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Art Wilson recaps yesterday's Santa Monica Stakes races at Santa Anita Park. Race horse Switch and jockey Joel Rosario are photographed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32315
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2011
Pages
p. B4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2011
Pages
p. B4
Subjects
Rosario, Joel
Sadler, John
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020 - Santa Monica Stakes
Searing, Lee
Wilson, Art
Item ID
32514AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Tower of Light, a stained glass window at the Santa Anita Church, was partially shattered by a rock in a possible burglary attempt early in the morning on Tuesday, June 28. Reverend Terry Keenan is pictured.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29576
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Church
Churches
Vandalism
Stained glass windows
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
29760AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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As their own volunteer project, local boys from Arcadia acquire shelving and install it at Bienvenidos Children's Center in Altadena. Sam Pievac Co. in Santa Fe Springs donated the shelves.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29307
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 2004
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 2004
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Volunteers
Volunteerism
Vanni, Adam
Fornaciari, Matt
Bienvenidos Children's Center
Item ID
29491AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident Rick Landis and his partners, Bonnie and Glenn Watje of Whittier, who operate the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet, will receive the Good Scout of the Year Award.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31141
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2008
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2008
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Awards - honors - recognitions
Business owners
Landis, Richard ("Rick") - biography
Item ID
31336AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Three schools may switch to a year-round schedule under a new proposal presented this week.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper19470
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2000
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Item ID
19710AN
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Newspaper Index
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Trainer John Sadler, a 54-year old Long Beach native, watched from home with a knee injury, as his trainees Switch, Sidney's Candy, and Twirling Candy) win three stakes races on Santa Anita Park's opening day of the 2010-2011 season, its 74th racing season.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32266
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2010
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2010
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Horse trainers
Sadler, John
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -- Opening Day 2010
Item ID
32465AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Horses at Santa Anita Park suffered fatal racing injuries at more than twice the rate of horses competing at California's other 3 major thoroughbred tracks over the last fiscal year, according to statistics. The fatality rate spiked at Santa Anita Park after the switch from a synthetic running surface back to a dirt track in 2010. There were 12 fatalities, or 3.7 per 1,000 starts, at Santa Anita Park in the last fiscal year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32901
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2012
Pages
p. C7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2012
Pages
p. C7
Subjects
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
33098AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Once again, Verizon's cell phone tower appeal postponed to January 17. The controversial cell tower is proposed as 53 feet tall and hidden in a faux bell tower at Church of Transfiguration.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34723
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 17, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 17, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Cell phone towers
Church of Transfiguration
Verizon Wireless
Item ID
34915AN
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Newspaper Index
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History Lives Here-11th marker unveiled at Arcadia Transit Plaza. The latest marker features many railroads that once crisscrossed Arcadia and is placed at the former site of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's Arcadia Depot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34797
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
Febuary 2, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
Febuary 2, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Libby, Carol
Item ID
34988AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Depot and Oakwood Hotel historical marker dedication January 26 at Arcadia Transit Plaza, the former site of Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's Arcadia Depot. It is the Arcadia Historical Society's 11th History Lives Here historical marker.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34784
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 19, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 19, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Railroad history
Item ID
34975AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council denies Verizon Wireless proposal for cell tower in residential zone after Verizon failed to persuade Council that the facility had an immediate need and was the best alternative. Residents spoke against the tower.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34799
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 9, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 9, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Arcadia Planning Commission
Arcadians Against Residential Towers
Bryant, Julie D.
Church of the Transfiguration
Verizon Wireless
Item ID
34990AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Rotary Club donates $25,000 to Arcadia Methodist Hospital's new "North Tower."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32711
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 5, 2012
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 5, 2012
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary Club
McCallum, Bruce
Organizations
Item ID
32908AN
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Newspaper Index
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Cell tower opponents Arcadians Against Residential Towers (AART) hold garage sale for community outreach on September 17 at 1833 Louise Avenue. Verizon, the wireless cell phone company, has proposed a 73-foot tall tower near a preschool and elementary school, in an R1 zone. AART has gathered 1000 signatures on a petition.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34669
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 15, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 15, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
Acitivists
Arcadians Against Residential Towers (AART)
Cellular phone towers
Verizon Wireless
Item ID
34861AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Methodist Hospital opened a new four-level parking structure this week, completing the first phase of its expansion. The second phase will include a 152,000 square feet, five-story patient tower, with a bridge connecting the top three floors to the existing Berger Patient Tower. The new North Tower, to be completed in 2010, will house a new emergency department, medical and surgical inpatient beds, two intensive care units, and a pharmacy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30604
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital - expansion
Hospitals
Item ID
30792AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Tournament of Roses Queen Alexandra Wucetich and her court ride under the parade route in a Metro Gold Line tunnel. Metro Gold Line follows the same Atchison/Topeka Santa Fe Railroad right of way that has provided passengers and freight service for nearly 100 years. Arcadia's princess Anjali Agrawal is in a photo with her father Sudhir K. Agrawal.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 19, 2002
Pages
p. 19
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 19, 2002
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Agrawal, Anjali
Agrawal, Sudhir K.
Light Rail
Metro Gold Line
Pasadena Tournament of Roses - royal court
Trains
Transportation
Wucetich, Alexandra
Item ID
30960AN
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Newspaper Index
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Proposed 53-foot tall cellular service tower at Church of the Transfiguration divides residents in Arcadia. Residents don't want a 5-story tower. The church would receive $2000/month from Verizon. The Planning Commission denied the proposal in September 2016 and City Council will hear Verizon's appeal tonight.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34798
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 2017
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 2017
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Planning Commission
Bryant, Julie D.
Church of the Transfiguration
Priester-Schwarz, Debbie
Verizon Wireless
Item ID
34989AN
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Newspaper Index
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The changing face of Arcadia: from Super Chief to Gold Line. Major construction for the Gold Line and demolition of one block of old shops on Santa Anita Avenue to make way for Rusnak Mercedes Benz's expansion and showroom are the projects changing the appearance of Arcadia. Businessman George Fasching says in the late 1930s to the 1950s, Hollywood industry people used the "Super Chief," a Santa Fe Railway train, as their main mode of travel between New York and Los Angeles, and it used to pass through Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33589
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Fasching's Car Wash
Light rail trains
Miller, Terry
Railroads
Rusnak Mercedes Benz
Santa Fe Railway
Metro Gold Line
Transportation
Item ID
33784AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Residents concerned about cell towers in residential Arcadia. Verizon is appealing to City of Arcadia for a cell tower waiver in an R1 zone. The application was denied based on aesthetic grounds. There will be a hearing in June at Church of Transfiguration at 1881 S. First Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34568
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 19, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 19, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Cell phone towers
Verizon
Zoning
Item ID
34760AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Meredith Brucker of Arcadia (in photo) is one of many television viewers frustrated with the switch from analog to digital television that happened on June 12. Viewers using the digital converter boxes are complaining of problems receiving certain channels, that the picture freezes, and it takes several seconds for channels to change.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31731
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Broadcasting
Brucker, Meredith
Digital television
Item ID
31928AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A crowd of 72,811, the highest single-day attendance for the Breeders' Cup since the event switched to a 2-day format.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34714
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 10, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 10, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Breeders' Cup
Item ID
34906AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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