The Arcadia City Council voted to authorize closure of California St. between Santa Anita and First Avenue so that the Arcadia School District can install temporary classrooms while First Avenue School is being rebuilt.
The Board of Education approved a joint powers agreement with the city regarding use of part of the First Avenue Junior High School site for recreational purposes.
The Board of Education has decided that the First Avenue Junior High School will be rebuilt following the present basic configuration. Article indicates possibilities for interior plans.
Firemen have decided that the Memorial Day fire at First Avenue Junior High School was definitely the work of arsonists. All of the other possible causes have been eliminated.
Two articles on the fire which damaged First Avenue Junior High School. The longer discusses the arson investigation, the second discusses the general fire investigation, seeking the beginning point for the fire.
The Planning Commission endorsed by a unanimous vote a specific legal definition of signs for business advertising. Such limits are seen by some merchants as being of questionable constitutionality.
Teachers and parents at Camino Grove and Holly Avenue elementary schools are in communication with the Arcadia Board of Education to restore the School Improvement Program.
The Hugo Reid Drive closure will have its final determination April 14. At present it is a one-way street as a result of fatal accidents some years back.
Residents of the Arcadia portion of Hillcrest Blvd. and Valencia Way have urged the City Council to close Hillcrest and make Valencia a dead end. An alternative would be the erection of stop signs along Hillcrest.
Monrovia has offered a compromise in regards to Hillcrest Blvd If Arcadia agrees not to construct barriers at Valencia Way and Hillcrest Blvd., Monrovia will install stop signs at two Hillcrest intersections to slow traffic on the boulevard.
The Arcadia City Council reaffirmed its decision to barricade Hillcrest Blvd. near Valencia Way. The reasoning is that motorists would then be forced to disperse traffic rather than concentrate usage on one street.