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Rancho Santa Anita asks zoning change for El Rancho shopping area.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 8, 1940 p. 1
April 18, 1940
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 8, 1940 p. 1
April 18, 1940
Subjects
El Rancho shopping district
Item ID
3906AN
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Newspaper Index
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El Rancho shopping area wins approval of voters in election.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 11, 1946
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 11, 1946
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
El Rancho shopping district
Item ID
3907AN
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Newspaper Index
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Biographic sketch of June Malden, checker at the new El Rancho Market.

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
January 25, 1950
Pages
p. 8 (See basement box 112.)
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The Journal
Date
January 25, 1950
Pages
p. 8 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Malden, June El Rancho Market
Item ID
29832AN
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Newspaper Index
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New El Rancho Building, a 2-story store and office affair, located at 1200 W. Huntington Drive, is nearing completion, with occupancy expected in March. Rancho Santa Anita, Inc. are the owners of the new building. Architect is Rowland H. Crawford.

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
January 25, 1950
Pages
p. 8 (See basement box 112.)
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The Journal
Date
January 25, 1950
Pages
p. 8 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Buildings
Business and Industry
El Rancho Building
Item ID
33222AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Marberry Shop is the first store to open in the new El Rancho Shopping unit. Margaret Berry is proprietor.

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
March 8, 1950
Pages
p. 7 (See basement box 112.)
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The Journal
Date
March 8, 1950
Pages
p. 7 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Berry, Margaret
Business and Industry
Marberry Shop
Retail stores
Item ID
33235AN
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Newspaper Index
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City council members and Arcadia city officials take a tour of the new wing of the mall. The Grand Opening is set for October 1, 2004.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Shopping malls
Expansion
Westfield Corp., Inc.
Item ID
29245AN
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Newspaper Index
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Westfield Santa Anita celebrated the opening of The Promenade, its $120 million open-air expansion of 30 stores. The 115,000 square foot addition was built on the former parking area adjacent to Nordstrom and Macy's. The 30 new stores, including Coach, J. Jill, Banana Republic and other upscale retailers, are set among landscaped walkways featuring fountains, seating areas, and shade trees.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 8, 2009
Pages
"p. A1, A14"
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 8, 2009
Pages
"p. A1, A14"
Subjects
Promenade, The
Retail stores
Shopping malls
Westfield Santa Anita Shoppingtown
Item ID
31660AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's City Council approved design guidelines for expansion of the Westfield Shopping mall. The expansion will increase the mall size by 276,000 square feet, in a two-level extension and an open-air mall, in the northeast quadrant of the center.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 19, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 19, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Shopping malls
Westfield Santa Anita
Item ID
33490AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council considers changing the street named El Monte Avenue to Seabiscuit Avenue in honor of the legendary thoroughbred horse.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 23, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 23, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Seabiscuit Avenue
Street Names
El Monte Avenue
Arcadia City Council
Item ID
29046AN
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Newspaper Index
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Biographic sketch of James Smith of the El Rancho Barber Shop.

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
May 3, 1950
Pages
p. 4 (See basement box 112.)
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The Journal
Date
May 3, 1950
Pages
p. 4 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Smith, James
Item ID
29870AN
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Newspaper Index
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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…
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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 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).
Subjects
History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)
Physical Description
2 folders
Item ID
103AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Arcadia City Council unanimously approved a plan to let the city of El Monte annex 5.19 acres of vacant land near Durfee Avenue and Clark Street. The plan is to have 34 units of homes developed there. Next, the matter goes to Los Angeles County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO).

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
El Monte
Annexation
Boundaries and borders
Item ID
29572AN
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Developer Rick Caruso is planning two massive "lifestyle centers" on either side of Pasadena: one in Glendale and one in Arcadia. Pasadena officials say they may start thinking about dealing with the increased competition for Pasadena's shopping dollars.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 25, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 25, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Caruso, Rick
Developers
Shopping malls
Item ID
29756AN
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Newspaper Index
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Residents in much of the San Gabriel Valley can now shop for groceries online from Arcadia based Vons Company. Vons.com offers the same products as found in the stores at the same price, but charges $9.95 for delivery.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 27, 2002
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 27, 2002
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Vons Company
Pavilions
Online Shopping
Item ID
24577AN
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Newspaper Index
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Shoppers at Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita found better service and organization the day after Thanksgiving.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 27, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 27, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
After-Thanksgiving sales
Shopping
Wiggins, Dawnye
Item ID
29498AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council upheld the decision of an architectural review board for the Rancho Santa Anita Residents' Association that Ibrahim Irawan could not install iron and glass front doors on his home under construction on San Vicente Road.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 18, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 18, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
City Council - 2000 - 2009
Irawan, Ibrahim
Rancho Santa Anita Residents' Association
Item ID
25846AN
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Newspaper Index
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New Ralphs market will open at corner of Live Oak and Santa Anita Avenue on April 20.

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
April 12, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
April 12, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Grocery Stores
Ralphs market
Item ID
33242AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Planning Commission voted to support the Rancho Santa Anita Homeowners Association's Architecture Review Board (ARB) in its decision to reject changes in Ibraham Irawan's home under construction at 821 San Vicente Road.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 27, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 27, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Planning Commission
Architecture Review Board (ARB)
Irawan, Ibraham
Rancho Santa Anita Homeowners Association
Item ID
31303AN
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Newspaper Index
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Photos show shoppers the day after Thanksgiving at Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2005
Pages
p. A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2005
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
After Thanksgiving sales
Shopping
Item ID
29977AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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New Ralphs market will open tomorrow at corner of Live Oak and Santa Anita Avenue on April 20. Manager is Leon Rowland.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33047
Newspaper
The Journal
Date
April 19, 1950
Pages
p. 2 (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
April 19, 1950
Pages
p. 2 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Grocery Stores
Ralphs market
Rowland, Leon
Item ID
33244AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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