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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on September 16 NOT to charge a $.25 admission fee at the Arboretum.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 18, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 18, 1975

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 444AN

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

Mayor Floretta Lauber and other City Council members will go before the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to ask them to cut the County tax rate.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3315AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a program for the development of a Hall of Environmental Education at the Arboretum. The Arboretum foundation has pledged $500,000 to the total $1,295,000 bill. There is no timetable for the work, but it will take approximately 2 or 3 years.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 23, 1975

Pages: p. A-3

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 23, 1975

Pages: p. A-3

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 440AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The County Board of Supervisors urged the State Legislature and Governor Reagan to defeat a bill which would make it easier for citizens to form a new county.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 22, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 22, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: San Gabriel Valley - Secession

Item ID: 2359AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

County supervisors called a halt to a plan to merge the Department of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens with the county Museum of Natural History because the county's Economy and Efficiency Commission has not made sufficient progress on it and because the board needs to replace recently retired arboreta department head Francis Ching.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 1, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 1, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 462AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has passed an ordinance lifting a 25-year-old ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages at County botanical gardens, including the Arboretum in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 4, 1980

Pages: p. A-3

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 4, 1980

Pages: p. A-3

Subjects: Alcohol - Law and Legislation

Item ID: 343AN

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 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

Birth. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Hal Roach

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1943

Pages: p. 1

Announcement Type: Birth

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1943

Pages: p. 1

Announcement Type: Birth

Subjects: Roach, son

Item ID: 6503AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Business license fees in Arcadia would go up for the first time in nearly 20 years under a plan to be considered by City Council.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 11, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 11, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Business and Industry

Item ID: 728AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia resident Kenneth Kirkpatrick, head of the Los Angeles County Probation Department, has been fired by the Board of Supervisors. He will appeal.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 24, 1974

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 24, 1974

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Kirkpatrick, Kenneth E.

Item ID: 1882AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Volunteers constructed a replica of a Shoshone shelter, called a WICKIUP, at the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 30, 1991

Pages: p. A-3 photo related story

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 30, 1991

Pages: p. A-3 photo related story

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 463AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

SB 1774 passed the California Senate 21-14, and if it passes the Assembly, it could cripple any secession moves by the San Gabriel Valley. Senator Richardson says that SB 1774 is the work of Senator N. Holdea, who was a deputy of Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, and the bill reflects the county's position that it would be bad to break up the county.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 8, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 8, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: San Gabriel Valley - Secession

Item ID: 2366AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A series of winter storms has returned the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum's lower lake to its more picturesque self.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 9, 1992

Pages: p. 1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 9, 1992

Pages: p. 1 photo

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 12AN

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

Suzanne Gilstrap, who was paralyzed for life when a 20-foot-long tree limb fell on her at the Los Angeles County Arboretum on July 25, 1977, has won a $1,625,000 settlement from the County. Miss Gilstrap, now 16, has appeared as a paraplegic in a recent television movie, "Skyward," with Bette Davis.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 1, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 1, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 458AN

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

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

At a meeting on November 20, County Assessor Philip Watson's representative and County Supervisors Peter Schabarum and Baxter Ward and others tackled the possibility of the San Gabriel Valley seceding from Los Angeles County.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 20, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 20, 1975

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: San Gabriel Valley - Secession

Item ID: 2363AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on September 16 NOT to charge a $.25 admission fee at the Arboretum.

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.

Mayor Floretta Lauber and other City Council members will go before the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to ask them to cut the County tax rate.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a program for the development of a Hall of Environmental Education at the Arboretum. The Arboretum foundation has pledged $500,000 to the total $1,295,000 bill. There is no timetable for the work, but it will take approximately 2 or 3 years.

The County Board of Supervisors urged the State Legislature and Governor Reagan to defeat a bill which would make it easier for citizens to form a new county.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has passed an ordinance lifting a 25-year-old ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages at County botanical gardens, including the Arboretum in Arcadia.

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 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.

Birth. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Hal Roach

Business license fees in Arcadia would go up for the first time in nearly 20 years under a plan to be considered by City Council.

Arcadia resident Kenneth Kirkpatrick, head of the Los Angeles County Probation Department, has been fired by the Board of Supervisors. He will appeal.

Volunteers constructed a replica of a Shoshone shelter, called a WICKIUP, at the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum in Arcadia.

A series of winter storms has returned the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum's lower lake to its more picturesque self.

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

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.

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.

At a meeting on November 20, County Assessor Philip Watson's representative and County Supervisors Peter Schabarum and Baxter Ward and others tackled the possibility of the San Gabriel Valley seceding from Los Angeles County.