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Fans commiserate in closing of their beloved bookstore. 78-year-old Karen Kropp, owner of The Book Rack, a bookstore in Arcadia, has closed the store on First Avenue, after taking over the reins 18 years ago. Declining sales worseneed by the pandemic, as well as her upcoming 80th birthday, precipitated the closure. The store's address was 204 South First Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91006.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36641
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 29, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 29, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
The Book Rack
Bookstores
Kropp, Karen
Small business
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Newspaper Index
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Bookstore fights to survive in middle of global pandemic. Karen Kropp, owner of The Book Rack in Arcadia, says she'll weather the pandemic storm for the love of reading. Kropp took over the business 17 years ago from original owner Pat Carlson, who started the business 35 years ago.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35769
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 13, 2020
Pages
p. 1, 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 13, 2020
Pages
p. 1, 4
Subjects
The Book Rack
Bookstores
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Pandemics
Small business
Viruses
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Newspaper Index
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Margaret Pappas, who runs the Back on the Rack consignment shop at 118 South First Ave., says the store is "99.95% women's clothing" that "must be impeccable." Items not sold in 90 days either go back to the customer or are donated to charity.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4487
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
February 9, 1995
Pages
p. 15 photo
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Sierra Madre News
Date
February 9, 1995
Pages
p. 15 photo
Subjects
Business & Industry - Back on the Rack
Item ID
4363AN
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Newspaper Index
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Presidential history in good hands with Arcadia car detailer Jerome Holland. Holland, owner of Car Bath Mobile Detailing in Arcadia, was one of 40 handpicked automotive detailers who spent 6 days restoring the first Air Force One jet at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36516
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 23, 2023
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 23, 2023
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Automotive detailers
Holland, Jerome
Small business
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Old Town Monrovia's Underdog Bookstore--an LGBTQ-owned book shop uplifting diverse authors and local presses--fights intolerance with inventory. Bookseller Muse Lee was confronted by a customer, a woman who felt "oppressed as a white person" and voiced objections that included racism and homophobia. Emily Lindley-Rodriguez, who works in Arcadia, is saddened to hear of the hate experienced at Underdog.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36633
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2024
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2024
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Lee, Muse
Underdog Bookstore
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Arcadia resident Gloria Horstman, a book columnist for San Gabriel Valley newspapers, begins a monthly book review program at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1750
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 7, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 7, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Horstman, Gloria
Item ID
1749AN
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A profile of Barbara's Beauty Supplies and Boutique and the owner, Barbara Pohlen Budd. Her store is located at 127 South First Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25809
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 20, 1997
Pages
p. 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 20, 1997
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Barbara's Beauty Supplies and Boutique
Budd, Barbara Pohlen
First Avenue
Item ID
26009AN
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Newspaper Index
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State offers funds for LGBTQ center in Whittier. The closest center like it are in Arcadia, Long Beach and downtown Los Angeles. The San Gabriel Valley LGBTQ Center is located at Prince Erik Hall, 2607 South Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91006, behind Arcadia Congregational Church--which is temporarily closed due to COVID-19). The SGV location was found on the website sgvlgbtq.org

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36016
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A4
Subjects
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ)
Prince Erik Hall
Social Services
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Monterey Park mass shooting one year later. City still lives in massacre's shadow. Permanent memorial to the 11 victims is still in planning stages. In Arcadia, doughnut business owners Francois Ung and his wife Shally Ung remember and honor their friend Andy Kao, a victim of the shooting at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio on January 21, 2023, with a pledge that they will send proceeds from sales at their Arcadia Donuts store on January 20 and 21 to the Monterey Park Hope and Resiliency Center and the Andy Kao Memorial Ballroom Dance Group to assist funding the nonprofit organizations. See also related article, "Who were the Monterey Park shooting victims? A year later, a reflection," Pasadena Star News, p. A13, January 21, 2024.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36628
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Arcadia Donuts
Doughnuts
Fundraisers
Kao, Andy
Memorials
Shootings
Small business
Star Ballroom Dance Studio
Ung, Francois
Ung, Shally
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A profile of Orozco Jewelers at 203 South First Avenue and the owner, Richard Orozco.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25813
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 3, 1997
Pages
p. 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 3, 1997
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Streets - First Avenue
Orozco Jewelers
Orozco, Richard
Item ID
26013AN
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A profile of Ralph's Florist at 109 South First Avenue and original owner Ralph Yaish (Yack) and son Allen Yack.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25805
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 20, 1997
Pages
p. 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 20, 1997
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Ralph's Florist
Streets - First Avenue
Yaish, Ralph
Yack, Allen
Item ID
26005AN
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The Friends of the Library donated $4500 to help begin an audiotape or "audio book" collection, while the Lions Club donated $500 to purchase a display rack.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper258
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 8, 1993
Pages
p. 6 photo; Highlander section
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 8, 1993
Pages
p. 6 photo; Highlander section
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library, 1990-1999
Item ID
258AN
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Karen and Amy Towner recently opened Arcadia Coffee Brewing Co. the town's first coffee shop. It is located at 107 S. First Ave.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper286
Newspaper
Star Tribune, Business section
Date
November 7, 1992
Pages
p. 1
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Star Tribune, Business section
Date
November 7, 1992
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Business and Industry - Arcadia Coffee Brewing Co.
Towner, Karen and Amy
Item ID
286AN
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Pocco, owner of Red Hot Tattoo at 40 E. Duarte Rd. is interviewed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper14556
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
August 13, 1998
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
August 13, 1998
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Business & Industry - Red Hot Tattoo
Item ID
15132AN
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Creative Housing Options in Arcadia (CHOA). Local efforts to address the lack of affordable housing and homelessness. On Saturday, April 20, 2024, a group of about 30 community members met at The Hills Church in Arcadia for a 2-hour "Sharing Session" to learn about what is being done in the city to address these issues. Safe Parking Programs were discussed. Arcadia City Council member Eileen L. Wang and Arcadia Mayor April Verlato attended.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36682
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 27, 2024
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 27, 2024
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Homelessness
Housing
McGrail, Wendy
Social issues
Veerman, Mike
Wetterau, Sharon Chun
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The Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education chose Karen M. Cline, assistant principal at Ramona Intermediate School in Bonita, to be the new principal for First Avenue Junior High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2897
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Cline, Karen M.
Item ID
2824AN
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Driver is arrested after 7-Eleven rammed. Monrovia man Sterling Williamson, 23, was arrested on suspicion of murder after he created a disturbance at a 7-Eleven store at 1003 South Baldwin Avenue on November 24, 2022, then allegedly crashed his car through the doors and tried to flee. There were no injuries.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36379
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2022
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arrests
Convenience stores
Crime and Criminals
7-Eleven
Williamson, Sterling
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Arcadia has its first tattoo parlor. Red Hot Tattoo opened June 1 at 40 E. Duarte Road.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26390
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 23, 1998
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 23, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Red Hot Tattoo
Business and Industry
Item ID
26590AN
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A 38-year-old Los Angeles man, accused of setting four arson fires in Arcadia and of carjacking a woman trying to move her car away from one of the fires, is arrested. The first fire was in a rear corridor on the second floor of The Shops at Santa Anita mall, at 400 South Baldwin Avenue at 11:40 A.M. on Friday. The other three fires were in the vicinity of the 900 block of Arcadia Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36496
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2023
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2023
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arson
Crime and Criminals
Fires
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Karen Garr is one of 400 pari-mutual clerks behind the betting windows at Arcadia's Santa Anita Park. The 44 year old Arcadia resident has been close to the race track since 1969, when she started as a "pony girl" in the back stretch of Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 2, 1992
Pages
p. B-2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 2, 1992
Pages
p. B-2
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - People
Garr, Karen
Item ID
22AN
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Newspaper Index
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