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The Book Rack, a bookstore that has served Arcadia for 40 years, is closing. The owner Karen is retiring. Doors close permanently on February 23, 2024. The store's address is 204 South First Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91006.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36638
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
February 24, 2024
Pages
p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
February 24, 2024
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
The Book Rack
Bookstores
Small business
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Newspaper Index
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Fans commiserate in closing of their beloved bookstore. 78-year-old Karen Kropp, owner of The Book Rack, a bookstore in Arcadia, has closed the store on First Avenue, after taking over the reins 18 years ago. Declining sales worseneed by the pandemic, as well as her upcoming 80th birthday, precipitated the closure. The store's address was 204 South First Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91006.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 29, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 29, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
The Book Rack
Bookstores
Kropp, Karen
Small business
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Bookstore fights to survive in middle of global pandemic. Karen Kropp, owner of The Book Rack in Arcadia, says she'll weather the pandemic storm for the love of reading. Kropp took over the business 17 years ago from original owner Pat Carlson, who started the business 35 years ago.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35769
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 13, 2020
Pages
p. 1, 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 13, 2020
Pages
p. 1, 4
Subjects
The Book Rack
Bookstores
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Pandemics
Small business
Viruses
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Newspaper Index
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Pasadena's Lighthouse Christian Store on Lake Avenue closed its business earlier this month, due to tough competition from bookstores like Amazon and big box stores like Costco, Sam's Club and Target. Lighthouse still has locations in Long Beach and Orange, but their stores in Glendale and Arcadia both closed in recent years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31767
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Bookstores
Business and Industry
Christian supplies
Item ID
31964AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Flowers and Gifts on Duarte Road is gearing up for the annual rush of flowers for Valentine's Day.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27570
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2004
Pages
p. B3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2004
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Arcadia Flowers and Gifts
Business and Industry
Item ID
27768AN
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Newspaper Index
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A retail store specializing in motorized scooters opened June 3 at 411 E. Huntington Drive, in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper23810
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 21, 2002
Pages
p. B3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 21, 2002
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Awesome - Scooters & More
Business and Industry
Item ID
24014AN
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Rusnak Mercedes-Benz has moved from Pasadena to the old Foulger Ford property at 55 W. Huntington Drive in Arcadia. A photo shows city officials and top business people at the ribbon cutting on the site.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2002
Pages
p. 21
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2002
Pages
p. 21
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Business and Industry
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Item ID
30877AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Mayor Gail Marshall officially welcomed the opening of the offices in Arcadia for Special Olympics of Southern California.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24973
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 24, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 24, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Special Olympics
Business & Industry
Organizations
Item ID
25170AN
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Arcadia Mayor Gail Marshall wants the city and local merchants to look into providing more parking on First Avenue in the downtown business area.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 1, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 1, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Downtown Business District
First Avenue
Parking
Item ID
30692AN
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Safeway Inc.'s profit slid 4% in the second quarter as the nation's number 3 supermarket chain continued to battle lingering effects from last winter's polarizing labor strikes.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2004
Pages
p. B5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2004
Pages
p. B5
Subjects
Business and Industry
Supermarkets
Strikes --Labor disputes
Safeway Inc. --Vons/Pavilions
Financial profits
Item ID
29049AN
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Dr. Stephen Liu, CEO and chairman of the board of Tomato Bank, is shown in photo. Tomato Bank is opening a branch in Arcadia at 1317 S. Baldwin Avenue with a grand opening celebration on Saturday.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 31, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 31, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
Subjects
Banks
Business and Industry
Liu, Stephen
Tomato Bank
Item ID
30750AN
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Rusnak Automotive Group is considering moving to Arcadia on the old Foulger Ford site at Huntington, Santa Clara and Santa Anita.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27713
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 19, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 19, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Business and Industry
Rusnak Automotive Group
Item ID
27910AN
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Arcadia's Hyper Coffee boasts tastes from the Far East. It is located at 203 S. First Avenue and is owned and managed by Matt Vantuch.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33207
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
October 16, 2003
Pages
p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
October 16, 2003
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Hyper Coffee
Small business
Vantuch, Matt
Item ID
33404AN
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Old Town Monrovia's Underdog Bookstore--an LGBTQ-owned book shop uplifting diverse authors and local presses--fights intolerance with inventory. Bookseller Muse Lee was confronted by a customer, a woman who felt "oppressed as a white person" and voiced objections that included racism and homophobia. Emily Lindley-Rodriguez, who works in Arcadia, is saddened to hear of the hate experienced at Underdog.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2024
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2024
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Lee, Muse
Underdog Bookstore
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Arcadia's largest individual sales tax producer, Rusnak Mercedes Benz, announced it wants to move out of Arcadia. It would mean an estimated loss of $800,000 to the City. Having faced expansion roadblocks, Rusnak says the City hasn't been able to deliver the acreage and properties as promised. The announcement came as a shock to City Manager Bill Kelly who knew nothing about it.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30565
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 7, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 7, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Business and Industry
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Item ID
30753AN
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Arcadia police arrested Jaime Elvis Elizondo, 33, a sex offender from San Gabriel, on suspicion of attacking a 5-year-old girl at Borders bookstore at the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita mall.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 23, 2008
Pages
p. News 2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 23, 2008
Pages
p. News 2
Subjects
Borders bookstore
Crime and Criminals
Elizondo, Jaime Elvis
Sex crimes
Sex offenders
Item ID
31206AN
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A state law scheduled to take effect in September is expected to set standards in the massage industry. Arcadia City Manager Don Penman commented that the new law may not stop people who want to commit a crime and do illegal acts. In the last few months of 2008, Arcadia shut down seven massage busineses for illegal activities.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31588
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Massage
Item ID
31784AN
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Friends of the Arcadia Public Library Bookstore will feature a non-fictioin selection of more than 3500 donated books from a local estate.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2002
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2002
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Friends of the Arcadia Public Library
Item ID
24968AN
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LA County moves to yellow tier as rate of new COVID cases falls again. Los Angeles County has officially qualified for a move to the least-restrictive yellow tier of the state economic-reopening blueprint, meaning capacity limits will be increased at many businesses and bars will be permitted to reopen indoors. Weekly statistics released by the state Tuesday showed the county's rate of daily new COVID-19 infections had fallen to 1.6 per 100,000 residents, down from 1.9 last week. Reaching the yellow tier of the state's Blueprint for a Safer Economy requires a county to have a new-case rate less than 2 per 100,000 residents, and maintain that level for two consecutive weeks.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35965
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 6, 2021
Pages
p. 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 6, 2021
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Business and Industry
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Economy
Los Angeles County
Pandemics
Public Health
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Goldstein's Bagel Bakery will shut down on March 31 after nearly 16 years in Old Town Pasadena. Goldstein's has two other locations on Verdugo Road in La Canada Flintridge and Santa Anita Avenue in Arcadia that will remain open.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29447
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2005
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2005
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Goldstein's Bagel Bakery
Goldstein, Michael
Goldstein, Bridget
Business and Industry
Bakeries
Item ID
29632AN
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Newspaper Index
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