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Arcadia police are searching for a man in his 50s wanted in the attempted kidnapping of a 5-year-old school girl on a field trip to the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita. He was described as Asian, with gray hair and a bald spot on top of his head. He was 5'8" tall, 170 pounds, with yellow teeth, blue pants, and white sneakers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31314
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 11, 2008
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 11, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Abduction
Crime and Criminals
Kidnapping
Item ID
31509AN
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Baldwin Park man John Bucalo has lifelong love affair with race horses. His career highlights included training one of Seabiscuit's offspring for the 1949 motion picture "The Story of Seabiscuit."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29440
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bucalo, John
Horse racing
Horse training and trainers
Item ID
29625AN
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Two bank robberies in the past three weeks are believed to have been committed by the same suspect. In both cases, the robber wore a blonde wig under a dark baseball cap, carried a manila envelope and said, "Hurry up" to tellers. He displays a handgun under his shift and is a white man in his 30s or 40s, of average height and weight.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31163
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Bank robbery
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
31358AN
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Lava Man, with exercise rider Tony Romero, takes a jog on the Santa Anita Park race track's new surface, a Cushion Track that cost more than $10 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30706
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 5, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 5, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
Subjects
Cushion Track
Horses and horse racing
Lava Man
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
30894AN
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Lou Carno has been an Arcadia resident for 53 years and is a longtime horse trainer. One of his early jobs was working as a groom for race horse Seabiscuit's owner, C.S. Howard. Carno served in the U.S. Marine Corps, earned his CA Trainers License in 1952. He trained for celebrity horse owners such as Betty Grable, Desi Arnaz, and Burt Bacharach, and others. He is 83 now and semi-retired.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31595
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 3, 2003
Pages
p. 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 3, 2003
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Carno, Lou - biography
Horse trainers
Item ID
31792AN
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The article describes an "old school" horse trainer and fan who shares his love of horseracing with his family.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30856
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 25, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 25, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
Subjects
Headley, Aase
Headley, Bruce - biography
Headley, Gus
Headley, Karen
Horses and horse racing
Horse trainers
Item ID
31044AN
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A profile of Wayne Lucas, horse trainer at Santa Anita Park race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26655
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 22, 2003
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 22, 2003
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Lucas, Wayne
Item ID
26857AN
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Seniors revive the art of lawn bowling in Arcadia. Classes are available for young people. A t-shirt design contest and display at the Arcadia Historical Museum in May are planned to boost interest in the sport. Includes some history of this sport of kings.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29452
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Bowling Green Club
Lawn Bowling
Sports
Arcadia County Park
Ball, Jenna
Item ID
29637AN
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Profiles of two Arcadia Tournament of Roses Royal Court members Patty Meyer (possibly Meyers) and Susan White (photo).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31971
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 2, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 2, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Meyer, Patty (possibly Meyers, Patty)
White, Susan
Item ID
32168AN
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Julien Laparoux rides Einstein to win the Grade I, $1 million Santa Anita Handicap. Helen Pitts is Einstein's trainer.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31407
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C7
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Laparoux, Julien
Pitts, Helen
Santa Anita Handicap
Santa Anita Park 2001-2010
Item ID
31600AN
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Pioneer of the Nile (the horse) won the Santa Anita Derby this year and will go on to run the Kentucky Derby. Bob Baffert is the trainer and Garrett Gomez is the jockey.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31426
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C8
Subjects
Baffert, Bob (trainer)
Chocolate Candy (race horse)
Gomez, Garrett (jockey)
Horses and horse racing
Pioneer of the Nile (race horse) - also spelled Pioneerof the Nile
Rosario, Joel (jockey)
Santa Anita Derby
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31619AN
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"Lava Man" is the horse favored to win the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30429
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 3, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 3, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
Subjects
Horses
Horse racing
Lava Man
Nakatani, Corey
Item ID
30616AN
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Race horse Apollicee, a 4-year-old California-bred son of Apollo, is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame and occupying the same stall that famous race horse Seabiscuit did back in the 1930s.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32719
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Item ID
32916AN
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Bank of America at 1234 Baldwin was robbed by a man carrying a handgun. No one was injured and the robber escaped.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27378
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2004
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2004
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Bank robbery
Bank of America - Baldwin Branch
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
27577AN
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Corey Nakatani rode racehorse "Lava Man" to the gelding's second consecutive triumph in the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30430
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 4, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 4, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
Subjects
Horses
Horse racing
Lava Man
Nakatani, Corey
Item ID
30617AN
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Favored horse Sweet Catomine loses the Santa Anita Derby to Buzzards Bay making Buzzards' trainer Jeff Mullins the first trainer to earn three consecutive wins in the Santa Anita Derby.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29475
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2005
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2005
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park race track - 2001-2010
Santa Anita Derby
Race horses
Sweet Catomine
Buzzards Bay
Mullins, Jeff
Item ID
29660AN
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A young woman dropped off a baby boy at Arcadia Methodist Hospital, exercising her right to surrrender the newborn without fear of prosecution under the Safe Haven law.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25647
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Methodist Hospital
Safe Haven Law
Item ID
25847AN
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The 72nd $1 million Santa Anita Handicap is running today. Some of the top contenders are named Colonel John, Einstein, Cowboy Cal, Court Vision, and Matto Mondo. Helen Pitts is Einstein's trainer. Einstein is the son of horse Spend a Buck.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31406
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C6
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Pitts, Helen
Santa Anita Handicap
Santa Anita Park 2001-2010
Item ID
31599AN
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The California Horse Racing Board is conducting a study on the effects of synthetic tracks on racing injuries.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31364
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board
Horses and horse racing
Pro-Ride synthetic track
Safety
Item ID
31559AN
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The Arcadia Mounted Police Reserve has filed a lawsuit against the City. The suit apparently stems from the City taking over the organization's headquarters (City owned property) due to members' refusal to allow the City access to their financial records.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 5, 1980
Pages
p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 5, 1980
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Lawsuits see Actions and Defenses
Actions and Defenses
Organizations-Arcadia Mounted Police Reserve
Item ID
1AN
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