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Arcadia has allotted $3700 toward the construction of a multi- jurisdictional bikeway along the Rio Hondo Wash from Peck Road to the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area. This would provide approximately 7.5 miles of bike paths linking Arcadia to existing paths leading down to the Long Beach Harbor.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 22, 1977
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 22, 1977
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Bicycles and bicycling
Item ID
606AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Planning Department hopes to get a marked and some-what protected bicycle path through the city that would link up with adjoining areas. The city has included $10,000 in the capital improvements budget for 1975-76.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 10, 1975
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 10, 1975
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Bicycles and bicycling
Item ID
603AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A cooperative effort by the County Department of Parks and Recreation and the city of Arcadia will make possible the development of a segment of the LARIO bicycle trail in Arcadia joining the Peck County Park Fishing and Conservation Area and Live Oak Avenue.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 8, 1981
Pages
p. A-2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 8, 1981
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Bicycles and bicycling
Item ID
608AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission called a public hearing to air their plan for a 1260 mile bikeway which would ultimately connect hundreds of miles of city and regional bike paths in the county.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 31, 1975
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 31, 1975
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Bicycles and bicycling
Item ID
602AN
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Newspaper Index
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Bicycles and Bicycling

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1. "Bike it or hike it." Los Angeles County brochure. 2. "Bicycle route proposed." Arcadia Tribune, February 21, 1974, page 1. 3. City of Arcadia bike ways map. 4. "Arcadia ride will let you combine work with pleasure." Los Angeles Herald Examiner, June 30, 1988, Section B8, by Tom Timmermann. …
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1. "Bike it or hike it." Los Angeles County brochure.
2. "Bicycle route proposed." Arcadia Tribune, February 21, 1974, page 1.
3. City of Arcadia bike ways map.
4. "Arcadia ride will let you combine work with pleasure." Los Angeles Herald Examiner, June 30, 1988, Section B8, by Tom Timmermann.
5. 5th Annual Community Bike Ride, Saturday, May 7, 2005. Arcadia Recreation and Community Services Department. Includes map of bike route.
Subjects
Bicycles and Bicycling
Item ID
34AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Arcadia has received $28,000 from the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission to develop a Santa Anita Wash Bikeway. Total cost is estimated at $72,000.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 15, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 15, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Bicycles and bicycling
Item ID
607AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Summary of laws affecting bicycles and riders in the San Gabriel Valley

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 17, 1975
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 17, 1975
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Bicycles and bicycling
Item ID
604AN
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Newspaper Index
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Locals (seen in photo), including Mayor Gary Kovacic, completed the Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, a 500 mile ride.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2004
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2004
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa
Kovacic, Gary
Kovacic, Barbara
Lucas, Carig
Lucas, Diane
Green, Bob
Bicycles and bicycling
Item ID
29221AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police officer wearing badge, with young boy and bicycles.

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Date
1940s or 1950s
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Date
1940s or 1950s
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Bicycles
Physical Description
5 x 7 b & w
ID
1797b
Collection
Photographs
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A boy and a girl, possibly young teenagers, stand next to their bicycles. A man in a pinstripe suit stands between them. Location unknown. Back is stamped with "Arcadia Police Photo" and "Recreation Department, PO Box 567, Arcadia, CA."

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Date
1950s
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Date
1950s
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Bicycles
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1875
Collection
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Update from Downtown Arcadia Improvement Association. Twenty bicycle racks to be installed this spring and other initiatives and events.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 11, 2018
Pages
p. 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 11, 2018
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Downtown Arcadia Improvement Association
Item ID
35243AN
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Arcadia has received a domestic water permit from the State. In 1973 the California State Health Department inspected Arcadia's system along with 240 other systems in Los Angeles and Orange Counties and only 15 systems received permits.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Water Department
Item ID
3476AN
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Winners of the Bicycle Rodeo, an event sponsored by Arcadia Police Department and Arcadia Recreation Department, from left to right: Albert Schneider (winner boys 8-14 year old group), Bruce Frazier (winner boys 8 and under), Juanita Curti (winner girls 14 and under), Betsy Bosil (winner girls 8 and under). Pictured behind the children left to right are Police Chief William Orr and Patrolman William Goodman. The Bicycle Rodeo was a contest in bicycle safety and riding skill. Winners received nighttime riding lights and electric horns. The awards were the culmination of bicycle safety instruction offered at Arcadia playgrounds throughout the summer by William Goodman. A similar version of this photograph appeared in Arcadia Tribune, p. 6, August 23, 1956.

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Date
August 1956
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Date
August 1956
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Awards
Bicycle safety
Bosil, Betsy
Children
Curti, Juanita
Frazier, Bruce
Goodman, William
Orr, William
Schneider, Albert
Physical Description
6 1/2 x 6 1/2 b&w
ID
1905
Collection
Photographs
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Arcadia's Police Department has received $384,025 from the federal government as its share of drug money confiscated in various arrests in the past few years.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 23, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 23, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Police
Item ID
2202AN
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Methodist Hospital of Southern California, Arcadia, has received a $95,000 grant from the Atlantic Richfield Foundation to fund a mobile community health program.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 2, 1984
Pages
p. A-2 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 2, 1984
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Subjects
Hospitals - Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Item ID
1784AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia had joined American Communities for Cleanup Equity, a national coalition of local governments founded to reform federal cleanup laws.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 18, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 18, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
American Communities for Cleanup Equity
Item ID
347AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Recreation and Community Services Department is sponsoring the Annual Community Bike Ride on Saturday, May 3, 2014. In photo are Arcadia City Councilman Gary Kovacic, Barbara Kovacic, and Gary's mother Florence.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 3, 2014
Pages
p. 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 3, 2014
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Bicycling
Kovacic, Barbara
Kovacic, Gary
Item ID
33965AN
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Rung "RC" Tang, 44, settled her lawsuit against Southern California Edison Co. on the eve of a retrial for charges of causing her cancer from radiation exposure. Tang dropped all claims in exchange for an undisclosed amount of money.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 1994
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 1994
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Tang, Rung
Item ID
3296AN
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Local city governments in the San Gabriel Valley and Whittier are realizing the future costs of pensions and retirement benefits for their employees. The costs will be enormous and city governments need to save money for their future obligations. Arcadia's retiree medical cost is $375,062 this year and its unfunded health liabilities for current employees and retirees is $10.3 million. Unfunded health liability is the amount that would be needed to pay for all health obligations to current employees if they were to retire today, and for all retirees. Other cities' obligations are shown in a chart.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
City Employees
City governments
Local governments
Municipalities
Pensions
Retirement benefits
Item ID
31615AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Methodist Hospital of Southern California has been grappling with the cultural differences brought about by the influx of Chinese Americans to Arcadia surrounding communities.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 1996
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 1996
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Hospitals - Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Item ID
7981AN
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Newspaper Index
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