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Fans commiserate in closing of their beloved bookstore. 78-year-old Karen Kropp, owner of The Book Rack, a bookstore in Arcadia, has closed the store on First Avenue, after taking over the reins 18 years ago. Declining sales worseneed by the pandemic, as well as her upcoming 80th birthday, precipitated the closure. The store's address was 204 South First Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91006.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36641
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 29, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 29, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
The Book Rack
Bookstores
Kropp, Karen
Small business
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36582
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 21, 2023
Pages
p. 8
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Obituary or death notice
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Mountain Views News
Date
October 21, 2023
Pages
p. 8
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Register, Jeanne
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Actor and comedian Kevin Hart's Hart House is open in Monrovia at 602 West Huntington Drive. This fast food is all plant-based, no additives or hormones, artificial colors, preservatives, or high fructose corn syrup and it's delicious. Karen MacNair of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce waas present at the ribbon cutting.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36377
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Mountain Views News
Date
November 19, 2022
Pages
p. 9
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Mountain Views News
Date
November 19, 2022
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Actors
Comedians
Hart, Kevin
MacNair, Karen
Plant-based food
Restaurants, bars, etc.
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Homeless numbers count due today. First tally since 2020 Pandemic start, affects nonprofit services, political races, and government. Karen Roberson, Founder and Director of Family Promise of San Gabriel Valley, a nonprofit that provides temporary shelter to unhoused families in Rosemead, Alhambra, San Gabriel, Monrovia and Arcadia, said finding homeless families can be a difficult task and believes that population is undercounted.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36321
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Homeless population
Homelessness
Roberson, Karen
Social issues
Unhoused
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Newspaper Index
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36292
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2022
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2022
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p. A5
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Ballance, Charles Winslow
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36288
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 2022
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p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 2022
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p. A5
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Ballance, Charles Winslow
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Arcadia Methodist Hospital changing names today as it partners with USC Health System. It is now USC Arcadia Hospital. The affiliation with USC will augment existing services at the medical center, tapping into the USC Keck's resources as an academic institution and high-level research and expertise. Dan Ausman is the president and CEO of USC Arcadia Hospital. The hospital has 348 beds. Ausman said the hospital has a 120 year history, dating back to its origins of 5 beds inside a two-story house on Hewitt Street in downtown Los Angeles. From there it moved to Hope Street (Los Angeles) and then to Arcadia, in 1957. The hospital delivers nearly 2000 babies each year and treats 50,000+ in its emergency department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36274
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 1, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 1, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A7
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Ausman, Dan
Bonta, Rob
Hanners, Rodney B.
Hospitals
Huang, Charles
Keck Medicine of USC
University of Southern California (USC)
USC Arcadia Hospital
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Arcadia resident and philanthropist Charles Huang donates $7.5 million to Methodist Hospital of Southern California. Huang is a global entrepreneur who owns Pasadena-based private equity company Pasaca Capital Inc. His gift will fund a high-tech operating room. Representative Judy Chu is in the photo with Charles Huang. See also Mountain Views News, p. 8, July 2, 2022.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36271
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 28, 2022
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 28, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Chu, Judy
Huang, Charles
Methodist Hospital of Southern California
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36223
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 17, 2022
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p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 17, 2022
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p. A7
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Fasana, Bernard Louis (Bernie)
Lewis, Sally Marble
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36207
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 27, 2022
Pages
p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 27, 2022
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p. A7
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Cepielik, Martin Joseph (Marty)
Lewis, Sally Marble
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35889
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2021
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2021
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p. A4
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Chester, Jacqueline Lahmae (Lewis)
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Arcadia doctor helps found PPE donation group. Dr. Karen Tsai, co-founded DonatePPE.org along with Bay Area engineer Deyu Kong. The organization has donated some 2.2 million items of PPE (personal protective equipment) to hospitals, schools and homeless shelters during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35871
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2020
Pages
p.A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2020
Pages
p.A1, A6
Subjects
Charities
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Kong, Deyu
Pandemics
Tsai, Karen
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35775
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 15, 2020
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 15, 2020
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p. A4
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Miles, Jeanne
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Remembering Charles Gilb on Veterans Day. Biography of Charles Gilb, "Potato King," a former Staff Sergeant in the Marine Corps, businessman in the produce industry and former Arcadia City Council member. He served four terms as mayor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35610
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Biographies
Gilb, Charles
Mayors
Veterans
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Three Arcadia High School students win First Place in Ninth Circuit 2018 Civics contest in the video competition. Their names are Veronica Yu, Cindy Law, Karen Thai.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35212
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2018
Pages
p. 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2018
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Awards, honors, recognitions
Law, Cindy
Thai, Karen
Yu, Veronica
Item ID
35401AN
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Spotlight on Downtown Arcadia business Vendome Wine & Spirits, a bar, coffee, and bottle shop owned by Jeff Musial. It is across from Arcadia Metro Gold Line Station. His business partner is Charles Tran.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35194
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 7, 2018
Pages
p, 1, 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 7, 2018
Pages
p, 1, 12
Subjects
Business and Industry
Liquor stores
Musial, Jeff
Tran, Charles
Vendome Wine and Spirits
Item ID
35383AN
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Arcadia Chamber of Commerce launches new networking campaign. Pop-Up mixers are held monthly at Arcadia bars whose owners are Chamber members. The first one was at Monkey Bar at Westfield Santa Anita mall, January 9. Pop-Up mixers are not advertised in advance, instead information is posted through social media within days of the event. RSVPs are not necessary.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35058
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 18, 2018
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 18, 2018
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Arcadia Chamber of Commerce
MacNair, Karen (Chamber CEO)
Item ID
35248AN
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100 years plus is nothing new at Arcadia senior care facility Vista Cove. Charles hackett will turn 100 in November and he has been in Arcadia since 1955.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34989
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 12, 2017
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p. 1, 13
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 12, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Hackett, Charles
Senior Citizens
Vista Cove
Item ID
35179AN
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34921
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 30, 2017
Pages
p. A10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 30, 2017
Pages
p. A10
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Subjects
Minton, Charles Perry
Item ID
35111AN
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34919
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 19, 2017
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 19, 2017
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p. A4
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Subjects
Sinclair, Charles J.
Item ID
35109AN
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