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An ordinance has been adopted to regulate adult entertainment facilities as Arcadia faces the opening of a juice bar/alcohol free nude dancing club planned for 1580 Clark Street. A possible lawsuit was planned if the City denied the business from opening.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26493
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 21, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 21, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Adult Businesses
Adult Entertainment
Business & Industry
Lawsuits
Ordinances
Item ID
26694AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Lisa Welchert, an alleged drunk driver who caused the death of John Chan, will face a murder trial.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26957
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Chan, John
Welchert, Lisa Melinda
Automobile accidents
Drunk Driving
Murder
Item ID
27156AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A woman was accidentally shot in the 600 block of Longden by Ertai Fu. The victim's name is withheld.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26966
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 17, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 17, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Fu, Ertai
Shooting
Item ID
27165AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The family of John Chan has sued the City of Arcadia, three of its police officers, and Lisa Welchert, the driver of the car that killed Chan last February 9.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27174
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 27, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 27, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Automobile accidents
Chan, John
Drunk Driving
Lawsuits
Murder
Welchert, Lisa M.
Item ID
27372AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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No resolution has been reached on the lawsuit brought by police officer Sharleen Wilson against the city for alleged sexual discrimination and harassment.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27178
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 3, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 3, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Lawsuits
Wilson, Sharleen
Item ID
27376AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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In response to concerns for traffic safety, students at Arcadia High School created an original traffic safety video entitled "Cars and Schools: Everybody's Business." The video will air on Arcadia's cable channel and on the school district's channel.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27693
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 31, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 31, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Safety
Traffic
Item ID
27890AN
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Newspaper Index
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A wrongful death lawsuit against Bridgestone-Firestone Company has been filed by an Arcadia family in the death of Robert Kloss and Victoria Kapitan in a rollover accident on the 210 Freeway. The deaths were linked to faulty tires.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27699
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 14, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 14, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Automobile Accident
Lawsuits
Kapitan, Victoria
Kloss, Robert
Item ID
27896AN
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Newspaper Index
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Communtiy members had a forum to discuss issues like volunteerism, economic development and cultural differences.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28937
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2001
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Community Forum
Community Issues
Volunteers - volunteerism
Future Economic Development
Traffic
Mansionization
Retail signs and signage
Foreign Languages
Item ID
29126AN
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Newspaper Index
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A class action lawsuit is allegedly underway against Safeway Inc. The claim is that a store manager at one of their locations was peeping at women in the restroom. Carpenters Local 409 also claim Vons has been negligent in paying standard wages to carpenters.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29031
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Safeway Inc.
Vons
Lawsuits - class action
Sexual misconduct - peeping
Carpenters Locas 409
Item ID
29218AN
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Newspaper Index
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Police arrrested an Arcadia juvenile after he allegedly sideswiped a United States Mail carrier's vehicle and then fled the scene at Second Avenue and El Dorado. His license plate was left at the scene.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29814
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Traffic Accidents
Mail carriers
Hit and run
Item ID
29999AN
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Newspaper Index
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Eighty local Falun Gong practitioners go on a 268-hour vigil representing the 268 practitioners who have died from persecution in China. Three Arcadia women began a 7-day hunger strike in front of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30051
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 30, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 30, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Falun Gong
Strikes
Protests
Chinese Consulate
Zhang, Xiuhua
Zhang, Renee
Ying, Shue Quing
Item ID
30238AN
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Newspaper Index
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Racing improprieties and cheating alleged at Santa Anita Park. "Sponging" speculations are causing an increase in security policies at Santa Anita Park. Fist-sized sponges have been allegedly placed in horses' nostrils to impede their breathing capabilities, and thus, their chances of winning.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33409
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 29, 2001
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p. 1, 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 29, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010
Item ID
33605AN
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Newspaper Index
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The city was awarded $300,000 by the federal government to be used on a project to improve traffic flow along the Santa Anita Avenue corridor. The project calls for installing an underground conduit and interconnecting twelve intersections.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30320
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 16, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 16, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Avenue
Traffic
Item ID
30506AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The city has taken a second pumper truck out of service following a July 4 incident in which a water pump failed to engage on a fire truck. The two engines that malfunctioned were bought from Kovatch Mobile Equipment Fire Apparatus. David Contreras died in the July 4 incident. See related story, Arcadia Weekly, July 11, 2002, p. 8.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30483
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Contreras, David
Fire engines
Traffic Accidents
Item ID
30670AN
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Newspaper Index
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Three sites are being considered for senior and/or low-income housing. They are: Marketowne at 150 W. Las Tunas Drive, the old Westerner Hotel at 161 W. Colorado Place, and the old Mounted Police site at 600 E. Live Oak Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30648
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 17, 2002
Pages
p. 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 17, 2002
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Low-income housing
Senior housing
Item ID
30836AN
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Newspaper Index
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Investigators have concluded that the failure of a pump on a fire engine was likely caused by a mechanical and/or design defect. The failure occurred on July 4 at a car accident scene where David Contreras died. Chief Dave Lugo may pursue litigation with manufacturer Kovatch Mobile Fire Apparatus. See related story, Arcadia Weekly, July 11, 2002, p. 8 and Arcadia Weekly, July 18, 2002, p. 1.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30660
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2002
Pages
p. 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2002
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Contreras, David
Fire engines
Fire equipment
Kovatch Mobile Fire Apparatus
Traffic Accidents
Item ID
30848AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City of Arcadia lost its lawsuit against the county to establish a redevelopment area in South Arcadia. The county determined the area did not fit legal definition of a blighted area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30674
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2002
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2002
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Lawsuits
Redevelopment
Item ID
30862AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The dead body of 24-year-old Nancy Christina Sanchez, of Baldwin Park, was found in an alley behind Alice Street near Santa Anita Avenue. In an unrelated case, 60-year-old Gisela Fischer died at Arcadia Methodist Hospital after she was found floating in the hot tub at the Elite Westerner Motel at 161 Colorado Place.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31528
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 12, 2003
Pages
p. 20
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 12, 2003
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
Deaths
Fischer, Gisela
Sanchez, Nancy Christina
Item ID
31724AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Public Library will have a new conference room constructed and will remodel the existing room into offices and a work area. An office will be created for the Friends of the Library. This is the first phase and the contract was awarded to K & S Design for $106,500. Phase 2 of the project, to be completed at a later date, will include a teen center and an enlarged international language area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31563
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 26, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 26, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - 2001-2010 - remodeling
City Council Meetings
Item ID
31759AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A 13-year-old female was critically injured after a motorist lost control of a vehicle and struck her in front of Dana Middle School. A surgical team decided to amputate the lower portion of her right leg 5 inches below knee.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32729
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 25, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 25, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 19
Subjects
Automobile accidents
Dana Middle School
Item ID
32926AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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