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Ninety-nine year old James H. Hampton of Arcadia says the secrets of his longevity are plenty of sleep and regular doses of ice cream.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21611
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2001
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2001
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Hampton, James
Item ID
21832AN
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Newspaper Index
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Profile on centenarian Margaret Nahgy Davis of Azusa. In 1955, her husband Warren was hired to lead a new Church of God in Arcadia. During their first week in Arcadia, their third child Debbie had meningitis. After Warren died, Margaret remarried Ed Davis.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36357
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2022
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Centenarians
Davis, Margaret Nahgy
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Newspaper Index
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Roberta Reynolds, 39, an English teacher at Temple City High School, was shot by her husband in an apparent murder-suicide.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30342
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Murder - suicide
Reynolds, Roberta
Item ID
30528AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. In Loving Memory of Jean Irwin Lewis, Aug. 21, 1914 - Nov. 7, 2006. Jean was born in El Monte, California. She was the school nurse at Rosemead High School for 26 years. After retirement in 1976, Jean enjoyed traveling and her second home in Mexico. She has been active with the Arcadia Senior Friendship Club and the Arcadia Presbyterian Church. Jean always had a zest for living and enjoyed new experiences. Her husband, Jim Lewis, and daughter, Sally Lash, survive her. Donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation or the Vitas Innovative Hospice Care, Covina, in her name.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30271
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 11, 2006
Pages
p. News 9
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 11, 2006
Pages
p. News 9
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Lewis, Jean Irwin
Item ID
30458AN
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Newspaper Index
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Reuben Vizcarra was among just 18 people nationwide to receive a bronze medal from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. Vizcarra rushed to the aid of a woman as she was being stabbed by her estranged husband.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11661
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
Deeember 21, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
Deeember 21, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Vizcarra, Reuben
Item ID
11872AN
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About 60 parents, teachers, and students staged an emotional show of solidarity for teacher Gary Southworth, who began a 1-year jail sentence in connection with a car crash that killed a 21 year old La Verne woman, on December 12, 1992. He pleaded guilty to felony vehicular manslaughter and 2 counts of felony drunk driving.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper239
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Southworth, Gary
Item ID
239AN
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Bail was set at $1 million for Arcadian Hua Jiang, charged with enslaving a 20-year old woman from China. Her husband and co-defendant, Dianyi Zhai, will remain in custody without bail for several additional charges.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9564
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1997
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1997
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
9519AN
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Newspaper Index
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Foothills Middle School music teacher Sandra Ragusta resigned after 12 years, after receiving her lowest employee evaluation since 1990. She tried to withdraw her resignation but Arcadia Board of Education decided not to give Ragusta her job back.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30623
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Board of Education
Ragusa, Sandra
Ragusta, Sandra (spelling is not certain, see Arcadia Weekly, October 17, 2002, p. 1)
Item ID
30811AN
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Paula Alexander, 48, was killed in a traffic accident in South Pasadena in a shuttle bus from the Los Angeles International (LAX) airport. She was returning from Spain after a vacation with her husband Stanley Alexander, an Arcadia physician.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper192
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Alexander, Paula
Item ID
192AN
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Newspaper Index
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A jury hears defendant Richard Robert Russo's conversation with Arcadia policeman Bruce Smith as he says, "I killed my wife." Russo's wife Carmen had about 18 bullet holes in her body. Russo is charged with murder and two counts of child abuse. They lived in the exclusive Santa Anita Oaks neighborhood of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30180
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 16, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Russo, Carmen
Russo, Richard Robert
Crime and Criminals
Murders
Russo murder
Trials
Item ID
30366AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia School Board after a two-hour closed session decided that Foothills Middle School music teacher Sandra Ragusa - who resigned but then quickly changed her mind - could not have her job back.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24654
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 9, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 9, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Ragusa, Sandra
Schools - Foothills Middle School
Item ID
24844AN
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Rosalie Dunham, who moved to Arcadia 10 year ago, is the Senior Citizen of the Year. After the death of her husband 8 years ago, she and her friend Marilyn Morrison began Starting Over, a group for people who have suffered a loss. She also started a follow-up group called Branching Out.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper162
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 1993
Pages
p. H-3 photo; Hometown section
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 1993
Pages
p. H-3 photo; Hometown section
Subjects
Senior Citizen of the Year - 1993
Dunham, Rosalie
Item ID
162AN
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Newspaper Index
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A man dressed in woman's clothing, Rudolfo Anderson, was arrested by the Arcadia police after he carjacked a Honda Accord at the Santa Anita YMCA in Monrovia and collided with an automobile at First Avenue and Floral.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27456
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 23, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 23, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Automobile Accident
Carjacking
Anderson, Rudolfo
Item ID
27653AN
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Duarte resident Daniel Delgado, 25, died after crashing into a tree in the 12000 block of Lower Azusa Road in Arcadia. Witnesses say he had been driving recklessly before he lost control.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31310
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 2008
Pages
"p. A1, A13"
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 2008
Pages
"p. A1, A13"
Subjects
Delgado, Daniel
Deaths
Item ID
31505AN
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Ex-Muir High School teacher Brandon Michael Landreth, 30, of Pasadena, will be tried for murdering his his ex-wife's boyfriend Justo Cesar Morales. He pleaded not guilty. Ex-wife Tania Landreth claimed he had confessed to killing Morales

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31357
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2009
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Landreth, Brandon Michael
Morales, Justo Cesar
Murders
Trials
Item ID
31552AN
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Arcadian Elene Chaffee Loebbecke was awarded the George Washington Medal of Honor from the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge for her lifelong volunteerism.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16077
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News The Star section
Date
December 9, 1998
Pages
p. 1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News The Star section
Date
December 9, 1998
Pages
p. 1 w/photo
Subjects
Loebbecke, Elene Chaffee
Item ID
16834AN
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Detectives release more information about the murdered woman, Liya "Jessie" Lu. Her body was stuffed into a plastic trash container and covered with kitty litter to mask the odor. Police are still earching for suspect Isaac Campbell, boyfriend of the deceased.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30737
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac J.
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder
Item ID
30925AN
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Arcadia High School chemistry teacher George Stapleton's Advanced Placement chemistry class won first place in the Southern California Chemical Society Competition.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3081
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 2, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 2, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Stapleton, George
Item ID
3003AN
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A federal judge overturned several charges in the case of Arcadia man George Torres, 52, accused of running his Numero Uno grocery store chain in Los Angeles like an organized crime ring. He had been convicted of racketeering charges, solicitation of murder and multiple tax and fraud charges when prosecutors came forward with new evidence that appeared to exonerate him on the more serious charges. Torres was released from federal custody after being held without bail for two years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31508
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Grocery Stores
Torres, George
Item ID
31704AN
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Juan Martin Aponte pleads no contest to five felony charges in the secret-videotaping case. He will be sentenced to five years in prison.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News A1,6
Date
July 13, 2004
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Pasadena Star News A1,6
Date
July 13, 2004
Subjects
Aponte, Juan Martin
Hooters Restaurant - West Covina
Sex crimes
Item ID
28950AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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