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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34889
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 26, 2017
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
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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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31822
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper23089
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
12 April, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
12 April, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Teachers
Heggen, Victoria
Item ID
23297AN
Collection
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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29501
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29372
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
Collection
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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34888
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 23, 2017
Pages
p. A3, A9
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Newspaper
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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27699
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 14, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 14, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Automobile Accident
Lawsuits
Kapitan, Victoria
Kloss, Robert
Item ID
27896AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33895
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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31228
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Retail stores
Thefts
Underwear
Victoria's Secret
Item ID
31423AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34733
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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Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29592
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 17, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24971
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 17, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
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
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Tim Stafford of Arcadia is training for the 17th Los Angeles Marathon to raise money for a child to meet Shaquille O'Neal via Make-a-Wish Foundation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30208
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2002
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Athletes
Los Angeles Marathon XVII
Running
Stafford, Tim
Item ID
30395AN
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Newspaper Index
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Beacon Media's Floretta Lauber was selected to be the 2014 Arcadia Chinese Association's Community Services Award recipient.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33731
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 16, 2014
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 16, 2014
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Chinese Association
Awards
Lauber, Floretta
Item ID
33927AN
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Newspaper Index
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Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles celebrated the centennial birthday of the national organization with a party at the Arcadia Service Center, 100 E. Wheeler Avenue. Sylvia Wikle, 84, who has served for the past 75 years, and Victoria Hung Brooker, 15, in photo together.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32894
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Brooker, Victoria Hung
Girl Scouts of America
Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles
Wikle, Sylvia
Item ID
33091AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Alpha Auxiliary of the Methodist Hospital Foundation named Dennis Lee, President of the hospital, as recipient of the Order of Merit Award.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30251
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2002
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Awards - honors - recognitions
Lee, Dennis
Methodist Hospital Foundation
Item ID
30438AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District middle schools First Avenue, Foothills, and Dana, make it to the top 12 of 2018 Niche rankings of public middle schools in the Los Angeles area. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 14, November 2, 2017.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35001
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 26, 2017
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 26, 2017
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Acker, Benjamin (photo)
Hacking, Daniel (photo)
Issa, Semeen (photo)
Item ID
35191AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Elizabeth Shin, a freshman at Arcadia High School, won the Music Teachers National Association Junior High Woodwind Auditions for California and the Southwest States Division.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31037
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 13, 2003
Pages
p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 13, 2003
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Arcadia High School - Students
Awards
Flutists
Musicians
Shin, Elizabeth
Item ID
31232AN
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Newspaper Index
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Joe and Elizabeth Talamo welcome baby Vincent to the family. Joe is a 26 year old jockey from Louisiana who was in Arcadia for the Breeders' Cup.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34712
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 10, 2016
Pages
p. 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 10, 2016
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Breeders' Cup
Talamo, Joe
Talamo, Elizabeth
Item ID
34904AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dr. Elizabeth Lee is a board certified general/vascular surgeon, currently practicing with Arcadia Surgical Associates and is medical director of the Methodist Hospital Wound Healing Center in Arcadia. She answers questions about wounds in today's column.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31592
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 13, 2009
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 13, 2009
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Lee, Dr. Elizabeth
Item ID
31788AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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