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No definitive cause of death found by exam of Medina Spirit, the 2021 Kentucky Derby winning horse. The necropsy results were released by California Horse Racing Board yesterday. The colt had collapsed and died after a workout on December 6, 2021 at Santa Anita Park. Necropsy reported that the horse had swollen lungs and foam in his windpipe, enlarged spleen and congestions and mild hemorrhages in other tissues that "are common in horses dying suddenly..." Trainer was Bob Baffert.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36174
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 2022
Pages
p. B10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 2022
Pages
p. B10
Subjects
Baffert, Bob
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Rules revised after racehorse deaths. Santa Anita Park restricts training, increases scrutiny in the wake of 21 fatalities at track. By Jason Henry.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35386
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Deaths
Henry, Jason
Horses and horse racing
Moore, Dennis
Peterson, Mick
Ritvo, Tim
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Item ID
35576AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita cancels racing: 21 horses have died since Dec. 26; training and main track will be closed at least through weekend. By Art Wilson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35381
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 6, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 6, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
LaRocco, Andy
Moore, Dennis
O'Neill, Doug
Ritvo, Tim
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Wilson, Art
Item ID
35571AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The mysterious death of Lainie Cole, whose body was found in the lake at Peck Road Water Conservation Park, is still unsolved. Autopsy results are pending. She leaves behind a 12-year-old daughter, 15-year-old son, and a toddler.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30827
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Cole, Lainie
Deaths
Item ID
31015AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Robert Zook, co-founder of Douglass and Zook Mortuary in Monrovia, has died at the age of 78. His is the second oldest business in Monrovia. The article includes a biography.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29794
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2005
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2005
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Zook, Robert ("Bob")
Business and Industry
Douglass and Zook Mortuary
Deaths
Item ID
29979AN
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Newspaper Index
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Horses at Santa Anita Park suffered fatal racing injuries at more than twice the rate of horses competing at California's other 3 major thoroughbred tracks over the last fiscal year, according to statistics. The fatality rate spiked at Santa Anita Park after the switch from a synthetic running surface back to a dirt track in 2010. There were 12 fatalities, or 3.7 per 1,000 starts, at Santa Anita Park in the last fiscal year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32901
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2012
Pages
p. C7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2012
Pages
p. C7
Subjects
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
33098AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park: DA to examine death of 22 horses at track. Additionally, Rep. Judy Chu calls for hearings into the treatment of horses at the nation’s racing venues The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office is investigating whether the 22 horse deaths at Santa Anita racetrack in the past three months were the result of criminal wrongdoing, authorities said Friday. The probe began this week following the death of the 22nd horse Thursday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35389
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 16, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 16, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Avioli, Greg
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Chu, Judy
Deaths
Guillermo, Kathy
Horses and horse racing
Loehr, Shawn
Marten, Mike
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Risling, Greg
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Thoroughbred Owners of California
Item ID
35579AN
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Newspaper Index
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19 Horses Die at Santa Anita track. That’s twice 2018’s number for same 2 months; park closed for investigation; rain could be factor. By Jason Henry.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35377
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 27, 2019
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 27, 2019
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Deaths
Henry, Jason
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Item ID
35567AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park suffers 24th horse death of season. Horse "Commander Coil" sustained a fatal shoulder injury and had to be euthanized, despite new safety measures that had been put in place March 15. Trained by Marcelo Polanco and owned by Jose Romero.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35443
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B8
Subjects
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Polanco, Marcelo
Romero, Jose
Item ID
35635AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita: Racing is halted until late March: Breeders’ Cup officials watching closely as top jockey Rosario leaves. By Art Wilson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35383
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B8
Subjects
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
Moore, Dennis
Rosario, Joel
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Item ID
35573AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Racing to resume on Friday. Santa Anita’s scheduled reopening March 29 is back on after the track’s parent company, The Stronach Group, and the Thoroughbred Owners of California reached agreement Saturday on the Lasix controversy that had swept through the industry the past few days. The story was first reported by Jay Privman of the Daily Racing Form and confirmed by the Southern California News Group. The deal includes the elimination of Lasix beginning with next year’s crop of 2-year-olds and immediately reduces race-day administration of the diuretic from a maximum of 10 ccs to 5.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35390
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 17, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 17, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B10
Subjects
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
Privman, Jay
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Thoroughbred Owners of California
Item ID
35580AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita. Head of track dispels rumors. Q & A with Tim Ritvo, COO of Santa Anita’s parent company The Stronach Group.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35385
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B8
Subjects
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
Liebau, Jack
Moore, Dennis
Ritvo, Tim
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Item ID
35575AN
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Newspaper Index
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More tests after 20th racehorse death. Latest fatality at Santa Anita comes after track deemed “100 percent ready;” PETA calls for probe.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35380
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 5, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 5, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Item ID
35570AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City's legal team and traffic safety experts re-created the scene of the crash that killed Arcadia teen Alice Zhang, 16, of Arcadia, and badly injured her friend Priyanka Patel of Upland, on April 10, 2011. The driver, Bowen Du, 20, of Arcadia, has been sentenced to one year in jail after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count of vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32927
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Deaths
Du, Bowen
Patel, Priyanka
Traffic Accidents
Zhang, Alice
Item ID
33124AN
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Santa Anita Park. Track to boost race day rules. Owner, in a historic step following the death of a 22nd horse at the winter meet, announces medication ban, limits on riding crop use.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35388
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Deaths
Guillermo, Kathy
Horses and horse racing
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach, Belinda
Stronach Group
Item ID
35578AN
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Newspaper Index
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One found dead in apartment fire on Genoa Street near First Avenue on Sunday, April 7. Arcadia police Lieutenant Kollin Cieadlo said there were no signs of foul play so far. Charlie Tuggle, a battalion chief with Arcadia Fire Department estimated damages to the structure at $10,000 and $1,000 to the contents. Arcadia fire Captain Drew Pryor said the call came in at 9:18 P.M. and the bathroom of the apartment was on fire. By 9:37 P.M. the fire was out. The dead man's identity has not been released.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36670
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2024
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2024
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department
Cieadlo, Kollin
Deaths
Pryor, Drew
Tuggle, Charlie
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Arcadia resident in the 700 block of Camino Grove Avenue finds the body of a stranger in his swimming pool. The dead man is 35-year old Greg Tser-Ming Chen of Arcadia. Foul play was not initially suspected in the death. Chen's dog, a golden retriever, which was not on a leash, was found in the backyard too. Chen leaves behind a wife Maggie, who is pregnant with the couple's second child, and a toddler-aged son. See also Pasadena Star News, p. A3, August 9, 2013.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33584
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Chen, Greg Tser-Ming
Deaths
Item ID
33779AN
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Newspaper Index
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California Horse Racing Board votes to limit whip use: under the rule, riders could face suspensions or fines; further approval needed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35391
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Deaths
Guillermo, Kathy
Horses and horse racing
Jockeys' Guild
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Solis, Alex
Stronach, Belinda
Stronach Group
Thoroughbred Owners of California
Item ID
35583AN
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Newspaper Index
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What’s killing the racehorses: Don’t blame the rain for deaths at Santa Anita, the problem is much more complicated. By Jason Henry.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35387
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Arthur, Rick
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Deaths
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club
Henry, Jason
Horses and horse racing
Liebau, Jack
Los Alamitos Thoroughbred Racing
Moore, Dennis
Peterson, Mick
Ritvo, Tim
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Tedesco, Richard
Item ID
35577AN
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Newspaper Index
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Bowen Du, the driver, who struck and Alice Zhang, 16, of Arcadia, as she walked across the 600 block of Duarte Road, will face the felony charge of one count of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. If convicted, he faces up to six years in prison. His arraignment is scheduled for August 11, 2011 in Pasadena Superior Court.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32469
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Deaths
Du, Bowen
Patel, Priyanka
Pedestrians--safety
Traffic Accidents
Zhang, Alice
Item ID
32668AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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