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District Attorney Jackie Lacey finds no crime or wrongdoing in horse deaths. Prosecutor says there is no evidence owners, jockeys or trainers knowingly raced injured animals at Santa Anita Park over the past year. Since July 2018, 56 horses have died at Arcadia race track. Of those, 34 died while running on Santa Anita's main dirt track. Santa Anita Park averages about 2.04 deaths per 1000 racing starts, according to the Jockey Club. The national average in 2018 was 1.68 deaths per 1000 starts. The District Attorney's report includes 27 recommended changes to improve safety and reduce fatalities. See also same story at Arcadia Weekly, p. 2, December 26, 2019.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35619
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Euthanasia
Guillermo, Kathy
Horses and horse racing
Lacey, Jackie
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Newspaper Index
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Horse racing deaths report delayed. California Horse Racing Board (CHRB), the state regulatory board, aims for January 15 release of investigation of Santa Anita Park incidents. The report was supposed to become public before the end of the year. Several new policies and safety regulations were introduced the past year as a result of a public outcry over the horse deaths at Santa Anita. The state is doing more drug testing, more pre-race exams, improving medical record keeping, pushing for new technology. Santa Anita Park installed a PET Scan machine to help identify pre-existing conditions in the fetlock area of a horse. To date, 37 horses have died at Santa Anita Park since December 2018. Despite the deaths, the equine medical director Rick Arthur stressed that the number of fatalities in California is actually decreasing, saying there have been 58 deaths at race tracks across the state in 2019, compared to 67 deaths in 2018.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35615
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Arthur, Rick
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Horses and horse racing
Euthanasia
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Newspaper Index
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The Southern California News Group gives grades for affordable housing in area cities. Every city and county in California is required to plan for adequate housing across income levels but actually building those homes is largely a goal rather than a requirement. Arcadia got an overall D Minus grade.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35614
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2019
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2019
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Housing
Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA)
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Newspaper Index
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57-year-old Richard Henry Solis of Arcadia faces two felony counts of grand theft from elder and six counts of petty theft from elder. The alleged crimes involved Solis claiming the victims had injured him with their vehicles and then asking for money for medical expenses or stealing their belongings, reportedly stealing $100,000 from the victims.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35623
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Solis, Richard Henry
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Rotary Club and Arcadia Chinese Association (ACA) announce plans to restore Fort Rotary, a two-story western-style Boy Scout fort in the foothills behind Monrovia. This is historic, the first coordinated project between these two organizations. Architect Kevin Le from Le Architecture in Monrovia, has already volunteered his time to help. The project is expected to cost up to $140,000. So far, Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has pledged $25,000, ACA has pledged $25,000 and Arcadia Rotary has pledged $22,000 on behalf of Mary Hansen of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35629
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2019
Pages
p. 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2019
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary Club
Arcadia Chinese Association (ACA)
Boy Scouts of America (BSA)
Hansen, Mary
Le, Kevin
Organizations
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Breeders' Cup Recap. Attendance on Friday, November 1 was 41,243. Turn blinkers are worn by Storm the Court and the horse wins the $2 million Juvenile race in the Breeders' Cup. In photo jockey Flavien Prat riding Storm the Court and jockey Javier Castellano riding British Idiom.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35576
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B7
Subjects
Breeders' Cup
Horses and horse racing
Prat, Flavien
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Newspaper Index
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Breeders' Cup Overview. Elite equines. Future Stars Friday kicks off Santa Anita Park's two days of championship racing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35577
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 1, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 1, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B9
Subjects
Breeders' Cup
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Whicker, Mark
Wilson, Art
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park: another horse dies; summary on its way. Death is fifth in month; The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) report on past meet is due in December. GQ Covergirl, a 6-year-old mare trained by Doug O'Neill injured her front legs Friday on Santa Anita's training track and was euthanized.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35575
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
O'Neill, Doug
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Ringing in the Rose Queen. Camille Kennedy of La Salle High School is crowned 2020 Rose Queen of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses. One woman on the Royal Court of princesses is Rukan Saif of Arcadia High School. The others are Mia Thorsen of Marshall Fundamental School, Emilie Risha of Flintridge Sacred Heart, Reese Saporito of Marshall Fundamental School, Michael Wilkins of Marantha High School and Cole Fox of South Pasadena High School. Laura Farber is the Tournament of Roses President.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35574
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Farber, Laura
Fox, Cole
Kennedy, Camille
Pasadena Tournament of Roses-2020
Risha, Emilie
Saif, Rukan
Saporito, Reese
Thorsen, Mia
Wilkins, Michael
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Man charged with kidnapping, beating ex-girlfriend in Arcadia. Robert Michael Mendez faces one count each of kidnapping and criminal threats and three counts of injuring a girlfriend or child's parent.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35573
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Kidnapping
Mendez, Robert Michael
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Pasadena Tournament of Roses 2020 Royal Court announced. Royal Court members will serve as ambassadors of the Tournament of Roses, the Pasadena community, and the greater Los Angeles area and will each receive $7500 educational scholarship. One girl on the court, Rukan Saif, is from Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35568
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Pasadena Tournament of Roses-2020
Saif, Rukan
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Robert Michael Mendez was arrested for attempted murder and kidnapping of his estranged girlfriend, on the 1500 block of South Santa Anita Avenue, near Camino Real Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35569
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Mendez, Robert Michael
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Newspaper Index
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Stronach Group and Santa Anita Park issue statement following the death of a 3-year-old colt named Emtech, euthanized on September 28. Two-time Kentucky Derby winning jockey Mario Gutierrez was tossed off in the incident. Santa Anita park will be reviewing the factors that could have contributed to Emtech's injury. Veterinarians Dr. Dionne Benson and Dr. Dana Stead were employed to euthanize and investigate.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35570
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Benson, Dionne
Euthanasia
Gutierrez, Mario
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stead, Dana
Stronach Group
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Basketball court returns to Arcadia's Eisenhower Park renovation plans. Arcadia City Council voted 3-to-2 to add one full basketball court. See also hard copy in VF Parks.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35545
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 5, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 5, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-2010-2019
Basketball courts
Chandler, Roger
Eisenhower Park
Parks
Protests
Verlato, April
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Newspaper Index
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2019 Breeders' Cup will be held at Santa Anita Park for the 10th time, after a 2-year hiatus from Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35562
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 5, 2019
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 5, 2019
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Breeders' Cup
Horses and horse racing
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia opens first Veterans' Administration (VA) clinic in the San Gabriel Valley area in eight years, called the Interim San Gabriel Valley Community Based Outpatient Clinic, located at 7 West Foothill Boulevard, Arcadia. It is called interim because this is a temporary location. This is a branch of the West Los Angeles VA Hospital. In an email from Gene Glasco, elected City Clerk, after years of advocacy, this veterans health clinic had its grand opening celebration on August 23, 2019.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35587
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2019
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2019
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Interim San Gabriel Valley Community Based Outpatient Clinic
Veterans' Administration (VA)
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Arcadia City Council member and Mayor Pro Tem Roger Chandler said he wouldn't want the basketball courts rebuilt because he doesn't like the "type" they attract. The old courts have been demolished already and City Council eventually recommitted to an improvement plan that permanently eliminates Eisenhower Park's basketball courts. Chandler's comments prompted an immediate uproar from residents in attendance. Council member April Verlato said his use of the phrase "the type" could be perceived as racist but doesn't think he meant it that way, but he should apologize. The renovated park will cost nearly $6.3 million, including a baseball diamond and large picnic area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35592
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Basketball
Chandler, Roger
Eisenhower Park
Parks
Verlato, April
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council upholds plans for Eisenhower Park renovations. 3-to-2 vote shoots down potential basketball courts and early dog park opening.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35589
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Basketball
Eisenhower Park
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia gets new power provider Clean Power Alliance. Arcadia has selected lean power as the default for all customers. Lean power provides 36% renewable energy at a 1-2% discount. Southern California Edison will continue to provide billing and customer support.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35560
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 25, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 25, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Clean Power Alliance
Electricity
Energy
Southern California Edison
Utilities
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Hosre racing: deadly stakes. Santa Anita Park had 30 horse deaths this season. Jeff Goertzen looks at history of deaths at Santa Anita Park from 2008 to 2019 and explains possible reasons. With illustrations.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35540
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 30, 2019
Pages
p. A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 30, 2019
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Euthanasia
Goertzen, Jeff
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Collection
Newspaper Index
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