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Effort underway by Arcadia resident and environmentalist Cameron Stone to save historic Adams Pack Station after Bobcat Fire destroyed 15 of the 100-year-old cabins in Big Santa Anita Canyon above Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 15, 2020

Pages: p. 12

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 15, 2020

Pages: p. 12

Subjects: Adams Pack Station; Bobcat Fire; Fires; Stone, Cameron

Collection: Newspaper Index

Chen Suen becomes first Asian American fire chief in Arcadia. He takes over from Barry Spriggs who retired November 8, after 29 years of service. Suen is an Arcadia resident. He emigrated from Taiwan. He graduated from Arcadia High School, and attended Loyola Law School, UC Irvine, and Santa Ana College, before spending the last 18 years with Arcadia Fire Department.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: November 15, 2022

Pages: p. A3, A7

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: November 15, 2022

Pages: p. A3, A7

Subjects: Arcadia Fire Chiefs; Arcadia Fire Department; Asian-Americans; Spriggs, Barry; Suen, Chen

Collection: Newspaper Index

Items on Holly Ave.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 27, 1936 p. 1 (widening); August 4, 1936 p. 1 ( " ); March 6, 1936 p. 1 (improvements)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 27, 1936 p. 1 (widening); August 4, 1936 p. 1 ( " ); March 6, 1936 p. 1 (improvements)

Item ID: 4262AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Items regarding Baldwin Ave.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 3, 1934 p. A-6 (picture at corner of Baldwin and Duarte); April 3, 1936 p. 1 (extension); June 10, 1950 p. 1 ( " ); October 19,1950 p. 1 ( " ); January 18, 1951 p. 1 (extension to Colorado); February 19, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); March 22, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); April 26, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); November 29, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); December 17, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); May 26, 1952 p. 1 ( " ); June 2, 1952 p. 1 ( " ); August 3, 1953 p. 1 (crossing at Santa Fe tracks); March 4, 1954 p. 1 (widening); March 18, 1954 p. 1 (extension); July 18, 1955 p. 1 ( " ); July 21, 1955 p. 1 ( " ); August 9, 1956 p. 1 (extension to Foothill w/ underpass); August 13, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); August 27, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); October 8, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); October 18, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); November 1, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); November 5, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); November 8, 1956 p. 1 (vetoed); June 29, 1961 p. 1 (extension to Colorado); August 24, 1961 p. 1 ( " ); July 29, 1962 p. 1 ( " ); January 3, 1963 p. 1 ( " ); July 30, 1967 p. 1 (extension under Foothill Freeway); September 14, 1967 p. 1 (widening); May 19, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); July 20, 1969 p. 1 (underpass); February 18, 1973 p. 1 (widening controversy); February 22, 1973 p. 1 ( " ); March 4, 1973 p. 1 ( " ); March 8, 1973 p. 1 ( " ); March 22, 1973 p. 1 (EIR report adopted)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 3, 1934 p. A-6 (picture at corner of Baldwin and Duarte); April 3, 1936 p. 1 (extension); June 10, 1950 p. 1 ( " ); October 19,1950 p. 1 ( " ); January 18, 1951 p. 1 (extension to Colorado); February 19, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); March 22, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); April 26, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); November 29, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); December 17, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); May 26, 1952 p. 1 ( " ); June 2, 1952 p. 1 ( " ); August 3, 1953 p. 1 (crossing at Santa Fe tracks); March 4, 1954 p. 1 (widening); March 18, 1954 p. 1 (extension); July 18, 1955 p. 1 ( " ); July 21, 1955 p. 1 ( " ); August 9, 1956 p. 1 (extension to Foothill w/ underpass); August 13, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); August 27, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); October 8, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); October 18, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); November 1, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); November 5, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); November 8, 1956 p. 1 (vetoed); June 29, 1961 p. 1 (extension to Colorado); August 24, 1961 p. 1 ( " ); July 29, 1962 p. 1 ( " ); January 3, 1963 p. 1 ( " ); July 30, 1967 p. 1 (extension under Foothill Freeway); September 14, 1967 p. 1 (widening); May 19, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); July 20, 1969 p. 1 (underpass); February 18, 1973 p. 1 (widening controversy); February 22, 1973 p. 1 ( " ); March 4, 1973 p. 1 ( " ); March 8, 1973 p. 1 ( " ); March 22, 1973 p. 1 (EIR report adopted)

Subjects: Streets - Baldwin

Item ID: 4261AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Items regarding Orange Ave

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 28, 1931 p. 1; May 17, 1933 p. 1; September 1, 1933 p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 28, 1931 p. 1; May 17, 1933 p. 1; September 1, 1933 p. 1

Subjects: Streets - Orange

Item ID: 4263AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Santa Anita Park to be a Los Angeles County polling place (Vote Center) for the first time in the racetrack's 86 year history. It'll be on the first floor of its Clubhouse, open 9 AM - 8 PM from October 30 through November 2 and 6 AM - 9 PM on November 3.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: September 25, 2020

Pages: p. A3

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: September 25, 2020

Pages: p. A3

Subjects: General election; Santa Anita Park-2011-2020; Voting

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: January 10, 2021

Pages: p. C7

Newspaper: 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

Collection: Newspaper Index

History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)

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Start Date: 1838

End Date: 1947

Contents: 1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary. 2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956. 3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure. 4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Adver…

Start Date: 1838

End Date: 1947

Contents: 1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary.; 2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956.; 3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure.; 4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Advertiser, February 26, 1969 by I. Hope.; 5. "Arcadia gets publicity." News clip, 1927 copied from Alton Green's scrapbook.; 6. "The Romance of Rancho Santa Anita." Booklet by Rancho Santa Anita, circa 1948. Eight copies.; 7. Lasca Leaves, October 1967. Three copies.; 8. "The Romance of the Ranchos." Booklet by Palmer Conner, Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1941. Six copies. Insert of 1919 map of Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County.; 9. "Rancho Santa Anita ... trials of ownership." Lasca Leaves, December 1975. Two copies.; 10. "The people of Rancho Santa Anita, Part II." Lasca Leaves, July 1956.; 11. "From romance to racehorses." Westways, February 1974.; 12. "Ranch Santa Anita." Section of the book, Brief Sketches of the History of the Ranchos San Pascual, Santa Anita ...etc. by J.M. Miller.; 13. Lasca Leaves, December 1975.; 14. a. "Historic Santa Anita: the development of the land." Brochure by the Arboretum, circa 1976. 14b. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, undated. 14c. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, originally printed by California Arboretum Foundation 1976, Revised and reprinted by Los Voluntarios 2006.; 15. "Expedients." Four pages detailing Reid's claim. Copied from the collection of Huntington Library.; 16. "Santa Anita Ranch, Rancho Santa Anita." Articles from The Westerner's Brand Book, published by Los Angeles Corral, 1956.; 17. "The old and new Santa Anita." Westways, January 1948.; 18. "Chain of horticulture." Lasca Leaves, July 1951.; 19. "The restorations at Rancho Santa Anita." Lasca Leaves, January 1961.; 20. "Background to Rancho Santa Anita." By Florence Slocum, circa 1969.; 21. "People say." Arcadia Tribune, February - April, 1941. A series of eight articles commemorating Rancho Santa Anita's 100th birthday.; 22. "Rancho Santa Anita 'Place of Many Waters.'" Lasca Leaves, October 1967 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.; 23. Historic calendar of events of Ranch Santa Anita. Peacock Call, September/October 1978.; 24. Manuscript of Mrs. C.W. (Emma Elinor Hines) Young. From the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley, October 1978. Photocopy of handwritten manuscript and typed copy.; 25. "Owners and cattle brands of the Rancho Santa Anita." The Branding Iron, June 1979 by Jack McCaskill.; 26. "The Baldwin legacy." Lasca Leaves, June 1976 by Sandy Snider.; 27. "Santa Anita Rancho - history told in book." Pasadena Independent, January 11, 1953. Pasadena Star News, September 23, 1956.; 28. "Pasadena the Crown of the Valley: a souvenir." Pasadena Board of Trade, 1893-1894 by E. Norman Baker. From the historical collection of William F. Salisbury.; 29. "Rancho Santa Anita - 'Place of Many Waters'." Junior League Community News, October 1957 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.; 30. "Rancho Santa Anita's colorful past." News clip, undated.; 31. "Rancho Santa Anita, chuck full of early California memories; one of the Southland's most beautiful spots." Arcadia Tribune, December 6, 1937, page 1.; 32. "Historic ranchos' sale recalls pioneer days." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V, page 1.; 33. "Two famous holdings to be subdivided soon. Santa Anita and La Cienega Ranch acreage purchased for vast residential development." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V.; 34. Town Rambler by Marjorie Hesse: description of Rancho Santa Anita and the arrangement of the rooms at the old adobe house as told by Miss Lena McCulley and second cousin of E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin, Mrs. H. H. Cross. Arcadia Tribune, June 22, 1938. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.; 35. "The Romance of California Land Titles" by Stuart O'Melveny. Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1928. (Rancho Santa Anita mentioned on page 13.); 36. Rancho Santa Anita and the development of San Marino and Sierra Madre. From pages 91, 93, 94, 100 of the book Pasadena Area History by Manuel Pineda and E. Caswell Perry (1972).