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University of Southern California (USC) student Xiaoke Ying, a sophomore from Arcadia, will compete in the television game show Jeopardy! College Championship on April 6, 2020 for a $100,000 grand prize.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35647
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 6, 2020
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 6, 2020
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Arcadia residents
Television shows
Trivia
Ying, Xiaoke
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Arcadia Resident Receives Cal State Faculty Innovation and Leadership Award. James Brady, an anthropology professor at Cal State L.A. and Arcadia resident, has received the Faculty Innovation and Leadership Award for his mentorship of students.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 27, 2020
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 27, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia residents
Awards-honors-recognitions
Brady, James
Professors
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Author of children's books.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
Deecember 13, 1973
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
Deecember 13, 1973
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Authors - Albert, Richard
Item ID
3614AN
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The surprising Anna May Wong. Like many, author Katie Salisbury was startled to learn of the star, then couldn't stop looking. Wong was a famous Chinese-American movie star in the 1920s and 1930s and had her own television series in the early 1950s. Salisbury's nonfiction book about Wong's life is titled Not Your China Doll. The author is half-Chinese and grew up in Arcadia.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2024
Pages
p. C4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2024
Pages
p. C4
Subjects
Actresses
Arcadia Authors - Salisbury, Katie
Nonfiction books
Wong, Anna May
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San Gabriel Valley high school Track and Field leaders as of April 5. Based on leaderboards at Athletic.net. All distances in meters. From Arcadia: in 1600 meters, Brandon Chang, 4:16.36. in Discus, Vrishank Biju, 142-11 (dual meet) in 800 meters, Reena Hsieh, 5:01.84. in the 3200, Reena Hsieh 10:54.35. in Discus, Emma Samvelian, 120-2 in Pole Vault, Emma Samvelian, 10-6.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36463
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 2023
Pages
p. B2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 2023
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Arcadia Invitational
Biju, Vrishank
Chang, Brandon
High school sports
Hsieh, Reena
Samvelian, Emma
Track and Field
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WeChat ban may jolt lives of many. Chinese-Americans use apps for communication, delivery services, payments, appointments, news. In an executive order last week, President Donald Trump announced a ban on Chinese social media apps Tik Tok and WeChat. WeChat is heavily used by Chinese in Arcadia, Alhambra, San Gabriel. WeChat is an unofficial channel of the City of Arcadia. WeChat is the backbone of Chinese social organizing, from business to political movements.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Arcadia residents
Chinese-Americans
Communications
Fan, Ashley
Liu, Fenglan
Social media apps
Tik Tok
WeChat
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New app Sound Mind provides music and visual therapy with a focus on meditation and mental health. A veteran Brian Femminella and an Arcadia resident Travis Chen created the app.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36102
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 11, 2021
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 11, 2021
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Apps
Arcadia residents
Chen, Travis
Femminella, Brian
Mental health
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Technology
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The San Gabriel Valley Firefighters Association has given $1000 to the Arcadia Public Library for books for the Jerry Broadwell Children's Library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1949
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 9, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 9, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library 1961 -
Item ID
1945AN
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Arcadia housewife and author, Sandie Chandler has written two books and is now working on her third. Her husband is the religious editor of the Los Angeles Times.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper565
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 1, 1976
Pages
p. C-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 1, 1976
Pages
p. C-1
Subjects
Arcadia authors - Chandler, Sandie
Item ID
565AN
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2023 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade's Rose Court profiled with their hobbies. Sahanna Rajinikanthan, one of the Royal Court, is from Arcadia and enjoys baking. She made it to the state championship for the VEX Robotics Competition and enjoys volunteering as a singing coach in the language of Araneri, passing on her Indian culture to her students.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade-2023
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade-Royal Court
Arcadia High School students
Baligh, Salia
Ballard, Bella
Denoncourt, Zoe
Cortez-Peralta, Michelle
Crick, Adrian
Rajinikanthan, Sahanna
Rose queens
Wittenberg, Uma
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Arcadia Friends of Library Plan Something New. Summary of the organization, its history and the services it has provided (Twice Sold Tales book sales and print sales). Gifts presented to the Arcadia Library include opaque overhead projector and headsets (headphones) to listen to records in the children's room. See hard copy in VF Friends of the Library, item 20.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 31, 1974
Pages
p. C-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 31, 1974
Pages
p. C-1 photo
Subjects
Charles, Hazel
Friends of the Arcadia Public Library
Huddy, Peg (Friends president)
Livingston, Jean
Miller, Richard
Murray, Marcy Kay
Selmer, Doris
Item ID
1640AN
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The Friends of the Arcadia Public Library have donated $45,940 from their annual book sale to purchase the Josten book lease plan for the library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1643
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 12, 1978
Pages
p. C-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 12, 1978
Pages
p. C-1
Subjects
Friends of the Arcadia Public Library
Item ID
1642AN
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The Friends of the Arcadia Public Library have donated $5,940 from their annual book sale to purchase the Josten book lease plan for the Library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1950
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 12, 1978
Pages
p. C-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 12, 1978
Pages
p. C-1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library 1961 -
Item ID
1946AN
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Elections in Arcadia: what you need to know. The election for Arcadia City Council members in District 1 and District 4 is on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. It is a mail-in ballot, which can be dropped off no later than 8:00 PM on Election Day. In District 1, incumbent April Verlato is seeking re-election and is being challenged by businesswoman Yuli Sira, a real estate agent and partner in a local engineering company. In District 4, incumbent Peter Amundson seeks re-election and his challenger is Paul Cheng, an attorney

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
February 29, 2020
Pages
p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
February 29, 2020
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Amundson, Peter
Arcadia City Council Elections-2020
Cheng Paul
Sira, Yuli
Verlato, April
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The Library Board has approved money for the installation of a book detection system to help prevent thefts.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 25, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 25, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library 1961 -
Item ID
1939AN
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Details the recent $28,000 remodeling of the library lobby and the newly installed 3-M Book Detection System.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 29, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 29, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library 1961 -
Item ID
1941AN
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Article on Joy Wilt, author of a new book entitled "Happily Ever After; Loving Your Child Toward Emotional Maturity."

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 4, 1977
Pages
p. A-6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 4, 1977
Pages
p. A-6
Subjects
Arcadia authors - Wilt, Joy
Item ID
577AN
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The Children's Room will be completely refurbished - partly with city funds and partly from a drive headed by Mayor Charles Gilb. It will be renamed the Jerry Broadwell Children's Library as a memorial to Fire Captain Jerry Broadwell who died in a fire in August 1975.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 19 ,1975
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 19 ,1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library 1961 -
Gilb, Charles
Item ID
1942AN
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One of the High School Athletes of the Week is Zoe Sprecher, from Arcadia High School. Her sport is golf and she is a junior. Includes her stats.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 13, 2023
Pages
p. B2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 13, 2023
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports
Arcadia High School students
Profiles
Sprecher, Zoe
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Eileen Wang: a strong voice for Arcadia City Council, running for District 3. Her passion is education. She wants to bring more financial responsibility and transparency to the City budget. Election is Tuesday, November 8. Photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36344
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 13, 2022
Pages
p. 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 13, 2022
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
City Council Elections-2022
Wang, EIleen
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