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The founder of Focus on the Family, James Dobson, will resign as president and chief executive. Dobson formed the beginnings of Focus on the Family in 1977 in Arcadia and moved to Colorado Springs in 1991.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25536
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 9, 2003
Pages
p. D5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 9, 2003
Pages
p. D5
Subjects
Dobson, James
Focus on the Family
Item ID
25735AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Fire Department has formed a special relationship with Dean Street Station 105 in Brooklyn, New York. One Voice For Tomorrow is a local non-profit organization that helps raise money for the Dean Street Station Fund and to help the Arcadia Fire Association Widows and Orphan Fund.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30676
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2002
Pages
p. 24
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2002
Pages
p. 24
Subjects
Firefighters - firemen
Fundraisers
Hutcheson, Dave
Marston, Ken
Non-profit organizations
One Voice for Tomorrow
September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001
Item ID
30864AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Canning-Hunger, a non-profit organization that raises money to help feed hungry children, has been authorized to paint residential curb addresses throughout the city.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31145
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 27, 2003
Pages
p. 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 27, 2003
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Canning-Hunter
Curbs
House numbers
Item ID
31340AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia faces housing issues as a new state law requires cities to offer affordable senior and family housing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30390
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Housing
Item ID
30577AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia author Debo Kotun has started a new radio "dramedy" titled "The Courtyard" with a fictional location in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26500
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 6, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 6, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Kotun, Debo
Authors
Item ID
26701AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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In the 1920s and 1930s, Arcadia had a reputation as a poultry raising community. There were many poultry ranchers in Arcadia, including a Denmark royal family member named Prince Eric, cousin of the King of Denmark.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31687
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 25, 2002
Pages
p. 8, 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 25, 2002
Pages
p. 8, 16
Subjects
Arcadia history - 1920-1930
Arcadia history - 1930-1940
Chicken farms and farming
Eric, Prince of Denmark
Poultry ranches
Item ID
31884AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Residents voice concerns over the Santa Anita Park race track parking lot development of an outdoor mall to include retail, commercial and apartment space. Residents worry about how the quality of life in Arcadia will be affected. A draft of the environmental report should be ready by late June.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29466
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 8, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 8, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park race track parking lot
Caruso, Rick
Developers
Malls
Item ID
29651AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Incumbents Segal and Chang hope to keep their seats on the city council. Former Councilman Roger Chandler will run again in this spring's election.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27380
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
City Council Election 2004
Chang, Sheng
Chandler, Roger
Segal, Mickey
Item ID
27579AN
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Newspaper Index
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The newly renovated auditorium at Methodist Hospital has been named for Samuel J. Vance, a former patient there. This was made possible by the Berger Foundation. The article includes the names of family members.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29065
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 22 - 28, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 22 - 28, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Methodist Hospital - Auditorium
Vance, Samuel J.
H. N. and Frances Berger Foundation
Memorials
Item ID
29251AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Second grade teacher, Victoria Heggem, at Camino Grove Elementary School, has won a federal court battle to pay her union dues to a charity because of religious convictions.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24971
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 17, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 17, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Schools - Camino Grove Elementary School
California Teachers Association
National Right to Work Legal Foundation
Heggem, Victoria
Item ID
25151AN
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Newspaper Index
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The family of sheriff's Deputy Hagop "Jake" Kuredjian settled a wrongful-death suit against former Arcadia police officer James Allen Beck who shot Kuredjian while he was helping serve a search warrant.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25628
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 3, 2003
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 3, 2003
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Kuredjian, Hagop "Jake"
Beck, James Allen
Wrongful-death Lawsuit
Item ID
25828AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia mayor Gail Marshall, a.k.a. "Speed Racer", won the annual Mayor's Cup Challenge at Irwindale Raceway. She drove a Ford Focus.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30655
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2002
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Marshall, Gail
Race cars
Racing
Item ID
30843AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Local author Denise Hong and her son Andrew collaborate on a children's book titled "Why I Love My Mom." The book is illustrated by Paul Lopez.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28230
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News U Section
Date
May 9, 2004
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News U Section
Date
May 9, 2004
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia Authors
Hong, Denise
Hong, Andrew
Lopez, Paul
Children's Books
Item ID
28424AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Meredith Brucker, Arcadia resident, is the recipient of this year's Founders' Award, presented by the Independent Writers of Southern California (IWOSC). Hard copy in Authors VF.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33321
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
August 16, 2001
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
August 16, 2001
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia Authors
Awards
Brucker, Meredith
Item ID
33517AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Fuller ethics professor Lewis Smedes died at Methodist Hospital in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 19th. Dr. Smedes was a pioneer in forgiveness research and the author of more than 15 books.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24834
Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
Dec. 21, 2002 LATimes
Dec. 22, 2002 Star News
Pages
p. B16
Pasadena Star News
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
Dec. 21, 2002 LATimes
Dec. 22, 2002 Star News
Pages
p. B16
Pasadena Star News
Subjects
Smedes, Lewis
Item ID
25029AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Westfield Group is funding a new "grass roots" coalition to oppose the Santa Anita Park race track mall development by Caruso Affiliated. The coalition is called Arcadia First! but includes Westfield representatives, Westfield tenants and downtown businesses, and not only citizens, as the membership in a grass roots organization might suggest.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29573
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia First!
Caruso Affiliated Holdings
Coalitions
Organizations
Mall war
Santa Anita Park race track -- parking lot
Shopping malls
Westfield Group
Item ID
29758AN
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Newspaper Index
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As their own volunteer project, local boys from Arcadia acquire shelving and install it at Bienvenidos Children's Center in Altadena. Sam Pievac Co. in Santa Fe Springs donated the shelves.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29307
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 2004
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 2004
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Volunteers
Volunteerism
Vanni, Adam
Fornaciari, Matt
Bienvenidos Children's Center
Item ID
29491AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident Rick Landis and his partners, Bonnie and Glenn Watje of Whittier, who operate the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet, will receive the Good Scout of the Year Award.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31141
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2008
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2008
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Awards - honors - recognitions
Business owners
Landis, Richard ("Rick") - biography
Item ID
31336AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia neurologist Vincent Fortanasce has written a book called "The Anti-Alzheimer's Prescription," which focuses on preventing or delaying the disease. 101-year-old Marshall Welles of Duarte was the inspiration for Fortanasce's book.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31256
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2008
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2008
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Alzheimer's Disease
Arcadia Authors
Fortanasce, Vincent
Welles, Marshall
Item ID
31451AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Mary Tillman, mother of former NFL player Pat Tillman, shares her grief and her book "Boots on the Ground by Dusk" at Arcadia Public Library. Pat Tillman was a U.S. Army Ranger killed in action in Afghanistan.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31233
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2008
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - programs
Authors
Books
Tillman, Mary
Item ID
31433AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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