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Rumor's bar owner Scott Hammond shot and killed a suspect trying to break into his bar located at 48 E. Huntington Drive. Separately, the merchant of AM Donuts on Las Tunas wounded one of two suspects trying to rob his store.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30305
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 9, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 25
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 9, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 25
Subjects
AM Donuts
Crime and Criminals
Hammond, Scott
King, Chet
Robbery
Rumor's
Shootings
Item ID
30492AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A man robbed and pistol-whipped a gas station clerk in the 600 block of Las Tunas Drive. Police are investigating.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25384
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 12, 2003
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 12, 2003
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Robbery
Item ID
25583AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police wrote 99 traffic violations and made 6 arrests in an attempt to discourage street racers from meeting at the Burger Palace on West Las Tunas Drive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper247
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 1993
Pages
p. A-4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 1993
Pages
p. A-4
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc - Burger Palace
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
247AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Peck Road and Las Tunas area

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3679
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 15, 1956
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 15, 1956
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Annexation (Municipal Government)
Item ID
3554AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Shopping center at Santa Anita and Las Tunas

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3830
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 26, 1964 (ground breaking)
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 26, 1964 (ground breaking)
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Item ID
3703AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Construction yard at El Monte and Las Tunas

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3833
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 30, 1972 (temporary business permit)
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 30, 1972 (temporary business permit)
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Item ID
3706AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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San Gabriel Mission. Las Tunas Adobe

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Artist
Justine Wishek
Description
Las Tunas Adobe -- Reputed to be the oldest adobe dwelling in California. It was occupied by the Padres during the construction of the San Gabriel Mission.
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Artist
Justine Wishek
Description
Las Tunas Adobe -- Reputed to be the oldest adobe dwelling in California. It was occupied by the Padres during the construction of the San Gabriel Mission.
Item ID
6W
Collection
Paintings
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A recent string of robberies in Arcadia may have been committed by two serial robbers. The latest crime was reported at the 500 block of Las Tunas Drive. The suspects are two Latino men driving a green or blue, newer-model, 4-door sedan, in their mid-20s.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31410
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2009
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2009
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Item ID
31603AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A 21-year-old woman was the third person raped at gunpoint this year, and police suspect that they may be by the same person. All three women were accosted by an African American man in his 20's or 30's wearing a black cap. They were accosted in the early morning with a gun while alone in their cars.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4508
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 1995
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 1995
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals - Rape
Item ID
4384AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Early corn stand run by Carl Kophamer and his family on Las Tunas. L-R;Carl; his wife, Estella; and Morry, his son. A Chevrolet flat bed truck is on right.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs891
Date
1939
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Date
1939
Subjects
Carl's Sweet Corn
Kophamer, Carl
Kophamer, Estella
Kophamer, Morry
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
884
Collection
Photographs
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Man Yao was robbed when she returned to her home in the 800 block of Volante Drive about 7:15 P.M. Sunday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3298
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
10997AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A driver killed, two passengers injured when car hits power poles and a fence about 11:30 PM on Sunday, February 21, near Las Tunas Drive and El Monte Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35913
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2021
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Car crashes
Deaths
Collection
Newspaper Index
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An elderly man was fatally injured after being struck by a car as he crossed the mid-block crosswalk on Las Tunas. No names were released.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26166
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Senior Citizens
Automobile accidents
Item ID
26366AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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An Arcadia man who didn't like a group of church Christmas carolers singing on his front lawn, brandished a gun at the group and threatened to kill them unless they got off his property. Police surrounded his house for an hour before he surrendered.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1370
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 24, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 24, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1369AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Exterior view of Sir George's Restaurant at the northwest corner of Las Tunas and Santa Anita Avenue. Address was 9 West Las Tunas in Arcadia. Food was served smorgasbord / buffet style. Photograph by Terry Miller.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs2289
Date
c. April 2001
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Date
c. April 2001
Subjects
Sir George's Restaurant
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Physical Description
4x6 b&w
ID
2236
Collection
Photographs
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2001 Arcadia homicide suspect, 72-year-old Richard Cole, arrested by Los Angeles Sheriffs Department Homicide and Arcadia Police Department, in the stabbing death of his wife, Charlotte S. Cole. She was killed September 1, 2001 on the 50 block of Las Tunas Drive, in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33235
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 8, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 8, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 4
Subjects
Cole, Charlotte S.
Cole, Richard
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Item ID
33432AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Exterior view of Sir George's Restaurant at the northwest corner of Las Tunas and Santa Anita Avenue, with cars in parking lot. Address was 9 West Las Tunas in Arcadia. Food was served smorgasbord / buffet style. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date
c. April 2001
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Date
c. April 2001
Subjects
Sir George's Restaurant
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Physical Description
4x6 b&w
ID
2236A
Collection
Photographs
Images
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A 22-year-old El Monte man, Daniel Sisneros, is suing the owner and an employee of AM Donuts at 34 E. Las Tunas Drive. He was left partially paralyzed after being shot at AM Donuts. He was pressing buttons on the cash register but not robbing the store.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 12, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 12, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
AM Donuts
Lawsuits
Shootings
Sisneros, Daniel
Item ID
30916AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Sheriff's homicide detectives arrested Arcadia man, 72-year-old Richard Cole, in the 2001 fatal stabbing of his wife, Charlotte S. Cole, who was found slumped over the steering wheel of her minivan in an Arcadia parking lot. Although he was a person of interest initially, the case remained open and went cold for 10 years. Investigators gathered evidence in the last year, leading to his arrest on Sunday, November 4, 2012. This was his second arrest in the killing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33256
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Cole, Charlotte S.
Cole, Richard
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Murders
Walton, Bill
Item ID
33453AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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View of early road-side stand owned by Carl Kophamer and his family on Las Tunas just west of Santa Anita Ave. L-R: Morry, Carl, and Arly Kophamer. Corn is piled on counter.

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Date
c.1944
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Date
c.1944
Subjects
Carl's Sweet Corn
Kophamer, Carl
Kophamer, Arly
Kophamer, Morry or Kophamer, Maurice
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
885
Collection
Photographs
Images
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