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More than $1.2 million was bet across the state in the first 11 days that computer and telephone betting was approved in this state. It is known as account wagering. There is no way of telling yet if this is affecting attendance and live betting at Santa Anita Park. Two providers of online betting, XpressBet and TV Games, where approved by the California Horse Racing Board. Xpress Bet is owned by Magna Corp., which owns Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33441
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Gambling
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2001-2010
Item ID
33637AN
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Small Businesses Adapt to Economic Uncertainty in Arcadia. The COVID-19 outbreak has frozen one of the world’s most powerful economies and suspended the fate of many business owners worldwide. During these uncertain times, many small businesses are searching for any method or reason to stay open, and in Arcadia, some have gone to great lengths to do so.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35710
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 7, 2020
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p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 7, 2020
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
California Pizza Kitchen
Cheesecake Factory
Coronavirus-COVID-19
GoKi Cafe
Pandemics
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Rod's Grill
Romero, Manny
Small business
Sushi Kiyosuzu
Vendome
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Magna Entertainment Corporation, owners of Santa Anita Park race track, is bidding to purchase the September race dates at the Los Angeles County Fair for September 13-29. The Breeders Cup will be returning to Santa Anita Park next October after a gap of ten years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30231
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Breeders Cup
Horse racing
Los Angeles County Fair
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
30418AN
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Newspaper Index
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City councils from Arcadia and Sierra Madre met in a joint session to discuss federal lobbying efforts, the Gold Line Rail project, water and open space.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30486
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 11, 2002
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p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 11, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Arcadia City Council - 2001-2010
Sierra Madre City Council
Item ID
30673AN
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Floretta K. Lauber Museum Education Center (MEC) dedicated in Arcadia in her name, upon the 1 year anniversary of her death. Lauber died August 1, 2016 and the MEC broke ground September 29, 2013. She was Arcadia's first woman to serve as mayor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34937
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 3, 2017
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p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 3, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Floretta K. Lauber Museum Education Center (MEC)
Item ID
35127AN
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Arcadia Museum Education Center (MEC) was dedicated June 28, 2014. It was a 5-year project from concept to completion. It has long been a dream of Floretta Lauber, Arcadia's first female mayor, to build the MEC to fill a void in the museum's ability to bring in guest lecturers. The Museum Foundation was the founding sponsor and donated $500,000 to the City of Arcadia towards the cost of the building.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33880
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 3, 2014
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 3, 2014
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage--Museum Education Center (MEC)
Lauber, Floretta
Wuo, John
Item ID
34074AN
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Santa Anita Park race track is remodeling its main entrance on Huntington Drive at Colorado.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30512
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Remodeling
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
30699AN
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Santa Anita Park Race Track owner Frank Stronach has met with city officials about Arcadia's concerns with the track expansion plan and future sessions will be held. The concerns centered around plans to build new barns on the north side of the property, the internal connections between the track and Westfield Shopping mall traffic and people, and architectural compatibility with the track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33285
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 11, 2001
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 11, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010--expansion
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
33482AN
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The Arcadia Board of Education has adopted a $66.87 million budget for the 2001-2002 school year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29890
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Board of Education
Budgets - 2001-2010
Schools
Item ID
30076AN
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Santa Anita Park concluded its 2002-2003 season on April 20 with a total of more than $1 billion wagered during the 85-day meet. Average daily handle was $11.8 million, representing a decrease of approximately 2% from 2002.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31429
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
p. 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31622AN
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The movie Seabiscuit concludes filming at Santa Anita Park race track this week. A photo shows Arcadia Mayor Gail Marshall, with Arlene Marshall, Ron Kourg and Carl Cobb.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30768
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 19, 2002
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 19, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Cobb, Carl
Hillenbrand, Laura
Kourg, Ron
Marshall, Arlene
Marshall, Gail
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Seabiscuit - Film
Universal Studios
Item ID
30956AN
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Newspaper Index
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Survey proposed on Arcadia Arts Center. The city and school district may collaborate on a public survey to determine public attitude toward construction of an Arts Center in Arcadia. City Manager Bill Kelly told local leaders that an arts center could cost from $5 to $15 million, whether it is an auditorium alone, or a complex, which could include an art gallery and meeting rooms.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33288
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 1, 2001
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p. 1, 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 1, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Auditoriums
Item ID
33485AN
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Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon in Washington DC, Police Chief Dave Hinig said the Arcadia Police Department has evolved and is thinking beyond local crime enforcement. Officers are thinking more regionally and are more conscious of calling the bomb squad.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31847
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department - 2001-2010
Item ID
32044AN
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Racing improprieties and cheating alleged at Santa Anita Park. "Sponging" speculations are causing an increase in security policies at Santa Anita Park. Fist-sized sponges have been allegedly placed in horses' nostrils to impede their breathing capabilities, and thus, their chances of winning.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33409
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 29, 2001
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p. 1, 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 29, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010
Item ID
33605AN
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The Arcadia City Council is considering changes to fees charged by the city through the Development Services Department. One change might be a $25 fee for new business license applications. The fees may increase for design review of new commercial projects and appeals from an architectural review board to the Planning Commission. The General plan amendment fee may drop and tentative tract maps for condos may drop. The city plans to increase fines for code violations.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31935
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
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p. 1, 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Arcadia City Council - 2001-2010
Fees
Item ID
32132AN
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The Arcadia City Council has granted an appeal to allow owners of property at 182 W. La Sierra Drive to split their parcel into two lots.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31936
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
Pages
p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Arcadia City Council - 2001-2010
Homes
Item ID
32133AN
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City Manager Bill Kelly presented a "flat line budget" to the city council. Kelly said current uncertainties in state funding will not be resolved until after the election. The city will revisit the budget at midyear.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30362
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Budgets
City Council Meetings - 2001-2010
Item ID
30549AN
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Arcadia Police Department held a "topping off" luncheon and ceremony after setting the symbolic final piece of structural steel on the new police facility. The final completion date will be mid-to-late-summer, 2003.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30613
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2002
Pages
p. 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2002
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department - 2001-2010
Construction
Item ID
30801AN
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Representatives of the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced that Santa Anita Park race track has been named to their list of the country's most endangered historic places. Efforts mount to preserve Santa Anita's architectural integrity.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27676
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 29, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 29, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Preservation
Item ID
27873AN
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The Breeders Cup returns to Santa Anita Park for the first time in 20 years, on October 25.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31845
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Breeders Cup
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
32042AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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