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The Salvation Army has opened Oakcrest Adult Rehabilitation Center in Arcadia. The Oakcrest residence is a free, six month residential treatment program for women overcoming drug and alcohol addictions. It is located at 180 West Huntington Drive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18986
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2000
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Oakcrest Adult Rehabilitation Center
Item ID
19228AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia dentist Shirley Chen, 50, volunteered to help evacuees of Hurricane Katrina in Houston with dental treatment. Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, but many have been displaced to Houston.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29726
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Dentists
Chen, Shirley
Disaster relief
Tzu Chi Foundation
Hurricane Katrina
Volunteers
Item ID
29911AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Danny Zebaneh is participating in Arcadia Public Library's free literacy program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper17095
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 11, 1999
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 11, 1999
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Subjects
Literacy Program
Zebaneh, Danny
Item ID
14526AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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About 500 Hollywood hopefuls participated in the casting calls for the film "Seabiscuit." Possible shooting locations include Santa Anita Park race track where Seabiscuit raced.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24462
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2002
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2002
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Seabiscuit
Item ID
24653AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Breeders' Cup, known as the world championship of horse racing, was held at Santa Anita Park last Friday and Saturday. The event has helped the local economy in Arcadia, with an estimated $50 million spent on restaurants, hotels, wagering, taxis, etc.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31798
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2009
Pages
p. A10
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2009
Pages
p. A10
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 - Breeders' Cup XXVI
Item ID
31995AN
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Newspaper Index
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A fire on July 4th in Alhambra, believed to have been caused by illegal fireworks, destroyed Southland Display, a business that supplied posters and promotional materials to Hollywood movie studios. Arcadia Fire Department and other surrounding area fire departments helped to put out the blaze.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30125
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Fires
Southland Display
Item ID
30313AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School students Marcus Haney and Justin Tan made a film about immigration and breaking down social barriers. It's called Viola and will screen at Laemmle One Colorado Theater in Old Pasadena.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30059
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 29, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 29, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Haney, Marcus
Tan, Justin
Student filmmakers
Arcadia High School - Students
Item ID
30246AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia held its 7th annual Law Day on Saturday, May 14, 2005. About 230 people attended this year-twice as many as last year. Lawyer and former Arcadia mayor Gary A. Kovacic founded the event and planned it in conjunction with the Arcadia Chinese Association.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29518
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 15, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 15, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
National Law Day
Law Day - 7th annual - 2005
Legal advice - pro bono
Arcadia Chinese Association
Item ID
29702AN
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James Dobson and Focus on the Family are discussed by former right-hand-man Gil Meogerle. Also see accompanying article about rise of Focus on the Family.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9365
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 13, 1997
Pages
p. D-1 photos
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 13, 1997
Pages
p. D-1 photos
Subjects
Focus on the Family
Dobson, James
Moegerle, Gil
Item ID
9320AN
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Construction will begin on a 14 foot high sound wall along the westbound lanes of the 210 freeway between Second and Fifth Avenues.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21227
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Freeways
Item ID
21454AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Mexican Mafia, also known as La Eme, has a stronghold on illegal drug trafficking in the San Gabriel Valley. Fighting within the gang is causing violence, even as some key members are in prison.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30918
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Gangs
La Eme
Mexican Mafia
San Gabriel Valley
Item ID
31113AN
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Former Arcadia High School teacher Phillip Morgan Sutliff pleaded guilty to multiple sex crimes against a former student, accepting a plea bargain of 12 years and eight months in state prison.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30646
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School - teachers
Crime and Criminals
Sex crimes
Sutliff, Phillip Morgan
Item ID
30835AN
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Arcadia stockbroker Richard Robert Russo was found guilty of first-degree murder for killing his wife Carmen one year ago. He faces 50 years to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30192
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Trials
Item ID
30379AN
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Newspaper Index
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Indictment implicates Baldwin Park's ex-city attorney Robert Tafoya in $70,000 bribery scheme to help secure cannabis permit from a vote by Councilman Ricardo Pacheco. Special agents with the FBI and IRS arrested former Compton Councilmember Isaac Galvan, 36, and another person, a 50-year-old Arcadia resident, who is the owner and operator of a cannabis grower that obtained a permit in Baldwin Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36548
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Bribery
Baldwin Park, California
Cannabis
Crime and Criminals
Tafoya, Robert
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James Val, a veteran film and television producer loves to decorate his Arcadia home for Christmas. He won a Holiday Decoration Award by the Arcadia Beautiful Commission.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35883
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 2, 2021
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 2, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Beautiful Commission
Christmas
Holidays
Houses
Val, James
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Newspaper Index
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Harry Snyder, 52, has set an American record for bench pressing 350 lb. in the Master's Division (50 to 55 years old) of the American Drug Free Powerlifting competition. He is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper151
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 1993
Pages
p. H-16 photo; Hometown section
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 1993
Pages
p. H-16 photo; Hometown section
Subjects
Snyder's Family Fitness see also Harry Sneider, Sneider's Family Fitness
Item ID
151AN
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Newspaper Index
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Ling Yu, 53, of Arcadia, and her sister Meichun Cheng Huang, 58, of Irvine, were sentenced to 37 months in prison for using their toy company, Angel Toy Company to launder money for Colombian drug cartels. Federal prosecutors said the toy company was a financial conduit for drug cartels in a scheme commonly known as the black market peso exchange.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32822
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2012
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2012
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Angel Toy Company
Crime and Criminals
Huang, Meichun Cheng
Yu, Ling
Item ID
33019AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Don and Angela Wood, owners of Arcadia Fastprint, provide a free service to owners of lost pets by giving them 50 fliers bearing a photo of their pet to help in their search.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4525
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 3, 1995
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 3, 1995
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Business and Industry - Arcadia Fastprint
Item ID
4401AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Former Caltech graduate student William "Billy" Cottrell was re-sentenced to serve at least 18 more months in prison for participating in a vandalism spree in the San Gabriel Valley in 2003.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31822
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arson
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Vandalism
Item ID
32019AN
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Newspaper Index
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All-Area Baseball. Pasadena Star News names Mike Ebner of Maranatha High School, as Player of the Year. All-Area team consists of four from Arcadia: Pitcher Ian Hoffstetter, Infielders Danny Chavez, Alex Dolan, and Jack Esguerra.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36261
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2022
Pages
p. B2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2022
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Baseball
Chavez, Danny
Dolan, Alex
Ebner, Mike
Esguerra, Jack
Sports
Collection
Newspaper Index
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