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Fans commiserate in closing of their beloved bookstore. 78-year-old Karen Kropp, owner of The Book Rack, a bookstore in Arcadia, has closed the store on First Avenue, after taking over the reins 18 years ago. Declining sales worseneed by the pandemic, as well as her upcoming 80th birthday, precipitated the closure. The store's address was 204 South First Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91006.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36641
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 29, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 29, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
The Book Rack
Bookstores
Kropp, Karen
Small business
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The Book Rack, a bookstore that has served Arcadia for 40 years, is closing. The owner Karen is retiring. Doors close permanently on February 23, 2024. The store's address is 204 South First Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91006.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36638
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
February 24, 2024
Pages
p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
February 24, 2024
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
The Book Rack
Bookstores
Small business
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Arcadia Patriotic Festival Postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. List of downtown Arcadia business open during the pandemic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35699
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 9, 2020
Pages
p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 9, 2020
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Arcadia Patriotic Festival
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Diseases
Pandemics
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Small business
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Arcadia doctor helps found PPE donation group. Dr. Karen Tsai, co-founded DonatePPE.org along with Bay Area engineer Deyu Kong. The organization has donated some 2.2 million items of PPE (personal protective equipment) to hospitals, schools and homeless shelters during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35871
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2020
Pages
p.A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2020
Pages
p.A1, A6
Subjects
Charities
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Kong, Deyu
Pandemics
Tsai, Karen
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Arcadia High School clubs adapt to the pandemic by moving their operations online.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35964
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 1, 2021
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 1, 2021
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia High School clubs
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Pandemics
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Santa Anita Park looking for a brighter future. When Aidan Butler, Executive Director of California Racing Operations for The Stronach Group took over at Santa Anita about a year ago, he couldn't have envisioned the road blocks his first year--heavy rains that postponed opening day, the COVID-19 pandemic, recent brush fires that forced the fall meet to be postponed. He discusses the difficulties this year, the new turf chute and the future.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35809
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2020
Pages
p. B6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2020
Pages
p. B6
Subjects
Butler, Aidan
Fires
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Small Businesses Adapt to Economic Uncertainty in Arcadia. The COVID-19 outbreak has frozen one of the world’s most powerful economies and suspended the fate of many business owners worldwide. During these uncertain times, many small businesses are searching for any method or reason to stay open, and in Arcadia, some have gone to great lengths to do so.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 7, 2020
Pages
p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 7, 2020
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
California Pizza Kitchen
Cheesecake Factory
Coronavirus-COVID-19
GoKi Cafe
Pandemics
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Rod's Grill
Romero, Manny
Small business
Sushi Kiyosuzu
Vendome
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Facing COVID-19 fines, some restaurants say the punishment does not fit the crime, as restaurant owners have found it hard to keep track of the county and state mandate changes. Closures, new protocols, and restrictions in the face of COVID-19 have caused the restaurant industry to suffer. The cities of Monrovia, Arcadia, Pasadena and Sierra Madre have stepped up to help the ailing restaurant businesses by either waiving fees or offering outdoor dining expansion opportunities, such as using parking lots as dining areas.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35857
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 29, 2020
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 29, 2020
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Pandemics
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Small business
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Distance learning a work in progress (online classes). Parents and students adjust and make the most of their home-based classrooms during this COVID-19 pandemic.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Child, Angela
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Education
Pandemics
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Arcadia Extends Suspension of Overnight Parking and Street Sweeping Enforcement. Due to extensions and new restrictions to the ongoing COVID-19 Safer at Home and in the Community Health Order, many residents are staying at home and may have limited parking options. Therefore, overnight parking and street sweeping enforcement will remain suspended until further notice. Arcadia residents, business owners, and visitors should be aware of timed parking zones in business and commercial areas. With businesses still in a limited reopening phase, timed zones in business and commercial areas will be enforced. Pay attention to the posted parking signs when you park to avoid receiving a citation.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 16, 2020
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 16, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Pandemics
Parking
Viruses
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Arcadia Methodist Hospital faces severe shortage of available nurses. Socially-distanced union representatives and exhausted nurses protested the patient-to-staff ratio during the pandemic at Arcadia Methodist Hospital The hospital is using a state waiver to circumvent nurse-to-patient safe staffing standards. Nurses are urging Methodist Hospital to staff “for safe patient care, not to use the pandemic as an excuse to put patients at serious risk.”

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35888
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 7, 2021
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 7, 2021
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Nurses
Pandemics
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Stein Mart's bankruptcy to eliminate most stores. The combined effects of a challenging retail environment coupled with the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have caused significant distress in Stein Mart's business. More than 40 retailers have filed for Chapter 11, including more than two dozen retailers who filed since the pandemic began, such as America's oldest retailer Lord & Taylor, J. Crew, J.C. Penney, Neiman Marcus, among others. Papyrus, a mall-based retailer of stationery and upscale greeting cards announced in January it would be closing all 254 of its US and Canadian stores, including 19 in Southern California (including Arcadia at Westfield Santa Anita mall).

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 13, 2020
Pages
p. A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 13, 2020
Pages
p. A11
Subjects
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Economy
Pandemics
Papyrus
Retail stores
Stein Mart
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Enjoy being safe at home with Arcadia Public Library. Arcadia Public Library is offering a surprising array of phone, pick-up, and online services that will definitely brighten your days during the pandemic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35700
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 9, 2020
Pages
p. 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 9, 2020
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library-2020-2029
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Pandemics
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Arcadia High School student Spencer Cheung teaches card tricks to help others cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Cheung created a YouTube video to teach what he knows.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2020
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Cheung, Spencer
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Pandemics
Videos
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COVID-19 pandemic initiaties "infodemic." The novel coronavirus COVID-19 has hit the U.S. economy hard and is spreading. There are 938 cases reported in the United States.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 12, 2020
Pages
p. 1, 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 12, 2020
Pages
p. 1, 2
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Diseases
Epidemics
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Pandemics
World Health Organization
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Arcadia Unified teachers share what learning looks like in a pandemic. Karalee Nakatsuka, 8th grade history teacher at First Avenue Middle School, discusses remote learning during COVID-19.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 22, 2020
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 22, 2020
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
First Avenue Middle School
Nakatsuka, Karalee
Pandemics
Teachers
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Parents demand schools reopen but is it safe during the pandemic? Teacher vaccinations are important but not a prerequisite for reopening, CDC says--at least in elementary schools.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2021
Pages
p. 1, 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2021
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Foran, Ryan
Pandemics
Public Health
Schools
Teachers
Vaccines
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Arcadia native Eileen Chen, a UCSB student, hosts global day of letter writing to senior citizens isolated by COVID-19. See also Pasadena Star News, p. A3, A4, February 16, 2021.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 4, 2021
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 4, 2021
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Chen, Eileen
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Pandemics
Volunteerism
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Public health: staying safe in a pandemic. Experts weigh in on the practicalities of daily life during the coronavirus outbreak. The message from state officials is clear: stay home, only leave for essentials and keep 6 feet from others to stop the spread of the new coronavirus.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35672
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Diseases
Epidemics
Illnesses
Pandemics
Public Health
Collection
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Readers share hobbies started during the COVID-19 Pandemic and after, with columnist David Allen. Annick Downhower got hooked on streaming horse racing and reading blogs. She has returned to watching in-person racing at Santa Anita Park and continues to stream races on Fan Duel.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36449
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2023
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2023
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Allen, David
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Downhower, Annick
Pandemics
Collection
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