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Horse racing community feels the loss of James Ortega, Joseph Ortega, and Charles Ortega, 3 of the 9 victims killed by Bruce Pardo, a disgruntled former in-law who crashed a Christmas Eve party in Covina, dressed at Santa Claus. James, Joseph and Charles Ortega all owned race horses and loved the sport.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31352
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Christmas Eve Massacre - December 24, 2008
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Pardo, Bruce
Ortega, Charles
Ortega, James
Ortega, Joseph
Race horse owners
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31547AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Joseph A. Larafonda, a barber at Perini's Hair Plus, has published a collection of barber jokes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22838
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 3, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 3, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Humor
Larafonda, Joseph A.
Item ID
23046AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Joseph Onelas and Robert Alvarez received knife wounds after fighting Halloween night at the intersection of Santa Anita Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24768
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2002
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2002
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Ornales, Joseph (or Onelas, Joseph)
Alvarez, Robert
Item ID
24962AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park's Oak Tree meet will begin on Sunday, Oct. 25th.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26332
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 2001-2010
Horse racing
Oak Tree Racing Association
Item ID
26532AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A regional office for Special Olympics has opened in Arcadia at 9 E. Foothill Boulevard.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24461
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Special Olympics
Item ID
24652AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Bill Shoemaker, 72, a giant in horse racing, died in his sleep Sunday, Oct. 12.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26606
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 13, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 13, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Shoemaker, William ("Bill")
Item ID
26806AN
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Arcadia Resident Jenny Zhang was killed in a head-on collision on I-15 Sunday, December 9.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22454
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2001
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2001
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Auto accidents
Zhang, Jenny Joan-Yi
Item ID
22670AN
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Newspaper Index
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Juanita Gilbert Morgan, a 40-year volunteer with the Assistance League of Arcadia, died Feb. 9 after a brief illness.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper20230
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2001 p. A4
February 16, 2001 p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2001 p. A4
February 16, 2001 p. A4
Subjects
Morgan, Juanita Gilbert
Item ID
20464AN
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Bonita Skatepark officially opened on July 9. Designed by Purkiss-Rose R. S. I. Inc., it cost about $540,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25860
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Skatepark (Skate Park)
Purkiss-Rose R. S. I. Inc.
Item ID
26060AN
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"Remembering our Veterans and Their Families" will be hosted by the Board of Supervisors' 5th District office at the Arcadia County Park on Saturday, Nov. 9.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24769
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2002
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2002
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Veterans
Parks - Arcadia County Park
Item ID
24963AN
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An Arcadia man, Doug Lee Stone, was found guilty of second-degree murder for the Oct. 13, 2001 slaying of his uncle, Jess Stone.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24972
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 24, 2003
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 24, 2003
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Murder
Stone, Doug Lee
Stone, Jesse
Item ID
25169AN
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The road to Chantry Flat will close April 1 for repairs, with Arcadia and Los Angeles County working to fix two sections of the road. Closure will last until July 9.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27843
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 12, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 12, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Chantry Flat
Item ID
28040AN
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Members of the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) torched and vandalized Hummers and other SUVs in a series of San Gabriel Valley attacks which included 9 vehicles at Rusnak Mercedes-Benz in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26172
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2003
Pages
p. A1, A6, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2003
Pages
p. A1, A6, A7
Subjects
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Ecoterrorists
Hummers
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Vandalism
Item ID
26372AN
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The Western Jubilee Crystal Ball of the Methodist Hospital Foundation was held on Oct. 5 at the Autry Museum. Mickey Segal, Chair of the hospital foundation, presented the Berger Award in philanthropy to the Forest Lawn Foundation. Approximately $130,000 was raised to benefit the new Maternal Child Health Center at the hospital.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24706
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 18, 2002
Pages
p. D1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 18, 2002
Pages
p. D1
Subjects
Methodist Hospital
Berger Award
Item ID
24900AN
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The Pamplemousse, which means "the grapefruit" in French, is a fast colt. Ridden by veteran jockey Alex Solis, The Pamplemousse won the 1-1/8 mile $200,000 Grade III Sham Stakes at Santa Anita Park yesterday. His time 1:47.86 was the fastest in the Sham's 9-year history.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31392
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C2
Subjects
Canani, Julio (trainer)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Solis, Alex (jockey)
Item ID
31585AN
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Hundreds of people gathered at Santa Anita Park to honor the slain Ortega family, which lost nine members in a Christmas Eve mass murder on the 1100 block of East Knollcrest Drive in Covina, CA. The tribute and fundraiser was organized by Jerry and Jim Rocha. Jockey Joseph Talamo rode "Return of the King," a horse owned by Charles and James Ortega, in the fourth race yesterday. The horse finished second in the race dedicated to the Ortegas.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31393
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A10
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A10
Subjects
Christmas Eve Massacre - December 24, 2008
Ortega, Alicia
Ortega, Charles
Ortega, James
Ortega, Joseph
Ortega, Theresa
Ortiz, Alicia
Ortiz, Michael
Pardo, Bruce
Pardo, Sylvia
Rocha, Jerry
Rocha, Jim
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Talamo, Joseph (jockey)
Item ID
31586AN
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Obituary/death notice. In Loving Memory of David Saunders II, March 28, 2007 - Aug. 28, 2007. David was born in Illinois, and he moved with family to Arcadia, Ca, where he attended Arcadia Schools. He served in the U.S. Army field artillery from 1944 to 1946. He is predeceased by father, Joseph, mother, Marion, sister Nanette and brother, Joseph. He worked many years at the Zanibar Restaurant in Duarte, Ca. For many years, he was a devotee and friend of Stan Laurel, which brought a tremendous sense of humor to him and his friends. He joined the Motor Yacht Tacinda Jean as steward and traveled across the Atlantic to the Mediterranean and traveled extensively there. Dave returned to So. Ca. to care for his mother and worked at PSA storage until his retirement in Pasadena, Ca. At his request Neptune Society handled the final arrangements. He will be greatly missed by John Haddad, Col. Alan Fox (US Army ret.), Jerry Salthouse, and a multitude of friends.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30713
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2007
Pages
p. News 21
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2007
Pages
p. News 21
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Saunders, David II
Item ID
30901AN
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9-year-old Maria Lugo came to Arcadia Arcadia Methodist Hospital from Mexico to have a steel plate removed from her chin. It was a follow-up surgery to a softball-size tumor removal she had in April, 2008, at Arcadia Methodist Hospital. Dr. Jon Tyrell, a member of LIGA International, and Dr. B.S. Chandrasekhar operated on her. LIGA International is a non-profit group of medical experts, pilots and volunteers who travel to clinics in Sinaloa, Mexico several times a year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31823
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Chandrasekhar, Dr. B.S.
LIGA International
Lugo, Maria
Lugo, Noemi Rocha
Non-profit organizations
Surgeries
Tyrell, Dr. Jon
Item ID
32020AN
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Arcadia High School senior Andrew Pilavjian is Runner of the Year and Mr. January in the cross-country calendar.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30328
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2006
Pages
p. Sports 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2006
Pages
p. Sports 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School - sports
Cross country
Pilavjian, Andrew - biography
Runners
Item ID
30514AN
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A $30 million plan to provide standardized breathing equipment for every fire department in Los Angeles County has been suspended after a lawsuit alleged the contract process was mishandled and firefighters complained about the quality of the equipment. Arcadia-based Allstar Fire Equipment is suing the city and county of Los Angeles, contending the contract process was improperly handled in a manner that ignored firefighter input and unfairly favored the winning bidder, L.N. Curtis and sons.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31253
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Allstar Fire Equipment
Business and Industry
Lawsuits
L.N. Curtis and Sons
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Item ID
31448AN
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Newspaper Index
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