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Writer Charles Cooper continues his series of articles called "Memories of Arcadia" with a history and description of the U.S. Army Balloon School that was at Camp Ross (or Ross Field) in Arcadia during World War I. The balloon school was located on the current site of Arcadia County Park.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 3, 2003
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 3, 2003
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p. 1
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Camp Ross
U.S. Army Balloon School-Ross Field-Arcadia, CA
World War I
Item ID
31780AN
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Oak Tree, Santa Anita Park's fall racing season, begins September 18. Oak Tree hosts the Breeders' Cup for the third time.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
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p. 18
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010
Breeders' Cup
Horses and horse racing
Item ID
32919AN
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Santa Anita Park's Oak Tree meet will begin on Sunday, Oct. 25th.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2003
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 2001-2010
Horse racing
Oak Tree Racing Association
Item ID
26532AN
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Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to support legislation establishing February 19 as "Remembrance Day" for those Japanese who were sent to internment camps during World War II. Locally, an internment camp was set up at Santa Anita Park.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 19, 2003
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 19, 2003
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p. A3
Subjects
Japanese Internment Camps
Santa Anita Park - Assembly Center for the Japanese
Item ID
25329AN
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Georgia Ridder, one-time board member of the Santa Anita Oak Tree Racing Association, died Friday, June 21, 2002.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 18, 2002
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 18, 2002
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p. A4
Subjects
Ridder, Georgia
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
24015AN
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Opening day attendance at Santa Anita Park's Oak Tree was up more than 50% over last year with 20,317 fans attending.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 2003
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 2003
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p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
26626AN
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Dr. Jack K. Robbins will serve as only the second president in the 32 year history of the Oak Tree Racing Association.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 25, 2000
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p. 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 25, 2000
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Oak Tree Racing Association
Robbins, Jack K.
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
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27712AN
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Wednesday was opening day for the 34th annual Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita Park. Attendance was 13,120, up from 11, 521 recorded last year.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 3, 2002
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 3, 2002
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p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2002
Item ID
24789AN
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The Oak Tree Racing Association will begin its 32nd season October 4, opening a 29-day meet at Santa Anita Park race track.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 28, 2000
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 28, 2000
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p. 1
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Oak Tree Racing Association
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Item ID
27902AN
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In this down economy, opening day attendance at the Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita Park was about 17,000, an increase of about 2,000 over last year.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2008
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2008
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p. A1
Subjects
Horse racing
Oak Tree
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31418AN
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Ed Inouye of West Covina, whose family was sent to the internment camp at Santa Anita Park during World War II, died on February 19th. He was instrumental in getting the government to pay reparations to some of the imprisoned families.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2003
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Inouye, Ed
Japanese Internment Camps
Santa Anita Park - Assembly Center for the Japanese
Item ID
25391AN
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The new Oak Tree season began at Santa Anita Park on a new "cushion track" that cost more than $10 million. The article includes photos.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2007
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p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2007
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p. News 1
Subjects
Horse racing
Oak Tree racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
30924AN
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Arcadia Public Works crews worked to divert mud resulting from recent heavy rains in the Santa Anita Fire area.

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Los Angeles Times San Gabriel Valley Weekly Section
Date
February 25, 2000
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p. 1 w/photo
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Los Angeles Times San Gabriel Valley Weekly Section
Date
February 25, 2000
Pages
p. 1 w/photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
18863AN
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Innovations were unveiled at the opening day of Santa Anita Park. There is a new horseshoe - shaped bar and the SIRONA restaurant overlooking the paddock plus a new entertainment area and two grills now under construction. A list of people seen in the crowd is included.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 2, 2004
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p. D1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 2, 2004
Pages
p. D1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Taylor, Melinda
Item ID
27412AN
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Several blocks of Live Oak Avenue will be closed through Thursday while Edison crews remove street lights, traffic signals and wooden power poles that snapped under powerful overnight wind gusts Monday from the Santa Ana winds.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 2003
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Ana Winds
Streets - Live Oak Avenue
Item ID
25042AN
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Oak Tree racing season opens at Santa Anita Park race track. A photograph shows jockey Corey Nakatani on horse called Liquidity, jockey Aaron Gryder riding Mystic Wood, and trumpeter Jay Cohen.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2006
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Cohen, Jay
Gryder, Aaron
Nakatani, Corey
Oak Tree
Horse racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
30407AN
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Oak Tree Racing has begun at Santa Anita Park. Opening day drew a crowd of 17,239, a number that slightly eclipsed last year's opening day attendance, but the on-track handle of $1.88 million fell by about $315,000 compared to last year's opening day.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 2009
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 2009
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p. A1
Subjects
Oak Tree racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31929AN
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Oak Tree at Santa Anita Park will host the Breeders' Cup World Championships today and tomorrow, bringing most of the best thoroughbreds in the world together for 14 races with a record $25.5 million in purses. Local businesses hope to get a financial boost from the evevnt.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2008
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Breeders' Cup World Championships
Horse racing
Santa Anita Park - Oak Tree
Thoroughbred horses
Item ID
31458AN
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Massage therapists will have to pay a $265 fee to be licensed in Arcadia under a new city ordinance. A background check will be done on applicants and they will be fingerprinted.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30769
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 12, 2002
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p. 20
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 12, 2002
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
Business and Industry
Fees
Licenses
Massage therapy
Item ID
30957AN
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Two articles describe the Breeders' Cup XXVI, 2009, and the race horse Zenyatta. The Breeders' Cup drew a 2-day total of 96,496 attendees, but the 41st Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita Park showed significant declines in attendance and handle when its 31 days of racing ended yesterday.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 9, 2009
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p. B1, B6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 9, 2009
Pages
p. B1, B6
Subjects
Oak Tree racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 - Breeders' Cup XXVI
Wilson, Art
Item ID
32001AN
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