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The Southern California News Group gives grades for affordable housing in area cities. Every city and county in California is required to plan for adequate housing across income levels but actually building those homes is largely a goal rather than a requirement. Arcadia got an overall D Minus grade.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2019
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2019
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Housing
Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA)
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Newspaper Index
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World War II veteran Joe Sciarra, 95, makes history come alive at Holy Angels School in Arcadia during a Veterans Day assembly. Other veterans in attendance were Julian Andrews, 86 of Temple City (a veteran of the Korean War) and Darren Parsons, 45, a former U.S. Marine.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35611
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2019
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p. A15
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2019
Pages
p. A15
Subjects
Andrews, Julian
Parsons, Darren
Rivera, Anissa
Sciarra, Joe
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Newspaper Index
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Remembering Charles Gilb on Veterans Day. Biography of Charles Gilb, "Potato King," a former Staff Sergeant in the Marine Corps, businessman in the produce industry and former Arcadia City Council member. He served four terms as mayor.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Biographies
Gilb, Charles
Mayors
Veterans
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Newspaper Index
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Moonlight Forest returns to Arboretum by popular demand. It is a magical lantern art festival that will be bigger and brighter in 2019. Runs November 9 through January 12.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35598
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2019
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p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Lights
Los Angeles County Arboretum
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Newspaper Index
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Protests and support, advocacy and activism at Santa Anita Park's gates.One group of protesters oppose horse racing, the other group supports it.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35572
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2019
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p. 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2019
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Protests
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Newspaper Index
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Stronach Group and Santa Anita Park issue statement following the death of a 3-year-old colt named Emtech, euthanized on September 28. Two-time Kentucky Derby winning jockey Mario Gutierrez was tossed off in the incident. Santa Anita park will be reviewing the factors that could have contributed to Emtech's injury. Veterinarians Dr. Dionne Benson and Dr. Dana Stead were employed to euthanize and investigate.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
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p. 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Benson, Dionne
Euthanasia
Gutierrez, Mario
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stead, Dana
Stronach Group
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia opens first Veterans' Administration (VA) clinic in the San Gabriel Valley area in eight years, called the Interim San Gabriel Valley Community Based Outpatient Clinic, located at 7 West Foothill Boulevard, Arcadia. It is called interim because this is a temporary location. This is a branch of the West Los Angeles VA Hospital. In an email from Gene Glasco, elected City Clerk, after years of advocacy, this veterans health clinic had its grand opening celebration on August 23, 2019.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2019
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p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2019
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p. 2
Subjects
Interim San Gabriel Valley Community Based Outpatient Clinic
Veterans' Administration (VA)
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Arcadia bids farewell to board members and welcomes newly appointed. Maki Hsieh, the Director of Arcadia Performing Arts Foundation, is leaving Arcadia for Seattle. Newly appointed are Gary Brewer (Arcadia Beautiful Commission), Kaitlyn Jeong (Human Resources Commission), Brad Thompson (Planning Commission) and Peter Chu (Recreation and Parks Commission).

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2019
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p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2019
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Arcadia Performing Arts Foundation
Brewer, Gary
Chu, Peter
Hsieh, Maki
Jeong, Kaitlyn
Thompson, Brad
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Newspaper Index
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Veterans Administration (VA) opens clinic medical offices in May in San Gabriel Valley, in Arcadia, eight years after a VA clinic closed in Pasadena. It is called San Gabriel Valley Community Based Outpatient Clinic and provides--on an interm basis--basic clinical services that do not require surgery, such as physical exams and X-rays. Veterans also will have access to primary care, mental health care, telehealth and basic lab services. It will remain operational for 3-5 years and eventually be replaced by a permanent, full clinic. It is at 7 West Foothill Boulevard.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2019
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2019
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Medicine
San Gabriel Valley Community Based Outpatient Clinic
Veterans Administration (VA)
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Obituary or death notice. Sherman J. McQueen, Jr. was a graduate of Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School, aka M-A-D High School.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2019
Pages
p. A11
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2019
Pages
p. A11
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
McQueen, Sherman J, Jr.
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Newspaper Index
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Is the Sport of Kings on the line? Santa Anita Park bans Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. Stronach Group released this statement in the wake of another equine fatality, "Individuals who do not embrace the new rules and safety measures that put horse and rider above all else will have no place at any Stronach Group race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35536
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 27, 2019
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 27, 2019
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Euthanasia
Hollendorfer, Jerry
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Man gets 64 years for sexually assaulting three workers at Westfield Santa Anita in Arcadia. Diego Cervantes, 37, of San Gabriel is a former maintenance supervisor at the mall. He was found guilty of rape and other sexual offenses.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 25, 2019
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 25, 2019
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Cervantes, Diego
Westfield Santa Anita
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Dr. Brent Forsee, Principal of Arcadia High School for seven years now, is being recommended as next Arcadia Unified School District Assistant Superintendent. If approved, Dr. Forsee would succeed Dr. Jeff Wilson, who is being recommended as next Superintendent of San Marino Unified School District.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35449
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Mountain Views News
Date
May 4, 2019
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p. 8
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Mountain Views News
Date
May 4, 2019
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District employees
Forsee, Brent
Wilson, Jeff
Item ID
35641AN
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Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger offers $20,000 reward in Arcadia investigation into heinous murder of Chyong Jen Tsai, a 76-year-old Arcadia woman, whose body was found on April 9, 2019 in her backyard in 300 block of East Forest Avenue. Her 2005 Lexus RX300 is believed to have been stolen from her home.

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Mountain Views News
Date
April 20, 2019
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p. 1
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Mountain Views News
Date
April 20, 2019
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Barger, Kathryn
Deaths
Murders
Rewards
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Item ID
35639AN
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Newspaper Index
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Authorities identify dead woman found slain at her home in Arcadia as 76-year-old Chyong Jen Tsai. Detectives are still looking for whoever killed the Arcadia grandmother and stole a white Lexus RX300 from the home in the 300 block of East Forest Avenue. Three weeks before the killing, her home had been burglarized. Detectives are not ruling out this connection to the homicide.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2019
Pages
p. A13
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2019
Pages
p. A13
Subjects
Biddle, Richard
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Murders
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Item ID
35611AN
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Who was Clara Baldwin Stocker? Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's eldest daughter lived lavishly at her home Twin Oaks in Arcadia. See hard copy in VF Baldwin, Clara.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 11, 2019
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p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 11, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Baldwin, Clara
Baldwin Stocker, Clara
Historic houses
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Murder victim identified as Chyong Jen Tsai. Her body was found in the 300 block of East Forest Avenue, outside her house in the garden.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 11, 2019
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p. 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 11, 2019
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Chyong, Jen Tsai
Crime and Criminals
Murder
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Police find woman’s body in Arcadia backyard in the 300 block of East Forest Avenue. A 76-year-old Arcadia woman was killed yesterday at her home and her vehicle was stolen. The coroner’s office has not yet identified the woman. Neighbors said she was a longtime resident with two daughters and a grandson. The motive behind the killing is unknown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35417
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Murders
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Item ID
35609AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park. Federal lawmakers Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Rep. Judy Chu (D-Arcadia) call for halt to racing. Both send letters to California Horse Racing Board demanding ways to address horse deaths at Arcadia track.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 3, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 3, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A8
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Baffert, Bob
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Chu, Judy (Rep. D-Arcadia)
Feinstein, Dianne (Senator D-Calif)
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Stronach Group
Item ID
35601AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park horse deaths initiate congressional, district attorney investigations. Santa Anita Park hopes to return to live racing March 29. D.A. Venusse D. Navid has investigators working with California Horse Racing Board.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 21, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 21, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Chu, Judy
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Euthanasia
Navid, Venusse D.
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Collection
Newspaper Index
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