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A middle-aged man tried to kidnap a 5-year-old school girl from the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita mall on November 26. His composite sketch is shown and is described as an Asian male in his 50s, 5'8" with gray hair and a bald spot. Police are calling it an isolated incident but parents should be vigilant.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31315
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A14
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A14
Subjects
Abduction
Crime and Criminals
Kidnapping
Malls
Item ID
31510AN
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Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31011
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 23, 2008
Pages
p. News 2
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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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Paddock guard John Shear, a hero who was injured saving a girl from a runaway horse, has returned to work at Santa Anita Park. He turns 91 years old next month. He is a 5 foot tall, 110 pound Sierra Madre resident and sustained a fractured pelvis, internal bleeding and other injuries when he had a head-on collision with horse "Sea and Sage" on March 12, 2011.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32700
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Heroes
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020--employees
Shear, John
Item ID
32897AN
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Male suspect (in sketch) sought for harassing children, with bear hugs and pelvic thrusts, near Dana Middle School and Arcadia High School. He is described as Asian, chubby, between 16 and 20 years old, and 5-foot-seven inches tall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34287
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 3, 2015
Pages
p. 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 3, 2015
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Sexual assaults
Item ID
34481AN
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A suspect, described as a Chinese woman in her mid-50s, 5 feet tall and 100 pounds, may have attempted to kidnap a 7-year old girl from Holly Avenue Elementary School. She was unsuccessful and may have mental health issues.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30398
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Kidnap
Item ID
30585AN
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Owners of the 27-year old Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita have submitted an expansion proposal to City Council.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper20452
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2001
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2001
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Item ID
20684AN
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In the last four days before Christmas, the member of shoppers is expected to increase between 3 and 5% at Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27207
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 22, 2003
Pages
p. A13
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 22, 2003
Pages
p. A13
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Item ID
27405AN
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Arcadia man Larry Roger Beck, 66 years old, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for killing his girlfriend's toddler son in Louisville, Kentucky 43 years ago. He admitted to shaking the 20-month old Michael Sanders, which was a factor that caused the child's death.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34351
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2015
Pages
p. A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2015
Pages
p. A9
Subjects
Beck, Larry Roger
Crimes and criminals
Manslaughter
Item ID
34544AN
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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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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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Newspaper Index
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A man and a 2-year old girl were placed on life support following a near-drowning incident at private residences in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25861
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Drowning
Item ID
26061AN
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Newspaper Index
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Suspect Steven Phong was arrested in an alleged check scam where he passed a phony or stolen $800 business check to purchase a mall gift card at Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27812
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2004
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2004
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Phong, Steve
Westfield Santa Anita
Item ID
28009AN
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Rick Caruso writes to the editor in response to the article "Arcadia braces for possible mall wars at Santa Anita." He says it will not be a war but an integrated project that should benefit his property and Westfield Shoppingtown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29499
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 20, 2005
Pages
p. A14
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 20, 2005
Pages
p. A14
Subjects
Santa Anita Park race track - parking lot - development
Caruso, Rick
Letters to the editor
Malls
Caruso Affiliated
Item ID
29683AN
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Newspaper Index
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Rouben A. Yardemian owns a retail store at Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita. He writes in response to Rick Caruso's letter that there will not be "mall wars." Yardemian believes Arcadia is not big enough for two malls.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29519
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 16, 2005
Pages
p. A14
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 16, 2005
Pages
p. A14
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated Holdings
Letters to editor
Malls
Mall war
Westfield Santa Anita
Yardemian, Rouben A.
Item ID
29703AN
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An 81-year-old West Covina man, Hao Liang, was struck and killed by a car when he was walking across Santa Anita Avenue, south of Duarte Road, last Wednesday, December 18, approximately 5:36 PM, at La Sierra Drive. The driver was a 36-year-old Monterey Park woman.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33710
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2013
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2013
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Deaths
Liang, Hao
Item ID
33906AN
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The expansion plan for Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita raises traffic concerns with City Council members. Kenneth Wong, president of Westfield America maintains composure as he answers. The proposed expansion is called The Promenade, an outdoor 100,000 square feet area that would be between Nordstrom and Macys.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30458
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
City Council Meetings - 2001-2010
Malls
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita - expansion
Item ID
30645AN
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Newspaper Index
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City staff projects a $3.5 million deficit in the 2010-2011 fiscal year, due in large part to rising retirement costs. City Manager Bill Kelly told City Council that even with the Caruso mall, expansion at Westfield Shoppingtown and at Rusnak auto dealership, the city still faces a budget shortfall in about 5 years. He suggested a library assessment district as a potential revenue source.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29796
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2005
Pages
p. A4, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2005
Pages
p. A4, A6
Subjects
Arcadia City Municipal Budget - projections
Item ID
29981AN
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John Shear (pictured), a 5-foot, 110-pound, 90-year-old paddock supervisor at Santa Anita Park, nearly lost his life when he threw himself in the path of a runaway horse on March 12 to protect a little girl he didn't know. He has worked seasonally for Santa Anita Park for nearly 50 years. He sustained a fractured pelvis and other injuries but is recuperating at home now. He is a hero.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32386
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020--employees
Shear, John
Item ID
32584AN
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Westfield Shoppingtown has hired one of the largest law firms in Los Angeles--Latham and Watkins, to slow developer Rick Caruso's proposal to build a mall on he grounds of the adjacent Santa Anita Park race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29515
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 12, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 12, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Law firms - Latham and Watkins
Malls
Westfield Group
Caruso, Rick
Caruso Affiliated
Developments
Item ID
29699AN
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Newspaper Index
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10 year-old Arcadia resident Eddie Drain, who lost his hair after chemotherapy treatments, got a boost from his baseball league teammates when they got together and shaved their own heads.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22921
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Drain, Eddie
Item ID
23129AN
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Newspaper Index
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A profile on the Westfield Group that owns Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita and other malls in the San Gabriel Valley.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24885
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2003
Pages
p. C3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2003
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Westfield Group
Item ID
25081AN
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Newspaper Index
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