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District Attorney Jackie Lacey finds no crime or wrongdoing in horse deaths. Prosecutor says there is no evidence owners, jockeys or trainers knowingly raced injured animals at Santa Anita Park over the past year. Since July 2018, 56 horses have died at Arcadia race track. Of those, 34 died while running on Santa Anita's main dirt track. Santa Anita Park averages about 2.04 deaths per 1000 racing starts, according to the Jockey Club. The national average in 2018 was 1.68 deaths per 1000 starts. The District Attorney's report includes 27 recommended changes to improve safety and reduce fatalities. See also same story at Arcadia Weekly, p. 2, December 26, 2019.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35619
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Euthanasia
Guillermo, Kathy
Horses and horse racing
Lacey, Jackie
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Newspaper Index
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46th Annual Mayor's Community Breakfast to honor women of Arcadia, on February 21, 2020. Mayor April Verlato will give the State of the City Address. Dr. Jasmine Sharma will give keynote address

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35626
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 19, 2019
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 19, 2019
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Arcadia mayors
Sharma, Jasmine
Verlato, April
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Newspaper Index
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Holiday decorations spread the word of "peace" in eight different languages at Arcadia Gardens apartment building. It started as an idea to win an Arcadia Beautiful Holiday Decoration Award at 1011 West Duarte Road, by Barbara Scott.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35616
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 2019
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 2019
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Christmas
Holidays
Scott, Barbara
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Newspaper Index
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Horse racing deaths report delayed. California Horse Racing Board (CHRB), the state regulatory board, aims for January 15 release of investigation of Santa Anita Park incidents. The report was supposed to become public before the end of the year. Several new policies and safety regulations were introduced the past year as a result of a public outcry over the horse deaths at Santa Anita. The state is doing more drug testing, more pre-race exams, improving medical record keeping, pushing for new technology. Santa Anita Park installed a PET Scan machine to help identify pre-existing conditions in the fetlock area of a horse. To date, 37 horses have died at Santa Anita Park since December 2018. Despite the deaths, the equine medical director Rick Arthur stressed that the number of fatalities in California is actually decreasing, saying there have been 58 deaths at race tracks across the state in 2019, compared to 67 deaths in 2018.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35615
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Arthur, Rick
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Horses and horse racing
Euthanasia
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Collection
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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35610
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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Breeders' Cup 10th Santa Anita Park visit overshadowed by another equine death. 70,000 attended Saturday's event. Terry Miller recaps the race day, which ended with racehorse Mongolian Groom being euthanized after suffering a serious fracture. Earlier in the day, protesters angered by 36 horse deaths since last December, stood outside Santa Anita Park urging the end of horse racing in California. Ricardo Santana in photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35597
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2019
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2019
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Bramlage, Larry, Dr.
Breeders' Cup
Carpenter, Ryan, Dr.
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Santana, Ricardo
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Newspaper Index
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Chinese-Americans getting political. Residents becoming more active as they back recall of Governor Gavin Newsom and other conservative efforts. Photo shows women gathering signatures outside 99 Ranch Market in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35596
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 5, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 5, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Activism
Asian-Americans
Chinese-Americans
Greater San Gabriel Valley Safe Community Foundation
Liu, Fenglan "Juli"
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Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35608
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2019
Pages
p. 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2019
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia Woman's Club
Fundraisers
Organizations
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Newspaper Index
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Dorothy Denne, longtime Arcadia humorist, "Mother of the Force" honored by Arcadia Police Foundation at the Arcadia Police Foundation's Halloween Hoopla. Arcadia Mayor April Verlato and her husband attended. For 20 years, Dorothy wrote a weekly column called "Dorothy's Place" in Arcadia Weekly. She was a teacher for her career and has been a volunteer at the Arcadia Police Department. In 2015 she spearheaded the effort to bring back the K-9 program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35595
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2019
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2019
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Arcadia Police Foundation
Denne, Dorothy
Miller, Terry
Volunteers
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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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Ex-boyfriend of Arcadia woman charged with kidnapping. The ex-boyfriend's name is Robert Michael Mendez, age 27. The woman was hospitalized. Doorbell camera footage showed a man dragging a woman.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35556
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 2019
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 2019
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Kidnapping
Mendez, Robert Michael
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council voted 4-to-0 to pass a new food hall plan for Downtown Arcadia at 33 West Huntington Drive. The food hall will contain seven to eight different food vendors of a pre-existing building, while the upper floors will continue to operate as self-storage units. One of the project goals is to preserve the existing building and keep the midcentury look of it, according to City of Arcadia Senior Economic Development Analyst Tim Schwehr.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35567
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Business and Industry
Downtown Arcadia
Schwehr, Tim
Collection
Newspaper Index
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2019 Breeders' Cup will be held at Santa Anita Park for the 10th time, after a 2-year hiatus from Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35562
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 5, 2019
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 5, 2019
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Breeders' Cup
Horses and horse racing
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Demonstrators occupy Arcadia City Council meeting and call for resignation of Mayor Pro Tem Roger Chandler. They spoke out against removal of basketball courts from Eisenhower Park. Some called Chandler to resign because of his August 20 remarks that he didn't like the "type" of people the courts attracted. Chandler accused Mayor April Verlato of orchestrating the protests.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35563
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 5, 2019
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 5, 2019
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Basketball
Chandler, Roger
Eisenhower Park
Parks
Protests
Verlato, April
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35587
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2019
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p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2019
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Interim San Gabriel Valley Community Based Outpatient Clinic
Veterans' Administration (VA)
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Mayor Pro Tem Roger Chandler's comments infuriate Arcadia residents. City Council recommitted to an improvement plan at Eisenhower Park that eliminates basketball courts. Chandler said he didn't like the "type" the basketball courts attract. Last Sunday over 100 residents staged a demonstration next to the newly razed Eisenhower Park, objecting to Chandler's contentious comments.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35588
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2019
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2019
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Basketball
Chandler, Roger
Eisenhower Park
Protests
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Arcadia City Council member and Mayor Pro Tem Roger Chandler said he wouldn't want the basketball courts rebuilt because he doesn't like the "type" they attract. The old courts have been demolished already and City Council eventually recommitted to an improvement plan that permanently eliminates Eisenhower Park's basketball courts. Chandler's comments prompted an immediate uproar from residents in attendance. Council member April Verlato said his use of the phrase "the type" could be perceived as racist but doesn't think he meant it that way, but he should apologize. The renovated park will cost nearly $6.3 million, including a baseball diamond and large picnic area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35592
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Basketball
Chandler, Roger
Eisenhower Park
Parks
Verlato, April
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia woman Renee Soriano survives cancer (leukemia) and returns to work.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35590
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2019
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2019
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Cancer
Leukemia
Soriano, Renee
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35531
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.

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.
Collection
Newspaper Index
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