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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
Pages
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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Arcadia High School Marching Band will march in the 2021 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade (Rose Parade). This will be Arcadia High School's 17th appearance in the parade.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35578
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2019
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2019
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia High School marching band
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade
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Ringing in the Rose Queen. Camille Kennedy of La Salle High School is crowned 2020 Rose Queen of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses. One woman on the Royal Court of princesses is Rukan Saif of Arcadia High School. The others are Mia Thorsen of Marshall Fundamental School, Emilie Risha of Flintridge Sacred Heart, Reese Saporito of Marshall Fundamental School, Michael Wilkins of Marantha High School and Cole Fox of South Pasadena High School. Laura Farber is the Tournament of Roses President.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35574
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Farber, Laura
Fox, Cole
Kennedy, Camille
Pasadena Tournament of Roses-2020
Risha, Emilie
Saif, Rukan
Saporito, Reese
Thorsen, Mia
Wilkins, Michael
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Lucky Seven Named. 2020 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Royal Court named. Rukan Saif is from Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35555
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 2019
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 2019
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Pasadena Tournament of Roses-2020
Saif, Rukan
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A royal contest. The Rose Court field of 617 entrants trimmed to 25 finalists for the 2020 Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Those from Arcadia High School include Rukan Saif and Sydney Chang.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35547
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2019
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2019
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Chang, Sydney
Pasadena Tournament of Roses-2020
Saif, Rukan
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Arcadia High School, with Jacob Hsu and Tianyuan Pei, lead list of boys to watch in the sport of cross country.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35593
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2019
Pages
p. B6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2019
Pages
p. B6
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports
Cross country
Hsu, Jacob
Pei, Tianyuan
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35532
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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Arcadia High School's 2019 Valedictorian Kevin Tan (photo), is headed to Harvard University in the fall on a full scholarship from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Article has photos of other Arcadia High School graduates at the 2019 commencement at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35522
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 7, 2019
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 7, 2019
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Tan, Kevin
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Voters max out Arcadia sales tax. Huge lead for Measure A pushes levy to 10.25% ceiling set by state. The election was conducted exclusively by mail. The vote was for a .75% sales tax increase to bring the tax from 9.5% to 10.25%. This hike could bring in $8.6 million annually to keep city services, especially public safety, at current levels.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35519
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 6, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 6, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A11
Subjects
Ballot measures
Elections
Sales tax
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Santa Anita Park suffers 24th horse death of season. Horse "Commander Coil" sustained a fatal shoulder injury and had to be euthanized, despite new safety measures that had been put in place March 15. Trained by Marcelo Polanco and owned by Jose Romero.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35443
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2019
Pages
p. B1, B8
Subjects
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Polanco, Marcelo
Romero, Jose
Item ID
35635AN
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Measure A would increase sales tax by .75% to bring local Arcadia sales tax rate to 10.25%. It will be placed on a June 4 mail-in ballot. If passed, Measure A would yield about $8.6 million annually, which would be dedicated to keeping city services at the levels residents have come to appreciate.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35441
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Ballot measures
City of Arcadia Budget
Sales tax
Item ID
35633AN
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Leon Logothetis, star of Netflix show “The Kindness Diaries” spoke at Holy Angels School in Arcadia on April 12. He said, “Kindness is literally the coolest thing, the most epic thing you can do. How you show up to the world matters. The most beautiful way to make a person feel that they matter is to be kind. And kindness is free.”

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35428
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2019
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2019
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Holy Angels School
Logothetis, Leon
Netflix
Streaming video
Television shows-The Kindness Diaries
Item ID
35620AN
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Television show “Trading Spaces” transforms teachers’ lounges at First Avenue Middle School and Holly Avenue Elementary School. Shown in photo “Trading Spaces” host Paige Davis and Arcadia Unified School District educators Karalee Nakatsuka, Megan Forbes, Regina Ringo and Teresa Oakland. The show airs on the TLC network.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35427
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 20, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 20, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A11
Subjects
Davis, Paige
First Avenue Middle School
Forbes, Megan
Holly Avenue Elementary School
Oakland, Teresa
Oosterhouse, Carter
Ringo, Regina
Television shows-Trading Spaces
Yip, Vern
Item ID
35619AN
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All-Area Football "Player of the Year" is Arcadia High School's Rolandiss Whitener (photo). Also shown in photo is "Defensive Player of the Year," Jake Medders of Arcadia High School and "Coach of the Year" Andrew Policky of Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35357
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 25, 2018
Pages
p. B2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 25, 2018
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports-boys football
Policky, Andrew (Coach)
Medders, Jake
Whitener, Rolandiss
Item ID
35547AN
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Arcadia based Cub Scouts go Supernova. Four Scouts recently earned the highest accomplishment a Cub Scout can receive for science, technology, engineering and math. Gianni Carrano, Vincent Docimo, Ian Parsons and John Short, fifth graders at Holy Angels School in Arcadia and members of the school’s Cub Scout Pack 114, achieved the Supernova Award.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35352
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 2018
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 2018
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Cub scouts
Carrano, Gianni
Docimo, Vincent
Parsons, Ian
Short, John
Rivera, Anissa
Item ID
35542AN
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2019 Rose Parade. Tournament of Roses names 44 court finalists. Four are from Arcadia High School. They are Faith van Haaster, Pourobee Saha, Linzi Qi, Helena Simpson, and Margaret Chang.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35272
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 2018
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 2018
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade-2019
Arcadia High School students
Chang, Margaret
Qi, Linzi
Saha, Pourobee
Simpson, Helena
Van Haaster, Faith
Item ID
35461AN
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Breeders' Cup seen as good bet for Southern California. The 2019 Breeders' Cup World Championships will take place at Santa Anita Park. The two-day event is expected to generate as much as $100 million for the SoCal economy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35261
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21, 2018
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21, 2018
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Breeders' Cup World Championships
Economy
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Item ID
35450AN
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Shock of brothers' deaths still lingers. John Ziska is trying to find ways to cope with the deaths of his sons JD and Brian Ziska, two former star quarterbacks at Arcadia High School, whose deaths in the past year have left many in their hometown of Arcadia reeling. This fall, the Arcadia High School football program has ceremonies planned to honor them. Last summer JD Ziska died of a stroke at age 35. Brian Ziska had a massive heart attack.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35156
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 2018
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 2018
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Dimalante, Jon (Coach)
Ziska, Brian
Ziska, J.D.
Ziska, John
Item ID
35345AN
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Bonita girls track team shows off at Arcadia Invitational at Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35147
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2018
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2018
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Arcadia Invitational
Track and Field
Item ID
35336AN
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All-area soccer. Outstanding female athletes include Amanda Howard, an Arcadia High School junior.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35125
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2018
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2018
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Howard, Amanda
Item ID
35313AN
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