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Volume 22, NO. 27
WHAT’S GOING ON WITH ARCADIA’S LAKE BALDWIN?
In last week’s newspaper, reporter Galen Patterson inadvertently stated that Baldwin Lake contains blue-green algae. According to Arboretum’s CEO Richard Schulhof, trained county personnel had just finished testing Baldwin Lake last week and determined “Baldwin Lake has no blue-green algae at present, nor is there any evidence that has had blue-green algae at any time in recent years.” Arcadia Weekly apologizes for the error and can assure the public that the Lake is, in fact, safe and poses no harm to the community. Again, we apologize for the error.
Part 5: The Tongva Galen PATTERSON galen.patterson303@gmail.com
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he Tongva have lived in the San Gabriel Valley for millennia. A skeleton found in the Brea Tar Pits is believed to be a female Tongva member and places them in southern Califor-
A photo from the Gabrielino Trail located in the mountains above the San Gabriel Valley. This type of natural habitat is what the Tongva tribe originally called home.
ARCADIA JOINS CLEAN POWER ALLIANCE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Staff WRITER editorial@beaconmedianews.com
Arcadia City Council decided to join the Los Angeles Community Choice Energy Authority -- later renamed the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California, late last year. Clean Power Alliance is a Community Choice Aggregation organization currently
made up of 31 member jurisdictions in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties that will purchase electricity for sale to their communities. Clean Power Alliance intends to purchase cleaner, more renewable electricity and offer it to their customers at a cost that is less than or competitive with Southern California Edison. Clean Power Alliance SEE CLEAN POWER PAGE 10
nia around 7,000 years ago. According to the research of doctoral candidate in 2006, Rosanne Welch, the Tongva are believed to be a branch of the Uto-Aztecan natives, stemming from the Shoshone and migrating through New Mexico and Arizona before settling in the Los SEE LAKE BALDWIN PAGE 11
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Largest Mixed-Use Property Taking Shape in Arcadia Staff WRITER editorial@beaconmedianews.com
Construction for Pacific Plaza in Arcadia on Duarte Road and the corner of First Avenue is well underway. The largest mixed-use property in the city of Arcadia will provide unique residential and retail opportunities. SEE TAKING SHAPE PAGE 10
Pacific Plaza in Arcadia is estimated at 200,000 square feet.
- Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News