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The 11.5 mile light rail Gold Line extension from Pasadena to Azusa was awarded to Foothill Transit Constructors. Kiewit-Parsons, a joint venture company, will design and build the project. Funding comes from Measure R.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32468
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Contractors
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Item ID
32667AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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$12 million headquarters of the Angeles National Forest Service was dedicated yesterday. It is an environmentaly energy efficient 24,000 square feet administrative facility at 701 N. Santa Anita Avenue. Mary McGrath, of Mary McGrath Architects, was the executive architect on the project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33269
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Angeles National Forest Service
McGrath, Mary
Mary McGrath Architects
Item ID
33466AN
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Newspaper Index
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210 Freeway sound wall is finished. The Metro project, which started in 2009, consists of 2 miles of sound walls along westbound and eastbound lanes of the 210 Freeway between Santa Anita Avenue and California Avenue in Arcadia and Monrovia, paid with Measure R funds. The sound walls provide at least 5 decibels of noise reduction. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held. Several Arcadia residents near Victory Chapel on N. First Avenue, where the sound wall ends, are disappointed the barrier doesn't extend farther west.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33107
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Noise pollution
Sound Walls
Item ID
33304AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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2011 Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) scores show a majority of area schools are progressing. California's STAR program assesses public school students' knowledge of the math, English and science in grades 2 through 11. At Arcadia Unified School District, these are the percentage of students who scored proficient or advanced in core subjects: English-Language Arts 83.9%; History 76%; Mathematics 82.4%; Science 84.7%; Science end of course 80.4%. STAR scores from other area schools are given.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32499
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR)
Test Scores
Item ID
32698AN
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Newspaper Index
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Abandoned pet turtles, specifically red-eared slider turtles that are native to Louisiana, are turning up at the Los Angeles County Arboretum in Arcadia (shown in photograph), Huntington Library, and local golf courses. It is illegal to buy turtles less than 4 inches long and to dump them. They threaten to push out the state's only native turtles species in urban and natural waters here.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32163
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 6, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 6, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Animals
Pets
Turtles
Item ID
32360AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The abandoned rail bridge over Colorado Boulevard in Arcadia will be removed because it could not accommodate the two-track light rail system and the Gold Line Construction Authority determined it was more efficient and cost effective to remove the structure than to widen it or add a second structure directly adjacent to the ole one. Bridge demolition was the first significant construction effort for Foothill Transit Constructors (FTC) and the alignment project. The Construction Authority will have three open houses in the next two weeks to update the community.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33080
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2012
Pages
p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2012
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Bridges
Foothill Transit Constructors
Gold Line Construction Authority
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33277AN
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Newspaper Index
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The ad (open letter to the Arcadia community) that was paid for by the three members of the Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education who are targeted for recall--Cung Nguyen, lori Phillipi, and Kay Kinsler--was printed in the Pasadena Star News August 11, 2013. Fired Arcadia High School cross country coach James O'Brien and his supporters say the letter was a public relations bid to derail the recall effort. See hard copy of the letter in VF "Arcadia High School." See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1 and 27, August 15, 2013.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 13, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 13, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--cross country
Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education
Gonzalez, Sergio
Kinsler, Kay
Nguyen, Cung
O'Brien, James
Phillipi, Lori
Wei, Esmond
Item ID
33781AN
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Newspaper Index
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All four "tree-sitters" arrested while protesting the destruction of an 11-acre oak woodland in Arcadia appeared in Alhambra Superior Court and pleaded not guilty to one count each of trespassing and obstruction a police officer. They are John Quigley, 50, of Glendale, Julia Jaye Posin, 23 of Venice Beach, Travis Jochimsen, 28, of Lancaster and Andrea Bowers, 45 of Los Angeles. They rejected an offer of community service and payment of restitution from the District Attorney's office. The four will appear in court again April 22 for a pre-trial hearing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32356
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2011
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2011
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Activists
Bowers, Andrea
Environment
Jochimsen, Travis
Oak trees
Posin, Julia Jaye
Quigley, John
Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site
Item ID
32554AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Americans of Japanese descent gathered at Santa Anita Park yesterday to reflect on the dark period of history when Santa Anita Park was the largest assembly center for interned Japanese-Americans. Nearly 20,000 were processed at Santa Anita Park and sent to internment camps. Several people who were once incarcerated at Santa Anita Park were among those who gathered there at the Cherry Blossom Festival Southern California's 11th Annual Camp Stories Award Show and Auction.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32981
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 3, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 3, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Anderson, Wendy Fujihara
Japanese-Americans
Nishio, Shig (photo)
Item ID
33178AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia, Alhambra, Monrovia, Pasadena, South Pasadena, San Gabriel, San Marino and Temple City public schools all showed improvement on California state API testing that measures English and math performance. Duarte Unified showed a drop from the previous year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32510
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Academic Performance Index (API)
Arcadia Schools
Test Scores
Item ID
32709AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Association of Realtors cancels city council candidate forum that had been scheduled for March 7 at the Arcadia Public Library. But since the city elections have moved from "at large" elections to district elections, the public would be better served by other, upcoming district-specific forums.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35105
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 8, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 8, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
Arcadia Association of Realtors
City Council Elections 2018
Item ID
35293AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Chamber of Commerce has named Alice Wang "Arcadia's Citizen of the Year" for 2012-2013. Alice has been a very active volunteer with Arcadia Public Library Foundation, Assistance League of Arcadia's Operation School Bell, Tzu Chi Foundation's MWLA, Arcadia Historical Museum, Arcadia Police Department, Arcadia Chinese Association and Foothill Unity Center.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32805
Newspaper
San Gabriel Valley Edition of San Marino Tribune
Date
February 2, 2012
Pages
p. S1, S2
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San Gabriel Valley Edition of San Marino Tribune
Date
February 2, 2012
Pages
p. S1, S2
Subjects
Arcadia Chamber of Commerce
Volunteers
Wang, Alice
Item ID
33002AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Chinese Association's biggest fundraiser of the year to benefit the Arcadia community takes place November 5 with the theme "That 70s Show." Funds raised are donated to Arcadia High School, Arcadia Public Library, Arcadia Police Department, Arcadia Fire Department, Arcadia Methodist Hospital, Assistance League of Arcadia, Foothill Unity Center, Arcadia Historical Museum and more.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32635
Newspaper
San Gabriel Valley Edition of the San Marino Tribune
Date
November 3, 2011
Pages
p. S4
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Newspaper
San Gabriel Valley Edition of the San Marino Tribune
Date
November 3, 2011
Pages
p. S4
Subjects
Arcadia Chinese Association
Organizations
Item ID
32832AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council approves $80,000 for street repainting and striping, El Nino flood prevention and preparedness and Youth Council (or Youth Committee).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34398
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 3, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 3, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 19
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-2010-2019
Item ID
34591AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council approves Arcadia Highlands land development projects at 29 East Orange Grove Avenue and 1600 Highland Oaks Drive. The larger scale new construction of mansions will replace existing homes. The primary bone of contention came down to whether or not property owners' rights to maximize their investment and exercise freedom to build as they see fit should prevail over homeowners associations and residents concerned with maintaining a neighborhood's traditional aesthetic character while protecting neighboring properties' scenic views and privacy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34086
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 5, 2015
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p. 1, 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 5, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Arcadia City Council--2010-2019
Arcadia Highlands Homeowners Association (HOA)--Architectural Review Board
Arcadia Planning Commission
Houses
Mansions
Real Estate
Item ID
34280AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council clears way for massive new homes at 29 East Orange Grove Avenue and 1600 Highland Oaks Drive, despite opposition to the increasing "mansionization," from several members of the Highland Oaks Homeowners Association (HOA). City Council voted to move forward with both projects, finding they complied with city's zoning codes and were exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The two homes met the city's design guidelines and met the resolution that governs design in the HOA areas.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Arcadia City Council--2010-2019
Arcadia Highlands Homeowners Association (HOA)
Arcadia Planning Commission
Architecture
Houses
Mansions
Real Estate
Item ID
34281AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council delays vote on Arcadia Highlands home building projects. Council will address the matter again on February 3, to allow for more time to vet newly received petitions from area residents and a detailed letter from an attorney representing a leading opponent of the developments, that the City received last week. Both projects, one at 1600 Highland Oaks Drive, the other at 29 East Orange Grove Avenue, and both designed by Robert Tong of Arcadia-based Sanyao International Inc., involve the demolition of vintage homes to make room for larger residences.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34076
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 22, 2015
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p. 1, 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 22, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Arcadia Highlands Homeowners Association--Architectural Review Board
Arcadia Planning Commission
Houses
Mansions
Real Estate
Tong, Robert
Verlato, April
Item ID
34270AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2016
Pages
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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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council does not pursue ballot iniative on home building rules. As the city's effort to update the zoning code continues into the new year, the Arcadia City Council briefly considered sponsoring its own voter initiative to rival a measure from residents that is currently the subject of a petition to qualify for an upcoming election ballot, but City Council decided against pursuing its own ballot iniative because the petition process would not conclude in time to qualify for the April ballot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34407
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 24, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 24, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Homeowners Associations (HOA)
Mansions
Verlato, April (photo)
Item ID
34599AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council has agreed to reconsider the controversial policy of not allowing homeowners to change their addresses, after several homeowners complained they can't sell their homes at fair market value, due to a popular Chinese belief that the number four is unlucky. Arcadia Mayor Gary Kovacic said, "...I think we have to look at the true economic impact of this." Councilman Roger Chandler said, "I don't think we should operate public policy on superstition."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32556
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 2, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 2, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia City Council--2010-2019
Chinese culture
House numbers
Luong, Daniel (photo)
Property values
Real Estate
Item ID
32755AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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