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Charles Cooper continues his series "Memories of Arcadia" with a story about the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese, where at its height, it housed more than 18,000 people. Japanese had a long local history, dating back to workers on the Santa Anita Ranch, and local residents had the uncomfortable feeling of seeing friends behind the wire at the track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32004
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
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p. 1
Subjects
Cooper, Charles
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Item ID
32184AN
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Gilb Museum opens temporary exhibit about Japanese-American internment.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34796
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 2, 2017
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p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 2, 2017
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Santa Anita Pacemaker
Hicks, Dana
Item ID
34987AN
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Arcadia Library presents Japanese Artist's Journey. The life and legacy of artist J.T. Sata will be the subject of a virtual program on October 10, presented by Arcadia Public Library in partnership with Japanese American National Museum. The book J.T. Sata: a Japanese Immigrant in Search of Western Art will be discussed by authors Frank Sata (son of J.T. Sata) and Naomi Hirahara. (J.T. Sata and family were imprisoned at Santa Anita Assembly Center during World War II).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35834
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 8, 2020
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p. 7
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 8, 2020
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p. 7
Subjects
Artists Immigrants Japanese-Americans Hirahara, Naomi Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese Sata, Frank Sata, J.T. Takeda, Bryan
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Mary Young, who is serving her twelfth year on the City Council, announces her retirement.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25926
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 25, 1997
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 25, 1997
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p. 1
Subjects
Young, Mary
City Council - 1990-1999
Item ID
26126AN
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Sierra Madre hero John Shear was honored during opening weekend at Santa Anita Park. On March 12, 2011, the then 90-year-old British native John Shear saved a young girl's life at the track when a horse bolted in her direction.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32567
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 8, 2011
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p. 1, 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 8, 2011
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p. 1, 2
Subjects
Awards -- honors -- recognitions
Heroes
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Shear, John
Item ID
32766AN
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Local horn players join "The Four Tops" on stage at Arcadia Performing Arts Center on February 21. The local musicians are Fabio Spinella, a graduate of Arcadia High School, Matthew Murdock, who was a teacher for Arcadia High School Band Program, and Mike Danielson, Music Director at First Avenue Middle School for over 20 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34095
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 19, 2015
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p. 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 19, 2015
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p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia Performing Arts Center
Danielson, Mike
Four Tops, The (pop group)
Murdock, Matthew
Spinella, Fabio
Item ID
34289AN
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Personal sketches behind barbed wire--Riyo Sato (1913-2009) will be on exhibit at Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage from September 14 through November 2, 2013. Riyo Sato was interned at Santa Anita Assembly Center.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33596
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2013
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p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2013
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage--Exhibitions
Japanese-Americans
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Sato, Riyo
Item ID
33791AN
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Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer defends record despite horse deaths as Santa Anita Park. He is in the first phase of trial in his lawsuits against the owners and operators of Santa Anita Park, who barred him from working there after four equine deaths at Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36217
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 7, 2022
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p. 1, 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 7, 2022
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p. 1, 3
Subjects
Deaths
Hollendorfer, Jerry
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Arcadia City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto has appointed Captain Roy Nakamura as the city's 30th police chief. He is a 28-year veteran of the Arcadia Police Department. He succeeds Chief Robert T. Guthrie, who is retiring. Nakamura is the first police chief of Japanese and Asian descent in a city that once temporarily incarcerated Japanese and Japanese-Americans at Santa Anita Park. Arcadia's population is currently 60.8% Asian.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35856
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 29, 2020
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p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 29, 2020
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p. 2
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Floretta K. Lauber Museum Education Center (MEC) dedicated in Arcadia in her name, upon the 1 year anniversary of her death. Lauber died August 1, 2016 and the MEC broke ground September 29, 2013. She was Arcadia's first woman to serve as mayor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34937
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 3, 2017
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p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 3, 2017
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p. 1, 11
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Floretta K. Lauber Museum Education Center (MEC)
Item ID
35127AN
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Star Wars celebrities to gather for fan event at Chalice Collectibles in Arcadia to raise funds for charity. Chalice Collectibles is one of the biggest independent retail stores selling Funko Pops (mostly vinyl pop culture figurines). Chris Bartlett, the voice and human behind C-3PO and 1-JAC on the Disney Plus streaming series "Obi Wan Kenobi," Kat Cressida, the voice of Princess Leia in "Star Wars: Rebellion," "X-Wing Alliance," and "Star Wars: Rogue Squadron," Misty Rosas, who portrayed Kuiil and Frog Lady on "The Mandalorian," and Leilani Shiu, who portrayed Teeka the Jawa on "Obi Wan Kenobi," Tatooine Jawa and offworld Jawa on "The Mandalorian" and other roles on "The Book of Boba Fett" will be there to sign toys and stuff. Chalice Collectibles is located in The Shops at Santa Anita (mall), 400 South Baldwin, Suite 2, Arcadia, CA 91007.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36660
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 28, 2024
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p. 1, 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 28, 2024
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p. 1, 15
Subjects
Celebrities
Chalice Collectibles
Shops at Santa Anita
Toys
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Overall business is brisk at Santa Anita Park. The Great Race Place will stay with a four-day race week through closing day, April 22.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32843
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 23, 2012
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p. 18
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 23, 2012
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p. 18
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
33040AN
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How Arcadia gained a rare piece of history. Riyo Sato was a developing artist by the time she was sent to the Santa Anita Assembly Center at Santa Anita Park, in 1942, before being transferred to Wyoming, to a different detention facility called “Heart Mountain.” She left behind sketches of Santa Anita Park which will be displayed at the Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35350
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 13, 2018
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p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 13, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Artists
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Hashimoto, Pam
Hicks, Dana, Dr.
Japanese-Americans
Japanese Internment Camps
Patterson, Galen
Santa Anita Assembly Center
Sato, Riyo
Item ID
35540AN
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Protests and support, advocacy and activism at Santa Anita Park's gates.One group of protesters oppose horse racing, the other group supports it.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35572
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2019
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p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2019
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Protests
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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The Successful Partners Adult Reading Center (SPARC) of Arcadia, has been awarded a $775 grant from the Laubach Literacy National Book Scholarship Fund (NBSF). The grant will be used to purchase New Readers Press books and other educational resources to promote literacy and good reading habits at home.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29529
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 10, 2001
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p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 10, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Literacy
Successful Partners Adult Reading Center (SPARC)
Grants
Monies
Item ID
29713AN
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Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita needs a bigger sign for the new tenants in its proposed expansion. Westfield wants a sign big enough for six tenant names, instead of the four previously agreed upon for the signage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29934
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2001
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita - expansion
Signage and signs
Item ID
30120AN
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Dr. Charles H. Strub brought horse racing back to Arcadia. After the state made it legal again in 1930, Anita Baldwin tried to revive her father, Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's dream of a Santa Anita Racetrack. She worked with Joe Smoot but he couldn't achieve this, even though Arcadia City Council licensed his Santa Anita Jockey Club. San Francisco dentist Charles H. Strub (pronounced Stroob), owner of the San Francisco Seals baseball team, got a license for the Los Angeles Turf Club and founded Santa Anita Park with Hal Roach and other promoters. The track was designed by Gordon Kaufman and opened December 25, 1934.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31772
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2003
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p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2003
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Horse racing
Los Angeles Turf Club
Santa Anita Jockey Club
Santa Anita Park - history
Smoot, Joe
Strub, Dr. Charles H.
Strub, Robert
Item ID
31969AN
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Preservationists are protesting the remodeling at the Santa Anita Park race track. The Los Angeles Conservancy opposes the twin elevator towers and other plans under development.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26978
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 19, 1999
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 19, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Preservation
Renovations
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Item ID
27177AN
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In a racing first, Santa Anita Park has designated a popular four-footed staffer as Employee of the Week--"Homestead Sally"--a 2,000 pound Clydesdale. She works in the afternoon pulling one of their carriages for racing officials.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33719
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2014
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p. 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2014
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Clydesdale horses
Rickerd, Paige
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Item ID
33915AN
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Heroic 90 year-old Santa Anita Park paddock guard John Shear will be featured on Horse Racing Television (HRTV) this Sunday, on the "Inside Information" documentary series. He saved a young girl from serious injury while doing his job.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32507
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 1, 2011
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p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 1, 2011
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Cable television
Heroes
Santa Anita Park-employees
Shear, John
Item ID
32706AN
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