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Don Alcorn, Emergency Services Coordinator, led about 40 city officials in an earthquake drill, held twice a year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper320
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 28, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 28, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Emergency Services Coordinator
Alcorn, Don
Item ID
320AN
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Newspaper Index
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William Woolard, 50, Arcadia Planning Director for 22 years, resigned at the recommendation of City Manager Don Duckworth and a 4-1 City Council vote, with Robert Harbicht opposed. Woolard was asked to leave because of departmental reorganization, Duckworth said.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper252
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 20, 1993
Pages
p. A-1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 20, 1993
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
City Employees - Woolard, William " Bill"
Item ID
252AN
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Newspaper Index
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Neighbors of 16 year old Russell Simon, killed in August while riding his bicycle home from football practice, are banding together to have a memorial plaque installed at the corner where the high school sophomore was struck by a truck.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8032
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 15, 1996
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 15, 1996
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Simon, Russell
Item ID
7992AN
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Newspaper Index
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A 20-year old baby sitter from mainland China testified about the events she said led to her enslavement by Arcadia couple Dianyi Zhia and Hua Jiang. See also Pasadena Star News, July 23, 1997, p. A1.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10088
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 1997
Pages
P. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 1997
Pages
P. A1
Subjects
Zhai, Dianyi
Jiang, Hua
Item ID
10042AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Don Ricardo restaurant is one of five owned by Victor Sampson. It is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5643
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 1995
Pages
p. B3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 1995
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc - Don Ricardo's Restaurant
Item ID
5494AN
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Newspaper Index
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Christine Lo, an Arcadia High School graduate, spent five months working on scenes from the film "Titanic."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11763
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 28, 1997
Pages
p. D1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 28, 1997
Pages
p. D1 w/photo
Subjects
Lo, Christine
Item ID
11970AN
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Newspaper Index
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Don and Angela Wood, owners of Arcadia Fastprint, provide a free service to owners of lost pets by giving them 50 fliers bearing a photo of their pet to help in their search.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4525
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 3, 1995
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 3, 1995
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Business and Industry - Arcadia Fastprint
Item ID
4401AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's Craig Bonholtzer has spent years tracking and studying the behavior of bears in the local mountains.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10850
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 1997
Pages
p. 1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 1997
Pages
p. 1 w/photo
Subjects
Animals
Bonholtzer, Craig
Item ID
10761AN
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Arcadia City Council voted 4-0 to approve a voluntary spending limit of 50 cents per resident for campaign spending. The law comes up for a second vote at the next council meeting.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10380
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
City Council, 1990 - 1999
Item ID
10328AN
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Newspaper Index
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Plans for the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association to revive its Rose float have fizzled for now because there is no room for another float in the year 2000 parade.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper17054
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 3, 1999
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 3, 1999
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Item ID
14484AN
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Newspaper Index
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Incumbents Sheng Chang and Barbara Kuhn failed in their bids for re-election to City Council as voters gave first-time candidate Gail Marshall, former Mayor Roger Chandler and council appointee Gary Kovacic the nod for the next four years. Gino Roncilli came in well ahead of former Mayor George Fasching for the two year seat. Voters also gave thumbs down to Measure A, a ballot initiative that would have added 2 percent to the current 5 percent utility tax for the next four years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper13319
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 1998
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 1998
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
City Council - Elections, 1998
Item ID
13525AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council has decided to reevaluate the Farmers' Market next year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16195
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 1998
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 1998
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Business & Industry
Item ID
16941AN
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Newspaper Index
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In response to requests from the local Chinese-American community, the Arcadia Police Dept. has agreed to perform an investigation into police conduct during the arrest of an Asian couple involved in a fracas at the Burger King Restaurant.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5405
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 1995
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 1995
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Police Department
Item ID
5268AN
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Carol Yeh, formerly of Arcadia, took a year off from her studies at Yale to travel with the Yale Glee Club as manager of "Whim 'n' Song", an all-women a cappella singing group. She is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper168
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 2, 1993
Pages
p. H-1 photo; Hometown section
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 2, 1993
Pages
p. H-1 photo; Hometown section
Subjects
Yeh, Carol
Item ID
168AN
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After the County spent $410,000 over two years to renovate three of the four bowling greens at Santa Anita Lawn Bowling Club, some members are angry that the greens won't be playable for as long as two more years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11528
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 1997
Pages
p. A3 w/photos
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 1997
Pages
p. A3 w/photos
Subjects
Santa Anita Lawn Bowling Club
Item ID
11726AN
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Roy R. Long, a 50-year Arcadia resident who opened Roy Long's Men's Shop in 1947, died on November 5 at the age of 88.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper7989
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 1996
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 1996
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Long, Roy
Item ID
7952AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School opened the school year with an added 800 9th grade students, bringing total enrollment to 3050. 50% of the students are new to the school.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4227
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 1994
Pages
p. H-2 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 1994
Pages
p. H-2 photo
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
4103AN
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Newspaper Index
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Concerns about a proposed entertainment complex next to Santa Anita Park race track have been expressed by representatives of three stores in the Santa Anita Fashion Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6258
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 1996
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 1996
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Entertainment Center
Santa Anita Fashion Park
Item ID
6083AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Insurance Services Office, which rates fire departments, awarded the Arcadia Fire Department a "Class One" rating, making them one of only 16 departments in the country with that rating.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper187
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 1993
Pages
p. H-7 photo; Hometown section
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 1993
Pages
p. H-7 photo; Hometown section
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
187AN
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Newspaper Index
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Newport Beach real estate developer Don Koll and Leon Black of New York-based Apollo Real Estate Advisors have made an unsolicited offer to invest approximately $180 million in Arcadia-based Santa Anita Cos.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8013
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 10, 1996
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 10, 1996
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Santa Anita Companies
Item ID
7974AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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