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Bob Wieland, Arcadia resident who lost his legs in Vietnam walked the entire Los Angeles Marathon on his hands finishing in 173 hours, 45 minutes in a weeklong journey.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25296
Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
March 9, 2003
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
March 9, 2003
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Los Angeles Marathon 2003
Item ID
25494AN
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Vietnam veteran Bob Wieland was honored by the Arcadia City Council on Tuesday night. Wieland lost both his legs while serving in the war.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24380
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 2002
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 2002
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Item ID
24571AN
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Arcadia resident Bob Wieland, 62, lost both legs in the Vietnam War, but that didn't stop him from majoring in physical education at California State University Los Angeles. He has walked on his hands and biked across the United States, competed in 6 marathons, completed a triathlon, and set world weight-lifting records. He will be inducted into the California Powerlifting Hall of Fame today.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30962
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2008
Pages
p. News 3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2008
Pages
p. News 3
Subjects
Athletes
Awards - honors - recognitions
Wieland, Bob
Veterans
Item ID
31157AN
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Arcadia resident John Chin has run 21 consecutive Los Angeles Marathons, making him part of an elite group of "Legacy Runners," those who have run in every LA Marathon since its inception in 1986.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30427
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Athletes
Chin, John
Los Angeles Marathon
Runners
Item ID
30614AN
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Frank Guzman, who was shot by deputies after barricading himself inside his trailer, died of his wounds.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25381
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Shooting
Santa Anita Village Mobile Home Park
Guzman, Frank
Item ID
25580AN
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An armed man barricaded himself in his trailer at Santa Anita Village mobile home park in a daylong standoff ending with the man's shooting. His name was not released, and he was taken to the local hospital.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 3, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 3, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Shooting
Santa Anita Village Mobile Home Park
Guzman, Frank
Item ID
25579AN
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Newspaper Index
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Bob Sanderson is the new chief of police in Arcadia now that Dave Hinig has retired. Hinig discusses his retirement plans and Sanderson discusses his new duties.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 11, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 11, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Chiefs
Hinig, Dave
Sanderson, Bob
Item ID
29765AN
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After using the name "Arboretum of Los Angeles" for 55 years, the Arboretum has been given permission to use the name Los Angeles County Botanic Garden. Hopefully the new name will increase attendance.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24884
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arboretum
Los Angeles County Botanic Garden
Item ID
25080AN
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Newspaper Index
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10 year-old Arcadia resident Eddie Drain, who lost his hair after chemotherapy treatments, got a boost from his baseball league teammates when they got together and shaved their own heads.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22921
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Drain, Eddie
Item ID
23129AN
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Senator Bob Margett held the State Agency Expo 2006 in the Center Court of the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita mall on Saturday. This event allows citizens to receive information about what State organizations can do for them.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30002
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Margett, Bob
Senators
State Agency Expo
Item ID
30189AN
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Newspaper Index
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Richard Schulhof is the top candidate in the search for executive director of the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. His salary will be $117,000, plus an annual supplement of $52, 935, plus an annual performance bonus of up to $10,000. The supplement and bonus will be paid by the nonprofit Los Angeles Arboretum Foundation. He is the former executive director of Descanso Gardens. He replaces Mark Wuorms.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31564
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 8, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 8, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
Schulhof, Richard
Item ID
31760AN
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As part of the Veterans History Project, Bob Macy gives an interview to preserve his war stories and experiences. Bob Macy is shown in a photograph with the leather flight jacket he used as a B-24 co-pilot in the 8th Air Force based in England.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29072
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 13, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 13, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Library of Congress
Veterans History Project
Oral History
War Storie
Macy, Bob
Soldiers
Interviews
Item ID
29258AN
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William Norgaard of Temple City celebrates his 106th birthday. He came from Denmark and owned the Daily Home Bakery at 1820 Marengo Street in Los Angeles for 38 years, starting in 1959. The Norgaard family lived in Los Angeles, Alhambra, Pasadena, and Arcadia over the years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31018
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 4, 2008
Pages
p. B1 (Local1)
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 4, 2008
Pages
p. B1 (Local1)
Subjects
Askins, Thora
Centenarians
Daily Home Bakery - Los Angeles, California
Norgaard, Gary
Norgaard, William
Item ID
31213AN
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MTA bus drivers drove through an obstacle course Wednesday in the parking lot of Santa Anita Park during media premier day for Saturday's Bus Roadeo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25867
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 17, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
Bus Roadeo
Item ID
26067AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30240
Newspaper
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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Deanna Sprinkel, who was grievously injured by a tram while visiting the Los Angeles County Arboretum, seeks a multi-million dollar payout in damages from the County.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 25, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 25, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Reuter, George
Sprinkel, Deanna
Accidents
Lawsuits
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
Settlements
Trams
Item ID
30244AN
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Newspaper Index
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The county unemployment rate climbed to 5.8% in May, but is still lower than the 6.8% rate of a year ago. Arcadia has 800 people unemployed, or 2.9% rate of unemployment.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29562
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 18, 2005
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 18, 2005
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Unemployment rates
Los Angeles County
Item ID
29746AN
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Newspaper Index
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Temple City teenager Melissa Huff, who attends Arcadia High School, has had her two prosthetic legs stolen again, for the third time. The teenager remains strong despite this outrageous crime.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29922
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 18, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 18, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Huff, Melissa
Prosthetics
Arcadia High School students
Burglaries
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
30108AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Pasadena Fire Department officials spent more than $320,000 to purchase breathing apparatus from distributor L.N. Curtis and Sons, which is at the center of a lawsuit filed by rival equipment company, Arcadia-based Allstar Fire Equipment against the city and county of Los Angeles. 57 self contained breathing apparatus remain unused at Pasadena Fire Station 34 pending a judge's ruling next month.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31272
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Allstar Fire Equipment
Lawsuits
L.N. Curtis and Sons
Los Angeles City
Los Angeles County
Pasadena Fire Department
Item ID
31467AN
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Newspaper Index
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A new display garden designed by Nick Williams was recently unveiled at Los Angeles County Arboretum. Five photographs are included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30098
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2006
Pages
p. A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2006
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Williams, Nick
Item ID
30285AN
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Newspaper Index
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