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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.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2000
Pages
p. D1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2000
Pages
p. D1 w/photo
Subjects
Historic houses
Item ID
18989AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Mandarin Baptist Church on the corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Colorado Boulevard was occupied by Maranatha High School from 1970-81.

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Pasadena Star News Cheers Section
Date
October 9, 1998
Pages
p. 6 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News Cheers Section
Date
October 9, 1998
Pages
p. 6 w/photo
Subjects
Churches - Mandarin Baptist Church
Item ID
16016AN
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Newspaper Index
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Construction begins on Anoakia luxury housing development, on the former site of Anoakia, Anita Baldwin's mansion, on the corner of Baldwin Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia. The Anoakia Mansion was demolished last August to make way for 31 homes to be built by Hover Development Inc. of Newport Beach. Anita Baldwin, daughter of Lucky Baldwin, lived there until her death in 1939. It was used as a girls' school from 1941 to the late 1970s. The new housing development is 19 acres.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Anoakia housing development
Anoakia Mansion--history
Anoakia School
Baldwin, Anita
Item ID
33514AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council has put out a design contract for landscaping and streetscape design on Baldwin Avenue between Duarte Road and Naomi Avenue. The contract went to Willdan, not to exceed $64,410. Another project proposes widening of the street to four lanes, 75 feet from curb to curb, with landscaped median, curb parking and additional landscaping, along with street resurfacing, to cost $380,000.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Baldwin Avenue
Streets
Item ID
33629AN
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Newspaper Index
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City Council approved closing First Avenue between Alta and California Streets from 6 AM to 1 PM on Saturdays from April 18 through Oct. 31. for a Farmer's Market.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 18, 1998
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 18, 1998
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Business & Industry - Farmer's Market
Item ID
12647AN
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Newspaper Index
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Merchants on First Avenue question whether the Farmers Market should be continued.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 3, 1998
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 3, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Farmers Market
Streets - First Avenue
Item ID
26681AN
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Newspaper Index
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British food giant Tesco is going to open Fresh and Easy Neighborhood Markets in West Covina and Arcadia on November 8, 2007. Fresh and Easy stores are relatively small and lean heavily on fresh food offerings, including prepared meals and sushi.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
Subjects
Business and Industry
Food stores
Fresh and Easy Neighborhood Market
Markets
Tesco
Item ID
30943AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council debated the issue of more parking on the west side of Baldwin Avenue, next to the Hub Center, between Duarte Road and Naomi Avenue. The Council approved the revision to the adult business ordinance, adopted an anti-loitering measure for gang members, and more.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 8, 2003
Pages
"p. 1, 18"
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 8, 2003
Pages
"p. 1, 18"
Subjects
Arcadia City Council meetings - 2001-2010
Parking
Item ID
31644AN
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Newspaper Index
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Vons Market, which operates 328 grocery stores in Southern California, has moved its corporate headquarters from El Monte to Michillinda Avenue, between Sunset Boulevard and Huntington Drive. The 240,000 square foot building, a former May Co. store that closed in January 1989, will house 950 Vons employees.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 27, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 27, 1990
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Vons Market
May Company
Item ID
842AN
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Newspaper Index
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George Torres, of Arcadia, was convicted of 55 felony counts, including racketeering, "honest services" mail fraud, and wire fraud, conspiring to harbor illegal immigrants and tax charges. The jury also found that Torres solicited the 1994 murder of a gang member who demanded a "tax" from a Numero Uno Market. George Torres owned eleven Numero Uno grocery stores in some of the region's poorest neighborhoods.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2009
Pages
p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2009
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Numero Uno Markets
Racketeering
Torres, George
Item ID
31633AN
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Newspaper Index
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Despite concerns from some local businesses that a Saturday farmers' market is hurting their sales, City Council voted to fund the market for another six months.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News The Star section
Date
March 17, 1999
Pages
p. 1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News The Star section
Date
March 17, 1999
Pages
p. 1 w/photo
Subjects
Farmers' Market
Item ID
17213AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia--City of Sin, part II by Charles A. Coulombe. Continued from November 1, 2001. Arcadia's early history from 1903-1914.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 8, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 8, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Baldwin, Clara
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
City of Arcadia--history--incorporation
Clara Villa
Oakwood Inn--Fairyland Park
Stocker, Harold
Item ID
33624AN
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Newspaper Index
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Despite concerns from some local businesses that a Saturday farmers' market is hurting their sales, the City Council voted 3-2 to fund the market for another six months.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 11, 1999
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 11, 1999
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Farmers' Market
Item ID
17090AN
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Newspaper Index
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Planning zone change from commercial to multiple residential approved for condominium project at 1510-1516 S. Baldwin Avenue. The applicant is Hang Jong.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 28, 2002
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 28, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Jong, Hang
Zoning
Item ID
33666AN
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John Allsbury, 39, president and sole owner of Auto Marketing Concepts, faces 18 charges of grand theft and selling cars without a license. The transactions in question occurred between late 1987 and early 1989.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 31, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 31, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Auto Marketing Concepts
Item ID
753AN
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Newspaper Index
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Part of the 210 Freeway was closed to clean up fuel leaked from a big rig. It happened on the eastbound lanes near Baldwin Avenue.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 16, 2004
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 16, 2004
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Foothill Freewar (210) - Baldwin Avenue
Traffic Accidents
California Highway Patrol (CHP)
Seumanutafa, John - Patrol officer
Item ID
28502AN
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Newspaper Index
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A 37-year old Los Angeles man died early Saturday morning after exiting the Foothill Freeway (210) at Baldwin Avenue driving through a perimeter fence and smashing into a concrete wall.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2006
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2006
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Deaths
Automobile crashes
Traffic Accidents
Hernandez, Edmundo, Jr.
Item ID
30191AN
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Newspaper Index
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The fountain at Peacock Corner (southwest corner Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive) is taking on a new look. Student volunteers are placing small mosaic tiles on the facade of the fountain. Local interior designer Shirley Farris volunteered to coordinate the project.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary Club
Farris, Shirley
Fisher, Ardelle
Kovacic, Gary
Lee, Jaime
Lin, Lisa
Item ID
33634AN
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A new Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market has opened in Arcadia. It is owned by Tesco, a British food giant. Tesco's labor practices have come under fire for relying on part-time workers, which may limit the ability of workers to earn a living wage.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
Subjects
Business and Industry
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets
Grocery Stores
Tesco
Item ID
30975AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's City Council approved design guidelines for expansion of the Westfield Shopping mall. The expansion will increase the mall size by 276,000 square feet, in a two-level extension and an open-air mall, in the northeast quadrant of the center.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 19, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 19, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Shopping malls
Westfield Santa Anita
Item ID
33490AN
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Newspaper Index
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