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McDonald's Corporation celebrates its official 50th anniversary today. The McDonald brothers' first food outlet was an orange juice stand and furniture store in Arcadia called Wigwam.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
McDonald's Restaurants--golden anniversary
Business and Industry
Airdrome
Eateries
Wigwam
McDonald, Richard
McDonald, Maurice ("Big Mac")
Item ID
29662AN
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Newspaper Index
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Special behind-the-scenes sights, sounds and stories about the movie "Seabiscuit" will be at the 81st Los Angeles County Fair.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26248
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2003
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Seabiscuit
Moving pictures
Filmmaking
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
26449AN
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Newspaper Index
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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
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Horse racing
Oak Tree
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31418AN
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Newspaper Index
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In January, Arcadia High School's Kevin Fox taught about 70 Palestinian teachers in Israel's West Bank about "Constitutionalism and Governance."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27569
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2004
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Fox, Kevin
Item ID
27767AN
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Newspaper Index
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A dead bird in Arcadia and two dead birds in Temple City were found to be infected by West Nile virus. The virus can be spread to humans by the bite of infected mosquitoes.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 30, 2008
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p. News 5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 30, 2008
Pages
p. News 5
Subjects
Crows
San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
Viruses
West Nile Virus
Item ID
31212AN
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Newspaper Index
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Sushi restaurant owner James Wei, 42, was shot dead by a robber who can be seen in surveillance videotape. The restaurant named Osaka Ya is in the Pavilions Shopping Center. Police are seeking the public's help in identifying the gunman.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 28, 2007
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p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 28, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder
Osaka Ya Restaurant
Robbery
Shootings
Wei, James
Item ID
31001AN
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Newspaper Index
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Dr. Badurding Rajabali "Bud" Kurwa, an ophthalmologist charged with two sexual battery accounts, goes to trial. About 50 patients and supporters staged a brief demonstration in front of the courthouse.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 15, 2003
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 15, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Kurwa, Dr. Badurdin Rajabali ("Bud")
Sexual battery
Demonstrations
Item ID
26069AN
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Newspaper Index
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Authorities are seeking second suspect seen on the dealership tapes. ELF says arrest won't stop them. Related story talks about co-op where suspect Joshua Connole lived.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 14, 2003
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 14, 2003
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Hummers
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Vandalism
Ecoterrorists
Connole, Joshua
Item ID
26445AN
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Newspaper Index
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Senator Bob Margett held the State Agency Expo 2006 in the Center Court of the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita mall on Saturday. This event allows citizens to receive information about what State organizations can do for them.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Margett, Bob
Senators
State Agency Expo
Item ID
30189AN
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Newspaper Index
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A bus shelter will be built on the west side of the Arcadia Public Library. The shelter will be Arcadia Transit's bus stop. Benches and forty trees will be added.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 13, 2003
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p. 21
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 13, 2003
Pages
p. 21
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - 2001-2010
Arcadia Transit
Bus shelter
Bus stops
Item ID
31352AN
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Newspaper Index
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Red Rock Chili restaurant's co-owner Brent Beckwith defends Westfield and the Arcadia First! coalition in this letter. He feels business owners and residents have a right to voice their best interests and that the group is not merely a front for Westfield's interests.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 26, 2005
Pages
p. A10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 26, 2005
Pages
p. A10
Subjects
Letters to the editor
Beckwith, Brent
Arcadia First!
Coalitions
Grass roots organizations
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita - business owners
Malls
Developments
Caruso project
Item ID
29785AN
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Newspaper Index
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A 13-year-old female was critically injured after a motorist lost control of a vehicle and struck her in front of Dana Middle School. A surgical team decided to amputate the lower portion of her right leg 5 inches below knee.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 25, 2003
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p. 1, 19
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 25, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 19
Subjects
Automobile accidents
Dana Middle School
Item ID
32926AN
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About 20 demonstrators organized by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) protested the perceived mistreatment of race horses in front of Santa Anita Park during the Breeders' Cup. Pictured is Natalie Stauffer of San Francisco.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 2008
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Activist groups
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Santa Anita Park - Breeders' Cup
Stauffer, Natalie
Item ID
31465AN
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Newspaper Index
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Isaac John Campbell, 33, pleaded not guilty to murdering his former girlfriend, Liya "Jessie" Lu, whose body was found in a trash can at his friend's home in Arcadia. Campbell will return to Alhambra Superior Court on June 19 for a hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to require him to stand trial.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2008
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p. Local 2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2008
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac J.
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Item ID
31191AN
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Newspaper Index
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About 25 bird carcasses infected with the West Nile virus have been found in or near Arcadia. Dead crows found along the San Gabriel and Rio Hondo rivers could indicate a major outbreak is on the way.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 27, 2003
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 27, 2003
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
West Nile Virus
Item ID
27095AN
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Newspaper Index
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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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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 2009
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Oak Tree racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31929AN
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Newspaper Index
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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.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Cooper, Charles
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Item ID
32184AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City will pay $25,000 of city money toward putting a 10-foot tall bronze peacock at Peacock Corner, in front of Arcadia County Park, on the corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue. The sculpture will emerge from the center of the fountain at the corner. The actual cost of the sculpture and base is $36,500. The fountain was originally donated by Rotary Club 35 years ago.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Fountains
Peacock Corner
Sculptures
Statuary
Item ID
30866AN
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A water main broke on December 22,2008, creating a large sinkhole on Orange Grove Avenue, just west of Santa Anita Avenue, near the intersection with Hyland Avenue. The rupture opened a hole about 25 to 30 feet across and 5 feet deep.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2008
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Public Works
Sinkholes
Water pipes
Item ID
31521AN
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Newspaper Index
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81 percent of area schools met their growth targets on the California state Academic Performance Index (API). However, 35 percent of West San Gabriel Valley schools failed to meet the federal accountability targets determined by Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. See chart on page A6 for Arcadia Unified School District progress.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2005
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Schools
Test Scores
Academic Performance Index (API) - 2005
Adequate Yearly Progress Report (AYP) - 2005
West San Gabriel Valley
Item ID
29853AN
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Newspaper Index
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