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Arcadia police officer Luis Vicuna received the Arcadia Police Department's Life Saving Medal last week for helping save the life of 76-year old James Chen, who collapsed at the Arcadia Sports Fitness Club late last year. Pictured are Arcadia Police Chief Robert Sanderson, Officer Luis Vicuna and Captain Gene Gioia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31928
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2010
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2010
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Chen, James
Gioia, Gene
Heroes
Sanderson, Robert
Vicuna, Luis
Item ID
32125AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Isaac Campbell, a man charged in the murder of his former girlfriend Liya "Jessie" Lu, appeared in court for a pre-trial hearing and was ordered to return to court July 14. Campbell has pleaded not guilty and remains in custody on $1.2 million bail. Lu's body was found September 2007 at an Arcadia residence. Her body was wrapped in a plastic bag, placed in a blue trash bin and buried under 10 gallons of cat litter.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 16, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 16, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac (also spelled Campbell, Issac)
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Trials
Item ID
32284AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The salaries of city managers in the area have come under scrutiny following the city of Bell's scandal involving overpaid city officials. Bell's now-ousted city manager Robert Rizzo was earning close to $800,000. Arcadia city manager Don Penman's salary of $214,032 is shown in a chart along with other nearby city managers.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
City employees--salaries
Item ID
32322AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Recap of football game between Arcadia High School Apaches and Burroughs High School in Burbank. Apaches lost 14 to 21.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 16, 2010
Pages
p. C1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 16, 2010
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports -- boys football
Item ID
32412AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Pat Diroll recaps opening day of Santa Anita Park's 74th season as a social event. In attendance (and photographed) were actress Bo Derek, jockey Rafael Bejarano, Gary and Barbara Kovacic, Robert and Patsy Harbicht, trainer Bob Baffert, Joe Harper, Adrienne Haines, Roger Chandler, Don and Debbie Penman, Andrea Van de Kamp, and Sandra Chillingworth.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 30, 2010
Pages
p. A15
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 30, 2010
Pages
p. A15
Subjects
Baffert, Bob
Bejarano, Rafael
Chandler, Roger
Chillingworth, Sandra
Derek, Bo
Haines, Adrienne
Harbicht, Robert
Harbicht, Patsy
Harper, Joe
Kovacic, Barbara
Kovacic, Gary
Penman, Debbie
Penman, Don
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -- Opening Day 2010
Van de Kamp, Andrea
Item ID
32468AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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23-year-old Arcadia man Joshua Martin Parra-Davis was booked by Arcadia Police on suspicion of possessing an explosive device and leaving it in a backpack near a Bank of America on Foothill Boulevard on Friday, January 14, 2011. Witnesses said Parra-Davis first went to Foothills Middle School and may have been trying to open classrooms when he was confronted and ran off. The suspect was then seen dropping a backpack in bushes near the Bank of America and then running through the parking lot, where officers detained him. Arcadia Police called the bomb squad. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Bob Squad successfully detonated the device. Parra-Davis could be arranged in Pasadena Court today.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Arrests
Bombs
Crime and Criminals
Parra-Davis, Joshua Martin
Item ID
32495AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Joshua Martin Parra-Davis, 23, of Arcadia, pleaded not guilty in Pasadena Superior Court, to charges of possessing and leaving an explosive device in a backpack near a bank on Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia, on Friday, January 14, 2011. He is charged with four felony counts, including possession of a destructive device near a school. Parra-Davis, a former Foothills Middle School student, was seen opening a classroom door last Friday and then later was seen dropping the backpack into some bushes. The bag contained what appeared to be a homemade explosive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32301
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bombs
Crime and Criminals
Parra-Davis, Joshua Martin
Item ID
32500AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Nadia Lanyi celebrated her 105th birthday. She lives at Arcadia's Vista Cove. She is originally from Lithuania and lived in New York for most of her life. She has lived in this area for 14 months.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 17, 2011
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 17, 2011
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Centenarians
Lanyi, Nadia
Item ID
32528AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Birth-tourism sites not easily detected.Terry Moore-Corse, a code enforcement officer in Arcadia has encountered three maternity homes in the past six years, most recently in 2009, when a resident reported "a lot of pregnant women" coming out of a house. Beyond building code and business license violations, there is nothing illegal about coming into this country to give birth, according to the U.S. State Department, which issues visas. Maternity tourism is a money-making cottage industry in which wealthy women from Asia pay anywhere from $25,000-35,000 to have American-born infants.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Announcement Type
Birth
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Asians
Building codes--violations
Maternity tourists
Moore-Corse, Terry
Mothers
Item ID
32562AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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An ancient Chinese maternity tradition, from the Sung Dynasty (960-1275 AD), known as "Zuo Yue Zi," is translated as "doing the month."It refers to the care of a Chinese woman during the first month after giving birth. The practice is explained here by Wei-Chen Tung, a former registered nurse at Arcadia Methodist Hospital and now an assistant professor of nursing at University of Nevada, Reno. The practice requires new mothers to follow a strict diet and rest for 3-4 weeks following a pregnancy. Tung says a lot of Chinese women still practice this, so hospitals should be aware of this part of Chinese culture. Maternity tourists--women who want to come to the United States to give birth to a full-fledged American citizen, have given rise to businesses that cater to them, such as the maternity home that was shut down in the 1300 block of South Palm Avenue in San Gabriel on March 8. It had been 5 townhomes illegally converted into a maternity home.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 3, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 3, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Asians
Building codes--violations
Chinese culture
Maternity tourists
Tung, Wei-Chen
Mothers
Item ID
32563AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Pasadena Symphony Association and its Pasadena Pops Orchestra, will take over the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden's 2012 summer concerts, which had featured the California Philharmonic Orchestra and its music director Victor Vener for 14 years.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2011
Pages
p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2011
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
California Philharmonic Orchestra
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden--summer concerts
Music
Pasadena Symphony Association--Pasadena Pops Orchestra
Item ID
32583AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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California Philharmonic Orchestra officials held a press conference and said they do not know why the county decided to end a 15-year run of concerts at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden with them. The press conference was held at Cal Phil's new office in Arcadia. In attendance were Cal Phil founder and Music Director Victor Vener, his son Andre Vener (the orchestra's CEO), Robert W. Miller (member of the Cal Phil board), Michael Arnold (principal clarinetist), Barbara Hicks (volunteer) and 20 protesters who had picketed at the Arboretum, in reaction to the ouster of the orchestra.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Arnold, Michael
California Philharmonic Orchestra
Hicks, Barbara
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden--summer concerts
Miller, Robert W.
Music
Pasadena Symphony Association--Pasadena Pops Orchestra
Vener, Andre
Vener, Victor
Item ID
32592AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Joshua Parra-Davis, 23, of Arcadia, was allegedly found with a bomb after visiting Foothills Middle School on January 14, 2011. He will face four felony counts of possession of a destructive or explosive device. He is being held at Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic, and due back at Pasadena Superior Court on June 15 to enter a plea. If convicted of all four felony counts, he could face up to 19 years in prison.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bombs
Crime and Criminals
Parra-Davis, Joshua
Item ID
32503AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Methodist Hospital sponsors a free community open house on September 17 to celebrate the upcoming opening of its new patient tower. The hospital is at 300 West Huntington Drive in Arcadia. Related story on page 14.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 15, 2011
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 15, 2011
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Francis, Sue (photo)
Hale, Dick (photo)
Hale, Sue (photo)
Segal, Mickey (photo)
Item ID
32731AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County Mayor Michael D. Antonovich urged Southern California Edison (SCE) to restore power now to San Gabriel Valley residents that lost power in last week's windstorm.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
December 8, 2011
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly,
Date
December 8, 2011
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Antonovich, Michael D.
Disasters
Electricity
Southern California Edison (SCE)
Utilities
Weather
Wind and windstorms
Item ID
32936AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Make-a-Wish recipient Elizabeth Victoria, 12, of San Gabriel, hugs former recipient Jayne Philbin, 14 of Sierra Madre. Elizabeth's wish for a shopping spree was fulfilled yesterday in Arcadia as part of Macy's National Believe Day. Elizabeth suffers from renal disease.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
December 10, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
December 10, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Charities
Make-a-Wish
Philbin, Jayne
Victoria, Elizabeth
Item ID
32968AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich offers $10,000 reward for information about the shooting of Jose Parra. He was shot on December 12, 2011 inside his home in the unincorporated area of Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
December 22, 2011
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
December 22, 2011
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Parra, Jose
Rewards
Item ID
32945AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Canada Flintridge) has proposed legislation to improve emergency and disaster preparedness by California's public utilities. Recent windstorm disaster highlighted the need to be better prepared.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
December 22, 2011
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
December 22, 2011
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
California Public Utilities Commission
Disasters
Electricity
Emergency preparedness
Portantino, Anthony
Utilities
Weather
Wind and windstorms
Item ID
32946AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park race track draws 44,000 plus fans on this season's opening day December 26. Hero John Shear (photo) returns to track duties as paddock guard after saving a child's life last spring. Jockey Mike Smith rides Mr. Bossy Pants to win the 7th race (photo).

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 29, 2011
Pages
p. 1, 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 29, 2011
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Santa Anita Park-employees
Shear, John
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Item ID
32914AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD) Deputy Superintendent Robert Leri has resigned. Arcadia High School Principal David Vannasdall will take on the additional role of Deputy Superintendent March 1 and leave his job as principal at end of school year to become Deputy Superintendent. Other personnel changes within the school district. AUSD is trying to cover a projected $7 million annual budget deficit with a proposed 5-year parcel tax. Arcadia Educational Foundation is doing its annual solicitation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32821
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
January 21, 2012
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
January 21, 2012
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Amos, Debra
Aragon, Christina
Arcadia Educational Foundation
Arcadia Unified School District (AUSD)--employees
Leri, Robert
Letson, Paul
Popovich, Danae
Reynolds, Brook
Vannasdall, David
Item ID
33018AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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