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Two passengers hurt in bus stabbing inside a Foothill Transit bus on October 31, shortly after 6:00 PM. The bus was on Live Oak Avenue, west of Myrtle Avenue, in unincorporated county area near Arcadia. Nicholas Patito, 51, a transient, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. The two sounded male passengers, age 54 and age 24, have non-life threatening injuries.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2013
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2013
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Foothill Transit
Patito, Nicholas
Item ID
33863AN
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State official views damage caused by last week's windstorm. California Emergency Management Agency's acting secretary Mike J. E. Dayton toured 8 San Gabriel Valley cities that were hardest hit, including Altadena, Pasadena, San Marino, Arcadia, Sierra Madre, Temple City, San Gabriel and Alhambra, to assess the damage. He will determine whether state or federal assistance may be applicable.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 10, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 10, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
California Emergency Management Agency (CalEMA)
Dayton, Mike J. E.
Disasters
Weather
Wind and windstorms
Item ID
32965AN
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Grammy Award winning artist LeAnn Rimes will perform at the Arboretum on July 8.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 11, 2017
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 11, 2017
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Musicians
Rimes, LeAnn
Singers
Item ID
35060AN
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1875-1909)-Elias J. Baldwin

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Start Date
1875
End Date
1909
Contents
1. " 'Lucky' Baldwin's retreat." Article by Susanna B. Dakin. 2. Article from Touring Topics, March 1929, page 41. 3. "One of many entrances to 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907. 4. "First street entrance to Fairyland Park, Baldwin's ranch." Page…
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Start Date
1875
End Date
1909
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1. " 'Lucky' Baldwin's retreat." Article by Susanna B. Dakin.
2. Article from Touring Topics, March 1929, page 41.
3. "One of many entrances to 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
4. "First street entrance to Fairyland Park, Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
5. "Large oak tree, Hotel Oakwood, Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
6. "Rancho Santa Anita."Lasca Leaves, March 1976, by Sandy Snider.
7. "Pastoral - it's scenes like this that gave Arcadia its name." News photo mounted on gray paper, circa 1950.
8. "This is Santa Anita." Arcadia Tribune, March 23, 1950. News photo of Baldwin store.
9. "Baldwin's boat house." Arcadia Tribune, August 11, 1960. News photo of boat house.
10. "List of ranches and acreage planted to various crops." Century Magazine, October 1883, Volume XXVI, Number 6. Compiled 1978.
11. "Last remnant of the Rancho." Thoroughbred, November 1965 by Dick Nash. Six pages.
12. "Days of yore - progress is wonderful, but ..." Arcadia Tribune, March 24, 1949. News photo of Baldwin cattle pastures.
13. " 'Beast' Baldwin and his two great loves." Sports Illustrated, February 19, 1962 by Dolly Connelly.
14. "1894 photo of the bell tower of Mission San Gabriel." Article confirming bell from Mission was at ranch.
15. "History of Santa Anita." Westways, October 1955 by M. Richard Marx.
16. "Life at Guenoc (breeding farm owned by Lily Langtree). Westways, August 1957 by Idwal Jones.
17. "Mission-period Rancho." Arcadia Tribune, April 2, 1978.
18. "About 1876 or 1877, Baldwin hired a distant relative, Julius A. Kelly." Los Angeles Herald Tribune, December 30, 1960. Typed notes.
19. "Rancho was lucky for Baldwin." Arcadia Tribune, April 6, 1978.
20. The Peacock Call, September/October 1978. Rancho area residents' newsletter with article and map on Ranch. Also: a chronology on Rancho by Joe Buck.
21. "Life and death." Golden West, January 1966, pages 20-21+. Regarding Workman and Temple tragedy.
22. Ad in Sierra Madre Vista for Baldwin store. March 16, 1889.
23. February 1889 notice in Sierra Madre Vista telling of corn sale by Baldwin.
24. Story of Blas Cuellar recalls days of Baldwin Reign; 40 descendants still live in Arcadia. Arcadia Tribune, March 24, 1949. Cuellar had come from Mexico.
25. Letter relating to observation of the Ranch in 1883. Article in Western States Jewish Historical Quarterly, March 1979.
26. "Baldwin large operator - acquired much land in Los Angeles County." Chapter 3 from the book _California Memories_ by Jackson A. Graves, published by Times Mirror Press, 1930. Copied at Huntington Library, 1979.
27. "Lucky Baldwin's energy turning to the swamp lands of his great ranch." Valley Vista, March 31, 1900. Regarding lands in El Monte and Savanna areas.
28. "Mr. E.J. Baldwin was presented with four Java oyster shells by a captain of a vessel from China." San Gabriel Valley News, March 28, 1878.
29. "The Los Angeles Herald recently contained the following about E.J. Baldwin's Santa Anita Ranch: a long account of the ranch and its developing." Sierra Madre Vista, February 5, 1891.
30. Boat house construction." Sierra Madre Vista, May 28, 1891.
31. "Baldwin money for road up Mount Wilson." Sierra Madre Vista, May 3, 1889.
32. "Brick manufacture at Santa Anita." Sierra Madre Vista, April 14, 1888.
33. "Banana trees." Sierra Madre Vista, May 31, 1889.
34. List of numbers of fruit trees, grape vines, and head of livestock. Sierra Madre Vista, January 15, 1891.
35. "Acreage being sold for small ranches." Sierra Madre Vista, November 20, 1890.
36. "Estimated worth of ranch, 1891. Sierra Madre Vista, August 13, 1891.
37. Description of ranch from newspaper. Sierra Madre Vista, January 8, 1890.
38. "E.J. Baldwin's Santa Anita ranch is undoubtedly the most beautiful." Los Angeles Daily Herald, March 30, 1887. Copied from the Los Angeles Public Library by Sandy Snider of the Los Angeles County Arboretum.
39. "Water." San Gabriel Valley News, February 28, 1878. Regarding Baldwin building flumes to carry water from Big Santa Anita Canyon.
40. "The Santa Anita Ranch." Two pages from California of the South, by Walter Lindley, publisher, 1888.
41. "The Builders. VI Where Ranch and City Meet." Outing, October 1906 by Ralph D. Paine.
42. "In 1880, 'Lucky' Baldwin orange grove of 75 acres at Sierra Madre was planted to navels." Historical Society of Southern California Bulletin, December 1943, page 152.
43. "A large number of fine varieties of plants received for Mr. Baldwin." San Gabriel Valley News, February 28, 1878. From the Huntington Library.
44. Map showing irrigated lands, canals, pipe lines and pumping plants in the Pasadena Quadrangle, 1907. Original owned by Mrs. Robert Pitzer.
45. Letter from H. Unruh to Richard Garvey on E.J. Baldwin office letterhead featuring Bird's Eye Map. Original owned by Jack Donnelly. Obtained March 3, 1981.
46. "Notice of claim to water." Legal notice filed by E.J. Baldwin on August 23, 1883 in Court in Los Angeles. Regarding his right to water from Santa Anita Canyon. Original at County Hall of Records.
47. "Santa Anita Store." Ad in Sierra Madre Vista, circa late 1880's.
48. The Land of Sunshine: a magazine of California and the Southwest, February 1898, edited by Chas. F. Lummis. Photos and mentions of Arcadia on marked pages.
49. "Typical views of California." Los Angeles Times. Large photographic prints. (NOTE: OVERSIZE! See bottom drawer of photo file cabinet with oversize photos.)
50. "Childhood visit to Baldwin home recalled by former Los Angeles mayor." Arcadia Tribune, April 23, 1956, page 1. Article and photo.
51. "Rancho Santa Anita once vast Baldwin empire of more than 54,000 acres." News clip, circa April 1948.
52. "Lucky Baldwin's Rancho Santa Anita." by Percy L. Bonebrake. From the Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles Corral. Book six, Los Angeles Westerners, 1956, page 83-85.
53. "Elias Jackson 'Lucky' Baldwin and his Santa Anita Ranch." by Carey S. Bliss. From the Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles Corral. Book six, Los Angeles Westerners, 1956, page 79-82.
54. "20 cents an acre! - The Santa Anita Rancho story." The Realty Scene, Pasadena (Ca.) Independent, January 11, 1953 by Independent Real Estate Editor, Jack Cressman.
55. Ad in the Monrovia Planet, January 15, 1887, page 2. For the sale of 5-20 acre lots (out of 2,000 for sale) by E.J. Baldwin.
56. Arcadia Notes in the Monrovia Planet, May 21, 1887, page 2. Regarding buildings and road work, etc. for Arcadia at that time.
57. Article in the Monrovia Planet, March 15, 1887, page 3. Regarding the sale of two lots by E.J. Baldwin to the two Studebaker brothers.
58. Articles regarding the orange trees E.J. Baldwin will set out. Monrovia Messenger, March 27, 1890 and November 13, 1890.
59. Article regarding the placing of several thousand acres of land on the Santa Anita Ranch by E.J. Baldwin. Monrovia Messenger, January 8, 1891.
60. Lucky Baldwin's Ranch: a Southern California paradise of sixteen thousand acres. (Description of the ranch). The Daily Constitution, March 22, 1877.
61. It was too much. (Description of the ranch). Chicago Daily Tribune, May 25, 1877.
62. Lucky Baldwin's Ranch. Chicago Daily Tribune, June 17, 1879. Description of the acreage, trees, fruits, etc.
63. Lucky Baldwin's 'Arcadia': establishes sporting city on Santa Anita Ranch in defiance of strenuous opposition. New York Times, June 23, 1903. Arcadia is incorporated, and it promises to be the "sportiest" place in the country, despite opposition from the State Anti-Saloon League. The town is located on Baldwin's ranch of 18,000 acres.
64. "A Corner in Arcady," a chapter copied from History of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley California, Vol. 1 (1930) by Harold Carew.
Subjects
History-Rancho Santa Anita (1875-1909)-Elias J. Baldwin
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Item ID
111AF
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World-renowned science teacher Paul Andersen speaks at Arcadia Performing Arts Center on topic "Why Schools are Changing" on October 8.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 3, 2015
Pages
p. 7
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Mountain Views News
Date
October 3, 2015
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Andersen, Paul
Arcadia Performing Arts Center
Speakers
Teachers
Item ID
34504AN
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Newspaper Index
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Internationally renowned pianist Louis Schwizgebel-Wang will perform at Arcadia Performing Arts Center on February 8. He is a Swisss-Chinese pianist.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 2, 2017
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 2, 2017
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Performing Arts Center
Musicians
Pianists
Schwizgebel-Wang, Louis
Item ID
34986AN
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Arcadia man Feng Xian, 21, was arrested by South Pasadena police and was charged with 8 felony counts of credit card fraud and forgery.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Xian, Feng
Item ID
33557AN
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Obituary/death notice. See also PSN p. A4, April 8, 2013 and PSN p. A4, April 9, 2013.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2013
Pages
p. A11
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2013
Pages
p. A11
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Mosier, Ronald E.
Item ID
33653AN
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The second annual Arcadia Innovation Summit for Educators, on July 8, 2016 is free and will feature speaker George Couros, at Arcadia Performing Arts Center.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 14, 2016
Pages
p. 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 14, 2016
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Arcadia Innovation Summit for Educators
Couros, George
Item ID
34612AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia High School Apaches baseball team beats Pasadena High School 8-0. Arcadia's Jonathan Tom is shown in picture taking a swing.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2010
Pages
p. C3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2010
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--boys baseball
Larson, Jonathan
Tom, Jonathan
Tuck, Garrett
Item ID
32181AN
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Arcadia city council accepts gift of a bronze statue of Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, founder of Arcadia, from his descendant Margaux Viera. Article erroneously states that she is the granddaughter of Elias J. Baldwin. In her proposal to the City of Arcadia, she states that she is the great-great-great-granddaughter of Baldwin.

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Newspaper
San Gabriel Valley Edition of the San Marino Tribune
Date
November 17, 2011
Pages
p. S2
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Newspaper
San Gabriel Valley Edition of the San Marino Tribune
Date
November 17, 2011
Pages
p. S2
Subjects
Baldwin descendants
Statuary
Viera, Margaux
Item ID
32844AN
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Newspaper Index
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Four members of Reyes family start at Arcadia High School. All their names start with J and all are in different grade levels.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 3, 2015
Pages
p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 3, 2015
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Foran, Ryan
Reyes family
Item ID
34483AN
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Arcadia boy Mikey Easter, 8, bats his way to a Major League Baseball event. He joins finalists in national youth competition in Kansas City, MO.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 8, 2012
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 8, 2012
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia Little League
Baseball
Easter, Mikey
Item ID
33301AN
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Four day full closure of Huntington Drive and Second Avenue intersection in Arcadia begins Friday, August 8, for Gold Line Foothill Extension light rail construction.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Light Rail
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Railroads
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
34164AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary or death notice. Sherman J. McQueen, Jr. was a graduate of Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School, aka M-A-D High School.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2019
Pages
p. A11
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2019
Pages
p. A11
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
McQueen, Sherman J, Jr.
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J. C. Penney Co. is overhauling its pricing strategy and will alter store layouts, including the retail store at Westfield Santa Anita in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2012
Pages
p. A15
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2012
Pages
p. A15
Subjects
Business and Industry
J. C. Penney Co.
Retail stores
Item ID
33020AN
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Arcadia Poetry Slam, Sunday, April 8, will call attention to social issues, including poverty and homelessness. It will be held at Arcadia Performing Arts Center (APAC) and will benefit Foothill Unity.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 5, 2018
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 5, 2018
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Performing Arts Center (APAC)
Foothill Unity
Item ID
35332AN
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For the first time in 40 years, Arcadia High School Apaches boys football team makes it to the CIF-SS Division 8 championship game but lose to the Kaiser Cats of Fontana.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 29, 2018
Pages
p. 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 29, 2018
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports-boys football
Policky, Andrew (Coach)
Item ID
35533AN
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Street closures for the 59th Annual Festival of Bands Parade hosted by City of Arcadia. Baldwin Avenue between Huntington Drive and Naomi Avenue will be closed 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Duarte Road between Golden West and El Monte Avenue closed 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM, and Campus Drive between Santa Anita Avenue and Holly Avenue closed 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
November 17, 2012
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
November 17, 2012
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Festival of Bands Parade
Street closures
Item ID
33459AN
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Fifty years tell a story. Baldwin Stocker PTA presents "Come back to play" to celebrate the elementary school's 50th anniversary on October 14, 5-8 PM at 422 W. Lemon Avenue.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 15, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 15, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
Baldwin Stocker Elementary School
Anniversaries
Item ID
34863AN
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Newspaper Index
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