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The surprising Anna May Wong. Like many, author Katie Salisbury was startled to learn of the star, then couldn't stop looking. Wong was a famous Chinese-American movie star in the 1920s and 1930s and had her own television series in the early 1950s. Salisbury's nonfiction book about Wong's life is titled Not Your China Doll. The author is half-Chinese and grew up in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36657
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2024
Pages
p. C4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2024
Pages
p. C4
Subjects
Actresses
Arcadia Authors - Salisbury, Katie
Nonfiction books
Wong, Anna May
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Arcadia resident and LAUSD educator Jenny Lu writes book encouraging girls to enter STEM fields. Her book is titled Emma Ren: Robot Engineer and is aimed at children ages 4-8.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 25, 2021
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 25, 2021
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Arcadia Authors
Arcadia residents
Lu, Jenny
Teachers
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Interview with author Brad Pearson who wrote the book The Eagles of Heart Mountain. He tackles the injustice of Japanese-American incarceration through the exploits of a World War II camp football team. Article mentions many evacuees were detained at Santa Anita racetrack in Arcadia before being shipped out.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 10, 2021
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p. C7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 10, 2021
Pages
p. C7
Subjects
Authors
Football
Japanese-Americans
Pearson, Brad
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
World War II
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CDC optimism is a shot in the arm. New guidelines ease restrictions on vaccinated people. On Saturday, March 13, Maitely Weissman, cofounder of Essential Caregivers Coalition, and other grassroots activists will be marching at 1:00 PM at Arcadia Community Regional Park, while socially distanced, to honor those who have died in long-term care facilities since the March 13, 2020 visitation ban and those who are isolated inside. The "honor walk" in Arcadia is part of a series of coordinated events across 17 states in commemoration of the anniversary of the ban.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35935
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2021
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2021
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Activists
Arcadia County Park
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Long-term care facilities
Pandemics
Weissman, Maitely
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At the next Arcadia Coordinating Council meeting on November 1, Laura Heneforth will discuss Arcadia's Walk of Fame exhibit at the Gilb Museum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36074
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 14, 2021
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p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 14, 2021
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Heneforth, Laura
Museums
Volunteers
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Arboretum again shines a light on the fanciful. The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden has once again been transformed into a garden of illumination with its Lightscape holiday event. The nighttime walk-through attraction has taken over a mile long path with 18 elaborate installations that mix light sculptures and special effects with holiday-themed music.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36382
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 25, 2022
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p. C3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 25, 2022
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Holidays
Lightscape
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
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High school Track and Field leaders. Race results of the Arcadia Invitational shows top boys and girls Track and Field marks this season in San Gabriel Valley, as of two days ago.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36232
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2022
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p. B2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2022
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Arcadia Invitational
High school sports
Le, Matthew
Samvelian, Emma
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Big moment: 729 walk in Arcadia High School graduation ceremony at Santa Anita Park. Kailin Kathy Liu was the valedictorian. There were 116 salutatorians and their names are listed. The school had a graduation rate of 99.7% with an average GPA of 3.46 and average SAT score of 1360.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36252
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 5, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 5, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A4
Subjects
Arcadia High School
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Arcadia High School badminton team won its first CIF championship last week by beating Diamond Bar 13 to 8 in the Open Division (highest level). Arcadia High School created its coed badminton team just six years ago.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36000
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 27, 2021
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 27, 2021
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports-badminton
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Arcadia Public Library hosts workshop on January 18, 2020 called The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, based on the KonMari Method, developed by author Marie Kondo. The presenter is Tiffany Ng.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35633
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2020
Pages
p. 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2020
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library-2020-2029
Kondo, Marie
KonMari Method
Ng, Tiffany
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CEO Ikenna Mmeje begins managing USC Arcadia Hospital. Ikenna "Ike" Mmeje will lead expansion of access to specialized healthcare and research to the San Gabriel Valley while overseeing all management and operations of the hospital. The hospital was formerly Methodist Hospital of Southern California and is now run by Keck Medicine. Mmeje replaces former president and CEO Dan Ausman, who has retired. Mmeje served as CEO of both Memorial Care Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Children's and Women's Hospital in Long Beach. He previously held CEO and COO roles with Tenet Healthcare.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36438
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A9
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Ausman, Dan
Methodist Hospital of Southern California
Mmeje, Ikenna
USC Arcadia Hospital
USC Arcadia Hospital-employees
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Arcadia Unified School District has a Latino Literacy middle school program. Nearly seven years ago, the Latino Literacy program started at the elementary school level by Alejandra Worozaken, Catherine Merel and Andrea Mendoza. Then four years ago, the program expanded to the middle school level and Perlita Guzman has been working hard since then to get Latino families to meet weekly for six weeks. All families have the opportunity to learn from various speakers and specialists about topics such as college admissions, high school, trending topics about today's youth, and life experiences in general.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 20, 2020
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p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 20, 2020
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Guzman, Perlita
Literacy
Mendoza, Andrea
Merel, Catherine
Worozaken, Alejandra
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2023 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade's Rose Court profiled with their hobbies. Sahanna Rajinikanthan, one of the Royal Court, is from Arcadia and enjoys baking. She made it to the state championship for the VEX Robotics Competition and enjoys volunteering as a singing coach in the language of Araneri, passing on her Indian culture to her students.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36399
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade-2023
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade-Royal Court
Arcadia High School students
Baligh, Salia
Ballard, Bella
Denoncourt, Zoe
Cortez-Peralta, Michelle
Crick, Adrian
Rajinikanthan, Sahanna
Rose queens
Wittenberg, Uma
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Singers Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken perform at Arcadia Performing Arts Center on Saturday, 9/23/2023. They were two of the favorites on the second season of TV show American Idol. Studdard won the American Idol competition and Clay Aiken was the runner up 20 years ago. The tour is called "Twenty, the Tour."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36532
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 31, 2023
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 31, 2023
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Aiken, Clay
Arcadia Performing Arts Center
Singers
Studdard, Ruben
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Reopening of long-term care facilities is a necessity.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35923
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A7
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Huntington Drive Health and Rehabilitation
Long-term care facilities
Pandemics
Public Health
Stark, Bill
Stark, Melody Taylor
Viruses
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L-Line Extension. Claremont Councilman Ed Reece to chair light rail line board, the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority Board of Directors. The extension of the L-Line (formerly Gold Line) from Glendora to Pomona is 40% finished and scheduled for completion in early 2025. Reece will oversee the extension to Claremont and Montclair. The light rail line serves Arcadia, Pasadena, East Los Angeles and Los Angeles's Chinatown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36156
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A7
Subjects
Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority Board
Light Rail
L-Line (formerly Gold Line)
Trains
Transportation
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Bookstore fights to survive in middle of global pandemic. Karen Kropp, owner of The Book Rack in Arcadia, says she'll weather the pandemic storm for the love of reading. Kropp took over the business 17 years ago from original owner Pat Carlson, who started the business 35 years ago.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 13, 2020
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p. 1, 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 13, 2020
Pages
p. 1, 4
Subjects
The Book Rack
Bookstores
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Pandemics
Small business
Viruses
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Community rallies around Arcadia Donuts' owners Francois Ung and Shally Ung. In recent weeks, they've been doing fundraisers for victims and survivors of the mass shooting at a Monterey Park dance studio one year ago, which claimed the life of their friend Andy Kao. Surveillance video shows someone broke into Ung's car and stole the fundraiser money. A Gofundme is set up if people want to help the couple recover the money.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36626
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2024
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2024
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia Donuts
Doughnuts
Crowdfunding
Crowdsourcing
Fundraisers
Kao, Andy
Shootings
Small business
Star Ballroom Dance Studio
Ung, Francois
Ung, Shally
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Arcadia adopts comprehensive pension management plan, saving $85 million. It addresses the City's $154 million in unfunded pension liabilities. It focuses on: -use of reserves to prepay existing liabilities -refinancing existing debt to lower interest rates to free up cash flow -prepaying costs with surplus funds from voter-approved Measure A sales tax increase -financing long-term capital improvements -using pension obligation bonds to lower the overall costs of pensions -negotiating for more employee cost-sharing. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 3, February 27, 2020

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Mountain Views News
Date
February 29, 2020
Pages
p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
February 29, 2020
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
City of Arcadia employees
Pensions
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Lightscape 2022, a holiday walk-through, is open through January 8 at Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. Wander through dazzling displays of light, color, and sound.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36370
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 11, 2022
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 11, 2022
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Holidays
Lightscape
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
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