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Fans commiserate in closing of their beloved bookstore. 78-year-old Karen Kropp, owner of The Book Rack, a bookstore in Arcadia, has closed the store on First Avenue, after taking over the reins 18 years ago. Declining sales worseneed by the pandemic, as well as her upcoming 80th birthday, precipitated the closure. The store's address was 204 South First Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91006.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36641
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 29, 2024
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p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 29, 2024
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p. A1, A7
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The Book Rack
Bookstores
Kropp, Karen
Small business
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Homeless numbers count due today. First tally since 2020 Pandemic start, affects nonprofit services, political races, and government. Karen Roberson, Founder and Director of Family Promise of San Gabriel Valley, a nonprofit that provides temporary shelter to unhoused families in Rosemead, Alhambra, San Gabriel, Monrovia and Arcadia, said finding homeless families can be a difficult task and believes that population is undercounted.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36321
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2022
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Homeless population
Homelessness
Roberson, Karen
Social issues
Unhoused
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia doctor helps found PPE donation group. Dr. Karen Tsai, co-founded DonatePPE.org along with Bay Area engineer Deyu Kong. The organization has donated some 2.2 million items of PPE (personal protective equipment) to hospitals, schools and homeless shelters during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35871
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2020
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p.A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2020
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p.A1, A6
Subjects
Charities
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Kong, Deyu
Pandemics
Tsai, Karen
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Newspaper Index
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Actor and comedian Kevin Hart's Hart House is open in Monrovia at 602 West Huntington Drive. This fast food is all plant-based, no additives or hormones, artificial colors, preservatives, or high fructose corn syrup and it's delicious. Karen MacNair of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce waas present at the ribbon cutting.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36377
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Mountain Views News
Date
November 19, 2022
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p. 9
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Mountain Views News
Date
November 19, 2022
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p. 9
Subjects
Actors
Comedians
Hart, Kevin
MacNair, Karen
Plant-based food
Restaurants, bars, etc.
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Obituary or death notice

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35744
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2020
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2020
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p. A4
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Cramer, John David
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More than 30 years later, USC professor pays off debt. Real estate broker David Hyun and his former student at USC Marshall School of Business, Frank Gangi, president of Gangi Development, are having Peking duck together, which Hyun promised his business students if they made $1 million within 5 years of graduation. Frank Gangi was in Hyun's real estate development class in 1984. Hyun is an Arcadia resident, architect, and real estate broker.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35676
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2020
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p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2020
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p. A1, A7
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Gangi, Frank
Hyun, David
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35734
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 19, 2020
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p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 19, 2020
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p. A7
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Dahl, David Jay, M.D.
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35735
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 2020
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 2020
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p. A4
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Dahl, David Jay, M.D.
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Newspaper Index
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35739
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2020
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2020
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p. A4
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Russell, Martha J.
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35874
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2021
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A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2021
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A4
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Brown, Michael David
Syphus, Merrill
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Decorated vet to celebrate 100th birthday. U.S. Air Force vetean Edward Lopez was a fighter pilot in both World War II and the Korean War. Born in Los Angeles and living in Arcadia for more than 50 years, he is one of the last living members of the Air Force's 365th Fighter-Bomber Group known as The Hell Hawks, a reserve fighter squadron in the U.S. Marine Corps. See hard copy in VF People.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36505
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 15, 2023
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 15, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Centenarians
Lopez, Edward J.
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Arcadia Unified new student enrollment open now online for 2021-2022 school year using a newly developed digital enrollment system.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35927
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2021
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p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2021
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Vannasdall, David
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Obituary/death notice

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36666
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2024
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p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2024
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p. A7
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Goetz, Marjorie Ann (Mitchell)
Goetz, Margie Ann
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Obituary/death notice. Former Chief of Staff of Arcadia Methodist Hospital Dr. William E. White has died.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36345
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Mountain Views News
Date
October 15, 2022
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p. 1
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Mountain Views News
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October 15, 2022
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p. 1
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White, William E. (Dr.)
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36367
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2022
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2022
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p. A6
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White, William E. (Dr.)
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Newspaper Index
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35996
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 30, 2021
Pages
p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 30, 2021
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p. A7
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Doleshel, Raymond E. "Ray"
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Readers share hobbies started during the COVID-19 Pandemic and after, with columnist David Allen. Annick Downhower got hooked on streaming horse racing and reading blogs. She has returned to watching in-person racing at Santa Anita Park and continues to stream races on Fan Duel.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36449
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2023
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2023
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Allen, David
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Downhower, Annick
Pandemics
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District celebrates successful 10th annual #ArcadiaFirstDay social media campaign with pictures of the first day of school. It has become a cherished tradition in the community.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36527
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 24, 2023
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p. 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 24, 2023
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Mora, Kristen
Social media
Vannasdall, David
Young, Tiffany
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Newspaper Index
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35867
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 28, 2020
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 28, 2020
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p. A4
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Williams, Ann Marie Leslie
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Bridging the digital divide: Brenda J. Trainor to illuminate the importance of broadband internet access, at Arcadia Coordinating Council meeting on February 5, at Villa Catrina, 251 North Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36622
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Mountain Views News
Date
January 20, 2024
Pages
p. 7
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Mountain Views News
Date
January 20, 2024
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p. 7
Subjects
Arcadia Coordinating Council
Internet Access
Trainor, Brenda J.
Collection
Newspaper Index
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