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Support grows to reinstate the suddenly fired Arcadia High School boys' cross country coach James O'Brien. He has led the Apaches cross country team to two state and two national titles in the last three years. More than 200 supporters attended the district board of education meeting.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33554
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 24, 2013
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 24, 2013
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--coaches
Arcadia High School teachers
Cross-country
O'Brien, James
Item ID
33749AN
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Arcadia High School's cross country team is led by Renaud Poizat and Ammar Moussa. Coach Jim O'Brien said it is the best team he has ever coached.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31257
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2008
Pages
p. C2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2008
Pages
p. C2
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports - cross country
Moussa, Ammar
O'Brien, Jim
Poizat, Renaud
Item ID
31452AN
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A letter from Arcadia High School Principal Brent Forsee to CIF lists recruiting and practice rule violations allegedly committed by fired Arcadia High School cross country coach James O'Brien. Forsee sent the undated letter to the Southern Section offices of the California Interscholastic Federation sometime after firing James O'Brien on June 17.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33583
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 9, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 9, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--cross country
Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education
Forsee, Brent
O'Brien, James
Item ID
33778AN
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Profile on Arcadia High School senior Ammar Moussa, a runner that has won CIF-Southern Section and CIF State Division I championships. Moussa may be the best distance runner in Apaches history and Coach Jim O'Brien says Moussa is the best he has coached in his 15 years at Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32177
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 14, 2010
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 14, 2010
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports
Arcadia High School students
Cross country runners
Moussa, Ammar
Item ID
32376AN
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Fired Arcadia High School cross country coach James O'Brien questions reason for dismissal. The Arcadia Unified School District's Board of Education upholds its decision to not reappoint Mr. O'Brien as head coach for the 2013-2014 year. He will continue to teach at Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33562
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--coaches
Arcadia High School teachers
Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education
Cross-country
O'Brien, James
Item ID
33757AN
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Spotlight on Arcadia High School junior Phillip Rocha, the Runner of the Year. He wonCIF Southern Section and CIF State Division I titles in cross country.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34037
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 2014
Pages
p. B6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 2014
Pages
p. B6
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--cross country
Rocha, Phillip
Item ID
34231AN
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Arcadia Unified School District school board refuses to reinstate James O'Brien as the cross country coach. The school board expressed appreciation for all the individuals who shared their perspectives on the Arcadia High School cross country program at the Board of Education meetings. Mr. O'Brien continues to be employed as a teacher at Arcadia High School. Coaching assignments are made on a year-to-year basis.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33580
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2013
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2013
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--cross country
Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education
O'Brien, James
Item ID
33775AN
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Arcadia High School's cross country team, coached by Jim O'Brien, has received praise and accolades since qualifying for the CIF State Finals for the first time in school history. Arcadia's top runners are Paul Beckwith and Andrew Pilavjian.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29803
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 2005
Pages
p. B2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 2005
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Arcadia High School -- sports
Cross country team
Beckwith, Paul
Pilavjian, Andrew
Item ID
29988AN
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Arcadia Unified School District's Board of Education took no action to reinstate fired coach James O'Brien as head cross country coach of Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33559
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--coaches
Arcadia High School teachers
Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education
Cross-country
O'Brien, James
Item ID
33754AN
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Backers praise fired Arcadia High School boys' cross country coach James O'Brien. See also Pasadena Star News, p. A6, July 24, 2013.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33555
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 25, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 25, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--coaches
Arcadia High School teachers
Cross-country
O'Brien, James
Item ID
33750AN
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Arcadia Unified School District's Board of Education upholds its decision of having fired cross country coach James O'Brien. There were no details about the reasons of his dismissal.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33560
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 2, 2013
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 2, 2013
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--coaches
Arcadia High School teachers
Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education
Cross-country
O'Brien, James
Item ID
33755AN
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Arcadia High School boys cross country team win their second consecutive CIF-Southern Section Division 1 championship and third Division I title in 4 years, last Saturday at Fresno's Woodward Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33694
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 2013
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 2013
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--boys cross country
DeLaRosa, Estevan
Rocha, Phillip
Item ID
33890AN
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A message supporting embattled former Arcadia High School cross country coach James O'Brien, sent by a concerned parent named Michael Yamane, was forwarded to the police by a school board member. Yamane's email urged the district to reconsider its firing of O'Brien, accuses district officials of abusing employees, lying about a CIF-SS investigation into O'Brien's program, and suggested officials might be breaking state law. Yamane is concerned about his constitutional right to free speech, after his email was forwarded to police. Yamane is also a proponent of the "Recall Arcadia" campaign, which seeks to recall three school board members.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33564
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 8, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 8, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--coaches
Arcadia High School teachers
Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education
Cross-country
Kinsler, Kay
Nguyen, Cung
O'Brien, James
Phillipi, Lori
Yamane, Michael
Item ID
33759AN
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Arcadia school board members shed light on the reasons for firing Arcadia High School cross country coach James O'Brien. They wrote an open letter to the Arcadia community that will be published Sunday in this paper as a paid campaign advertisement. The controversy continues.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33585
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--cross country
Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education
Kinsler, Kay
Nguyen, Cung
O'Brien, James
Phillipi, Lori
Item ID
33780AN
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This article puts the spotlight on Arcadia High School boys varsity cross country team, led by Ammar Moussa. The team has 14 members. The first seven are ranked second in the state and the CIF-Southern section. A photograph shows Zack Marriott, Esmond Wei, Nick Shar, Eric Garibay, Allen Leung, Sergio Gonzalez, William Tsai, Charlie Johansen and David Mejia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31754
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 2009
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 2009
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports - boys cross country
Garibay, Eric
Gonzalez, Sergio
Johansen, Charlie
Leung, Allen
Marriott, Zack
Mejia, David
Shar, Nick
Tsai, William
Wei, Esmond
Item ID
31951AN
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Letter to CIF-SS detailed fired Arcadia High School coach James O'Brien's alleged rule violations. The violations include "hundreds of instances" of the coach recruiting middle school students, punishments for athletes who did not participate in illegal Sunday practices and an attempt to place illegal flags on a course to gain a competitive advantage. The undated letter, sent by Arcadia High School Principal Brent Forsee to the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section sometime in late June or July, was publicly released for the first time under a Public Records Act request filed with the school district by this newspaper.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33605
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A12
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A12
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--cross country
California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section (CIF-SS)
Forsee, Brent
O'Brien, James
Item ID
33800AN
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Arcadia High School boys cross country team's coach Jim O'Brien is profiled and is shown in photos with runners Esmond Wei, William Tsai, Ryan Vargas, Allen Leung, Francis Lee, Sergio Gonzalez and Eric Garibay.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32215
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2010
Pages
p. B2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2010
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--cross country runners
Arcadia High School students
Garibay, Eric
Gonzalez, Sergio
Lee, Francis
Leung, Allen
O'Brien, Jim
Tsai, William
Vargas, Ryan
Wei, Esmond
Item ID
32414AN
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Arcadia High School boys baseball team is in CIF-Southern section playoff semi-finals for the first time since 1987. Nick Lemas is Arcadia's coach.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32411
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 31, 2011
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 31, 2011
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Arcadia High School boys baseball
Lemas, Nick
Item ID
32609AN
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In the wake of the firing of Arcadia High School cross country coach James O'Brien, twelve alumni, students and parents, have joined forces in an intensive effort to recall Arcadia Unified School District Board members Cung Nguyen, Kay Kinsler, and Lori Phillipi. The recall petition is headed by Esmond Wei. One issue is a list of O'Brien's alleged CIF violations that Arcadia High School formally sent to CIF officials. According to Wei, Arcadia High School's principal refused to let O'Brien see the letter. Wei said support for O'Brien is growing. See also p. 8 for related story.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33581
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 23
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 23
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--cross country
Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education
Kinsler, Kay or Kinsler, Kasy
Nguyen, Cung
O'Brien, James
Phillipi, Lori
Wei, Esmond
Item ID
33776AN
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A video created by three Arcadia High School graduates went viral and brought people to a school board meeting alst week, in support of fired cross country coach James O'Brien. The creators of the video are Esmond Wei, Ben Hsueh, and Sergio Rodriguez. The video was posted on YouTube.com and had more than 10,000 views in three days. A week later, it had more than 16,000 views.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33556
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--coaches
Arcadia High School teachers
Cross-country
Hsueh, Ben
O'Brien, James
Rodriguez, Sergio
Wei, Esmond
Item ID
33751AN
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