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Two instances of racial vandalism occurred in Arcadia in 1986. In one case the windows of a synagogue were shot out with a bb gun and in another case, a rabbi's home had a swastika sprayed on it.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3550
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
Februarry 25, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
Februarry 25, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Vandalism
Item ID
3431AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A recent meeting between Asian parents, police and school district members was quite successful, School Board Member Robert Kladifko told the Board. He said recent fights between Asians and Caucasians at the Arcadia High School and the Arcadia Library were not racially motivated.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3171
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 14, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 14, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Race Relations
Item ID
3082AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The last year has been an average year in regard to vandalism in Arcadia schools. There were no major problems. The article discusses school vandalism in Arcadia and nearby communities.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2647
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Vandalism
Item ID
2584AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A reward has been set at $100,000 for finding the ELF ecoterrorists who vandalized Hummers and SUVs at several San Gabriel Valley dealerships.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26239
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Hummers
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Vandalism
RUSNAK - Mercedes Benz
Ecoterrorists
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Item ID
26440AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Two adult males have been arrested for vandalizing Longley Way Elementary School, located at 2601 Longley Way Avenue. They shot at 31 windows and a passing motorist with BB guns.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33551
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2013
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2013
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Elementary schools--Longley Way Elementary School
Vandalism
Item ID
33746AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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ELF vows increased activist attacks. The radical ecoterrorists group vandalized Hummers and SUVs in West Covina, Duarte, Arcadia and Monrovia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26237
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 31, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 31, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Hummers
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Vandalism
RUSNAK - Mercedes Benz
Ecoterrorists
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Item ID
26438AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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An Arcadia family was terrorized and victimized at gunpoint in a home invasion robbery. The robbers choked the father of the family until he gave them cash and threatened to return to kill the family if they called police. The robbery occurred in the 100 block of West Forest Avenue. It is not known if this crime is related to the robbery of an elderly couple in Arcadia last week.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31829
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Item ID
32026AN
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Newspaper Index
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Police find woman’s body in Arcadia backyard in the 300 block of East Forest Avenue. A 76-year-old Arcadia woman was killed yesterday at her home and her vehicle was stolen. The coroner’s office has not yet identified the woman. Neighbors said she was a longtime resident with two daughters and a grandson. The motive behind the killing is unknown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35417
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Murders
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Item ID
35609AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Members of the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) torched and vandalized Hummers and other SUVs in a series of San Gabriel Valley attacks which included 9 vehicles at Rusnak Mercedes-Benz in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26172
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2003
Pages
p. A1, A6, A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2003
Pages
p. A1, A6, A7
Subjects
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Ecoterrorists
Hummers
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Vandalism
Item ID
26372AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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FBI officials have new leads after viewing a videotape of two men vandalizing San Gabriel Valley auto dealerships, including Rusnak Mercedes-Benz in Arcadia. ELF has claimed responsibility for the vandalism on SUVs and Hummers vehicles.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26171
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 24, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 24, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Ecoterrorists
Hummers
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Vandalism
Item ID
26371AN
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Newspaper Index
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Inter-racial problems at Arcadia High School are not as bad as they have been made out to be, according to 2 Associated Student Body officers, but the problems there are, they said, can be blamed on both Asians and Caucasians.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3172
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 18, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 18, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Race Relations
Item ID
3083AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Authorities have released Joshua Connole of Pomona, a suspect in the August 22 vehicle vandalisms labeled by FBI as acts of ecoterrorism. More than $2 million in damage was caused by vandals claiming affiliation with the Earth Liberation Front. High-end sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and other vehicles at the Rusnak Mercedes Benz dealership in Arcadia, Advantage Ford in Monrovia, Clippinger Chevrolet in West Covina, and Duarte Mitsubishi were torched and spray painted.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32124
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Connole, Joshua
Crime and Criminals
Ecoterrorism
Sport utility vehicles (SUVs)
Vandalism
Item ID
32321AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The United States Department of Justice made a formal apology in a letter to 27-year-old Joshua Connole for arresting him after sport utility vehicles (SUV) were vandalized at dealerships in West Covina, Monrovia, Duarte, and Arcadia. He is now no longer a suspect and lives in Oregon.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29804
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
United States Department of Justice
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Vandalism
Ecoterrorists and ecoterrorism
Connole, Joshua
Car Dealerships
Arson
Item ID
29989AN
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Newspaper Index
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Vandals who were refused entry to a private party at the Arcadia All-Pro Athletic Club allegedly used spray paint to damage several businesses and an apartment complex on Duarte Road.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24837
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
Dec. 27, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
Dec. 27, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime
Vandalism
Arcadia All-Pro Athletic Club
Item ID
25032AN
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Newspaper Index
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Federal lawmakers are concerned about the vehicle vandalism and danger to the environment caused by ELF.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26241
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 10, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 10, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Hummers
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Vandalism
Ecoterrorists
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Item ID
26442AN
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Newspaper Index
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A Japanese family (child, mother, father) pictured by small house they lived in on Harry Ainsworth Ranch which was just east of intersection of Santa Anita and Orange Grove Ave. The father was the head gardener for Ainsworth. Name unknown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1077
Date
c.1916
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Date
c.1916
Subjects
Japanese
Ainsworth Ranch
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1068
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Friends and family of former Arcadia City Clerk Christine Van Maanen gathered at Live Oak Memorial Park to pay their last respects. Her exact date of birth is not known, but she is believed to have been 86-88 years old when she died.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6247
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 1996
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 1996
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Van Maanen, Christine
Item ID
6072AN
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Newspaper Index
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CalTech and Pasadena City College have been contacted by the FBI in the investigation on the recent ecoterrorist attacks by ELF on auto dealerships.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26326
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Hummers
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Vandalism
Ecoterrorists
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
RUZNAK Mercedes-Benz
CalTech
Pasadena City College
Item ID
26526AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City Council voted unanimously to expand design review for single-family homes citywide. It is the latest effort in the fight against boxy mansions being built in Arcadia. The review board thinks Asian families like the big houses and the Asian families say they do want to fit in with the community.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29774
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Mansions
Developers
Architecture Design Review
Houses
Item ID
29959AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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By the year 2000 Arcadia will have more homes and businesses, more traffic, higher property values, and a larger population of Asians, though the population of the city as a whole will not increase very much. Officials predict what the city will be like in the year 2000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1639
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Forecasting
Item ID
1638AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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