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For several years, Joy Dooley, 41, known as "Sensei Joy" owned the Arcadia Karate Studio. Dooley battled breast cancer for nine years before she died earlier this month.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 1997
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 1997
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Subjects
Dooley, Joy
Item ID
10908AN
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A profile of Orozco Jewelers at 203 South First Avenue and the owner, Richard Orozco.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 3, 1997
Pages
p. 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 3, 1997
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Streets - First Avenue
Orozco Jewelers
Orozco, Richard
Item ID
26013AN
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Paula Alexander, 48, was killed in a traffic accident in South Pasadena in a shuttle bus from the Los Angeles International (LAX) airport. She was returning from Spain after a vacation with her husband Stanley Alexander, an Arcadia physician.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Alexander, Paula
Item ID
192AN
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The Outback Steakhouse recently opened in Arcadia. It is profiled.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 3, 1995
Pages
p. B4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 3, 1995
Pages
p. B4
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc. - Outback Steakhouse
Item ID
5515AN
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Sandra Ragusa, Foothills Junior High music teacher, is also a talented flutist who toured in Italy last summer. She is profiled.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 1993
Pages
p. H-8 photo; Hometown section
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 1993
Pages
p. H-8 photo; Hometown section
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Ragusa, Sandra
Item ID
152AN
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Arcadia High School student Asha Jayasinghe is known for her astonishing speed. She won the National Jesse Owens Championship in the 400 meters and was inducted into the Jesse Owens Hall of Fame as a junior athlete. She is profiled.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26, 1992
Pages
p. A-8 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26, 1992
Pages
p. A-8 photo
Subjects
Jayasinghe, Asha
Item ID
53AN
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Heather Gilchriest, a teacher at the Polytechnic School in Pasadena has written, directed, and choreographed a musical revue for her 8th grade students called "The Crown City Capers of 1927", set at the Huntington Hotel just before the 1927 Rose Parade.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 1993
Pages
p. H-3 photos
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 1993
Pages
p. H-3 photos
Subjects
Gilchriest, Heather
Item ID
984AN
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Bodycenter, a chain of massage centers, recently opened its newest location in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 1999
Pages
p. C3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 1999
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Business & Industry
Item ID
16942AN
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Richard Grimes, the dean of students at Crescenta Valley High School in the Glendale Unified School District, has been named director/principal of alternative programs in the Arcadia Unified School District, replacing the retired Richard Towner.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 26, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 26, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Grimes, Richard
Item ID
2841AN
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Friends and family of former Arcadia City Clerk Christine Van Maanen gathered at Live Oak Memorial Park to pay their last respects. Her exact date of birth is not known, but she is believed to have been 86-88 years old when she died.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 1996
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 1996
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Van Maanen, Christine
Item ID
6072AN
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Recently opened Nevada Bob's, at 411C East Huntington, is the first corporate store in California.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 1996
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 1996
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Stores - Nevada Bob's
Item ID
25948AN
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Corey Nakatani, the only Japanese American riding professionally as a jockey in southern California, often races at Santa Anita Park, the same place where his grandparents were detained during World War II in the then Santa Anita Assembly Center. He is profiled.

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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
February 16, 1995
Pages
p. J-12
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Los Angeles Times
Date
February 16, 1995
Pages
p. J-12
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
4360AN
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Funeral services will be held for Richard A. Morris of Arcadia, who died early Tuesday of injuries sustained when his car swerved off the 210 Freeway Monday and hit a tree. He was 36.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 1995
Pages
p. A-6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 1995
Pages
p. A-6
Subjects
Morris, Richard A
Item ID
4380AN
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Richard Lanill Johnson was convicted in 1976 of murdering Cathy LaCorte of Arcadia. His next parole hearing is set for October, 1996.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 1996
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 1996
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
LaCorte, Cathy
Crime and Criminals
Johnson, Richard Lanill
Item ID
6518AN
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The family of Cathy LaCorte successfully blocked the parole of Richard Johnson who murdered Cathy and her boyfriend Bob Morton at Chantry Flat in 1976.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 1996
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 1996
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
LaCorte, Cathy
Morton, Bob
Johnson, Richard
Murder
Item ID
25970AN
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Arcadia resident Frank Jones helped save the life of Debora Del Moral in South Pasadena after seeing a fire at an apartment complex on Prospect Avenue.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 19, 1997
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 19, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Jones, Frank
Del Moral, Debora
Fires
Item ID
26032AN
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Funeral services were held Tuesday for Richard Jarnagin, who created and directed the Los Angeles Co. Parks and Recreation's tax assessment districts. The 63 year old Arcadia resident died April 15 in his home after a struggle with cancer.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 23, 1992
Pages
p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 23, 1992
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Jarnagin, Richard
Item ID
44AN
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The family of Cathy LaCorte, who was shot in Chantry Flat on February 11, 1976, with her boyfriend, Bob Morton, is asking a parole board not to set the killer Richard Johnson free.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 1996
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 1996
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
LaCorte, Cathy
Morton, Bob
Johnson, Richard
Murder
Item ID
25966AN
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Christina Farrell, former Arcadia High School student and member of the Pasadena Rose Court, looks back at her year and what she learned as a Tournament of Roses princess.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 11, 1999
Pages
p. 31
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 11, 1999
Pages
p. 31
Subjects
Farrell, Christina
Tournament of Roses
Item ID
27351AN
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Virginia Kay, 92, Pasadena Star-News advice columnist for more than 50 years, died at her Arcadia home. Her real name was Arline Osman-Powers. She is profiled.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 1993
Pages
p. H-3 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 1993
Pages
p. H-3 photo
Subjects
Kay, Virginia see Osman-Powers, Arline
Osman-Powers, Arline
Item ID
147AN
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