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Rod's Grill, Arcadia's beloved classic diner, announces its closure after nearly 70 years. Closing date will be Sunday, February 12, 2023. It is located at 41 West Huntington Drive, along Historic Route 66. The diner began as a small chain of restaurants in 1946, with the Arcadia location opening in 1957.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36420
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A4
Subjects
Historic Route 66
Monroy, Wendy
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Rod's Grill
Romero, Manny
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Owner of iconic Rod's Grill in Arcadia, Manuel de Jesus Romero, succumbs to COVID-19.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35928
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2021
Pages
p. 8
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2021
Pages
p. 8
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Deaths
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Rod's Grill
Romero, Manuel de Jesus
Romero, Manny
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Obituary/death notice. Last illness compounded by death of son and daughter-in-law (see Arcadia Tribune - October 24, 1946, p. 1.)

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8294
Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
October 27, 1946
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Bulletin
Date
October 27, 1946
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Mounsey, Viola May
Item ID
8249AN
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Small Businesses Adapt to Economic Uncertainty in Arcadia. The COVID-19 outbreak has frozen one of the world’s most powerful economies and suspended the fate of many business owners worldwide. During these uncertain times, many small businesses are searching for any method or reason to stay open, and in Arcadia, some have gone to great lengths to do so.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35710
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 7, 2020
Pages
p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 7, 2020
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
California Pizza Kitchen
Cheesecake Factory
Coronavirus-COVID-19
GoKi Cafe
Pandemics
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Rod's Grill
Romero, Manny
Small business
Sushi Kiyosuzu
Vendome
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Arcadia native Eileen Chen, a UCSB student, hosts global day of letter writing to senior citizens isolated by COVID-19. See also Pasadena Star News, p. A3, A4, February 16, 2021.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 4, 2021
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 4, 2021
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Chen, Eileen
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Pandemics
Volunteerism
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Death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6801
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 3, 1942
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 3, 1942
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Meek, Ella
Item ID
6708AN
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Marriage. Dec. 26, 1946.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 2, 1947
Pages
p. 5
Arcadia Tribune
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 2, 1947
Pages
p. 5
Arcadia Tribune
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Powers, Gwendolyn Alice
Young, William Lee
Item ID
8317AN
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Marriage. On Dec. 20, 1946.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 2, 1947
Pages
p. 5 photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 2, 1947
Pages
p. 5 photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
McDonald, June Verne
Young, Earl Burton, Jr.
Item ID
8318AN
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Marriage. Dec. 20, 1946

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 9, 1947
Pages
p. 5 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 9, 1947
Pages
p. 5 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Clark, Beth
Olson, Lloyd
Item ID
8322AN
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Items regarding Route 66

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4392
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 5, 1932 p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 5, 1932 p. 1
Subjects
Streets - Route 66
Item ID
4268AN
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Food critic Merrill Shindler reviews Moffett's Family Restaurant and Chicken Pie Shoppe at 1409 South Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35884
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 2, 2021
Pages
p. A12
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 2, 2021
Pages
p. A12
Subjects
Chicken pot pies
Moffett's Family Restaurant and Chicken Pie Shoppe
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Shindler, Merrill
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Marriage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6959
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 28, 1942
Pages
p. 3
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 28, 1942
Pages
p. 3
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Davis, Ruby Dell
Meek, W. E.
Item ID
6863AN
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Los Angeles County Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases by community, including cases, deaths, hospitalizations and vaccination rates. Total number of cases in Los Angeles County: 1,538,451 and in Arcadia city: 3579. Total number of cases in unincorporated Arcadia: 765. See also p. A3 for general information on vaccine mandates and new omicron variant.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36121
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2021
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2021
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Los Angeles County Public Health
Pandemics
Vaccinations
Viruses
Collection
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9990
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 11, 1940
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 11, 1940
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Rod, Ellen
Item ID
9945AN
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Marriage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6335
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 3, 1941
Pages
p. 3
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 3, 1941
Pages
p. 3
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Mitchell, Grace Alice
Wellman, George Robert
Item ID
6158AN
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Three candidates vie for two seats on Arcadia Unified School District Board. Leigh Chavez and Fenton Eng are currently the respective president and vice president of the school board. In Tuesday's primary election, newcomer Ben Zhang is in the running. Zhang has criticized the current board for its response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. See also Pasadena Star News, p. A3 and A9, June 9, 2022 for semifinal vote count--incumbents Leigh Chavez and Fenton Eng are ahead.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36255
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 8, 2022
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 8, 2022
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Board of Education
Chavez, Leigh
Elections
Eng, Fenton
Zhang, Ben
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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
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 15, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 15, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Centenarians
Lopez, Edward J.
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Mailbag topic-George "The Iceman" Woolf was a Canadian jockey famous for riding the great Seabiscuit to victories in 1938. The 35-year-old was unseated from his horse Please Me during a race on January 3, 1946, suffered a concussion and died the next day. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. Gene Autry sane at his funeral.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36439
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 17, 2023
Pages
p. B8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 17, 2023
Pages
p. B8
Subjects
Woolf, George
Horses and horse racing
Jockeys
Santa Anita Park
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Last rites.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8826
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 25, 1947
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 25, 1947
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Herfter, Karl D.
Item ID
8781AN
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Last rites.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8949
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1948
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1948
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Bray, Edward C.
Item ID
8904AN
Collection
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