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Cities fighting a sports betting ballot initiative. A coalition claims the state measure, from Pechanga Resort Casino, referred to as the Tribal Sports Wagering Act, would fuel excessive litigation against card rooms, potentially shutting them down, effectively killing 32,000 jobs. It would allow sports wagering at tribal casinos and at four California racetracks-Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress, Del Mar in San Diego, and Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36245
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 20, 2022
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 20, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Ballot measures
Elections
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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State fair returns for month long run at Santa Anita Park-through August 20. Admission is $10, $7 for ages 60+ and ages 6-12.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36283
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 2022
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
State Fair Entertainment Los Angeles
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Electric Mile, a sort of drive-through EDM fest, turns on lights at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia today. Insomniac is the producer that launched it.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35885
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2021
Pages
p. C10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2021
Pages
p. C10
Subjects
Attractions
Electronic dance music (EDM)
Electric Mile
Entertainment
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Two weekends remain for 626 Night Market at Santa Anita Park. It wraps up its ninth season on September 3-5. The 626 Night Market is an evening festival of food and merchandise vendors, games and entertainment. Founded in Pasadena in 2012 by entrepreneur Jonny Hwang. After taking up residence at Santa Anita Park, it expanded to OC Fair in Costa Mesa and Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. Festival did not take place in 2020 due to Coronavirus pandemic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36022
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2021
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
626 Night Market
Hwang, Jonny
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Festivals
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The Summer Fair of Los Angeles takes place at Santa Anita Park through August 22.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36025
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2021
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Summer Fair of Los Angeles
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Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer defends record despite horse deaths as Santa Anita Park. He is in the first phase of trial in his lawsuits against the owners and operators of Santa Anita Park, who barred him from working there after four equine deaths at Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36217
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 7, 2022
Pages
p. 1, 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 7, 2022
Pages
p. 1, 3
Subjects
Deaths
Hollendorfer, Jerry
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Artist Miranda Villanueva will be painting a mural tomorrow in the Center Court of Westfield Santa Anita mall in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36069
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2021
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Artists
Public Art
Villanueva, Miranda
Westfield Santa Anita
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California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) rebuffs Santa Anita Park, gives Pleasonton thumbs up. Tensions had risen when Craig Fravel, executive vice chairman of 1/ST Racing, which runs Santa Anita Park for the Stronach Group, said in a letter to CHRB members that the Arcadia track might close if Southern California interests don't receive more simulcast wagering revenue, which would have happened if Northern California was denied a major meet.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36656
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 22, 2024
Pages
p. B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 22, 2024
Pages
p. B8
Subjects
1/ST Racing
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Fravel, Craig
Horses and horse racing
Pleasonton Fairgrounds Racetrack
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Stronach Group
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Santa Anita Park cancels Friday racing due to recent storms. Friday's card will be redrawn Saturday and held February 15. Santa Anita Park V.P. and General Manager Nate Newby said more than 10 inches of rain fell in Arcadia since Sunday afternoon.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36634
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 8, 2024
Pages
p. B3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 8, 2024
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Newby, Nate
Rain
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Weather
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Arcadia Library presents Japanese Artist's Journey. The life and legacy of artist J.T. Sata will be the subject of a virtual program on October 10, presented by Arcadia Public Library in partnership with Japanese American National Museum. The book J.T. Sata: a Japanese Immigrant in Search of Western Art will be discussed by authors Frank Sata (son of J.T. Sata) and Naomi Hirahara. (J.T. Sata and family were imprisoned at Santa Anita Assembly Center during World War II).

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 8, 2020
Pages
p. 7
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 8, 2020
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Artists Immigrants Japanese-Americans Hirahara, Naomi Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese Sata, Frank Sata, J.T. Takeda, Bryan
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Bay Area horse racing track Golden Gate Fields in San Francisco to close permanently later this year. After the Golden Gate Fields meet ends, The Stronach Group said it will focus on moving horses from the Bay Area to Arcadia, with a goal of increasing field sizes and adding a fourth day of racing to the weekly schedule at Santa Anita Park, beginning in January. See hard copy in VF. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 28, July 20, 2023.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36506
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 2023
Pages
p. B6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 2023
Pages
p. B6
Subjects
Golden Gate Fields
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Stronach, Belinda
Stronach Group
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City of Arcadia, in collaboration with Chinatown Service Center, will be providing free COVID-19 vaccinations and booster shots Wednesday, July 6, 1-4 PM, at Arcadia Community Center, 365 Campus Dr. Appointments required at myturn.ca.gov. Johnson & Johnson and Moderna vaccines available for age 18 and up. Pfizer vaccines available for anyone age 5 and up.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36270
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 23, 2022
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 23, 2022
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Community Center
Chinatown Service Center
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Pandemics
Vaccinations
Vaccines
Viruses
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Thoroughbred horse owner George Sharp has filed a lawsuit against Santa Anita Park saying his horse League of Shadows would have won race if veterinarin had not removed it. Sharp wants at least $90,000 in damages--the winner's share of the $150,000 purse because he believes his horse was likely to win. Sharp alleges the racetrack's owner Stronach Group has created a "culture of hysteria in the horse community by implementing ad-hoc and ever changing rules" in response to more than 40 equine deaths since December 2018.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35668
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 19, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 19, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Lawsuits
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Sharp, George
Stronach Group
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Breeders' Cup-Bettors have to be picky. Tips for taking advantage of long menu of wagers Friday and Saturday at Santa Anita Park. Includes facts and figures for this year's 40th running.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36573
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2023
Pages
p. B6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2023
Pages
p. B6
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Breeders' Cup
Horses and horse racing
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Interview with author Brad Pearson who wrote the book The Eagles of Heart Mountain. He tackles the injustice of Japanese-American incarceration through the exploits of a World War II camp football team. Article mentions many evacuees were detained at Santa Anita racetrack in Arcadia before being shipped out.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35880
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 10, 2021
Pages
p. C7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 10, 2021
Pages
p. C7
Subjects
Authors
Football
Japanese-Americans
Pearson, Brad
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
World War II
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Two more horses die after injuries at Santa Anita Park. Jockey Joe Bravo was hospitalized after a tumble on horse Decorated My Life. Decorated My Life and Merit Song are the names of the horses euthanized. Six animals in all have been euthanized this year at the racetrack where twelve died last year. Santa Anita Park officials have said they've made major improvements in horse safety after 2019, when forty-two horses died at the track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36426
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 14, 2023
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 14, 2023
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bravo, Joe
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Santa Anita Oktoberfest will be held October 14-22 at Santa Anita Park, 283 West Huntington Drive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36538
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2023
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p. C6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2023
Pages
p. C6
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Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Santa Anita Park to be a Los Angeles County polling place (Vote Center) for the first time in the racetrack's 86 year history. It'll be on the first floor of its Clubhouse, open 9 AM - 8 PM from October 30 through November 2 and 6 AM - 9 PM on November 3.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35811
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2020
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2020
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
General election
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Voting
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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)
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2 folders
Item ID
103AF
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Santa Anita Park looking for a brighter future. When Aidan Butler, Executive Director of California Racing Operations for The Stronach Group took over at Santa Anita about a year ago, he couldn't have envisioned the road blocks his first year--heavy rains that postponed opening day, the COVID-19 pandemic, recent brush fires that forced the fall meet to be postponed. He discusses the difficulties this year, the new turf chute and the future.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35809
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2020
Pages
p. B6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2020
Pages
p. B6
Subjects
Butler, Aidan
Fires
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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