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Obituary/death notice

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36264
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 25, 2022
Pages
p. A5
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 25, 2022
Pages
p. A5
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Small, Glenn Whitney
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Obituary or death notice

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35737
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 2, 2020
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 2, 2020
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Donohoe, Virginia
Moreno, Miguel C. (1927-2017)
Moreno, Olga P. (1926-2020)
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The Book Rack, a bookstore that has served Arcadia for 40 years, is closing. The owner Karen is retiring. Doors close permanently on February 23, 2024. The store's address is 204 South First Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91006.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
February 24, 2024
Pages
p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
February 24, 2024
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
The Book Rack
Bookstores
Small business
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Presidential history in good hands with Arcadia car detailer Jerome Holland. Holland, owner of Car Bath Mobile Detailing in Arcadia, was one of 40 handpicked automotive detailers who spent 6 days restoring the first Air Force One jet at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36516
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 23, 2023
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 23, 2023
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Automotive detailers
Holland, Jerome
Small business
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Fans commiserate in closing of their beloved bookstore. 78-year-old Karen Kropp, owner of The Book Rack, a bookstore in Arcadia, has closed the store on First Avenue, after taking over the reins 18 years ago. Declining sales worseneed by the pandemic, as well as her upcoming 80th birthday, precipitated the closure. The store's address was 204 South First Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91006.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36641
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 29, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 29, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
The Book Rack
Bookstores
Kropp, Karen
Small business
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Facing COVID-19 fines, some restaurants say the punishment does not fit the crime, as restaurant owners have found it hard to keep track of the county and state mandate changes. Closures, new protocols, and restrictions in the face of COVID-19 have caused the restaurant industry to suffer. The cities of Monrovia, Arcadia, Pasadena and Sierra Madre have stepped up to help the ailing restaurant businesses by either waiving fees or offering outdoor dining expansion opportunities, such as using parking lots as dining areas.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35857
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 29, 2020
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 29, 2020
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Pandemics
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Small business
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35769
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 13, 2020
Pages
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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Arcadia Patriotic Festival Postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. List of downtown Arcadia business open during the pandemic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35699
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 9, 2020
Pages
p. 5
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 9, 2020
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Arcadia Patriotic Festival
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Diseases
Pandemics
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Small business
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Monterey Park mass shooting one year later. City still lives in massacre's shadow. Permanent memorial to the 11 victims is still in planning stages. In Arcadia, doughnut business owners Francois Ung and his wife Shally Ung remember and honor their friend Andy Kao, a victim of the shooting at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio on January 21, 2023, with a pledge that they will send proceeds from sales at their Arcadia Donuts store on January 20 and 21 to the Monterey Park Hope and Resiliency Center and the Andy Kao Memorial Ballroom Dance Group to assist funding the nonprofit organizations. See also related article, "Who were the Monterey Park shooting victims? A year later, a reflection," Pasadena Star News, p. A13, January 21, 2024.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36628
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2024
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Arcadia Donuts
Doughnuts
Fundraisers
Kao, Andy
Memorials
Shootings
Small business
Star Ballroom Dance Studio
Ung, Francois
Ung, Shally
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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
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2024
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
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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Small Businesses Adapt to Economic Uncertainty in Arcadia. The COVID-19 outbreak has frozen one of the world’s most powerful economies and suspended the fate of many business owners worldwide. During these uncertain times, many small businesses are searching for any method or reason to stay open, and in Arcadia, some have gone to great lengths to do so.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35710
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 7, 2020
Pages
p. 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 7, 2020
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
California Pizza Kitchen
Cheesecake Factory
Coronavirus-COVID-19
GoKi Cafe
Pandemics
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Rod's Grill
Romero, Manny
Small business
Sushi Kiyosuzu
Vendome
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Obituary or death notice

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35602
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2020
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2020
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Woodbury, Tiffany Danielle
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Obituary or death notice

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35603
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2020
Pages
p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2020
Pages
p. A7
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Bigley, John L.
Woodbury, Tiffany Danielle
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Obituary or death notice

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35604
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2020
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2020
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Woodbury, Tiffany Danielle
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Obituary or death notice

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35605
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 14, 2020
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 14, 2020
Pages
p. A4
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Frankini, Vito
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Obituary or death notice

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35635
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2020
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2020
Pages
p. 12
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Brown, William
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Obituary or death notice

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35638
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2020
Pages
p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2020
Pages
p. A7
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Rivera, Elena "Helen"
Wilke, Margaret "Peg"
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Obituary or death notice

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35643
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 4, 2020
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 4, 2020
Pages
p. A4
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Subjects
Piangenti, Nicholas
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Obituary or death notice

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35644
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2020
Pages
p. A7
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Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2020
Pages
p. A7
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
McEntee, Richard F.
Wellin, Sylvia
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Obituary or death notice

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35646
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 2020
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 2020
Pages
p. A4
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Subjects
Gunther, Thomas John
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