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British food giant Tesco is going to open Fresh and Easy Neighborhood Markets in West Covina and Arcadia on November 8, 2007. Fresh and Easy stores are relatively small and lean heavily on fresh food offerings, including prepared meals and sushi.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30755
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
Subjects
Business and Industry
Food stores
Fresh and Easy Neighborhood Market
Markets
Tesco
Item ID
30943AN
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Newspaper Index
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British retail giant Tesco considers selling its struggling U.S. grocery market Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market. The El Segundo-based chain is losing money and Tesco has hired investment bank Greenhill to review options. Fresh & Easy has 200 stores in California, Nevada, and Arizona. There is a store in Arcadia (on Foothill Boulevard).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33264
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 6, 2012
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 6, 2012
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market
Grocery Stores
Tesco
Item ID
33461AN
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Newspaper Index
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Labor officials conducted surprise sweeps Wednesday and Thursday at four California tracks, including Santa Anita Park, looking for violations of overtime and minimum wage laws amongst the backstretch workers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper19262
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 16, 2000
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 16, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
19504AN
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Newspaper Index
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A large demonstration was held at the Vons division headquarters on Michillinda Avenue in an effort by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union to get the corporation to settle the labor dispute that has lasted for more than three months.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27388
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Demonstrations
Strikes
Vons
Item ID
27587AN
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Newspaper Index
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Food company executives Feng Wu Lam, who owns South El Monte based Golden Food, Inc. and her husband Wei Wen Wu, the company's manager, face insurance fraud, wage theft charges. They are accused of underreporting their payroll to workers' compensation insurance carriers by about $4.5 million between 2015 and 2019. They are both Arcadia residents.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36163
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 29, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 29, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Insurance fraud
Lam, Feng Wu
Wage theft
Workers' compensation insurance
Wu, Wei Wen
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Newspaper Index
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"Fatmobile" continuing to roll with its mission. Los Angeles burger chain Fatburger served up dozens of meals for healthcare workers at Arcadia Methodist Hospital on Tuesday. The Fatmobile food truck has served 25,000 meals for frontline workers for its "Healthcare Heroes Initiative."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35788
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 2020
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 2020
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Fan, Ashley
Fatburger
Hamburgers
Wiederhorn, Andy (CEO of Fat Brands)
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Newspaper Index
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Safeway, Inc., the parent company of The Vons Companies, Inc., announced layoffs which will include 28 workers at the Vons Pavilions headquarters in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25638
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2003
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2003
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Vons Companies Inc.
Item ID
25838AN
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Newspaper Index
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State officials have shut down 5 Arcadia massage parlors and fined one business $1.83 million for alleged labor code violations. Inspectors discovered that employees were not being paid hourly wages but got paid every time a massage was given. New Life Acupuncture at 610 E. Live Oak was fined $1.83 million for allegedly violating laws requiring employers to provide pay stubs and workers' compensation insurance. The four other locations fined were Ocean Health Center, C.H. Health Center, Arcadia Spa, and Best Health Center. The fines and closures continued a crackdown on massage-related businesses in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31354
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
California Department of Industrial Relations
California Employment Development Department (EDD)
Labor laws
Massage parlors
New Life Acupuncture
Item ID
31549AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District's vehicle policy is coming under fire after a city owned car was totaled in a crash while being used for a personal vacation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22783
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Auto accidents
Item ID
22992AN
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Newspaper Index
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Jonathan Robert Poyner, 20, of Glendora, a part-time employee at Rio Hondo Prep School in Arcadia, is accused of lewd acts on a child under 14 and two counts of attempted molestation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29824
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Child molestation
Crime and Criminals
Lewd conduct
Poyner, Jonathan Robert
Rio Hondo Prep School
Item ID
30009AN
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Newspaper Index
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California's minimum wage increase is going to force some restaurants to hike food prices, cut back on employee hours and reduce advertising. McGrath's Fish House in Arcadia may be forced to reduce employee hours. The minimum wage is now $7.50 per hour. Another 50 cent increase goes into effect January 1, 2008.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30358
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
Subjects
Business and Industry
Minimum wage
Restaurants
Item ID
30545AN
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Newspaper Index
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After 18 years during which she rose from part-time secretary to president, Jana Costuma will leave the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce by the end of June.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper12145
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 1998
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 1998
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Chamber of Commerce
Costuma, Jana
Item ID
12341AN
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Newspaper Index
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After 18 years during which she rose from part-time secretary to president, Jana Costuma will leave the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce by the end of June.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper12294
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 1998
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 1998
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Subjects
Chamber of Commerce
Costuma, Jana
Item ID
12506AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park workers who live in the backstretch may face eviction. The workers' rooms may not meet codes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18822
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 8, 2000
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 8, 2000
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
19066AN
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Newspaper Index
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Food a big draw at 626 Night Market, the Asian-inspired festival at Santa Anita Park. It is in its fourth season of food, entertainment, art and shopping.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34252
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 4, 2015
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 4, 2015
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Food festivals
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
626 Night Market
Item ID
34446AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park is looking to renovate the Chandelier Room, which is part of Turf Club. It would be gutted and turned into a "night club." The Chandelier Room has been around since the race track opened on Christmas Day, 1934 (probably not true, according to Sandy Snider). Its giant chandeliers were imported from Versailles in France.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33479
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 12, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 12, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--Turf Club
Item ID
33674AN
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Newspaper Index
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Ex-supervisor convicted of raping mall workers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35411
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A11
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A11
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Cervantes, Diego Briones
Crime and Criminals
Interstate Cleaning Corporation
Sexual assaults
Item ID
35603AN
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Newspaper Index
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Flames continue north to homes. Residents evacuate as Bobcat Fire jumps Highway 2, tops mountain ridge, menaces Antelope Valley. The 50,539-acre fire which once primarily threatened San Gabriel Valley foothill communities after it started on September 6, jumped Highway 2 overnight and continues to spread north, putting Antelope Valley under an evacuation warning. Evacuation warnings were still in place for parts of Monrovia, Arcadia, Duarte, Bradbury, Sierra Madre, Pasadena, and Altadena, though evacuation orders in parts of Sierra Madre and Arcadia were lifted Wednesday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35806
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
San Gabriel Mountains
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Newspaper Index
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Workers use earth-moving equipment to shore up Chantry Flat Road, which has been closed for over a year due to mudslides. The road may re-open at the end of September.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29578
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Chantry Flat
Santa Anita Canyon Road
Road repairs
Angeles National Forest
Item ID
29762AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park race track gets into the holiday spirit. The park’s inaugural Winterfest, which launched over the weekend, continues through December 23. The park has transformed into a winter wonderland, giving people the chance to ice skate beneath towering pine trees and dance in snowfall amid 70-degree temperatures. Other activities include holiday movies, a giant snow globe photo booth, a petting zoo, food, shopping, an obstacle course and other rides.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35336
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 27, 2018
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 27, 2018
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Christmas
Holidays
Winter
Item ID
35526AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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