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Construction has begun on Arcadia Unified School District's $20 million Performing Arts Center. The 40,000 square feet, state-of-the-art facility is due to open in fall of 2012. It is funded by Measure I.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32467
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 25, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 25, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District--buildings
Performing Arts Center
Item ID
32655AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Monrovia High School arson fire closes theater but show "Hairspray" goes on at Arcadia Performing Arts Center.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34384
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 4, 2015
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 4, 2015
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Performing Arts Center (Auditorium)
Arson fires
Fernando, Andrew
Monrovia High School
Item ID
34577AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A blue ribbon day at Santa Anita Park. Blue Ribbon, the premier women's support group of the Music Center held a "Day at the Races."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34711
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Baffert, Bob
Espinoza, Victor
Lani, Debbie
Williamson, Alyce
Item ID
34903AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Miss Junior Taiwan Verena Wong, 5, of Arcadia (photo) and Miss Taiwan Paula Wu of Palo Alto together give away toys to preschoolers at La Casa de San Gabriel Community Center. They also presented the center with a $3000 check from Chinatrust Bank.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32249
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 4, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 4, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
La Casa de San Gabriel Community Center
Wong, Verena
Wu, Paula
Item ID
32448AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Actor and activist George Takei, 75, famous for his portrayal of Sulu on television series Star Trek, will talk about gay rights and a childhood spent in internment camps at Santa Anita Park (assembly center), Tule Lake and Rohwer, Arkansas, during World War II. He will be speaking at Cal Poly Pomona on Tuesday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33419
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2013
Pages
p. B1, B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2013
Pages
p. B1, B8
Subjects
Actors
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Takei, George
Item ID
33615AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Camp Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center, at Santa Anita Park, from 1942-1945, is featured in a temporary exhibit at Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage, through March 30.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33366
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Camp Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center
Dunn, Dana
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Item ID
33562AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Hale Medical Center office building planned at 289 W. Huntington Drive in Arcadia breaks ground. Construction began last week on the $20 million four-story medical office building in the southern parking lot of Santa Anita Park that will connect to Arcadia Methodist Hospital via a footbridge.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33577
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Hale Corporation
Hale, Dick
Hale Medical Center
Stronach Group
Item ID
33772AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia boys Travis Tu and Andy You have been chosen for 2012 All-Area Boys tennis.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33074
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 22, 2012
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 22, 2012
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
All-Area Boys tennis
Arcadia High School students
Sports
Tu, Travis
You, Andy
Item ID
33271AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia local Roni Yamane is on the All-Area Track and Field first girls team. Alex McElwee and Sergio Gonzalez of Arcadia, are on the 2012 All-Area Track and Field first boys team.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33076
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2012
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2012
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Arcadia High School students--sports
Gonzalez, Sergio
McElwee, Alex
Track and Field
Yamane, Roni
Item ID
33273AN
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Newspaper Index
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A van ran into Arcadia Adult Day Health Care Center and injured four elderly women with strewn glass and debris.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33734
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2014
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2014
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Arcadia Adult Day Health Care Center
Item ID
33930AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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New congressional districts in the San Gabriel Valley, approved by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, reflects a significant change from current boundaries. (The new congress representatives will be voted in the November 2012 elections and take office in January 2013.) The new district lines have some local leaders worried about the region's ability to get federal dollars and attention to address local issues.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32509
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 28, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 28, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
California State Assembly
California State Senate
Congressional districts
Gerrymandering
Politics
Redistricting
Item ID
32708AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Outage draws probe by California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to investigate the prolonged outages in Southern California Edison's (SCE) service area following last week's powerful windstorm. About 858 SCE customers in the San Gabriel Valley were still without power as of 7:00 PM yesterday, down from a total of about 434,000 initially affected by the windstorm.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32762
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Disasters
Southern California Edison (SCE)--electricity utility
Weather
Wind and windstorms
Item ID
32959AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Testing of Gold Line light rail cars began on Monday. It passed over the newly built bridge on Santa Anita Avenue in Arcadia. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 17, December 11, 2014.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34039
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension--Arcadia Station
Transportation
Item ID
34233AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park race event 2012 Sunshine Millions tomorrow. Horse named Caracortado is shown with jockey Paul Atkinson (from a 2010 Preakness Stakes photo).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32815
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 27, 2012
Pages
p. C1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 27, 2012
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Atkinson, Paul (jockey)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
33012AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Denny's windmill spins again. The windmill atop Denny's at northeast corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive was designed by Harold Bissner as the template for Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakery's coffee shop franchise. It opened in 1967 in Arcadia, the first of 15 built from his designs. Denny's bought the location in 1989. Denny's spent $100,000 refurbishing the windmill.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34592
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 30, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 30, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bissner, Harold
Denny's Restaurant
Historic Buildings
Van de Kamp's Bakery
Windmills
Item ID
34784AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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2011 Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) scores show a majority of area schools are progressing. California's STAR program assesses public school students' knowledge of the math, English and science in grades 2 through 11. At Arcadia Unified School District, these are the percentage of students who scored proficient or advanced in core subjects: English-Language Arts 83.9%; History 76%; Mathematics 82.4%; Science 84.7%; Science end of course 80.4%. STAR scores from other area schools are given.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32499
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR)
Test Scores
Item ID
32698AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A 19-year-old man Matthew Zamora, could face a 25 year prison sentence for shooting and killing 24-year-old Joseph Romero of Arcadia, on June 16, 2012, on the 5200 block of Tyler Avenue in unincorporated county area near Arcadia and El Monte.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34251
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 4, 2015
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 4, 2015
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Romero, Joseph
Zamora, Matthew
Item ID
34445AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The 11.5 mile light rail Gold Line extension from Pasadena to Azusa was awarded to Foothill Transit Constructors. Kiewit-Parsons, a joint venture company, will design and build the project. Funding comes from Measure R.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32468
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Contractors
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Item ID
32667AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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HBO television show "Luck" ends production after a third horse death at Santa Anita Park. The drama, starring Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte, about the seedier side of horse racing, will air the final two episodes of its first season but the series won't return for a second season. The horse deaths drew criticism from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32890
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Cable television series
Hoffman, Dustin
Home Box Office (HBO)
Nolte, Nick
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
33087AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Denny's Restaurant at Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue in Arcadia hosts a monthly "Carcadia" car show. Any car enthusiast is welcome to show his/her car. The event was founded by Scott Hettrick and Glenn Oyoung.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33914
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2014
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2014
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Car shows
Denny's Restaurant
Hettrick, Scott
Oyoung, Glenn
Item ID
34108AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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