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Los Angeles County National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists named. They will now compete for a share of scholarships worth almost $28 million. Those from Arcadia High School students are Isaac Cheng, Hongji Dai, Casey R. Kim, Kaitlyn A. Kwan, Caroline J. Ji, Jeffrey Oo, Steven H. Shi, Philip Tan, William Wong, Felicia Ye, Katelyn A. Yu.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36543
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 17, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 17, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A8
Subjects
Academic achievements
Arcadia High School students
Cheng, Isaac
Dai, Hongji
Kim, Casey R.
Kwan, Kaitlyn A.
Ji, Caroline J.
National Merit Scholarship Program
Oo, Jeffrey
Shi, Steven H.
Tan, Philip
Wong, William
Ye, Felicia
Yu, Katelyn A.
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The surprising Anna May Wong. Like many, author Katie Salisbury was startled to learn of the star, then couldn't stop looking. Wong was a famous Chinese-American movie star in the 1920s and 1930s and had her own television series in the early 1950s. Salisbury's nonfiction book about Wong's life is titled Not Your China Doll. The author is half-Chinese and grew up in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36657
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2024
Pages
p. C4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2024
Pages
p. C4
Subjects
Actresses
Arcadia Authors - Salisbury, Katie
Nonfiction books
Wong, Anna May
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Diane I-Fan Chang, 22, a student at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, is an illustrator for the new magazine, UNITY LA. The non-profit magazine, written and designed for the multicultural youth of the Los Angeles area, is designed to create a more understanding society.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4453
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 1994
Pages
p. H-2 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 1994
Pages
p. H-2 photo
Subjects
Chang, Diane I-Fan
Item ID
4329AN
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Diane I-Fan Chang, 22, a student at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, is an illustrator for the new UNITY LA., a non-profit magazine funded by corporate donations and individuals that is geared to the ethnically diverse youth in the Los Angeles area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4416
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 1994
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 1994
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Chang, Diane I-Fan
Item ID
4292AN
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CEO Ikenna Mmeje begins managing USC Arcadia Hospital. Ikenna "Ike" Mmeje will lead expansion of access to specialized healthcare and research to the San Gabriel Valley while overseeing all management and operations of the hospital. The hospital was formerly Methodist Hospital of Southern California and is now run by Keck Medicine. Mmeje replaces former president and CEO Dan Ausman, who has retired. Mmeje served as CEO of both Memorial Care Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Children's and Women's Hospital in Long Beach. He previously held CEO and COO roles with Tenet Healthcare.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36438
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A9
Subjects
Ausman, Dan
Methodist Hospital of Southern California
Mmeje, Ikenna
USC Arcadia Hospital
USC Arcadia Hospital-employees
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Maria Sanchez, a UCLA graduate who went to school in Arcadia, Sierra Madre, and Temple City, is now a member of the select group of British Marshall Scholarship winners. She is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper155
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 1993
Pages
p. H-3 photo; Hometown section
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 1993
Pages
p. H-3 photo; Hometown section
Subjects
Sanchez, Maria
Item ID
155AN
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Private schools pay annual rent for classrooms at two area public schools. There is a controversy over the use or misuse of classrooms by these students.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5640
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 1995
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 1995
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Schools
Item ID
5491AN
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Police arrested two men and are seeking two others in connection with a stabbing that occurred at the height of the holiday shopping season at the Santa Anita Fashion Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11526
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
11724AN
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Arcadia High School young television newscasters beat virus shutdown. Student journalists work from home to fill void for classmates. The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic forced schools to close but journalism students worked from home to put together an informative, inspiring newscast called The Quarantine, for their more than 3000 classmates who are home during the crisis.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35688
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 22, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A16
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 22, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A16
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Epidemics
Foran, Ryan
Journalism
Liu, Andrew
Pandemics
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Roughly 70 students took part in the school district's first-ever Diversity Summit designed to let students talk openly about racial tensions at the high school.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5545
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 1995
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 1995
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Item ID
5400AN
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Pasadena Showcase House of Design features the 1937 Federal country-style Locke House in Arcadia. The annual fundraiser is going virtual due to the pandemic lockdown. The house was originally built by Hollywood society architect Gerard Colcord in 1937. For this fundraiser, there were 17 designers who contributed to the renovation. This nonprofit supports music and arts programs in Southern California.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35796
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 6, 2020
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 6, 2020
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Architecture
Colcord, Gerard
Fundraisers
Pasadena Showcase House of Design
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Arcadia Police make arrest in assault case. Eighteen-year-old former Arcadia High School student Dylan Chan accused of various crimes, including using a minor for sexual acts. Allegedly recorded himself and, current and former female students, having sex.One alleged victim said it was without her knowledge and the suspect distributed the video in an online group chat with fellow students. Arcadia police are investigating and Arcadia High School's principal Angie Dillman believes sexual assault is pervasive in society and in listening to student voices to guide change.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35780
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 1, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 1, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Arrests
Chan, Dylan
Crime and Criminals
Dillman, Angie
Sexual assaults
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Nordstrom's due to open August 26 at the Santa Anita Fashion Park, will employ 300 to 400 people and provide the city with an estimated $500,000 in annual sales tax revenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4092
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 1994
Pages
p. A-1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 1994
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Nordstrom's
Item ID
3968AN
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Ruth Lubin, 82, a former Arcadia High School art teacher, won the "Ms. Senior America of California" competition for the Los Angeles metro area, to be followed by the state competition in Torrance in March, 1994. Ms. Lubin performed a Balinese dance, explained her wood carving, and recited a poem.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper160
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 10, 1993
Pages
p. A-2 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 10, 1993
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Subjects
Lubin, Ruth
Item ID
160AN
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Chinh Nguyen, 29, of Arcadia was in serious but stable condition after being stabbed by her former boyfriend at First Design Nails in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9170
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 1997
Pages
p. A3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 1997
Pages
p. A3 photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
9124AN
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A team of Arcadia High School advanced placement government students edged out 48 other state champion teams to win the 6th annual "We the People... the Citizen and the Constitution" competition in Washington, D.C.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper216
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1993
Pages
p. A-5 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1993
Pages
p. A-5 photo
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
216AN
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A team from Arcadia High School was the regional winner in the 1996 National Science Bowl. They will join other regional winners in the finals of the competition in late April in Florida.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5701
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 28, 1996
Pages
p. A 4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 28, 1996
Pages
p. A 4
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Item ID
5552AN
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Former Arcadia Public Library reference Librarian Patricia Tapscott McAdam, co-author of a definitive history of Arcadia, died of pneumonia May 23, in Escondido. She was 75.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper13990
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 1998
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 1998
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
McAdam, Patricia Tapscott
Item ID
14551AN
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Show is a real gem in San Gabriel Valley. Pasadena Lapidary Society's annual Tournament of Gems Show, its 62nd, is now taking place at the Arcadia Masonic Center.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2022
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Gems
Pasadena Lapidary Society
Rocks
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A judge sentences two men to die by lethal injection for murdering two children and three adults in a 1995 attack that prosecutors said was ordered by the Mexican Mafia prison gang. One of the defendants was Jimmy Palma, 23, of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9926
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 12, 1997
Pages
p. A-1 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 12, 1997
Pages
p. A-1 w/photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Palma, Jimmy
Item ID
9883AN
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