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A memorial to honor slain Arcadia Police Department officer Albert Edward Matthies, was unveiled on the 85th anniversary of his murder, at his grave site at Live Oak Memorial Park in Monrovia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33110
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Officers' Association
Kristufek, Zora
Perez, Roxana
Straub, Sheryl
Tea, Daniel
Item ID
33307AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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On the 84th anniversary of the murder of Arcadia police officer Albert E. Matthies, a ceremony was held by the Arcadia Police Officers Association in his honor. Matthies is the city's only police officer killed in the line of duty. A memorial plaque at Foothill Boulevard and Northview Avenue commemorates Matthies' sacrifice and a small plaque marks his grave site at Live Oak Memorial Park in Monrovia. Matthies was shot on July 18, 1927 and died the day after. The shooter was Frank Miller.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32465
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2011
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2011
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Arcadia police officers
Awards - honors - recognitions
Matthies, Albert Edward
Plaques
Remembrances
Item ID
32653AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police officers honor Albert Matthies, the city's only police officer killed in the line of duty, with a ceremony and a plaque, 80 years after his death. The plaque is on the 1000 block of North View Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30633
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia police officers
Awards - honors - recognitions
Matthies, Albert Edward
Plaques
Remembrances
Item ID
30821AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School, Marine Corps, Arcadia Fire Department and Arcadia Police Department pay memorial tribute to those who lost their lives in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34956
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2017
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2017
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Black, Daniel
Lau, Daisy
Item ID
35146AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Department has a new police chief. His name is Bob Guthrie and has been serving as interim police chief since Bob Sanderson retired in April. He joined the Arcadia Police Department as a cadet in 1989.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32464
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department--Police chiefs
Guthrie, Bob
Item ID
32652AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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San Gabriel Valley police officers and firefighters, including Arcadia Police Department and Arcadia Fire Department, competed in a charity basketball tournament at Arcadia High School to benefit Special Olympics Southern California. It was organized by Arcadia Police detective Walter Ashby.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33846
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2014
Pages
p. A9
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2014
Pages
p. A9
Subjects
Ashby, Walter
Battle of the Badges
Special Olympics
Item ID
34040AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A bystander was shot inadvertently after two men got into an argument at a Chevron gas station at Santa Anita Avenue and Live Oak Avenue. The bystander is a man in his early 20s and is expected to recover. The Arcadia Police Department is seeking the public's help.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29900
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 3, 2006
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 3, 2006
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Shootings
Gas stations
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
30086AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Church in Arcadia will move to land formerly occupied by the city's mounted police at 630 E. Live Oak Avenue. Church in Arcadia is currently at 21 Morlan Place, the former site of Arc Bowl and Arcadia Bowling, which closed in the late 1970s. This deal was done to try to keep neighbor Rusnak Mercedes Benz, the city's largest sales tax generator, from moving to another city.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30887
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Church in Arcadia
Rusnak Mercedes Benz - expansion
Item ID
31075AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Christian Eric Blesch, 36, a former Arcadia police officer and Arcadia Police Officers' Association treasurer, is accused of embezzling $50,000. He pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles Superior Court on the felony charges of grand theft by embezzlement. He was elected January 2011 to serve as treasurer. He resigned from Arcadia Police Department last month. A second police officer is being investigated.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33635
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 3, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 3, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department--Arcadia Police Officers' Association
Blesch, Christian
Crime and Criminals
Embezzlement
Item ID
33830AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Based on the description and surveillance video, Arcadia police believe the same man may have robbed two 7-Eleven stores this month. The most recent robbery took place on May 20 at the 7-Eleven at Live Oak and Tyler Avenues. The previous crime occurred on May 10 at the 7-Eleven at 1003 S. Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32071
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 22, 2010
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 22, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Convenience stores
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Item ID
32268AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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New state-of-the-art library coming to Arcadia. The Los Angeles County Public Library will replace the current branch in unincorporated Arcadia (4153 East Live Oak Avenue) sometime in 2017 at a new site at 22 West Live Oak Boulevard. It will cost about $9 million from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors capital projects funding.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34648
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Antonovich, Michael
Libraries
Los Angeles County Public Library-Live Oak Branch
Patrick, Skye
Item ID
34840AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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An apartment fire in Arcadia Wednesday left six people uninjured but looking for shelter. The blaze was reported at about 2:45 p.m. in unit 235 at 425 E. Live Oak.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper20827
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 24, 2001
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 24, 2001
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
21057AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Local residents and merchants have bought commemorative street banners which bear the inscription "Celebrating Arcadia's Centennial: 1903-2003" alongside their own name. Banners will be up January 1 and will hang until December 31, 2003.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24651
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Centennial Celebrations, 2003
Item ID
24841AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Habitat for Humanity proposed building 20 homes on city-owned land in South Arcadia that was previously used by the Arcadia Police Department horseback unit. The parcel's access would be via Live Oak Avenue. Assembly Bill 637 requires Arcadia to develop low-income housing. City Council did not make a decision, leaving options open.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24534
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Habitat for Humanity
Redevelopment
Live Oak Avenue
AB 637
Item ID
24724AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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San Gabriel Mayor Albert Y. M. Huang, 35, was arrested on suspicion of felony robbery and assault and battery, after an argument with an unidentified woman over money at New Taste Dupling House at 301 West Valley Boulevard. He graduated from Arcadia High School in 1994.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32214
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 16, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 16, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arrests
Huang, Albert Y. M.
Politicians
San Gabriel mayors
Item ID
32413AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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San Gabriel Mayor Albert Y. M. Huang announced he would resign from office after his arrest in a domestic violence case involving a confrontation with a woman (not his wife) outside New Taste Dupling House at 301 West Valley Boulevard. San Gabriel City Council accepted his resignation. He graduated from Arcadia High School in 1994.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32216
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arrests
Huang, Albert Y. M.
Politicians
San Gabriel mayors
Item ID
32415AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Albert Cruz, 2002 graduate of Arcadia High School, has been deployed to the Middle East to fight in the war against Iraq.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25306
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Cruz, Albert
War - Iraq
Item ID
25504AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Details have been released on the deaths of Alan Cheung of Monterey Park and Edward Chin of Arcadia. Their charred bodies were found in the desert, west of the Barstow (15) Freeway on October 26, 2003.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28599
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Ching, Haang (Edward)
Cheung, Cheuk (Alan)
Disappearajces - Missing persons
Barstow
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
28794AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The decomposed body of a missing Pasadena police lieutenant named David Henry Richter, 55, of Arcadia, was found under an overpass where the 605 freeway crosses Rivergrade Road. The cause of death has not been determined but it may have been suicide.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30958
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Missing Persons
Richter, David Henry
Item ID
31153AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The union for the Arcadia Police Department and the Arcadia City Council have reached an agreement. The contract gives officers a 24.4% increase in salaries and benefits over the next 4 years. The department is still down by 14 officers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30898
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 17, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 17, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Labor contracts
Unions
Item ID
31086AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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