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Steven Chavez, 16, of Duarte, earns Eagle Scout status after he organizes a blood drive for his mother's friend Alexandra Razo. Razo has a disease called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Blood drives
Boy Scouts
Chavez, Steven
Eagle Scouts
Razo, Alexandra
Item ID
31009AN
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Newspaper Index
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New principal of Arcadia High School, David L. Vannasdall, 36, talks about his midwest background and the core values he brings to his new job.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Principals
Vannasdall, David L.
Item ID
29954AN
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Newspaper Index
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Profile and biography of jockey George Woolf, also known as Iceman. Woolf rode race horse Seabiscuit to fame in 1938. He died in 1946. There is a statue in his memory at Santa Anita Park.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Jockeys
Statuary
Woolf, George
Item ID
33501AN
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Newspaper Index
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Since Gerald Woods, Jr. accidentally shot himself above his right eye, he has made a recovery undreamed of by his friends and family.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 15, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 15, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Woods, Gerald Jr.
Item ID
3507AN
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Newspaper Index
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County officials are offering a $20,000 reward for information in the slaying of Jason Wei, an Arcadia restaurant owner. He was held up and shot at his Osaka Ya Restaurant on November 25, 2007.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder
Osaka Ya Restaurant
Wei, Jason
Item ID
31685AN
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Newspaper Index
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Services were held Sunday for former Arcadia Mayor David Hannah, who died June 11 at his home in Laguna Niguel. He was 72.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 19, 1995
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 19, 1995
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Hannah, David
Mayors - Hannah, David
Item ID
4465AN
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Newspaper Index
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Hal Ward, Arcadia ophthalmologist, and the crew of his 70 foot yacht Chavel '95 will set sail in the 2225 mile TransPacific race from California to Hawaii.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 2, 1995
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 2, 1995
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Ward, Hall
Item ID
4488AN
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Newspaper Index
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Lou Carno has been an Arcadia resident for 53 years and is a longtime horse trainer. One of his early jobs was working as a groom for race horse Seabiscuit's owner, C.S. Howard. Carno served in the U.S. Marine Corps, earned his CA Trainers License in 1952. He trained for celebrity horse owners such as Betty Grable, Desi Arnaz, and Burt Bacharach, and others. He is 83 now and semi-retired.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 3, 2003
Pages
p. 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 3, 2003
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Carno, Lou - biography
Horse trainers
Item ID
31792AN
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Newspaper Index
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Family and friends mourn the loss of Sergeant Kyle A. Colnot who was killed in Iraq by a bomb. He had attended Arcadia High School in his sophomore and junior years.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 4, 2006
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 4, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Colnot, Sgt. Kyle Arnold
Soldiers
Deaths
Iraq War
Item ID
30198AN
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Newspaper Index
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David Edward Foley of Duarte was discovered hanging by his own T-shirt from the bars of his cell in the Arcadia City jail.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 1997
Pages
p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 1997
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
11968AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Chief David Hinig bestowed the Police Department's Medal of Merit on Detective Stan Flores and Life Saving medals on patrol officers John Jurman and Jennifer Casillas.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Police Department - Medal of Merit
Police Department - Life Saving Medal
Police - Flores, Stan
Police - Jurman, John
Police - Casillas, Jennifer
Item ID
25171AN
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Newspaper Index
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Ryan McMorrow, 12, performed CPR on his mother Amy McMorrow last Thursday after she was hit by a bicyclist and knocked unconscious.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 1998
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 1998
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Subjects
McMorrow, Ryan
McMorrow, Amy
Item ID
16603AN
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Newspaper Index
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This article profiles the local business Knight Cleaners. Owned by Peter Delgatto, Jr., and his mother Marilyn Delgatto, it celebrates 40 years in business.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2007
Pages
p. News 11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2007
Pages
p. News 11
Subjects
Business and Industry
Delgatto, Marilyn
Delgatto, Peter, Jr.
Dry cleaning
Dry cleaners
Knight Cleaners
Item ID
30936AN
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Newspaper Index
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Teacher Brandon Michael Landreth, 30, of Pasadena, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Pasadena Superior Court. He allegedly confessed to his ex-wife that he shot 25-year old Justo Cesar Morales to death at his parents' Canyon Road home in Northern Arcadia.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Landreth, Brandon Michael
Morales, Justo Cesar
Murders
Item ID
31173AN
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Newspaper Index
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Richard Robert Russo pleads not guilty to charges of murder and child abuse and the judge denies his motion for bail. He is accused of shooting his wife Carmen.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 2, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 2, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert ("Rick")
Shapiro, Robert
Arraignments
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Item ID
29859AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Mayor Bob Harbicht invited Congressman David Dreier to be his guest on the City's informational TV program, "Speaking of Arcadia."

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 1997
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Mayors - Harbicht, Bob
Dreier, David
Item ID
26030AN
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Newspaper Index
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The preliminary hearing for accused murderer Isaac Campbell has begun in Alhambra. He is charged in the death of Liya "Jessie" Lu, who went missing August 11, 2007. Her body was found more than 1 month later, stuffed in a trash can at a home in Arcadia. The victim's last text message was scrutinized in court. So far, the proceedings have consisted solely of testimony by Lu's coworker and friend George Molina.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Molina, George
Murder
Trials
Item ID
31638AN
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Newspaper Index
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Michael Lamb is running for his second term on the Arcadia School Board. He is profiled.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 13, 1995
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 13, 1995
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Lamb, Michael D
School Board - Elections, 1995
Item ID
4405AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Richard Robert Russo, convicted in the murder of his wife Carmen, hanged himself with a bedsheet in his cell at Wasco State Prison. He died Sunday, October 15, 2006.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Russo, Carmen
Russo murder
Russo, Richard Robert
Suicide
Item ID
30427AN
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Newspaper Index
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An Arcadia man, David Frederick Thornton, pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud and one count of impersonating a federal officer. Charges included his defrauding donors to his Thornton Kidney Research Foundation.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Thornton, David Frederick
Fraud
Scams
Thornton Kidney Research Foundation
Item ID
25502AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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