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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.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
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p. 1
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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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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
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 19, 2003
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p. A3
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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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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.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2009
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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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Ed Inouye of West Covina, whose family was sent to the internment camp at Santa Anita Park during World War II, died on February 19th. He was instrumental in getting the government to pay reparations to some of the imprisoned families.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2003
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Inouye, Ed
Japanese Internment Camps
Santa Anita Park - Assembly Center for the Japanese
Item ID
25391AN
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General information

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4298
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26, 1942 p. 1 (evacuation base rising at track)
April 2, 1942 p. 1 (closure of Huntington Drive denied)
April 8, 1942 p. 1 (race track converted into "Little Tokyo")
October 8, 1942 p. 1 (Japanese almost gone)
October 29, 1942 p. 1 (barricades on Huntington Drive removed)
October 29, 1942 West Arcadia Section, section 2, p. 1 (Final Japanese evacuation completed)
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Arcadia Tribune
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March 26, 1942 p. 1 (evacuation base rising at track)
April 2, 1942 p. 1 (closure of Huntington Drive denied)
April 8, 1942 p. 1 (race track converted into "Little Tokyo")
October 8, 1942 p. 1 (Japanese almost gone)
October 29, 1942 p. 1 (barricades on Huntington Drive removed)
October 29, 1942 West Arcadia Section, section 2, p. 1 (Final Japanese evacuation completed)
Subjects
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Item ID
4174AN
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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.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2003
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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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Santa Anita Park upgraded worker housing and disposal systems to satisfy government requirements.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2000
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2000
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
19813AN
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Japanese-Americans recall WW II internment.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 2000
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park race track
Item ID
23530AN
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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
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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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Michi Murayama of Alhambra created a quilt documenting the Japanese-American internment during WW II.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21152
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 30, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 30, 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Japanese American Internment
Murayama, Michi
Item ID
21381AN
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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.

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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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U. S. Forest Service officials met with cabin owners and residence permit holders to hear concerns regarding evacuation of the Big Santa Anita Canyon area.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 2004
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Big Santa Anita Canyon
United States Forest Service
Evacuations
Item ID
29373AN
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Spokesman Stuart Zanville said the Santa Anita Park race track has met city and county requirements about housing of track workers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28936
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 18, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 18, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park race track
Zanville, Stuart
Track workers housing
Employee living quarters
Item ID
29125AN
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Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, 44th District (of which Arcadia is part), announced his candidacy for Speaker of the State Assembly.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33214
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2008
Pages
p. 1, 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2008
Pages
p. 1, 2
Subjects
California State Assembly
Politicians
Portantino, Anthony
Item ID
33411AN
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Camp Santa Anita

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 21, 1943
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 21, 1943
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Camp Santa Anita (U. S. Army Ordnance Center)
Item ID
3746AN
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Santa Anita Park's Santa Anita Derby to have its 65th running.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 27
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 27
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010
Santa Anita Derby
Item ID
33419AN
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Santa Anita Park submitted a 139-page Santa Anita Draft Specific Plan to the City last week.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2000
Pages
p. A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2000
Pages
p. A11
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
19812AN
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General items regarding Santa Anita Park

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 8, 1942 p. 1 (closed to racing for duration)
September 11, 1944 p. 1 (released by Army)
September 14, 1944 p. 1 (racing resumes)
November 21, 1946 p. 1 (admission tax)
December 29, 1946 p. 3 (picture)
March 23, 1950 p. 12 (first track)
February 21, 1955 p. 1 (historical park museum has lumber from Lucky Baldwins race track buildings)
December 22, 1955 p. 10 (aerial drawing of tracks0
April 11, 1960 p. 1 (battle for control)
April 28, 1960 p. 1 ( " )
May 2, 1960 p. 1 ( " )
December 8, 1960 p. 1 (helicopter landing studied)
June 14, 1964 p. 1 (assessed valuation increased)
March 29, 1973 p. 1 (behind the scenes)
August 16, 1973 p. C-2 (Grandstand improvement)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 8, 1942 p. 1 (closed to racing for duration)
September 11, 1944 p. 1 (released by Army)
September 14, 1944 p. 1 (racing resumes)
November 21, 1946 p. 1 (admission tax)
December 29, 1946 p. 3 (picture)
March 23, 1950 p. 12 (first track)
February 21, 1955 p. 1 (historical park museum has lumber from Lucky Baldwins race track buildings)
December 22, 1955 p. 10 (aerial drawing of tracks0
April 11, 1960 p. 1 (battle for control)
April 28, 1960 p. 1 ( " )
May 2, 1960 p. 1 ( " )
December 8, 1960 p. 1 (helicopter landing studied)
June 14, 1964 p. 1 (assessed valuation increased)
March 29, 1973 p. 1 (behind the scenes)
August 16, 1973 p. C-2 (Grandstand improvement)
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
4177AN
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Caruso Affiliated, the builder of The Grove, proposes building a $400 million mixed housing and retail complex in the parking lot of Santa Anita Park. The project would include a few hundred apartments and condominiums.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 30, 2004
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 30, 2004
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Santa Anita Park race track - development project - mixed housing and retail complex
Caruso Affiliated
Item ID
28732AN
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Neighboring homeowners are concerned about proposed changes to Santa Anita Park race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper20157
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2000
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
20389AN
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