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Arcadia city officials adopt a 5-year redevelopment plan. The major goals are the expansion of the Rusnak Mercedes Benz auto dealership, development around the future Gold Line station and several affordable housing programs. The city demolished the Church of Arcadia's old building at 21 Morlan Place in September to make room for a parking lot that could be used by Rusnak.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31832
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Gold Line - Arcadia station
Redevelopment
Rusnak Mercedes Benz
Senior housing
Item ID
32029AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Mirai Nagasu, an ice skater who was born in Montebello and raised in Arcadia, shown in photo, is training and competing hard to become an international skating champion.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31826
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 2009
Pages
p. C3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 2009
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Ice skaters
Nagasu, Mirai
Sports
Item ID
32023AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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World War II pilot Walter "Pat" Hollywood, a longtime Arcadia resident, celebrated Veterans Day and his 90th birthday yesterday. He was born in Pasadena in 1919 and served as an Army C-46 Commando pilot during World War II. He works out at the Fortanesce and Associates Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Center in Arcadia and walks for an hour at the Los Angeles County Arboretum every day.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31808
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Arcadia people
Hollywood, Walter "Pat" - biography
Nonagenarians
Veterans
Item ID
32005AN
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Newspaper Index
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Zenyatta, a filly and the kind of sensational race horse that comes along only once in a generation, scored perhaps the greatest victory in the history of the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park. With jockey Mike Smith (in photo), Zenyatta wins the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic by one length. Other winners are listed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31801
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C9
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 - Breeders' Cup XXVI
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Zenyatta (race horse)
Item ID
31998AN
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Newspaper Index
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Kevin Modesti writes about the race horse Zenyatta, winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park. Zenyatta stunned the world's fastest thoroughbreds with a last-to-first rally in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic. Zenyatta is owned by Jerry and Ann Moss. Jerry Moss is the co-founder of A & M Records (with Herb Alpert) and was named after an album by 1980s rock group The Police.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C8
Subjects
Moss, Ann
Moss, Jerry
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 - Breeders' Cup XXVI
Zenyatta (race horse)
Item ID
31999AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arts & Culture spotlight on the new exhibit at the Ruth & Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum. The exhibit is called "Roll 'em!: Motion Pictures Filmed in Arcadia and Surrounding Communities." Photos include Dana Dunn, curator at the museum, and movie posters of "A Star is Born" starring Judy Garland and James Mason, and "The African Queen," starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31724
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 2009
Pages
p. A21
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 2009
Pages
p. A21
Subjects
Dunn, Dana
Film and television
Motion pictures - memorabilia
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum - exhibits
Item ID
31921AN
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Newspaper Index
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A U.S. District judge overturned convictions for bribery, mail, wire and tax fraud and harboring illegal immigrants, against George Torres, 52, of Arcadia, the former owner of Numero Uno supermarket chain. The judge threw out the more serious convictions for racketeering, conspiracy and solicitation of murder, back in June. Torres has been set free after 2 years in custody.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31722
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2009
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p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2009
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Business owners
Crime and Criminals
Grocery Stores
Supermarkets
Torres, George
Trials
Item ID
31919AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Robert Seares, born in Pasadena in 1909, had an amazing career as a journalist, photographer, and police official. He was chief of police in Arcadia and remained there for 15 years until retirement. He wrote a memoir called "Eighty Years: a Memoir." A copy is in the Pasadena Museum of History library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31671
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 7, 2009
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 7, 2009
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia police chiefs
Seares, Robert - biography
Item ID
31869AN
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Newspaper Index
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A federal judge overturned several charges in the case of Arcadia man George Torres, 52, accused of running his Numero Uno grocery store chain in Los Angeles like an organized crime ring. He had been convicted of racketeering charges, solicitation of murder and multiple tax and fraud charges when prosecutors came forward with new evidence that appeared to exonerate him on the more serious charges. Torres was released from federal custody after being held without bail for two years.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Grocery Stores
Torres, George
Item ID
31704AN
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Newspaper Index
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The preliminary hearing for accused murderer Isaac Campbell has begun in Alhambra. He is charged in the death of Liya "Jessie" Lu, who went missing August 11, 2007. Her body was found more than 1 month later, stuffed in a trash can at a home in Arcadia. The victim's last text message was scrutinized in court. So far, the proceedings have consisted solely of testimony by Lu's coworker and friend George Molina.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31445
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Molina, George
Murder
Trials
Item ID
31638AN
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Newspaper Index
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George Torres, of Arcadia, was convicted of 55 felony counts, including racketeering, "honest services" mail fraud, and wire fraud, conspiring to harbor illegal immigrants and tax charges. The jury also found that Torres solicited the 1994 murder of a gang member who demanded a "tax" from a Numero Uno Market. George Torres owned eleven Numero Uno grocery stores in some of the region's poorest neighborhoods.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31440
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2009
Pages
p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2009
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Numero Uno Markets
Racketeering
Torres, George
Item ID
31633AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School boys baseball team remains undefeated with a 5-0 nonleague win over La Salle High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31420
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 28, 2009
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 28, 2009
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports
Boys baseball
Rutherford, Bryce
Tom, Jon
Item ID
31613AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. Restaurateur Sue Campoy, who owned and operated Julienne in San Marino, CA, has died of breast cancer. She died on March 4, at the age of 70. She was born in Arcadia on February 10, 1939.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Campoy, Sue
Julienne (restaurant) - San Marino, CA
Item ID
31594AN
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Newspaper Index
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Employees at Santa Anita Park fear bankruptcy of its parent company Magna Entertainment Corp (MEC). Chairman Frank Stronach said the horsemen would not have to worry about any of their monies. Paymaster accounts total $11 million at Santa Anita Park. The accounts contain money earmarked for winning owners, who must pay a percentage of those earnings to jockeys and trainers. Magna Entertainment Corp. has lost $500 million in the past 5 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31396
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 4, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 4, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A10
Subjects
Bankruptcy
Magna Entertainment Corp (MEC)
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
31589AN
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Newspaper Index
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George Schwary's horse Georgie Boy and jockey Garrett Gomez won the $150,000 Grade II San Carlos Handicap at Santa Anita Park. Georgie Boy was trained by Kathy Walsh. Georgie Boy won last month's Sunshine Millions Spring.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31389
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 22, 2009
Pages
p. C2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 22, 2009
Pages
p. C2
Subjects
Georgie Boy (horse)
Gomez, Garrett (jockey)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Schwary, George
Walsh, Kathy
Item ID
31582AN
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Newspaper Index
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George Fasching, shown in a photo, is no longer selling gas at Fasching's Car Wash in Arcadia because he is unwilling to comply with a state mandate, effective April 1, 2009, that requires gas station owners to purchase new equipment to reduce vapor emissions at the pump.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31368
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Emissions
Fasching, George
Fasching's Car Wash
Gas stations
Pollution
Item ID
31563AN
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Newspaper Index
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State officials have shut down 5 Arcadia massage parlors and fined one business $1.83 million for alleged labor code violations. Inspectors discovered that employees were not being paid hourly wages but got paid every time a massage was given. New Life Acupuncture at 610 E. Live Oak was fined $1.83 million for allegedly violating laws requiring employers to provide pay stubs and workers' compensation insurance. The four other locations fined were Ocean Health Center, C.H. Health Center, Arcadia Spa, and Best Health Center. The fines and closures continued a crackdown on massage-related businesses in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31354
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
California Department of Industrial Relations
California Employment Development Department (EDD)
Labor laws
Massage parlors
New Life Acupuncture
Item ID
31549AN
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Newspaper Index
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A water main broke on December 22,2008, creating a large sinkhole on Orange Grove Avenue, just west of Santa Anita Avenue, near the intersection with Hyland Avenue. The rupture opened a hole about 25 to 30 feet across and 5 feet deep.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2008
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Public Works
Sinkholes
Water pipes
Item ID
31521AN
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Newspaper Index
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A middle-aged man tried to kidnap a 5-year-old school girl from the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita mall on November 26. His composite sketch is shown and is described as an Asian male in his 50s, 5'8" with gray hair and a bald spot. Police are calling it an isolated incident but parents should be vigilant.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31315
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A14
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A14
Subjects
Abduction
Crime and Criminals
Kidnapping
Malls
Item ID
31510AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police are searching for a man in his 50s wanted in the attempted kidnapping of a 5-year-old school girl on a field trip to the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita. He was described as Asian, with gray hair and a bald spot on top of his head. He was 5'8" tall, 170 pounds, with yellow teeth, blue pants, and white sneakers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31314
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 11, 2008
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 11, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Abduction
Crime and Criminals
Kidnapping
Item ID
31509AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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