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Arcadia city officials adopt a 5-year redevelopment plan. The major goals are the expansion of the Rusnak Mercedes Benz auto dealership, development around the future Gold Line station and several affordable housing programs. The city demolished the Church of Arcadia's old building at 21 Morlan Place in September to make room for a parking lot that could be used by Rusnak.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31832
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Gold Line - Arcadia station
Redevelopment
Rusnak Mercedes Benz
Senior housing
Item ID
32029AN
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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In William Cottrell's trial, the jury never got to hear evidence about his Asperger's Syndrome. Judge R. Gary Klausner ruled that Asperger's could not be introduced at trial as a legal defense. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Klausner's ruling was a mistake and tossed out Cottrell's arson convictions, leaving only the conspiracy count. Last week Cottrell was re-sentenced to the original 100-month term for the conspiracy conviction, after prosecutors declined to retry the arson counts. One reason federal officials declined was because they did not want Asperger's Syndrome established as a viable legal defense.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31824
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arson
Asperger's Syndrome
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
32021AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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9-year-old Maria Lugo came to Arcadia Arcadia Methodist Hospital from Mexico to have a steel plate removed from her chin. It was a follow-up surgery to a softball-size tumor removal she had in April, 2008, at Arcadia Methodist Hospital. Dr. Jon Tyrell, a member of LIGA International, and Dr. B.S. Chandrasekhar operated on her. LIGA International is a non-profit group of medical experts, pilots and volunteers who travel to clinics in Sinaloa, Mexico several times a year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31823
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Chandrasekhar, Dr. B.S.
LIGA International
Lugo, Maria
Lugo, Noemi Rocha
Non-profit organizations
Surgeries
Tyrell, Dr. Jon
Item ID
32020AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31780
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2009
Pages
p. A6
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2009
Pages
p. A6
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Jordan, Henry Bernard, III, K.M.
Tagge, Margaret Ann Kelley
Item ID
31977AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Tamara Kato owned the Arcadia franchise of Comfort Keepers, an in-home care service. She celebrated her business' one year anniversary this week. She employed about 30 caregivers that visit and live in clients' homes to help clients enjoy some company and maintain their independence.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31719
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 19, 2009
Pages
p. A11
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 19, 2009
Pages
p. A11
Subjects
Business owners
Kato, Tamara
Item ID
31916AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Thoroughbred Racing Association of California is trying to put together a bid for Santa Anita Park, with plans to run it as a nonprofit arm of the Thoroughbred Owners of California. Santa Anita Park race track was to be auctioned this week but no acceptable opening bid was made.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31674
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Thoroughbred Owners of California
Thoroughbred Racing Association of California
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Zetcher, Arnold
Item ID
31872AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Robert Seares, born in Pasadena in 1909, had an amazing career as a journalist, photographer, and police official. He was chief of police in Arcadia and remained there for 15 years until retirement. He wrote a memoir called "Eighty Years: a Memoir." A copy is in the Pasadena Museum of History library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31671
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 7, 2009
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 7, 2009
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia police chiefs
Seares, Robert - biography
Item ID
31869AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Montecito Fine Arts College of Design has declared bankruptcy but intends to reopen. The college has campuses in Monrovia, Arcadia, and Brea. The school's founder is Ed Kuckelhorn and the Vice President is his wife, Trisha Zhang.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31593
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 14, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 14, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Art schools
Bankruptcy
Kuckelhorn, Ed
Montecito Fine Arts College of Design
Zhang, Trisha
Item ID
31789AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Montecito Fine Arts College of Design, which had campuses in Monrovia, Arcadia, and Brea, has shut down, leaving 1200 students stranded and employees owed thousands in unpaid wages.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31589
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Art schools
Lether, Rochelle
Montecito Fine Arts College of Design
Item ID
31785AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Survivors of a bus crash on Santa Anita Avenue that happened 50 years ago, on July 14, 1959, recall the accident. The bus had been carrying a group of boys from a Catholic summer camp at Chantry Flat. Brakes failed coming down the steep grade of Santa Anita Avenue. The crash killed 3-year-old Cory Matson. The driver was Brady Bolt. Ken Kramer shares his story of the crash in a separate, related article on p. A4.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31567
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 14, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 14, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Accidents
Bolt, Brady
Fatalities
Kramer, Ken
Lynch, Jim
Matson, Cory
Item ID
31763AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Senior citizens competed in the Senior Olympics powerlifting event held at the home gym of Arcadia personal trainer Harry Sneider as part of the California Senior Games Championships. The highlight of the games was seeing 89-year-old Eugene Mailin lift 140 pounds, winning gold in his weight division. Other participants named were 53-year-old Val Olotoa and 75-year-old Ernie Smith. Legendary competitor Beatrice Maullin died two weeks before the games began.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31549
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 1, 2009
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 1, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Mailin, Eugene
Maullin, Beatrice
Olotoa, Val
Senior Olympics
Smith, Ernie
Sneider, Harry
Sports competitions
Weight lifting
Item ID
31745AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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San Gabriel Valley home values went up in May, the third month in a row in which median home prices rose across the state. Arcadia had the highest median price at $700,000. A chart compares SGV cities.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31540
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2009
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2009
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Home prices
Housing
Item ID
31736AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police surrounded a home in the 1700 block of Mayflower Avenue in a 7-hour standoff with an armed suspect believed to be threatening suicide and harm to other people in the house. Herb Rodrigues said the alleged gunman was his girlfriend's son. When police entered the house, only an elderly man was there, alone. The suspect had fled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31537
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 23, 2009
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 23, 2009
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department SWAT
Rodrigues, Herb
Item ID
31733AN
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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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Charles Norm Stevens is a World War II veteran and former bombadier who shares his experiences flying in the Army Air Corps and Air Force in his two books, "The Innocent Cadet" and "An Innocent at Polebrook." Stevens, a resident of Monterey Park, signed books at a Friends of the Arcadia Public Library event last week.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31478
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 25, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 25, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Authors
Bombadiers
Memorial Day
Stevens, Charles Norm
War veterans
Item ID
31684AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Public employees' retirement and pensions are costing cities up to 25% of the city budget. In March, CalPERS announced its stock portfolio had lost 39.8%. Costs for retirees are ballooning and El Monte and West Covina budgets have been hit hard from the recession. Arcadia, which had the fourth highest pension costs of the 24 cities surveyed, spent $6.7 million last year for its 357 current employees and retirees. The city's general fund budget is $46 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31472
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
City budgets
Pensions
Recession
Retirement benefits
Item ID
31665AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Next month Arcadia leaders will vote on an ordinance that takes Jessica's Law further by banning sex offenders from living within 2000 feet of certain locations, in addition to schools and parks, such as golf courses, day care centers, public libraries, and swimming pools. It would also create "child safety zones," banning sex offenders from loitering within 300 feet of the locations and it would prevent more than one sex offender from living in any single residence. Pasadena is considering a similar ordinance.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31439
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 20, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 20, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Jessica's Law
Sex offenders
Item ID
31632AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Three candidates, Janet Chew, John Davis, and Joann Steinmeier, vie for two seats on the Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31437
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2009
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2009
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education - elections
Chew, Janet
Davis, John
Steinmeier, Joann
Item ID
31630AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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