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The 75th anniversary of Santa Anita Park was celebrated with festivities including a parade of Budweiser Clydesdales and the unveiling of sculptor Nina Kaiser's life-size bronze statue of the race horse John Henry. The article includes a list of people in attendance at the party in the Directors' Room.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31856
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2009
Pages
p. A20
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2009
Pages
p. A20
Subjects
John Henry (race horse)
Kaiser, Nina (artist)
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -75th anniversary
Statuary
Item ID
32056AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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An Arcadia family was terrorized and victimized at gunpoint in a home invasion robbery. The robbers choked the father of the family until he gave them cash and threatened to return to kill the family if they called police. The robbery occurred in the 100 block of West Forest Avenue. It is not known if this crime is related to the robbery of an elderly couple in Arcadia last week.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31829
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Item ID
32026AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Former Caltech graduate student William "Billy" Cottrell was re-sentenced to serve at least 18 more months in prison for participating in a vandalism spree in the San Gabriel Valley in 2003.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31822
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arson
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Vandalism
Item ID
32019AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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William Cottrell's (aka Billy Cottrell), a former Caltech physics student who was in prison for participating in firebombing 100 vehicles in the San Gabriel Valley (Duarte, Arcadia, West Covina) in 2003, will be resentenced. The federal court has dropped arson charges against him but he remains convicted on a conspiracy charge. He could be released or face more prison time.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31805
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arson
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Vandalism
Item ID
32002AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Life is Sweet (race horse) was the winner of the Grade I $2 million Ladies' Classic at the Breeders' Cup XXVI. Rider Garrett Gomez and Life is Sweet are shown in a photo. More recap and news is in an accompanying article "Europeans seek another Classic performance."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31799
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C7
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 - Breeders' Cup XXVI
Item ID
31996AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Isaac Campbell, an Alhambra man charged with the murder of Liya "Jessie" Lu, appeared in court for a hearing on Tuesday and was ordered to return to court December 3, 2009. He is being held on $1 million bail. He allegedly stuffed her body in a trash can in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31776
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2009
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Murder trials
Item ID
31973AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Monica Rodriguez, a 27 year old pregnant woman from El Monte, died at Arcadia Methodist Hospital. The family believes she died of complications from the H1N1 virus (swine flu). The family is considering legal action against Greater El Monte Community Hospital because she went there to be treated October 14 and 15, but was sent away with medicine and cough syrup, instead of admitting her.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31774
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 30, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A15
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 30, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A15
Subjects
Deaths
Rodriguez, Monica
Swine flu - H1N1 virus
Item ID
31971AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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This article puts the spotlight on Arcadia High School boys varsity cross country team, led by Ammar Moussa. The team has 14 members. The first seven are ranked second in the state and the CIF-Southern section. A photograph shows Zack Marriott, Esmond Wei, Nick Shar, Eric Garibay, Allen Leung, Sergio Gonzalez, William Tsai, Charlie Johansen and David Mejia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31754
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 2009
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 2009
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports - boys cross country
Garibay, Eric
Gonzalez, Sergio
Johansen, Charlie
Leung, Allen
Marriott, Zack
Mejia, David
Shar, Nick
Tsai, William
Wei, Esmond
Item ID
31951AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A U.S. District judge overturned convictions for bribery, mail, wire and tax fraud and harboring illegal immigrants, against George Torres, 52, of Arcadia, the former owner of Numero Uno supermarket chain. The judge threw out the more serious convictions for racketeering, conspiracy and solicitation of murder, back in June. Torres has been set free after 2 years in custody.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31722
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2009
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2009
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Business owners
Crime and Criminals
Grocery Stores
Supermarkets
Torres, George
Trials
Item ID
31919AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Artist Andrew Leicester, 61, has been chosen to design a bridge meant to be an iconic gateway to the San Gabriel Valley along the Gold Line Foothill Extension. The bridge will cost an estimated $20-25 million to build. Leicester, who is based in Minneapolis, plans to incorporate artistic traditions from the Native American tribes of the San Gabriel Valley (Chumash and Gabrielenos a.k.a. Tongva), and references to the region's native animal and plant life, into a contemporary structure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31620
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2009
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bridges
Leicester, Andrew
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Public Art
Item ID
31817AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dr. Daniel Healy, 53, of Arcadia, pled guilty to one count of distribution of a controlled substance, the painkiller oxycodone. He faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced December 7.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31565
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Drugs
Healy, Daniel
Oxycodone
Trials
Item ID
31761AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A federal judge overturned several charges in the case of Arcadia man George Torres, 52, accused of running his Numero Uno grocery store chain in Los Angeles like an organized crime ring. He had been convicted of racketeering charges, solicitation of murder and multiple tax and fraud charges when prosecutors came forward with new evidence that appeared to exonerate him on the more serious charges. Torres was released from federal custody after being held without bail for two years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31508
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Grocery Stores
Torres, George
Item ID
31704AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia voters will decide, in a special election next week, whether or not to approve ballot Measure A, which seeks to protect the city's right to collect taxes on cell phone usage. Measure A would not raise any taxes. The city already collects taxes on residential cell phone usage and is seeking to legally protect that practice by redefining what constitutes a telecommunications tax.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31506
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 6, 2009
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 6, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Ballot measures
Measure A
Special elections
Telecommunications tax
Item ID
31702AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A county transportation committee has recommended the Gold Line extension receive $10 million in initial funding from Measure R, instead of the $127,000 that was originally budgeted for the light rail line.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31481
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A16
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A16
Subjects
Gold Line extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Item ID
31675AN
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Newspaper Index
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70-year-old Mulji Patel of Arcadia was sentenced to 12 years in prison for hitting a workers' compensation attorney in the head with a hammer. The assault happened on January 31, 2006. Erwin A. Nepomuceno was the victim.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31469
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 13, 2009
Pages
p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 13, 2009
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Assault
Crime and Criminals
Nepomuceno, Erwin
Patel, Mulji
Item ID
31662AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Alhambra Superior Court Judge Alice Hill found "sufficient cause" to hold Isaac Campbell, 34, to be tried for the murder of Liya "Jessie" Lu. He will be arraigned May 7.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31446
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A12
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A12
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Hill, Alice
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Molina, George
Murder
Trials
Item ID
31639AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The preliminary hearing for accused murderer Isaac Campbell has begun in Alhambra. He is charged in the death of Liya "Jessie" Lu, who went missing August 11, 2007. Her body was found more than 1 month later, stuffed in a trash can at a home in Arcadia. The victim's last text message was scrutinized in court. So far, the proceedings have consisted solely of testimony by Lu's coworker and friend George Molina.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31445
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Campbell, Isaac
Crime and Criminals
Homicide
Lu, Liya "Jessie"
Molina, George
Murder
Trials
Item ID
31638AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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George Torres, of Arcadia, was convicted of 55 felony counts, including racketeering, "honest services" mail fraud, and wire fraud, conspiring to harbor illegal immigrants and tax charges. The jury also found that Torres solicited the 1994 murder of a gang member who demanded a "tax" from a Numero Uno Market. George Torres owned eleven Numero Uno grocery stores in some of the region's poorest neighborhoods.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31440
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2009
Pages
p. A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2009
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Numero Uno Markets
Racketeering
Torres, George
Item ID
31633AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Magna Entertainment Corp. (MEC) attorney Greg Scoggins appeared before a special meeting of the California Horse Racing Board to explain the impact of its bankruptcy. Track employees and horsemen will likely be protected. Satellite wagering locations that receive 2% commission on bets placed through their facilities will likely have to line up in court with other creditors to collect what is owed to them.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31405
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Bankruptcy
Magna Entertainment Corp. (MEC)
Santa Anita Park 2001-2010
Scoggins, Greg
Item ID
31598AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Hundreds of people gathered at Santa Anita Park to honor the slain Ortega family, which lost nine members in a Christmas Eve mass murder on the 1100 block of East Knollcrest Drive in Covina, CA. The tribute and fundraiser was organized by Jerry and Jim Rocha. Jockey Joseph Talamo rode "Return of the King," a horse owned by Charles and James Ortega, in the fourth race yesterday. The horse finished second in the race dedicated to the Ortegas.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31393
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A10
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A10
Subjects
Christmas Eve Massacre - December 24, 2008
Ortega, Alicia
Ortega, Charles
Ortega, James
Ortega, Joseph
Ortega, Theresa
Ortiz, Alicia
Ortiz, Michael
Pardo, Bruce
Pardo, Sylvia
Rocha, Jerry
Rocha, Jim
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Talamo, Joseph (jockey)
Item ID
31586AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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