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Citing lap dancing and other violations, the City has revoked the business permit of Golden Eyes Gentlemen's Club. Under the Arcadia Municipal Code, that decision is final.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper20509
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
Apr. 10, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
Apr. 10, 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Golden Eyes Gentlemen's Club
Item ID
20736AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council revokes three massage therapy licenses.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34640
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 4, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 4, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Arcadia Spa
Massages
Item ID
34832AN
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Newspaper Index
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All-Star Liquor store at 8 E. Duarte Road has had its liquor license revoked for having repeatedly sold alcohol to minors.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30815
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Alcohol
All-Star Liquor
Kwong, Wesley
Liquor stores
Item ID
31003AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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David Ma, defeated candidate for the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees, has been charged with a misdemeanor for violating city sign posting restrictions.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25909
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 1997
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Ma, David
Pasadena City College - Board of Trustee
Ordinances
Item ID
26109AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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State officials have shut down 5 Arcadia massage parlors and fined one business $1.83 million for alleged labor code violations. Inspectors discovered that employees were not being paid hourly wages but got paid every time a massage was given. New Life Acupuncture at 610 E. Live Oak was fined $1.83 million for allegedly violating laws requiring employers to provide pay stubs and workers' compensation insurance. The four other locations fined were Ocean Health Center, C.H. Health Center, Arcadia Spa, and Best Health Center. The fines and closures continued a crackdown on massage-related businesses in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31354
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
California Department of Industrial Relations
California Employment Development Department (EDD)
Labor laws
Massage parlors
New Life Acupuncture
Item ID
31549AN
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Newspaper Index
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David Ma pleads guilty to charges of violating an ordinance prohibiting the placement of election signs on private property when he was running for the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25938
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 15, 1998
Pages
p. 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 15, 1998
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Pasadena City College Board of Trustees
Ma, David
Item ID
26138AN
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Newspaper Index
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Birth-tourism sites not easily detected.Terry Moore-Corse, a code enforcement officer in Arcadia has encountered three maternity homes in the past six years, most recently in 2009, when a resident reported "a lot of pregnant women" coming out of a house. Beyond building code and business license violations, there is nothing illegal about coming into this country to give birth, according to the U.S. State Department, which issues visas. Maternity tourism is a money-making cottage industry in which wealthy women from Asia pay anywhere from $25,000-35,000 to have American-born infants.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32364
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Announcement Type
Birth
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Asians
Building codes--violations
Maternity tourists
Moore-Corse, Terry
Mothers
Item ID
32562AN
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A 2-year-old legal battle between the city of Arcadia and Taboo Gentlemen's Club, a strip club, will most likely result in the club being closed or sold off by April, 2009. The federal court case started when the city revoked Taboo Gentlemen's Club's business license for breaking the city's adult business codes. The club's owners Bill Badi Gammoh and Chawkat Jajieh sued in response, claiming city and police had obstructed business and violated their civil rights. The city's adult business ordinance prohibits lap dances, sexual contact, private dance booths and direct tipping. It requires licensed dancers to perform on an elevated stage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31254
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Gammoh, Bill Badi
Jajieh, Chawkat
Lawsuits
Strip clubs
Taboo Gentlemen's Club
Item ID
31449AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Pasadena City College board candidate David Ma faces criminal charges for sign ordinance violation. His election signs were found on public property. The arraignment will be held November 25 at Santa Anita Municipal Courthouse in Monrovia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32744
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 1997
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 1997
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Ma, David
Ordinances
Signs
Item ID
32941AN
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A federal judge set bail at $100,000 Friday for Arcadia resident Po Chieng Ma, accused in a scheme to funnel graduate-school test answers from coast to coast and provide them to test-takers on coded pencils.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8018
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 1996
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 1996
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Ma, Po Chieng
Item ID
7978AN
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Arcadia High School students Alex Chung, Alex Chen, Darius Jing and Joshua Ma have their own hip streetwear brand called The Faculty Clothing Company.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35098
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 1, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 1, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Entrepreneurs
Chen, Alex
Chung, Alex
Jing, Darius
Ma, Joshua
Item ID
35286AN
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Newspaper Index
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City officials have extended a moratorium on issuing massage therapy business licenses by another 10 1/2 months. Believing that such businesses are often a front for prostitution, officials first enacted a 45-day ban on October 21 on all new license applications for businesses that supply massages as a secondary service. The extension would give authorities time to study the issue more.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31288
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Business licenses
Massage parlors
Massage - regulations
Spas
Item ID
31483AN
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Arcadia artist Qianjiao Ma (photo) vies for grand prize in the "Illustrators of the Future" competition to be honored during the 35th Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35452
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 17, 2019
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 17, 2019
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Artists
Ma, Qianjiao
Item ID
35644AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The City of Arcadia is investigating the Taboo Gentlemen's Club, a strip club on Clark Street, for several code violations.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30058
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Taboo Gentlemen's Club
Strip clubs
Business and Industry
Licenses
Item ID
30245AN
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Newspaper Index
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License revocation upheld for internet studios run by couple Dr. Susan Block and Maximillian Lobkowicz. City says sex therapist Dr. Susan Block and husband allow people to sleep there overnight in the business building on Las Tunas Drive that is zoned for office use. City revoked their license on July 28. The couple appealed but the city's Planning Commission upheld the decision. The couple will appeal again.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36059
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Arcadia Planning Commission
Block, Susan
Lobkowicz, Maximillian
Podcasts
Saybrook Media Group
Sex therapists
Zoning
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Arcadia City Council adjusts an ordinance pertaining to massage therapists. The ordinance originally required 500 hours of training for a massage therapist to have a license in the city. The council decided to let currently employed therapists substitute on the job hours for any shortage in training under 500 hours. The Council also dropped a requirement for windows in rooms where therapy is provided and decided therapists will not be required to wear white. The therapist will be required to have an identification card in his/her possession but will not be required to display it.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31219
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Business licenses
Massage therapists
Ordinances
Spas
Item ID
31414AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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An Arcadia representative to the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees will be chosen. Information on the three candidates, Beth Wells-Miller, Virginia Conijn, and David Ma, is presented.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25901
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 23, 1997
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 23, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Pasadena City College - Board of Trustees
Wells-Miller, Beth
Conijn, Virginia
Ma, David
Item ID
26101AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) denied a license to Oak Tree Racing Association to run its fall meet at Santa Anita Park after representatives from the Thoroughbred Owners of California and the California Thoroughbred Trainers said they opposed having Oak Tree at Santa Anita Park due to safety concerns, saying they prefer Hollywood Park. Sherwood Chillingworth, executive vice president of Oak Tree, said he was moving forward to make arrangements to run the fall meet at Hollywood Park, but did not rule out the possibility that the board could change its mind.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32143
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Chillingworth, Sherwood
Horses and horse racing
Oak Tree Racing Association
Santa Anita Park-2001-2010
Item ID
32340AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council is considering changes to fees charged by the city through the Development Services Department. One change might be a $25 fee for new business license applications. The fees may increase for design review of new commercial projects and appeals from an architectural review board to the Planning Commission. The General plan amendment fee may drop and tentative tract maps for condos may drop. The city plans to increase fines for code violations.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31935
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Arcadia City Council - 2001-2010
Fees
Item ID
32132AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council members voted to place a 45-day moratorium on all new license applications for businesses that supply massages as a secondary service such as spas, acupuncturists and chiropractors. Arcadia will also stop issuing new licenses to massage therapists. Arcadia is overwhelmed by the surge in license applications and concerned about the possibility of prostitution. The ban could be extended for up to one year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31264
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Business licenses
Massage therapists
Zhang, Amanda
Item ID
31459AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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