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Classic car club "Carcadia at Route 66" will meet last Sunday of every month at Denny's Restaurant at 7 W. Huntington Drive in Downtown Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35091
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Car shows
Clubs, organizations
Denny's Restaurant
Oyoung, Glenn
Item ID
35280AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Carol Libby and Scott Hettrick of the Arcadia Historical Society are both on the Baldwin Adobe Restoration Committee, which wants to restore the Hugo Reid Adobe on the grounds of the Los Angeles County Arboretum. They want to re-create the adobe as it was in its heyday, when Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin lived there from 1875 until he died in 1909.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31725
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Baldwin Adobe Restoration Committee
Hettrick, Scott
Historic preservation
Hugo Reid Adobe
Libby, Carol
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Item ID
31922AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Celebrity and super model Tyra Banks' television show "Top Model" did a photo shoot at Santa Anita Park Race Track, using semi-nude models. Pete Siberell, Director of Community Service at Santa Anita Park, described it as "kinda sleazy."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31720
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 21, 2009
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 21, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Banks, Tyra
Models
Television shows
Item ID
31917AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Amanda Avila of Rowland Heights is one of 16 finalists on television's talent show "American Idol." Her family and friends meet at an Arcadia restaurant every week to see if she advances to the next round.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29442
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 4, 2005
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 4, 2005
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Avila, Amanda
American idol
Television shows
Singers
Item ID
29627AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Pasadena car dealer Paul Rusnak has closed escrow for a car lot on Huntington Drive in Arcadia. Foulger Ford used to be located there.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29050
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Rusnak, Paul
Car dealers and dealerships
Commercial properties
Industrial real estate
Foulger Ford
Item ID
29236AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Members of Glenn Dyer Post of American Legion Drum & Bugle Corps are marching in Armistice Day Parade, 1934. They are at intersection of First Avenue and Huntington Drive. Arcadia Drive-In Market (aka Market Basket) can plainly be seen in background. None of marchers are identified.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs975
Date
November 11, 1934
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Date
November 11, 1934
Subjects
American Legion Glenn Dyer Post
Armistice Day Parade
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
967
Collection
Photographs
Images
thumbnail
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One-year-old ejected from vehicle in Arcadia after a brief police chase in Pasadena. The one-year-old, a 2-year-old, and a 28-year-old woman who was driving, suffered minor injuries. The car crash was at Huntington Drive near Sunset Boulevard.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35975
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 30, 2021
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 30, 2021
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Car chases
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A new used car lot, Bonita Motors, opens at 150 E. Huntington Drive, managed by Ben Hill and Win Barlow.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33027
Newspaper
The Journal
Date
February 1, 1950
Pages
p. 2 (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
February 1, 1950
Pages
p. 2 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Barlow, Win
Bonita Motors
Business and Industry
Hill, Ben
Used cars
Item ID
33224AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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20-year-old man Jason Scott Gustin found guilty of attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend in Arcadia. On August 22, 2016, according to testimony at trial, Gustin met near Arcadia and sat in his car to talk when he pulled out a knife and slashed her throat and then began strangling her. As the victim tried to escape, he stabbed her multiple times. She ran away to a nearby convalescent home. He was arrested a short time later after he showed up at his mother’s workplace in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35297
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Gustin, Jason Scott
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
35486AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Cable television's Learning Channel show "Junkyard Wars" brought a challenge to Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita. Competitors were given 10 minutes to build a gravity-powered vehicle from assorted pieces of junk, wheels and miscellaneous items.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31581
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 26, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 26, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Baerg, Monica
Baerg, Niccolo
Beneville, Michael
Television shows-"Junkyard Wars"
Item ID
31777AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Drive-through Christmas light show at Santa Anita Park, 285 West Huntington Drive, called Reindeer Road, produced by World of Illumination. Tickets available. The event started November 11, 2021 and runs through January 2, 2022.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36138
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 23, 2021
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 23, 2021
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Christmas
Holidays
Lights
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita National Horse Show

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/subject381
Contents
Santa Anita National Horse Show – Program/Magazine 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983
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Contents
Santa Anita National Horse Show – Program/Magazine 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983
Subjects
Santa Anita National Horse Show
Location
History Room
Box Number
Box 76
Shelf Number
Shelf C5
Item ID
382AF
Collection
Subject Files
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University of Southern California (USC) student Xiaoke Ying, a sophomore from Arcadia, will compete in the television game show Jeopardy! College Championship on April 6, 2020 for a $100,000 grand prize.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35647
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 6, 2020
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 6, 2020
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Arcadia residents
Television shows
Trivia
Ying, Xiaoke
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Rumor's bar owner Scott Hammond shot and killed a suspect trying to break into his bar located at 48 E. Huntington Drive. Separately, the merchant of AM Donuts on Las Tunas wounded one of two suspects trying to rob his store.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30305
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 9, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 25
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 9, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 25
Subjects
AM Donuts
Crime and Criminals
Hammond, Scott
King, Chet
Robbery
Rumor's
Shootings
Item ID
30492AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Rusnak, a luxury car dealership in Pasadena is moving one of its franchises to Arcadia. The operation will sell new and pre-owned Mercedes-Benz models at 55 W. Huntington Dr.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24772
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 11, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 11, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Rusnak/Arcadia
Car Dealerships
Item ID
24966AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A proposed ballot initiative to allow five racetracks, including Santa Anita Park, to operate slot machines will be discussed by the City Council and Supervisor Michael Antonovich.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27074
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 15, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 15, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Cat Shows
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Item ID
27272AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Sneak preview for HBO's "Luck" on December 11. It is a highly anticipated show on HBO starring Dustin Hoffman, Nick Nolte, Dennis Farina, John Ortiz and others. It is filmed in large part at Santa Anita Park and written and produced by David Milch. The show's official pilot premiere on HBO is January 29, 2012.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32734
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 8, 2011
Pages
p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 8, 2011
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Cable television--Home Box Office (HBO)
Hoffman, Dustin
Nolte, Nick
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Television shows
Item ID
32931AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A driver killed, two passengers injured when car hits power poles and a fence about 11:30 PM on Sunday, February 21, near Las Tunas Drive and El Monte Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35913
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2021
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Car crashes
Deaths
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Virginia Brown recalls memories of early Arcadia having chicken farms everywhere. She has lived in Arcadia since her birth in 1917. Her father Scott Lee came to Arcadia in 1907 to dig water wells. Lee was a graduate of Throop Institute, which became California Institute of Technology. Her mother was Delia Chandler. Virginia Brown talks about where her family lived and her family's friendship with Anita Baldwin. The article includes a photo of Virginia Brown and her parents.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31810
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 14, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 14, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Brown, Robert
Brown, Virginia - biography
Chandler, Delia
Lee, Scott
Item ID
32007AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Friends of the victims of a car crash that killed 3 when their car hit a wall and overturned at Live Oak Avenue and Las Tunas Drive, said they had been at a Pasadena bar before the accident.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34735
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 15, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 15, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Car accidents
Garcia, Marcus J.
Velazquez, Anna Lissa
Yniquez, Raymond Daniel
Item ID
34927AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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