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Ryan Michaelson, 20, of Temple City, and Andrew Hernandez, 32, of Rosemead were arrested by Arcadia police on Friday. Michaelson was booked on suspicion of transporting an explosive device. Hernandez allegedly pulled the pin on a hand grenade and held police at bay for 5 hours. A hostage negotiation team convinced him to surrender.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29472
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Hand grenades
Arrests
Michaelson, Ryan
Hernandez, Andrew
Explosives
Item ID
29657AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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23-year-old Arcadia man Joshua Martin Parra-Davis was booked by Arcadia Police on suspicion of possessing an explosive device and leaving it in a backpack near a Bank of America on Foothill Boulevard on Friday, January 14, 2011. Witnesses said Parra-Davis first went to Foothills Middle School and may have been trying to open classrooms when he was confronted and ran off. The suspect was then seen dropping a backpack in bushes near the Bank of America and then running through the parking lot, where officers detained him. Arcadia Police called the bomb squad. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Bob Squad successfully detonated the device. Parra-Davis could be arranged in Pasadena Court today.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32296
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Arrests
Bombs
Crime and Criminals
Parra-Davis, Joshua Martin
Item ID
32495AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Joshua Parra-Davis, 23, of Arcadia, was allegedly found with a bomb after visiting Foothills Middle School on January 14, 2011. He will face four felony counts of possession of a destructive or explosive device. He is being held at Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic, and due back at Pasadena Superior Court on June 15 to enter a plea. If convicted of all four felony counts, he could face up to 19 years in prison.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32304
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bombs
Crime and Criminals
Parra-Davis, Joshua
Item ID
32503AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department - 2001-2010
Item ID
32044AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dorothy Denne, longtime Arcadia humorist, "Mother of the Force" honored by Arcadia Police Foundation at the Arcadia Police Foundation's Halloween Hoopla. Arcadia Mayor April Verlato and her husband attended. For 20 years, Dorothy wrote a weekly column called "Dorothy's Place" in Arcadia Weekly. She was a teacher for her career and has been a volunteer at the Arcadia Police Department. In 2015 she spearheaded the effort to bring back the K-9 program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35595
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2019
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2019
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Arcadia Police Foundation
Denne, Dorothy
Miller, Terry
Volunteers
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Newspaper Index
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Joshua Martin Parra-Davis, 23, of Arcadia, pleaded not guilty in Pasadena Superior Court, to charges of possessing and leaving an explosive device in a backpack near a bank on Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia, on Friday, January 14, 2011. He is charged with four felony counts, including possession of a destructive device near a school. Parra-Davis, a former Foothills Middle School student, was seen opening a classroom door last Friday and then later was seen dropping the backpack into some bushes. The bag contained what appeared to be a homemade explosive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32301
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bombs
Crime and Criminals
Parra-Davis, Joshua Martin
Item ID
32500AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police nab bicycle thief with GPS tracking device. Suspect is 46-year-old Edward Castillo of Pasadena.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34727
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 1, 2016
Pages
p. 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 1, 2016
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) Technology
Castillo, Edward
Crime and Criminals
Thieves
Item ID
34919AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A water main broke on December 22,2008, creating a large sinkhole on Orange Grove Avenue, just west of Santa Anita Avenue, near the intersection with Hyland Avenue. The rupture opened a hole about 25 to 30 feet across and 5 feet deep.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31326
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2008
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Public Works
Sinkholes
Water pipes
Item ID
31521AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Department pursues stolen package to Pasadena. Suspect evades multiple law enforcement agencies. The package contained a GPS tracking device.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34781
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 12, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 12, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Thefts
Item ID
34972AN
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Dextra Baldwin on left, holding a large doll. She has ribbons in her hair and is wearing a large hat. Brother Baldwin M. Baldwin is sitting in a child's "walker-type" device and has white bonnet on.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs103
Date
c.1907 or 1908
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  1 image

Date
c.1907 or 1908
Subjects
Baldwin, Baldwin M.
Baldwin, Dextra
Physical Description
8x10 b&w vertical
ID
103
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Arcadia police arrest La Mirada man Christopher Cook for package robbery. The package had a GPS tracking device. Officers arrested him in South Gate.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34876
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 13, 2017
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 13, 2017
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Cook, Christopher
Item ID
35066AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Councilwoman Mary Young talks about her life during World War II. Photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10794
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
November 13, 1997
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
November 13, 1997
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Young, Mary
Young, Dick
Item ID
11190AN
Collection
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Arcadia local Mirai Nagasu is in sixth place after her performance Tuesday night in the short program for women's figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31916
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 2010
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 2010
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Athletes
Figure skating
Ice skaters
Ice skating
Nagasu, Mirai
Sports
Winter Olympic Games - 2010 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Item ID
32113AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Five Arcadia High School students face criminal charges after allegedly beating a 16-year old classmate, stripping her naked and taking photographs, then threatening to distribute the pictures if she told police. The alleged assault took place on January 24, 2005.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29397
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 5, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 5, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Arcadia High School students
Beatings
Assaults
Chung, Evelina Annie
Liu, Diana Fangyin
Shih, Yu Hsien
Item ID
29581AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Vietnam War Monument placed in Arcadia County Park. It is 22,000 pounds. From 1966-1972, 14 U.S. servicemen from Arcadia became casualties of the war in Vietnam. There are 4 plaques on the monument honoring veterans from World War I, World War II, the wars in Korean, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 17, June 2, 2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34572
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 26, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 26, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Arcadia Vietnam War Monument Memorial
Glasco, Gene
Holidays-Memorial Day
Veterans
Item ID
34764AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Actress Yvette Vickers is seen with her arms bent and hands by her mouth. She is wearing a short skirt with bare legs and feet. According to Sandy Snider, photo was taken during the filming of the movie, "Attack of the Giant Leeches." This movie was filmed at the Arboretum during the latter half of 1958.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1559
Date
c.1958
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  1 image

Date
c.1958
Subjects
Motion pictures
Vickers, Yvette
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1530
Collection
Photographs
Images
thumbnail
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A new magazine called "Atomic Ranch" will be dedicated to the boxy tract homes built after World War II and found in Arcadia, Duarte and Hastings Ranch and east Pasadena.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27385
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Housing
Item ID
27584AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A picture of Arcadia resident Valerie D'Angelo shows her as she hands in her tax return to the post office on the deadline date, April 17, 2006.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29996
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
D'Angelo, Valerie
Taxes
Item ID
30183AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dorothy Sagely, 70 and 4 feet 10 inches, owns and operates her own construction company. She is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper175
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 1993
Pages
p. A-2 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 1993
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Subjects
Sagely, Dorothy
Item ID
175AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Suzanne Barnes is a speech pathologist who works out of her Arcadia home and is only the 106th specialist in the world to receive the COM certificate for oral facial myology. She is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4475
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
January 26, 1995
Pages
p. 16 photo
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
January 26, 1995
Pages
p. 16 photo
Subjects
Barnes, Suzanne
Item ID
4351AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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