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Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Bruce Matthews was honored at Arcadia High School in a benefit for the Special Olympics. He is a hometown legend, having graduated from Arcadia High School in 1979.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30634
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 21, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 21, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
Subjects
Athletes
Awards - honors - recognitions
Football
Matthews, Bruce -- biography
NFL Hall of Fame
Sports
Item ID
30822AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Matthews pro football family has roots in Arcadia. Howard Lynn Matthews' sons Clay Matthews Sr. had two songs Clay Jr. and Bruce Matthews. Bruce played for Arcadia High School. Clay Jr and Bruce both have two songs who played in the NFL.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34993
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 19, 2017
Pages
p. 22
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 19, 2017
Pages
p. 22
Subjects
Matthews, Bruce
Matthews, Clay
National Football League (NFL)
Professional sports
Item ID
35183AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Former Arcadia High School football star Bruce Matthews ends his NFL career after 19 seasons.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24032
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 13, 2002
Pages
p. C1
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 13, 2002
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Matthews, Bruce
Item ID
24227AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident Bob Wieland, 62, lost both legs in the Vietnam War, but that didn't stop him from majoring in physical education at California State University Los Angeles. He has walked on his hands and biked across the United States, competed in 6 marathons, completed a triathlon, and set world weight-lifting records. He will be inducted into the California Powerlifting Hall of Fame today.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30962
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2008
Pages
p. News 3
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2008
Pages
p. News 3
Subjects
Athletes
Awards - honors - recognitions
Wieland, Bob
Veterans
Item ID
31157AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia All Pro Athletic Club has been saved by new owners Bruce and Lily Sikora and Larry and Peggy Lachner.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27702
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 21, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 21, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia All Pro Athletic Club
Lachner, Larry
Lachner, Peggy
Sikora, Bruce
Sikora, Lily
Item ID
27899AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Alan J. Fisher, M.D., has been elected as the 2007 chief of staff at Methodist Hospital of Southern California.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30332
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2006
Pages
p. Local 2
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2006
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Fisher, Alan J., M.D.
Item ID
30518AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School student Asha Jayasinghe is known for her astonishing speed. She won the National Jesse Owens Championship in the 400 meters and was inducted into the Jesse Owens Hall of Fame as a junior athlete. She is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper53
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26, 1992
Pages
p. A-8 photo
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26, 1992
Pages
p. A-8 photo
Subjects
Jayasinghe, Asha
Item ID
53AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Tatsuhiko Sakamoto, 37 of Arcadia, was charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, felony drunken driving and driving with a blood-alcohol level above .08. He allegedly drove onto a closed freeway in Baldwin Park while drunk and killed a 21-year-old road worker named Connor McDermott Penhall. Penhall is son of hall of fame motorcycle racer and actor Bruce Penhall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32914
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2012
Pages
p. A6
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2012
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Drunk drivers
Penhall, Connor McDermott
Sakamoto, Tatsukiho or Sakamoto, Tatsuhiko
Item ID
33111AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park will honor Hall of Fame jockey Laffit Pincay, Jr.'s 50th birthday on Sunday January 5, 1997. He is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8126
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
December 26, 1996
Pages
p. 9-A
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
December 26, 1996
Pages
p. 9-A
Subjects
Santa Anita Park, 1991-2000
Item ID
8081AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Bruce Sikora, part owner of Arcadia All-Pro Athletic Club, hopes that his nephew Marine Lance Corporal Donald John Cline will return safely from Iraq. Cline has been missing in action since March 23. A photo of Sikora and family is included .

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31207
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Business owners
Cline, Donald John
Iraq War
Marines
Sikora, Bruce
Soldiers
Item ID
31402AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City of Arcadia Concert and Movies. Concert in the Park at Arcadia City Hall featuers Upstream, a band playing reggae, Soca and other Caribbean music on August 4. Movie is "Luca." August 4 is the 119th birthday of Arcadia and National Night Out.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36290
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Concerts
Movies
Musicians
Upstream (musical group)
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Jockey Victor Espinoza, pictured at Santa Anita Park, was honored at Edwin Janss Gregson Foundation's annual dinner. He is a Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Triple Crown jockey.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35594
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 19, 2019
Pages
p. A3

As median home prices dip throughout Southern California, many local homes are being foreclosed. In 2007, there were 215 foreclosure filings in Arcadia. See chart for figures on surrounding areas.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30943
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Foreclosures
Houses
Housing market
Item ID
31138AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park Opening Day this season was December 28, 2019. Mike Smith, Hall of Fame jockey, rode 4 stakes winners, including Omaha Beach for Grade 1 record. The attendance was 35,085.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35620
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2019
Pages
p. B1
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2019
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Smith, Mike
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City of Arcadia employee Maria Ringo won a Ranger boat and took home $10,000 in a Tennessee bass tournament.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26743
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2003
Pages
p. C4
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2003
Pages
p. C4
Subjects
Ringo, Mario
Fishing
Item ID
26945AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31025
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice

Race horse Apollicee, a 4-year-old California-bred son of Apollo, is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame and occupying the same stall that famous race horse Seabiscuit did back in the 1930s.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32719
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 16
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Item ID
32916AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Thomson, Jan. 10.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18341
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 25, 1962
Pages
p. 15
Announcement Type
Birth
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 25, 1962
Pages
p. 15
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Thomson, Robert Bruce
Item ID
18587AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Calvin Johnson, Mar. 18.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22888
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 4, 1971
Pages
p. 12
Announcement Type
Birth
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 4, 1971
Pages
p. 12
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Johnson, Bruce Calvin, Jr.
Item ID
23096AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Ready to rumble. Two of the nation's best 4-year-olds, California Chrome and Shared Belief, will squre off at Santa Anita Park tomorrow. Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith will ride Shared Belief. The two horses finished third and fourth in last fall's Breeder's Cup Classic. So this rematch is highly anticipated in tomorrow's San Antonio Stakes. See also Pasadena Star News, p. B1, B6, February 6, 2015.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34088
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A8
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Smith, Mike
Item ID
34282AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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