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Arcadia Unified School District upgraded and improved four campuses over summer break, costing nearly $10 million. Funded under the district's $218 million Measure I Bond, the four schools that got updated classrooms and facilities are Arcadia High School, Camino Grove Elementary, Hugo Reid Elementary, and Highland Oaks Elementary schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33598
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 7
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 7
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Bond measures
Construction
Item ID
33793AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Public Library Foundation donates over $16,000 to Arcadia Public Library. The money will be used to fund Kaleidoscope Classical Concerts, more chairs for the library auditorium, more new adult Chinese language materials, more copies of best seller e-books, updated software for the preschool computers, and updated performances rights DVDs for Children's programming.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33266
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
December 8, 2012
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
December 8, 2012
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library Foundation
Item ID
33463AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Mary Beth Hayes, Director of the Arcadia Public Library and Museum retires. Photos. See hard copy in VF.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34737
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 15, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 15, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library employees
Hayes, Mary Beth
Library directors
Item ID
34929AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Teens reduce stress at Arcadia Public Library with programs such as crafting their own stress balls and calm bottles on November 19 and cuddle time with Go Team Therapy Dogs on December 12.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35609
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2019
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2019
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library
Dogs
Teenagers
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Newspaper Index
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Jerry Selmer will give a talk about growing up in the Arcadia area on November 12 at 11:30AM-1:00PM at Arcadia Public Library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34699
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 22, 2016
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 22, 2016
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Friends of Arcadia Public Library programs
Selmer, Jerry
Item ID
34891AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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New Live Oak Library dedication in Arcadia November 2. The building was purchased, not leased. Los Angeles County Supervisor helped make this new library a reality.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34708
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
November 5, 2016
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
November 5, 2016
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
County of Los Angeles Public Library-Live Oak Library
Item ID
34900AN
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Newspaper Index
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Tonight Arcadia City Council will explore building a new $12 million City Hall after the proposal was shelved in 2009 for financial reasons. The existing City Hall is undergoing a $2.3 million renovation and remodeling that includes a new heating and air conditioning system, energy efficient windows, new wiring, carpeting and painting. If Council moves forward with new building, the existing one could be used as a community center.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32827
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia City Hall
Civic buildings
Construction
Public buildings
Item ID
33024AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City of Arcadia is using $646,000 in federal stimulus funds for repairs, repaving, re-striping and adding bicycle lanes on Santa Anita Avenue, north of Foothill Boulevard. The city has received $534,000 in stimulus money to retrofit City Hall with an energy-efficient heating and cooling system and $80,000 for equipment and training for its police department. Sometime in late spring, officials plan to widen intersections along Santa Anita Avenue, adding turn lanes or through lanes at Foothill Boulevard, Live Oak Avenue and Duarte Road.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31891
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 4, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 4, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Federal funding
Road construction
Item ID
32088AN
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Newspaper Index
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Twenty times faster Internet access is available at Arcadia Public Library. High-speed Internet is available on the library's 65 public computers and Wi-Fi has also been greatly improved. The new one gigabit-per-second broadband comes to the library thanks to the California Public Library Broadband Consortium.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34363
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
November 14, 2015
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
November 14, 2015
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
California Research and Education Network (CalREN)
Corporation for Education Network Initiatives (CENIC)
Item ID
34556AN
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Newspaper Index
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Aspiring writers welcomed at National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) writing sessions at Arcadia Public Library November 4 and November 18.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35004
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 2, 2017
Pages
p. 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 2, 2017
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library events
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
Item ID
35195AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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New state-of-the-art library coming to Arcadia. The Los Angeles County Public Library will replace the current branch in unincorporated Arcadia (4153 East Live Oak Avenue) sometime in 2017 at a new site at 22 West Live Oak Boulevard. It will cost about $9 million from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors capital projects funding.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34648
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Antonovich, Michael
Libraries
Los Angeles County Public Library-Live Oak Branch
Patrick, Skye
Item ID
34840AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia aims to upgrade city library. The library is getting community feedback at a community needs assessment forum tonight and has hired an outside party to create a survey written in three languages. The goal is to determine what barriers they need to overcome to bring more people to the library and which programs and services need improvement, particularly in the technology sector.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34065
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2015
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2015
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library-2010-2019
Surveys
Item ID
34259AN
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Newspaper Index
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Goodbye 50-year-old sequoia trees. Hello Marriott development. Santa Anita Inn, including some 50-year-old healthy Seqoia trees, will be demolished for the development of a Marriott hotel with 220 rooms. The Sierra Club thinks minimal consideration was given to the ecology or preservation of the environment. Jason Kruckeberg, Assistant City Manager, addressed the environmental concern, stating the city followed a "compliance process (in 2014) with the California Environment Quality Act (CEQA)."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34953
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 31, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 31, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
California Environment Quality Act (CEQA)
Marriott Hotels
Santa Anita Inn
Sequoia trees
Item ID
35143AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Library Board of Trustees appoints Mary Beth Hayes as interim Director of Library and Museum Services, following the sudden death of Jackie Faust-Moreno. Mary Beth Hayes has been employed by the City of Arcadia since 1989 and is currently Library Services Manager.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33065
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2012
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2012
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Arcadia city employees
Arcadia Public Library--directors--employees
Hayes, Mary Beth
Item ID
33262AN
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Newspaper Index
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City of Arcadia Mayor Gary Kovacic proclaims March 2 "Bobbie the Bobcat's New Friend: Day of Kindness" for Barnhart School's student-created book launch. It will be read at Arcadia Public Library on Read Across America Day.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34449
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
February 27, 2016
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
February 27, 2016
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library--Programs-Read Across America
Barnhart School
Kovacic, Gary
Private schools
Item ID
34641AN
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Newspaper Index
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California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) blasts Southern California Edison (SCE) for poor handling of windstorm (November 30, 2011-December 1, 2011) in a 42-page report. Report cites serious safety violations and restoration time was inadequate. Among the hardest hit cities affected by power outages were Temple City, Arcadia, and South Pasadena.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33356
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 17, 2013
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p. 1, 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 17, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
Electricity
Southern California Edison (SCE)
Wind and windstorms
Item ID
33552AN
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Newspaper Index
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Block grant funds available for Arcadia to become compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Arcadia disabled citizens can expect $175,000 of ADA improvements to Arcadia City Council Chambers and other parts of City Hall, Community Center, Library, access ramps, hardware on doors and handicap parking stalls and $50,000 to ADA improvements to transit stops.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35006
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 9, 2017
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p. 1, 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 9, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Accessibility
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Item ID
35197AN
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Newspaper Index
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Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Canada Flintridge) has proposed legislation to improve emergency and disaster preparedness by California's public utilities. Recent windstorm disaster highlighted the need to be better prepared.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32749
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
December 22, 2011
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
December 22, 2011
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
California Public Utilities Commission
Disasters
Electricity
Emergency preparedness
Portantino, Anthony
Utilities
Weather
Wind and windstorms
Item ID
32946AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) warned City of Arcadia of gift limits regarding the trip to China and Taiwan that city officials are planning for cultural learning and sister city relationships. See VF Sister City.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34073
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2015
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2015
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arcadia City Council--2010-2019
California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC)
California Political Reform Act
Sister City
Item ID
34267AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Darlene Bradley is the newly appointed Library and Museum Director, effective December 31. She replaces Mary Beth Hayes who retired December 30.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34774
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 5, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 5, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
City of Arcadia employees
Bradley, Darlene
Hayes, Mary Beth
Item ID
34965AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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