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Millions take part in annual earthquake drill called The Great Shake Out. From schools to food banks, Los Angeles County learned how to drop, cover, and hold. Municipalities whose local government employees participated include Arcadia, Glendale, Glendora, Culver City, Cudahy, Inglewood, Lakewood, Diamond Bar, Covina, Burbank, and many more.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36561
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A4
Subjects
Earthquake Preparedness
The Great Shake Out
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35172
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 20, 2018
Pages
p. A17
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 20, 2018
Pages
p. A17
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Banks, Daniel Bower, IV
Banks, Gail Joanne
Item ID
35361AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Tallest building in Arcadia sells for $25.6 million. It has been sold to Positive Investments, Inc. by Farazian Family Trust. It has 8 floors, anchored by Bank of America. Another tenant is former Arcadia City Mayor Jim Helms of Helms & Myers, a law firm. Bank of America is 180 N. Santa Anita Avenue, Helms & Myers is at 150 N. Santa Anita Avenue, Suite 685.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35081
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2018
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 8, 2018
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
McSweeny, Matt
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Item ID
35270AN
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Newspaper Index
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Major changes on tap for Arcadia in the new year. Delta Marriott Hotel slated for the old Santa Anita Inn; Arcadia's tallest building, currently housing Bank of America at 150 N. Santa Anita Avenue, has gone up for sale. The current Arcadia Self Storage at 35 W. Huntington Drive is proposed to become a modern food vendor location, reminiscent of the Grand Central Market in Downtown Los Angeles or the Anaheim Packing House.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35034
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 14, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 14, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
Business and Industry
Commercial development
Hotels
Item ID
35225AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia spends $2 million to bank extra water supply, approved by Arcadia City Council today. See hard copy in VF Water.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34137
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2015
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2015
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Arcadia City Council--2010-2019
Main San Gabriel Basin Watermaster
Tait, Tom
Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District
Water
Zampiello, Tony
Item ID
34331AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Closures of southbound Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia starting July 6 for approximately 2 weeks. Crews will be installing underground duct banks and electrical vaults as part of the 11.5 mile Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Light Rail project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33882
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 3, 2014
Pages
p. 24
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 3, 2014
Pages
p. 24
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
34076AN
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Newspaper Index
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British retail giant Tesco considers selling its struggling U.S. grocery market Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market. The El Segundo-based chain is losing money and Tesco has hired investment bank Greenhill to review options. Fresh & Easy has 200 stores in California, Nevada, and Arizona. There is a store in Arcadia (on Foothill Boulevard).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33264
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 6, 2012
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 6, 2012
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market
Grocery Stores
Tesco
Item ID
33461AN
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Newspaper Index
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Joshua Martin Parra-Davis, 23, of Arcadia, pleaded not guilty in Pasadena Superior Court, to charges of possessing and leaving an explosive device in a backpack near a bank on Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia, on Friday, January 14, 2011. He is charged with four felony counts, including possession of a destructive device near a school. Parra-Davis, a former Foothills Middle School student, was seen opening a classroom door last Friday and then later was seen dropping the backpack into some bushes. The bag contained what appeared to be a homemade explosive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32301
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bombs
Crime and Criminals
Parra-Davis, Joshua Martin
Item ID
32500AN
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23-year-old Arcadia man Joshua Martin Parra-Davis was booked by Arcadia Police on suspicion of possessing an explosive device and leaving it in a backpack near a Bank of America on Foothill Boulevard on Friday, January 14, 2011. Witnesses said Parra-Davis first went to Foothills Middle School and may have been trying to open classrooms when he was confronted and ran off. The suspect was then seen dropping a backpack in bushes near the Bank of America and then running through the parking lot, where officers detained him. Arcadia Police called the bomb squad. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Bob Squad successfully detonated the device. Parra-Davis could be arranged in Pasadena Court today.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32296
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Arrests
Bombs
Crime and Criminals
Parra-Davis, Joshua Martin
Item ID
32495AN
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Miss Junior Taiwan Verena Wong, 5, of Arcadia (photo) and Miss Taiwan Paula Wu of Palo Alto together give away toys to preschoolers at La Casa de San Gabriel Community Center. They also presented the center with a $3000 check from Chinatrust Bank.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32249
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 4, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 4, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
La Casa de San Gabriel Community Center
Wong, Verena
Wu, Paula
Item ID
32448AN
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Celebrity and super model Tyra Banks' television show "Top Model" did a photo shoot at Santa Anita Park Race Track, using semi-nude models. Pete Siberell, Director of Community Service at Santa Anita Park, described it as "kinda sleazy."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31720
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 21, 2009
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 21, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Banks, Tyra
Models
Television shows
Item ID
31917AN
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Two bank robberies in the past three weeks are believed to have been committed by the same suspect. In both cases, the robber wore a blonde wig under a dark baseball cap, carried a manila envelope and said, "Hurry up" to tellers. He displays a handgun under his shift and is a white man in his 30s or 40s, of average height and weight.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31163
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Bank robbery
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
31358AN
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Dr. Stephen Liu, CEO and chairman of the board of Tomato Bank, is shown in photo. Tomato Bank is opening a branch in Arcadia at 1317 S. Baldwin Avenue with a grand opening celebration on Saturday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30562
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 31, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 31, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
Subjects
Banks
Business and Industry
Liu, Stephen
Tomato Bank
Item ID
30750AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia-based Mike Alerich, a retired Los Angeles County Sheriff, is a bank security specialist who is dedicated to preventing bank robberies.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30291
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 24, 2006
Pages
p. News 1, 11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 24, 2006
Pages
p. News 1, 11
Subjects
Alerich, Mike
Bank robbery
Banks
Business and Industry
Item ID
30478AN
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Newspaper Index
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StemCyte, in Arcadia, is working to develop a donor bank for stem cells from umbilical cord blood, which is less controversial than embryonic stem cells.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29332
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 6, 2004
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 6, 2004
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
StemCyte
Business and Industry
Companies
Stem cell research
Stem cells
Item ID
29516AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident Phyllis Corliss poses with her Pasadena Star news at the Taj Mahal on the bank of the Yamuna River.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28857
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 26, 2004
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 26, 2004
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Corliss, Phyllis
Taj Mahal, India
Item ID
29048AN
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Newspaper Index
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Trust Bank, which has a branch in Arcadia, has been acquired by San Marino-based East West Bancorp Inc.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28660
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2004
Pages
p. C1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2004
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Business and Industry
East West Bank - East West Bancorp Inc.
Trust Bank
Item ID
28848AN
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Newspaper Index
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A man believed to be the "Old Timer Bandit" was shot and killed by an Arcadia police detective after he allegedly robbed banks in Arcadia and Pasadena and led police on a high-speed chase.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28355
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 21, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 21, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bank Robbers - Old Timer Bandit
Arcadia Police Department - Officer involved fatal shooting
Item ID
28552AN
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Newspaper Index
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In January, Arcadia High School's Kevin Fox taught about 70 Palestinian teachers in Israel's West Bank about "Constitutionalism and Governance."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27569
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Fox, Kevin
Item ID
27767AN
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Newspaper Index
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Bank of America at 1234 Baldwin was robbed by a man carrying a handgun. No one was injured and the robber escaped.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27378
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2004
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2004
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Bank robbery
Bank of America - Baldwin Branch
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
27577AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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