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Charles Cooper continues his series "Memories of Arcadia" with a story about the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese, where at its height, it housed more than 18,000 people. Japanese had a long local history, dating back to workers on the Santa Anita Ranch, and local residents had the uncomfortable feeling of seeing friends behind the wire at the track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32004
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Cooper, Charles
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Item ID
32184AN
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School uniforms, shoes, socks, jackets, school supplies and treats were given out to about 1000 local children from low-income families in the Foothill Unity Center's Fifth Annual Back-to-School Distribution at Santa Anita Park race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26250
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Foothill Unity Center
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
26451AN
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Caruso Affiliated plans to put in a 4-acre lake as part of the 800,000 square feet outdoor mall proposed for Santa Anita Park race track parking lot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29617
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Caruso project
Developments
Santa Anita Park race track
Malls
Lakes - man-made
Item ID
29801AN
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Two men and a teenager were attacked with metal pipes in three different Arcadia neighborhoods, all within an hour on Monday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30814
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 28, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 28, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
31002AN
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Groundbreaking for expansion of the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita mall will be held Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at 9:00 AM. The $98 million expansion will include a 16-screen movie theater, Borders Bookstore, Sports Chalet, a new food court, 30 new shops, and two parking structures. The expansion is Phase One of a possible two-part expansion of the mall, which originally opened 29 years ago.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31520
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 29, 2003
Pages
p. 19
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 29, 2003
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Malls
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita - expansion
Item ID
31716AN
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A new exhibit at the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum is about the Santa Anita Assembly Center, a temporary facility at Santa Anita Park that held Japanese Americans before they were sent to more permanent internment camps during World War II. The opening reception will feature speakers Osamu Miyamoto, Akkiko Nomura and others. Dana Dunn is the curator.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31821
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2009
Pages
p. Weekend 1, 2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2009
Pages
p. Weekend 1, 2
Subjects
Dunn, Dana
Miyamoto, Osamu
Nomura, Akkiko
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Item ID
32018AN
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The City of Arcadia and Arcadia City Council are working on plans for a new civic center and multipurpose facility that would be located next to City Hall and the newly constructed police station. The project would use money from the capital construction fund and is not part of the city's general fund.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31628
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 8, 2004
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p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 8, 2004
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia civic center - buildings and construction
Item ID
31825AN
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Sushi restaurant owner James Wei, 42, was shot dead by a robber who can be seen in surveillance videotape. The restaurant named Osaka Ya is in the Pavilions Shopping Center. Police are seeking the public's help in identifying the gunman.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30813
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 28, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 28, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder
Osaka Ya Restaurant
Robbery
Shootings
Wei, James
Item ID
31001AN
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Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita, formerly known as Santa Anita Fashion Park, will begin a $98 million mall expansion on June 4.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25651
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Item ID
25851AN
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A photograph shows the June 4 groundbreaking ceremony for the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita expansion project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31515
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2003
Pages
p. 20
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2003
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
Malls
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita- expansion
Item ID
31711AN
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The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency is apparently making some progress in a project to improve the area around the Rusnak Mercedes-Benz dealership. The project, known as the Morlan Place Center, has been the topic of closed-door discussions with property owners around the Huntington Drive site. The city has extended offers to at least two property owners to move to 620 E. Live Oak, so that Morlan Place Center can be developed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32475
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Arcadia Redevelopment Agency
Morlan Place Center
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz--automobile dealerships
Item ID
32671AN
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Months of talks between Westfield Shopping Town Santa Anita and Santa Anita Park race track about building a shopping center seem to have fallen through.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18184
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2000
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2000
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
18431AN
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Santa Anita Park race track requested that the City Council delay acting on legislation that would govern its nighttime operations. Public hearings will be held so that the track's stance can be explained to neighboring homeowners.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27460
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 6, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 6, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Item ID
27657AN
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Jockey Alex Solis wins the $4 million Breeders' Cup Classic aboard Pleasantly Perfect.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26662
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Breeders' Cup
Solis, Alex
Item ID
26864AN
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Seen as retaliation for Westfield tactics, Caruso Affiliated announced it would ask Arcadia voters to block mall rival Westfield from leasing space to Target Stores or a similar "big box" discounter.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29970
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Caruso, Rick
Malls
Mall war
Caruso Affiliated
Ballot measures
Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Item ID
30156AN
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Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to support legislation establishing February 19 as "Remembrance Day" for those Japanese who were sent to internment camps during World War II. Locally, an internment camp was set up at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25134
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 19, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 19, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Japanese Internment Camps
Santa Anita Park - Assembly Center for the Japanese
Item ID
25329AN
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Three men robbed and abducted a shopper at the Santa Anita mall. The robbers took the victim's car, a 1997 Honda Accord. Later the Los Angeles County Fire Department found the car had been set on fire in El Monte.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29316
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Robbery
Crime and Criminals
Westfield Santa Anita
Carjackings
Item ID
29500AN
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Santa Anita Park was named last week to a list of "America's 11 Most Endangered Places" because of owner Frank Stronach's plans to create a retail-entertainment center in the historic race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper19266
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2000
Pages
p. 2 The Star
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2000
Pages
p. 2 The Star
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
19508AN
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A brush fire that started Saturday in Santa Anita Canyon is being referrred to as the Santa Anita Fire. The fire is still raging in the mountains above Sierra Madre and Arcadia. It has destroyed 400 acres, forced the evacuation of 1000 people, and forced Sierra Madre to close its schools. Officials say it could take 4-7 days to contain the fire.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30985
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2008
Pages
p. News 1, 6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2008
Pages
p. News 1, 6
Subjects
Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31180AN
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Newspaper Index
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H & M, a fashion retailer, will open a store at Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita on December 14, 2006. The store will have fashions for men, women, teens, and lingerie.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30295
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 2006
Pages
p. Local 3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 2006
Pages
p. Local 3
Subjects
Business and Industry
Clothing
H & M
Retail stores
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Item ID
30482AN
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