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Dwight Chang of Arcadia is owner of a house on the 1300 block of South Palm Avenue in San Gabriel. The building has been operating as a makeshift maternity ward with 10 newborns and about 12 Chinese nationals, crammed into an illegally converted townhouse. Chang has been warned twice before for operating a business that primarily caters to Asian "maternity tourists." Chang denied any wrongdoing and was fined $800 for building code violations. Children born on American soil automatically become United States citizens, under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. Maternity tourism caters to wealthy Taiwanese, Chinese and Koreans. Throughout the past decade, similar set-ups have been uncovered in Rowland Heights, Hacienda Heights, New York, and Quebec.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32355
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Asians
Chang, Dwight
Maternity tourists
Item ID
32553AN
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Birth-tourism sites not easily detected.Terry Moore-Corse, a code enforcement officer in Arcadia has encountered three maternity homes in the past six years, most recently in 2009, when a resident reported "a lot of pregnant women" coming out of a house. Beyond building code and business license violations, there is nothing illegal about coming into this country to give birth, according to the U.S. State Department, which issues visas. Maternity tourism is a money-making cottage industry in which wealthy women from Asia pay anywhere from $25,000-35,000 to have American-born infants.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32364
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Announcement Type
Birth
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Asians
Building codes--violations
Maternity tourists
Moore-Corse, Terry
Mothers
Item ID
32562AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police close 13 maternity homes in a crackdown months after a full-time detective was assigned to address calls about pregnant Asian women living in groups at residences around the city. The pregnant Asian women come to the U.S. so their babies receive U.S. citizenship. Detective James Trabbie became the quality-of-life detective.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33614
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A9
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A9
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Trabbie, James
Zoning
Item ID
33809AN
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Steve and Yan-Fen Lin, a couple possibly of Arcadia, have been running the illegally modified townhome in San Gabriel, owned by Dwight Chang of Arcadia, as a maternity home for Asian tourists. They violated building codes for setting up a makeshift maternity ward.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32357
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Asians
Chang, Dwight
Lin, Steve
Lin, Yan-Fen
Item ID
32555AN
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Women are stronger together. The Wandering Foot Quilt Guild meets in Arcadia. This group of women teaches quilting and gives back to the community by giving 50-70 items a month to USC Medical Center for low income people with illnesses.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35502
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 14, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 14, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Brisendline, Marilyn
Charity
Quilting
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The 2010 All-Area Girls Tennis was named. Those from Arcadia High School are Caroline Young, Michelle Zhu, Francis Dean, Annie Tung and Elizabeth Lieu. Coach of the Year is Jerry Dohling. An Arcadia High School girl on the second team is Nadia Pacheco-Amaro.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32287
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 2011
Pages
p. C1, C3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 2011
Pages
p. C1, C3
Subjects
Athletes
Dohling, Jerry (coach)
Dean, Francis
Lieu, Elizabeth
Pacheco-Amaro, Nadia
Sports -- tennis
Tung, Annie
Young, Caroline
Zhu, Michelle
Item ID
32486AN
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Arcadia city officials are cracking down on "maternity tourism" boarding houses by dedicating a full-time police detective to investigate the issue. Maternity or birth tourism is a phenomenon in which women, often from China, pay a handsome fee to have their babies in the United States, so the children can be citizens. While that is not illegal, at least five establishments have been shut down for violations, such as unlawfully operating boarding house businesses in residential zones.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33482
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Boarding houses
Pregnant women
Item ID
33677AN
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A 16-year-old Arcadia High School student was killed in a collision with a truck while bicycling home from football practice Monday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper7326
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 27, 1996
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 27, 1996
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Simon, Russell Hugh
Item ID
7215AN
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Chinese-Americans getting political. Residents becoming more active as they back recall of Governor Gavin Newsom and other conservative efforts. Photo shows women gathering signatures outside 99 Ranch Market in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35596
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 5, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 5, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Activism
Asian-Americans
Chinese-Americans
Greater San Gabriel Valley Safe Community Foundation
Liu, Fenglan "Juli"
Collection
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Neighbors of 16 year old Russell Simon, killed in August while riding his bicycle home from football practice, are banding together to have a memorial plaque installed at the corner where the high school sophomore was struck by a truck.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8032
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 15, 1996
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 15, 1996
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Simon, Russell
Item ID
7992AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia housing boom with Chinese dollars? Bloomberg BusinessWeek says kickbacks and Chinese cash deals are fueling the rapid growth of mansions in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34008
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 30, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 32
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 30, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 32
Subjects
Housing
Mansions
Real Estate
Item ID
34202AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The trial for Isaac Campbell, charged with the murder of Liya "Jessie" Lu, has been delayed to give the Public Defender Jim Duffy time to transcribe a set of tapes from follow-up witness interviews from August. Lu went missing August 11, 2007 and her body was discovered a month later in the trash can of Campbell's friend's house in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32514
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
September 8, 2011
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
September 8, 2011
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Trials
Item ID
32713AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dr. Herbert Speizer, the first podiatrist to establish a practice in Arcadia, has died at age 70.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6696
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 1996
Pages
p. A4 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 1996
Pages
p. A4 photo
Subjects
Speizer, Herbert
Item ID
6505AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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46th Annual Mayor's Community Breakfast to honor women of Arcadia, on February 21, 2020. Mayor April Verlato will give the State of the City Address. Dr. Jasmine Sharma will give keynote address

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35626
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 19, 2019
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 19, 2019
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Arcadia mayors
Sharma, Jasmine
Verlato, April
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District bans the practice of car washes as fundraisers, to support drought efforts in California.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33807
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 24, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 31
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 24, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 31
Subjects
Drought
Item ID
34002AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Chinese Association installs officers. Photos and captions.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32530
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 15, 2011
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 15, 2011
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Arcadia Chinese Association
Kovacic, Gary (Mayor of Arcadia)
Lee, David
Louie, Josephine
Organizations
Wang, Alice
Wong, Edward
Item ID
32729AN
Collection
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The Arcadia-based neurological practice of Fortanasce, Imbus & Associates was recognized as among the best doctors in America, Pacific region.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8127
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
December 26, 1996
Pages
p. 8-A
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
December 26, 1996
Pages
p. 8-A
Subjects
Fortanasce, Imbus & Associates
Item ID
8082AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Clara Baldwin Stocker Home for Women was founded in 1963 by Clara Stocker, daughter of Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin. The Home is profiled. Photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4592
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 1995
Pages
p. H-12 Hometown
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 1995
Pages
p. H-12 Hometown
Subjects
Stocker, Clara Baldwin
Clara Baldwin Stocker Home for Women
Item ID
4468AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Joanna Liang to lead Arcadia Chinese Association for second term.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33570
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 1, 2013
Pages
p. 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 1, 2013
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Arcadia Chinese Association
Liang, Joanna
Organizations
Item ID
33765AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Signs with foreign characters need review as signage may not be appropriate. Councilman John Wuo suggested that the Arcadia Chinese Association would be willing to unofficially review signage requests with Chinese characters.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26396
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 30, 1998
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 30, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Signage
Arcadia Chinese Association
Item ID
26596AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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