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Jonathan Kuo from Arcadia High School received first place at a music scholarship competition sponsored by Sierra Madre Rotary Club.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29392
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 27, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 27, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Kuo, Jonathan
Music scholarships
Musicians
Violinists
Item ID
29576AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Administration at Arcadia High School had to institute a new policy against freak dancing or "freaking" after students got too wild at the Homecoming Dance. Freaking is a kind of dancing in which dancers grind against each other's pelvises. Students who attended the Winter Casual dance had to sign a contract "to conduct themselves appropriately both on and off the dance floor."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29831
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 28, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 28, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Dances - Winter Casual Dance - freak dancing -freaking
High School students - social life and customs
Item ID
30016AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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John Gregory, an Arcadia resident, has written a book "Making Music: Unique Ways Songs Became Hits," that explores the secrets behind pop tunes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31806
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 11, 2009
Pages
p. A18
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 11, 2009
Pages
p. A18
Subjects
Arcadia Authors
Books
Gregory, John
Item ID
32003AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Los Voluntarios, a group of about 300 men and women, contribute more than 30,000 hours of service to the Arboretum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper19260
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News The Star
Date
June 21, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News The Star
Date
June 21, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
19502AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The City of Arcadia budget for the 2008-2009 fiscal year projects a positive balance of $236,892 but includes several spending cuts and revenue enhancements. The list of spending cuts includes freezing 6 police officer positions, shifting some signal maintenance, delaying city communications upgrades and eliminating a coyote management program. The list of revenue enhancements includes a $2 Internet use fee for library guests, among other things.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31100
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia city budget (2008-2009)
Item ID
31295AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School's cross country team is led by Renaud Poizat and Ammar Moussa. Coach Jim O'Brien said it is the best team he has ever coached.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31257
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2008
Pages
p. C2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2008
Pages
p. C2
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports - cross country
Moussa, Ammar
O'Brien, Jim
Poizat, Renaud
Item ID
31452AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Jack Lantz Big Band will perform big band swing music on April 27, 2003, at the Arcadia Community Center as part of the Arcadia centennial celebration.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31194
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 27, 2003
Pages
p. 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 27, 2003
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Arcadia centennial events
Big bands
Swing music
Jack Lantz Big Band
Item ID
31389AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School was nominated for a Los Angeles County Music Carter Bravo Award for its music programs.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22779
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2002
Pages
p. D1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2002
Pages
p. D1
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Item ID
22988AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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William Cottrell's (aka Billy Cottrell), a former Caltech physics student who was in prison for participating in firebombing 100 vehicles in the San Gabriel Valley (Duarte, Arcadia, West Covina) in 2003, will be resentenced. The federal court has dropped arson charges against him but he remains convicted on a conspiracy charge. He could be released or face more prison time.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31805
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arson
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Vandalism
Item ID
32002AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Three women and two children picketed outside the Golden Eyes Gentlemen's Club.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18221
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2000
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2000
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Golden Eyes Gentlemen's Club
Item ID
18469AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The 75th anniversary of Santa Anita Park was celebrated with festivities including a parade of Budweiser Clydesdales and the unveiling of sculptor Nina Kaiser's life-size bronze statue of the race horse John Henry. The article includes a list of people in attendance at the party in the Directors' Room.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31856
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2009
Pages
p. A20
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2009
Pages
p. A20
Subjects
John Henry (race horse)
Kaiser, Nina (artist)
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -75th anniversary
Statuary
Item ID
32056AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. Santa Anita Park's iconic shoeshine attendant since opening day, December 25, 1934, Eddie Logan, has died. He was a former boxer and Negro League baseball player. He called himself a "footman" and worked at Santa Anita Park for almost 75 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31616
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 5, 2009
Pages
p. 1, 3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 5, 2009
Pages
p. 1, 3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Logan, Eddie - biography (1910-2009)
Item ID
31813AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council upheld the decision of an architectural review board for the Rancho Santa Anita Residents' Association that Ibrahim Irawan could not install iron and glass front doors on his home under construction on San Vicente Road.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25646
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 18, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 18, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
City Council - 2000 - 2009
Irawan, Ibrahim
Rancho Santa Anita Residents' Association
Item ID
25846AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a $125.6 billion budget for 2006-2007. He plans to increase spending on education and transportation and cut funding for some welfare and health programs, while not increasing taxes. Arcadia Mayor John Wuo agrees that California needs to make substantial investments in the state infrastructure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29856
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
California state budget
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Wuo, John
Item ID
30041AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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As Assemblyman Tim Leslie sang his Arcadia High School alma mater school song, the State Assembly on June 5th rejected a bill that would bar California public Schools from using Native-American names for their mascots.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25632
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 6, 2003
Pages
p. A4, A11
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 6, 2003
Pages
p. A4, A11
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School - Mascot
Leslie, Tim
Item ID
25832AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Thirty young women are the finalists for the 2009 Rose Parade Queen and Court. Four girls are from Arcadia High School. They are Stephanie Lagace, Courtney Lee, Lauren Valenzuela and Samantha Power.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31251
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 10, 2008
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 10, 2008
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
LaGace, Stephanie
Lee, Courtney
Pasadena Tournament of Roses-2009
Power, Samantha
Rose Court finalists
Valenzuela, Lauren
Item ID
31446AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A memo issued to police agencies said that the radical ELF could resort to vandalism. Specific locations were not named and police did not think the warning was credible.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26744
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Hummers
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Vandalism
Ecoterrorists
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Item ID
26946AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Longtime Arcadia High School music teacher Arthur Farr, 61, retires. Photo and biography.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33472
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2004
Pages
p. 1, 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2004
Pages
p. 1, 4
Subjects
Arcadia High School--teachers
Farr, Arthur--biography
Item ID
33667AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A 1927 bust of Anita Baldwin, hidden away in storage at the Arboretum, is on exhibit at the Arcadia Public Library along with photographs of Anita, examples of her musical scores, poetry and cookbook.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26329
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library-2000-2009
Exhibits
Baldwin, Anita
Item ID
26529AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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John Fung, coordinator for the English-learning program at the Arcadia Public Library, works with people of all ages helping them to learn English.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27687
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 3, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 3, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library-2000-2009
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Fung, John
Item ID
27884AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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