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A 760-acre wildfire that authorities called "suspicious" was close to being stamped out Wednesday. Now officials worry about the stability of the hillsides.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18058
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 30, 1999
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 30, 1999
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
18260AN
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Joan Hallett, secretary to the City Librarian, died Tuesday at Huntington Memorial Hospital. She was struck by a car on Saturday and never regained consciousness. Joan had worked at the Arcadia Public Library nearly 40 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18063
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 1999
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 1999
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Hallett, Joan
Item ID
18265AN
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The Anoakia estate will most likely be demolished in three months, but its destruction could prompt the city to identify and protect other historic buildings.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18002
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 11, 1999
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p. A3 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 11, 1999
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Subjects
Anoakia
Item ID
18203AN
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Newspaper Index
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Local Native American activists have demanded that Arcadia High School drop its "Apaches" nickname, saying it is racist and offensive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper17740
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 1999
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 1999
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Item ID
17940AN
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Starting this spring, the new owner of Santa Anita Park, Frank Stronach, is planning the first of what will likely be massive renovations to the horse racing facility.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16664
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 1999
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 1999
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
17448AN
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Bond Furs of Arcadia has been selling glamour in the land of Stars since 1940, one of the last survivors in what might be the dying art of fur-making.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16485
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 1999
Pages
p. B3 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 1999
Pages
p. B3 w/photo
Subjects
Business & Industry - Bond Furs
Item ID
17262AN
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When someone burglarized her Arcadia home and stole all her children's Christmas gifts, Margie Stitzinger thought she had seen the worst people had to offer. She was surprised when her co-workers at Picasso's Cafe pitched in to replace what was stolen.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16200
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 1998
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 1998
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Stitzinger, Margie
Item ID
16946AN
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An assistant manager of a Blockbuster Video on South Baldwin was in custody Monday on suspicion of trying to engineer the robbery of his own store.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16204
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 22, 1998
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 22, 1998
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime & criminals
Item ID
16950AN
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Canadian industrialist Frank Stronach bought Santa Anita Park for $126 million in cash Friday, and said he will share plans with the city later this month to spend roughly half that amount on improvements.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16190
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 1998
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 1998
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
16936AN
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The new bridal shop at the Santa Anita Church opened Aug. 8 and offers one stop shopping for every wedding need.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper15063
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 1998
Pages
p. B5 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 1998
Pages
p. B5 w/photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Church Bridal Shop
Item ID
15611AN
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Gov. Pete Wilson has signed a tax cut bill that cuts in half the amount of taxes race tracks pay on daily wagering. The news was greeted with enthusiasm at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper15079
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 1998
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 1998
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park, 1991 - 2000
Item ID
15627AN
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Gina's Sports Bar & Grill is the source of controversy regarding a Chinese-language sign which some community members claim is advertising prostitution.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper14557
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 17, 1998
Pages
p. A1 w / photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 17, 1998
Pages
p. A1 w / photo
Subjects
Business & Industry - Gina's Sports Bar & Grill
Item ID
15133AN
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Brian Osier and Mark Thompson, co-owners of Teamates Sporting goods, are organizing a benefit tournament to help the family of Rob Edgell, a West Covina resident who died in May, leaving behind a wife and four children and no life insurance.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper14455
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 1998
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 3, 1998
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Business & Industry - Teamates Sporting Goods
Thompson, Mark
Osier, Brian
Item ID
15012AN
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All freshmen entering Arcadia High School are required to swim 50 yards and tread water for three minutes. Senior Justin Briggs was in danger of not graduating because he had not passed the swimming competency test. A doctor's excuse enabled him to graduate.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper14218
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 1998
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 1998
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
14794AN
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Former Arcadia Public Library reference Librarian Patricia Tapscott McAdam, co-author of a definitive history of Arcadia, died of pneumonia May 23, in Escondido. She was 75.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper13990
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 1998
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 1998
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
McAdam, Patricia Tapscott
Item ID
14551AN
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Family, friends and customers at Chef's Coffee Shop are mourning the death of the man they called Grandpa. Gerhard Seltman was struck and killed by a pickup truck. His son, Bob Seltman, owns Chef's Coffee Shop.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper13409
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 1998
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 1998
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Seltman, Gerhard
Item ID
13605AN
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper12446
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 19, 1998
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 19, 1998
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Firestone, Anna Marie
Item ID
12644AN
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David Edward Foley of Duarte was discovered hanging by his own T-shirt from the bars of his cell in the Arcadia City jail.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11761
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 1997
Pages
p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 1997
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
11968AN
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Sandy Snider, historical curator at the Arboretum of Los Angeles county, has written a book to celebrate the institutions 50th anniversary. "Arboretum Album" is the culmination of years of research.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11268
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 25, 1997
Pages
p. A-1 w / photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 25, 1997
Pages
p. A-1 w / photo
Subjects
Arcadia authors - Snider, Sandy
Item ID
11452AN
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Despite pressure from Native American representatives to switch mascots in the interest of cultural sensitivity, the Apache will remain as Arcadia High School's mascot, student and school leaders decided.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3254
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 29, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 29, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Apache Nation
Arcadia High School Apaches logo
Arcadia High School - Mascot
Native American Indian Tribes
Item ID
10995AN
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Newspaper Index
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