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A shooting occurred at the corner of First Avenue and Fano Street, a block from the Santa Anita County Golf Course, at about 10:20 pm Saturday, June 24, 2006. A boy, whose name was withheld, was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2006
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2006
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Shootings
Item ID
30292AN
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Monrovia woman, 35, killed in eastbound 210 Freeway shooting, is identified as Bertha Hernandez. A car-to-car shooting occurred and calls to the CHP came in 9:06 AM on Saturday, September 4, 2021, and a solo vehicle crash involving a black Mercedes-Benz at the Baldwin Avenue off-ramp.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2021
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2021
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Hernandez, Bertha
Shootings
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A freeway shooting leaves one dead in Arcadia. Driver crashes, dies, after being shot by someone in another car while on the 210 Freeway, California Highway Patrol reports. The driver was a woman, a Monrovia resident.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 5, 2021
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p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 5, 2021
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p. A1, A5
Subjects
Deaths
210 Freeway
Shootings
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Male dead, woman injured in vehicle shooting on Santa Anita Avenue and St. Joseph Street, near Gold Line crossing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34986
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 5, 2017
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p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 5, 2017
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Shootings
Item ID
35176AN
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Husband shot wife and himself. Deaths of Arcadia couple--Paul Thornton, 58, and his wife Maria Lockwood, 54--ruled murder-suicide. He died of a gunshot wound to the head and she died of a gunshot wound to the chest. They had been married a little over a year. They lived in the block of 600 West Huntington Drive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36056
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 2021
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Deaths
Lockwood, Maria
Murder-suicide
Shootings
Thornton, Paul
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Tranquility of Arcadia disrupted by barricaded gunman. Arcadia Police officer and two civilians wounded when police responded to a domestic violence call in the 2500 block of Greenfield Avenue in Arcadia. The suspect Nurhan Venk, 47, allegedly shot the Arcadia police officer in the face, allegedly shot his 73-year-old mother Ankine Venk. A stray bullet hit an 83-year-old man across the street.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36308
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Mountain Views News
Date
August 13, 2022
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p. 1
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Mountain Views News
Date
August 13, 2022
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p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Ankine
Venk, Nurhan
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Sidney Terrance Johnson of Los Angeles arrested for the freeway shooting death of 35-year-old Bertha Hernandez of Monrovia, on the 210 Freeway in Arcadia, which occurred on Saturday, September 4, 2021. Johnson has been charged with murder.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2021
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Hernandez, Bertha
Johnson, Sidney Terrance
Shootings
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A number of Arcadia Neighborhood Watch groups have planned get-togethers and block parties for August 9. As many as 50 such gatherings are anticipated.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Neighborhood Watch
Item ID
2011AN
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Arcadia woman was hurt in apartment fire in 900 block of West Huntington Drive on August 7. The 50-something year old woman was taken to Arcadia Methodist Hospital in critical condition.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34271
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 9, 2015
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 9, 2015
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p. A3
Subjects
Fires
Item ID
34465AN
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Man arrested after shooting in Arcadia. A 47-year-old man was arrested Wednesday, August 10, for shooting and injuring an Arcadia police officer (shot in the jaw), the suspect's 73-year-old mother (shot in the chest) and the neighbor across the street (shot in the eye with stray bullet). All three are stable and expected to survive. The shooting and standoff happened at 2500 block of Greenfield Avenue due to a family dispute. The 26-year-old Arcadia officer has been with Arcadia Police Department for 6 months and has 3 years of previous law enforcement experience.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2022
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
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Peter Chang, 60, of Long Beach, admitted in court that he shot his estranged wife, Liya ("Sandy") Lu, 32, in front of her Arcadia home on Bonita Street. He was immediately sentenced to 29 years to life in prison. The murder occurred on January 27, 2008.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31949
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2010
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Chang, Peter
Crime and Criminals
Lu, Liya ("Sandy")
Murders
Shootings
Item ID
32146AN
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Arcadia Woman's Club invites local residents to holiday fashion show fundraiser on Saturday, November 9 at the historic clubhouse at 324 South First Avenue. The cost is $50 per person.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35608
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2019
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p. 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2019
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia Woman's Club
Fundraisers
Organizations
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Hunt continues for gunman in Arcadia car-to-car shooting on the 210 Freeway near Baldwin Avenue which left a woman named Betty Hernandez, 36, of Monrovia, dead. This shut down the freeway for several hours on September 4. On September 5, two people were found dead, in the block of 600 West Huntington Drive, an apparent murder-suicide. Both victims were in their 50s.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 9, 2021
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p. 13
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 9, 2021
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Crimes and criminals
Deaths
Hernandez, Bertha
Hernandez, Betty
Murder-suicide
Shootings
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Nurhan Venk, 47, suspect in the shooting of Arcadia police officer, charged with attempted murder for shooting the officer in the face. He faces another attempted murder charge for allegedly shooting his 73-year-old mother in the chest. Zoo Yang, an 83-year-old neighbor across the street was also struck by a stray bullet while he was watching his grandchild.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36302
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 18, 2022
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p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 18, 2022
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
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Police from across Southern California, including Arcadia, are joining Monrovia Police and sheriffs in a task force to try to obliterate street gangs that are committing crimes. This joint task force comes after four people were killed recently in Monrovia. Police suspect Black and Latino gangs of the murders.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30912
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2008
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p. News 13
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2008
Pages
p. News 13
Subjects
Gangs
Murders
Police
Shootings
Violence
Item ID
31107AN
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The 29th annual "Twice Sold Tales" used book sale by the Friends of the Arcadia Library took place Saturday, May 2, from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1987
Pages
p. B-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1987
Pages
p. B-1 photo
Subjects
Friends of the Arcadia Public Library
Item ID
1644AN
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Arcadia police are investigating a car-to-car shooting on the 500 block of W. Duarte Road that took place yesterday in a medical center parking lot.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2013
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Shootings
Item ID
33726AN
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Monterey Park shooting aftermath. Ex-tenant: Attack suspect hated his dance instructors. Huu Can Tran harbored a deep hatred for fellow instructors at Star Dance Studio where he killed 11 patrons and wounded 9 others on Saturday, January 21, the Lunar New Year eve. Tran's tenant, a man who formerly rented a small home from the gunman said Tran distrusted people and could become very angry. At one time, Tran had lived in an apartment in Arcadia. The former tenant describes other aspects of Tran's personality.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2023
Pages
p. A10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2023
Pages
p. A10
Subjects
Chinese New Year
Crime and Criminals
Gun violence
Holidays
Lunar New Year
Monterey Park, California
Shootings
Tran, Huu Can
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Two dozen rounds were fired into an Arcadia apartment complex in the 400 block of Second Avenue. No one were injured. The shooting is believed to be Asian gang related.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 17, 2003
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 17, 2003
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Shootings
Asian Gangs
Item ID
25501AN
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A woman was accidentally shot in the 600 block of Longden by Ertai Fu. The victim's name is withheld.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26966
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 17, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 17, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Fu, Ertai
Shooting
Item ID
27165AN
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