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Bobcat Fire, on its 9th day in the San Gabriel Mountains, continued to grow north of the San Gabriel Valley. It had charred 38,299 acres Monday with containment at 3%. The fire has crossed to west side of Santa Anita Canyon. On Sunday, residents in Arcadia and Sierra Madre who live north of Elkins Avenue and east of Santa Anita Avenue were ordered to evacuate. About 305 homes were in the evacuation zone. Most are in Arcadia and 32 are in Sierra Madre.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35803
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2020
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p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
San Gabriel Mountains
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Flames continue north to homes. Residents evacuate as Bobcat Fire jumps Highway 2, tops mountain ridge, menaces Antelope Valley. The 50,539-acre fire which once primarily threatened San Gabriel Valley foothill communities after it started on September 6, jumped Highway 2 overnight and continues to spread north, putting Antelope Valley under an evacuation warning. Evacuation warnings were still in place for parts of Monrovia, Arcadia, Duarte, Bradbury, Sierra Madre, Pasadena, and Altadena, though evacuation orders in parts of Sierra Madre and Arcadia were lifted Wednesday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35806
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
San Gabriel Mountains
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Newspaper Index
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Some evacuation orders lifted-Bobcat Fire. Sierra Madre and Arcadia residents okayed to return to their homes starting yesterday (Wednesday) at 4 PM. By Wednesday evening the fire had grown to 46,263 acres with containment still at 3%.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35805
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 17, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 17, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A10
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
San Gabriel Mountains
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Two local fire safe councils, the Sierra Madre and Big Santa Anita councils, each received $1000 of a grant from Farmers Insurance Group. The grant will help residents protect their homes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31030
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2008
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Fire safety
Fires
Grants
Item ID
31225AN
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A massive hillside wild fire of "suspicious" origin raged into its second day Tuesday, consuming about 750 acres and forcing at least 500 Arcadia residents from their homes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18057
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 1999
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 1999
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
18259AN
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A brush fire that started Saturday in Santa Anita Canyon is being referrred to as the Santa Anita Fire. The fire is still raging in the mountains above Sierra Madre and Arcadia. It has destroyed 400 acres, forced the evacuation of 1000 people, and forced Sierra Madre to close its schools. Officials say it could take 4-7 days to contain the fire.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30985
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2008
Pages
p. News 1, 6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2008
Pages
p. News 1, 6
Subjects
Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31180AN
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Fire crews in the Angeles National Forest brace for Santa Ana winds. The Bobcat fire is burning in the San Gabriel Mountains. Residents of Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Bradbury, and Sierra Madre were told to prepare for possible evacuation. It has burned 4900 acres, north of Azusa,

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35798
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
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Hikers and scouts were briefly trapped by flames, and homeowners in Sierra Madre were given the option to evacuate, due to a brush fire which started in a wooded area about one mile north of Arno Drive in north Arcadia around 3pm yesterday. The fire has burned more than 100 acres.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30984
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31179AN
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Bobcat Fire continues to wreak havoc. Nearly 24,000 acres burned above foothill communities, north of Monrovia, and still spreading out of control yesterday as firefighters contended with powerful winds. The fire has burned 23,890 acres of pristine forest lands. It was 6% contained. Evacuation warnings are still in effect in Monrovia, Arcadia, Azusa, Sierra Madre, Duarte, Pasadena, Altadena & Bradbury.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35801
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
San Gabriel Mountains
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Given a big enough rainstorm, at least 19 Arcadia homes lie in the path of potential mudslides coming as a result of the Santa Anita fire.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18084
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 6, 2000
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 6, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
18286AN
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Arcadia City Council denies proposed hillside development project, citing concerns over environmental impacts along with future risks including fire, flooding or mudslides. The applicant, Nevis Capital LLC, was seeking approval to subdivide 90 acres into two parcels to build a home on about 12 acres along the ridge line.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34423
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2016
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Planning Commission
Lee, Ta-Jen
Nevis Capital LLC
Item ID
34615AN
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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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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
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Jack Laidlaw, a teacher of film and art at Arcadia High School, lost his home in the recent Sayre Fire that destroyed 480 or so homes at Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31308
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 3, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 3, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia High School teachers
Educators
Fires
Laidlaw, Jack
Item ID
31503AN
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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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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 18, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Chantry Flat
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After more than 12 year of negotiations between Arcadia, Sierra Madre and LA County officials, Orange Grove Avenue will get new pavement, storm drains and sidewalks between Michillinda and Santa Anita Avenues.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4900
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 10, 1995
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 10, 1995
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Streets - Orange Grove Avenue
Item ID
4776AN
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Sierra Madre mail carriers will be consolidated into the Arcadia branch, effective October 26. The aim is to cut costs. The post office in Sierra Madre is not shutting down, but mail carrier drivers will instead report to the Arcadia post office at 41 Wheeler Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33627
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2013
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2013
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
United States Postal Service
Item ID
33821AN
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Newspaper Index
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Howling winds wreak havoc. Toppled trees crush cars and homes in parts of Southern California while power outages dot the region. Winds that began Friday afternoon left a trail of toppled trees in San Gabriel Valley in places like Arcadia, Sierra Madre, Pasadena and Altadena.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36162
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 23, 2022
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 23, 2022
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Weather
Winds
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Sierra Madre is asking Arcadia to reduce pumping of water from shared wells in the East Raymond Basin.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34166
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2015
Pages
p. A10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2015
Pages
p. A10
Subjects
East Raymond Basin
Palma, Claudia
Sierra Madre
Water
Item ID
34360AN
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Newspaper Index
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A house fire on Canyon Road in Arcadia caused about $1 million in damage. Photographs show the home and firemen Michael Baily (Monrovia Fire Department) and Craig Stogner (Arcadia Fire Department).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30132
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 18, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 18, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Juan, Fiona
Fires
Item ID
30319AN
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A photograph shows Kevin Koeper, 27, of Arcadia, running the 2006 Sierra Madre Mount Wilson Trail Race.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30062
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 28, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 28, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Koeper, Kevin
Sierra Madre Mount Wilson Trail Race
Item ID
30249AN
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Newspaper Index
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