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Activists turn out in support of impeachment of President Donald Trump. Local congressman Adam Schiff has been at the center of House hearings.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 19, 2019
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 19, 2019
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p. 1
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Activism
Impeachment
Schiff, Adam
Trump, Donald
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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
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p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2019
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p. 3
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Arcadia City Council
Biographies
Gilb, Charles
Mayors
Veterans
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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.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2019
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p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2019
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p. 3
Subjects
Lights
Los Angeles County Arboretum
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Arcadia Woman's Club invites local residents to holiday fashion show fundraiser on Saturday, November 9 at the historic clubhouse at 324 South First Avenue. The cost is $50 per person.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2019
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p. 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2019
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p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia Woman's Club
Fundraisers
Organizations
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New staff at the Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage include Curator Stevy Acevedo and the Museum Education Coordinator Brittani Alberto.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2019
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p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2019
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p. 5
Subjects
Acevedo, Stevy
Alberto, Brittani
City of Arcadia employees
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
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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
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p. 15
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Benson, Dionne
Euthanasia
Gutierrez, Mario
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stead, Dana
Stronach Group
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Arcadia woman Renee Soriano survives cancer (leukemia) and returns to work.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2019
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p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2019
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p. 2
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Cancer
Leukemia
Soriano, Renee
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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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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2019
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p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2019
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p. 2
Subjects
Arcadia Performing Arts Foundation
Brewer, Gary
Chu, Peter
Hsieh, Maki
Jeong, Kaitlyn
Thompson, Brad
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Arcadia must reduce water use by 20% by 2020, under mandatory water conservation prohibitions.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2019
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p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2019
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p. 5
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Water conservation
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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.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 27, 2019
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 27, 2019
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p. 1
Subjects
Euthanasia
Hollendorfer, Jerry
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Metro responds to concerns over paid parking at Arcadia Gold Line Station. It costs $3 to park there but it had been free. Now that there is a cost to parking at Arcadia Station, there are more open spaces and this was Metro's anticipated and desired effect.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 27, 2019
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p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 27, 2019
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p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia Gold Line Station
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line
Transportation
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Arcadia residents pass Measure A by significant majority. It is a 3/4 cent sales tax increase, passed with 63.94% of the vote in Tuesday's mail-in ballot. The increase will provide locally controlled funds to maintain Arcadia's public safety and other city services. See Also Mountain Views News, June 8, 2019, p. 7.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2019
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p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2019
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p. 3
Subjects
Ballot measures
Elections
Sales tax
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Twenty-fifth horse euthanized at Santa Anita Park since December 26, 2018. The gelding Spectacular Music, that appeared to have suffered a pelvis injury, was euthanized.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2019
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p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2019
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p. 5
Subjects
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Miller, Terry
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Fisher family reunion celebrated during Monrovia Day. Forty-four descendants of Julian Fisher and Gladys Fisher are still around in this area. Julian Fisher was Monrovia's first African American police officer and his father was recruited to come work on Lucky Baldwin's race horses. Julian and Gladys Fisher had 11 children.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2019
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p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2019
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p. 5
Subjects
African Americans
Fisher, Gladys
Fisher, Julian
Fisher, Vivian
Thomas, Frederick
Vance, Jason
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What does Measure A mean for Arcadia? According to Arcadia Citizen's Fiscal Advisory Committee Final Report, additional revenue is required to maintain city services at current levels. If the 3/4 cent sales tax Measure A fails to pass, it could mean eliminating up to 13 police and 10 firefighter and/or paramedic positions, and other cuts to other service areas, like Public Works, Recreation, and the Library.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 16, 2019
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p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 16, 2019
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p. 2
Subjects
Citizen's Fiscal Advisory Committee
Ballot measures
Finance
Sales tax
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Santa Anita Park to open Friday, March 29 with California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) approval. Santa Anita Handicap now to be run on Santa Anita Derby Day April 6.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 28, 2019
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p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 28, 2019
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p. 5
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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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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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 21, 2019
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p. 1, 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 21, 2019
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p. 1, 14
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Chu, Judy
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Euthanasia
Navid, Venusse D.
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Arcadia's Maki Hsieh is honored as 22nd District's "Woman of the Year" by Senator Susan Rubio. Hsieh is Executive Director of Arcadia Performing Arts Foundation.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 14, 2019
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p. 1, 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 14, 2019
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Subjects
Arcadia Performing Arts Foundation
Hsieh, Maki
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Arcadia's iconic Santa Anita Park hires consultant Dennis Moore to work on the condition of the one mile training track, in the wake of 21 horse deaths since December 2018.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 7, 2019
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p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 7, 2019
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p. 1, 11
Subjects
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Moore, Dennis
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Arcadia's Santa Anita Park main track to reopen today after rash of fatalities. Nineteen horses have died at Santa Anita Park Race Track since December 2018. Track surfaces are being tested.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2019
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p. 1, 13
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2019
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California Horse Racing Board
Horses and horse racing
Peterson, Mick
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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