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A home built by the Barker family of Barker Brothers fame will be the Pasadena Showcase House of Design. Designed by architect Roland Coate in the early 1940's, the house sits on a large corner lot in the Upper Rancho area of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18745
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2000
Pages
p. D1 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2000
Pages
p. D1 w/photo
Subjects
Historic houses
Item ID
18989AN
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The Pasadena Showcase House of Design features an Arcadia home designed for Lawrence and Josepine Garat Wilcox Barker and built over two years in 1941-1943.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27459
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 6, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 6, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Houses
Pasadena Showcase House of Design
Item ID
27656AN
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A bus shelter will be built on the west side of the Arcadia Public Library. The shelter will be Arcadia Transit's bus stop. Benches and forty trees will be added.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31156
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 13, 2003
Pages
p. 21
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 13, 2003
Pages
p. 21
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - 2001-2010
Arcadia Transit
Bus shelter
Bus stops
Item ID
31352AN
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A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ordered Arcadia developer MUR - SOL Construction to pay damaged related to the sale and remodeling of a home at 2780 E. California Blvd. in Pasadena, owned by Scott and Suzanne Bern.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26661
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bern, Scott
Bern, Suzanne
MUR - SOL Construction
Lawsuits
Item ID
26863AN
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This season's rainfall recorded in downtown Los Angeles is 34.51 inches as of 5 PM Friday, March 4, 2005. It is just shy of the second rainiest season's rainfall of 34.84 inches from 1889-1890. This season will probably surpass the number two spot. A photo shows students walking home in rain in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 5, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 5, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Rainfall records
Weather
National Weather Service
Storms
Item ID
29630AN
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The variety of scenery at the Arboretum had made it a popular spot as a film location since the 1930's.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper19256
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News The Star
Date
July 26, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Pasadena Star News The Star
Date
July 26, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
19498AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Marshall S. Brooks, Nov. 22.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10505
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 30, 1950
Pages
p. 8
Announcement Type
Birth
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 30, 1950
Pages
p. 8
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Brooks, Denise Carolyn
Item ID
10445AN
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Filmmakers will spend 5 weeks on a location shoot at Santa Anita Park for "Seabiscuit," a movie about the legendary horse that captured national attention in the 1930's.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24647
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Seabiscuit
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Filmmaking
Moving pictures
Item ID
24837AN
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"Blind Justice", a glazed tile mosaic created in 1958 by artist Jay Rivkin and located next to the front entrance of the Arcadia Police Department, will be reduced to rubble when the aging Huntington Drive Police station is torn down this summer.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25642
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 16, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 16, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Police Department
Mosaics
Rivkin, Jay
Item ID
25842AN
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The City Council voted unanimously to expand design review for single-family homes citywide. It is the latest effort in the fight against boxy mansions being built in Arcadia. The review board thinks Asian families like the big houses and the Asian families say they do want to fit in with the community.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29774
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Mansions
Developers
Architecture Design Review
Houses
Item ID
29959AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. Sandberg, Feb. 22.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper14148
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 8, 1956
Pages
p. 22
Announcement Type
Birth
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 8, 1956
Pages
p. 22
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Sandberg, son
Item ID
14699AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Miles E. Butterfield, Sep. 22.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6156
Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
October 8, 1951
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Birth
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Arcadia Bulletin
Date
October 8, 1951
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Butterfield, daughter
Item ID
11071AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Garrison, Nov. 22.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10558
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune & News
Date
December 6, 1951
Pages
p. 8
Announcement Type
Birth
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Arcadia Tribune & News
Date
December 6, 1951
Pages
p. 8
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Garrison, daughter
Item ID
11171AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Jones, Apr. 22.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper12018
Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
May 4, 1953
Pages
p. 3
Announcement Type
Birth
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Arcadia Bulletin
Date
May 4, 1953
Pages
p. 3
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Jones, daughter
Item ID
12222AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Schaefer, May 22.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper12107
Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
June 1, 1953
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Birth
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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
June 1, 1953
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Schaefer, daughter
Item ID
12305AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Fletcher, Sept. 22.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper12463
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 1, 1953
Pages
p. 10
Announcement Type
Birth
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 1, 1953
Pages
p. 10
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Fletcher, daughter
Item ID
12660AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Lyle E. Bergquist, July 22.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11435
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune & News
Date
August 7, 1952
Pages
p. 7
Announcement Type
Birth
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune & News
Date
August 7, 1952
Pages
p. 7
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Bergquist, daughter
Item ID
11638AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. William E. O'Brien, July 22.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper15280
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 1, 1957
Pages
p. 20
Announcement Type
Birth
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 1, 1957
Pages
p. 20
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
O'Brien, son
Item ID
15844AN
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University of Southern California (USC) teacher Sam Watters' two-volume book "Houses of Los Angeles 1885-1935" features 700 or so photographs of splendid Los Angeles homes. Twenty-two of the seventy-five houses listed come from Pasadena, Altadena, South Pasadena, San Marino, Arcadia, and La Canada Flintridge.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30747
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Architecture books
Houses
Watters, Sam
Item ID
30935AN
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The fatal shooting of two Asian men last week in Arcadia was probably gang-related. These are unsolved murders.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30538
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lam, Wing Wong
Murder
Shootings
Tsui, Kenneth
Item ID
30726AN
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