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The Arcadia Beautiful Commission presented its annual awards in a ceremony to honor residential and business owners for outstanding landscaping and overall appearances. Business owners awarded were Union 76, Sav-on Drugs, and the Baldwin Plaza.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Beautiful Commission - annual awards - 2001-2010
Ceremonies
Item ID
29994AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Public Library opens "Teen Center," with a new collection dedicated especially to teenagers. It is located in the northeast corner of the adult reading room.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
October 11, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly,
Date
October 11, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library--2001-2010
Item ID
33572AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council is considering changes to fees charged by the city through the Development Services Department. One change might be a $25 fee for new business license applications. The fees may increase for design review of new commercial projects and appeals from an architectural review board to the Planning Commission. The General plan amendment fee may drop and tentative tract maps for condos may drop. The city plans to increase fines for code violations.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Arcadia City Council - 2001-2010
Fees
Item ID
32132AN
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Newspaper Index
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More than $1.2 million was bet across the state in the first 11 days that computer and telephone betting was approved in this state. It is known as account wagering. There is no way of telling yet if this is affecting attendance and live betting at Santa Anita Park. Two providers of online betting, XpressBet and TV Games, where approved by the California Horse Racing Board. Xpress Bet is owned by Magna Corp., which owns Santa Anita Park.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Gambling
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2001-2010
Item ID
33637AN
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Arcadia High School and University of Southern California graduate Bruce Matthews was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, on Saturday, August 4, 2007. He played for the Houston Oilers and Tennessee Titans.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
Subjects
Athletes
Famous alumni
Football
Matthews, Bruce - biography
Sports Figures
Item ID
30853AN
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Newspaper Index
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Kate Linder, an actress on television soap opera The Young and the Restless, got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was raised in Arcadia and graduated from Arcadia High School. Her parents are Ralph and Molly Wolveck. She also keeps a job as a flight attendant.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2008
Pages
p. News 2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2008
Pages
p. News 2
Subjects
Actors and actresses
Celebrities
Linder, Kate
Wolveck, Molly
Wolveck, Ralph
Item ID
31171AN
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Magna Entertainment Corp. (MEC) attorney Greg Scoggins appeared before a special meeting of the California Horse Racing Board to explain the impact of its bankruptcy. Track employees and horsemen will likely be protected. Satellite wagering locations that receive 2% commission on bets placed through their facilities will likely have to line up in court with other creditors to collect what is owed to them.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Bankruptcy
Magna Entertainment Corp. (MEC)
Santa Anita Park 2001-2010
Scoggins, Greg
Item ID
31598AN
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Obituary/death notice. Radio personality and singer Veeva "Suzy" Hamblen has died at the age of 101, in Santa Clarita, California. She and husband Stuart Hamblen (died 1989), also a radio entertainer, had a ranch in Arcadia for many years and were known as some of the leading trainers at Santa Anita Race Track in the late 1940s. Stuart and Veeva rode their Peruvian Paso horses in the Rose Parade from 1979 to 1989. Veeva was also famous as a gospel songwriter.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Celebrities
Entertainers
Famous people
Hamblen, Veeva Ellen Daniels "Suzy" (1907-2008) - biography
Hamblen, Stuart
Singers
Songwriters
Item ID
31220AN
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The Arcadia City Council debated the issue of more parking on the west side of Baldwin Avenue, next to the Hub Center, between Duarte Road and Naomi Avenue. The Council approved the revision to the adult business ordinance, adopted an anti-loitering measure for gang members, and more.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 8, 2003
Pages
"p. 1, 18"
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 8, 2003
Pages
"p. 1, 18"
Subjects
Arcadia City Council meetings - 2001-2010
Parking
Item ID
31644AN
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Arcadia Public Library will have a new conference room constructed and will remodel the existing room into offices and a work area. An office will be created for the Friends of the Library. This is the first phase and the contract was awarded to K & S Design for $106,500. Phase 2 of the project, to be completed at a later date, will include a teen center and an enlarged international language area.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 26, 2003
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 26, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - 2001-2010 - remodeling
City Council Meetings
Item ID
31759AN
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Newspaper Index
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Westfield Group expects to complete its second expansion project at Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita in three years -- an $85 million, 185,000 square feet wing that would convert the mall into a cross between a traditional indoor mall and an outdoor shopping center.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2005
Pages
p. B3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2005
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita - 2001-2010 - expansion
Retail stores
Malls
Business and Industry
Westfield Group
Item ID
29688AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park Race Track owner Frank Stronach has met with city officials about Arcadia's concerns with the track expansion plan and future sessions will be held. The concerns centered around plans to build new barns on the north side of the property, the internal connections between the track and Westfield Shopping mall traffic and people, and architectural compatibility with the track.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 11, 2001
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 11, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010--expansion
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
33482AN
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In response to concerns for traffic safety, students at Arcadia High School created an original traffic safety video entitled "Cars and Schools: Everybody's Business." The video will air on Arcadia's cable channel and on the school district's channel.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 31, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 31, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Safety
Traffic
Item ID
27890AN
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Trainers and owners found to have sent injured or retired racehorses to slaughter will be banned from running or stabling horses at Santa Anita Park under a new policy from Magna Entertainment Corporation. Santa Anita Park President Ron Charles hopes to ensure the safety of its racehorses by monitoring injured or retired horses and keeping dealers known to sell horses for slaughter off the property. The policy was entered into the track's horseman's agreement, which governs racing terms and conditions.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Charles, Ron
Gray, Leigh
Horses and horse racing
Magna Entertainment Corporation
Safety policies
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Thoroughbred Rehab Center
Item ID
31502AN
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California Gourd Society's annual Gourd Fair at the Arboretum will include works of hundreds of professional gourd artists and students from the Sequoyah School in Pasadena. Featured artist Denise Meyers will be the keynote speaker.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
24721AN
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Newspaper Index
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Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon in Washington DC, Police Chief Dave Hinig said the Arcadia Police Department has evolved and is thinking beyond local crime enforcement. Officers are thinking more regionally and are more conscious of calling the bomb squad.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department - 2001-2010
Item ID
32044AN
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Opening day attendance at Santa Anita Park's Oak Tree was up more than 50% over last year with 20,317 fans attending.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
26626AN
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Telephone and online wagering was approved by the California Horse Racing Board on Thursday. Now gamblers may place bets at Santa Anita Park from home.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
22883AN
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Opening day at Santa Anita Park saw 28,295 fans kick off the 67th winter - spring meet for the race track.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Item ID
27408AN
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Newspaper Index
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Racing season at Santa Anita Park ended yesterday.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2001-2010
Item ID
28205AN
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Newspaper Index
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