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Devon Oddone of Sports Chalet, and David Gallagher of REI, managers of local sports retail stores, discuss how increased sales are tied to the cold weather.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30829
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
Subjects
Business and Industry
Gallagher, David
Oddone, Devon
REI
Sports Chalet
Sports equipment
Item ID
31017AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Sporting goods retailer REI has completed a solar retrofit of its Arcadia store. The roof of the store is covered with photovoltaic solar panels, which will self-generate nearly 112,000 kilowatt hours of electricity and up to 30% of the store's annual energy needs.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31101
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 2008
Pages
p. A14
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 2008
Pages
p. A14
Subjects
Business and Industry
Environment
REI
Retail stores
Solar panels
Sporting goods
Item ID
31296AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Brian Osier and Mark Thompson, co-owners of Teamates Sporting goods, are organizing a benefit tournament to help the family of Rob Edgell, a West Covina resident who died in May, leaving behind a wife and four children and no life insurance.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper14455
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 1998
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 1998
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Business & Industry - Teamates Sporting Goods
Thompson, Mark
Osier, Brian
Item ID
15012AN
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Newspaper Index
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The outdoor sporting goods store REI, built on the former site of Arcadia Lumber, will open on April 16.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 8, 1999
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 8, 1999
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Business & Industry - REI
Item ID
17445AN
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Newspaper Index
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View looking north across Huntington Drive at El Rancho building containing the following businesses: DAVIDSON SPORTING GOODS, EL RANCHO HARDWARE, THE MARBERRY SHOP and others.

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Date
c.1939 or 1940
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Date
c.1939 or 1940
Subjects
El Rancho Hardware
Davidson Sporting Goods
Marberry Shop
El Rancho Shopping District
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
205
Collection
Photographs
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The board of directors of REI sporting goods, a Seattle-based cooperative, has voted to buy the former site of Arcadia Lumber to build a new store.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper15320
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 1998
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 1998
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Business & Industry - REI
Item ID
15879AN
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Newspaper Index
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R. E. I., an outdoor sporting goods retailer, is planning to construct two buildings on the old Arcadia Lumber Co. site.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16090
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
November 12, 1998
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
November 12, 1998
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Business & Industry - R.E.I.
Item ID
16848AN
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Lewis Homes Retail is purchasing Foulger Ford land which has been vacant for 5 years. The commercial development will include a market and stores.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 2, 1997
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 2, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Foulger Ford
Lewis Homes Retail
Item ID
26098AN
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Newspaper Index
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Paul and Selma Backert, who operated a dry goods store at 221 N. First Avenue from at least 1928 to approximately 1940. They came to Los Angeles area in about 1890 and operated general merchandise stores in Newhall and Lancaster. They lived at 212 N. Myrtle in Monrovia.

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Date
c.1898
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Date
c.1898
Subjects
Arcadia Department Store
Business & industry
Stores
Physical Description
3x5 oval original
ID
409
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Fewer shoppers were out the day after Christmas, a sign of the economy's current recession. Bargains and sales were everywhere, but people were not splurging. Sales data figures are given by SpendingPulse. (No space between Spending and Pulse)

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31333
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Malls
Recession
Retail
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Item ID
31528AN
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Champion Sports Cards and Collectibles located at 150 East Santa Clara is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4846
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 8, 1995
Pages
p. B3 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 8, 1995
Pages
p. B3 photo
Subjects
Business & Industry - Champion Sports Cards and Collectibles
Item ID
4722AN
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J. C. Penney Co. is overhauling its pricing strategy and will alter store layouts, including the retail store at Westfield Santa Anita in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2012
Pages
p. A15
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2012
Pages
p. A15
Subjects
Business and Industry
J. C. Penney Co.
Retail stores
Item ID
33020AN
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Lou and Juli Costanzo, 37, are co-owners of Champion Sports Collectibles, which recently moved to Arcadia after 10 years in San Gabriel. They are profiled.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 3, 1994
Pages
p. H-2 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 3, 1994
Pages
p. H-2 photo
Subjects
Business & Industry - Champion Sports Collectiles
Item ID
4338AN
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H&M, the Swedish chain store, had its grand opening in Old Pasadena. Later in November, a 17,000 square foot H&M will open in Arcadia's Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30211
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Business and Industry
H & M
Retail
Item ID
30398AN
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H & M, a Swedish clothing company, opened a new store at Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita mall yesterday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30318
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 15, 2006
Pages
p. Local 4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 15, 2006
Pages
p. Local 4
Subjects
Business and Industry
Clothing
H & M
Retail stores
Item ID
30504AN
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Gina's Sports Bar & Grill is the source of controversy regarding a Chinese-language sign which some community members claim is advertising prostitution.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 17, 1998
Pages
p. A1 w / photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 17, 1998
Pages
p. A1 w / photo
Subjects
Business & Industry - Gina's Sports Bar & Grill
Item ID
15133AN
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The Marberry Shop is the first store to open in the new El Rancho Shopping unit. Margaret Berry is proprietor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33038
Newspaper
The Journal
Date
March 8, 1950
Pages
p. 7 (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
March 8, 1950
Pages
p. 7 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Berry, Margaret
Business and Industry
Marberry Shop
Retail stores
Item ID
33235AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Sports Figures

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Contents
1. Arcadia Tribune news clip circa 1950 concerning Oakwood Hotel that lists four boxers who trained here in Arcadia. 2. "Birdleg" Collins who fought here in Arcadia. Copy of photo given by boxing historian Dave Coapman on November 13, 1979. 3. Information on boxers from authority G. Phillips; r…
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1. Arcadia Tribune news clip circa 1950 concerning Oakwood Hotel that lists four boxers who trained here in Arcadia.
2. "Birdleg" Collins who fought here in Arcadia. Copy of photo given by boxing historian Dave Coapman on November 13, 1979.
3. Information on boxers from authority G. Phillips; received from Dave Coapman in September 1979.
4. Notes..."among others who trained at Oakwood..."
5. Note on Kid McCoy.
6. Note on Barney Oldfield.
7. Note on reminiscences of Don Ott as to boxers he saw at the ring at the Oakwood Hotel.
8. John L. has to say. news clip February 21, 1893 recounts John L. Sullivan and Corbett fight; notes Corbett stayed at Baldwin Hotel in San Francisco. Given to us by Dave Coapman.
9. Police Gazette article February 17, 1906 about efforts of Morris Levy to build a professional fight club in Arcadia.
10. Arcadia Club of Los Angeles makes the first of its offers of large purses...news clip from unidentified newspaper September 1906 regarding fight in Arcadia. Given to us by Dave Coapman May 1981.
11. Root boxing teacher at Camp Arcadia, CA. Milwaukee Free Press October 16, 1918.
12. Giants' Pitcher Visits Arcadia. Fred Fitzsimmons of the New York Giants, noted "knuckleball" pitcher of the National League visits in-laws Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Borgers at 121 East Walnut Street, for the winter. He will assist his brother-in-law John Borger with raising fancy chickens here. Pasadena Star News, November 1, 1928. Duplicate copy in Folder "Arcadia (city) history-1920-1930.
13. "A Hall of Famer" (Bruce Matthews to be inducted into National Football League Hall of Fame), The Weekly Star, Thursday, July 26, 2007.
14."Ice skating champion Nagasu isn't your average teenager" by Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, February 28, 2008. Fourteen year old Arcadia High School freshman Mirai Nagasu won the U.S. figure skating title.
15. "California trio dominates at junior world championships: Mirai Nagasu leads the pack" by Philip Hersh, Los Angeles Times, March 1, 2008.
16."Arcadia skater leads U.S. sweep," The Associated Press, March 1, 2008. Mirai Nagasu of Arcadia led a 1-2-3 U.S. sweep in the short program.
17. "Figure skating; Flatt edges Zhang and Nagasu for title" by Philip Hersh, Los Angeles Times, March 2, 2008.
18. "Arcadia teen on Olympic Ice" by Stacey Wang, The Weekly Star, February 18, 2010. Mirai Nagasu will figure skate in the Winter Olympics at Vancouver.
19. Chivas USA signs USMNT World Jimmy Conrad. From www.sbnation.com. Retrieved December 28, 2010. Soccer player Jimmy Conrad is a native of Arcadia.
20. Two obituaries on Babe Dahlgren, died in Arcadia, CA. "Babe Dalhgren, 84, successor to Gehrig when streak ended," New York Times biographical service, September 6, 1996. "Babe Dalhgren, man who replaced Gehrig, dead at 84,"Los Angeles Times, September 5, 1996.
21. Arcadian David Small displays his father Irving W. Small's Olympic medal at arcadia Public Library. Irving W. Small was captain of the United States ice hockey team which won the silver medal in the 1924 winter games at Mont-Blanc in the French Alps. Article and photographs. Unknown newspaper, August 26, 1976.
22. After heartbreak, U.S. figure skater Mirai Nagasu again takes aim at Olympic bid. Pasadena Star News, January 2, 2018.
23. Figure skater Mirai Nagasu Olympics Winter 2018. 6 items. 1) Depth is a problem, Pasadena Star News, January 27, 2018. 2) Letter from Michael R. Pence, Vice President of the United States to Mayor of Arcadia Peter Amundson honoring Arcadia's Mirai Nagasu as a member of the U.S. Olympic Team competing in PyeongChang, South Korea. 3) Americans capture bronze in team event but it was Mirai Nagasu's momentous achievement that stole the show, Los Angeles Times online, February 11, 2018. 4) Axel-ent Nagasu gives U.S. bronze, Pasadena Star News, February 12, 2018 (newsprint is in this file too). 5) Mirai Nagasu was once a Colorado Avalanche Ice Girl, Los Angeles Times online, February 13, 2018. 6) Mirai Nagasu holding nothing back in search of Olympic individual medal, Pasadena Star News online, February 18, 2018.
Subjects
Sports Figures
Item ID
240AF
Collection
Subject Files
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H & M, a fashion retailer, will open a store at Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita on December 14, 2006. The store will have fashions for men, women, teens, and lingerie.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30295
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 2006
Pages
p. Local 3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 2006
Pages
p. Local 3
Subjects
Business and Industry
Clothing
H & M
Retail stores
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita
Item ID
30482AN
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Newspaper Index
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Wrapping up spring season's biggest takeaways and outstanding efforts in high school sports. Recognized for his outstanding effort is Antoine Sims, Arcadia High School football coach who was hired during the pandemic.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2021
Pages
p. B2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2021
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--boys football
Sims, Antoine
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Newspaper Index
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