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Woman ahead of her time honored. Anita May Baldwin statue to debut at Le Meridien Hotel. She was philanthropist, key figure in racetrack. The statue is named "A Legacy of Charity," by artist Alfred Paredes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36087
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Baldwin, Anita M.
Gibson, Margaux
Le Meridien Hotel
Paredes, Alfred
Statuary
Tay, Sho
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Unveiling of Anita May Baldwin statue brings peace and beauty. Anita May Baldwin was dedicated down the road from the statue of her father, Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin. The statue was unveiled yesterday at the official grand opening of the Le Meridien Hotel on Huntington Drive in Arcadia. The statue is called "A Legacy of Charity," made by artist Alfred Paredes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36088
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Baldwin, Anita M.
Gibson, Margaux
Le Meridien Hotel
Paredes, Alfred
Statuary
Tay, Sho
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27400
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 7, 1984
Pages
p. D3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 7, 1984
Pages
p. D3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Lowe, Warren W., Sr.
Item ID
27599AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A statue to honor Anita M. Baldwin, daughter of Arcadia's founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, will be built at the new Le Meridien Hotel, a luxury hotel in Arcadia. The artist/sculptor is Alfred Paredes, who also created the Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin statue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35909
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A4
Subjects
Baldwin, Anita M.
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Le Meridien Hotel
Marriott Hotels
Marriott International
Public Art
Statuary
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Focus on the Family, and Arcadia-based Christian organization dedicated to the preservation of the home, is about to move into new offices in Arcadia. The organization, which has grown rapidly over the past few years, currently has 310 employees and occupies offices in 7 separate buildings in Arcadia. The new building, located on Foothill Blvd., will be completed around the first of October.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1623
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 5, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 5, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Focus on the Family
Item ID
1622AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Focus on the Family, Arcadia's 5th largest employer, has run out of room and may have to leave town. The mushrooming non-profit organization with a Christian radio, publishing, counseling, film and television ministry, could leave within 6 months to a year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1624
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 7, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 7, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Focus on the Family
Item ID
1623AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's Focus on the Family has a "handshake agreement" to move to Pomona. The 5th largest employer in Arcadia, with 400 workers, will move everything except a warehouse in Monrovia, to Pomona.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1625
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 21, 1987
Pages
p. A-2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 21, 1987
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Focus on the Family
Item ID
1624AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Food critic Merrill Shindler reviews Moffett's Family Restaurant and Chicken Pie Shoppe at 1409 South Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35884
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 2, 2021
Pages
p. A12
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 2, 2021
Pages
p. A12
Subjects
Chicken pot pies
Moffett's Family Restaurant and Chicken Pie Shoppe
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Shindler, Merrill
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Man, 52, gets two life sentences for killing his nephews in Arcadia. Deyun Shi will spend the rest of his life in prison without a chance for parole for killing 15-year-old Anthony Lin and 16-year-old William Lin in their Arcadia home on the 400 block of Fairview Avenue, and for attacking his now-former wife Amy Lin, at the couple's La Canada Flintridge residence.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36683
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 3, 2024
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 3, 2024
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Domestic abuse
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Shi, Deyun
Moses, Jared (Judge)
Murders
Trials
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Marriage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27889
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 15, 1986
Pages
p. C3 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 15, 1986
Pages
p. C3 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Place, Laurel Ann
Lowe, Terry Brent
Item ID
28085AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Mayor Don Pellegrino has declared October "Drug Abuse Education Month" in Arcadia. Presentation by Carla Lowe discussing "Current Drug Issues and What We Can Do About Them". Ms. Lowe is on the Board of Directors of the National Federation of Parents for Drug Free Youth.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1451
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 17, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 17, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Drug Abuse
Item ID
1450AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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107-year-old Caridad Papa dances through life full of blessings. She is a former resident of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35789
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 9, 2020
Pages
p. A11
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 9, 2020
Pages
p. A11
Subjects
Asian Americans
Centenarians
Filipinas
Papa, Caridad
Rivera, Anissa
Senior Citizens
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Article reviews surrogate mother case. The father's wife Bjorna Noyes claims she was wrongly labeled a transsexual Noyes' lawyer claims Bhimani (the child's mother) decided to keep the child because she wasn't being paid.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper523
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1981
Pages
p. A-2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1981
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Artificial Insemination, Human
Item ID
523AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Jury finds Deyun Shi, guilty of killing nephews in their Arcadia home. Shi is convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the 2016 'revenge' act against estranged wife. See also Pasadena Star News, p. A8, March 13, 2024- Jurors get case of man charged in killings of nephews in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36649
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Shi, Deyun
Murders
Trials
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Marriage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26706
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 8, 1981
Pages
p. B2
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 8, 1981
Pages
p. B2
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Baske, Dawn Allyson and Lowe, David Wren
Wygle, Janet Christine and Luboviski, Barry Jerome
Item ID
26908AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A rare studio photograph of Clara Baldwin was discovered by local history expert, Jack McCaskill.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper590
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 22, 1987
Pages
p. 1 photos
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 22, 1987
Pages
p. 1 photos
Subjects
Baldwin, Clara
Item ID
590AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Gladys Daniels, 96, shared some of her memories with the Arcadia Tribune starting with when she came to Arcadia with her family in 1925.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1405
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 8, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 8, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Daniels, Gladys
Item ID
1404AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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One of the High School Athletes of the Week is Zoe Sprecher, from Arcadia High School. Her sport is golf and she is a junior. Includes her stats.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36542
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 13, 2023
Pages
p. B2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 13, 2023
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports
Arcadia High School students
Profiles
Sprecher, Zoe
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Food critic Merrill Shindler writes about comfort food and mentions two in Arcadia: Din Tai Fung (dumplings) at Westfield Santa Anita mall and Moffett's Family Restaurant, which serves chicken pies.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35606
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A13
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A13
Subjects
Din Tai Fung
Food
Moffett's Family Restaurant
Restaurants
Shindler, Merrill
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Husband shot wife and himself. Deaths of Arcadia couple--Paul Thornton, 58, and his wife Maria Lockwood, 54--ruled murder-suicide. He died of a gunshot wound to the head and she died of a gunshot wound to the chest. They had been married a little over a year. They lived in the block of 600 West Huntington Drive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36056
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 2021
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Deaths
Lockwood, Maria
Murder-suicide
Shootings
Thornton, Paul
Collection
Newspaper Index
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