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Arcadia will head a group of about 17 cities now teaming up on a regional plan to reduce smog in the San Gabriel Valley.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 2, 1992
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 2, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
West San Gabriel Valley Air Quality Plan Consortium
Air Pollution
Item ID
319AN
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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
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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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Subject Files
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More than 1.1 million people came to Santa Anita Park this season, which began on December 26, down slightly from the 1993-94 season.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 1995
Pages
p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 1995
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park, 1991 - 2000
Item ID
4419AN
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Arcadia High school leads West San Gabriel Valley schools with the most finalists in the 1992 National Merit Scholarship competition.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 5, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 5, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
35AN
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Arcadia showed the largest percentage growth among cities in the West San Gabriel Valley, gaining 3.1 percent from 49,750 in 1994 to 51,300 in 1995.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 12, 1995
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p. A-1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 12, 1995
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia - Population
Item ID
4425AN
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A mountain lion attacked and killed a family dog in north Arcadia.

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Sierra Madre News
Date
January 23, 1997
Pages
p. 7
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Sierra Madre News
Date
January 23, 1997
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Mountain Lions
Item ID
8856AN
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Arcadia's top stories for 1993 included the proposal for a music center at Santa Anita Park, the proposal to fill the Rodeffer Landfill, and the temporary weekend closures at Wilderness Park.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 30, 1993
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p. H-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 30, 1993
Pages
p. H-3
Subjects
Arcadia (City) - History 1990 - 1999
Item ID
1725AN
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Violent crime in most west San Gabriel Valley cities was down in 1991. Arcadia crime figures are included in the article.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 6, 1992
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p. B-10
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 6, 1992
Pages
p. B-10
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
23AN
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The Arcadia First Medical Association held a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house to celebrate the opening of their new clinic in the medical complex at 624 West Duarte Rd, Suite 103. The association, with support from Methodist Hospital has opened the facility to provide service to Chinese-speaking residents of Arcadia and San Gabriel area.

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Sierra Madre News
Date
May 11, 1995
Pages
p. 13
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Sierra Madre News
Date
May 11, 1995
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Arcadia First Medical Association
Item ID
4437AN
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Measure "M", restricting Santa Anita's land use, was defeated by a 65% to 35% vote.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 1996
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 1996
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Measure "M"
Item ID
25977AN
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State wildlife officials shot and killed a 130 pound mountain lion in the backyard of a north Arcadia home Sunday night after it killed and dragged away the family's dog.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 28, 1997
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 28, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Mountain Lions
Item ID
8707AN
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The Big Hoss Saloon and Dance Hall, voted the best country and western night club in the San Gabriel Valley last year, reopened for its third season on Friday April 28 at Santa Anita Park race track.

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Sierra Madre News
Date
May 4, 1995
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
May 4, 1995
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Big Hoss Saloon & Dance Hall
Item ID
4435AN
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The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency approved the purchase of $1.2 million in land owned by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Co. at 21 North 2nd Avenue to be used as part of the Northwest Corner Project of commercial development.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 9, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 9, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
1344AN
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Businessman Frank Stronach, who announced he is buying Santa Anita Park, has stated that his vision for developing the land is drastically different than Santa Anita's current proposal.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 1998
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 1998
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
16846AN
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In a major retreat from its campaign to develop land south of the Santa Anita Park race track, Santa Anita Realty Enterprises has withdrawn its application to build a $300 million entertainment complex.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 1996
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p. A-1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 1996
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Entertainment Center
Item ID
5698AN
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Arcadia is the first city in the West San Gabriel Valley to receive a donation of an armored truck, thanks to Los Angeles-based Armored Transport of California. The Police Dept. has retrofitted it for use by its SWAT team.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 20, 1996
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p. A 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 20, 1996
Pages
p. A 1
Subjects
Police
Item ID
5540AN
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Methodist Hospital has started publishing what appears to be the first Spanish-language community health magazine in the San Gabriel Valley.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 1995
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 1995
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Hospitals - Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Item ID
5395AN
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The Trask Boy Scout Camp in the San Gabriel Mountains has a new multi-purpose building, thanks in part to the Arcadia Rotary Club. The building is named after Arcadia resident Nick Pokrajac.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
August 17, 1995
Pages
p. 8
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Sierra Madre News
Date
August 17, 1995
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Organizations - Rotary Club
Pokrajac, Nick
Item ID
4706AN
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The 37-acre Arcadia County Park is one of 25 parks Los Angeles County may close in the San Gabriel Valley in 1993-1994.

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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley Section
Date
April 8, 1993
Pages
p. J-1
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley Section
Date
April 8, 1993
Pages
p. J-1
Subjects
Parks - Arcadia County Park
Item ID
234AN
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Hidden away just north of Arcadia's Santa Anita golf course parking lot are the Santa Anita Greens, which provide a wide range of activities for 139 men and women in the Bowling Green Club.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News The Star section
Date
June 17, 1998
Pages
p. A5 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News The Star section
Date
June 17, 1998
Pages
p. A5 w/photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Lawn Bowling Club
Item ID
14795AN
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