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Horse euthanized two days before new season starts at Santa Anita Park. Truest Reward, a 3-year-old gelding died during a period when the track was closed to workouts but open for jogging and galloping. The horse broke its left front leg on the training track, which is considered the safest surface. This is the 38th horse to die at the track since December 2018.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35630
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 2, 2020
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 2, 2020
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary or death notice. See also Pasadena Star News, January 3, 2020.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35553
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2020
Pages
p. A9
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2020
Pages
p. A9
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Brown, William John
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Public Library hosts Lunar New Year celebration on January 18, 2020. Celebrating the Year of the Rat with fun stories, activities and a Lion Dance and presentation by Shin Dance Academy, sponsored by Sino U.S. Performing Arts Organization.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35634
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2020
Pages
p. 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2020
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library-2020-2029
Chinese New Year
Lunar New Year
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia kicks off 2020 City Council election. Final candidates in District 1 are Mayor April Verlato running for reelection and newcomer Yuli J. Sira. Verlato is currently on the last year of her first term on city council and she as elected mayor her last year. She is an attorney with Verlato and Roberts law firm in Arcadia. She is a native of Arcadia, with a long list of endorsements, including former mayors of Arcadia. Sira is a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker. District 4 has two candidates--longstanding council member and former mayor Peter Amundson and newcomer Paul Cheng. Amundson has completed three terms on City Council and served twice as mayor. He is an Arcadia native, with a long list of endorsements. Paul P. Cheng is a highly publicized attorney specializing in business operations and commercial realty transactions. He previously ran for Arcadia City Council in 2010. Also up for reelection is City Clerk Gene Glasco. He is running unopposed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35641
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 23, 2020
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 23, 2020
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Amundson, Peter
Cheng, Paul
City Council Elections-2020
Glasco, Gene
Sura, Yuli J.
Verlato, April
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Newspaper Index
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Holly Avenue Elementary School named as a 2020 California Distinguished School for the second time in three years by the California Department of Education.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35674
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 23, 2020
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 23, 2020
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Elementary schools
Holly Avenue Elementary School
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park struggles with additional equine deaths. Three deaths in as many days prompt congressional concerns.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35684
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 23, 2020
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 23, 2020
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City of Arcadia employee Tim Schwehr, Senior Economic Development Analyst, will talk to Arcadia Community Coordinating Council on February 3, 2020 about what's happening in Arcadia. In his role, he oversess efforts to attract new business and development, fosters economic growth and acts as liaison to the business community. Includes some biographical information.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35648
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
January 25, 2020
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
January 25, 2020
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
City of Arcadia employees
Schwehr, Tim
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's Senior Economic Development Analyst Tim Schwehr to discuss growth in the city at Arcadia Community Coordinating Council on February 3 at Church of the Good Shepherd, 400 West Duarte Road.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35669
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 30, 2020
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 30, 2020
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Arcadia Community Coordinating Council
Schwehr, Tim
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District has a Latino Literacy middle school program. Nearly seven years ago, the Latino Literacy program started at the elementary school level by Alejandra Worozaken, Catherine Merel and Andrea Mendoza. Then four years ago, the program expanded to the middle school level and Perlita Guzman has been working hard since then to get Latino families to meet weekly for six weeks. All families have the opportunity to learn from various speakers and specialists about topics such as college admissions, high school, trending topics about today's youth, and life experiences in general.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35658
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 20, 2020
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 20, 2020
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Guzman, Perlita
Literacy
Mendoza, Andrea
Merel, Catherine
Worozaken, Alejandra
Collection
Newspaper Index
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More than 30 years later, USC professor pays off debt. Real estate broker David Hyun and his former student at USC Marshall School of Business, Frank Gangi, president of Gangi Development, are having Peking duck together, which Hyun promised his business students if they made $1 million within 5 years of graduation. Frank Gangi was in Hyun's real estate development class in 1984. Hyun is an Arcadia resident, architect, and real estate broker.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 23, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Gangi, Frank
Hyun, David
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City of Arcadia receives over $1.5 million in annual revenue from Santa Anita Park, according to a report from Keyser Marston Associates, which was commissioned for the city's Economic Development Division. Over the next five years, the racetrack is estimated to generate $7.5 million in sales tax, pari-mutuel revenue and property tax. According to the report submitted in the fourth quarter of 2019, Santa Anita Park is responsible for 1,160 jobs annually.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35659
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 5, 2020
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 5, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
City of Arcadia-Economic Development Division
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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The Marching bands in the 2021 Tournament of Roses Parade have been announced. Arcadia High School's Apache Marching Band and Color Guard will participate in the 2021 Rose Parade. See also Mountain Views News, p. 3, March 7, 2020.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35679
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2020
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2020
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia High School Apache Marching Band
Arcadia High School Color Guard
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade-2021
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Le Meridien hotel by Marriott in Arcadia is taking shape. Photo. The site of the former Santa Anita Inn, now razed, is the site for an ambitious new $300 million hotel and mixed-use condominium project opposite the Santa Anita Park racetrack. Contruction has been swift, but delayed a bit this week due to the rain. Developer Chateau Group USA held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the project on June 27, 2018.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35664
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 12, 2020
Pages
p. 5
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 12, 2020
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Le Meridien Hotels
Marriott
Chateau Group
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Carjacking suspect arrested in Arcadia after entering Monrovia home.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35665
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 12, 2020
Pages
p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 12, 2020
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
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Novel coronavirus Arcadia update. There are currently no reported cases of the COVID-19 virus in the city of Arcadia. Local officials are monitoring the situation and will provide updates through city website and social media. As of Tuesday, March 10, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom said there are 157 positive cases and one death in California.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35671
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 12, 2020
Pages
p. 5
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 12, 2020
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Diseases
Epidemics
Illnesses
Newsom, Gavin (Governor of California)
Pandemics
Public Health
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Newspaper Index
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Public health: staying safe in a pandemic. Experts weigh in on the practicalities of daily life during the coronavirus outbreak. The message from state officials is clear: stay home, only leave for essentials and keep 6 feet from others to stop the spread of the new coronavirus.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Diseases
Epidemics
Illnesses
Pandemics
Public Health
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Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County: official count of confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases at 662; one of the fatalities younger than 18 years of age. There are 4 cases in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35690
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2020
Pages
p. A3, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2020
Pages
p. A3, A4
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Epidemics
Diseases
Illnesses
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Pandemics
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council elections to continue, for District 1 and District 4, without interruption through April 14, 2020. It is an all mail-in ballot. Voters can mail completed ballot or drop off at Arcadia City Hall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35715
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 26, 2020
Pages
p. 5
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 26, 2020
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
City Council Elections-2020
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School student Stanley Liu, in photo, entered and earned second place at the annual Los Angeles County Science Fair, which staged its competition online this year due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Liu's project was a microfluidic device capable of pinpointing biomarkers associated with disease in human blood plasma. He will be a finalist for the International Science and Engineering Fair.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35692
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 1, 2020
Pages
p. A3, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 1, 2020
Pages
p. A3, A4
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Epidemics
Liu, Stanley
Los Angeles County Science Fair
Pandemics
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Advises Residents to Wear Face Coverings in Public. Per additional guidance from local, state, and federal public health officials, the City of Arcadia is encouraging all residents to wear face coverings when outside the home conducting essential activities, like going to the grocery store or caring for family members, to help slow the spread of COVID-19. This recommendation does not substitute existing guidance about social distancing and handwashing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35701
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 9, 2020
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 9, 2020
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Diseases
Masks
Pandemics
Safety
Collection
Newspaper Index
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