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Review of "The Derby," one of California's oldest steakhouses and an Arcadia landmark.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24707
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 18, 2002
Pages
p. 41 (U weekend)
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 18, 2002
Pages
p. 41 (U weekend)
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc. - The Derby
Item ID
24901AN
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25-year-old entrepreneurs Dustin Nicolarsen and Michael Thomas co-own The Derby, the historic Arcadia steakhouse. The two give back to their community by hosting a fundraiser to benefit their high school.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30786
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Nicolarsen, Dustin
Restaurateurs
Restaurants, bars, etc.
The Derby
Thomas, Michael
Item ID
30974AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia establishments that serve food will be required to post the health grades they receive from the county under a new ordinance adopted by the City Council.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31068
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 20, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 20, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Eateries
Health grades
Ordinances
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Item ID
31263AN
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Landmarks are slowly disappearing along Route 66. Preservationists have kept some relics such as the historic windmill atop Denny's restaurant which dates back to its days as a Van de Kamp's coffee shop from the wrecking ball.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24459
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc - Denny's
Restaurants, Bars, etc. - Van de Kamp's
Route 66
Item ID
24650AN
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Arcadia resident Frank Hartog, who for 42 years served customers, schools and community groups, has sold his Sir JAX deli and will retire. He is being honored with a retirement party given by the El Monte Police department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27466
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc. - Sir JAX
Hartog, Frank
Item ID
27663AN
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The probe of former Hooters manager widens as police find videos of naked and partially naked women on his computer. The women were shown changing into Hooters uniform as part of interview process.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27935
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Restaurants, bars, etc, - Hooters
Aponte, Juan M.
Item ID
28131AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Weekly's Best of the Best 2003 issue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32726
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly, Best of the Best section
Date
September 18, 2003
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Arcadia Weekly, Best of the Best section
Date
September 18, 2003
Subjects
Business and Industry
Polls
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Services
Item ID
32923AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Board of Supervisors has approved a request from the County Department of Public Works to take over jurisdiction on the project to seismically retrofit transit bridges on Colorado Boulevard and Huntington Drive/Second Avenue. The board declared the portion of Colorado Boulevard under the bridge, as well as portions of Huntington Drive and Second Avenue under the transit bridge, to be part of the county system of roads and highways.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30675
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2002
Pages
p. 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2002
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Bridges
Seismic retrofitting
Item ID
30863AN
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Owners of Zapata Vive Mexican Restaurant and Bar Twist bar and grill will appeal the city's denial of their entertainment permits. Neighbors are upset about late night noise.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31208
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2008
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bar Twist
Entertainment permits
Kovalik, Joseph
Noise
Magdaleno, Brenda
Planning Commission
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Zapata Vive Mexican Restaurant
Item ID
31403AN
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Two Asian men died Wednesday night after being gunned down as they left a restaurant in the 1000 block of South Baldwin Ave. One victim was identified as Kenneth Tsui of West Covina.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24412
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 6, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 6, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime
Tsui, Kenneth
Item ID
24602AN
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Embassy Suites Arcadia is scheduled to have a grand reopening after extensive property renovations, under the new management and ownership by Windsor Hospitality Group.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31752
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2003
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2003
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Embassy Suites Arcadia
Hotels
Windsor Hospitality Group (WHG)
Item ID
31949AN
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Freeway sound walls promised for Arcadia and Monrovia appear to be still on schedule, according to the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). The sound walls scheduled for construction as early as 2005 run from Michillinda Avenue to Santa Anita Avenue in Arcadia, and from Huntington Drive to California Avenue in Monrovia. Lower priority sound wall project locations are also given.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Freeways
Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
Noise
Sound Walls
Item ID
31569AN
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A history of the Van de Kamp's windmill atop the Denny's Restaurant currently at the northeast corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The Arcadia windmill was built nearly 40 years ago as part of an architectural movement called programmatic architecture, or roadside vernacular, wherein the buildings reflected their tenants. See hard copy in VF "Buildings."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31206
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Architecture
Denny's Restaurant
Historic Buildings
Van de Kamp's
Windmills
Item ID
31401AN
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Plans are underway for "Peacock Corner" at the fountain and entrance at Arcadia County Park at Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The bronze peacock will be 8 feet tall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29054
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Peacock Corner
Public Art
Item ID
29240AN
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Temple City will not try to annex an unincorporated area near Arcadia, bounded by Daines Drive on the north, Tyler Avenue on the east, West Hondo Parkway on the south and Santa Anita Avenue on the west. Temple City will continue efforts to expand the city's north and south boundaries but wanted to avoid a fight with Arcadia for this area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30103
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 22, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 22, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Annexation
Temple City
Unincorporated areas - Los Angeles County
Item ID
30290AN
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The city has taken its first step toward condemning part of a desirable downtown block to make way for the expansion of the Rusnak Mercedes Benz. The City Council voted unanimously to move forward with eminent domain proceedings against Arcadia Self Storage, a four-story building on Huntington Drive just west of Santa Anita Avenue. This building is one of five under threat of condemnation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29948
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Eminent domain
Rusnak Mercedes Benz - expansion
Automobile Dealerships
Arcadia City Council
Item ID
30134AN
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The fountain at Peacock Corner (southwest corner Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive) is taking on a new look. Student volunteers are placing small mosaic tiles on the facade of the fountain. Local interior designer Shirley Farris volunteered to coordinate the project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33438
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary Club
Farris, Shirley
Fisher, Ardelle
Kovacic, Gary
Lee, Jaime
Lin, Lisa
Item ID
33634AN
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The City Council chose an appropriate depiction of racehorses in full gallop with their jockeys hunched low, designed by artist Paul Tzanetopoulos, for the artwork to span the Huntington Drive/Second Avenue railway bridge.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27519
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 15, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 15, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Artists - Tzanetopoulos, Paul
Item ID
27717AN
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The City will pay $25,000 of city money toward putting a 10-foot tall bronze peacock at Peacock Corner, in front of Arcadia County Park, on the corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue. The sculpture will emerge from the center of the fountain at the corner. The actual cost of the sculpture and base is $36,500. The fountain was originally donated by Rotary Club 35 years ago.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30678
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Fountains
Peacock Corner
Sculptures
Statuary
Item ID
30866AN
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A 19-year old El Monte man is in stable condition after being stabbed in the parking lot of Cash Box Karaoke bar early Saturday morning.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2006
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2006
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Karaoke clubs - karaoke bars
Cash Box KKTV
Bars
Stabbings
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
30190AN
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Newspaper Index
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