1. Report on a fly survey of the City of Arcadia. March-June, 1956. 31 pages. 2. "Law aims at skateboards, barefoot boys." Los Angeles Times, June 15, 1965. 3. Asian tiger mosquito spreads to seven San Gabriel Valley cities, July 31, 2014. Retrieved from www.pasadenastarnews.com on August 11, 2014.…
1. Report on a fly survey of the City of Arcadia. March-June, 1956. 31 pages.
2. "Law aims at skateboards, barefoot boys." Los Angeles Times, June 15, 1965.
3. Asian tiger mosquito spreads to seven San Gabriel Valley cities, July 31, 2014. Retrieved from www.pasadenastarnews.com on August 11, 2014.
4. Arcadia Community Update about Coronavirus (COVID-19) from January 25, 2020. Info sheet on symptoms, treatments and resources.
5. Sabin clinic ready today. Arcadia residents can take the Type I Sabin polio vaccine immunization at a clinic held at Santa Anita Park Race Track. Arcadia Tribune, October 21, 1962.
6. Fight against measles outbreak starts in Foothill Inter-City area. Free measles vaccine shots at County Health Department in Monrovia. Arcadia Clinic on Baldwin Avenue has 1000 units of the vaccine. Arcadia Tribune, April 17, 1966.
7. Mass oral vaccine program scheduled this coming October in every neighborhood and area (Sabin polio vaccine). Arcadia Tribune, August 5, 1962.
8. Keep Arcadia Safe! COVID-19 Notice: practice good hygiene, limit non-essential travel. Try our virtual services. Published by City of Arcadia in 2020, in English & Chinese.
San Gabriel Valley residents and medical authorities chastised the Los Angeles County Supervisors over the lack of hospital facilities and health care centers in the San Gabriel Valley even though the Valley has a large portion of the County's population.
Local officials launch West San Gabriel Valley vaccination hubs in Monterey Park, Arcadia, Temple City and Rosemead. COVID-19 vaccinations of the Moderna vaccine presented by Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger and Herald Christian Health Center. See also "Individuals with underlying health conditions now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine" Arcadia Weekly, p. 3, March 18, 2021.
Arcadia assisted living facility Arcadia Retirement Village is under investigation by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health for alleged COVID-19 health violations including the timeliness in reporting Coronavirus-related deaths and not giving staff new, sanitary supplies.
Arcadia to suspend large events for seniors due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) concerns. Out of an abundance of caution, the City of Arcadia is suspending all large scale public events (100 or more in attendance) featuring a high concentration of older adults (55 and over) in order to help slow the transmission of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). This is in response to guidance received from the California Department of Public Health. The suspension will initially be in effect through April 15, 2020, but may need to be extended further.
Mary Chiu sued nursing home Arcadia Health Care Center for the negligent care that her mother Sui Mee Chiu received. In October 2013, an arbitrator ruled that Sui Mee Chiu had been a victim of elder abuse, negligence and wrongful death, and her daughter Mary Chiu was awarded more than half a million dollars. The investigation is still in progress and Public Health is inquiring into the cause of the delay in the final report and closure of this case.
Public health: staying safe in a pandemic. Experts weigh in on the practicalities of daily life during the coronavirus outbreak. The message from state officials is clear: stay home, only leave for essentials and keep 6 feet from others to stop the spread of the new coronavirus.
Los Angeles County easing indoor mask rules. Health officials say business customers who are fully vaccinated will not need face coverings starting Friday.
Los Angeles County passes 25,000 deaths from Coronavirus (COVID-19), says Los Angeles County Public Health officials. The death toll was the latest indicator of the sweeping impact of the unpredictable, swiftly spreading delta variant.
A Los Angeles County report showed that life expectancy in Los Angeles County reached 80.3 years, an all-time high, according to the county Department of Health Services. Arcadia, East San Gabriel, Walnut and Rowland Heights had some of the highest life expectancy rates in the county. Arcadia's life expectancy is 84.7 years. Females of Asian-Pacific Islander descent have the highest life expectancy in the county and all four of the SGV communities with the highest life expectancy rates also have high populations of residents of Asian Pacific Islander descent. In general, the report found that people in affluent communities tend to live longer while residents of poorer cities in more urban parts of the county had some of the lowest life expectancy rates.
10 People in L.A. County test positive for COVID-19 every minute. Every minute, on average, 10 people in L.A. County test positive for COVID -19, and these 15,000 individuals who test positive each day were capable of infecting others for two days before they had any symptoms or knew they were positive, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said Monday. At least 10-12% of people infected with the virus end up hospitalized at some point, and more than 1% of people diagnosed with COVID-19 end up dying.
Every 10 minutes, someone in Los Angeles County dies from the effects of COVID-19. Melody Stark of Monrovia is shown in photo displaying a photo of her husband Dr. William Stark who was a resident of Huntington Drive Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arcadia. He died on November 22, 2020. Since March, 2020, 10,056 people have died from the coronavirus.
Seven county mental health clinics, including the Arcadia Mental Health Center, face imminent closure as a result of a $15.9 million cut in the Mental Health Services Department budget.
Mental health service advocates will lobby to secure additional state funding for the county's mental health clinics. Of the 1000 patients who regularly seek treatment at the Arcadia Mental Health Center, half may no longer be served if the clinic closes.
Arcadia Unified School District offering free COVID-19 rapid take-home tests for every student through the month of January. They held a drive-through pick-up event on January 4 and 5 at Arcadia Performing Arts Center at 188 Campus Drive. In addition to these rapid tests, which were provided by the California Department of Health, the district also has their regular testing located at Arcadia Education Center, which is for Arcadia Unified School District students and staff, free of charge.
Pacific League high schools still waiting for the go-ahead from Los Angeles County Public Health for school districts to resume athletic activity on school campuses. The Pacific League includes Arcadia, Burbank, John Burroughs, Crescenta Valley, Glendale, Muir and Pasadena high schools.
Los Angeles County stores, worship services okay to open with restrictions on capacity, behavior, after weeks in a slow and cautious gear amid the devastating COVID-19 pandemic. Los Angeles County's health order amended yesterday aligns itself with state guidance, allowing in-store retail sales and worship services that have gone silent since the initial shutdown on March 19.