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Flames from Monrovia Peak fire seen at night coming down canyon right behind home in northern Arcadia.

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Date
December 27, 1953
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Date
December 27, 1953
Subjects
Forest fires
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
896
Collection
Photographs
Images
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On October 25, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Arcadia Fire Department responded to a structure fire with multiple explosions in the 1400 block of S. Mayflower Avenue. The flames engulfed a detached 4-car garage behind a single family home. The fire appears to be accidental. Estimated loss is $150,000 including two vehicles. No one was injured.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
October 27, 2011
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
October 27, 2011
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Fires
Item ID
32816AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Calmer winds helped firefighters battling the 538-acre Santa Anita Fire yesterday as crews focused on protecting homes and stopping a creeping western edge of flames that forced evacuations in neighboring Pasadena. Also see two accompanying articles on the front page.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Brush fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
31181AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Frank Kurtz fatally ran over his wife Rose in the driveway of their Arcadia home when he accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Kurtz, Frank
Kurtz, Rose
Item ID
24162AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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20-year-old man Jason Scott Gustin found guilty of attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend in Arcadia. On August 22, 2016, according to testimony at trial, Gustin met near Arcadia and sat in his car to talk when he pulled out a knife and slashed her throat and then began strangling her. As the victim tried to escape, he stabbed her multiple times. She ran away to a nearby convalescent home. He was arrested a short time later after he showed up at his mother’s workplace in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Gustin, Jason Scott
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
35486AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident and actor Jeff Fierson is going to New York for his graduate degree in classical acting from NYU.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 1998
Pages
p. D1 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 1998
Pages
p. D1 w/photo
Subjects
Fierson, Jeff
Item ID
15877AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Heroic 90 year-old Santa Anita Park paddock guard John Shear will be featured on Horse Racing Television (HRTV) this Sunday, on the "Inside Information" documentary series. He saved a young girl from serious injury while doing his job.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 1, 2011
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 1, 2011
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Cable television
Heroes
Santa Anita Park-employees
Shear, John
Item ID
32706AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Teacher Brandon Michael Landreth, 30, of Pasadena, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Pasadena Superior Court. He allegedly confessed to his ex-wife that he shot 25-year old Justo Cesar Morales to death at his parents' Canyon Road home in Northern Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Landreth, Brandon Michael
Morales, Justo Cesar
Murders
Item ID
31173AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Luella Ball's life was saved by a dog named Spitz who woke Ball after a fire broke out in her home. Ball has been providing a temporary home for Spitz who is available for adoption.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 25, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 25, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Ball, Luella
Item ID
592AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Local Arcadia ice skater Mirai Nagasu, a 16-year-old who is home-schooled, is part of the United States ice skating team going to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics. She has no aspirations for a medal, but is fulfilling a dream by just going to compete. Two years ago, when Nagasu was a freshman at Arcadia High School, she won the 2008 U.S. title in St. Paul, MN.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2010
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2010
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Athletes
Figure skating
Ice skaters
Ice skating
Nagasu, Mirai
Sports
Winter Olympic Games - 2010 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Item ID
32091AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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In 1934, William F. Gettle was kidnapped from his Arcadia home and held for ransom. Larry Kerrigan, Jimmy Kirk and Roy Williams received life sentences for the crime.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1941
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1941
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Gettle, William F.
Kerrigan, Larry
Kirk, Jimmy
Williams, Roy
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
6519AN
Collection
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Arcadia Advises Residents to Wear Face Coverings in Public. Per additional guidance from local, state, and federal public health officials, the City of Arcadia is encouraging all residents to wear face coverings when outside the home conducting essential activities, like going to the grocery store or caring for family members, to help slow the spread of COVID-19. This recommendation does not substitute existing guidance about social distancing and handwashing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35701
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 9, 2020
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 9, 2020
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Diseases
Masks
Pandemics
Safety
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newly chosen mayor Robert Harbicht outlines his goals for the city. The single accomplishment he most hopes to achieve during his term is completing designs, finding funding, and going out to bid on a contract to build a new City Hall.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 17, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 17, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
City Council - 2001-2010
Harbicht, Robert
Mayors
Item ID
31172AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2019
Pages
p. A15
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2019
Pages
p. A15
Subjects
Andrews, Julian
Parsons, Darren
Rivera, Anissa
Sciarra, Joe
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Rev. Dr. James R. McCormick is leaving his post as minister at the Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist. He is going into private enterprise at the management level. Biographical notes included.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 23, 1981
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 23, 1981
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Churches - Church of the Good Shepherd
Item ID
949AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Shasta, the dog who saved Luella Ball's life several months ago when her house caught fire, has been named winner of the Dog Hero Award presented by the Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 24, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 24, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Ball, Luella
Item ID
593AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Chief L. J. Richards is recovering from a knee injury suffered when he risked his life while trying to subdue a wild cow on the rampage.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 30, 1932
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 30, 1932
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Police
Richards, L. J.
Item ID
7985AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A brush fire caused by a suspected arsonist broke out at 1:42 PM in the Santa Anita Canyon right on the Sierra Madre and Arcadia border last Monday. Flames reached within 100 feet of homes in Arcadia, but no structural damage was reported.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Fires
Santa Anita Canyon
Item ID
30697AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Fire Captain Thomas Devlin returns home from Grossman Burn Unit and is recovering well. He is a 20 year veteran of Arcadia Fire Department.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 14, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 14, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 19
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department--Firefighters
Devlin, Dylan
Devlin, Thomas
Item ID
34613AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Joe Borland, a physical therapy business owner in Arcadia, will not be running for City Council, even though he took out nomination papers and gathered more than enough signatures of residents. He changed his mind about running when he learned he might have to pay up to $2000 to have his ballot statement translated into Chinese and Spanish. He has issues with the erosion of English as the sole language of public affairs.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 21, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Borland, Joe
City council elections - 2001-2010
Candidates
Item ID
30065AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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