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2020 ELECTIONS - Outcomes for boards of college districts - Open seats draw range of challengers to lead local higher education. Citrus Community College In Area 2, Laura Bollinger had an early lead over Joseph Hamer Salas for the Citrus Community College District race. The Citrus Community College District encompasses Azusa, Bradbury, Claremont, Duarte, Glendora, Monrovia, and portions of San Dimas, La Verne, Pomona, Arcadia, Covina and Irwindale. The district enrolls more than 20,000 students.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35828
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2020
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2020
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Citrus Community College
Elections-2020
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia rejected a proposal by the California Equine Retirement Foundation to offer Bingo games at Foothills High School to help finance, feed and house 13 retired racehorses.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper877
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 10, 1988
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 10, 1988
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
California Equine Retirement Foundation
Item ID
877AN
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Newspaper Index
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Honorary service awards were given by the PTA Council to Ray Rogers, VP and General Manager of Santa Anita Park race track; Jeanne Saunders, currently serving on the Library Board; and Dr. Edward Ryan, Superintendent of Schools. Biographic sketches of each included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2131
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 9, 1978
Pages
p. C-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 9, 1978
Pages
p. C-1
Subjects
Parent Teachers Association
Item ID
2113AN
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Newspaper Index
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Ben Dennison has been a Special Education teacher in the Arcadia Unified School District since September of 1954. He works with high school age students of very limited academic ability.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2904
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 31, 1984
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 31, 1984
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Dennison, Ben
Item ID
2831AN
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Newspaper Index
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A video created by three Arcadia High School graduates went viral and brought people to a school board meeting alst week, in support of fired cross country coach James O'Brien. The creators of the video are Esmond Wei, Ben Hsueh, and Sergio Rodriguez. The video was posted on YouTube.com and had more than 10,000 views in three days. A week later, it had more than 16,000 views.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33556
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2013
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--coaches
Arcadia High School teachers
Cross-country
Hsueh, Ben
O'Brien, James
Rodriguez, Sergio
Wei, Esmond
Item ID
33751AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia teacher Victoria Heggen sues union over dues.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper23089
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
12 April, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
12 April, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Teachers
Heggen, Victoria
Item ID
23297AN
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Newspaper Index
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Ben Franklin Store

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 16, 1939
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 16, 1939
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Business and Industry - Ben Franklin Store
Item ID
3714AN
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Newspaper Index
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Jack Laidlaw, a teacher of film and art at Arcadia High School, lost his home in the recent Sayre Fire that destroyed 480 or so homes at Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31308
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 3, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 3, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia High School teachers
Educators
Fires
Laidlaw, Jack
Item ID
31503AN
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Newspaper Index
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FrontRunner at Santa Anita, the new upscale, football-field-length restaurant atop the grandstand at Santa Anita Park, has room for nearly 600 diners.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18066
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 1999
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 1999
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
FrontRunner Restaurant
Bickert, Kevin
Santa Anita
Item ID
18268AN
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Newspaper Index
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Secrecy by school districts blasted. Board of Education members Mike Spencer of West Covina Unified and Ramon Miramontes of Pasadena Unified each called for more transparency from their staffs on the issue of teacher misconduct. Pasadena Star News sent Public Records Act requests to 28 school districts in San Gabriel Valley requesting information on teacher misconduct. While two districts--Arcadia Unified School District and Bonita Unified--have now released information, 26 others have cited employee privacy concerns as a reason to keep their records private.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32880
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 23, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 23, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Teachers--misconduct
Item ID
33077AN
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Newspaper Index
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The failure of local school districts to release teacher misconduct records has parents and residents expressing concerns about child safety and government transparency. In the wake of recent sexual misconduct scandals in Los Angeles Unified School District, Pasadena Star News requested teacher misconduct records from 28 school districts in San Gabriel Valley. Of those, only Arcadia Unified School District complied fully with the request. The other 27 school districts either refused to turn over documents, asked for clarification or requested more time to look through their records.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32882
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 22, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 22, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Teachers--misconduct
Item ID
33079AN
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Newspaper Index
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Public employees' retirement and pensions are costing cities up to 25% of the city budget. In March, CalPERS announced its stock portfolio had lost 39.8%. Costs for retirees are ballooning and El Monte and West Covina budgets have been hit hard from the recession. Arcadia, which had the fourth highest pension costs of the 24 cities surveyed, spent $6.7 million last year for its 357 current employees and retirees. The city's general fund budget is $46 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31472
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
City budgets
Pensions
Recession
Retirement benefits
Item ID
31665AN
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Pasadena City College is preparing to tear down three campus buildings that were previously used as barracks in the Japanese Assembly Center at Santa Anita Park during WW II.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper17170
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 1999
Pages
p.- A1 w/photos
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 1999
Pages
p.- A1 w/photos
Subjects
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Item ID
17589AN
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Helen Meredith is the founder of Pegasus Ranch in Tehachapi, CA, a place where 60 retired thoroughbreds live. She is struggling financially and estimates that the United Pegasus Foundation is $80,000 in debt. Some of the famous race horses there are Cardmania, winner of the 1993 Breeders' Cup Spring at Santa Anita Park, Music Merci (another Breeders' Cup veteran), Time to Pass, Sand Lizard, and Kingdom Found.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31777
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2009
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2009
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Meredith, Helen
Race horses - retired
United Pegasus Foundation - Pegasus Ranch
Item ID
31974AN
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Newspaper Index
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Local contractor and Arcadia resident Ben F. Smith, Jr. has died after a battle with cancer. He was 71.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8022
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 1996
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 1996
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Smith, Ben F., Jr.
Item ID
7982AN
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In a pre-dawn raid at Santa Anita Park race track, immigration and border patrol agents arrested 173 illegal aliens from 8 countries. As many as 600 other illegals believed to be working at Santa Anita Park escaped arrest by moving to Hollywood Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2483
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 27, 1985
Pages
p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 27, 1985
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990
Item ID
2428AN
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Newspaper Index
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More than 1,000 friends, family and colleagues of Dennis Lojeski filled the Church of the Good Shepherd on Saturday morning to mourn the passing of the Arcadia City Council member and former mayor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper7318
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 18, 1996
Pages
p. A3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 18, 1996
Pages
p. A3 photo
Subjects
Lojeski, Dennis Alan
Item ID
7207AN
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Promoters cancelled the final day of Festival Santa Anita after drawing only 5000 of an anticipated 60,000 people. This was the first music event at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4232
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 5, 1994
Pages
p. A-1 Photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 5, 1994
Pages
p. A-1 Photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
4108AN
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Newspaper Index
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58-year old Arcadia resident Tim Murphy plans to retire from his position as fire chief at the Monterey Park Fire Department in June.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29508
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Murphy, Tim
Monterey Park Fire Department
Fire chiefs
Retirement
Item ID
29692AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park plans to make at least half of approximately 600 equipment rooms and dormitory rooms available as living quarters for its back-stretch workers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18885
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 11, 2000
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 11, 2000
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
19127AN
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Newspaper Index
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