Federally funded group of which Arcadia is a part, seeks to divert students who have been in minor problems from the courts and sent them to counseling and treatment. The program has come in for heavy criticism recently due to high administrative costs.

Arcadia noted for topflight city school system. From packing shed to 10 school plants, story of Arcadia--8 schools in use, 9th being built, 10th being planned.

Francis Ching, 60, a native Hawaiian, is retiring after 20 years as supervisor of the Los Angeles County Dept. of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens, which includes the LA County Arboretum in Arcadia.

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.

The south lake of the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum has dropped from three acres in surface area to about two acres. In 1958, the center depth was nine feet. Now it is two feet.

Two articles on the fire which damaged First Avenue Junior High School. The longer discusses the arson investigation, the second discusses the general fire investigation, seeking the beginning point for the fire.