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Arcadia Peach Festival set for Saturday, March 25. Events includes dedication of War Memorial Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33019
Newspaper
The Journal
Date
January 18, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
January 18, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Arcadia Peach Festival
Item ID
33216AN
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Arcadia, the Community of Homes, starkly divided on helping the homeless. Residents are unhappy with homeless encampment at Second Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. The City proposes helping unhoused people with the Tiny Shelter project. The plan involves building a village of tiny homes on county land at Peck Park access road site. Residents expressed opposition to that, too.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35968
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 20, 2021
Pages
p. 1, 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 20, 2021
Pages
p. 1, 3
Subjects
Homelessness
Social issues
Somogyi, Sara
Tiny homes
Verlato, April
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Plans for Arcadia's Peach Blossom Festival promise big day on March 25: parade, park events, celebrities and ball.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33039
Newspaper
The Journal
Date
March 15, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
March 15, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Arcadia Peach Blossom Festival
Item ID
33236AN
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The official song of the Peach Blossom Festival, "When it's Peach Blossom Time in Arcadia," is now on sale. It was published by Hortense Seymour.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10047
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 23, 1950
Pages
p. 15
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 23, 1950
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Peach Blossom Festival
Item ID
10002AN
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Newspaper Index
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Harry Horak of Arcadia is 100 years old today. He is a World War II veteran and retired tax accountant. Includes more biographical information.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36136
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A7
Subjects
Centenarians
Horack, Harry
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Interview with author Brad Pearson who wrote the book The Eagles of Heart Mountain. He tackles the injustice of Japanese-American incarceration through the exploits of a World War II camp football team. Article mentions many evacuees were detained at Santa Anita racetrack in Arcadia before being shipped out.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35880
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 10, 2021
Pages
p. C7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 10, 2021
Pages
p. C7
Subjects
Authors
Football
Japanese-Americans
Pearson, Brad
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
World War II
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The official song for the 2nd annual Peach Blossom Festival, "When it's Peach Blossom Time in Arcadia," is now being sold at local music stores. Published by Hortense Seymour, the Betty Graeme tune is selling for 50 cents per copy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10048
Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
March 18, 1950
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
March 18, 1950
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Peach Blossom Festival
Item ID
10003AN
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Christine Fulton, who recalls 30 years with Santa Anita Park race track, retired at the end of the Oak Tree meet last fall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2476
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 13, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 13, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - People
Item ID
2421AN
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Veterans group and Arcadia Mayor April Verlato celebrate World War II veteran Jack McEwan's 100th birthday. He was a pilot on a B-17 bomber from 1942-1943.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35631
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2020
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
McEwan, Jack
Verlato, April
Veterans
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Arcadian Luben Balabanoff, a Bulgarian by birth, was in Dresden, Germany when it was bombed during World War II. Retired now, he has spent the last 10 years making travel films and touring with them.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper588
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 15, 1981
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 15, 1981
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Balabanoff, Luben
Item ID
588AN
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Pasadena native and World War II veteran Weston Embree celebrates 100th birthday. Embree's father Guy founded Embree Buses Inc., a Pasadena institution. Weston Embree met his wife Shirlee, originally of Arcadia, at the Methodist Church.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36326
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 2, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 2, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A4
Subjects
Centenarians
Embree, Shirley
Embree, Weston
Embree Buses Inc.
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Tiny house homeless plan draws opposition. Council tables proposal to build shelters at park. The city will create a citizens committee to help study the issue. The city is looking into costs, infrastructure and grants for the proposed complex of tiny shelters, in response to the growing number of unhoused people in Arcadia. Homelessness in Arcadia grew from 85 in 2019 to 117 in 2020.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35972
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 22, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 22, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Homelessness
Homeless population
Social issues
Tiny homes
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Judy Muscat, 17, will reign at second Annual Arcadia Peach Blossom Festival. Four princesses in Muscat's court. Photos.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32987
Newspaper
The Journal
Date
March 15, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
March 15, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Arcadia Peach Blossom Festival
Austin, Sallie
Cauffield, Mary Ellen
Laselle, Carol Ann
Muscat, Judy
Norris, Ann
Item ID
33184AN
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Arcadia man's 100th birthday to be family affair. Art Del Rey turns 100 this weekend. He is a World War II veteran (United States Navy). He had a successful career in real estate and started his own business in 1963, Art Del Rey Realty, Inc. in Arcadia, which thrives to this day.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36569
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 5, 2023
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 5, 2023
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Art Del Rey Realty, Inc.
Centenarians
Del Rey, Art
Realtors
Senior Citizens
Veterans
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Decorated vet to celebrate 100th birthday. U.S. Air Force vetean Edward Lopez was a fighter pilot in both World War II and the Korean War. Born in Los Angeles and living in Arcadia for more than 50 years, he is one of the last living members of the Air Force's 365th Fighter-Bomber Group known as The Hell Hawks, a reserve fighter squadron in the U.S. Marine Corps. See hard copy in VF People.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36505
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 15, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 15, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Centenarians
Lopez, Edward J.
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Another homeless village set to open in Baldwin Park. 16-unit tiny home complex will house families in need. It's called Serenity Homes, 13167 Garvey Avenue in Baldwin Park. Senator Susan Rubio, D-West Covina, celebrated the opening with elected officials from all over the San Gabriel Valley, including from Arcadia, Azusa, Glendora, La Puente, Monrovia, San Marino, South Pasadena, Temple City and Mount San Antonio College. It is the second tiny homes village opening in Baldwin Park within a year and serves as a model for how cities can expand homeless services.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36322
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A14
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A14
Subjects
Baldwin Park, California
Homeless
Homelessness
Housing
Rubio, Susan
Social issues
Tiny homes
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Tiny homes opponents appeal for reduction of Foothill Unity Center’s homeless services. Opponents protested outside Arcadia Councilmember April Verlato's home.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36006
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 2021
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 2021
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Foothill Unity Center
Homeless
Homelessness
Social issues
Verlato, April
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The Arcadia City Council has grounded a proposal that would have allowed hang glider pilots to land their grafts on an unused LA County floodplain in the north end of the city. The 30 pilots of the Mr. Wilson Soaring Society need a landing site because the one used for the last 8 years in Pasadena has been developed with the new Pasadena Rose Court homes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1682
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 27, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 27, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Hang Gliding
Item ID
1681AN
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Here's to those who install holiday lights. Columnist Anissa Rivera writes about light displays Reindeer Road: World of Illumination at Santa Anita Park and Lightscape at the Arboretum and others.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36122
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 2021
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Holidays
Lightscape
Christmas
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Arcadia Library presents Japanese Artist's Journey. The life and legacy of artist J.T. Sata will be the subject of a virtual program on October 10, presented by Arcadia Public Library in partnership with Japanese American National Museum. The book J.T. Sata: a Japanese Immigrant in Search of Western Art will be discussed by authors Frank Sata (son of J.T. Sata) and Naomi Hirahara. (J.T. Sata and family were imprisoned at Santa Anita Assembly Center during World War II).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35834
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 8, 2020
Pages
p. 7
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 8, 2020
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Artists Immigrants Japanese-Americans Hirahara, Naomi Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese Sata, Frank Sata, J.T. Takeda, Bryan
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