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Fisher family reunion celebrated during Monrovia Day. Forty-four descendants of Julian Fisher and Gladys Fisher are still around in this area. Julian Fisher was Monrovia's first African American police officer and his father was recruited to come work on Lucky Baldwin's race horses. Julian and Gladys Fisher had 11 children.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35514
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2019
Pages
p. 5
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2019
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
African Americans
Fisher, Gladys
Fisher, Julian
Fisher, Vivian
Thomas, Frederick
Vance, Jason
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Newspaper Index
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Business profile on Pieology, a restaurant in Monrovia that serves artisan-style customized pizzas. Franchisees Stanley Poon, James Poon, and George Li are Arcadia High School graduates.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34231
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 2, 2015
Pages
p. 23
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 2, 2015
Pages
p. 23
Subjects
Arcadia High School alumni
Li, George
Pizza
Poon, James
Poon, Stanley
Restaurants
Item ID
34425AN
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Newspaper Index
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Monrovia man Gerardo Cortez, 26, was arrested for allegedly making telephone threats to shoot adults and children with an assault rifle at schools (including Arcadia High School), the Westfield Santa Anita mall, and a hospital in the San Gabriel Valley last week. He was booked at Monrovia Police Department for five counts of felony Making Criminal Threats and five counts of False Report of an Emergency. He is to be arraigned today. See also Mountain Views News, September 14, 2013, p. 1.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33617
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 4
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Arcadia Police Department
Cortez, Gerardo
Crime and Criminals
Guthrie, Robert (Chief of Arcadia Police Department)
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Monrovia Police Department
Item ID
33812AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School students are doing well on the high school exit examinations. 89% of 10th graders taking the math exam passed and 88% passed the English exam. Comparison of test scores with Monrovia, Pasadena, and Los Angeles County.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30587
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2002
Pages
p. 5
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2002
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Examinations
Test Scores
Item ID
30775AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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