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Arcadia Transit Dial-a-Ride temporary modifications--offering transit assistance to senior/disabled riders who are self-isolating and who may need help by allowing caregivers of registered riders to use Dial-a-Ride to do essential errands for them.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35716
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 26, 2020
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 26, 2020
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Arcadia Transit
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Diseases
Epidemics
Pandemics
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council approves a temporary permit for an inflatable Fun Box play area in the parking lot of The Shops at Santa Anita mall (formerly Westfield Santa Anita mall, name was changed in 2022). It will run from March 1 through May 23. The Shops at Santa Anita is at 400 S. Baldwin Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36425
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 9, 2023
Pages
p. 28
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 9, 2023
Pages
p. 28
Subjects
Events
The Shops at Santa Anita-2022-2030
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Newspaper Index
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Damage saps fun from Angeles forest. Angeles National Forest's Chantry Flat Road remains closed after suffering damage from the 2020 Bobcat fire and subsequent fires. Storms and fires force closure of trails, roads and campgrounds, some for years. The forest's second-most visited area, Chantry Flat, in the section north of Arcadia, Monrovia and Sierra Madre, has been closed since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. A sign in Arcadia (photo) advises motorists of the Chantry Flat Road closure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36507
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 18, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 18, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Chantry Flat
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Newspaper Index
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Jason Lee: Safety, water and more business for Arcadia. Question and Answer with City Council candidate from District 5 (photo).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36315
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 1, 2022
Pages
p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 1, 2022
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
City Council Elections-2022
Lee, Jason
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Newspaper Index
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Landlords urged to help area's homeless. New program provides financial benefits and support to landlords willing to lease to those receiving financial assistance. Landlords with units in Arcadia, among several other cities, are eligible for the program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36001
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Homelessness
San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments
Union Station Homeless Services
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia firefighters raise funds to help fight pediatric cancer. Arcadia firefighters have been involved with Saint Baldrick's Foundation for over 15 years, said Arcadia Fire Chief Chen Suen. Arcadia firefighters are shown in photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36658
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 21, 2024
Pages
p. 23
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 21, 2024
Pages
p. 23
Subjects
Arcadia firefighters
Cancer
Fundraisers
Suen, Chen
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia, the Community of Homes, starkly divided on helping the homeless. Residents are unhappy with homeless encampment at Second Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. The City proposes helping unhoused people with the Tiny Shelter project. The plan involves building a village of tiny homes on county land at Peck Park access road site. Residents expressed opposition to that, too.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35968
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 20, 2021
Pages
p. 1, 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 20, 2021
Pages
p. 1, 3
Subjects
Homelessness
Social issues
Somogyi, Sara
Tiny homes
Verlato, April
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Newspaper Index
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Region receives half an inch of rainfall. Santa Anita Dam had .75 inches of rain.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36231
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2022
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2022
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Rain
Weather
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Foothills threatened as Bobcat Fire swells. Santa Ana winds lead to San Gabriel Valley evacuation warnings. The fire started on Sunday, September 6 near the Cogswell Dam and West Fork Day Use area. It had grown to 10,344 acres with no containment by Tuesday evening. It is moving slowly toward the residential areas of Monrovia, Arcadia, or Duarte, but an evacuation warning has been issued for Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35799
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Living celebrates grand opening of assisted living community. Located in the previous location of Vista Cove, 601 Sunset Boulevard, Arcadia Living provides assisted living services, hospice care, respite care, and adult day programs. Arcadia Mayor Sho Tay (in photo), Mayor Pro Tem Paul Cheng, and Council member Tom Beck attended.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36045
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 22, 2021
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 22, 2021
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Arcadia Living
Assisted living facilities
Beck, Tom
Cheng, Paul
Tay, Sho
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Newspaper Index
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Le Meridien hotel by Marriott in Arcadia is taking shape. Photo. The site of the former Santa Anita Inn, now razed, is the site for an ambitious new $300 million hotel and mixed-use condominium project opposite the Santa Anita Park racetrack. Contruction has been swift, but delayed a bit this week due to the rain. Developer Chateau Group USA held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the project on June 27, 2018.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35664
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 12, 2020
Pages
p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 12, 2020
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Le Meridien Hotels
Marriott
Chateau Group
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Breeders' Cup-Back to front. Race horse Fierceness rebounds from previous race struggle to win Juvenile, the $2 million Grade I race. Fierceness is a Mike Repole homebred trained by Todd Pletcher. Jockey John Velazquez in photo riding on Fierceness.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36562
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2023
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2023
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Breeders' Cup
Horses and horse racing
Pletcher, Todd
Repole, Mike
Velazquez, John
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A San Bernardino teen is arrested following crash. Arcadia police find the fatal hit-and-run suspect, a 17-year old boy, hiding in the bushes after pedestrian, a 28-year-old man, is killed crossing Huntington Drive. The suspect drove a gray Dodge Charger, which was found in the 1200 block of Oakhaven Road, with front end damage and a broken windshield.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36503
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 2, 2023
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 2, 2023
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Arrests
Crime and Criminals
Fatalities
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Man hospitalized yesterday after explosion of possible illegal butane honey oil drug lab in a commercial building in Arcadia. At 2;23 PM, Arcadia Fire Department responded to a fire in the 11700 block of Goldring Road and determined an explosion had happened and found a man inside. He was taken to the hospital due to the severity of his burns. Honey oil is described as a marijuana concentrate made by extracting THC from marijuana.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36155
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2022
Pages
p. A9
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2022
Pages
p. A9
Subjects
Fires
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
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Newspaper Index
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Bay Area horse racing track Golden Gate Fields in San Francisco to close permanently later this year. After the Golden Gate Fields meet ends, The Stronach Group said it will focus on moving horses from the Bay Area to Arcadia, with a goal of increasing field sizes and adding a fourth day of racing to the weekly schedule at Santa Anita Park, beginning in January. See hard copy in VF. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 28, July 20, 2023.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36506
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 2023
Pages
p. B6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 2023
Pages
p. B6
Subjects
Golden Gate Fields
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Stronach, Belinda
Stronach Group
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park cancels all weekend racing due to unprecedented winter weather forecast for Southern California. A storm is expected to drop 6 inches of rain through Saturday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36430
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2023
Pages
p. B6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2023
Pages
p. B6
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Rain
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Weather
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Homeless numbers count due today. First tally since 2020 Pandemic start, affects nonprofit services, political races, and government. Karen Roberson, Founder and Director of Family Promise of San Gabriel Valley, a nonprofit that provides temporary shelter to unhoused families in Rosemead, Alhambra, San Gabriel, Monrovia and Arcadia, said finding homeless families can be a difficult task and believes that population is undercounted.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36321
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Homeless population
Homelessness
Roberson, Karen
Social issues
Unhoused
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia to suspend large events for seniors due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) concerns. Out of an abundance of caution, the City of Arcadia is suspending all large scale public events (100 or more in attendance) featuring a high concentration of older adults (55 and over) in order to help slow the transmission of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). This is in response to guidance received from the California Department of Public Health. The suspension will initially be in effect through April 15, 2020, but may need to be extended further.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35663
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 12, 2020
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 12, 2020
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
California Department of Public Health
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Diseases
Epidemics
Illnesses
Pandemics
Public Health
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park looking for a brighter future. When Aidan Butler, Executive Director of California Racing Operations for The Stronach Group took over at Santa Anita about a year ago, he couldn't have envisioned the road blocks his first year--heavy rains that postponed opening day, the COVID-19 pandemic, recent brush fires that forced the fall meet to be postponed. He discusses the difficulties this year, the new turf chute and the future.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35809
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2020
Pages
p. B6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2020
Pages
p. B6
Subjects
Butler, Aidan
Fires
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia doctor helps found PPE donation group. Dr. Karen Tsai, co-founded DonatePPE.org along with Bay Area engineer Deyu Kong. The organization has donated some 2.2 million items of PPE (personal protective equipment) to hospitals, schools and homeless shelters during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35871
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2020
Pages
p.A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2020
Pages
p.A1, A6
Subjects
Charities
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Kong, Deyu
Pandemics
Tsai, Karen
Collection
Newspaper Index
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