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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30519
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 8, 2007
Pages
p. News 7
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 8, 2007
Pages
p. News 7
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
De La Rosa, Laura
Item ID
30706AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Joan De Fata, plant sciences librarian at the Arboretum of Los Angeles County has been awarded the 2002 Charles Robert Long Award of Extraordinary Merit by the International Council of Botanical and Horticultural Libraries.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24387
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arboretum
De Fata, Joan
Item ID
24578AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30490
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 2007
Pages
p. News 11
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 2007
Pages
p. News 11
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Edwards, Marjorie Doris
Egly, Marion F. de la Fontaine
Item ID
30677AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Mexican Mafia, also known as La Eme, has a stronghold on illegal drug trafficking in the San Gabriel Valley. Fighting within the gang is causing violence, even as some key members are in prison.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30918
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Gangs
La Eme
Mexican Mafia
San Gabriel Valley
Item ID
31113AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Landmarks are slowly disappearing along Route 66. Preservationists have kept some relics such as the historic windmill atop Denny's restaurant which dates back to its days as a Van de Kamp's coffee shop from the wrecking ball.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24459
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc - Denny's
Restaurants, Bars, etc. - Van de Kamp's
Route 66
Item ID
24650AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A history of the Van de Kamp's windmill atop the Denny's Restaurant currently at the northeast corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The Arcadia windmill was built nearly 40 years ago as part of an architectural movement called programmatic architecture, or roadside vernacular, wherein the buildings reflected their tenants. See hard copy in VF "Buildings."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31206
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Architecture
Denny's Restaurant
Historic Buildings
Van de Kamp's
Windmills
Item ID
31401AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Monrovia's Aztec Hotel is showcasing fine art in its non-profit Aztec Art Center Route 66 Gallery. Visitors are not just from Monrovia, but from Pasadena, Duarte and Arcadia. A painting by Manuel Barillas is pictured. The hotel is owned by Kathie Reece-McNeill. The hotel was designed in 1925 by English architect Robert Stacy-Judd and was inspired by Mayan and Aztect structures. The building has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1976.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31378
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 5, 2009
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 5, 2009
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Art
Aztec Hotel - Monrovia, California
Barillas, Manuel
Historic Buildings
Monrovia Association of Fine Arts
Pettie, Ron
Route 66 Gallery
Reece-McNeill, Kathie
Scully, Richard
Stacy-Judd, Robert
Item ID
31572AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Stephanie Liu of La Canada High School was winner of Representative David Dreier's Youth Volunteer Award Program. A ceremony was held at the Arcadia Community Center.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29554
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 5, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 5, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Dreier, David
Youth Volunteer Award Program - 2005
Liu, Stephanie
Item ID
29738AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia wants to declare a section of Live oak Avenue and Las Tunas Drive in south Arcadia a redevelopment zone to qualify for county funding. The County says area is not blighted and does not meet qualifications for funding.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24414
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 7, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 7, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Streets - Las Tunas Drive
Streets - Live Oak Avenue
Redevelopment
Business and Industry
Item ID
24604AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29200
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 13, 2004
Pages
p. A6
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 13, 2004
Pages
p. A6
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Knarreborg, Rosa May Scheele
Bailey, Natalie Marian Springer
Item ID
29386AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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With a combined donation of $1500, Arcadia Rotary and Santa Rosa Rotary helped provide a 22-year-old fire truck to the city of Santa Cruz del Quiche in Guatemala.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30727
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2002
Pages
p. 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2002
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary
Fire trucks
Guatemala
Service clubs
Item ID
30915AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30791
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 2007
Pages
p. News 13
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 2007
Pages
p. News 13
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Franco, Manuel Romo
Orr, Richard LeRoy
Item ID
30979AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia loses a redevelopment battle with Los Angeles County. The ruling stated that the Las Tunas Drive - Live Oak Avenue area in South Arcadia did not meet the criteria to be declared blighted in order to receive redevelopment funds.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24826
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
Dec.13, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
Dec.13, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Redevelopment
South Arcadia
Streets - Las Tunas Drive
Streets - Live Oak Avenue
Item ID
25021AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A proposal before the city Redevelopment Agency board could create 53 affordable senior apartments for low income residents in exchange for a $1.8 million loan. The developer, American Senior Living, would build the complex at 150 W. Las Tunas Drive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24880
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 2003
Pages
p.A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 2003
Pages
p.A3
Subjects
American Senior Living
Senior citizens housing
Redevelopment Agency
Streets - Las Tunas Drive
Item ID
25038AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Issues discussed at City Council meeting included redevelopment of South Arcadia along Live Oak Avenue and Las Tunas Drive, between just east of 6th Avenue and west of the Arcadia wash. The meeting lasted 18 minutes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30085
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Agenda
Arcadia Redevelopment Agency
City Council Meetings - 2001-2010
Item ID
30272AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18777
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2000
Pages
p. A9 w/photo
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2000
Pages
p. A9 w/photo
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Martinet, Nancy La Puma
Item ID
19021AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29745
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 2005
Pages
p. A6
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 2005
Pages
p. A6
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
La Puma, Elvera
Haser, Ann
Item ID
29930AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Investigators have concluded that the failure of a pump on a fire engine was likely caused by a mechanical and/or design defect. The failure occurred on July 4 at a car accident scene where David Contreras died. Chief Dave Lugo may pursue litigation with manufacturer Kovatch Mobile Fire Apparatus. See related story, Arcadia Weekly, July 11, 2002, p. 8 and Arcadia Weekly, July 18, 2002, p. 1.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30660
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2002
Pages
p. 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2002
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Contreras, David
Fire engines
Fire equipment
Kovatch Mobile Fire Apparatus
Traffic Accidents
Item ID
30848AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City Council will be asked to award a $78,349 contract to Santa Rosa based Special T Fire Equipment for purchase of assorted respiratory protection and air monitoring equipment for use by city firefighters. The apparatus would be paid for by the state under its Homeland Security Grant Program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27386
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2004
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2004
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
27585AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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In an opinion piece, writer Frank C. Girardot laments the suicide of Hunter S. Thompson. He shot and killed himself on Sunday, February 20, 2005. He had written two of his famous works, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", and "Strange Rumblings in Aztlan", when he lived in an Arcadia hotel in 1971.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29448
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 2005
Pages
p. A9
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 2005
Pages
p. A9
Subjects
Thompson, Hunter S.
Girardot, Frank C.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Strange Rumblings in Aztlan
Arcadia Authors
Item ID
29633AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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