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Arcadia-based grocery chain Vons, a division of Safeway Inc., headquartered in Pleasanton, California, is closing its Vons supermarket at 2340 Foothill Boulevard, LaVerne, California. It has been there for 10 years and is underperforming.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32263
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 17, 2010
Pages
p. A25
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 17, 2010
Pages
p. A25
Subjects
Grocery Stores
Vons -- Safeway Inc.
Item ID
32462AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia-based "The Vons Cos" pays reservist employees who are called up for service the difference between their company salary and the military compensation they receive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25200
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 25, 2003
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 25, 2003
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Vons Companies
Item ID
25396AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia-based Vons/Pavilions is negotiating with the Teamsters to avoid a possible strike.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24656
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 2002
Pages
p. B5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 2002
Pages
p. B5
Subjects
Vons/Pavilions
Strikes
Item ID
24846AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council moved forward Tuesday night in effort to bring a Vons supermarket into West Arcadia. First action was consolidation of nine lots at 745-809 West Naomi Ave. and 812-828 West. Duarte Road into one parcel. Approved 3-1

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper839
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 19, 1982
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 19, 1982
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Vons Market
Item ID
839AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Weekly columnists:Donna Baker reports on real estate, p. 18; John Luke writes on sports, p. 14; Billy McLellan writes movie reviews, p. 11; Dawn Mueller writes theatre reviews, p. 7; Bill Peters writes music reviews, p. 13; Vince Pirolli is the wine guy, p. 7; Jack Von Bulow, D.D.S. reports on dental news, p. 21; Kelvin Wong writes about real estate, p. 19.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31781
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
Subjects
Baker, Donna
Luke, John
McLellan, Billy
Mueller, Dawn
Peters, Bill
Pirolli, Vince
Von Bulow, Jack, D.D.S.
Wong, Kelvin
Item ID
31978AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia will have a weekly newspaper again - the ARCADIA WEEKLY. The paper will be in the same building as the old ARCADIA TRIBUNE that closed its doors in July 1992. Publisher Von Raees accepts the first subscription from Mayor Barbara Kuhn.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25732
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 1996
Pages
p. 1 (First issue - Volume 1, #1)
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 1996
Pages
p. 1 (First issue - Volume 1, #1)
Subjects
Arcadia Weekly
Newspapers
Mayors - Kuhn, Barbara
Von Raees
Item ID
25932AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Beacon Media will celebrate 20 years with a special edition December 29. Visionary leader Von Raess, Dorothy Denne, and the late Floretta Lauber started Arcadia Weekly in 1996.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34738
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 15, 2016
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 15, 2016
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Beacon Media
Denne, Dorothy
Lauber, Floretta
Newspapers
Raess, Von
Item ID
34930AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A class action lawsuit is allegedly underway against Safeway Inc. The claim is that a store manager at one of their locations was peeping at women in the restroom. Carpenters Local 409 also claim Vons has been negligent in paying standard wages to carpenters.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29031
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Safeway Inc.
Vons
Lawsuits - class action
Sexual misconduct - peeping
Carpenters Locas 409
Item ID
29218AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Construction of a Vons Market west of Baldwin Avenue between Duarte Road and Naomi Avenue may depend on whether the East Pasadena Water Company accepts the City Council's proposal allowing the city to extend its line into the water company's territory at the western end of the Vons development. The East Pasadena Water Company's lines are too small to be effective in case of fire.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper838
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 22, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 22, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Vons Market
Item ID
838AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dennis Eck has been promoted from vice chairman and chief operating officer to President of Vons Co. He replaces Bill Davila, who officially retired as president of the company.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper58
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 5, 1992
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 5, 1992
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Vons Companies
Eck, Dennis
Davila, Bill
Item ID
58AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Former Vons chairman Roger E. Strangeland, dies at 74. He served as Vons' chairman and chief executive officer from 1984 to 1994.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27835
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 5, 2004
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 5, 2004
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Obituary
Vons Companies
Strangeland, Roger E
Item ID
28032AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Freon leak causes Vons Pavilions supermarket in 700 block of West Naomi Avenue, Arcadia, to close. A worker accidentally broke a refrigerant pipe.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34427
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 21, 2016
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 21, 2016
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Grocery Stores
Vons Pavilions
Item ID
34619AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Grocery workers and community organizers protest outside Vons corporate offices in Arcadia, to push for better health care benefits in contract negotiations.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32439
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Labor unions
Protests
Vons employees
Item ID
32636AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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In a unanimous vote, Arcadia City Council deals a blow to builder KVH Design Group, rejecting the developer's appeal and their plans to build a nearly 7,000 square foot two-story single-family house at 211 Monte Place. The Highlands Homeowners Association (HOA) Architectural Review Board (ARB) had turned down the plans on grounds that the proposed home was "incompatible in mass and scale to the surrounding buildings in the neighborhood." Arcadia City Council agreed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34042
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 18, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 20
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 18, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 20
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Highlands Homeowners Association (HOA)--Architectural Review Board (ARB)
Houses
KVH Design Group
Mansions
Verlato, April
Von Hatten, Kurt
Item ID
34236AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Jack in the Box announced it will no longer buy hamburger patties from Vons. This comes a week after a severe food poisoning outbreak linked to Jack in the Box left 2 children dead and at least 75 people hospitalized.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper273
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
January 28, 1993
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
January 28, 1993
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Vons Market
Item ID
273AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Jack in the Box officials blamed a food poisoning outbreak that led to one death and the hospitalization of at least 70 persons from Seattle to San Diego on a shipment of contaminated hamburgers traced to Arcadia-based Vons. Vons has denied its meat processing plant in El Monte was the source of the problem.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper267
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
January 22, 1993
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
January 22, 1993
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Vons Market
Item ID
267AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Jack in the Box sued Vons Co. over the tainted hamburger scandal that left at least 2 people dead and hundreds ill.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper279
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
February 5, 1993
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
February 5, 1993
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Vons Market
Item ID
279AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Jockey Rodolfo Arvizu will receive the 2014 White Horse Award for his selfless effort to rescue fellow jockey Annie Von Rosen this past March, when her horse suddenly collapsed and trapped her underneath, at Turf Paradise. The White Horse Awards will take place at The Derby Restaurant in Arcadia, October 30.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33979
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 9, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 9, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arvizu, Rodolfo
Awards
Heroes
Jockeys
Race Track Chaplaincy
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Von Rosen, Annie
Item ID
34173AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A large demonstration was held at the Vons division headquarters on Michillinda Avenue in an effort by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union to get the corporation to settle the labor dispute that has lasted for more than three months.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27388
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Demonstrations
Strikes
Vons
Item ID
27587AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Last winter's 4 1/2 month strike had a devastating impact on Safeway Inc., parent company of Vons/Pavilion headquartered in Arcadia. First quarter profits fell 73.5 % to $43.1 million from $162.6 million during the same quarter for the prior year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28710
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 23, 2004
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 23, 2004
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Business & Industry - Safeway Inc. -- Vons/Pavilion -- profits
United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW)
Supermarkets & grocery stores
Labor union disputes -- strikes
Item ID
28897AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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