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$2 million in funding to help provide more homes. San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust gets state award for affordable, transitional housing. About 2 dozen cities have partnered, including Alhambra, Arcadia, Azusa, Baldwin Park, and others, to develop affordable housing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36565
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2023
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2023
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Choi, Ricky
Housing
San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments
San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust
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Newspaper Index
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Bradbury man Steve Chen, CEO of U.S. Fine Investment Arts, Inc. Gem Coin, and other companies, allegedly conspired to commit fraud with his Arcadia-based marketing company, to plead guilty. He promised potential investors gemstones from their mines along with valuable digital currency. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 4, February 27, 2020.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35675
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2020
Pages
p. A4, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2020
Pages
p. A4, A4
Subjects
Chen, Steve
Crime and Criminals
Cryptocurrency
Fine Investment Arts, Inc.
Gem Coin
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Newspaper Index
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Sriracha lovers feel the heat as shortage persists. Huy Fong Foods, Inc. reports no relief in sight because of drought in Mexico. The hot chili sauce with the rooster logo is experiencing a shortage of red jalapenos peppers. This week the Arcadia branch of 99 Ranch Mareket had the 17-ounce bottle on sale for $5.98, down from $7.99. Huy Fong Foods is located in Irwindale.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36504
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Chili peppers
Hot sauces
Huy Fong Foods, Inc.
Sriracha
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia man's 100th birthday to be family affair. Art Del Rey turns 100 this weekend. He is a World War II veteran (United States Navy). He had a successful career in real estate and started his own business in 1963, Art Del Rey Realty, Inc. in Arcadia, which thrives to this day.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36569
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 5, 2023
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 5, 2023
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p. A3
Subjects
Art Del Rey Realty, Inc.
Centenarians
Del Rey, Art
Realtors
Senior Citizens
Veterans
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Newspaper Index
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Review by Merrill Shindler - Asian market is authentic. 99 Ranch Market chain has hundreds of good things at its multiple San Gabriel locations, including one in Arcadia. Its mission is to offer authentic Chinese ingredients to underserved Chinese-American communities across America.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35879
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2021
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2021
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p. A3
Subjects
Business and Industry
Chinese-Americans
Chinese food
Grocery Stores
Markets
99 Ranch Market
Shindler, Merrill
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park: Equestfest - List of the 2024 Rose Parade Equestrian units includes Spirit of the West Riders, based in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36608
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A7
Subjects
Equestfest
Equestrians
Horses
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade-2024
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Newspaper Index
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Westfield Santa Anita mall sells for $537.5 million to an undisclosed buyer. The property at 400 South Baldwin Avenue and now known as The Shops at Santa Anita, is 1.48 million s.f. and nearly 100% leased. French-based Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), which has owned and operated the mall since 2007, has been selling off big-name mall properties in Southern California. IKEA Arcadia will open at the mall bringing a smaller version of IKEA with its design studio concept.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36319
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 31, 2022
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p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 31, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Interior decorating
Interior design
Furniture stores
IKEA
Santa Anita mall
The Shops at Santa Anita
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW)
Westfield Santa Anita
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Newspaper Index
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Live Oak Library reopens new space at a new address. Previously located at 4153 East Live Oak Avenue in Arcadia, it is now 1.1 miles to the west at 22 West Live Oak Avenue. It has undergone a $7.3 million refurbishment.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36003
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2021
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Dilley, Denise
Live Oak Library
Los Angeles County Public Libraries
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Bobcat Fire, on its 9th day in the San Gabriel Mountains, continued to grow north of the San Gabriel Valley. It had charred 38,299 acres Monday with containment at 3%. The fire has crossed to west side of Santa Anita Canyon. On Sunday, residents in Arcadia and Sierra Madre who live north of Elkins Avenue and east of Santa Anita Avenue were ordered to evacuate. About 305 homes were in the evacuation zone. Most are in Arcadia and 32 are in Sierra Madre.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35803
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
San Gabriel Mountains
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California Governor Gavin Newsom appoints area legislator, Assembly Member Ed Chau, as a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge. The move will require a special election to fill the San Gabriel Valley seat for the remainder of Chau's term. Chau would've been termed out of the Assembly in 2024. Chau represented the 49th Assembly District, which includes Alhambra, Arcadia, El Monte, Monterey Park, Rosemead, San Gabriel, San Marino and Temple City and parts of Montebello and South El Monte. It's the only legislative district where people of Asian descent account for a majority of the population at 54%.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36114
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 2021
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p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
California State Assembly
Chau, Ed
Los Angeles County Superior Court judges
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Newspaper Index
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Malicious computer hackers breach Arcadia Methodist Hospital's donor database and some patient information but they don't believe the information has been released publicly. Methodist Hospital uses Blackbaud Inc. to host its foundation's fundraising databases.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35882
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 3, 2021
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 3, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Crime and Criminals
Cybercrime
Data breaches
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Pasadena native and World War II veteran Weston Embree celebrates 100th birthday. Embree's father Guy founded Embree Buses Inc., a Pasadena institution. Weston Embree met his wife Shirlee, originally of Arcadia, at the Methodist Church.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36326
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 2, 2022
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p. A3, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 2, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A4
Subjects
Centenarians
Embree, Shirley
Embree, Weston
Embree Buses Inc.
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Foothills threatened as Bobcat Fire swells. Santa Ana winds lead to San Gabriel Valley evacuation warnings. The fire started on Sunday, September 6 near the Cogswell Dam and West Fork Day Use area. It had grown to 10,344 acres with no containment by Tuesday evening. It is moving slowly toward the residential areas of Monrovia, Arcadia, or Duarte, but an evacuation warning has been issued for Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35799
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
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Newspaper Index
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Former Arcadia man accused of lying, losing millions of investors' money. James Arthur McDonald, Jr. former CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Hercules Investments LLC and Index Strategy Advisors Inc. was charged with one count of securities fraud. Prosecutors claim McDonald lost clients of his Los Angeles-based firm Hercules millions of dollars in late 2020. He had been renting a home in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36351
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2022
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p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2022
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Fraud
McDonald, James Arthur
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Newspaper Index
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Mall buyer a local resident. Wen Shan Chang, 71, of Bradbury, is new proprietor of The Shops at Santa Anita, formerly owned by Westfield. It was sold in August for $537.5 million. The property is at 400 South Baldwin Avenue and is now called The Shops at Santa Anita. Mall is 1.48 million square feet. Chang purchased it from France-based Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield in a sale considered the largest for a mall in the U.S. since 2018. The Arcadia mall site has been thriving through Asian retailers catering to the large Asian community in Arcadia and San Gabriel Valley.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36350
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 2022
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p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Chang, Wen Shan
Shopping malls
The Shops at Santa Anita
Westfield Santa Anita
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San Marino's Li sets record at CIF-SS finals swimming championships. There were impressive performances from the San Gabriel Valley. Sophia Xu of Arcadia was a second place finisher in the girls 100 butterfly with a time of 55.88.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36481
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 9, 2023
Pages
p. B2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 9, 2023
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
High school sports
Swimming
Xu, Sophia
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Sidney Terrance Johnson of Los Angeles arrested for the freeway shooting death of 35-year-old Bertha Hernandez of Monrovia, on the 210 Freeway in Arcadia, which occurred on Saturday, September 4, 2021. Johnson has been charged with murder.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36101
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2021
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Hernandez, Bertha
Johnson, Sidney Terrance
Shootings
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Another homeless village set to open in Baldwin Park. 16-unit tiny home complex will house families in need. It's called Serenity Homes, 13167 Garvey Avenue in Baldwin Park. Senator Susan Rubio, D-West Covina, celebrated the opening with elected officials from all over the San Gabriel Valley, including from Arcadia, Azusa, Glendora, La Puente, Monrovia, San Marino, South Pasadena, Temple City and Mount San Antonio College. It is the second tiny homes village opening in Baldwin Park within a year and serves as a model for how cities can expand homeless services.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36322
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A14
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A14
Subjects
Baldwin Park, California
Homeless
Homelessness
Housing
Rubio, Susan
Social issues
Tiny homes
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Newspaper Index
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Equestfest thrills thousands in parade prelude. Equestrian units participating in the annual Tournament of Roses Parade took part in Equestfest, presented by Santa Anita Park yesterday. It was hosted at Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank. One unit was the Spirit of the West Riders, based in Arcadia, California.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36610
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 30, 2023
Pages
p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 30, 2023
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
Equestfest
Equestrians
Horses
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade-2024
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Newspaper Index
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Food company executives Feng Wu Lam, who owns South El Monte based Golden Food, Inc. and her husband Wei Wen Wu, the company's manager, face insurance fraud, wage theft charges. They are accused of underreporting their payroll to workers' compensation insurance carriers by about $4.5 million between 2015 and 2019. They are both Arcadia residents.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36163
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 29, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 29, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Insurance fraud
Lam, Feng Wu
Wage theft
Workers' compensation insurance
Wu, Wei Wen
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Newspaper Index
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