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A massive hillside wild fire of "suspicious" origin raged into its second day Tuesday, consuming about 750 acres and forcing at least 500 Arcadia residents from their homes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18057
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 1999
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 1999
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Fire
Item ID
18259AN
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Two armed, masked robbers took an undisclosed amount of money from the California Bank and Trust at 721 W. Huntington Drive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper17055
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 1999
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 10, 1999
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
14485AN
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Newspaper Index
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Two men suspected of robbing a Downey Savings branch at 1101 West Huntington Drive were arrested minutes later by Arcadia police.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper15848
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 1998
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 1998
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
16605AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Profile on centenarian Margaret Nahgy Davis of Azusa. In 1955, her husband Warren was hired to lead a new Church of God in Arcadia. During their first week in Arcadia, their third child Debbie had meningitis. After Warren died, Margaret remarried Ed Davis.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36357
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2022
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Centenarians
Davis, Margaret Nahgy
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Newspaper Index
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A 38-year-old Los Angeles man, accused of setting four arson fires in Arcadia and of carjacking a woman trying to move her car away from one of the fires, is arrested. The first fire was in a rear corridor on the second floor of The Shops at Santa Anita mall, at 400 South Baldwin Avenue at 11:40 A.M. on Friday. The other three fires were in the vicinity of the 900 block of Arcadia Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36496
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2023
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2023
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arson
Crime and Criminals
Fires
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Newspaper Index
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The husband and wife suspected of enslaving and torturing a 20-year old woman from mainland China allegedly kept a second slave and may have imported as many as a half dozen people into the United States. Dianji Zhai and Hua Jiang of Arcadia have been arrested.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9558
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 1997
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
9513AN
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Newspaper Index
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Woman gets 20 years in prison for bilking investors. Ruixue "Serena" Shi, 38, of Arcadia, bilked investors in a Southern California hotel and condominium project of at least $26 million. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 8, 14, November 24, 2022.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36378
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 23, 2022
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 23, 2022
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Fraud
Global House Buyer
Hyde Morgan Development, LLC
Shi, Ruixue "Serena"
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Michelle and Tyjana Boykins, 30 and 29, were awarded $200,000 after claiming to be unjustly strip searched by a female Monrovia police officer in September of 1990.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper164
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 30, 1993
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 30, 1993
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
164AN
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Newspaper Index
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Coverage of the 55th Arcadia Invitational, considered one of the top high school track and field meets in the nation. It brings together the stars of track and field from the state and throughout the country for a 2-day competition at Arcadia High School. Arcadia event coordinator Rich Gonzalez says a record 690 schools are participating from 36 different states. Spotlight on Kayla McBride from Ayala High School. See also spotlight on South Pasadena High School's Mia Holden, at Pasadena Star News, p. B2, April 8, 2023.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36466
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2023
Pages
p. B2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2023
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Arcadia Invitational
Gonzalez, Rich
Holden, Mia
McBride, Kayla
High school sports
Track and Field
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Five months after the owners of Arcadia Fastprint started giving away free fliers to help people find lost pets, they've been sued by an Altadena man who claims he has exclusive copyright to any "lost dog" or "lost cat" posters.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4567
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 25, 1995
Pages
p. H-2; Hometown section
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 25, 1995
Pages
p. H-2; Hometown section
Subjects
Business & Industry - Arcadia Fastprint
Item ID
4443AN
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A San Bernardino teen is arrested following crash. Arcadia police find the fatal hit-and-run suspect, a 17-year old boy, hiding in the bushes after pedestrian, a 28-year-old man, is killed crossing Huntington Drive. The suspect drove a gray Dodge Charger, which was found in the 1200 block of Oakhaven Road, with front end damage and a broken windshield.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36503
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 2, 2023
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 2, 2023
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Arrests
Crime and Criminals
Fatalities
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Man arrested after shooting in Arcadia. A 47-year-old man was arrested Wednesday, August 10, for shooting and injuring an Arcadia police officer (shot in the jaw), the suspect's 73-year-old mother (shot in the chest) and the neighbor across the street (shot in the eye with stray bullet). All three are stable and expected to survive. The shooting and standoff happened at 2500 block of Greenfield Avenue due to a family dispute. The 26-year-old Arcadia officer has been with Arcadia Police Department for 6 months and has 3 years of previous law enforcement experience.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36295
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2022
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
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Driver is arrested after 7-Eleven rammed. Monrovia man Sterling Williamson, 23, was arrested on suspicion of murder after he created a disturbance at a 7-Eleven store at 1003 South Baldwin Avenue on November 24, 2022, then allegedly crashed his car through the doors and tried to flee. There were no injuries.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36379
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2022
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arrests
Convenience stores
Crime and Criminals
7-Eleven
Williamson, Sterling
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The State Supreme Court ended a three-year battle between El Monte and Arcadia, dismissing a lawsuit filed against Arcadia for approving a proposed landfill along El Monte's border. Rodeffer Industries, Inc. must still get approval from several state and regional agencies before proceeding.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10077
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Actions and Defenses
Rodeffer Landfill
Item ID
10031AN
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Businessman Frank Stronach, who announced he is buying Santa Anita Park, has stated that his vision for developing the land is drastically different than Santa Anita's current proposal.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16088
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 1998
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 1998
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
16846AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Education foundation is gearing up for a massive fundraising drive designed to raise $2.5 million for computers and other new classroom technology over the next three years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10383
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 14, 1997
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 14, 1997
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Schools
Fundraisers
Item ID
10331AN
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Newspaper Index
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Hate crimes in Los Angeles County rose by more than 25 percent last year. Two incidents of hate crime reportedly occurred in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9561
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
9516AN
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Newspaper Index
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Bradbury man Steve Chen, CEO of U.S. Fine Investment Arts, Inc. Gem Coin, and other companies, allegedly conspired to commit fraud with his Arcadia-based marketing company, to plead guilty. He promised potential investors gemstones from their mines along with valuable digital currency. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 4, February 27, 2020.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35675
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2020
Pages
p. A4, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2020
Pages
p. A4, A4
Subjects
Chen, Steve
Crime and Criminals
Cryptocurrency
Fine Investment Arts, Inc.
Gem Coin
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Chinh Nguyen, 29, of Arcadia was in serious but stable condition after being stabbed by her former boyfriend at First Design Nails in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9170
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 1997
Pages
p. A3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 1997
Pages
p. A3 photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
9124AN
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Newspaper Index
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Jimmy Palma, 22, of Arcadia received a death-penalty recommendation for the April 22, 1995 massacre of five people in El Monte. A final decision on the matter will be announced by the presiding judge on February 19, 1997.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8132
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 1996
Pages
p. A 3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 1996
Pages
p. A 3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Palma, Jimmy
Item ID
8087AN
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Newspaper Index
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