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Mirai Nagasu, an ice skater who was born in Montebello and raised in Arcadia, shown in photo, is training and competing hard to become an international skating champion.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31826
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 2009
Pages
p. C3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 2009
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Ice skaters
Nagasu, Mirai
Sports
Item ID
32023AN
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Newspaper Index
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9-year-old Maria Lugo came to Arcadia Arcadia Methodist Hospital from Mexico to have a steel plate removed from her chin. It was a follow-up surgery to a softball-size tumor removal she had in April, 2008, at Arcadia Methodist Hospital. Dr. Jon Tyrell, a member of LIGA International, and Dr. B.S. Chandrasekhar operated on her. LIGA International is a non-profit group of medical experts, pilots and volunteers who travel to clinics in Sinaloa, Mexico several times a year.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Chandrasekhar, Dr. B.S.
LIGA International
Lugo, Maria
Lugo, Noemi Rocha
Non-profit organizations
Surgeries
Tyrell, Dr. Jon
Item ID
32020AN
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Newspaper Index
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World War II pilot Walter "Pat" Hollywood, a longtime Arcadia resident, celebrated Veterans Day and his 90th birthday yesterday. He was born in Pasadena in 1919 and served as an Army C-46 Commando pilot during World War II. He works out at the Fortanesce and Associates Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Center in Arcadia and walks for an hour at the Los Angeles County Arboretum every day.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31808
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Arcadia people
Hollywood, Walter "Pat" - biography
Nonagenarians
Veterans
Item ID
32005AN
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Newspaper Index
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Two articles describe the Breeders' Cup XXVI, 2009, and the race horse Zenyatta. The Breeders' Cup drew a 2-day total of 96,496 attendees, but the 41st Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita Park showed significant declines in attendance and handle when its 31 days of racing ended yesterday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31804
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 9, 2009
Pages
p. B1, B6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 9, 2009
Pages
p. B1, B6
Subjects
Oak Tree racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 - Breeders' Cup XXVI
Wilson, Art
Item ID
32001AN
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Newspaper Index
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Strong winds caused power outages for Southern California Edison customers in Arcadia, Monrovia, and South Pasadena yesterday. The San Gabriel Valley area is expected to have winds from 20-40 mph today.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 2009
Pages
"p. A1, A4"
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 2009
Pages
"p. A1, A4"
Subjects
Weather
Winds
Item ID
31963AN
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Newspaper Index
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This article puts the spotlight on Arcadia High School boys varsity cross country team, led by Ammar Moussa. The team has 14 members. The first seven are ranked second in the state and the CIF-Southern section. A photograph shows Zack Marriott, Esmond Wei, Nick Shar, Eric Garibay, Allen Leung, Sergio Gonzalez, William Tsai, Charlie Johansen and David Mejia.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 2009
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 2009
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports - boys cross country
Garibay, Eric
Gonzalez, Sergio
Johansen, Charlie
Leung, Allen
Marriott, Zack
Mejia, David
Shar, Nick
Tsai, William
Wei, Esmond
Item ID
31951AN
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Carol Libby and Scott Hettrick of the Arcadia Historical Society are both on the Baldwin Adobe Restoration Committee, which wants to restore the Hugo Reid Adobe on the grounds of the Los Angeles County Arboretum. They want to re-create the adobe as it was in its heyday, when Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin lived there from 1875 until he died in 1909.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31725
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Baldwin Adobe Restoration Committee
Hettrick, Scott
Historic preservation
Hugo Reid Adobe
Libby, Carol
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Item ID
31922AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School senior lineman Phillip He is back to playing after a serious bout of acute mountain sickness kept him out of practice.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2009
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2009
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports - football
He, Phillip
Item ID
31923AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arts & Culture spotlight on the new exhibit at the Ruth & Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum. The exhibit is called "Roll 'em!: Motion Pictures Filmed in Arcadia and Surrounding Communities." Photos include Dana Dunn, curator at the museum, and movie posters of "A Star is Born" starring Judy Garland and James Mason, and "The African Queen," starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31724
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 2009
Pages
p. A21
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 2009
Pages
p. A21
Subjects
Dunn, Dana
Film and television
Motion pictures - memorabilia
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum - exhibits
Item ID
31921AN
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The Thoroughbred Racing Association of California is trying to put together a bid for Santa Anita Park, with plans to run it as a nonprofit arm of the Thoroughbred Owners of California. Santa Anita Park race track was to be auctioned this week but no acceptable opening bid was made.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31674
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Thoroughbred Owners of California
Thoroughbred Racing Association of California
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Zetcher, Arnold
Item ID
31872AN
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Robert Seares, born in Pasadena in 1909, had an amazing career as a journalist, photographer, and police official. He was chief of police in Arcadia and remained there for 15 years until retirement. He wrote a memoir called "Eighty Years: a Memoir." A copy is in the Pasadena Museum of History library.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 7, 2009
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 7, 2009
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia police chiefs
Seares, Robert - biography
Item ID
31869AN
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Newspaper Index
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Monrovia High School Wildcats football team beat Arcadia High School with a 27-13 victory in the season opener. A photo of Darrell Cheng (AHS) and Nick Bueno (MHS) is included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31645
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 2009
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 2009
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports - football
Bueno, Nick
Cheng, Darrell
Monrovia High School sports - football
Item ID
31842AN
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Senior Arcadia High School quarterback Garret Tuck (1,598 yards, 15 touchdowns) is on the Pasadena Star News Top 10 of high school football players.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31644
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 2, 2009
Pages
p. 1 of the Special Section "Football 2009"
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 2, 2009
Pages
p. 1 of the Special Section "Football 2009"
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports - football
Tuck, Garret
Item ID
31841AN
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Newspaper Index
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Montecito Fine Arts College of Design, which had campuses in Monrovia, Arcadia, and Brea, has shut down, leaving 1200 students stranded and employees owed thousands in unpaid wages.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Art schools
Lether, Rochelle
Montecito Fine Arts College of Design
Item ID
31785AN
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Survivors of a bus crash on Santa Anita Avenue that happened 50 years ago, on July 14, 1959, recall the accident. The bus had been carrying a group of boys from a Catholic summer camp at Chantry Flat. Brakes failed coming down the steep grade of Santa Anita Avenue. The crash killed 3-year-old Cory Matson. The driver was Brady Bolt. Ken Kramer shares his story of the crash in a separate, related article on p. A4.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 14, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 14, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Accidents
Bolt, Brady
Fatalities
Kramer, Ken
Lynch, Jim
Matson, Cory
Item ID
31763AN
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Jim McConnell recalls playing on the 1969 Arcadia Pony League All-Stars team. The baseball team of 13-14 year old boys made it to the Pony League "World Series" in Washington, PA that year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31568
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 14, 2009
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 14, 2009
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Arcadia Pony League All-Stars
Baseball
Brown, Hal
Burnett, Jackie
Cole, Dave
Douglas, Bill
Houle, Jeff
Kemp, Steve
Lucas, Jim
McConnell, Jim
McGuffin, Jim, Jr.
McGuffin, Jim, Sr.
Mocnik, Gary
Osenbaugh, Eric
Possemato, Angelo
Veselli, Brian
Item ID
31764AN
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Dr. Daniel Healy, 53, of Arcadia, pled guilty to one count of distribution of a controlled substance, the painkiller oxycodone. He faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced December 7.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31565
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Drugs
Healy, Daniel
Oxycodone
Trials
Item ID
31761AN
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Newspaper Index
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Getting a permit to install solar panels on homes in the San Gabriel Valley is costly. A Sierra Club report shows that San Gabriel Valley cities charge more than other Southland communities. The average permit cost to install a typical 20-panel system in Southern California is about $493. Arcadia's fee is $283. A chart shows the fees of surrounding cities.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31559
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Energy
Environment
Solar panels
Solar power
Item ID
31755AN
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Newspaper Index
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Senior citizens competed in the Senior Olympics powerlifting event held at the home gym of Arcadia personal trainer Harry Sneider as part of the California Senior Games Championships. The highlight of the games was seeing 89-year-old Eugene Mailin lift 140 pounds, winning gold in his weight division. Other participants named were 53-year-old Val Olotoa and 75-year-old Ernie Smith. Legendary competitor Beatrice Maullin died two weeks before the games began.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31549
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 1, 2009
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 1, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Mailin, Eugene
Maullin, Beatrice
Olotoa, Val
Senior Olympics
Smith, Ernie
Sneider, Harry
Sports competitions
Weight lifting
Item ID
31745AN
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Newspaper Index
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San Gabriel Valley home values went up in May, the third month in a row in which median home prices rose across the state. Arcadia had the highest median price at $700,000. A chart compares SGV cities.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31540
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2009
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2009
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Home prices
Housing
Item ID
31736AN
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Newspaper Index
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