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15-year-old Richard Ung was arrested at his parents' home in Arcadia, where sheriffs recovered nine guns, including an AK-47 assault rifle and an assault pistol. Ung is being investigated for alleged involvement in the stabbing death of Boo K. Lee.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30707
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 5, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 5, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Guns
Lee, Boo K.
Murders - stabbings
Ung, Richard
Weapons
Item ID
30895AN
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Newspaper Index
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A 19-year-old man who was killed in a house fire in Arcadia was identified as Cheng Ming Dai of San Gabriel. A 16-year-old remains in critical condition and may be arrested and charged with arson. The house was located at 130 West Longden Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29561
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2005
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2005
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Fires
Arson
Dai, Cheng Ming ("Edward")
Item ID
29745AN
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Newspaper Index
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48th Annual Arcadia Festival of Bands will be held Saturday, November 17. The event, which showcases the finest high school instrumental music talent in Southern California, has been a proud tradition in Arcadia since 1953. Dennis Davies, who recently retired after serving 39 years as a music director in Arcadia Unified School District, has been named Grand Marshal.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33401
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 15, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 25
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 15, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 25
Subjects
Arcadia Festival of Bands
Davies, Dennis
Item ID
33597AN
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After teaching music in the Arcadia Unified School District for 39 years, Dennis Davies retires.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21226
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2001
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2001
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Davies, Dennis
Item ID
21453AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Alpha Auxiliary of the Methodist Hospital Foundation named Dennis Lee, President of the hospital, as recipient of the Order of Merit Award.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30251
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2002
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Awards - honors - recognitions
Lee, Dennis
Methodist Hospital Foundation
Item ID
30438AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia and Monrovia will be split into two assembly districts in the redistricting plan signed by Governor Gray Davis last week. Under the new plan, the 59th District, currently represented by Assemblyman Dennis Mountjoy, will move 84% of Arcadia and 40% of Monrovia to Assemblywoman Carol Liu's 44th District. The new plan is still being challenged in court. Senate district boundaries were also modified but did not affect Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30095
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Liu, Carol (Assemblywoman)
Mountjoy, Dennis (Assemblyman)
Assembly districts
Politics
Redistricting
Item ID
30282AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Lions Club members and Arcadia firefighters hold a head shaving benefit at Matt Denny's restaurant in Arcadia for 3 year old Samantha Gangloff, who has acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33465
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 21
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 21
Subjects
Arcadia Lions
Carter, George
Cerwin, Cody
Charities
Fundraisers
Gangloff, Samantha
Gattas, Bob
Giors, Fran
Giors, Loretta
Giors, Richard
Keegan, Dennis
Marston, Ken
Matt Denny's Restaurant
Organizations
Seastrom, Mark
St. Baldrick's
Stogner, Craig
Item ID
33660AN
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Arcadia offers two $20,000 rewards. The police are seeking information on the homicide, hit-and-run of Fuzhi Ji and his grandson Vincent Ji and on the stabbing death of Charlotte Cole.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Automobile accidents
City Council
Cole, Charlotte
Crime and Criminals
Hit and run
Ji, Fuzhi
Ji, Vincent
Item ID
24499AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Department confirms that James Allen Beck was a former police officer with the City of Arcadia. He is a suspect named as responsible in the death of Deputy Jake Kuredjian of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30088
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Beck, James Allen
Kuredjian, Jake
Shootings
Item ID
30275AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police officers honor Albert Matthies, the city's only police officer killed in the line of duty, with a ceremony and a plaque, 80 years after his death. The plaque is on the 1000 block of North View Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30633
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia police officers
Awards - honors - recognitions
Matthies, Albert Edward
Plaques
Remembrances
Item ID
30821AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police shot a mountain lion, or cougar, at 8 PM in the backyard of a home in the 2200 block of Canyon Road. The mountain lion had just mauled a dog to death and was charging at police when police shot the cat with an assault weapon.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31281
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Big cats
Cougars
Mountain Lions
Wild animals
Item ID
31476AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Public Library garden dedicated to the memory of Jesse Vanlandingham, known to many as Van. He was instrumental in founding the Arcadia Public Library Foundation and served as its president since its inception in 1995, until his death in 2000. The Vandlandingham Memorial Garden was designed by landscape architect Bob Ericksson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33404
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 22, 2001
Pages
p. 21
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 22, 2001
Pages
p. 21
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library Foundation
Vandlandingham Memorial Garden
Item ID
33600AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Weekly columnists: Dennis Mountjoy writes commentary, p. 3; Pat Ostrye writes the "Around Town" social page, p. 27.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 25, 2003
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 25, 2003
Subjects
Mountjoy, Dennis
Ostrye, Pat
Item ID
31981AN
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Assemblyman Dennis Mountjoy of Arcadia was among state lawmakers who did not support Assembly Bill 60 which would have allowed undocumented immigrants to get a drivers license. Governor Davis vetoed the bill.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24597
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 2, 2002
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 2, 2002
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Mountjoy, Dennis
Assembly Bill 60
Drivers License
Item ID
24788AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Authorities reveal that Charlotte Cole, found dead in her van on Sept. 1, was stabbed to death.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21645
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime & criminals
Cole, Charlotte
Item ID
21866AN
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Newspaper Index
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A black-tie centennial ball was held in Ayres Hall at Los Angeles County Arboretum, with a Greek theme. Dinner was catered by The Derby Restaurant. Pictured at Pamela Blackwood (Chairman of the Centennial Ball committee, George Fasching, Susan Guirguis, Mayor Gary Kovacic, Gail Marshall, Mickey Segal, John Wuo, Bob Margett, Jim Helms, Floretta Lauber, Robert Harbicht, Edward Butterworth and Charles Gilb.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32730
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 25, 2003
Pages
p. 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 25, 2003
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Arcadia centennial--2003
Blackwood, Pamela
Butterworth, Edward
Fasching, George
Gilb, Charles
Guirguis, Susan
Harbicht, Robert
Helms, Jim
Kovacic, Gary
Lauber, Floretta
Margett, Bob
Marshall, Gail
Segal, Mickey
Wuo, John
Item ID
32927AN
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Burglars stole computers, cash, and Viagra from a medical building at 612 Duarte Road on the night that Arcadia Police were occupied at the stand-off at Richard and Carmen Russo's house that ended in Carmen Russo's death.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29675
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 3, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 3, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Thefts
Burglaries
Item ID
29860AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The California Highway Patrol freeway pursuit of suspected drunk driver Alexander Contreras led to the death of an innocent bystander, Michael Kim, 20, of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30783
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2007
Pages
p. News 1, 17
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2007
Pages
p. News 1, 17
Subjects
Contreras, Alexander
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Drunk drivers
Kim, Michael
Police chases
Item ID
30971AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Candace Probst is shown in a photo at St. Baldricks event after having head shaved at Matt Denny's Ale House Restaurant in Arcadia to show support for childhood cancer victims. Carlos Mendez of Arcadia is also shown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25299
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 12, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 12, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
St. Baldricks
Matt Denny's Ale House
Cancer
Mendez, Carlos
Probst, Candace
Item ID
25497AN
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Newspaper Index
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Ching Chi Huang of Arcadia was arrested in Alhambra while standing next to two people he allegedly shot to death.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26330
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2003
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2003
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Shooting
Murder
Huang, Ching Chi
Item ID
26530AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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