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The race horse "Return of the King" with jockey Martin Pedroza, won a race at Santa Anita Park. The horse belonged to the Ortega family, some of whom were killed by Bruce Pardo in a Christmas Eve massacre in Covina.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31355
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 9, 2009
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 9, 2009
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p. A1
Subjects
Christmas Eve Massacre - December 24, 2008
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
Ortega, Charles
Ortega, James
Ortega, Joseph
Pardo, Bruce
Pedroza, Martin
Race horse owners
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31550AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Horse racing community feels the loss of James Ortega, Joseph Ortega, and Charles Ortega, 3 of the 9 victims killed by Bruce Pardo, a disgruntled former in-law who crashed a Christmas Eve party in Covina, dressed at Santa Claus. James, Joseph and Charles Ortega all owned race horses and loved the sport.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31352
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2009
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Christmas Eve Massacre - December 24, 2008
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Pardo, Bruce
Ortega, Charles
Ortega, James
Ortega, Joseph
Race horse owners
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31547AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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7-year-old Maria Lugo Rocha of Sinaloa, Mexico, is recovering after a surgery to remove a bone tumor from her chin, performed last week at Arcadia Methodist Hospital. LIGA International, a non-profit group of medical experts, pilots and volunteers, helped to bring the girl to Arcadia to have the surgery.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30999
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 9, 2008
Pages
p. News 4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 9, 2008
Pages
p. News 4
Subjects
LIGA International
Non-profit organizations
Rocha, Maria Lugo
Surgeries
Item ID
31194AN
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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
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Celebrities
Entertainers
Famous people
Hamblen, Veeva Ellen Daniels "Suzy" (1907-2008) - biography
Hamblen, Stuart
Singers
Songwriters
Item ID
31220AN
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Newspaper Index
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Public employees' retirement and pensions are costing cities up to 25% of the city budget. In March, CalPERS announced its stock portfolio had lost 39.8%. Costs for retirees are ballooning and El Monte and West Covina budgets have been hit hard from the recession. Arcadia, which had the fourth highest pension costs of the 24 cities surveyed, spent $6.7 million last year for its 357 current employees and retirees. The city's general fund budget is $46 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31472
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
City budgets
Pensions
Recession
Retirement benefits
Item ID
31665AN
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Newspaper Index
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Marco Antonio Irigoyen of West Covina has been sentenced to seven years in state prison for lewd conduct with a minor. He was a fourth grade teacher at Rio Hondo Elementary School in Arcadia. He pleaded no contest.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30597
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Irigoyen, Marco Antonio
Lewd conduct
Rio Hondo Elementary School
Item ID
30785AN
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Newspaper Index
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Profile and biography of jockey George Woolf, also known as Iceman. Woolf rode race horse Seabiscuit to fame in 1938. He died in 1946. There is a statue in his memory at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33305
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Jockeys
Statuary
Woolf, George
Item ID
33501AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29584
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 12, 2005
Pages
p. A4
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Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 12, 2005
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Heydon, Kathleen
Ortiz, Robert F.
Item ID
29768AN
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Newspaper Index
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Story of funeral service for slain grocery store owner Adel Karas.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21710
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Karas, Adel
Item ID
21928AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29897
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 3, 2006
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 3, 2006
Pages
p. A4
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Feland, Rose F.
Kneier, Dorris Alicia
Preston, Evelyn
Wilson, Patricia F.
Item ID
30083AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police answered a domestic disturbance call in the 1100 block of Duarte Rd. and found a dead body in an apartment.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21917
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2001
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2001
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime
Item ID
22134AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31134
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 19, 2008
Pages
p. A4
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Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 19, 2008
Pages
p. A4
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Wallace, Susannah (1927-2008)
Item ID
31328AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31229
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 26, 2008
Pages
p. A8
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 26, 2008
Pages
p. A8
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Nelson, Margaret (1916-2008)
Item ID
31424AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31230
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2008
Pages
p. A4
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Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Nelson, Margaret (1916-2008)
Item ID
31425AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31231
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2008
Pages
p. A8
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2008
Pages
p. A8
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Nelson, Margaret (1916-2008)
Item ID
31426AN
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Johnny Longden, the Hall of Fame jockey who rode Count Fleet to the Triple Crown in 1943 and was the first rider to win 6000 races, died on Feb. 14. Services will be held on February 24 at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25131
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2003. (See hard copy in vertical file Santa Anita Park-People)
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2003. (See hard copy in vertical file Santa Anita Park-People)
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Longden, Johnny
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Item ID
25326AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25963
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 26, 2003
Pages
p. A6
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 26, 2003
Pages
p. A6
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Lehmann, Deborah Ann
Rocha, Jocunda C.
Wehrly, L. Fred
Item ID
26164AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City of Arcadia budget for the 2008-2009 fiscal year projects a positive balance of $236,892 but includes several spending cuts and revenue enhancements. The list of spending cuts includes freezing 6 police officer positions, shifting some signal maintenance, delaying city communications upgrades and eliminating a coyote management program. The list of revenue enhancements includes a $2 Internet use fee for library guests, among other things.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31100
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia city budget (2008-2009)
Item ID
31295AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31266
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 2008
Pages
p. A16
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Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 2008
Pages
p. A16
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Petroff, Alexander Paul (1956-2008)
Item ID
31461AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31321
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
O'Connor, Ethel Fitzgerald (1909-2008)
Item ID
31516AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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