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Arcadia's top stories for 1993 included the proposal for a music center at Santa Anita Park, the proposal to fill the Rodeffer Landfill, and the temporary weekend closures at Wilderness Park.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 30, 1993
Pages
p. H-3
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 30, 1993
Pages
p. H-3
Subjects
Arcadia (City) - History 1990 - 1999
Item ID
1725AN
Collection
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…
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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Private schools pay annual rent for classrooms at two area public schools. There is a controversy over the use or misuse of classrooms by these students.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 1995
Pages
p. A3
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 1995
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
5491AN
Collection
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Businessman Frank Stronach, who announced he is buying Santa Anita Park, has stated that his vision for developing the land is drastically different than Santa Anita's current proposal.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 1998
Pages
p. A1
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 1998
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
16846AN
Collection
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15 Arcadia High School students beat out 19 other schools to win the county competition of the Science Olympiad. The state competition is set for April 9, followed by the national competition in Arizona.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 1994
Pages
p. H-3 photo
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 1994
Pages
p. H-3 photo
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
3024AN
Collection
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Rancho High School may be renamed Rancho Alternative School and allowed to house additional programs.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 1997
Pages
p. A4
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 1997
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Schools - Rancho High School
Item ID
10273AN
Collection
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The Arcadia Unified School District will again offer free music classes to elementary school intermediate music students. A proposal by John Waltrip's to provide a fee-based program failed when not enough students signed up.

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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
November 12, 1992
Pages
p. 4
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
November 12, 1992
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Schools - Elementary Schools
Item ID
321AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Distinguished schools for 1996 locally are Arcadia's First Avenue, Foothills and Dana Middle schools and Arcadia High School.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 3, 1996
Pages
p. A-1

The nine candidates running for City Council air their views on Santa Anita's 1995 entertainment complex proposal. (Interviews were conducted before the latest 1998 proposal was presented.)

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 19, 1998
Pages
p. 14
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 19, 1998
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
City Council Elections - 1998
Item ID
26487AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 2, 1947 p. 1
September 1, 1971 p. 1 (equalization of State funds)
November 3, 1971 p. 1 (Loan from Los Angeles County)
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 2, 1947 p. 1
September 1, 1971 p. 1 (equalization of State funds)
November 3, 1971 p. 1 (Loan from Los Angeles County)
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
4215AN
Collection
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The boundaries for the 6 elementary and 3 middle schools are going to be changed so that enrollments at each of the schools are more balanced. About 300 of the district's 6000 students will be affected by the changes.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 Illustrations
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 Illustrations
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
983AN
Collection
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A class size reduction program is implemented in Arcadia elementary schools.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 1996
Pages
p. 1
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 1996
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
25951AN
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Santa Anita Realty Enterprises is laying the groundwork for a new project that would be one-third the size of the previous proposal.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 17, 1997
Pages
p. A-1
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 17, 1997
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Realty Enterprises
Item ID
9334AN
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About 300 students in kindergarten through 5th grade will attend new schools in September because the school board unanimously approved changes in school attendance boundaries.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
981AN
Collection
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Dana Middle School was announced as one of California's 1997-98 Blue Ribbon Schools.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 1998
Pages
p. A3
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 1998
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Schools - Richard Henry Dana Jr. Middle School
Item ID
15873AN
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Arcadia High school leads West San Gabriel Valley schools with the most finalists in the 1992 National Merit Scholarship competition.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 5, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 5, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
35AN
Collection
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New Superintendent of Schools Mimi Hennessey talks about the direction the Arcadia schools will be going under her leadership.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 9, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 9, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Hennessey, Mimi
Schools
Educators
Teachers
Item ID
27332AN
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Santa Anita Companies have submitted a down-scaled entertainment complex with the new proposal for developing the South parking lot of the Santa Anita Park race track property.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 19, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 19, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1991-2000
Santa Anita Companies
Item ID
26488AN
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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
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 8, 1940 p. 1
April 18, 1940
Subjects
El Rancho shopping district
Item ID
3906AN
Collection
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Six of the Arcadia Unified District's 11 schools have new principals.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 11, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 11, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees
Item ID
2808AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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