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Arcadia resident Rosemary Harry makes bonnets and blankets for the infants born at Methodist Hospital.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25955
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 8, 2003
Pages
p. D6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 8, 2003
Pages
p. D6
Subjects
Methodist Hospital
Harry, Rosemary
Item ID
26156AN
Collection
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Arcadia grandmother Francis Germaine McDowell Thielen, born May 24, 1911, celebrates 103rd birthday with 124 grandchildren.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33838
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 29, 2014
Pages
p. 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 29, 2014
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Bontempo, David
Senior Citizens
Thielen, Francis Germaine McDowell
Item ID
34032AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A green-colored golden retriever puppy named Wasabi was born to Goldie, owned by Peter Tseng of Alhambra. Greg Hardy, the veterinarian at Best Friends Pet Hospital in Arcadia, said when puppies are born, sometimes there is a green discharge that could stain their fur, but will usually wash off. Wasabi's case is unusual.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29790
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 24, 2005
Pages
p. U20
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 24, 2005
Pages
p. U20
Subjects
Hardy, Greg
Puppies
Golden retrievers
Tseng, Peter
Item ID
29975AN
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Newspaper Index
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A profile of Arcadia mom Margarethe Else Dietrich, born 100 years ago on July 27, 1900. She joins the ranks of centenarians.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27683
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 27, 2000
Pages
p. 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 27, 2000
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Dietrich, Margarethe Else ("Gretel")
Item ID
27880AN
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Mirai Nagasu, an ice skater who was born in Montebello and raised in Arcadia, shown in photo, is training and competing hard to become an international skating champion.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31826
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 2009
Pages
p. C3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 2009
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Ice skaters
Nagasu, Mirai
Sports
Item ID
32023AN
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Newspaper Index
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A horse named Tough Sunday, born blind and deaf, defies all odds and will compete in the California Cup Derby on January 24 at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34064
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2015
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2015
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Alexander, Nick
Horses and horse racing
Item ID
34258AN
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Newspaper Index
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Birth-tourism sites not easily detected.Terry Moore-Corse, a code enforcement officer in Arcadia has encountered three maternity homes in the past six years, most recently in 2009, when a resident reported "a lot of pregnant women" coming out of a house. Beyond building code and business license violations, there is nothing illegal about coming into this country to give birth, according to the U.S. State Department, which issues visas. Maternity tourism is a money-making cottage industry in which wealthy women from Asia pay anywhere from $25,000-35,000 to have American-born infants.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32364
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Announcement Type
Birth
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Asians
Building codes--violations
Maternity tourists
Moore-Corse, Terry
Mothers
Item ID
32562AN
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Two boys and two girls were born to Feda and Samer Shalabi on Friday, October 4, at the Arcadia Methodist Hospital. The quadruplets were conceived through invitro fertilization.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24655
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Births
Shalabi, Feda and Samer
Quadruplets
Item ID
24845AN
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Arcadia-born artist Quinton Bemiller is painting a mural to be displayed at The Armory Center for the Arts through March 21, 2010. This work was inspired by the natural environment of Hahamongna Watershed Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31871
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 24, 2010
Pages
p. A18
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 24, 2010
Pages
p. A18
Subjects
Artists
Bemiller, Quinton
Item ID
32068AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Democratic State Controller Steve Westly will formally announce today he is running for governor in 2006. The kickoff event is being held in a friend's house in Arcadia, the city where he was born.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29563
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 18, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 18, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Westly, Steve
Gubernatorial elections - 2006
Item ID
29747AN
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The Danish Prince who called Arcadia home. The story of Prince Erik and his home on Santa Anita Avenue. He was nephew of King of Denmark, born 1890, moved to Arcadia 1924.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35003
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 2, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 2, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Booth, Lois Francis
Rosenborg, Erik Frederik Christian (Prince)
Item ID
35193AN
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Erica Wu's parents are ready to cheer for their daughter, competing in table tennis in the summer Olympics in London, UK, on August 3. Wu, 16, was born and raised in Arcadia and attends Westridge School in Pasadena.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33113
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Olympians
Olympic Games--Summer 2012--London, UK
Pao, Johan
Ping pong
Table tennis
Wu, Erica
Wu, Peter
Item ID
33310AN
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The first set of quadruplets delivered at Arcadia Methodist Hospital were born to mother Feda Shalabi and father Samer Shalabi of El Monte. The babies were delivered by Cesarean section by Dr. Richard Williams.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30621
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Multiple births
Quadruplets
Shalabi, Feda
Shalabi, Samer
Item ID
30809AN
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Grant Chu, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ming R. Chu of Arcadia, received a Bachelor of Science degree in neuroscience from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30393
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2002
Pages
p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 20, 2002
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Chu, Grant
Graduations
Item ID
30580AN
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Obituary/death notice. Restaurateur Sue Campoy, who owned and operated Julienne in San Marino, CA, has died of breast cancer. She died on March 4, at the age of 70. She was born in Arcadia on February 10, 1939.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31401
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Campoy, Sue
Julienne (restaurant) - San Marino, CA
Item ID
31594AN
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Arcadia High School student Nathan Chou earns rare perfect score on Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus BC Exam. Chou is one of just 11 students in the world that reached perfection on this test. Nathan was born and raised in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33687
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
November 16, 2013
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
November 16, 2013
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Chou, Nathan
King, Kerry
Test Scores
Item ID
33883AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident and business owner Fawaz Elmasri, who was born in Lebanon, conveyed a message that Muslim people are peaceful and the Islam religion condemns killing of civilian people and the destruction of property. He explained that the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks were acts against God.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30094
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Elmasri, Fawaz
City Council Meetings - 2001-2010
Islam
Muslims
Terrorism
Item ID
30281AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Robert Seares, born in Pasadena in 1909, had an amazing career as a journalist, photographer, and police official. He was chief of police in Arcadia and remained there for 15 years until retirement. He wrote a memoir called "Eighty Years: a Memoir." A copy is in the Pasadena Museum of History library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31671
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 7, 2009
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 7, 2009
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia police chiefs
Seares, Robert - biography
Item ID
31869AN
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"Baby factories" in Arcadia? City of Arcadia forms a task force to look into the matter of motels, such as Santa Anita Inn, and residential homes, being used to house expectant mothers from overseas, particularly China. These women want their children born in the U.S. to garner citizenship for that child.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33461
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 21, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 21, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 6
Subjects
Boarding houses
Motels
Pregnant women
Santa Anita Inn
Item ID
33656AN
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Newspaper Index
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Rubik's Cube craze culminates in the U. S. Rubik's Cube Championship competition at Caltech. Local middle school student Shotaro "Macky" Makisumi clocked the fastest time but could not claim top prize because he was born in Japan. Local Frank Chang also competed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28758
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 11, 2004
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 11, 2004
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Rubik's Cube competition
CalTech
Makisumi, Shotaro ("Macky")
Students - First Avenue Middle School
Chang, Frank
Item ID
28946AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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