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A $30 million plan to provide standardized breathing equipment for every fire department in Los Angeles County has been suspended after a lawsuit alleged the contract process was mishandled and firefighters complained about the quality of the equipment. Arcadia-based Allstar Fire Equipment is suing the city and county of Los Angeles, contending the contract process was improperly handled in a manner that ignored firefighter input and unfairly favored the winning bidder, L.N. Curtis and sons.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31253
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Allstar Fire Equipment
Business and Industry
Lawsuits
L.N. Curtis and Sons
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Item ID
31448AN
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58-year old Arcadia resident Tim Murphy plans to retire from his position as fire chief at the Monterey Park Fire Department in June.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29508
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Murphy, Tim
Monterey Park Fire Department
Fire chiefs
Retirement
Item ID
29692AN
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Arcadia-based Dr. Monique Williams has agreed to plead guilty to the unlawful distribution of the prescription painkiller OxyContin, aka Oxycodone. She admitted to writing prescriptions for people she did not examine and people that did not need it.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31280
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 1, 2008
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 1, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Doctors
Drugs
OxyContin aka Oxycodone
Trials
Williams, Dr. Monique
Item ID
31475AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Battalion Chief Don Shawver received a request to report for special duty at the Pentagon six hours after the first terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. He went to help as a safety officer.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30092
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Shawver, Don
Arcadia Fire Department
Pentagon - Washington, DC - District of Columbia
September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001
Item ID
30279AN
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The Arcadia Board of Education promised parents and supporters of former teacher Sandra Ragusa a statement on why she was not allowed to withdraw her resignation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30624
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 17, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 17, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Board of Education
Ragusa, Sandra
Ragusta, Sandra (spelling is not certain, see Arcadia Weekly, October 10, 2002, p. 1)
Item ID
30816AN
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The Arcadia Fire Department has formed a special relationship with Dean Street Station 105 in Brooklyn, New York. One Voice For Tomorrow is a local non-profit organization that helps raise money for the Dean Street Station Fund and to help the Arcadia Fire Association Widows and Orphan Fund.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30676
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2002
Pages
p. 24
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2002
Pages
p. 24
Subjects
Firefighters - firemen
Fundraisers
Hutcheson, Dave
Marston, Ken
Non-profit organizations
One Voice for Tomorrow
September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001
Item ID
30864AN
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Arcadia Fire Department received Fire Engine No. 343 from the Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES). The number is significant and it has been specially dedicated by the state to the memory of the 343 New York City firefighters who died on September 11, 2001.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2008
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department
Fire engines - fire trucks
Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES)
September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001
Item ID
31398AN
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The Arcadia Historical Museum will host a Day of Remembrance with an exhibit of residents' memories about September 11th, 2001.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24415
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2002
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2002
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
September 11 - Day of Remembrance
Item ID
24605AN
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Arcadia honors victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, with a brief service held at City Hall. Arcadia Police Chief Dave Hinig attended (photo).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33330
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
September 20, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly,
Date
September 20, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Hinig, Dave
September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001
Item ID
33526AN
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The Arcadia Public Library is now offering a new 24-hour, 2 days a week email reference service and a live interactive chat reference service called "Ask the Librarian."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30143
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 25, 2001
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 25, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - 2001-2010
24/7 Reference
Item ID
30330AN
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Arcadia resident Mary Williams, 83, makes her first solo flight in a Cessna 152 two-seater plane.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30497
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Airplanes
Pilots
Williams, Mary
Item ID
30684AN
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Arcadia Rotary Corner by Joe Miller. Over the years, with 501 (c)(3) status, the Arcadia Rotary Foundation has funded the Paul Johenk Fund, Ted McBane Fund, Dr. Bruce Walter Fund, Ira Traweek Fund and Nick Pokrajac Fund. The Paul Johenk Fund contributed $15,000 for one of the rooms at Arcadia Methodist Hospital, $10,000 to Arcadia Public Library for refurnishing a room, $10,000 toward construction of the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum. Board of Directors are Bill Gleason, Brian Hall, Mike Real, John Murphy and Ira Traweek.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32720
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary Club Foundation
Charities
Organizations
Gleason, Bill
Hall, Brian
Murphy, John
Real, Mike
Traweek, Ira
Item ID
32917AN
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Area residents pray, reflect on September 11 attacks. Memorial services were held at area city halls including Arcadia, where about 300 people paid tribute to the victims.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24422
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
September 11, 2001
City Hall
Item ID
24612AN
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Attorney Michael Mayock, representing convicted client Billy Cottrell, seeks a verdict reversal for the 2003 fire-bombing of sport utility vehicles (SUV) at a San Gabriel Valley automobile dealership. He says the jury did not know about Cottrell's Asperger's Syndrome, a neurological disorder. Cottrell's prison situation is 'nightmarish.'

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30243
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Prison
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
United States Court of Appeals
Vandalism
Item ID
30430AN
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Authorities say an E-mail unlocked a door into a string of vandalism and arson cases at SUV dealerships and led to the arrest of William Jensen Cottrell.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27846
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Hummers
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Ecoterrorists
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Cottrell, William Jensen
Vandalism
Item ID
28043AN
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Becky Anne Kilbourne was at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and her fiance, Jim Jaska, was at their Arcadia home. Becky discusses the events of the day. The tragedy prompted the couple to marry.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Kilbourne, Becky Anne
Jaska, Jim
September 11, 2001
Item ID
24607AN
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Bill Shoemaker, 72, a giant in horse racing, died in his sleep Sunday, Oct. 12.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26606
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 13, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 13, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Shoemaker, William ("Bill")
Item ID
26806AN
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Billy Cottrell, a Cal Tech graduate student who took part in a fire bombing spree that caused millions of dollars in damage to SUV dealerships in the San Gabriel Valley, was sentenced to more than 8 years in prison. See inset for chronology of ecoterror events.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29501
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Sentences
Trials
Item ID
29685AN
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Bracelet sales to benefit widows and orphans of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33398
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
November 15, 2001
Pages
p. 25
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Arcadia Weekly,
Date
November 15, 2001
Pages
p. 25
Subjects
Cerwin, Cody
September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001
Stogner, Craig
Item ID
33594AN
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Caitlyn Ward (pictured) is part of the All-Area Tennis team (girls).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30878
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 3, 2008
Pages
p. Sports 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 3, 2008
Pages
p. Sports 1
Subjects
High School sports - girls tennis
Ward, Caitlyn
Item ID
31066AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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