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Santa Anita Park postpones opening day to September 25 due to Bobcat Fire impacting air quality. Smoke from the fire is causing poor air quality.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35846
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 17, 2020
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 17, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Butler, Aidan
Fires
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Fall racing begins with empty stands at Santa Anita Park. No in-person cheering as smoke-delayed, 16-day meet begins. Poor air quality from Bobcat Fire forced the delay of the fall meet by one week.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35813
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 26, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 26, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Air quality
Bobcat Fire
Fires
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park looking for a brighter future. When Aidan Butler, Executive Director of California Racing Operations for The Stronach Group took over at Santa Anita about a year ago, he couldn't have envisioned the road blocks his first year--heavy rains that postponed opening day, the COVID-19 pandemic, recent brush fires that forced the fall meet to be postponed. He discusses the difficulties this year, the new turf chute and the future.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35809
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2020
Pages
p. B6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2020
Pages
p. B6
Subjects
Butler, Aidan
Fires
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City of Arcadia asked residents north of Foothill Boulevard and east of Santa Anita Avenue to voluntarily evacuate as strong winds forecasted overnight could fuel the Bobcat Fire. American Red Cross Los Angeles has opened an evacuation point at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35844
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 10, 2020
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 10, 2020
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
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Newspaper Index
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Bobcat Fire, on its 9th day in the San Gabriel Mountains, continued to grow north of the San Gabriel Valley. It had charred 38,299 acres Monday with containment at 3%. The fire has crossed to west side of Santa Anita Canyon. On Sunday, residents in Arcadia and Sierra Madre who live north of Elkins Avenue and east of Santa Anita Avenue were ordered to evacuate. About 305 homes were in the evacuation zone. Most are in Arcadia and 32 are in Sierra Madre.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35803
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
San Gabriel Mountains
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park modifiest rack after horse deaths. It is the first significant change in 67 years. Horses running 6 and 6 1/2 furlongs will instead start on a new turf chute under construction at the racetrack's northeast corner, near the Gate 5 entrance. Santa Anita Park will host a short meet September 19-October 25, still without spectators due to the coronavirus. The racing board delayed the start of the meet to give the horses time to rest and to ensure its COVID-19 protocols were in place. County officials recorded 38 coronavirus cases at Santa Anita Park by the end of its previous meet in June.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35795
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Moore, Dennis
Pandemics
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Vella-Gregory, Jodie
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park's owners want rock group KISS's singer Gene Simmons for a public relations and marketing gig. Despite several changes in recent months, track owner Frank Stronach, 80, said Santa Anita Park continues to fall short of his financial expectations.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33247
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
KISS (rock group)
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Simmons, Gene
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
33444AN
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Newspaper Index
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Effort underway by Arcadia resident and environmentalist Cameron Stone to save historic Adams Pack Station after Bobcat Fire destroyed 15 of the 100-year-old cabins in Big Santa Anita Canyon above Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35853
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2020
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2020
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Adams Pack Station
Bobcat Fire
Fires
Stone, Cameron
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park, other Stronach tracks to race horses without fans, through the end of March, due to the threat of coronavirus (COVID-19).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35654
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2020
Pages
p. B9
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2020
Pages
p. B9
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Diseases
Epidemics
Horses and horse racing
Pandemics
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Foothills threatened as Bobcat Fire swells. Santa Ana winds lead to San Gabriel Valley evacuation warnings. The fire started on Sunday, September 6 near the Cogswell Dam and West Fork Day Use area. It had grown to 10,344 acres with no containment by Tuesday evening. It is moving slowly toward the residential areas of Monrovia, Arcadia, or Duarte, but an evacuation warning has been issued for Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35799
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 9, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Fourth horse dies, from training injury during Santa Anita Park's fall season. The horse was a 4 year-old filly named Star of Africa. She was owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and trained by Patrick Gallagher.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36096
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 4, 2021
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 4, 2021
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Stronach Group
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park will stay closed; Derby to be rescheduled. Santa Anita Park will remain closed for live racing, at least through the upcoming weekend, as a result of last week's order by the Los Angeles County Health Department in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. More than 1700 horses are stabled at Santa Anita Park and are cared for by more than 750 people who live and work at the track. A track press release said, "We will continue to work with county officials and health authorities to familiarize them with the protocols already in place and our plans to protect the health and safety of the community who works with the horses and calls Santa Anita home."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35693
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 1, 2020
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 1, 2020
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Barger, Kathryn
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Epidemics
Horses and horse racing
Los Angeles County Department of Health
Pandemics
Stronach Group
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Some evacuation orders lifted-Bobcat Fire. Sierra Madre and Arcadia residents okayed to return to their homes starting yesterday (Wednesday) at 4 PM. By Wednesday evening the fire had grown to 46,263 acres with containment still at 3%.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35805
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 17, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A10
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 17, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A10
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
San Gabriel Mountains
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Fire crews in the Angeles National Forest brace for Santa Ana winds. The Bobcat fire is burning in the San Gabriel Mountains. Residents of Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Bradbury, and Sierra Madre were told to prepare for possible evacuation. It has burned 4900 acres, north of Azusa,

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35798
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Fires
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Newspaper Index
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Dick Hale, a Bradbury councilman and CEO of development firm Hale Corporation, is proposing a four-story medical office building on the southern portion of the Santa Anita Park race track parking lot. It would be a joint venture with the race track's owner, The Stronach Group. It would create probably 300 jobs. An application has not been submitted but Arcadia City Council is set to discuss the developer's concept at a 6:00 PM study session on September 25 at City Hall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33158
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 21, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 21, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Developers and developments
Hale Corporation
Stronach Group
Item ID
33355AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Oak Tree Racing Association lost its lease to operate its fall horse racing meet at Santa Anita Park. Oak Tree has operated a fall meet at the track since 1969. Due to bankruptcy restructuring, Frank Stronach's company MI Developments took control of Santa Anita Park from Stronach's Magna Entertainment Corp (MEC). MI Developments wants to negotiate a new lease agreement with Oak Tree for fall racing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32062
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 15, 2010
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 15, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Bankruptcy
Chillingworth, Sherwood
Horse racing
Magna Entertainment Corp. (MEC)
MI Developments (MID)
Oak Tree Racing Association
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
32259AN
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Newspaper Index
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1980s pop group Air Supply plays at the Arcadia Performing Arts Center on January 25, 2014. Also playing this season are America (2/22), Susan Egan (3/1), and The Temptations (6/7).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33718
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2014
Pages
p. 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2014
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Air Supply
Arcadia Performing Arts Center (Auditorium)
Musical acts
Pop groups
Item ID
33914AN
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Newspaper Index
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Damage saps fun from Angeles forest. Angeles National Forest's Chantry Flat Road remains closed after suffering damage from the 2020 Bobcat fire and subsequent fires. Storms and fires force closure of trails, roads and campgrounds, some for years. The forest's second-most visited area, Chantry Flat, in the section north of Arcadia, Monrovia and Sierra Madre, has been closed since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. A sign in Arcadia (photo) advises motorists of the Chantry Flat Road closure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36507
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 18, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 18, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Bobcat Fire
Chantry Flat
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Newspaper Index
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What's next for cabins in Santa Anita Canyon affected by Bobcat Fire? Historic cabins dating from the early 1900s were threatened by the fire in September. The number of cabins decreased to 63 from 80. Most were built during the Great Hiking Era. The cabin owners still use the original hand-crank telephone system invented by Alexander Graham Bell. Includes more history and description.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35864
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 10, 2020
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 10, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Bobcat Fire
Cabins
Fires
Santa Anita Canyon
San Gabriel Mountains
Stone, Cameron
U.S. Forest Service
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Bobcat Fire - Most Chantry Flat cabins survived - 62 of 80 structures, historic Adams Pack Station did not burn down in massive Bobcat Fire which broke out September 6.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35860
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Angeles National Forest
Big Santa Anita Canyon
Bobcat Fire
Fires
Vanni, Greg
Collection
Newspaper Index
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