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Reports on damage left by a violent windstorm. There was little damage to homes but trees were down throughout the city. The Arboretum suffered extensive damage. The Edison Company had major problems affecting 50,000 customers in the area.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 10, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 10, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Windstorms

Item ID: 3503AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

'It looked like a war zone' Gale-force Santa Ana winds rip foothill cities.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 29, 1984

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 29, 1984

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Santa Ana Winds

Item ID: 2375AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour peeled away the west wall of the grandstand at Santa Anita Park.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990

Item ID: 2432AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council will discuss the fate of two earthquake damaged commercial buildings on Huntington Drive.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 14, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 14, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Earthquakes

Item ID: 1491AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

9-1-1 emergency number passed first real test when high winds and fires hit area.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 29, 1984

Pages: p. A-3

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 29, 1984

Pages: p. A-3

Subjects: Emergency Communication System

Item ID: 1524AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Planning Commissioners have recommended a change in the city's zoning laws to limit the floor area of new residential structures of 40% of the lot on which they are built.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 2, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 2, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1211AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Orange Grove Avenue, which is the border between Arcadia and Sierra Madre, has a posted speed limit of 35 mph on the Arcadia side and 30 mph on the Sierra Madre side.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 1, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 1, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets - Orange Grove Avenue

Item ID: 3285AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Two commercial buildings on Huntington Drive, damaged in the October earthquake, need to be repaired or torn down. Letters from the city to the owners have gone unanswered.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 10, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 10, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Earthquakes

Item ID: 1490AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

First Avenue Junior High, severely damaged by a fire in 1979, will reopen this fall to students in grades 7-9 although reconstruction of the building is incomplete. Portable classrooms will be used.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 28, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 28, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3039AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

An overwhelming majority of members of the Arcadia Teachers Association voted Thursday afternoon to authorize a strike against the district, although no date was set. Eighty-four percent favored strike.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 15, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 15, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2761AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia officials, fearing that Caltrans would squirm out of a promise to fix the earthquake damaged railroad bridge at 2nd Street and Huntington Drive, have asked the state to make that promise in writing.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 10, 1988

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 10, 1988

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Bridges

Item ID: 646AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council declared buildings at 162-164 and 135-137 Huntington Drive, damaged during last year's earthquake, unsafe and gave the owners 90 days to repair or demolish them.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Earthquakes

Item ID: 1492AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee executive officially OK'd a contract Thursday to cover the cost of Arcadia city services during the summer Olympic equestrian events, a city official said.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2048

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 18, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 18, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Olympic Games, 1984

Item ID: 2036AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Friends of the Arcadia Library and their guests will gather on Thursday, May 26 to hear Sandy Snider, whose topic will be "Elias Jackson 'Lucky' Baldwin: California Visionary," the title of her latest book, at the Arcadia Library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1650

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 18, 1988

Pages: p. C-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 18, 1988

Pages: p. C-1 photo

Subjects: Friends of the Arcadia Public Library

Item ID: 1649AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Ed Schreiner and 13 other skaters returned Thursday, August 14, from their 816 mile, 73 hour skate from Arcadia to Las Vegas and back. The trip was organized as a fundraiser for Muscular Dystrophy Association. Photo.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 17, 1980

Pages: p. A-1, 2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 17, 1980

Pages: p. A-1, 2

Subjects: Roller Skating

Item ID: 2347AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A popular fishing lake in Arcadia (Peck Road Water Conservation Park) was closed Thursday when 1,000 gallons of a gooey asphalt and water mixture oozed into it after 15,000 gallons of the substance leaked from a nearby Irwindale Plant.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 22, 1987

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 22, 1987

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 3464AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arline Fry dies from cancer at age 60.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 22, 1983

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 22, 1983

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Fry, Arline (Saylin)

Item ID: 1651AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Chamber board gives OK to seek Brown Act change. With no discussion, the board of directors of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce voted Thursday to ask the state chamber to look into legislation to forbid elected officials from disclosing what takes place during closed sessions.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 30, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 30, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Chamber of Commerce

Item ID: 911AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The $10.5 million renovation of Fashion Park is nearly complete. The new center court features a 60 foot glass tower and water fountain.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1556

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 23, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 23, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Fashion Park

Item ID: 1555AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Former mayor Jim Helms proposed a charter change that would require a runoff election if no candidate for City Council received at least 50 percent of the vote. In the last election, no candidate received 50 percent.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper926

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 18, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 18, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Charter; Helms, James

Item ID: 926AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Reports on damage left by a violent windstorm. There was little damage to homes but trees were down throughout the city. The Arboretum suffered extensive damage. The Edison Company had major problems affecting 50,000 customers in the area.

'It looked like a war zone' Gale-force Santa Ana winds rip foothill cities.

Wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour peeled away the west wall of the grandstand at Santa Anita Park.

City Council will discuss the fate of two earthquake damaged commercial buildings on Huntington Drive.

9-1-1 emergency number passed first real test when high winds and fires hit area.

The Planning Commissioners have recommended a change in the city's zoning laws to limit the floor area of new residential structures of 40% of the lot on which they are built.

Orange Grove Avenue, which is the border between Arcadia and Sierra Madre, has a posted speed limit of 35 mph on the Arcadia side and 30 mph on the Sierra Madre side.

Two commercial buildings on Huntington Drive, damaged in the October earthquake, need to be repaired or torn down. Letters from the city to the owners have gone unanswered.

First Avenue Junior High, severely damaged by a fire in 1979, will reopen this fall to students in grades 7-9 although reconstruction of the building is incomplete. Portable classrooms will be used.

An overwhelming majority of members of the Arcadia Teachers Association voted Thursday afternoon to authorize a strike against the district, although no date was set. Eighty-four percent favored strike.

Arcadia officials, fearing that Caltrans would squirm out of a promise to fix the earthquake damaged railroad bridge at 2nd Street and Huntington Drive, have asked the state to make that promise in writing.

City Council declared buildings at 162-164 and 135-137 Huntington Drive, damaged during last year's earthquake, unsafe and gave the owners 90 days to repair or demolish them.

A Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee executive officially OK'd a contract Thursday to cover the cost of Arcadia city services during the summer Olympic equestrian events, a city official said.

Friends of the Arcadia Library and their guests will gather on Thursday, May 26 to hear Sandy Snider, whose topic will be "Elias Jackson 'Lucky' Baldwin: California Visionary," the title of her latest book, at the Arcadia Library.

Ed Schreiner and 13 other skaters returned Thursday, August 14, from their 816 mile, 73 hour skate from Arcadia to Las Vegas and back. The trip was organized as a fundraiser for Muscular Dystrophy Association. Photo.

A popular fishing lake in Arcadia (Peck Road Water Conservation Park) was closed Thursday when 1,000 gallons of a gooey asphalt and water mixture oozed into it after 15,000 gallons of the substance leaked from a nearby Irwindale Plant.

Arline Fry dies from cancer at age 60.

Chamber board gives OK to seek Brown Act change. With no discussion, the board of directors of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce voted Thursday to ask the state chamber to look into legislation to forbid elected officials from disclosing what takes place during closed sessions.

The $10.5 million renovation of Fashion Park is nearly complete. The new center court features a 60 foot glass tower and water fountain.

Former mayor Jim Helms proposed a charter change that would require a runoff election if no candidate for City Council received at least 50 percent of the vote. In the last election, no candidate received 50 percent.