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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.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 12, 1997
Pages
p. A-1 w/photo
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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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Two men, including 22 year old Arcadian Jimmy Palma, were convicted of five counts of first-degree murder for shooting three adults and two children last year in El Monte.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 1996
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 1996
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Palma, Jimmy
Item ID
7977AN
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Jimmy Palma, 22, of Arcadia received a death-penalty recommendation for the April 22, 1995 massacre of five people in El Monte. A final decision on the matter will be announced by the presiding judge on February 19, 1997.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 1996
Pages
p. A 3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 1996
Pages
p. A 3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Palma, Jimmy
Item ID
8087AN
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A rugged, two-tier rock drinking fountain, family-built and designed, now sits in a palm-shaded grove at the Arboretum. It is a tribute to retired Pasadena Superior Court Judge Joseph A. Sprankle.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 1995 p. A-3 photo
July 13, 1995 Hometown p. 1 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 1995 p. A-3 photo
July 13, 1995 Hometown p. 1 photo
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
4466AN
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The State Supreme Court ended a three-year battle between El Monte and Arcadia, dismissing a lawsuit filed against Arcadia for approving a proposed landfill along El Monte's border. Rodeffer Industries, Inc. must still get approval from several state and regional agencies before proceeding.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Actions and Defenses
Rodeffer Landfill
Item ID
10031AN
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Bail was set at $1 million for Arcadian Hua Jiang, charged with enslaving a 20-year old woman from China. Her husband and co-defendant, Dianyi Zhai, will remain in custody without bail for several additional charges.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1997
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1997
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
9519AN
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Obituary notice. See also Pasadena Star News, August 23, 1995 p. A4

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 1995
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 1995
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Williams, Charles Clifford
Item ID
4700AN
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A man with a stun gun shot and tried to kidnap two 16-year old girls walking down Golden West Avenue, but resident Dale Raine's yells scared the man away.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 8, 1994
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P. 3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 8, 1994
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P. 3 photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
3609AN
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Dale Paul Raine, 30, received the Mayor's Certificate of Commendation for helping to stop the attempted kidnapping of two 16-year-old girls near his home on Golden West Avenue.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 1994
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 1994
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
3970AN
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Arcadia's Rose Parade float for 1995 features the Royal Court sitting in a gazebo overlooking a horse race at Santa Anita Park. The 2 lead horses will be ridden by live jockeys. This fits in with the 1995 theme, "Sports-Quest for Excellence."

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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 1994
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 1994
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Item ID
4238AN
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The husband and wife suspected of enslaving and torturing a 20-year old woman from mainland China allegedly kept a second slave and may have imported as many as a half dozen people into the United States. Dianji Zhai and Hua Jiang of Arcadia have been arrested.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
9513AN
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Arcadian John Howell led police on a chase Friday from Arcadia to the desert community of Banning.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 1997
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 1997
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Howell, John
Item ID
11189AN
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LA County Superior Court Judge Stephen O'Neil threw out a challenge to the City Council election, saying he found insufficient evidence of voter fraud.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3656
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 17, 1994
Pages
p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 17, 1994
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1994
Item ID
3531AN
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Arcadian Lauranne Gillett, 48, turned herself into police and admitted that she embezzled more than $40,000 from the VIP Travel Agency in Sierra Madre.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper165
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 28, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 28, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
165AN
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Arcadia showed the largest percentage growth among cities in the West San Gabriel Valley, gaining 3.1 percent from 49,750 in 1994 to 51,300 in 1995.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 12, 1995
Pages
p. A-1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 12, 1995
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia - Population
Item ID
4425AN
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Lianne Mead, 17, of Arcadia High School, is one of 7 young women chosen out of 686 hopefuls to be on the 1995 Tournament of Roses Royal Court. The Queen will be chosen on Tuesday, October 18th.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 1994
Pages
p. A-3 photos
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 1994
Pages
p. A-3 photos
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Item ID
4240AN
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Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stephen O'Neil has thrown out a lawsuit challenging the results of Sheng Chang's victory, saying he found insufficient evidence of voter fraud.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 23, 1994
Pages
p. H-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 23, 1994
Pages
p. H-3
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1994
Item ID
3533AN
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James Jason Stathum was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the videotaped fatal shooting of Arcadia resident Munther Farah Gharib. At the time of the shooting, Gharib was working in a La Puente convenience store.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 2, 1996
Pages
p. A-5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 2, 1996
Pages
p. A-5
Subjects
Gahrib, Munther Farah
Crime and Criminals
Stathum, James Jason
Item ID
6512AN
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Matthew Jacobus was stabbed once in the back following a minor car accident on Huntington Drive near Santa Clara. One of three men in the other car approached Jacobus after sideswiping his car and stabbed him.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8124
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 17, 1996
Pages
p. A 3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 17, 1996
Pages
p. A 3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Jacobus, Matthew
Item ID
8079AN
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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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