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Woman ahead of her time honored. Anita May Baldwin statue to debut at Le Meridien Hotel. She was philanthropist, key figure in racetrack. The statue is named "A Legacy of Charity," by artist Alfred Paredes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36087
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Baldwin, Anita M.
Gibson, Margaux
Le Meridien Hotel
Paredes, Alfred
Statuary
Tay, Sho
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A statue to honor Anita M. Baldwin, daughter of Arcadia's founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, will be built at the new Le Meridien Hotel, a luxury hotel in Arcadia. The artist/sculptor is Alfred Paredes, who also created the Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin statue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35909
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A4
Subjects
Baldwin, Anita M.
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Le Meridien Hotel
Marriott Hotels
Marriott International
Public Art
Statuary
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Artist Miranda Villanueva will be painting a mural tomorrow in the Center Court of Westfield Santa Anita mall in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36069
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2021
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Artists
Public Art
Villanueva, Miranda
Westfield Santa Anita
Collection
Newspaper Index
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2023 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade's Rose Court profiled with their hobbies. Sahanna Rajinikanthan, one of the Royal Court, is from Arcadia and enjoys baking. She made it to the state championship for the VEX Robotics Competition and enjoys volunteering as a singing coach in the language of Araneri, passing on her Indian culture to her students.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36399
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade-2023
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade-Royal Court
Arcadia High School students
Baligh, Salia
Ballard, Bella
Denoncourt, Zoe
Cortez-Peralta, Michelle
Crick, Adrian
Rajinikanthan, Sahanna
Rose queens
Wittenberg, Uma
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Indictment implicates Baldwin Park's ex-city attorney Robert Tafoya in $70,000 bribery scheme to help secure cannabis permit from a vote by Councilman Ricardo Pacheco. Special agents with the FBI and IRS arrested former Compton Councilmember Isaac Galvan, 36, and another person, a 50-year-old Arcadia resident, who is the owner and operator of a cannabis grower that obtained a permit in Baldwin Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36548
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Bribery
Baldwin Park, California
Cannabis
Crime and Criminals
Tafoya, Robert
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Another homeless village set to open in Baldwin Park. 16-unit tiny home complex will house families in need. It's called Serenity Homes, 13167 Garvey Avenue in Baldwin Park. Senator Susan Rubio, D-West Covina, celebrated the opening with elected officials from all over the San Gabriel Valley, including from Arcadia, Azusa, Glendora, La Puente, Monrovia, San Marino, South Pasadena, Temple City and Mount San Antonio College. It is the second tiny homes village opening in Baldwin Park within a year and serves as a model for how cities can expand homeless services.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36322
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A14
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A14
Subjects
Baldwin Park, California
Homeless
Homelessness
Housing
Rubio, Susan
Social issues
Tiny homes
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Santa Anita Oktoberfest will be held October 14-22 at Santa Anita Park, 283 West Huntington Drive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36538
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2023
Pages
p. C6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2023
Pages
p. C6
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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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
Pages
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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High school Track and Field leaders. Race results of the Arcadia Invitational shows top boys and girls Track and Field marks this season in San Gabriel Valley, as of two days ago.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36232
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2022
Pages
p. B2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2022
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Arcadia Invitational
High school sports
Le, Matthew
Samvelian, Emma
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Here's to those who install holiday lights. Columnist Anissa Rivera writes about light displays Reindeer Road: World of Illumination at Santa Anita Park and Lightscape at the Arboretum and others.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36122
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 2021
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 2021
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Holidays
Lightscape
Christmas
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Merrill Shindler reviews restaurants for Mother's Day meals. One in Arcadia that is recommended is Din Tai Fung at the mall (now named The Shops at Santa Anita, formerly Westfield Santa Anita) at 400 South Baldwin Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36479
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 8, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 8, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A4
Subjects
Chinese food
Din Tai Fung
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Shindler, Merrill
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Popular "Star Wars" talents to head fundraiser on May 4 at Chalice Collectibles at The Shops at Santa Anita mall in Arcadia, 400 South Baldwin Avenue. All proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Starlight Foundation. Pictured is Kat Cressida, the voice of Princess Leia in popular video games. See also Arcadia Weekly, pp. 1, 15, March 28, 2024.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36681
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2024
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2024
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Celebrities
Chalice Collectibles
Cressida, Kat
Shops at Santa Anita
Toys
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Man hospitalized yesterday after explosion of possible illegal butane honey oil drug lab in a commercial building in Arcadia. At 2;23 PM, Arcadia Fire Department responded to a fire in the 11700 block of Goldring Road and determined an explosion had happened and found a man inside. He was taken to the hospital due to the severity of his burns. Honey oil is described as a marijuana concentrate made by extracting THC from marijuana.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36155
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2022
Pages
p. A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2022
Pages
p. A9
Subjects
Fires
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
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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
Collection
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Let's make a record. Onyx Record Press plant, has recently opened in Arcadia, to manufacture vinyl record albums. Founded by Gil Tamazyan, recording artists Moe Espinosa, Surachai and Cyrusrex, their advanced record pressing plant is in a 5200 s.f. building in Arcadia. Located at 11728 Goldring Road, Suite A, Arcadia, California, 91006, according to their website onyxrecordpress.com. See hard copy in VF.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36564
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 22, 2023
Pages
p. C4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 22, 2023
Pages
p. C4
Subjects
Business and Industry
Espinosa, Moe
Makarechian, Cyrus
Onyx Record Press
Sutthisasanakul, Surachai
Tamazyan, Gil
Vinyl records
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Class of 2023 graduations happening in Arcadia include: June 1-Arroyo Pacific Academy graduation at Arroyo Pacific Academy, 325 North Santa Anita Avenue. June 8-Arcadia High School graduation at Santa Anita Park Racetrack, 285 West Huntington Drive. Also, June 6-Gabrielino High School (located in San Gabriel) graduation will be held at Santa Anita Park Racetrack.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36484
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 17, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 17, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Arroyo Pacific Academy
Graduations
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26 local schools earn high honors, the 2023 California Distinguished Schools award, including Hugo Reid Elementary, Camino Grove Elementary, Highland Oaks Elementary, Rancho Learning Center, Baldwin Stocker Elementary, Holly Avenue Elementary and Longley Way Elementary School from the Arcadia Unified School District.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36409
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A9
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Awards, honors, recognitions
Baldwin Stocker Elementary School
California Distinguished Schools
Camino Grove Elementary School
Highland Oaks Elementary School
Holly Avenue Elementary School
Hugo Reid Elementary School
Longley Way Elementary School
Rancho Learning Center
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The Shops at Santa Anita (formerly Westfield Santa Anita mall, changed name in 2022) hosts a holiday winter wonderland with synthetic ice rink, hot cocoa, and face painting, 6-8 PM today. Event is on the Promenade area. Skating rink is free but donations accepted. Proceeds benefit the Arcadia High School Marching Band. The Shops at Santa Anita is at 400 S. Baldwin Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36398
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 2022
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 2022
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Events
Holidays
Ice skating
Shopping malls
The Shops at Santa Anita-2022-2030
Collection
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Every 10 minutes, someone in Los Angeles County dies from the effects of COVID-19. Melody Stark of Monrovia is shown in photo displaying a photo of her husband Dr. William Stark who was a resident of Huntington Drive Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arcadia. He died on November 22, 2020. Since March, 2020, 10,056 people have died from the coronavirus.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35887
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A11
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Deaths
Huntington Drive Health and Rehabilitation Center
Pandemics
Public Health
Stark, Melody
Stark, William (Dr.)
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May 17--Methodist Hospital Foundation hosts its annual Mardi Gras Food Fest at Sirona's, Santa Anita Park, Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36235
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 9, 2022
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 9, 2022
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Methodist Hospital Foundation
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Sirona's
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