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Feds move to seize homes in San Gabriel Valley, Rancho Cucamonga. The properties were allegedly purchased with millions in proceeds from what FBi investigators said was a fraudulent visa program. Victoria Chan and her father Tat Chan exploited the EB-5 visa program which offers legal permanent residence in the U.S. for foreign nationals who make job-creating investments of $500,000 or more in U.S. companies.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 26, 2017
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 26, 2017
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
California Investment Immigration Fund
Chan, Tat
Chan, Victoria
EB-5 Visa Program
Fraud
Item ID
35079AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Reid, Victoria

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Contents
1. Plot of place called Cuati. Map of grant made to Victoria Reid 1857. 2. The Indian maid and her Scot. Los Angeles Examiner March 29, 1964. 3. Reminiscences of Mission San Gabriel. Article by Laura King from annual publication of Historical Society of Southern California, 1920. 4. Hugo Re…
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1. Plot of place called Cuati. Map of grant made to Victoria Reid 1857.
2. The Indian maid and her Scot. Los Angeles Examiner March 29, 1964.
3. Reminiscences of Mission San Gabriel. Article by Laura King from annual publication of Historical Society of Southern California, 1920.
4. Hugo Reid's wife, Victoria, a life of grief and fear. Arcadia Tribune November 24, 1977.
Subjects
Reid, Victoria
Item ID
191AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Former Caltech graduate student William "Billy" Cottrell was re-sentenced to serve at least 18 more months in prison for participating in a vandalism spree in the San Gabriel Valley in 2003.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arson
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Vandalism
Item ID
32019AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia teacher Victoria Heggen sues union over dues.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
12 April, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
12 April, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Teachers
Heggen, Victoria
Item ID
23297AN
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Newspaper Index
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Cecilia Rasmussen, in her column "L.A. Then and Now," writes about Hugo and Victoria Reid.

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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
December 5, 1999
Pages
p. B3 w/photo
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Los Angeles Times
Date
December 5, 1999
Pages
p. B3 w/photo
Subjects
Reid, Hugo
Reid, Victoria
Item ID
18270AN
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Newspaper Index
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Billy Cottrell, a Cal Tech graduate student who took part in a fire bombing spree that caused millions of dollars in damage to SUV dealerships in the San Gabriel Valley, was sentenced to more than 8 years in prison. See inset for chronology of ecoterror events.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Sentences
Trials
Item ID
29685AN
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Newspaper Index
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May Elizabeth Painter

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 20, 1950
Pages
p. 1, Section 2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 20, 1950
Pages
p. 1, Section 2
Subjects
Arcadia Authors - Painter, May Elizabeth
Item ID
3625AN
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Newspaper Index
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Mrs. Elizabeth Stoker celebrates 92nd birthday.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
October 1, 1949
Pages
p. 4
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Arcadia Bulletin
Date
October 1, 1949
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Stoker, Elizabeth
Item ID
9627AN
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Obituary/death notice. Victoria Duarte Cordova, the great-great-granddaughter of the Mexican corporal who founded the city of Duarte, died January 20 of natural causes. She was a scholar of local history. She was 92.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Cordova, Victoria Duarte
Grand Lady of Duarte
Item ID
29556AN
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Newspaper Index
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Four Chinese investors are plaintiffs suing San Gabriel consulting firm California Investment Immigration Fund. Plaintiffs believed they were investing $500,000 in U.S. businesses in return for green cards. FBI allege the scheme was fraud and raided the firm and homes of lawyer Victoria Chan, her father Tat Chan, his wife Zheng Chan, in April.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 23, 2017
Pages
p. A3, A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 23, 2017
Pages
p. A3, A9
Subjects
Chan, Tat
Chan, Victoria
Chan, Zheng
EB-5 Visa Program
Fraud
Lawsuits
Li, Song Yao
Li, Ting
Xia, Yeqing
Zeng, Fang
Zhang, Rui
Item ID
35078AN
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A wrongful death lawsuit against Bridgestone-Firestone Company has been filed by an Arcadia family in the death of Robert Kloss and Victoria Kapitan in a rollover accident on the 210 Freeway. The deaths were linked to faulty tires.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 14, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 14, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Automobile Accident
Lawsuits
Kapitan, Victoria
Kloss, Robert
Item ID
27896AN
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Victoria Rusnak to accept Business of the Year award on behalf of Rusnak Arcadia Mercedes-Benz at the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce 2014 Annual Business Awards on July 17.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 10, 2014
Pages
p. 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 10, 2014
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Arcadia Chamber of Commerce
Automobile Dealerships
Rusnak Arcadia Mercedes-Benz
Rusnak, Victoria
Item ID
34089AN
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The Victoria's Secret store in the Westfield Santa Anita Shoppingtown has been hit by thieves in recent months. $3,000 in merchandise was stolen in the past month. Thieves accounted for roughly $150,000 in losses last year alone.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Retail stores
Thefts
Underwear
Victoria's Secret
Item ID
31423AN
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Newspaper Index
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Full length view of Hugo Reid Family statue (Reid, wife Victoria Reid, and two children) at Arcadia County Park. Swings are in the background. This was before the statue was moved to the Gilb Museum. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date
April 2001
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Date
April 2001
Subjects
Arcadia County Park
Reid, Hugo
Reid, Victoria
Statuary
Physical Description
4x6 b&w
ID
2226A
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Girl Scout Amy Nunn, 15, is the youngest recipient of the Gold Award, the highest achievement of the Sierra Madre Girl Scout Council. She collected almost $6000 at a canned food drive at Santa Anita Church for the Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 9, 1898
Pages
p. B-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 9, 1898
Pages
p. B-1
Subjects
Nunn, Amy
Item ID
2025AN
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Spotlight on Rose Queen Victoria Castellanos and the princesses of the Royal Court. Two of them, Maya Khan and Lauren Powers, are from Arcadia High School.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 10, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A9
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 10, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A9
Subjects
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade
Rose Queen and Royal Court
Castellanos, Victoria
Khan, Maya
Powers, Lauren
Item ID
34925AN
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Elizabeth Cox, Josh Silverman, and Corey Stubbs were honored by Mayor Mickey Segal for saving the life of crossing guard Richard Bauer. The students were making a video about life in Arcadia when he had a heart attack. They called 911.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 17, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 17, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Awards-honors-recognitions
Bauer, Richard
Cox, Elizabeth
Crossing guards
Heroes and heroism
Silverman, Josh
Stubbs, Corey
Student films
Item ID
29776AN
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Newspaper Index
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Baldwin, Elias J.- Wine and Wine Making

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Contents
1. 'Wines and vines of California', by Frona Eunice Wait, 1889, pages 179-183. 2. "Baldwin's famous old prize wines and brandies." L.A. Racing Association Souvenir Program, 1907. 3. "Baldwin's Famous Old Prize Wines and Brandies." Copy of the wine list that went with Baldwin's traveling display …
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1. 'Wines and vines of California', by Frona Eunice Wait, 1889, pages 179-183.
2. "Baldwin's famous old prize wines and brandies." L.A. Racing Association Souvenir Program, 1907.
3. "Baldwin's Famous Old Prize Wines and Brandies." Copy of the wine list that went with Baldwin's traveling display of spirits, circa 1890. Copy of the original owned by the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum, 1981.
4. Pure grape brandy. Santa Anita Vineyard. Depot and office, THE BALDWIN S.F. 15 page booklet defending the fine quality of Baldwin Brandies, published by Schmidt Label & Litho Company, 1883. Copied from the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, April 1982.
5. Lucky Baldwin: the owner of Mollie McCarthy arrested for crooked distilling near Los Angeles, Cal. Chicago Daily Tribune, August 12, 1879.
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J.- Wine and Wine Making
Item ID
29AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Full length view of Hugo Reid Family statue (of Reid, wife Victoria Reid, and two children) including the base showing an ox and cart and horse, at Arcadia County Park. Swings are in the background. This was before the statue was moved to the Gilb Museum. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date
April 2001
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Date
April 2001
Subjects
Arcadia County Park
Reid, Hugo
Reid, Victoria
Statuary
Physical Description
4x6 b&w
ID
2226B
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Second grade teacher, Victoria Heggem, at Camino Grove Elementary School, has won a federal court battle to pay her union dues to a charity because of religious convictions.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 17, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 17, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Schools - Camino Grove Elementary School
California Teachers Association
National Right to Work Legal Foundation
Heggem, Victoria
Item ID
25151AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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