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The Westerner Restaurant has been granted a temporary permit allowing patrons to dance on the premises. The temporary permit is valid until an ordinance can be formally enacted. Until this action was taken, public dancing was allowed only at the Santa Anita Turf Club.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 3, 1974
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 3, 1974
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc - The Westerner Restaurant
Item ID
844AN
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The dancing permit granted to the Westerner has been causing headaches. Residents adjacent to the restaurant have been complaining of noise and spillover parking. The City Council has extended the permit only until the next regular meeting on January 7, 1975.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 22, 1974
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 22, 1974
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc - The Westerner Restaurant
Item ID
845AN
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A portion of the Eaton's restaurant property on the corner of Colorado and Michillinda has been sold by the Times Mirror Company to Younson Construction, who will build 18 residences on the site.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 5, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 5, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc - Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel and Restaurant
Item ID
1498AN
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Relics of Eaton's Restaurant will be on sale during the next 3 or 4 weeks by Mead House Wrecking prior to the demolition which is to make room for 2 new restaurants.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc - Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel and Restaurant
Item ID
1500AN
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The famed old Eaton's Restaurant will be demolished and plans have been submitted for a smaller building which will house: a) CoCo's - a high class coffee shop b) Plankhouse - steak, lobster, bar, entertainment. The owners will be Far West Services, Inc., which owns such restaurants as the Reuben E. Lee in Newport.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 10, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 10, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc - Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel and Restaurant
Item ID
1499AN
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The Westerner Restaurant has been granted a 6 month extension on their dance permit while the city tries to work out ways to appease neighbors.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 27, 1975
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 27, 1975
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Restaurant, Bars, etc - The Westerner Restaurant
Item ID
846AN
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Articles regarding redevelopment of property

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 24, 1971 p. 1
November 21, 1971 p. 1
November 24, 1971 p. 1
December 15, 1971 p. 1
December 19, 1971 . 1 (zoning problem)
January 5, 1972 p. 1 (abatement quelled)
September 17, 1972 p. 1
June 28, 1973 p. 1
August 16, 1973 p. 1 (development)
September 27, 1972 p. 1 (general plans for residential area approved)
November 4, 1973 p. 1 (plan change proposed)
November 8, 1973 p. 1 (change denied)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 24, 1971 p. 1
November 21, 1971 p. 1
November 24, 1971 p. 1
December 15, 1971 p. 1
December 19, 1971 . 1 (zoning problem)
January 5, 1972 p. 1 (abatement quelled)
September 17, 1972 p. 1
June 28, 1973 p. 1
August 16, 1973 p. 1 (development)
September 27, 1972 p. 1 (general plans for residential area approved)
November 4, 1973 p. 1 (plan change proposed)
November 8, 1973 p. 1 (change denied)
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc.-Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel and Restaurant
Item ID
3904AN
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Marriage.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 28, 1973
Pages
p. 9
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 28, 1973
Pages
p. 9
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Richmond, Mrs. Mary Modene
Bittner, John Merrill
Item ID
23883AN
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The Peacock Faire, an event with something for the whole family, will be held September 30 at Santa Anita Park race track.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 6, 1978
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 6, 1978
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Centennial Celebrations, Etc. - Diamond Jubilee, 1978
Item ID
885AN
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Demolition of the Santa Anita Motor Inn is being completed. Built in 1938, it had become an architectural curio - built as it was to resemble a ship with streamlined characteristics.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 5, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 5, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Santa Anita Motor Inn
Item ID
1839AN
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The general plan will be reviewed by the Planning Commission. The "central area" will be the focus of study. This area runs from the 210 Foothill freeway on the north to Duarte Road on the south and from the east city boundary to Santa Anita Avenue. It also includes the commercial section west of Santa Anita Avenue and north of Huntington Drive.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 28, 1974
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 28, 1974
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Planning
Item ID
1175AN
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)

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Start Date
1838
End Date
1947
Contents
1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary. 2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956. 3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure. 4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Adver…
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Start Date
1838
End Date
1947
Contents
1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary.
2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956.
3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure.
4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Advertiser, February 26, 1969 by I. Hope.
5. "Arcadia gets publicity." News clip, 1927 copied from Alton Green's scrapbook.
6. "The Romance of Rancho Santa Anita." Booklet by Rancho Santa Anita, circa 1948. Eight copies.
7. Lasca Leaves, October 1967. Three copies.
8. "The Romance of the Ranchos." Booklet by Palmer Conner, Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1941. Six copies. Insert of 1919 map of Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County.
9. "Rancho Santa Anita ... trials of ownership." Lasca Leaves, December 1975. Two copies.
10. "The people of Rancho Santa Anita, Part II." Lasca Leaves, July 1956.
11. "From romance to racehorses." Westways, February 1974.
12. "Ranch Santa Anita." Section of the book, Brief Sketches of the History of the Ranchos San Pascual, Santa Anita ...etc. by J.M. Miller.
13. Lasca Leaves, December 1975.
14. a. "Historic Santa Anita: the development of the land." Brochure by the Arboretum, circa 1976. 14b. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, undated. 14c. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, originally printed by California Arboretum Foundation 1976, Revised and reprinted by Los Voluntarios 2006.
15. "Expedients." Four pages detailing Reid's claim. Copied from the collection of Huntington Library.
16. "Santa Anita Ranch, Rancho Santa Anita." Articles from The Westerner's Brand Book, published by Los Angeles Corral, 1956.
17. "The old and new Santa Anita." Westways, January 1948.
18. "Chain of horticulture." Lasca Leaves, July 1951.
19. "The restorations at Rancho Santa Anita." Lasca Leaves, January 1961.
20. "Background to Rancho Santa Anita." By Florence Slocum, circa 1969.
21. "People say." Arcadia Tribune, February - April, 1941. A series of eight articles commemorating Rancho Santa Anita's 100th birthday.
22. "Rancho Santa Anita 'Place of Many Waters.'" Lasca Leaves, October 1967 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.
23. Historic calendar of events of Ranch Santa Anita. Peacock Call, September/October 1978.
24. Manuscript of Mrs. C.W. (Emma Elinor Hines) Young. From the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley, October 1978. Photocopy of handwritten manuscript and typed copy.
25. "Owners and cattle brands of the Rancho Santa Anita." The Branding Iron, June 1979 by Jack McCaskill.
26. "The Baldwin legacy." Lasca Leaves, June 1976 by Sandy Snider.
27. "Santa Anita Rancho - history told in book." Pasadena Independent, January 11, 1953. Pasadena Star News, September 23, 1956.
28. "Pasadena the Crown of the Valley: a souvenir." Pasadena Board of Trade, 1893-1894 by E. Norman Baker. From the historical collection of William F. Salisbury.
29. "Rancho Santa Anita - 'Place of Many Waters'." Junior League Community News, October 1957 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.
30. "Rancho Santa Anita's colorful past." News clip, undated.
31. "Rancho Santa Anita, chuck full of early California memories; one of the Southland's most beautiful spots." Arcadia Tribune, December 6, 1937, page 1.
32. "Historic ranchos' sale recalls pioneer days." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V, page 1.
33. "Two famous holdings to be subdivided soon. Santa Anita and La Cienega Ranch acreage purchased for vast residential development." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V.
34. Town Rambler by Marjorie Hesse: description of Rancho Santa Anita and the arrangement of the rooms at the old adobe house as told by Miss Lena McCulley and second cousin of E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin, Mrs. H. H. Cross. Arcadia Tribune, June 22, 1938. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.
35. "The Romance of California Land Titles" by Stuart O'Melveny. Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1928. (Rancho Santa Anita mentioned on page 13.)
36. Rancho Santa Anita and the development of San Marino and Sierra Madre. From pages 91, 93, 94, 100 of the book Pasadena Area History by Manuel Pineda and E. Caswell Perry (1972).
Subjects
History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)
Physical Description
2 folders
Item ID
103AF
Collection
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Home Review Board

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 9, 1971
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 9, 1971
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Boards and Commissions
Item ID
3648AN
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Consideration of moving Santa Anita Municipal Court to Arcadia

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 31, 1971 p. 1
April 4, 1971 p. 1
May 2, 1971 p. 1
May 5, 1971 p. 1 (move vetoed)
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 31, 1971 p. 1
April 4, 1971 p. 1
May 2, 1971 p. 1
May 5, 1971 p. 1 (move vetoed)
Subjects
Courts
Item ID
3882AN
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A spokesperson for Santa Anita Consolidated has indicated that there is no intention of moving the Santa Anita Park race track to the $100 million sports complex proposed for the City of Los Angeles by Hollywood Park, Inc.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 20, 1978
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 20, 1978
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1945-1980
Item ID
2392AN
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Three part series on personnel at the Santa Anita Park race track.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 7, 1976
October 14, 1976
October 21, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 7, 1976
October 14, 1976
October 21, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - Oak Tree Racing Association
Item ID
2407AN
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Personal reminiscences of Mrs. Reeves, who was born on Rancho Santa Anita in 1898.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 4, 1977
Pages
p. B-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 4, 1977
Pages
p. B-1
Subjects
Reeves, Vesta Tucker
Item ID
2316AN
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Mrs. Johanna Hofer has declared that she will be a write-in candidate for the April 19 School Board election. A vocal critic of the Board, she expressed her views on the issues.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 14, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 14, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Board - Elections
Hofer, Johanna
Item ID
2500AN
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Coyotes are invading area foothill neighborhoods looking for food. The Pasadena foothills are a prime area for coyote activity.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 20, 1978
Pages
p. A-3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 20, 1978
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
385AN
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By June 1975 State legislation will be drawn establishing regional and state planning councils mandating guidelines by which cities may expand.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 16, 1975
Pages
p. A-8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 16, 1975
Pages
p. A-8
Subjects
Laws, Statutes, Etc.
Item ID
1913AN
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