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Arcadia police arrested two Arcadia High School students 16, and 15, in connection with a December 11 racial incident in which a cross was burned and anti-Asian epithets were scrawled on the front yard of a home in the 200 block of Arbolada Drive. The two boys were booked for damaging property based on ethnic origin and were released to the custody of their parents.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1396
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 10, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 10, 1990
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p. A-1
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Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1395AN
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Joseph I, 15, a 9th-grader at Foothills Junior High School has been named one of 15 semifinalists in the instrumental music category for the Music Center's Second Annual Spotlight Award. The Spotlight Award Ceremony and Dinner will be held March 5 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Mr. I has also been invited to attend master classes given by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1867
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 17, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 17, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
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I, Joseph
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1866AN
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A recent court ruling that prohibits school districts from charging for bus service could prompt a restructuring of student transportation programs in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2639
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 21, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 21, 1990
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p. A-1
Subjects
School Children - Transportation
Item ID
2577AN
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The 49-year-old Anoakia School, facing a June deadline for relocation, has opted for local print advertising. Owner Lowry McCaslin apparently wants to develop the property at Foothill Blvd. and Baldwin Ave. However, the school also has numerous city fire code violations and a building that is not up to seismic standards. The school currently has 279 students from K-8th grade.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3142
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1990
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools, Private - Anoakia School
Item ID
3056AN
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Jef Wheeler, 26, a jazz dance teacher at Arcadia Dance Arts for two years, is currently touring with "Heart Strings" an AIDS benefit sponsored by the Design Alliance to Combat AIDS and the Design Industries Foundation for AIDS. After the Los Angeles show, the troupe will move on to Houston, Miami, New York, Boston and Washington, D. C. Organizers hope to raise $4 million for AIDS research, community education programs and care and services for AIDS patients.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3620
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 24, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
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Wheeler, Jef
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3496AN
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23 Arcadia High School students capped third-place honors in the California State Finals of the National Bicentennial Competition. The students, in Ron Morris' advanced placement government class, last month won first place in the 22nd Congressional District contest, which included five local schools. Photo.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 31, 1990
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 31, 1990
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p. A-2
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Morris, Ron
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2999AN
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The City Council agreed to tighten building restrictions for new two-story homes. Lot coverage will be reduced on two-story homes from 45% to 35%.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper683
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 11, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 11, 1990
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p. A-1
Subjects
Building Laws
Item ID
683AN
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Terrance M. Towner, former Pasadena resident and school superintendent in Los Gatos, will be next superintendent for the Arcadia Unified School District. The Arcadia Board of Education selected Towner after a 4-month search. He replaces Stephen Goldstone, who left in September to become superintendent with the Chino Unified School District. Mr. Towner will earn $91,000 per year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3192
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 11, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 11, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
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Schools - Superintendent
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3101AN
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The Arcadia Rotary Club awarded grants totaling $4,990 to 17 teachers at the February 13 Arcadia Board of Education meeting. Grants ranging from $175 to $300 were given to individual teachers to help with special classroom projects. The teachers represented 5 of the 6 Arcadia elementary schools, all 3 junior high schools and both Arcadia and Huntington high schools.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 25, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 25, 1990
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p. A-1
Subjects
Organizations - Rotary Club
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2098AN
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The Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education backed the idea of a resolution calling for an immediate halt to aerial spraying of malathion. The board's actions came less than a week after the Arcadia City Council unanimously passed a resolution asking for a halt to the spraying.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2195
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 28, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 28, 1990
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p. A-1
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Pesticides
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2170AN
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Ten Arcadia High School students have been selected as National Merit finalists, placing them among 14,000 competing for the 6100 available Merit Scholarships. The seniors are Kenneth Branson, Sidney Chung, Enrique Colayco, Bonnie Flinn, Norbert Hsu, Jacqueline Luk, Douglas McCreary, Regina Momblanco, David Park and Henry Tseng.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 28, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 28, 1990
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p. A-1
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Schools - Arcadia High School
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3000AN
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Jason Koh, 13, a student at First Avenue Junior High School, was named Los Angeles Theater Organ Society Organist of the Year for his performance at the Sexson Auditorium at Pasadena City College.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1894
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1990
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Koh, Jason
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1893AN
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Rebecca Switzer, a math instructor at Arcadia High School, was one of 10 Los Angeles County teachers selected as a finalist in the Jaime Escalante Mathematics Teacher Awards program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2955
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 21, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 21, 1990
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p. A-1
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Schools - Employees - Switzer, Rebecca
Item ID
2882AN
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A many as 60 of the trees on Orange Grove Ave., the "county road" running from Michillinda Blvd. to Santa Anita Ave., could be endangered by a proposed road-widening project currently under consideration by Arcadia and Sierra Madre. The street would be widened from 30 to 36 ft. since the street is considered too narrow for the trash bins that residents often leave in the road, constituting a hazard.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3396
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 28, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 28, 1990
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Subjects
Streets - Orange Grove Avenue
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3286AN
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First Avenue Junior High was one of 3 area schools to receive the state Dept. of Education's Distinguished High School and Middle School Awards. Arcadia's Foothill Jr. High received the award in 1988. The other winners included San Marino High School and the L. A. County High School for the Arts at Cal State Los Angeles.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1990
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Subjects
Schools - First Avenue Junior High School
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3045AN
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An anonymous donor apparently has withdrawn $225,000 in support of county botanical programs because of concerns about a proposed merger between the L.A. County Natural History Museum and the county Dept. of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arboretum
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461AN
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Test scores of Arcadia Unified School District's seniors rose this year. The reading score was 294 (up 19 points) while math score was 333 (up 20 points). Since 1987-88, students moved from the 77th to the 85th percentile in reading and from the 89th to the 96th percentile in math statewide.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1990
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
Item ID
3128AN
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23 "heroes and heroines" in the Arcadia Unified School District were honored by the Board of Education in the first "Profiles in Excellence" awards. The awards were presented to "individuals who maintain a standard of excellence in their work and who represent those values and qualities which make Arcadia a special place for students." Names and positions of winners are given.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2538
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 29, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 29, 1990
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School Board
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2480AN
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Arcadia police are using SMART, or Speed Monitoring Awareness Radar Trailer, to educate residents into "voluntary compliance" with posted speeds. Placed at various locations, the trailers have a changeable sign for legal speed limits and an electronic readout of the actual speed of each car that whizzes by. The device can read speeds from about 1/4 mile away.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3534
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 29, 1990
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 29, 1990
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Traffic Regulations
Item ID
3417AN
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Charles "Chip" Sturniolo, owner of the Derby restaurant, announced that he is withdrawing from the downtown redevelopment project because the proposed parking structure "just wasn't feasible." The City Council will now reconsider previous plans.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2384
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 6, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 6, 1990
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p. A-1
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Restaurants, Bars, etc - The Derby
Item ID
2338AN
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