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Arcadia City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto has appointed Captain Roy Nakamura as the city's 30th police chief. He is a 28-year veteran of the Arcadia Police Department. He succeeds Chief Robert T. Guthrie, who is retiring. Nakamura is the first police chief of Japanese and Asian descent in a city that once temporarily incarcerated Japanese and Japanese-Americans at Santa Anita Park. Arcadia's population is currently 60.8% Asian.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35856
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 29, 2020
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p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 29, 2020
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p. 2
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Arcadia kicks off 2020 City Council election. Final candidates in District 1 are Mayor April Verlato running for reelection and newcomer Yuli J. Sira. Verlato is currently on the last year of her first term on city council and she as elected mayor her last year. She is an attorney with Verlato and Roberts law firm in Arcadia. She is a native of Arcadia, with a long list of endorsements, including former mayors of Arcadia. Sira is a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker. District 4 has two candidates--longstanding council member and former mayor Peter Amundson and newcomer Paul Cheng. Amundson has completed three terms on City Council and served twice as mayor. He is an Arcadia native, with a long list of endorsements. Paul P. Cheng is a highly publicized attorney specializing in business operations and commercial realty transactions. He previously ran for Arcadia City Council in 2010. Also up for reelection is City Clerk Gene Glasco. He is running unopposed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35641
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 23, 2020
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p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 23, 2020
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Amundson, Peter
Cheng, Paul
City Council Elections-2020
Glasco, Gene
Sura, Yuli J.
Verlato, April
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Arcadia man Robert Michael Mendez, 28, pleads no contest to beating ex-girlfriend, the mother of his two children, on September 29, 2019.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35849
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 24, 2020
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p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 24, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Mendez, Robert Michael
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Arcadia Unified Launches Mental Health Mondays. As May is Mental Health Awareness Month, the Arcadia Unified School Districts (AUSD) has decided to launch Mental Health Mondays. Each Monday, for the remainder of the school year, AUSD will provide mental health resources to help support everyone navigating the coronavirus pandemic and school closures simultaneously. In addition to helping support students, these resources are also available to AUSD parents, staff, and community.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35709
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 7, 2020
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p. 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 7, 2020
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Diseases
Epidemics
Mental health
Pandemics
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Arcadia Unified School District continues decades-long advocacy for fair funding from the state. A dozen delegates from Arcadia went to Sacramento for the California State Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) Legislation Conference, where they discussed key issues in public education, such as funding for mental health resources and arts programs, continued budget cuts and more. Arcadia High School student delegates Isaac Offstein, Joya Sarkar and Chloe Wong, met with State Senator Susan Rubio (D-49), State Senator Anthony Portantio (D-25) and Assemblyman Mike Fong (AD-49).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36464
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 6, 2023
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p. 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 6, 2023
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
California State Parent Teacher Association (CA PTA) Legislation Conference
Munoz, Jorge, Dr. (assistant principal Arcadia High School)
Offstein, Isaac
Sarkar, Joya
Verlato, April
Wong, Chloe
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California offers schools $2 billion incentive to resume in-person learning. Parents of Arcadia Unified School District students plan a peaceful rally for Thursday, March 4 at noon at Arcadia County Park to address Arcadia's reopening plan.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35934
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 4, 2021
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 4, 2021
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Pandemics
Public Health
Schools
Wiegand, Lena
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Distance learning a work in progress (online classes). Parents and students adjust and make the most of their home-based classrooms during this COVID-19 pandemic.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Child, Angela
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Education
Pandemics
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Half Day After School Camp Offered at Two Arcadia Elementary Schools. As the 2020-2021 school year begins, Arcadia Recreation and Community Services Department will be offering a half day after school camp that will follow approved modifications by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. These guidelines are subject to change, based on the local protocols related to COVID-19 and will be sent out to parents at registration. The half day after school camp will be offered at Baldwin Stocker Elementary School and Camino Grove Elementary School from 1-5 p.m. beginning Aug. 24. Registration is $92 per week and will open on a monthly basis. Camp will still offer a variety of organized recreational activities for ages 5-12, led by trained activity leaders. Registration is now open for camp taking place Aug. 24 – Oct. 2 online at ArcadiaCA.gov/recreation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35822
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 20, 2020
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p. 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 20, 2020
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Arcadia Recreation and Community Services Department
Baldwin Stocker Elementary School
Camino Grove Elementary
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Pandemics
Viruses
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Indictment implicates Baldwin Park's ex-city attorney Robert Tafoya in $70,000 bribery scheme to help secure cannabis permit from a vote by Councilman Ricardo Pacheco. Special agents with the FBI and IRS arrested former Compton Councilmember Isaac Galvan, 36, and another person, a 50-year-old Arcadia resident, who is the owner and operator of a cannabis grower that obtained a permit in Baldwin Park.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Bribery
Baldwin Park, California
Cannabis
Crime and Criminals
Tafoya, Robert
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Parents demand schools reopen but is it safe during the pandemic? Teacher vaccinations are important but not a prerequisite for reopening, CDC says--at least in elementary schools.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2021
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p. 1, 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2021
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Foran, Ryan
Pandemics
Public Health
Schools
Teachers
Vaccines
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Parents protest Arcadia Unified School District's alleged lack of pandemic precautions for a safe return to class. Thus far, there have been no coronavirus-COVID-19 transmissions in Arcadia schools. The parents have outlined a 9 point list of guidelines they hope the district might consider, including online learning and instruction, enhanced testing and cleaning, social distancing for elementary schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36039
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 26, 2021
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 26, 2021
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Illnesses
Pandemics
Protests
Public Health
Safety
Schools
Viruses
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Pasadena parents speak on tirade of San Rafael Elementary School (in Pasadena) Principal Rudy Ramirez, an Arcadia resident. Pasadena Unified School District trustees meet in closed session but take no action; rant over janitor's arrest by Pasadena police videotaped. See also "Mayor Gordo defends critical letter," Pasadena Star News, p. A1, A6, August 20, 2022.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36312
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Gordo, Victor
Ramirez, Rudy
San Rafael Elementary School
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Robert Maxie, a successful offensive coordinator who helped Arcadia High School's football team play for a CIF Southern Section Division 8 championship in 2018, was named head coach for Baldwin Park's football team.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36417
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2023
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p. B2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2023
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Coaches
Maxie, Robert
Sports
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USC Arcadia Hospital announces leadership changes. The appointments will "better serve its community and align with Keck Medicine of USC health system." Colleen Wilcoxen, is now chief nursing officer. Robert Begg has been named Vice President of Human Resources and will supervise workforce training and development. Beginning January 29, Lisa Johnson will serve as the USC-AH chief quality officer.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36623
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2024
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p. 31
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2024
Pages
p. 31
Subjects
Begg, Robert
Johnson, Lisa
USC Arcadia Hospital
Wilcoxen, Colleen
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