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Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Bruce Matthews was honored at Arcadia High School in a benefit for the Special Olympics. He is a hometown legend, having graduated from Arcadia High School in 1979.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30634
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 21, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 21, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
Subjects
Athletes
Awards - honors - recognitions
Football
Matthews, Bruce -- biography
NFL Hall of Fame
Sports
Item ID
30822AN
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Newspaper Index
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Former Arcadia High School football star Bruce Matthews ends his NFL career after 19 seasons.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24032
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 13, 2002
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 13, 2002
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Matthews, Bruce
Item ID
24227AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident Bob Wieland, 62, lost both legs in the Vietnam War, but that didn't stop him from majoring in physical education at California State University Los Angeles. He has walked on his hands and biked across the United States, competed in 6 marathons, completed a triathlon, and set world weight-lifting records. He will be inducted into the California Powerlifting Hall of Fame today.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30962
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2008
Pages
p. News 3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2008
Pages
p. News 3
Subjects
Athletes
Awards - honors - recognitions
Wieland, Bob
Veterans
Item ID
31157AN
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Newspaper Index
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Alan J. Fisher, M.D., has been elected as the 2007 chief of staff at Methodist Hospital of Southern California.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30332
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2006
Pages
p. Local 2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2006
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Fisher, Alan J., M.D.
Item ID
30518AN
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Newspaper Index
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As median home prices dip throughout Southern California, many local homes are being foreclosed. In 2007, there were 215 foreclosure filings in Arcadia. See chart for figures on surrounding areas.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30943
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Foreclosures
Houses
Housing market
Item ID
31138AN
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Newspaper Index
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City of Arcadia employee Maria Ringo won a Ranger boat and took home $10,000 in a Tennessee bass tournament.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26743
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2003
Pages
p. C4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2003
Pages
p. C4
Subjects
Ringo, Mario
Fishing
Item ID
26945AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. Radio personality and singer Veeva "Suzy" Hamblen has died at the age of 101, in Santa Clarita, California. She and husband Stuart Hamblen (died 1989), also a radio entertainer, had a ranch in Arcadia for many years and were known as some of the leading trainers at Santa Anita Race Track in the late 1940s. Stuart and Veeva rode their Peruvian Paso horses in the Rose Parade from 1979 to 1989. Veeva was also famous as a gospel songwriter.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31025
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Celebrities
Entertainers
Famous people
Hamblen, Veeva Ellen Daniels "Suzy" (1907-2008) - biography
Hamblen, Stuart
Singers
Songwriters
Item ID
31220AN
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Newspaper Index
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Hall of Fame jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. was awarded $2.7 million in a lawsuit against Huntington Ambulance Service. He claims that Huntington's treatment of him after a riding accident in which he broke two bones in his neck and a spinal injury, caused him to end his career. The Ambulance company is not affiliated with Huntington Hospital.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30527
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 10, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 10, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Huntington Ambulance Service
Jockeys
Pincay, Laffit, Jr.
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
30715AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School quarterback J. D. Ziska was selected to play in the National Hall of Fame Game.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21459
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 12, 2001
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 12, 2001
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Ziska, J. D
Arcadia High School students
Item ID
21681AN
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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a $125.6 billion budget for 2006-2007. He plans to increase spending on education and transportation and cut funding for some welfare and health programs, while not increasing taxes. Arcadia Mayor John Wuo agrees that California needs to make substantial investments in the state infrastructure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29856
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
California state budget
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Wuo, John
Item ID
30041AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School student Audarrius Bailey plays running back for the Hall of Fame All-Star game.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30126
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 4, 2006
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 4, 2006
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Bailey, Audarrius
Arcadia High School sports
Athletes
Football
Item ID
30312AN
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Newspaper Index
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Hall of Fame jockey Sandy Hawley wins the Living Legends Race riding a horse called Tribal Chief.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31260
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2008
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2008
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Cordero, Angel, Jr.
Day, Pat
Delahoussaye, Eddie
Hawley, Sandy
Krone, Julie
McCarron, Chris
Pincay, Laffit, Jr.
Santa Anita Park - Living Legends Race
Stevens, Gary
Vasquez, Jacinto
Velasquez, Jorge
Item ID
31455AN
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Bruce Herman and Art Frye have opened a store specializing in military antiques. Grenadier Military Antiques is located at 125 E. Santa Clara St. in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24779
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 25, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 25, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Grenadier Military Antiques
Herman, Bruce
Frye, Art
Item ID
24973AN
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Chris Arnold, Bruce Bochte, Dave Hostetler, Mark Smith, and Steve Kemp were named to the Pasadena All-Time Baseball Roster.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22918
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2002
Pages
p. C2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2002
Pages
p. C2
Subjects
Sports
Arnold, Chris
Bochte, Bruce
Hostetler, Dave
Kemp, Steve
Smith, Mark
Item ID
23126AN
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Newspaper Index
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Ricardo Preciado, son of Arcadia resident Esther Preciado, along with Kenneth Bruce, was killed on December 10, 2001 in a hit-and-run crash. The truck driver, George Hoelker, was given a light sentence and the families are angered.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24457
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 13, 2002
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 13, 2002
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Hit-and-run
Preciado, Ricardo
Bruce, Kenneth
Item ID
24648AN
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Newspaper Index
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A weeklong science camp was held at Rio Hondo Preparatory School for first through fifth grade students. The camp is sponsored by the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31065
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2008
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Education
Science camp
Summer programs
Item ID
31260AN
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Newspaper Index
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Vendors and 2000 people attended the Southern California Utility Association's Information Fair. Arcadia's water department employee, Richard Reeley, raced to see how quickly he could change a water meter. The Fair was held at the Irwindale Speedway.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24529
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2002
Pages
p. B3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2002
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Water Department
City employees - Reeley, Richard
Southern California Utility Association
Item ID
24719AN
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Newspaper Index
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The preliminary hearing for accused murderer Isaac Campbell has begun in Alhambra. He is charged in the death of Liya "Jessie" Lu, who went missing August 11, 2007. Her body was found more than 1 month later, stuffed in a trash can at a home in Arcadia. The victim's last text message was scrutinized in court. So far, the proceedings have consisted solely of testimony by Lu's coworker and friend George Molina.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31445
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Molina, George
Murder
Trials
Item ID
31638AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Experts predict a massive West Nile virus outbreak in Southern California.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28658
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
West Nile Virus
San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
Item ID
28847AN
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Newspaper Index
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Rusnak Pasadena will be opening a luxury auto dealership on a 4 acre lot on Huntington and Santa Clara St. in mid-August.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21453
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Automobile dealerships, businesses
Item ID
21675AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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