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Peacock Donuts on Duarte Road is being sued by plaintiff John Ho in regards to its handicap accessibility. While the Peacock Donut shop has 3 clearly marked handicapped spots, the lawsuit alleges that the rear access is not accessible to those in wheelchairs. John Ho has filed hundreds of such suits. Robert Chen, owner of the shop and Alan Wilson, owner of the building, are being sued.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33190
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Americans with Disability Act (ADA)
Chen, Robert
Doughnut shops
Ho, John
Lawsuits
Peacock Donuts
Small business
Wilson, Alan
Item ID
33387AN
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Congressional Gold Medal of Honor presented to Sierra Madre Nisei soldier Shoso Nomura, age 93. It has been 68 years since Nomura served as a Japanese-American intelligence officer for the U.S. Army in World War II. He was born on Lucky Baldwin's daughter Anita Baldwin's ranch (corner of Foothill Boulevard and Double Drive--known today as Santa Anita Avenue).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32855
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 1, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 6
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 1, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 6
Subjects
Kunihiro, Mitsuo
Nomura, Shoso
World War II
Item ID
33052AN
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Gift Box, Sadler bring it all back home to Santa Anita. Recap of Santa Anita Derby at Santa Anita Park by columnist Mark Whicker.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35415
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B8
Subjects
Baffert, Bob
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Sadler, John
Whicker, Mark
Item ID
35607AN
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Santa Anita Park to open Friday, March 29 with California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) approval. Santa Anita Handicap now to be run on Santa Anita Derby Day April 6.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35506
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 28, 2019
Pages
p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 28, 2019
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Opening day at Santa Anita Park. A mix of the familiar and new at Santa Anita Park, with photos of some in attendance.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34390
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Bloom, Jeff
Gelailich, Marietta
Kirkwood, Al
Kirkwood, Sandee
Muir, Carly
Muir, Morgan
Muir, Sharon
Rose, Janelle
Rose, Marshall
Sareen, K. B.
Valpredo, Don
Vidrio, Mary Anne
Item ID
34583AN
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Windstorm damage closes Arcadia schools, Westfield Santa Anita mall, and Santa Anita Park race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32659
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 2011
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 2011
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Disasters
Santa Anita Park race track
Weather
Westfield Santa Anita mall
Wind and windstorms
Item ID
32856AN
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Santa Anita Motor Inn

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 12, 1936
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 12, 1936
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Item ID
3960AN
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Changes to Santa Anita Park

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4300
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1935 p. 1 (percentage to City)
September 17, 1936 p. 1 (additions)
November 20, 1936 p. 1 ( " )
August 15, 1938 p. 1 (improvements)
October 26, 1938 p. 1 ( " )
February 16, 1953 p. 1 (additions)
December 17, 1956 p. 1 ( " )
December 9, 1957 p. 1 ( " )
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1935 p. 1 (percentage to City)
September 17, 1936 p. 1 (additions)
November 20, 1936 p. 1 ( " )
August 15, 1938 p. 1 (improvements)
October 26, 1938 p. 1 ( " )
February 16, 1953 p. 1 (additions)
December 17, 1956 p. 1 ( " )
December 9, 1957 p. 1 ( " )
Item ID
4176AN
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Manager of Rancho Santa Anita.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1934 p. A-2
March 23, 1950 pp. 6, 14
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1934 p. A-2
March 23, 1950 pp. 6, 14
Subjects
Unruh, Hiram Augustus
Item ID
4315AN
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Horse racing at Santa Anita. Derby Darlings. Roadster, Game Winner are strong 1-2 punch in Santa Anita Derby for trainer Bob Baffert. Santa Anita Derby is a prep race for Kentucky Derby.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B9
Subjects
Baffert, Bob
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Item ID
35606AN
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Interview on the 20th anniversary of Santa Anita Derby Day 5k, with Santa Anita Park Directory of Special Projects Pete Siberell (photo). See hard copy in VF Santa Anita Park 2011-2020.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 3, 2014
Pages
p. 25
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 3, 2014
Pages
p. 25
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Siberell, Pete
Item ID
33990AN
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A horse named Melatonin with jockey Joseph Talamo wins the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap at Santa Anita Park yesterday.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2016
Pages
p. A1, B1, B10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2016
Pages
p. A1, B1, B10
Subjects
Hofmans, David
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Talamo, Joseph
Item ID
34681AN
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Santa Anita. Head of track dispels rumors. Q & A with Tim Ritvo, COO of Santa Anita’s parent company The Stronach Group.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35385
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B8
Subjects
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
Liebau, Jack
Moore, Dennis
Ritvo, Tim
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Item ID
35575AN
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Articles regarding Rancho Santa Anita

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 17 thru March 31, 1938 p. 1 ("Romance of Santa Anita")
April 27 ,1939 p. 2 (25 acres donated)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 17 thru March 31, 1938 p. 1 ("Romance of Santa Anita")
April 27 ,1939 p. 2 (25 acres donated)
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita - 1909 - 1947
Baldwin, Anita
Item ID
3951AN
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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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Take the Gold Line to see the ponies at Santa Anita Park. Santa Anita Park offering the Santa Anita Shuttle to run on all race days and will operate in addition to Arcadia Transit's Shuttle service. The Santa Anita Shuttle runs non-stop from Arcadia Station (First Avenue and Santa Clara Street) of the Gold Line, through July 10, closing day of the spring meet.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 10, 2016
Pages
p. 35
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 10, 2016
Pages
p. 35
Subjects
Metro Foothill Gold Line-Arcadia Station
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Item ID
34701AN
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Recap of Santa Anita Derby. Victor Espinoza rides horse "Midnight Interlude" to win the Santa Anita Derby. The horse was trained by Bob Baffert.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2011
Pages
p. C1, C9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2011
Pages
p. C1, C9
Subjects
Baffert, Bob
Espinoza, Victor (jockey)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020--Santa Anita Derby
Item ID
32572AN
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)

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Start Date
1838
End Date
1947
Contents
1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary. 2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956. 3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure. 4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Adver…
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Start Date
1838
End Date
1947
Contents
1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary.
2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956.
3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure.
4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Advertiser, February 26, 1969 by I. Hope.
5. "Arcadia gets publicity." News clip, 1927 copied from Alton Green's scrapbook.
6. "The Romance of Rancho Santa Anita." Booklet by Rancho Santa Anita, circa 1948. Eight copies.
7. Lasca Leaves, October 1967. Three copies.
8. "The Romance of the Ranchos." Booklet by Palmer Conner, Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1941. Six copies. Insert of 1919 map of Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County.
9. "Rancho Santa Anita ... trials of ownership." Lasca Leaves, December 1975. Two copies.
10. "The people of Rancho Santa Anita, Part II." Lasca Leaves, July 1956.
11. "From romance to racehorses." Westways, February 1974.
12. "Ranch Santa Anita." Section of the book, Brief Sketches of the History of the Ranchos San Pascual, Santa Anita ...etc. by J.M. Miller.
13. Lasca Leaves, December 1975.
14. a. "Historic Santa Anita: the development of the land." Brochure by the Arboretum, circa 1976. 14b. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, undated. 14c. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, originally printed by California Arboretum Foundation 1976, Revised and reprinted by Los Voluntarios 2006.
15. "Expedients." Four pages detailing Reid's claim. Copied from the collection of Huntington Library.
16. "Santa Anita Ranch, Rancho Santa Anita." Articles from The Westerner's Brand Book, published by Los Angeles Corral, 1956.
17. "The old and new Santa Anita." Westways, January 1948.
18. "Chain of horticulture." Lasca Leaves, July 1951.
19. "The restorations at Rancho Santa Anita." Lasca Leaves, January 1961.
20. "Background to Rancho Santa Anita." By Florence Slocum, circa 1969.
21. "People say." Arcadia Tribune, February - April, 1941. A series of eight articles commemorating Rancho Santa Anita's 100th birthday.
22. "Rancho Santa Anita 'Place of Many Waters.'" Lasca Leaves, October 1967 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.
23. Historic calendar of events of Ranch Santa Anita. Peacock Call, September/October 1978.
24. Manuscript of Mrs. C.W. (Emma Elinor Hines) Young. From the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley, October 1978. Photocopy of handwritten manuscript and typed copy.
25. "Owners and cattle brands of the Rancho Santa Anita." The Branding Iron, June 1979 by Jack McCaskill.
26. "The Baldwin legacy." Lasca Leaves, June 1976 by Sandy Snider.
27. "Santa Anita Rancho - history told in book." Pasadena Independent, January 11, 1953. Pasadena Star News, September 23, 1956.
28. "Pasadena the Crown of the Valley: a souvenir." Pasadena Board of Trade, 1893-1894 by E. Norman Baker. From the historical collection of William F. Salisbury.
29. "Rancho Santa Anita - 'Place of Many Waters'." Junior League Community News, October 1957 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.
30. "Rancho Santa Anita's colorful past." News clip, undated.
31. "Rancho Santa Anita, chuck full of early California memories; one of the Southland's most beautiful spots." Arcadia Tribune, December 6, 1937, page 1.
32. "Historic ranchos' sale recalls pioneer days." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V, page 1.
33. "Two famous holdings to be subdivided soon. Santa Anita and La Cienega Ranch acreage purchased for vast residential development." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V.
34. Town Rambler by Marjorie Hesse: description of Rancho Santa Anita and the arrangement of the rooms at the old adobe house as told by Miss Lena McCulley and second cousin of E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin, Mrs. H. H. Cross. Arcadia Tribune, June 22, 1938. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.
35. "The Romance of California Land Titles" by Stuart O'Melveny. Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1928. (Rancho Santa Anita mentioned on page 13.)
36. Rancho Santa Anita and the development of San Marino and Sierra Madre. From pages 91, 93, 94, 100 of the book Pasadena Area History by Manuel Pineda and E. Caswell Perry (1972).
Subjects
History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)
Physical Description
2 folders
Item ID
103AF
Collection
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Santa Anita Park to host 2014 Breeders' Cup World Championships. It will be Santa Anita Park's third consecutive year and the eighth time since 1986.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2013
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2013
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Breeders' Cup World Championships
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
33712AN
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How Santa Anita Park became one of America's most popular horse racing venues. In 1907 the original Santa Anita Race Track opened, and 27 years later, the new Santa Anita Park, in the current location, was opened. Santa Anita Park has hosted famous races Santa Anita Handicap, Breeders' Cup, the 1984 Olympics equestrian events, and famous race horses Seabiscuit, Affirmed, Spectacular Bid, John Henry, and American Pharoah (Pharoah is correct spelling). (American Pharaoh).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35051
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 11, 2018
Pages
p. 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 11, 2018
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 2011-2020
Stueve, Spencer
Item ID
35241AN
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