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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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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
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Santa Anita Park race track will unveil a 1000-pound bronze statue of popular race horse John Henry and a historical marker covering 75 years of the race track's history, as part of its 75th anniversary this Saturday. The bronze statue cost more than $100,000. The marker was done by the Arcadia Historical Society.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31853
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Historical markers
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -75th anniversary
Statuary
Item ID
32050AN
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An elderly couple in Arcadia was robbed outside their house on the 300 block of West Duarte Road by two teenagers. The robbers took the man's wallet and his wife's wedding ring and watch.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31828
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 28, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 28, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Item ID
32025AN
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Newspaper Index
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The seven members of the Tournament of Roses Royal Court for 2010 were announced. The Royal Court princesses are Ashley Thaxton of John Marshall Fundamental High School, Kinsey Stuart of Pasadena City College, Katherine Hernandez of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, Michelle Van Wyk of La Canada High School, Natalie Innocenzi of Flintridge Sacred Heart of Academy, June Ko of Arcadia High School, and Lauren Rogers of Blair High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31741
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 13, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 13, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Ko, June
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade - 2001-2010
Royal Court - 2010
Item ID
31938AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31727
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 24, 2009
Pages
p. 20
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Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 24, 2009
Pages
p. 20
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Zubok, Edward Joseph (b. 1938)
Item ID
31924AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31729
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2009
Pages
p. A4
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Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2009
Pages
p. A4
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Zubok, Edward Joseph (b. 1938)
Item ID
31926AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31728
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 2009
Pages
p. A5
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Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 2009
Pages
p. A5
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Zubok, Edward Joseph (b. 1938)
Item ID
31925AN
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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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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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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31591
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 14, 2009
Pages
p. A14
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Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 14, 2009
Pages
p. A14
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Fancher, Marie (1918-2009)
Perkins, Marian Callaway (1916-2009)
Item ID
31787AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31524
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 17, 2009
Pages
p. A4
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Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 17, 2009
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
McKey, Mary Krumm Rowell
Item ID
31720AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31505
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 9, 2009
Pages
p. A4
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Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 9, 2009
Pages
p. A4
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Pulliam, Joseph Tebbe (1923-2009)
Item ID
31701AN
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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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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
City budgets
Pensions
Recession
Retirement benefits
Item ID
31665AN
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All-area girls soccer team is pictured. One player is a senior from Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31424
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 1, 2009
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 1, 2009
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
All area girls soccer
Sports
Tangorra, Ann Marie
Item ID
31617AN
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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
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Arcadia Assistance League's Bargain Box thrift store re-opens after a major $35,000 revamp including new display fixtures, carpeting, and an interior and exterior paint job. The opening celebration, starting at 3pm tomorrow, marks the 40th anniversary of Operation School Bell, a program that provides clothing to needy children. The Assistance League has 100 members and bought the store at 64 E. Live Oak Avenue in 1982.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31386
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 16, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 16, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Assistance League of Arcadia
Organizations
Thrift stores
Volunteers
Item ID
31580AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31377
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 2009
Pages
p. A8
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 7, 2009
Pages
p. A8
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Sheridan, Anne
Williamson, Amelia Mary ("Millie")
Item ID
31571AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31361
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2009
Pages
p. A12
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Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2009
Pages
p. A12
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Johnson, Randall Ernest, Sr.
Smith, Mary E. (1917-2009)
Item ID
31556AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31343
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2009
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2009
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Hatzenbuehler, Mary Lou
Libby, Harold Dean
Item ID
31538AN
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The race horse "Return of the King" with jockey Martin Pedroza, won a race at Santa Anita Park. The horse belonged to the Ortega family, some of whom were killed by Bruce Pardo in a Christmas Eve massacre in Covina.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31355
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 9, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 9, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Christmas Eve Massacre - December 24, 2008
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
Ortega, Charles
Ortega, James
Ortega, Joseph
Pardo, Bruce
Pedroza, Martin
Race horse owners
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31550AN
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Newspaper Index
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Horse racing community feels the loss of James Ortega, Joseph Ortega, and Charles Ortega, 3 of the 9 victims killed by Bruce Pardo, a disgruntled former in-law who crashed a Christmas Eve party in Covina, dressed at Santa Claus. James, Joseph and Charles Ortega all owned race horses and loved the sport.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31352
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Christmas Eve Massacre - December 24, 2008
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Pardo, Bruce
Ortega, Charles
Ortega, James
Ortega, Joseph
Race horse owners
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31547AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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