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A family in the 700 block of North First Avenue fought off a pair of burglars who broke into their home early Sunday morning and tried to rob them by gunpoint.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper12048
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 1998
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 1998
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
12249AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police are looking for three men who broke into a home and robbed a family at gunpoint.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29175
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30. 2004
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30. 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Armed robbery
Home-invasions
Item ID
29360AN
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Authorities identify dead woman found slain at her home in Arcadia as 76-year-old Chyong Jen Tsai. Detectives are still looking for whoever killed the Arcadia grandmother and stole a white Lexus RX300 from the home in the 300 block of East Forest Avenue. Three weeks before the killing, her home had been burglarized. Detectives are not ruling out this connection to the homicide.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35419
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2019
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p. A13
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2019
Pages
p. A13
Subjects
Biddle, Richard
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Murders
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Item ID
35611AN
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An unidentified woman was caught in a robbery attempt at a house in the 300 block of West Colorado. She fled in the homeowner's Jeep Cherokee, was chased by an Arcadia police officer and was caught in Castaic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27072
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2003
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p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2003
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Robbery
Item ID
27270AN
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Mikki Porretta of Arcadia, has recovered her stolen car, a 2008 Cadillac CTS, and the cherished family photos that were in the trunk. The car was stolen in the 1000 block of Fairview Avenue at 6PM Wednesday last week. The car was recovered at Sunset Boulevard and Valley Drive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32133
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 7, 2010
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p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 7, 2010
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Porretta, Mikki
Thefts
Item ID
32330AN
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Water main breaks on the 1000 block of Singing Wood Drive. City officials were trying to determine the cause. It could have been caused by soil saturated by last week's rain storms, or by tree roots growing too close, or a combination of both. The damage affects 50 homes, leaving them without water.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32286
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 2011
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Public Works
Rain
Water mains
Item ID
32485AN
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A gunman posing as a delivery man bound a housekeeper during a home-invasion robbery in the 300 block of California Street at about 10:00 AM. He stole a safe, jewelry and watches. Police are seeking information from the public.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32233
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 2010
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 2010
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p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Item ID
32432AN
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Robbers tie up couple inside home in a gated area of Arcadia, steal their Tesla. The robbers abandoned the Tesla in East Pasadena. The robbery occurred in the 700 block of Carriage House Lane around 10:30 PM on April 16.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36225
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2022
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2022
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p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robberies
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Police are seeking three men who attacked, robbed and carjacked a mother and son in front of their home in the 200 block of West Lemon Avenue. The crime occurred on March 4, before 9:30 PM, as they pulled into their driveway. The suspects got away in the victims' blue 2006 Lexus.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31921
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 5, 2010
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 5, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Item ID
32118AN
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Police find woman’s body in Arcadia backyard in the 300 block of East Forest Avenue. A 76-year-old Arcadia woman was killed yesterday at her home and her vehicle was stolen. The coroner’s office has not yet identified the woman. Neighbors said she was a longtime resident with two daughters and a grandson. The motive behind the killing is unknown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35417
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Murders
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Item ID
35609AN
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3 men were arrested for manufacturing pipe bombs in an Arcadia home in the 100 block of San Miguel Road.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper148
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 1993
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p. A-5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 1993
Pages
p. A-5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
148AN
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State wildlife officials shot and killed a 130 pound mountain lion in the backyard of a north Arcadia home Sunday night after it killed and dragged away the family's dog.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8751
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 28, 1997
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p. 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 28, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Mountain Lions
Item ID
8707AN
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Arcadia police have seen an increase in "distraction burglaries" in recent weeks and advises residents not to open the door to strangers. In this type of crime, the burglar is invited into a home after gaining the trust of the victim. While talking to the victim or using some other ruse to distract the resident, a second person enters and burglarizes the home. This has happened on the 300 block of Joyce Avenue and on the 1400 block of Rodeo Road.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32211
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 30, 2010
Pages
p. A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 30, 2010
Pages
p. A9
Subjects
Burglaries
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
32410AN
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A home invasion robbery on December 12 resulted in the shooting death of 35 year old Jose Antonio Parra, while his girlfriend and three small children were locked in a bedroom. It happened on the 11000 block of Kristi Court in unincorporated county area near Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32684
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department--Homicide Bureau
Murders
Parra, Jose Antonio
Robberies
Item ID
32881AN
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One man died and a teenage boy was critically injured Sunday in a suspected arson fire at an abandoned house on the 100 block of West Longden Avenue in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29560
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2005
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Fires
Arson
Item ID
29744AN
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Luis Alonso Cruz Gaitan, 33, of Altadena and Isis Ondina Villalobos, 26, of Pasadena, accused of helping suspect named Heber Diaz in the killing of Chyong Jen Tsai, 76, during a burglary and robbery at her Arcadia home on April 9.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35534
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2019
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p. A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2019
Pages
p. A11
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Diaz, Heber
Gaitan, Luis Alonso Cruz
Murders
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Villalobos, Isis Ondina
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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
Pages
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
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The Beltran family struggles after losing their home in a fire in February. It was a house they were renting in the 1500 block of 10th Avenue in Arcadia. The fire caused an estimated $100,000 in property loss and roughly $50,000 in content damage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32359
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2011
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Beltran, Roberta
House fires
Jimenez, Monique
Item ID
32557AN
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Experts say fierce Santa Ana winds will return this week. Last week a brutal windstorm ripped through Southern California, leaving dozens of homes uninhabitable and toppled hundreds of trees in the San Gabriel Valley. Arcadia Unified School District is scheduled to open all its campuses today except Highland Oaks and Longley Way Elementary Schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32767
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Disasters
Trees
Weather
Wind and windstorms
Item ID
32964AN
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Teen charged in robbery, assault of off-duty border officer. Officer-involved shooting in Arcadia. Darrius Smith was killed in this incident.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34902
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 2, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A13
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 2, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A13
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Shootings
Smith, Darrius
Item ID
35092AN
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Newspaper Index
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