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2 articles. 1. Racing returns at Santa Anita. The historic Santa Anita racetrack reopened Friday for racing amid concerns for horse safety and the future of the track and the industry. There were no deaths in eight races Friday, which had been closed for racing since March 5. 2. Back in the saddle: racing resumes without incident after 26-day closure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35393
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 2019
Pages
p. A1, B1, B10
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 2019
Pages
p. A1, B1, B10
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Cohen, Jay
Horses and horse racing
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Ritvo, Tim
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Item ID
35584AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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After a five-year hiatus, Arcadia City Council is considering reinstating a policy that would let property owners pay to be assigned a more auspicious house number, which some believe would improve the value of their home. The number 4 in a street address is considered a bad omen in many Asian cultures. In Mandarin language, the word "four" sounds like the word for death, while the number eight is considered lucky, because it sounds like the word for prosper. Arcadia's Asian population is approaching 60% and most potential buyers will be Asian. In a 3-2 vote, Arcadia City Council endorsed the move in principle and directed staff to report back on the costs involved.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32398
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 15, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 15, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Arcadia City Council--2010-2019
House numbers
Property values
Item ID
32596AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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All four "tree-sitters" arrested while protesting the destruction of an 11-acre oak woodland in Arcadia appeared in Alhambra Superior Court and pleaded not guilty to one count each of trespassing and obstruction a police officer. They are John Quigley, 50, of Glendale, Julia Jaye Posin, 23 of Venice Beach, Travis Jochimsen, 28, of Lancaster and Andrea Bowers, 45 of Los Angeles. They rejected an offer of community service and payment of restitution from the District Attorney's office. The four will appear in court again April 22 for a pre-trial hearing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32356
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2011
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2011
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Activists
Bowers, Andrea
Environment
Jochimsen, Travis
Oak trees
Posin, Julia Jaye
Quigley, John
Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site
Item ID
32554AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia-based company US Fine Investment Arts, Inc. is under investigation by state and federal agencies as it faces allegations from investors that it swindled them out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The company has connections to Arcadia Councilman John Wuo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34311
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Chen, Steve
Gemcoin (company)
US Fine Investment Arts, Inc.
Wuo, John
Yang, Solomon
Item ID
34505AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia based Cub Scouts go Supernova. Four Scouts recently earned the highest accomplishment a Cub Scout can receive for science, technology, engineering and math. Gianni Carrano, Vincent Docimo, Ian Parsons and John Short, fifth graders at Holy Angels School in Arcadia and members of the school’s Cub Scout Pack 114, achieved the Supernova Award.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35352
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 2018
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 2018
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Cub scouts
Carrano, Gianni
Docimo, Vincent
Parsons, Ian
Short, John
Rivera, Anissa
Item ID
35542AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia certifies city council election victories for John Wuo and Gary A. Kovacic. The results were certified this week after election officials were able to verify and count 661 of the remaining 681 ballots of the April 10 election. There were 105 ballots that had to be disqualified because voters selected more than 2 candidates in the all-mail election. At least some of those were caused by an error in the ballots' Chinese-language instructions that directed voters to select no more than 3 instead of 2 candidates, prompting the city to send out correction notices. Gene Glasco was elected City Clerk. Measure D, the hotel room tax, passed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32942
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Ballot measures
City Council Elections--April, 2012
Kovacic, Gary A.
Wuo, John
Item ID
33139AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council appoints ex-mayor Mickey Segal to fill seat vacated by John Wuo's resignation, until the municipal election in April. Wuo, who served on City Council for 12 years, resigned two weeks ago amid mounting allegations over his endorsement of USFIA and Gemcoin, in addition to an ethics investigation launched in September by the Fair Political Practices Commission. Segal is a CPA. Also the zoning code update resumes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34353
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 22, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 22, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-2010-2019
Gemcoin
Segal, Mickey
Wuo, John
Item ID
34546AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council candidates champion their causes. There are five candidates for two open seats. Their causes are: Gary Kovacic--maintaining a balanced budget with adequate reserves and a sense of community; Mary Dougherty--mansionization and residential guidelines; Sho Tay--traffic safety and opposing a new $12.2 million City Hall; John Wuo--reducing crime; and Henry Nunez--increase city revenues and create a real downtown in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32907
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia City Council elections--2012
Dougherty, Mary
Kovacic, Gary
Nunez, Henry
Tay, Sho
Wuo, John
Item ID
33104AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Councilman John Wuo resigned, citing health and personal reasons. He had served on council for 12 years, including as mayor for 3 terms. His resignation comes on the heels of a lawsuit and intense scrutiny of his alleged involvement with GemCoin (digital currency) and alleged violations of the Political Reform Act's statement of economic interests disclosure requirement and conflict of interest.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34319
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 7, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 7, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arvizu, David
Gemcoin (company)
US Fine Investment Arts, Inc. (USFIA)
Wuo, John
Item ID
34513AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council members to submit nominees for John Wuo's vacant seat at next meeting October 20. Mayor Gary Kovacic and Councilman Tom Beck recommended former mayor Mickey Segal. Councilman Roger Chandler and Sho Tay wanted to take time to think of a few more nominees.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34321
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2015
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2015
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-2010-2019
Beck, Tom
Chandler, Roger
Kovacic, Gary
Segal, Mickey
Tay, Sho
Wuo, John
Item ID
34514AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council today will once more reconsider whether to allow customer-requested address changes in light of concerns about a Chinese superstition involving the number four. Since the number four sounds like the word for death in Mandarin and is considered unlucky, some realtors and residents have argued that addresses that end in the number four are more difficult to sell and affect home prices. The cost of processing an address change would be about $2600.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33079
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 3, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 3, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia City Council--2010-2019
Chinese culture
House numbers
Luong, Daniel (photo)
Property values
Real Estate
Street addresses
Item ID
33276AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Councilman John Wuo's ties to GemCoin (digital currency) draw scrutiny. The Fair Political Practices Commission is investigating him for a potential violation of the Political Reform Act. Arcadia resident David Arvizu filed the complaint with the FPPC.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34320
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 6, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 6, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arvizu, David
Gemcoin (company)
US Fine Investment Arts, Inc. (USFIA)
Wuo, John
Item ID
34512AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia firefighter Mike Herdman died instantly after falling from a cliff in the Sespe Wilderness of the Los Padres National Forest. The Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office said Herdman died in a fall from the edge of the mountain or cliff. It was ruled an accidental death. See also Arcadia Weekly, July 3, 2014, p. 1, 20.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33890
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 2, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 2, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Byars, Taylor
Deaths
Herdman, Michael
Missing Persons
Item ID
34084AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia firm US Fine Investment Arts (USFIA) is charged in fraud. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleges operator used GemCoin in a worldwide pyramid scheme, allegedly bilking investors out of $32 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34317
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 3, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 3, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Chen, Steve
Gemcoin (company)
US Fine Investment Arts, Inc. (USFIA)
Wuo, John
Item ID
34510AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School football team beats visiting Burbank High School 38 to 7. A pregame ceremony recognized the death of Arcadia player Chris Handy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32603
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 15, 2011
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 15, 2011
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--football
Carr, Myles
Haines, Robbie
Handy, Chris
Lagace, Taylor
McElwee, Alex
Medel, Jake
Item ID
32801AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia housing standards campaign to launch. City officials will engage in a "public education campaign" to inform residents about the city's current residential development standards and to look at what other communities are doing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34275
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2015
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2015
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Chandler, Roger
Houses
Kovacic, Gary
Mansions
Segal, Mickey
Tay, Sho
Wuo, John
Zoning codes
Item ID
34469AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia. Is horse racing addicted to drugs? Medication use is widespread, and critics say it contributes to deaths like those at Santa Anita Park. Half of the three dozen horses that died at Santa Anita Park in the 12 months before the current meet were on at least one anti-inflammatory medication, a major focal point in the investigation into equine deaths at the racetrack. Critics argue overuse of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories, or NSAIDs, masks the injuries of horses and increases the chances of a fatal breakdown. The California Horse Racing Board’s research indicates 90% of breaks stem from preexisting injuries. Animal rights organizations say these medications likely contributed to the deaths of 23 horses at Santa Anita Park since the season began December 26, 2018.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35422
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 14, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 14, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Henry, Jason
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Item ID
35614AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia man Larry Roger Beck, 66 years old, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for killing his girlfriend's toddler son in Louisville, Kentucky 43 years ago. He admitted to shaking the 20-month old Michael Sanders, which was a factor that caused the child's death.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34351
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2015
Pages
p. A9
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2015
Pages
p. A9
Subjects
Beck, Larry Roger
Crimes and criminals
Manslaughter
Item ID
34544AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia named a host city for the Special Olympics World Summer Games 2015.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33841
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 30, 2014
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 30, 2014
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Special Olympics World Summer Games
Wuo, John (in photo)
Item ID
34035AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident in the 700 block of Camino Grove Avenue finds the body of a stranger in his swimming pool. The dead man is 35-year old Greg Tser-Ming Chen of Arcadia. Foul play was not initially suspected in the death. Chen's dog, a golden retriever, which was not on a leash, was found in the backyard too. Chen leaves behind a wife Maggie, who is pregnant with the couple's second child, and a toddler-aged son. See also Pasadena Star News, p. A3, August 9, 2013.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33584
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Chen, Greg Tser-Ming
Deaths
Item ID
33779AN
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Newspaper Index
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