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The City Council formally designated the Peacock as Arcadia's official city bird. It also named the oak (no particular type) as the official city tree.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21452
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2001
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2001
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Peacocks, birds
Trees, oak
Item ID
21674AN
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Newspaper Index
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Clean-up crews are collecting wind debris. Tom Tate, Director of Public Works for Arcadia, said that "on December 10, we started a systematic clean-up of the city, starting with city crews and contractors, one on the north end, one on the south end. We plan to move through the city, street by street, and hopefully meet in the middle." Tate said his crews have moved about 5,000 tons of debris off the streets since the windstorm hit on November 30-December 1, and estimates they are at least a quarter of the way done. Arcadia Public Works is trying to keep residents updated with Twitter and their website, as well as media releases, on their progress. Tate hopes to conclude the clean-up before Christmas.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32702
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Public Works
Disasters
Tate, Tom
Trees
Weather
Wind and windstorms
Item ID
32899AN
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Newspaper Index
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Clean-up may cost millions in the aftermath of the windstorm that hit in the early hours of December 1. Power is still out in many communities, hundreds of homes damaged and thousands of trees have snapped.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
December 3, 2011
Pages
"p. A1, A4"
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Pasadena Star News,
Date
December 3, 2011
Pages
"p. A1, A4"
Subjects
Disasters
Trees
Weather
Wind and windstorms
Item ID
32906AN
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Dr. Jack K. Robbins will serve as only the second president in the 32 year history of the Oak Tree Racing Association.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 25, 2000
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 25, 2000
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Oak Tree Racing Association
Robbins, Jack K.
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Item ID
27712AN
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Newspaper Index
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Environmental activists are calling for an independent investigation into a Los Angeles County flood control project--6 days after they failed to stop bulldozers from clearing 11.1 acres of native oak woodland for a dam sediment dump in Arcadia. The group calling for the probe includes Glen Owens, Camron Stone, and "tree-sitters" John Quigley, Andrea Bowers and Julia Posin. Los Angeles County supervisor Michael Antonovich's deputy Tony Bell said the three-year county public works planning process for the sediment project was completely open and the facts were available to the public.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Activists
Bell, Tony
Bowers, Andrea
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Owens, Glen
Posin, Julia
Quigley, John
Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site
Stone, Camron
Item ID
32494AN
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Newspaper Index
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Environmental activists gathered at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration to demand an investigation into the county's destruction last week of oak woodland in Arcadia. Shown in photo are activists Camron Stone, John Quigley, Andrea Bowers and Julie Posin.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Activists
Bowers, Andrea
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Posin, Julia or Posin, Julie
Quigley, John
Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site
Stone, Camron
Item ID
32497AN
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Environmental activists plan to block work crews from clearing 179 oak and sycamore trees, north of Arcadia. Bob Spencer, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, confirmed that construction would begin this morning to clear the 11 acres of trees, to make room for an estimated 500 cubic yards of sediment from Santa Anita Dam, as well as debris from seven other area catch basins. Spencer said, "The purpose behind this project is public safety; the damn built in 1927 does not meet seismic standards. Arcadia city manager Don Penman hopes that the several hundred thousand cubic yards of extra capacity is not an invitation for frequent trucking from other basins.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Activists
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Santa Anita Dam
Spencer, Bob
Item ID
32488AN
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Newspaper Index
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Environmentalists, such as the Sierra Club in Pasadena and other groups, have requested an urgent meeting with Los Angeles County Department of Public Works officials to discuss last minute alternatives to the flood control project that would involve demolishing 11.1 acres of Arcadia woodlands. A 30-day moratorium on work at the site is ending in 2 days.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Santa Anita Dam
Item ID
32476AN
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Experts say fierce Santa Ana winds will return this week. Last week a brutal windstorm ripped through Southern California, leaving dozens of homes uninhabitable and toppled hundreds of trees in the San Gabriel Valley. Arcadia Unified School District is scheduled to open all its campuses today except Highland Oaks and Longley Way Elementary Schools.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Disasters
Trees
Weather
Wind and windstorms
Item ID
32964AN
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Faithful fans, such as Antonio Reyes, are missing the presence of Oak Tree Racing at Santa Anita Park this year. He says he will watch on television and bet off-track. Oak Tree is running at Hollywood Park in Inglewood starting today and next year too.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32189
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Hollywood Park Race Track
Horses and horse racing
Oak Tree racing
Santa Anita Park-2001-2010
Item ID
32388AN
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Fireman backing fire truck in front of Santa Anita Park building. Two firemen in gear, standing, several men watching, two workers spraying water.

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Date
Unknown
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Date
Unknown
Subjects
Fire Department
Santa Anita Park
Firemen
Palm Trees
Scaffold
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1740
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Frank Stronach, chairman of MI Developments, is scheduled to address the California Horse Racing Board to address a number of issues, including a potential new racetrack surface for Santa Anita Park and the recent cancellation of its lease with the charitable Oak Tree Racing Association. Dennis Mills, MI Development's CEO and vice chairman has said Santa Anita Park might replace its synthetic track soon, which could jeopardize hosting Oak Tree's meet there.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board
Chillingworth, Sherwood
Horses and horse racing
MI Developments
Oak Tree Racing Association
Santa Anita Park-2001-2010
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
32288AN
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Goodbye 50-year-old sequoia trees. Hello Marriott development. Santa Anita Inn, including some 50-year-old healthy Seqoia trees, will be demolished for the development of a Marriott hotel with 220 rooms. The Sierra Club thinks minimal consideration was given to the ecology or preservation of the environment. Jason Kruckeberg, Assistant City Manager, addressed the environmental concern, stating the city followed a "compliance process (in 2014) with the California Environment Quality Act (CEQA)."

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 31, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 31, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
California Environment Quality Act (CEQA)
Marriott Hotels
Santa Anita Inn
Sequoia trees
Item ID
35143AN
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Handwritten note on back of photo reads, "large ancient eucalyptus in private yard across from Santa Anita Racetrack."

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Date
1985
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Date
1985
Subjects
Trees
Physical Description
3.5x3.5
ID
1627
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Hollywood actors Ed Begley, Jr. and Daryl Hannah called on prosecutors to drop a trespassing case against the group of tree-sitters who have become known as the "Arcadia 4." The four climbed into oak trees on January 12, 2011 while Los Angeles County bulldozers destroyed an 11-acre woodland around them. Begley rallied with supporters outside Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley's downtown headquarters. The four are John Quigley of Glendale, Julia Jaye Posin of Venice Beach, Travis Jochimsen of Lancaster and Andrea Bowers of Los Angeles. The trees were cleared to make room for a sediment site.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32380
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Activists
Begley, Ed, Jr.
Bowers, Andrea
Environment
Hannah, Daryl
Jochimsen, Travis
Oak trees
Posin, Julia Jaye
Quigley, John
Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site
Item ID
32578AN
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If Oak Tree is not held at Santa Anita Park this fall, as it has for the last 41 years, it would be a significant hit to the city of Arcadia and the region, city officials said. Last year, the city of Arcadia made $185,000 from the Oak Tree meet's betting handle. In addition, the city would suffer the loss of tens of thousands of dollars in sales tax and hotel bed tax revenue. The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) denied Oak Tree Racing Association's request to run its five-week fall meet at Santa Anita Park after horse owners, trainers, and a racetrack expert expressed concerns about the synthetic surface. Oak Tree officials say they are moving forward to make arrangements to run the meet at Hollywood Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32146
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Oak Tree Racing Association
Santa Anita Park-2001-2010
Synthetic track
Item ID
32343AN
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In this down economy, opening day attendance at the Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita Park was about 17,000, an increase of about 2,000 over last year.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Horse racing
Oak Tree
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31418AN
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John Quigley, one of the "Arcadia four" tree-sitters arrested on January 12, 2011, while protesting destruction of an 11-acre Arcadia woodland, has told supporters he will appear today in Alhambra Superior Court and will plead no contest to trespassing.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2011
Pages
p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2011
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
Activists
Environment
Oak trees
Quigley, John
Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site
Item ID
32693AN
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John Quigley, the last of the protesting "Arcadia four" tree-sitters, took a deal from prosecutors and pleaded no contest to a single count of trespassing. He has a $60 fine, which was waived for jail time served, three years of informal probation, and 20 hours of community service at a nonprofit agency.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32497
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Activists
Environment
Oak trees
Quigley, John
Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site
Item ID
32696AN
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A law designed to protect Arcadia's oak tree population was passed 4-0 by the City Council on Tuesday. The trees listed in the ordinance may not be cut down or excessively trimmed.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 26, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 26, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Trees
Item ID
20AN
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Newspaper Index
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