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Fasching's Car Wash in Arcadia and other independent car wash owners may lose thousands of dollars because major oil companies will no longer sell gasoline to car washes who don't pump at least 150,000 gallons of gas per month.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2003
Pages
p. B3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2003
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Car wash
Fasching, George
Item ID
26063AN
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George Fasching, shown in a photo, is no longer selling gas at Fasching's Car Wash in Arcadia because he is unwilling to comply with a state mandate, effective April 1, 2009, that requires gas station owners to purchase new equipment to reduce vapor emissions at the pump.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31368
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Emissions
Fasching, George
Fasching's Car Wash
Gas stations
Pollution
Item ID
31563AN
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Newspaper Index
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A special report on the Asian population of the San Gabriel Valley. Arcadia is a city with an Asian population near or above 50 percent. A chart shows Asian presence in the San Gabriel Valley and the percentage who speak English "not well" or "not at all."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29500
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 24, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 24, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Asians
Chinese-Americans
Immigrants
Population
San Gabriel Valley
Item ID
29684AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia firefighters help with preventive measures near the Cleveland National Forest in fire-ravaged Silverado Canyon. A photo and caption accompany article about wildfires in California.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Firefighters
Fires
Item ID
30951AN
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Newspaper Index
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The body and car of Arcadia resident Pei-hua Tsai were recovered after his car plunged into the San Gabriel Reservoir last Saturday, March 12, 2005. He was 24 years old. A photo shows the wreckage and divers.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Tsai, Pei-Hua
Car accidents
San Gabriel Reservoir
Item ID
29636AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School hosts the Pacific League track and field finals. Arcadia student Sarah Mattison is pictured.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2004
Pages
p. C2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2004
Pages
p. C2
Subjects
Arcadia High School - track and field
Pacific League Finals
Mattison, Sarah
Item ID
28422AN
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A profile of Nancy Henriquez's business called Zot's Self Serve Pet Wash, located at 342 E. Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30268
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2006
Pages
p. News 8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2006
Pages
p. News 8
Subjects
Business and Industry
Henriquez, Nancy
Pets
Zot's Self Serve Pet Wash
Item ID
30455AN
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Newspaper Index
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This article traces Chinese history in the San Gabriel and Los Angeles County areas back to the late 1840s. Many early Chinese Americans washed laundry, harvested crops, packed oranges, crushed grapes and dug water trenches.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 4, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 4, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Chinese population
Immigrants and immigration
San Gabriel Valley
Chinese-Americans
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Geary Act of 1892
Item ID
30128AN
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Newspaper Index
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A chart shows the API scores for West San Gabriel Valley schools for 2004 on page A4. 85 percent of schools in the West San Gabriel Valley maintained or increased their Academic Performance Index ranking compared to schools across the state.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 16, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 16, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Academic Performance Index (API) - 2004
Schools - San Gabriel Valley
Rankings
Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR)
California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE)
Item ID
29635AN
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Newspaper Index
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Meredith Brucker of Arcadia (in photo) is one of many television viewers frustrated with the switch from analog to digital television that happened on June 12. Viewers using the digital converter boxes are complaining of problems receiving certain channels, that the picture freezes, and it takes several seconds for channels to change.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Broadcasting
Brucker, Meredith
Digital television
Item ID
31928AN
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Newspaper Index
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Pasadena councilman and treasurer for the Council of Governments said the agency will run out of money before the end of the fiscal year. The Council of Governments was an agency founded to foster cooperation among cities in the region.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 24, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 24, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments
Item ID
30069AN
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The owner of the last mule pack station in Southern California has been told to close the business and remove all on-site buildings within thirty days.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
San Gabriel Mountains
Kelley, Kim
Item ID
20514AN
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Arcadia resident Juan Martin Aponte faces eight counts of using a minor for sex acts, along with forty-nine other felony and misdemeanor charges. Pictured are Gloria Allred and Scheana Jancan.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28352
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 19, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 19, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Aponte, Juan Martin
Hooters Restaurant - West Covina
Hooters Restaurant - job interviews - illegal videotaping
Jancan, Scheana
Allred, Gloria
Item ID
28549AN
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Newspaper Index
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George Fasching, former city council member and owner of Fasching's Car Wash in Arcadia for the last 31 years, may have to stop selling gas at his business due to a state mandate, set to go into effect next April, requiring California gas station owners to purchase between $20,000 and $80,000 in new equipment to further reduce vapor emissions at the pump.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Business owners
Fasching, George
Fasching's Car Wash
Gas stations
Pollution
State mandates
Item ID
31399AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia had a job growth of 3 percent from 1991 to 1999, according to a report from the San Gabriel Council of Governments. Arcadia job growth netted out at 652.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 22, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 22, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Job Growth
San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership
Item ID
29231AN
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Newspaper Index
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A report on fiscal year spending at area school districts shows South Pasadena Unified and La Canada Unified spend the smallest proportion of their general fund budgets on central administrative costs. Arcadia Unified and Temple City Unified spend the largest percentage of their budgets on teacher salaries.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
School districts
Budgets
Schools - San Gabriel Valley
Item ID
29931AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Council of Governments decides to hire an outside bookkeeper.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments
Bookkeepers
Accounting
Item ID
30187AN
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Newspaper Index
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The number of million dollar homes in the San Gabriel Valley is growing, surprising even real estate agents.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 2004
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 2004
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arcadia homes
San Gabriel real estate market
Item ID
28208AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Invitational event featured the best track and field athletes from across the nation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31433
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2009
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2009
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Arcadia Invitational
Chan, Bryant
Frank, Kirsten
Gonzalez, Sergio
Johansen, Charlie
Kelly, Caitlin
Lee, Francis
Llama, Cassandra
McAlister, Catrina
Mills, Tyree
Moussa, Ammar
Sports
Track and Field
Yuan, Chloe
Item ID
31626AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The number of reported auto burglaries in Arcadia between 2002 and 2003 increased from 143 to 170. The article gives statistics for other cities and other crimes including violent and property crimes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29223
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Auto burglaries
Crime and Criminals
Crimes Statistics
San Gabriel Valley
Item ID
29409AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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