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Obituary/death notice. Victoria Duarte Cordova, the great-great-granddaughter of the Mexican corporal who founded the city of Duarte, died January 20 of natural causes. She was a scholar of local history. She was 92.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Cordova, Victoria Duarte
Grand Lady of Duarte
Item ID
29556AN
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Newspaper Index
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Firefighters rescued a 7-year old boy from an upstairs bedroom as fire engulfed the home at 70 W. Las Flores Ave. They were unable to save a man and woman inside the house, who were found dead.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2000
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Fires and Fire Prevention
Item ID
18432AN
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Newspaper Index
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Eighth grade students at Foothills Middle School participate in Frontier Days, a celebration of how pioneers lived in the old west. Student Nick Board is shown in a photo.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Foothills Middle School
Frontier Days Celebration
Board, Nick
Item ID
29217AN
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Newspaper Index
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The mysterious death of Lainie Cole, whose body was found in the lake at Peck Road Water Conservation Park, is still unsolved. Autopsy results are pending. She leaves behind a 12-year-old daughter, 15-year-old son, and a toddler.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Cole, Lainie
Deaths
Item ID
31015AN
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Newspaper Index
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Tamara Kato owned the Arcadia franchise of Comfort Keepers, an in-home care service. She celebrated her business' one year anniversary this week. She employed about 30 caregivers that visit and live in clients' homes to help clients enjoy some company and maintain their independence.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 19, 2009
Pages
p. A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 19, 2009
Pages
p. A11
Subjects
Business owners
Kato, Tamara
Item ID
31916AN
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Newspaper Index
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As median home prices dip throughout Southern California, many local homes are being foreclosed. In 2007, there were 215 foreclosure filings in Arcadia. See chart for figures on surrounding areas.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Foreclosures
Houses
Housing market
Item ID
31138AN
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Newspaper Index
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William Norgaard of Temple City celebrates his 106th birthday. He came from Denmark and owned the Daily Home Bakery at 1820 Marengo Street in Los Angeles for 38 years, starting in 1959. The Norgaard family lived in Los Angeles, Alhambra, Pasadena, and Arcadia over the years.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 4, 2008
Pages
p. B1 (Local1)
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 4, 2008
Pages
p. B1 (Local1)
Subjects
Askins, Thora
Centenarians
Daily Home Bakery - Los Angeles, California
Norgaard, Gary
Norgaard, William
Item ID
31213AN
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10-year-old Arcadia resident Natalia Sanchez-Nigolian started a "Save the Trees" fund to maintain trees on Paloma Drive, where she lives. She plans to start an environmental club at Hugo Reid Elementary.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Environmentalists
Preservation
Sanchez-Nigolian, Natalia
Trees
Item ID
30786AN
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Newspaper Index
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The body of Liya Lu, a 31-year-old woman, was found in a back yard on Baldwin Avenue. Her American name is "Jessie". She was last seen on August 11. See also 30907AN.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya ("Jessie")
Murder
Item ID
30905AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. William Christian Norgaard, a Danish baker who made this area his home, has died at the age of 106. Biography and photo. See hard copy in VF "Deaths."

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Norgaard, William Christian - biography
Item ID
31279AN
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Newspaper Index
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A profile of radio talk show host Phil Hendrie who lived in arcadia until age 17.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 15, 2000
Pages
p. 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 15, 2000
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Hendrie, Phil
Biography
Item ID
27719An
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Methodist Hospital is currently displaying an exhibit honoring its School of Nursing that operated for 43 years, from 1915 until 1958. The school had graduated about 1500 students. Estella Parker Quist, 92, class of 1931, is shown in a photo.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 24, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 24, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Exhibits
Nursing schools
Nurses
Methodist Hospital
Item ID
29895AN
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A man in Arcadia tried to grab a 10-year -old boy as he was walking to his grandmother's car from a medical building at 622 Duarte Road. The boy escaped, and the police are looking for the suspect.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27568
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 10, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 10, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Kidnapping
Item ID
27766AN
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Three sites are being considered for senior and/or low-income housing. They are: Marketowne at 150 W. Las Tunas Drive, the old Westerner Hotel at 161 W. Colorado Place, and the old Mounted Police site at 600 E. Live Oak Avenue.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 17, 2002
Pages
p. 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 17, 2002
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Low-income housing
Senior housing
Item ID
30836AN
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Samah Ouda, a 12-year-old girl from Beit Hanoun, Gaza who was shot in the head by sniper fire, was treated at Arcadia Methodist Hospital by Dr. Bala S. Chandrasekhar. She had received help from the Palestine Children's Relief Fund.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Ouda, Samah
Chandrasekhar, Dr. Bala S.
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Palestinians
Item ID
30012AN
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A profile on Noble Threewitt, 92, who still trains horses at Santa Anita Park.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 11, 2003
Pages
p. C1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 11, 2003
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Threewitt, Noble
Item ID
25496AN
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For the past 15 years, Ann Ash has been baking birthday cakes for the girls at the David & Margaret Home in LaVerne. Story and photo.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News The Star
Date
March 29, 2000
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News The Star
Date
March 29, 2000
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Item ID
18857AN
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Teacher Brandon Michael Landreth, 30, of Pasadena, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Pasadena Superior Court. He allegedly confessed to his ex-wife that he shot 25-year old Justo Cesar Morales to death at his parents' Canyon Road home in Northern Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30978
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Landreth, Brandon Michael
Morales, Justo Cesar
Murders
Item ID
31173AN
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Newspaper Index
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A profile of coach Ken Drain, who has coached many of Rio Hondo Prep School's championship teams.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29806
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2005
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2005
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Rio Hondo Prep School
High school sports - football
Coaches
Kare Youth League
Drain, Ken
Item ID
29991AN
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Virginia Brown recalls memories of early Arcadia having chicken farms everywhere. She has lived in Arcadia since her birth in 1917. Her father Scott Lee came to Arcadia in 1907 to dig water wells. Lee was a graduate of Throop Institute, which became California Institute of Technology. Her mother was Delia Chandler. Virginia Brown talks about where her family lived and her family's friendship with Anita Baldwin. The article includes a photo of Virginia Brown and her parents.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 14, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 14, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Brown, Robert
Brown, Virginia - biography
Chandler, Delia
Lee, Scott
Item ID
32007AN
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Newspaper Index
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