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Santa Anita Park attacks fatal toll through technology. It is the first race track to use the Mile-Pet scanner, developed by the veterinary medicine department at UC Davis. Its purpose is to find things inside a horse's legs and ankles that will cause a problem. It will not eliminate tragic outcomes on the race track but the hope is it will improve safety, keeping unfit horses in the barn and reduce the horse death toll.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35617
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2019
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2019
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Benson, Dionne, Dr.
Horses and horse racing
Euthanasia
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Whicker, Mark
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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
Collection
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.

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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
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California Horse Racing Board (CHRB): ban more drugs, release tests. The CHRB wants California Governor Gavin Newsom to pursue changes to state law that would allow the agency to immediately release results of a positive horse drug test and permit more stakeholders, including jockeys and track veterinarians, to access a horse's medical history. Currently, drug test results are confidential. The changes are part of an effort to curb equine deaths and improve safety at California race tracks. Nearly 40 horses have died at Santa Anita Park in the last year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35613
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A14
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 8, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A14
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park: weather could impact track. Santa Anita Park agrees to California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) demand to cancel horse racing in case of inclement weather during the winter-spring meet that begins December 26. Jockey Joel Rosario is mentioned in this article.Gregory Ferraro, new chairman of the California Horse Racing Board, a former race track veterinarian who was appointed to the board by Governor Gavin Newsom earlier this year, pledged the state board would be pursuing stricter regulations than it has in the past.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35612
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 23, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 23, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Horses and horse racing
Ferraro, Gregory
Rosario, Joel
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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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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Arcadia City balks at surge in animal control bill. New contract with Pasadena Humane Society would raise costs fivefold, from $90,000 to $525,000 annually. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 4, September 12, 2019.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35546
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Animal control
Pasadena Humane Society
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Newspaper Index
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Jockey Victor Espinoza, pictured at Santa Anita Park, was honored at Edwin Janss Gregson Foundation's annual dinner. He is a Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Triple Crown jockey.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 19, 2019
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 19, 2019
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Edwin Janss Gregson Foundation
Espinoza, Victor
Horses and horse racing
Jockeys
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Is Breeders' Cup next fatality? Santa Anita Park trips its way to finish line of disastrous meet that saw 30 horse fatalities. Protesters gather outside Santa Anita Park on the final day of the winter/spring meet. Breeders' Cup board meets in New York to decide if it really wants to honor its commitment to Santa Anita Park in November. See also same date, p. B1, B7 "Questions abound as Santa Anita meet ends," by Art Wilson.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 24, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 24, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Breeders' Cup
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Santa Anita Park: think of human toll if track closes. Workers gather at rally to warn about how shutting down horse racing permanently over the twenty-nine horse deaths would impact thousands of employees. Reforms have been instituted at Santa Anita Park, including stricter rules for medications and more thorough examinations, but horse deaths are inevitable in horse racing. Rally calls for compassion for track employees too, whose livelihoods will be affected by a closure. They are an already vulnerable population.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35528
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 21, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 21, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Euthanasia
Guillermo, Kathy
Horses and horse racing
Lopez, Dagoberto
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Santa Anita Park employees
Stronach Group
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Santa Anita Park: horses must get OK of veterinarian team to race. This is a joint effort between the California Horse Racing Board and Santa Anita Park to enhance safety measures and reviews to further protect horses. Twenty-nine horses have died at Santa Anita Park since December 26.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35527
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Newsom, Gavin (Governor of California)
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Senator Dianne Feinstein joins call to end racing meet at Santa Anita Park. She demands suspension after two more horses die, racing total to 29 deaths.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35525
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2019
Pages
p. A3, A7
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Euthanasia
Feinstein, Dianne
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Santa Anita Park race track rejects request from state regulator California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) to cancel its last six days of racing this season, in the wake of two more horse deaths over weekend.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35524
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Ritvo, Tim
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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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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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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Los Angeles County Arboretum. $8 million cleanup and restoration of Baldwin Lake sought. Flood control district assigns funding; expense to go before supervisors in July. Baldwin Lake is severely polluted centerpiece of the county Arboretum, visited by 400,000 people annually. The 144-year-old lake, dug out by 19th century real estate pioneer Elias Jackson “Lucky” Baldwin on his estate, has been dying a slow death because of the accumulation of street runoff laced with heavy metals, automobile brake fragments and other chemicals that create algae blooms and strong odors. Supervisor Kathryn Barger is championing the project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35416
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Barger, Kathryn
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works and Flood Control District
Pestrella, Mark
Item ID
35608AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35409
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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Another horse dies at Santa Anita, the 23rd fatality of winter meet.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35396
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 1, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 1, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Bernstein, David
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Fuentes, Ruben
Guillermo, Kathy
McAnally
Miller, Peter
Moore, Dennis
Pedroza, Martin
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Stronach Group
Item ID
35586AN
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2 articles. 1. Racing returns at Santa Anita. The historic Santa Anita racetrack reopened Friday for racing amid concerns for horse safety and the future of the track and the industry. There were no deaths in eight races Friday, which had been closed for racing since March 5. 2. Back in the saddle: racing resumes without incident after 26-day closure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35393
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 2019
Pages
p. A1, B1, B10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 2019
Pages
p. A1, B1, B10
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Cohen, Jay
Horses and horse racing
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Ritvo, Tim
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Item ID
35584AN
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California Horse Racing Board votes to limit whip use: under the rule, riders could face suspensions or fines; further approval needed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35391
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Deaths
Guillermo, Kathy
Horses and horse racing
Jockeys' Guild
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Solis, Alex
Stronach, Belinda
Stronach Group
Thoroughbred Owners of California
Item ID
35583AN
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Newspaper Index
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