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Actor and activist George Takei, 75, famous for his portrayal of Sulu on television series Star Trek, will talk about gay rights and a childhood spent in internment camps at Santa Anita Park (assembly center), Tule Lake and Rohwer, Arkansas, during World War II. He will be speaking at Cal Poly Pomona on Tuesday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33419
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2013
Pages
p. B1, B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2013
Pages
p. B1, B8
Subjects
Actors
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Takei, George
Item ID
33615AN
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Honorary degrees were awarded to Japanese-American former Pasadena City College students who had their educations cut short by internment during World War II. Japanese-American "nisei" students at what was then Pasadena Junior College never got the chance to graduate with the Class of 1942. One honorary graduate, Fusae Hamane (died in 1997), born and raised in Pasadena, was told to report to Santa Anita Park race track before being sent to a camp in Gila Bend, AZ. The graduation came 68 years later.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32090
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 19, 2010
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 19, 2010
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
California Nisei College Diploma Project
Hamane, Fusae
Kuromiya, Yoshito
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Utsunomiya, Wade
Yoshihashi, Tokuji
Item ID
32287AN
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Newspaper Index
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Paul Graf, 90, of New Albany, Indiana, came back to Arcadia to see Santa Anita Park again. He had been based there as a United States Army staff sergeant during World War II, when the track was turned over to the Army Ordnance Corps for training purposes and was officially renamed Camp Santa Anita. Graf said he used to run for exercise on the Anita Chiquita training track, which was eliminated when the Santa Anita Fashion Park was built in the 1970s. Graf had arrived at Camp Santa Anita around November 1942, after the site had already been used as the Japanese Assembly Center. Photo shows Graf holding an issue of Man O' War, a newspaper issued by army personnel at Camp Santa Anita.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32550
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Camp Santa Anita
Graf, Paul
Santa Anita Park--1934-1942
United States Army Ordnance Corps
Veterans--World War II
Item ID
32749AN
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Actor George Takei, discusses social media, justice, and his family's internment, which started at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia. He spoke at Cal Poly Pomona.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33420
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 20, 2013
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 20, 2013
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Actors
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Takei, George
Item ID
33616AN
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Summary of a vintage promotional booklet about Santa Anita Park havings its inaugural race on Christmas Day, December 25, 1934. At the time, Los Angeles Turf Club Inc. was the owner and operator of Santa Anita Park and there were 53 racing days that first season. Charter stockholder and membership requirements are discussed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32104
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 28, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 28, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Los Angeles Turf Club Inc.
Santa Anita Park--1934-1942
Item ID
32301AN
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Americans of Japanese descent gathered at Santa Anita Park yesterday to reflect on the dark period of history when Santa Anita Park was the largest assembly center for interned Japanese-Americans. Nearly 20,000 were processed at Santa Anita Park and sent to internment camps. Several people who were once incarcerated at Santa Anita Park were among those who gathered there at the Cherry Blossom Festival Southern California's 11th Annual Camp Stories Award Show and Auction.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32981
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 3, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 3, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Anderson, Wendy Fujihara
Japanese-Americans
Nishio, Shig (photo)
Item ID
33178AN
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World War II veteran B-17 bomber pilot Jack McEwan is honored by Baldwin Stocker Elementary School students for Veterans Day.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34358
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 11, 2015
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 11, 2015
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
McEwan, Jack
McEwan, Richard
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Veterans Day
World War II veterans
Item ID
34551AN
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Camp Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center, at Santa Anita Park, from 1942-1945, is featured in a temporary exhibit at Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage, through March 30.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33366
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Camp Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center
Dunn, Dana
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Item ID
33562AN
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Rendering reality on internment camps, a review of Riyo Sato's personal sketches on exhibit at the Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33626
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2013
Pages
p. C3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2013
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Artists
Dunn, Dana
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Santa Anita Assembly Center
Sato, Riyo
Item ID
33820AN
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced at L. A. Live, that the Breeders' Cup World Championships will return to Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, in 2012. It will mark the sixth time that Santa Anita Park hosts the two-day event.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32496
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Avioli, Greg
Breeders' Cup 2012
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Villaraigosa, Antonio
Item ID
32695AN
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Breeders' Cup seen as good bet for Southern California. The 2019 Breeders' Cup World Championships will take place at Santa Anita Park. The two-day event is expected to generate as much as $100 million for the SoCal economy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35261
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21, 2018
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21, 2018
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Breeders' Cup World Championships
Economy
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Item ID
35450AN
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World War II veteran Joe Sciarra, 95, makes history come alive at Holy Angels School in Arcadia during a Veterans Day assembly. Other veterans in attendance were Julian Andrews, 86 of Temple City (a veteran of the Korean War) and Darren Parsons, 45, a former U.S. Marine.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35611
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2019
Pages
p. A15
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2019
Pages
p. A15
Subjects
Andrews, Julian
Parsons, Darren
Rivera, Anissa
Sciarra, Joe
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Santa Anita Park will be hosting the coveted 2012 Breeders' Cup World Championships. The Stronach Group took full control of the race track from MI Developments at the end of June. The two-day event will generate some revenue for the city and bring a lot of exposure to the San Gabriel Valley.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32478
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Avioli, Greg
Breeders' Cup
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park--2011-2010
Stronach Group
Item ID
32674AN
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Santa Anita Park opens today. It kicks off its 75th winter/spring meeting with its first post at noon. The 79-day race meeting continues through April 22.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32701
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2011
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2011
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
32898AN
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Santa Anita Park: opening day draws a crowd of 44,579. It was Santa Anita Park's 75th opening day. Photos of jockeys Martin Garcia and Mike Smith.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32699
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2011
Pages
p. B1, B4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2011
Pages
p. B1, B4
Subjects
Garcia, Martin (jockey)
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Item ID
32896AN
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Axel-ent Nagasu gives U.S. Bronze medal in Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Arcadia native Mirai Nagasu becomes first American woman to hit triple jump in Olympics in figure skating event. See hard copy in VF.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35082
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 2018
Pages
p. B5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 2018
Pages
p. B5
Subjects
Athletes
Figure skating
Ice skaters
Nagasu, Mirai
Olympic Games-2018 Winter Olympics
Item ID
35271AN
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Newspaper Index
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Event honors country's youngest veterans. Veteran Stan Pinta of Arcadia (photo) and others attend the 95th anniversary event of the conclusion of "The War to End All Wars" at Pasadena City Hall on Veterans Day.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33676
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Pinta, Stan
Veterans Day
Item ID
33872AN
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Santa Anita Handicap record setting ride. Race horse Shared Belief gives jockey Mike Smith his third consecutive win in the Big 'Cap (photo).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34120
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2015
Pages
p. A1, B1, B10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2015
Pages
p. A1, B1, B10
Subjects
Santa Anita Handicap
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Item ID
34314AN
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Santa Anita Park to host 2014 Breeders' Cup World Championships. It will be Santa Anita Park's third consecutive year and the eighth time since 1986.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33517
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2013
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2013
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Breeders' Cup World Championships
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
33712AN
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Frank Girardot writes about the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park. Jockey Aaron Gryder rides horse Calidoscopio to win the fifth race yesterday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33252
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 3, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 3, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Breeders' Cup
Girardot, Frank
Gryder, Aaron
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
33449AN
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Newspaper Index
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