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Thoroughbred horse owner George Sharp has filed a lawsuit against Santa Anita Park saying his horse League of Shadows would have won race if veterinarin had not removed it. Sharp wants at least $90,000 in damages--the winner's share of the $150,000 purse because he believes his horse was likely to win. Sharp alleges the racetrack's owner Stronach Group has created a "culture of hysteria in the horse community by implementing ad-hoc and ever changing rules" in response to more than 40 equine deaths since December 2018.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35668
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 19, 2020
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p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 19, 2020
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p. A1, A6
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Lawsuits
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Sharp, George
Stronach Group
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Santa Anita Park, other Stronach tracks to race horses without fans, through the end of March, due to the threat of coronavirus (COVID-19).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35654
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2020
Pages
p. B9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2020
Pages
p. B9
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Diseases
Epidemics
Horses and horse racing
Pandemics
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Santa Anita Park will stay closed; Derby to be rescheduled. Santa Anita Park will remain closed for live racing, at least through the upcoming weekend, as a result of last week's order by the Los Angeles County Health Department in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. More than 1700 horses are stabled at Santa Anita Park and are cared for by more than 750 people who live and work at the track. A track press release said, "We will continue to work with county officials and health authorities to familiarize them with the protocols already in place and our plans to protect the health and safety of the community who works with the horses and calls Santa Anita home."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35693
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 1, 2020
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p. B3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 1, 2020
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Barger, Kathryn
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Epidemics
Horses and horse racing
Los Angeles County Department of Health
Pandemics
Stronach Group
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Stuck in the backstretch. At Santa Anita Park racetrack, coronavirus cuts off horse caretakers from the outside world More than 750 backstretch workers at Santa Anita Park now live and work in isolation to prevent the spread of COVID-19. They sleep in worn dormitories, sometimes in pairs, tucked among the barns. New restrictions bar visitors. There is a sense of anxiety in the community about the novel Coronavirus and the future of their jobs. No cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus have been reported at Santa Anita Park, which ceased racing last month, but there isn't any proactive testing either. The worries have to do with the track being shut down, or trainers moving to other states and these workers having nowhere to work or stay. If they lose their jobs, they lose their medical benefits and will be struggling.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35749
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2020
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p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Diseases
Epidemics
Gonzalez, Rafael
Henry, Jason
Horses and horse racing
Lopez, Jayro
Martinez, Erick
Pandemics
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Viruses
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Santa Anita Park is approved by Los Angeles County Health Department to resume tomorrow. Live racing to come back without fans, ith strict safety protocols to prevent spread of COVID-19.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35755
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 14, 2020
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p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 14, 2020
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Diseases
Epidemics
Horses and horse racing
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Pandemics
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Viruses
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Back on track. Santa Anita Park resumes racing today, still minus spectators and with several precautions. The last time there was racing was March 27, when the track was shut down by Los Angeles County Health Department to slow the spread of coronavirus. Some of the most important protocols include: restricted zone that will house jockeys, valets and essential personnel, all trainers, employees and essential racing personnel must wear face cloths covering their nose and mouth and practice social distancing, all trainers, employees and essential racing personnel must wear a race-day wristband signifying they passed the daily health screening.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35756
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 15, 2020
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p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 15, 2020
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Diseases
Epidemics
Horses and horse racing
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Pandemics
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Viruses
Collection
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Arcadia Unified School District to reconsider Apaches as mascot amid online petition drive, officials say it is on agenda. It is a revival of a 20-year-old controversy to remove Apaches name and imagery amid a nationwide movement to erase offensive emblems. Shayan Farooq, a 2013 graduate of Arcadia High School, felt the issue needed to be addressed. Farooq started a petition at Change.org. AUSD spokesperson Ryan Foran said the issue will be addressed in its list of priorities after reopening schools during the coronavirus pandemic and recent sexual assault allegations involving current and former students who were video recorded, without consent, having sex. Controversy surrounding the Apaches mascot dates back two decades when Native American activists protested the Apache Joe mascot at Arcadia school board meetings in 1999. Then Principal Martin Plourde sought the White Mountain Apache Tribe's blessing to use the imagery and tribal leaders approved, but many students at Alchesay High School (Arcadia High School's sister school on Apache reservation) found the mascot offensive and urged Plourde to change it. 2018 Arcadia High School graduate Yumei Lin is leading a Facebook group to change the emblem.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35782
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 14, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 14, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Arcadia High School mascot
Farooq, Shayan
Lin, Yumei
Plourde, Martin
White Mountain Apache Tribe
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WeChat ban may jolt lives of many. Chinese-Americans use apps for communication, delivery services, payments, appointments, news. In an executive order last week, President Donald Trump announced a ban on Chinese social media apps Tik Tok and WeChat. WeChat is heavily used by Chinese in Arcadia, Alhambra, San Gabriel. WeChat is an unofficial channel of the City of Arcadia. WeChat is the backbone of Chinese social organizing, from business to political movements.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35791
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2020
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p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Arcadia residents
Chinese-Americans
Communications
Fan, Ashley
Liu, Fenglan
Social media apps
Tik Tok
WeChat
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Stein Mart's bankruptcy to eliminate most stores. The combined effects of a challenging retail environment coupled with the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have caused significant distress in Stein Mart's business. More than 40 retailers have filed for Chapter 11, including more than two dozen retailers who filed since the pandemic began, such as America's oldest retailer Lord & Taylor, J. Crew, J.C. Penney, Neiman Marcus, among others. Papyrus, a mall-based retailer of stationery and upscale greeting cards announced in January it would be closing all 254 of its US and Canadian stores, including 19 in Southern California (including Arcadia at Westfield Santa Anita mall).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35792
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 13, 2020
Pages
p. A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 13, 2020
Pages
p. A11
Subjects
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Economy
Pandemics
Papyrus
Retail stores
Stein Mart
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Santa Anita Park modifiest rack after horse deaths. It is the first significant change in 67 years. Horses running 6 and 6 1/2 furlongs will instead start on a new turf chute under construction at the racetrack's northeast corner, near the Gate 5 entrance. Santa Anita Park will host a short meet September 19-October 25, still without spectators due to the coronavirus. The racing board delayed the start of the meet to give the horses time to rest and to ensure its COVID-19 protocols were in place. County officials recorded 38 coronavirus cases at Santa Anita Park by the end of its previous meet in June.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35795
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2020
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p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Moore, Dennis
Pandemics
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Vella-Gregory, Jodie
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Santa Anita Park to delay start of fall meet, due to poor air quality of Bobcat Fire, to September 25. The Red Cross is using Santa Anita Park as the evacuation zone for people, including many of our horsemen, whose homes are less than 2 miles from here.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35804
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2020
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p. B6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2020
Pages
p. B6
Subjects
Air quality
Bobcat Fire
Butler, Aidan
Fires
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Flames continue north to homes. Residents evacuate as Bobcat Fire jumps Highway 2, tops mountain ridge, menaces Antelope Valley. The 50,539-acre fire which once primarily threatened San Gabriel Valley foothill communities after it started on September 6, jumped Highway 2 overnight and continues to spread north, putting Antelope Valley under an evacuation warning. Evacuation warnings were still in place for parts of Monrovia, Arcadia, Duarte, Bradbury, Sierra Madre, Pasadena, and Altadena, though evacuation orders in parts of Sierra Madre and Arcadia were lifted Wednesday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35806
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2020
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p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2020
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p. A1, A7
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Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
San Gabriel Mountains
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Santa Anita Park looking for a brighter future. When Aidan Butler, Executive Director of California Racing Operations for The Stronach Group took over at Santa Anita about a year ago, he couldn't have envisioned the road blocks his first year--heavy rains that postponed opening day, the COVID-19 pandemic, recent brush fires that forced the fall meet to be postponed. He discusses the difficulties this year, the new turf chute and the future.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35809
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2020
Pages
p. B6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2020
Pages
p. B6
Subjects
Butler, Aidan
Fires
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Arcadia Unified School District's middle school choir lifts voices, spirits with a virtually performed video of The Lion Sleeps Tonight, directed by Amanda Svetich, the choir director and assistant orchestra director at Arcadia High School. It was recorded on Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35861
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 2020
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Choirs
Svetich, Amanda
Videos
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Dr. William A. Stark, 84, a retired dentist who had several medical issues, died after he and his wife endured months of pandemic visitation restrictions at his Arcadia nursing home.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35863
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2020
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p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Deaths
Huntington Drive Health and Rehabilitation Center
Nursing homes
Pandemics
Stark, Melody Taylor
Stark, William A.
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Arcadia doctor helps found PPE donation group. Dr. Karen Tsai, co-founded DonatePPE.org along with Bay Area engineer Deyu Kong. The organization has donated some 2.2 million items of PPE (personal protective equipment) to hospitals, schools and homeless shelters during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35871
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2020
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p.A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2020
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p.A1, A6
Subjects
Charities
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Kong, Deyu
Pandemics
Tsai, Karen
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Every 10 minutes, someone in Los Angeles County dies from the effects of COVID-19. Melody Stark of Monrovia is shown in photo displaying a photo of her husband Dr. William Stark who was a resident of Huntington Drive Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arcadia. He died on November 22, 2020. Since March, 2020, 10,056 people have died from the coronavirus.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35887
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2021
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p. A1, A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A11
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Deaths
Huntington Drive Health and Rehabilitation Center
Pandemics
Public Health
Stark, Melody
Stark, William (Dr.)
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Podiatrist socks it to Union Station. Dr. Shelley Gath, a podiatrist in Arcadia, donated 495 pairs of socks to the homeless charity Union Station. Dr. Gath operates Vantage Foot and Ankle Center in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35878
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2021
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Charity
Gath, Shelley
Socks
Union Station
Vantage Foot and Ankle Center
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Transit agencies hope to get rolling again. As pandemic eases, some look to hire drivers in anticipation of ridership revival. Mitun Seguin, spokesperson with Transdev, the contractor operating Foothill Transit's Arcadia yard, said there are 8 driver openings there, bringing the total bus driver openings at Foothill Transit to 13, as of April 16.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35956
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Bus drivers
Employment
Foothill Transit
Jobs
Pandemics
Transdev
Transportation
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia donor must go to jail during appeal. Imaad Zuberi, 50, of Arcadia pleaded guilty in 2019 to falsifying records, violating foreign agents act. He was a businessman and political fundraiser who obstructed a federal probe into donations to former President Donald Trump's inaugural committee.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35977
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 9, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 9, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Zuberi, Imaad
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Newspaper Index
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