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Take the Gold Line to see the ponies at Santa Anita Park. Santa Anita Park offering the Santa Anita Shuttle to run on all race days and will operate in addition to Arcadia Transit's Shuttle service. The Santa Anita Shuttle runs non-stop from Arcadia Station (First Avenue and Santa Clara Street) of the Gold Line, through July 10, closing day of the spring meet.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34509
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 10, 2016
Pages
p. 35
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 10, 2016
Pages
p. 35
Subjects
Metro Foothill Gold Line-Arcadia Station
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Item ID
34701AN
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Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension opens with big party. Thousands line up for free rides on Saturday, March 5, 2016. Jay Cohen (pictured), Santa Anita Park's legendary bugler plays a tune at the Arcadia Station.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34494
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 10, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 10, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Cohen, Jay
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Railroads
Transportation
Item ID
34686AN
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Closure of Santa Anita Avenue today begins seven months of bridge construction in Arcadia. Crews will begin constructing a new bridge over Santa Anita Avenue at the railroad crossing in Arcadia, as part of the 11.5 mile Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension light rail project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33509
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2013
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p. 1, 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Bridges
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Santa Anita Avenue bridge
Transportation
Item ID
33704AN
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All aboard: Arcadia gets into training. The Metro Gold Line Station in Arcadia will have a grand opening on Saturday, March 5. The light rail Foothill Extension from Pasadena to Azusa will be offering free rides on March 5.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34475
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 25, 2016
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 25, 2016
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Station (Gold Line)
Light rail trains
Mass transit
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Railroads
Transportation
Item ID
34667AN
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Metro Gold Line Foothill train set to roll on March 5. The 11.5 mile extension from East Pasadena's Sierra Madre Villa Station to Azusa/Glendora border is expected to have 13,600 riders per day and trains to arrive every 12 minutes. The new stations are Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte/City of Hope, Irwindale, Azusa Downtown, and Azusa Pacific University.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34354
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Metro Gold Line--Foothill Extension
Light Rail
Railroads
Trains
Train stations
Transportation
Item ID
34547AN
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City of Arcadia has been revising its General Plan and the first public draft was released last week. The General Plan, a 25-year blueprint for how the city could develop was last updated in 1996. The plan addresses the Gold Line station and allows for mixed-use residential and commercial development north of Huntington Drive in the downtown area, and on Live Oak Avenue. The plan must go before the Planning Commission, then the City Council for approval.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32032
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Development
General Plan
Gold Line Santa Anita Station
Item ID
32229AN
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The historic Adams' Pack Station is having a fundraiser tomorrow. The funds are needed for the 50+ year old general store at Chantry Flat, to make upgrades to meet health codes. The pack station, originally established in Sierra Madre before it moved to Chantry Flat in 1936, uses a team of donkeys to carry supplies to the cabins in the Big Santa Anita Canyon, a camp owned by the United Methodist Church.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2010
Pages
p. A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2010
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
Adams' Pack Station
Burgess, Deb
Historic sites
Item ID
32177AN
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Newspaper Index
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Windstorm damage closes Arcadia schools, Westfield Santa Anita mall, and Santa Anita Park race track.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 2011
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 2011
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Disasters
Santa Anita Park race track
Weather
Westfield Santa Anita mall
Wind and windstorms
Item ID
32856AN
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Alan Weeks, a retiree who rode the last Pacific Electric Red Car that went through this area in 1951, visits the Arcadia Gold Line Station at North First Avenue and Santa Clara Street.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line
Pacific Electric Red Car (electric trolley)
Railroads--History
Transportation
Weeks, Alan
Item ID
34645AN
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Newspaper Index
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Mass transit riders take preview run on 11.5 mile Gold Line Foothill extension from is current terminus at Sierra Madre Villa Station (in Pasadena) to the six new stations to the east, including Arcadia Station, Monrovia Station, Duarte Station, Irwindale Station, Downtown Azusa Station, and Azusa Pacific University/Citrus College Station. The new rail cars are stainless steel, made by Kinkisharyo, Model P3010.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34456
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 18, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 18, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Light rail trains
Kinkisharyo (train manufacturer)
Mass transit
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Railroads
Transportation
Item ID
34648AN
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Santa Anita Avenue's Gold Line Bridge was dedicated Tuesday, December 1. Bridge was built by taxpayers of Arcadia, funded by Measure A. The Gold Line Grade Separation Bond Citizen Oversight Committee was on hand for the event.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34394
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 3, 2015
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 3, 2015
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Metro Gold Line-Foothill Extension
Light rail trains
Railroads
Transportation
Item ID
34587AN
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Recap of Santa Anita Derby. Victor Espinoza rides horse "Midnight Interlude" to win the Santa Anita Derby. The horse was trained by Bob Baffert.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32374
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2011
Pages
p. C1, C9
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2011
Pages
p. C1, C9
Subjects
Baffert, Bob
Espinoza, Victor (jockey)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020--Santa Anita Derby
Item ID
32572AN
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Newspaper Index
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Aaron Sharp of Port Hueneme posted a time of 15:01 to win his third straight Santa Anita Derby Day 5K at Santa Anita Park last Saturday. It was the 20th anniversary of the race.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2014
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p. 1, 31
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 31
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020--Santa Anita Derby Day 5K
Sharp, Aaron
Item ID
33993AN
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Interview on the 20th anniversary of Santa Anita Derby Day 5k, with Santa Anita Park Directory of Special Projects Pete Siberell (photo). See hard copy in VF Santa Anita Park 2011-2020.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 3, 2014
Pages
p. 25
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 3, 2014
Pages
p. 25
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Siberell, Pete
Item ID
33990AN
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Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension officially starts March 5. The extension runs from its current terminus at Sierra Madre Villa Station in Pasadena to Azusa Pacific University/Citrus College Station.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2016
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2016
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Light rail trains
Mass transit
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Railroads
Transportation
Item ID
34659AN
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)

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Start Date
1838
End Date
1947
Contents
1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary. 2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956. 3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure. 4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Adver…
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Start Date
1838
End Date
1947
Contents
1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary.
2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956.
3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure.
4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Advertiser, February 26, 1969 by I. Hope.
5. "Arcadia gets publicity." News clip, 1927 copied from Alton Green's scrapbook.
6. "The Romance of Rancho Santa Anita." Booklet by Rancho Santa Anita, circa 1948. Eight copies.
7. Lasca Leaves, October 1967. Three copies.
8. "The Romance of the Ranchos." Booklet by Palmer Conner, Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1941. Six copies. Insert of 1919 map of Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County.
9. "Rancho Santa Anita ... trials of ownership." Lasca Leaves, December 1975. Two copies.
10. "The people of Rancho Santa Anita, Part II." Lasca Leaves, July 1956.
11. "From romance to racehorses." Westways, February 1974.
12. "Ranch Santa Anita." Section of the book, Brief Sketches of the History of the Ranchos San Pascual, Santa Anita ...etc. by J.M. Miller.
13. Lasca Leaves, December 1975.
14. a. "Historic Santa Anita: the development of the land." Brochure by the Arboretum, circa 1976. 14b. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, undated. 14c. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, originally printed by California Arboretum Foundation 1976, Revised and reprinted by Los Voluntarios 2006.
15. "Expedients." Four pages detailing Reid's claim. Copied from the collection of Huntington Library.
16. "Santa Anita Ranch, Rancho Santa Anita." Articles from The Westerner's Brand Book, published by Los Angeles Corral, 1956.
17. "The old and new Santa Anita." Westways, January 1948.
18. "Chain of horticulture." Lasca Leaves, July 1951.
19. "The restorations at Rancho Santa Anita." Lasca Leaves, January 1961.
20. "Background to Rancho Santa Anita." By Florence Slocum, circa 1969.
21. "People say." Arcadia Tribune, February - April, 1941. A series of eight articles commemorating Rancho Santa Anita's 100th birthday.
22. "Rancho Santa Anita 'Place of Many Waters.'" Lasca Leaves, October 1967 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.
23. Historic calendar of events of Ranch Santa Anita. Peacock Call, September/October 1978.
24. Manuscript of Mrs. C.W. (Emma Elinor Hines) Young. From the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley, October 1978. Photocopy of handwritten manuscript and typed copy.
25. "Owners and cattle brands of the Rancho Santa Anita." The Branding Iron, June 1979 by Jack McCaskill.
26. "The Baldwin legacy." Lasca Leaves, June 1976 by Sandy Snider.
27. "Santa Anita Rancho - history told in book." Pasadena Independent, January 11, 1953. Pasadena Star News, September 23, 1956.
28. "Pasadena the Crown of the Valley: a souvenir." Pasadena Board of Trade, 1893-1894 by E. Norman Baker. From the historical collection of William F. Salisbury.
29. "Rancho Santa Anita - 'Place of Many Waters'." Junior League Community News, October 1957 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.
30. "Rancho Santa Anita's colorful past." News clip, undated.
31. "Rancho Santa Anita, chuck full of early California memories; one of the Southland's most beautiful spots." Arcadia Tribune, December 6, 1937, page 1.
32. "Historic ranchos' sale recalls pioneer days." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V, page 1.
33. "Two famous holdings to be subdivided soon. Santa Anita and La Cienega Ranch acreage purchased for vast residential development." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V.
34. Town Rambler by Marjorie Hesse: description of Rancho Santa Anita and the arrangement of the rooms at the old adobe house as told by Miss Lena McCulley and second cousin of E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin, Mrs. H. H. Cross. Arcadia Tribune, June 22, 1938. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.
35. "The Romance of California Land Titles" by Stuart O'Melveny. Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1928. (Rancho Santa Anita mentioned on page 13.)
36. Rancho Santa Anita and the development of San Marino and Sierra Madre. From pages 91, 93, 94, 100 of the book Pasadena Area History by Manuel Pineda and E. Caswell Perry (1972).
Subjects
History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)
Physical Description
2 folders
Item ID
103AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Santa Anita Autumn Meet starts this Friday in Arcadia. It is a 22-day meet, beginning September 28 through November 4, and will include world class racing and Santa Anita’s Oktoberfest.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 27, 2018
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 27, 2018
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Item ID
35476AN
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The changing face of Arcadia: from Super Chief to Gold Line. Major construction for the Gold Line and demolition of one block of old shops on Santa Anita Avenue to make way for Rusnak Mercedes Benz's expansion and showroom are the projects changing the appearance of Arcadia. Businessman George Fasching says in the late 1930s to the 1950s, Hollywood industry people used the "Super Chief," a Santa Fe Railway train, as their main mode of travel between New York and Los Angeles, and it used to pass through Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33589
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Fasching's Car Wash
Light rail trains
Miller, Terry
Railroads
Rusnak Mercedes Benz
Santa Fe Railway
Metro Gold Line
Transportation
Item ID
33784AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park has live-racing for the first time on the same day as Kentucky Derby. The track will be rooting for Santa Anita Derby winner California Chrome, a California-bred race horse.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33820
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 2, 2014
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 2, 2014
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
34015AN
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Security for Santa Anita Derby to be increased as the track continues its efforts to eradicate illegal drugs from the sport. Santa Anita Park will have security guards at the stalls of the nine entrants in the Derby, 72 hours in advance of the race.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2013
Pages
p. B1, B8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2013
Pages
p. B1, B8
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--Derby
Item ID
33676AN
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Newspaper Index
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