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Two Arcadia homes used for indoor marijuana growing operations. Warrants were served and arrests were made in the 1800 block of South Baldwin Avenue and the 300 block of West Woodruff. A third house, on the 2700 block of Gilpin Way, was discovered to be an indoor marijuana cultivation house, too.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34077
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
January 24, 2015
Pages
p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
January 24, 2015
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Drugs
Lau, Lan
Marijuana
Ming, Gao
Shen, Jia Hui
Wang, Tony
Item ID
34271AN
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Arcadia Branch of AAUW sent girls to Tech Trek Math/Science Camp at Whittier College this summer. Four girls are pictured.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34608
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 2, 2016
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 2, 2016
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Science, Technology, English, Math (STEM)
Item ID
34800AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Racetrack back in the day. A stroll down memory lane courtesy of Arcadia Historical Society and Arcadia's Best. Photo shown of Clara Baldwin Stocker and her friends at her father's Santa Anita Racetrack in 1907. Clara Baldwin Stocker had a house on Foothill Boulevard and an establishment called "Clara Villa."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35354
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
December 22, 2018
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p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
December 22, 2018
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Baldwin, Clara
Baldwin Stocker, Clara
Clara Villa
Santa Anita Racetrack
Item ID
35544AN
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Arcadia resident Sylvia Miller (photo) will tell California Retired Teachers Association about her years as a human "computer" at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), as recounted in Nathalia Holt's book The Rise of the Rocket Girls. Miller was one of many women scientists hired to compute data used to chart the path for NASA's early space missions.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34666
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
September 17, 2016
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p. 7
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Mountain Views News
Date
September 17, 2016
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
California Retired Teachers Association
Miller, Sylvia
NASA
Scientists
Item ID
34858AN
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Last week's fake bomb threat at Arcadia High School by a 14-year-old student, who was arrested, caused a lockdown of almost 4,000 students and personnel for several hours. This had a great impact on the school. Thousands of dollars of hot lunches were wasted, additional revenue was lost when all school activities in the afternoon and evening had to be canceled, and overtime had to be paid to maintenance workers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33163
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
September 22, 2012
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p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
September 22, 2012
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Bomb threats
Vannasdall, David
Item ID
33360AN
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Arcadia, Monrovia, and Duarte schools all forced to lock down this week due to phoned in threats of a gunman on 4 separate campuses. On Thursday, September 12, the caller contacted Arcadia Police Department, reporting "he was at Arcadia High School and that he was going to start shooting students with an assault rifle." A second call was received during the police search of the campus that told officers to back off or they would be shot. No suspects of weapons were found.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33615
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
September 14, 2013
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
September 14, 2013
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Arcadia Police Department
Item ID
33810AN
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Suspicious fire on January 1, 2013 engulfed a detached 2-car garage next to a recently vacated single family home in the 200 block of East El Camino Real in Arcadia. The estimated damages are $30,000+. No one was injured.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33334
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
January 5, 2013
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p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
January 5, 2013
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Fires
Item ID
33530AN
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Newspaper Index
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Classroom of the future is in Arcadia. Arcadia Unified School District embraces AltSchool's "Personalized Learning" technology in an experimental lab that has flexible seating, desks and walls that can be written on, hanging chairs, an observation room, Google Jam Board, and other tools and techniques not typically used in other public schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35077
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
February 1, 2018
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p. 1, 11
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Mountain Views News
Date
February 1, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Personalized learning
Item ID
35266AN
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Santa Anita Park shut down by owners The Stronach Group; 21 horses dead. 21 horses dead over a 10-week period. The track surface is being tested.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35405
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
March 9, 2019
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p. 1
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Mountain Views News
Date
March 9, 2019
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
McGuire, Kevin
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Item ID
35597AN
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Santa Anita Park Recap. Three horses trained by Hector Palma were victorious. They are named Conquist Sabre Cat, Violent Ridge, and Gone to Town.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35062
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
January 20, 2018
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p. B1
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Mountain Views News
Date
January 20, 2018
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Bejarano, Rafael
Franco, Geovanni
Palma, Hector
Quinoz, Alonso
Santa Anita Park 2011-2020
Schmidt, Joan
Item ID
35252AN
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Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger offers $20,000 reward in Arcadia investigation into heinous murder of Chyong Jen Tsai, a 76-year-old Arcadia woman, whose body was found on April 9, 2019 in her backyard in 300 block of East Forest Avenue. Her 2005 Lexus RX300 is believed to have been stolen from her home.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35447
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 20, 2019
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p. 1
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Mountain Views News
Date
April 20, 2019
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Barger, Kathryn
Deaths
Murders
Rewards
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Item ID
35639AN
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Over the two days of the Breeders' Cup this year, there were 95,000 in attendance, at Santa Anita Park. It was a 5 percent increase over the last two year's two-day crowds.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33686
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
November 16, 2013
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p. A6
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Mountain Views News
Date
November 16, 2013
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p. A6
Subjects
Breeders' Cup Championships
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Stevens, Gary (jockey in photo)
Item ID
33882AN
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Dana Middle School's iconic concrete monument topped by an iron anchor was destroyed and removed this summer to prepare for renovations of the school's courtyard. Former students were upset over the loss, as it represented school pride. Joann Steinmeier, School Board President, said the anchor itself has been preserved and will be showcased in a fenced area in a new, smaller courtyard.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33132
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
August 18, 2012
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p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
August 18, 2012
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Dana Middle School
Item ID
33329AN
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Arcadia Police uncover house used for growing marijuana on the 400 block of E. Wistaria on December 4. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 7, December 11, 2014.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34035
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
December 6, 2014
Pages
p. 5
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
December 6, 2014
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Drugs
Marijuana
Item ID
34229AN
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A ninth historical marker, presented by Arcadia Historical society, will be dedicated on October 2 near the main entrance of the Los Angeles County Arboretum. This "History Lives Here" marker showcases vintage photographs and descriptions of the history and evolution of the Arboretum, which was once the home of Arcadia founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin. See hard copy in VF "Historical Society"

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33162
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
September 15, 2012
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p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
September 15, 2012
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Historical markers
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Item ID
33359AN
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Newspaper Index
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Honorees of Arcadia Chamber 2015 Business Awards include Patricia Colonello of Mountain Views News. Business Person of the Year went to Kin Hui of Arcadia, CEO of Singpoli Group. Business of the Year went to Sierra Auto Honda, a family owned business. Raquel McLaughlin and her mother were awarded New Business of the Year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34257
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 18, 2015
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 18, 2015
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Chamber of Commerce
Awards
Business and Industry
Colonello, Patricia (photo)
Hui, Kin
Kovacic, Gary
McLaughlin, Raquel
Item ID
34451AN
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Foothill Gold Line construction update. The Gold Line light rail from Pasadena to Azusa has now surpassed 85% complete. Overview of bridge construction, track completion, grade crossings, and train testing. Substantial completion of entire project remains on schedule for late September 2015, when the project as a whole will be turned over to Metro for pre-revenue service. Metro will decide when the line will open for passenger service.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34152
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 11, 2015
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p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 11, 2015
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
34346AN
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Arcadia Public Library Foundation donates over $16,000 to Arcadia Public Library. The money will be used to fund Kaleidoscope Classical Concerts, more chairs for the library auditorium, more new adult Chinese language materials, more copies of best seller e-books, updated software for the preschool computers, and updated performances rights DVDs for Children's programming.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33266
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
December 8, 2012
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p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
December 8, 2012
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library Foundation
Item ID
33463AN
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Street closures for the 59th Annual Festival of Bands Parade hosted by City of Arcadia. Baldwin Avenue between Huntington Drive and Naomi Avenue will be closed 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Duarte Road between Golden West and El Monte Avenue closed 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM, and Campus Drive between Santa Anita Avenue and Holly Avenue closed 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33262
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
November 17, 2012
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p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
November 17, 2012
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Festival of Bands Parade
Street closures
Item ID
33459AN
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Arcadia City Budget elements explained for Chamber government affairs. Administrative Services Director Hue Quach says horse race revenue for capital improvements down millions per year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34172
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
May 16, 2015
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
May 16, 2015
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Arcadia city budget
Arcadia Chamber of Commerce
Quach, Hue
Item ID
34366AN
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Newspaper Index
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