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Paul Graf, 90, of New Albany, Indiana, came back to Arcadia to see Santa Anita Park again. He had been based there as a United States Army staff sergeant during World War II, when the track was turned over to the Army Ordnance Corps for training purposes and was officially renamed Camp Santa Anita. Graf said he used to run for exercise on the Anita Chiquita training track, which was eliminated when the Santa Anita Fashion Park was built in the 1970s. Graf had arrived at Camp Santa Anita around November 1942, after the site had already been used as the Japanese Assembly Center. Photo shows Graf holding an issue of Man O' War, a newspaper issued by army personnel at Camp Santa Anita.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32550
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Camp Santa Anita
Graf, Paul
Santa Anita Park--1934-1942
United States Army Ordnance Corps
Veterans--World War II
Item ID
32749AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita cancels racing: 21 horses have died since Dec. 26; training and main track will be closed at least through weekend. By Art Wilson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35381
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 6, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 6, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
LaRocco, Andy
Moore, Dennis
O'Neill, Doug
Ritvo, Tim
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Wilson, Art
Item ID
35571AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park opens the 2010-2011 season with a new $3 million dirt surface on its track. The on-track attendance was 34,268, which was 1,400 less than last year. Trumpeter Jay Cohen calls the horses to the gate (photo).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32265
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Cohen, Jay
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -- Opening Day 2010
Item ID
32464AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park track switches back to natural track surface of "El Segundo sand." The El Segundo sand is coveted for its uniformity, which is paramount to track safety, a top concern for Track Superintendent Dennis Moore. Main track to re-open for training September 2. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 29, August 28, 2014.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33981
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2014
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2014
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Moore, Dennis
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
34175AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Summary of a vintage promotional booklet about Santa Anita Park havings its inaugural race on Christmas Day, December 25, 1934. At the time, Los Angeles Turf Club Inc. was the owner and operator of Santa Anita Park and there were 53 racing days that first season. Charter stockholder and membership requirements are discussed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32104
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 28, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 28, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Los Angeles Turf Club Inc.
Santa Anita Park--1934-1942
Item ID
32301AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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World War II internees reunite. Japanese Americans detained at Santa Anita Park before being sent to camps share photos, memories and friendship, at 75th anniversary event in Little Tokyo. See hard copy in VF Assembly Center.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Howo, Niko Makino
Japanese American National Museum
Mitarai, Evie Shigekuni
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Santa Anita Park (1934-1942)
Item ID
35046AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The California Horse Racing Board has approved Santa Anita Park's plan to resurface its main track with dirt. The Pro-Ride synthetic surface will be replaced by the first week of December.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32226
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2010
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2010
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010
Item ID
32425AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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At least 300 tons of sand were added to the new all-dirt main track at Santa Anita Park, to correct the imbalance of sand to clay after 14.5 inches of rain fell over a 10-day period.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32297
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
32496AN
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The California Horse Racing Board authorized Oak Tree Racing Association to have its traditional fall meet at another thoroughbred venue in Southern California since the association's use of Santa Anita Park is still uncertain. MI Developments, which is chaired by Frank Stronach, recently voided Oak Tree's contract after acquiring the race track from Stronach's Magna Entertainment Corp (MEC) through federal bankruptcy proceedings. Oak Tree's director Sherwood Chillingworth said, "If we can't make a deal with Santa Anita...we can take our dates and run them in Hollywood or Del Mar."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32070
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 21, 2010
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 21, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Bankruptcy
Chillingworth, Sherwood
Horse racing
Magna Entertainment Corp. (MEC)
MI Developments (MID)
Oak Tree Racing Association
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
32267AN
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Frank Stronach, chairman of MI Developments (MID), is requesting the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) to allow additional racing days at Santa Anita Park and at his other track Golden Gate Fields. He wants the number of racing days to increase from 85 to 140 days per year, to run races when he thinks he'll get the most customers. In order for MID to maintain its license and run thoroughbred racing at Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields, the CHRB has asked the company to submit a business plan. The plan has been a secret even to some of the company's board members. In the meantime, repairs are being made at Santa Anita Park in preparation for the fall Oak Tree meet (photo).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32115
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 27, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 27, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Horses and horse racing
MI Developments (MID)
Santa Anita Park-2001-2010
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
32312AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Last year it seemed Santa Anita Park might be sold in a bankruptcy auction, but it appears owner Frank Stronach will keep an interest in the track. Under a deal arranged by Stronach's bankrupt Magna Entertainment Corp. (MEC) and its creditors in a Delaware bankruptcy court, ownership of the track would be transferred to MI Development, a real estate holding company controlled by Stronach. If a judge accepts the plan, Stronach would also retain ownership of Golden Gate Fields in the Bay Area, and Gulfstream Park in Florida. Also, it sets up developer Rick Caruso to proceed with building the Shops at Santa Anita mall that is proposed for the track's parking lot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31899
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 13, 2010
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 13, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Bankruptcy
Caruso, Rick
Magna Entertainment Corp. (MEC)
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Shops at Santa Anita
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
32096AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park unveiled its new, all-dirt main track yesterday, allowing thoroughbred horses to get used to the natural surface three weeks before the start of the traditional winter meet. The dirt track replaces a synthetic one that failed to drain properly during heavy rains, resulting in 16 lost racing days since the fall of 2008.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32250
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010
Item ID
32449AN
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Santa Anita Park and City of Hope are joining forces to raise money to fight cancer with the first "On Track to Beat Cancer" walk, this Sunday at the race track. It is a 1/4 fundraising walk. All proceeds raised will go toward City of Hope's Women's Cancer Program for research, treatment and education.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32375
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 14, 2011
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 14, 2011
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Baffert, Bob
Baffert, Jill
Cancer
Celebrities
Charities
City of Hope
Derek, Bo
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Sutherland, Chantal
Item ID
32573AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Racing to resume on Friday. Santa Anita’s scheduled reopening March 29 is back on after the track’s parent company, The Stronach Group, and the Thoroughbred Owners of California reached agreement Saturday on the Lasix controversy that had swept through the industry the past few days. The story was first reported by Jay Privman of the Daily Racing Form and confirmed by the Southern California News Group. The deal includes the elimination of Lasix beginning with next year’s crop of 2-year-olds and immediately reduces race-day administration of the diuretic from a maximum of 10 ccs to 5.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35390
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 17, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B10
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 17, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B10
Subjects
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
Privman, Jay
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Thoroughbred Owners of California
Item ID
35580AN
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Newspaper Index
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Opening day at Santa Anita Park stirs memories for Andrea Van de Kamp of Pasadena, shown in photo, with Gino Roncelli, Trinity Roncelli, Bingo Roncelli. History of the Santa Anita Park race track and memories by columnist Patt Diroll.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35365
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 2019
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 2019
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Diroll, Pat
Santa Anita Park
Van de Kamp, Andrea
Item ID
35555AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia officials will meet with Santa Anita Park's majority owner Frank Stronach, to talk about the mall project that fell through with Caruso Affiliated, and to see if Stronach still envisions a high end retail project to develop on the track parking lot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32419
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 16, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 16, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
Malls
Santa Anita Park -- parking lot
Shops at Santa Anita
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
32618AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia local Roni Yamane is on the All-Area Track and Field first girls team. Alex McElwee and Sergio Gonzalez of Arcadia, are on the 2012 All-Area Track and Field first boys team.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33076
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2012
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2012
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Arcadia High School students--sports
Gonzalez, Sergio
McElwee, Alex
Track and Field
Yamane, Roni
Item ID
33273AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Abandoned pet turtles, specifically red-eared slider turtles that are native to Louisiana, are turning up at the Los Angeles County Arboretum in Arcadia (shown in photograph), Huntington Library, and local golf courses. It is illegal to buy turtles less than 4 inches long and to dump them. They threaten to push out the state's only native turtles species in urban and natural waters here.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32163
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 6, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 6, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Animals
Pets
Turtles
Item ID
32360AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Inglewood's Hollywood Park racing history going to auction. The track recently closed for good, but the 75-year-old Southern California landmark is having a 2-day auction of miscellaneous surplus equipment. "All of the good merchandise--the good furniture, paintings, memorabilia--has been moved to Santa Anita Park and to other racetracks, and what they have here is the dregs," said Tijuana-based antique dealer Antonio Vibrillo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33736
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 24, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 24, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Auctions
Hollywood Park Racetrack
Vibrillo, Antonio
Item ID
33932AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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All-area track and field teams include Vincent Bai and Kyra White of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33524
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2013
Pages
p. B7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2013
Pages
p. B7
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports
Bai, Vincent
Track and Field
White, Kyra
Item ID
33719AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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