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Although owners of horse-size lots in Southeast Arcadia recently lost a battle before the City Council to extend a moratorium on subdivisions in the area, one leader of the group says they will continue their fight on 2 fronts: a lawsuit against the city and the formation of a new citizen's group to put initiative measures on the city ballot to limit development of Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 25, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 25, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1324AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

An Arcadia resident for 35 years and married 40 years to world famous jockey Johnny Longden, Hazel Longden was one of the first women to become a licensed horse trainer. She is the first woman to train a stakes winner at Santa Anita Park.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 24, 1981

Pages: p. A-7

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 24, 1981

Pages: p. A-7

Subjects: Longden, Hazel

Item ID: 1959AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

An inquiry into whether Arcadia Mayor Donald E. Pellegrino violated state conflict-of-interest law in connection with a proposed office complex in the city is now in the hands of Los Angeles County District Attorney's office.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 2, 1982

Pages: p. A-1, 2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 2, 1982

Pages: p. A-1, 2

Subjects: City Council 1980 - 1989; Mayors - Pellegrino, Donald E.

Item ID: 1031AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Beautiful Commission awarded 16 property owners hand-decorated plaques for their beautification of residential as well as business properties. This year the Arboretum was given a special award.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 27, 1985

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 27, 1985

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Boards and Commissions

Item ID: 626AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Business Association held a meeting August 22, 1984, to inform 36 Arcadia business owners of the city's downtown revitalization plan. Unattractive storefronts were cited as a key problem to be solved. In order to ameliorate the situation the city might exercise eminent domain and relocation of certain businesses that fail to voluntarily cooperate with the city plan.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1300AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council approved 12 goals of revitalization of the downtown area. The approval came following a public hearing intended to solicit input on the matter from merchants, owners and the public on the issue.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 4, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 4, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1312AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council will receive a recommendation from City Manager George Watts to require an independent audit of Best Disposal's books to justify a proposed rate increase for rubbish collection services. Best is seeking the increase of offset a 100% increase charged them by landfill owners.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 27, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 27, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Refuse and Refuse Disposal

Item ID: 2325AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Fire Chief Gerald Gardner says his department will recommend Anoakia School not be allowed to reopen this fall if safety deficiencies are not fixed. School owner Lowry McCaslin vows that everything will be taken care of.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 15, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 15, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools, Private - Anoakia School

Item ID: 3052AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia has won a round in court to force the owners of 2-deck newsracks featuring sexually orients publications to remove them. The same publications could still be sold, however, if placed in single-deck racks.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 5, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 5, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Ordinances, Municipal

Item ID: 2073AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Mayor Donald Pellegrino and two other Arcadia residents have been ordered by an Ohio judge to stop using for one year trade secrets that were "unlawfully taken" from a competing firm. The ruling was made in connection with Arcadia-based Western Pacific Technology.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune p A-1 photo

Date: July 28, 1985

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune p A-1 photo

Date: July 28, 1985

Subjects: City Council 1980 - 1989; Mayors - Pellegrino, Donald E.

Item ID: 1036AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadian Roger S. Stevens, a flutist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 30 years, is a professor of music at USC. As owner and pilot of a Cessna 182, Stevens frequently flies himself and his wife, Dr. Margaret M. Stevens, minister of the Santa Anita Church, to classes and speaking engagements in other areas.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 18 ,1980

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 18 ,1980

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Stevens, Roger S.

Item ID: 3261AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Planning Commission has approved a zone change for the Anoakia property from R-O 30,000 to R-O and D 22,000. The zone change will allow owner Lowrey McCaslin to develop the 19.13 acre site with 29 to 32 homes instead of 23.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 16, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 16, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Anoakia

Item ID: 432AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Planning Commission voted 4-2 to recommend against the proposed subdivision of a lot on South 8th Avenue into 5 separate properties, ruling it would not be suitable for the area, which is heavily populated by horse owners.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 29, 1986

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 29, 1986

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Boards and Commissions

Item ID: 628AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency has filed a suit against the Clifford C. Bong & Co., a former owner of the 1.6 acre redevelopment site on Huntington Drive. The ARA hopes to recover the $855,000 spent on removal of toxic waste and other debris.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 15, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 15, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Lawsuits see Actions and Defenses; Actions and Defenses

Item ID: 334AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia resident Robert M. Sloane has been named president and chief executive officer of Orthopaedic Hospital in Los Angeles. Biographical notes included.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 22, 1980

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 22, 1980

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Sloane, Robert M.

Item ID: 3245AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's city government is not particularly concerned that Bruce Low, the owner of Arcadia Nissan, has broken off negotiations with the city to buy his Huntington Drive property.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 5, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 5, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Datsun

Item ID: 746AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's new senior center will be built at the Rose Garden at the corners of Huntington and Campus Drives. The city will start taking bids for the proposed $2.5 million, 18,000-square foot building in April. (At least 21% of the city population is over age 60.)

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 20, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 20, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Senior Citizens Center

Item ID: 3166AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's Planning Department is studying a city-wide ordinance to prevent private property owners from cutting down trees on their land. According to Mayor Charles Gilb, "there's a lot of people that move into town that because of their background . . . cut all the trees down so the spirits can't get in it."

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 21, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 21, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Ordinances, Municipal; Gilb, Charles

Item ID: 2075AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia True Value Hardware Store held an auction to liquidate all its inventory.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 23, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 23, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: True Value Hardware Store

Item ID: 835AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia voters will consider whether or not to ban "safe and sane" fireworks. The sale of fireworks has been the local American Legion Post's chief source of funds. Arcadia property owners have suffered over a quarter of a million dollars in property damage from fireworks over the past six years.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 4, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 4, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Elections - Local

Item ID: 1504AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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An Arcadia resident for 35 years and married 40 years to world famous jockey Johnny Longden, Hazel Longden was one of the first women to become a licensed horse trainer. She is the first woman to train a stakes winner at Santa Anita Park.

An inquiry into whether Arcadia Mayor Donald E. Pellegrino violated state conflict-of-interest law in connection with a proposed office complex in the city is now in the hands of Los Angeles County District Attorney's office.

The Arcadia Beautiful Commission awarded 16 property owners hand-decorated plaques for their beautification of residential as well as business properties. This year the Arboretum was given a special award.

The Arcadia City Council approved 12 goals of revitalization of the downtown area. The approval came following a public hearing intended to solicit input on the matter from merchants, owners and the public on the issue.

The Arcadia City Council will receive a recommendation from City Manager George Watts to require an independent audit of Best Disposal's books to justify a proposed rate increase for rubbish collection services. Best is seeking the increase of offset a 100% increase charged them by landfill owners.

Arcadia Fire Chief Gerald Gardner says his department will recommend Anoakia School not be allowed to reopen this fall if safety deficiencies are not fixed. School owner Lowry McCaslin vows that everything will be taken care of.

Arcadia has won a round in court to force the owners of 2-deck newsracks featuring sexually orients publications to remove them. The same publications could still be sold, however, if placed in single-deck racks.

Arcadia Mayor Donald Pellegrino and two other Arcadia residents have been ordered by an Ohio judge to stop using for one year trade secrets that were "unlawfully taken" from a competing firm. The ruling was made in connection with Arcadia-based Western Pacific Technology.

Arcadia Planning Commission has approved a zone change for the Anoakia property from R-O 30,000 to R-O and D 22,000. The zone change will allow owner Lowrey McCaslin to develop the 19.13 acre site with 29 to 32 homes instead of 23.

The Arcadia Planning Commission voted 4-2 to recommend against the proposed subdivision of a lot on South 8th Avenue into 5 separate properties, ruling it would not be suitable for the area, which is heavily populated by horse owners.

The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency has filed a suit against the Clifford C. Bong & Co., a former owner of the 1.6 acre redevelopment site on Huntington Drive. The ARA hopes to recover the $855,000 spent on removal of toxic waste and other debris.

Arcadia resident Robert M. Sloane has been named president and chief executive officer of Orthopaedic Hospital in Los Angeles. Biographical notes included.

Arcadia's city government is not particularly concerned that Bruce Low, the owner of Arcadia Nissan, has broken off negotiations with the city to buy his Huntington Drive property.

Arcadia's new senior center will be built at the Rose Garden at the corners of Huntington and Campus Drives. The city will start taking bids for the proposed $2.5 million, 18,000-square foot building in April. (At least 21% of the city population is over age 60.)

The Arcadia True Value Hardware Store held an auction to liquidate all its inventory.

Arcadia voters will consider whether or not to ban "safe and sane" fireworks. The sale of fireworks has been the local American Legion Post's chief source of funds. Arcadia property owners have suffered over a quarter of a million dollars in property damage from fireworks over the past six years.