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56-year-old Arcadia resident Dragica Grabovac has opened a European-style restaurant that offers a touch of Croatia. It is called Cafe LuMar at 136 E. Colorado Boulevard in Monrovia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33150
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 2, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 2, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Business owners
Grabovac, Dragica
Restaurants
Item ID
33347AN
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69-year-old Arcadia resident David Tran is the owner of Huy Fong Foods, the maker of Sriracha hot sauce. Huy Fong Foods should be operational in a new $50 million, 650,000 s.f. factory in Irwindale, by September. The factory is moving from Rosemead.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33553
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 23, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 23, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Business owners
Huy Fong Foods
Sriracha
Tran, David
Item ID
33748AN
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The 2001 murder of grocer Adel Karas, a 48-year old Egyptian man from Arcadia, a few days after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, was initially thought to have been a hate crime. He was shot at his store International Market at 1381 E. Last Tunas in San Gabriel. Now police suspect Adel Karas was the victim of extortion. The suspects are two Latinos in their mid-20s.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32176
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Karas, Adel
Murder
Item ID
32375AN
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Adam Chu is an entrepreneur opening a seafood grill restaurant in Monrovia on April 17, at 123 East Colorado Boulevard. It will be called Big Shrimps Fish Grill. His goal is to keep menu items reasonably priced because he is also the supplier. he imports seafood under the company he founded called Five Star Seafoods. Chu moved the operations of Five Star from Arcadia to the second floor of the new building that will house his restaurant.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32360
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 2011
Pages
p. A10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 2011
Pages
p. A10
Subjects
Business and Industry
Chu, Adam
Entrepreneurs
Restaurants
Seafood
Item ID
32558AN
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Albert Chu and Patricia Huang, the people behind 626 Night Market, now selling chef-made foodie boxes called ChefBox. It is a takeout establishment in South Pasadena that offers high quality meals that can be quickly heated up.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35015
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 2017
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 2017
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Business and Industry
ChefBox
Chu, Albert
Entrepreneurs
Huang, Patricia
Item ID
35206AN
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Aldi, a German discount grocer, will open 10 new stores in Southern California later this month, including one at 1403 S. Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34507
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 8, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 8, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Aldi (company)
Business and Industry
Grocery Stores
Item ID
34699AN
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An overnight break-in occurred at Burlington Coat Factory in Arcadia, at 1201 S. Baldwin Avenue. Employee found a jewelry display case had been smashed open. Arcadia police searched the store but no suspect was found. It was not clear what, if anything, had been stolen, other than the jewelry from the case.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33648
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2013
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2013
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Burglaries
Burlington Coat Factory
Castro, Mike
Crime and Criminals
Retail stores
Item ID
33843AN
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Arcadia AAUW presents 2013 Woman of Achievement Award to Tamara Kato, president of Arcadia business Comfort Keepers, a business that offers home care services to seniors. see also Arcadia Weekly, p. 8, July 18, 2013.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33550
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 6, 2013
Pages
p. A6
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Mountain Views News
Date
July 6, 2013
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Arcadia AAUW
Kato, Tamara
Organizations - American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Small business
Item ID
33745AN
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Arcadia AAUW presents 2013 Woman of Achievement Award to Tamara Kato, president of Arcadia business Comfort Keepers. See also Mountain Views News, p. A6, July 6, 2013.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33552
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2013
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2013
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia AAUW
Kato, Tamara
Organizations - American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Small business
Item ID
33747AN
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Arcadia-based grocery chain Vons, a division of Safeway Inc., headquartered in Pleasanton, California, is closing its Vons supermarket at 2340 Foothill Boulevard, LaVerne, California. It has been there for 10 years and is underperforming.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32263
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 17, 2010
Pages
p. A25
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 17, 2010
Pages
p. A25
Subjects
Grocery Stores
Vons -- Safeway Inc.
Item ID
32462AN
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Arcadia City Council approves $70,000 to help the Downtown Business Association set up a business-improvement district. The district would tax commercial property owners to revitalize the area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32886
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A3
Subjects
Arcadia--downtown
Business and Industry
Item ID
33083AN
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Arcadia City Council declared its intention to provide seed redevelopment money--provided a state Supreme Court ruling in January frees up such funding--to help the Arcadia Downtown Business Association breathe new life into the city's traditional downtown, by establishing a property-based business improvement district.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32645
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News,
Date
November 19, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News,
Date
November 19, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Downtown Business Association
Business districts
Item ID
32842AN
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Arcadia City Council voted 4-to-0 to pass a new food hall plan for Downtown Arcadia at 33 West Huntington Drive. The food hall will contain seven to eight different food vendors of a pre-existing building, while the upper floors will continue to operate as self-storage units. One of the project goals is to preserve the existing building and keep the midcentury look of it, according to City of Arcadia Senior Economic Development Analyst Tim Schwehr.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35567
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Business and Industry
Downtown Arcadia
Schwehr, Tim
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Arcadia city wants ban on single-use plastic bags just 6 months before a statewide referendum goes to California voters. If adopted, it would affect approximately 36 Arcadia businesses and be implemented in two phases. Phase 1 would begin in early June and would apply to grocery stores with $2 million+ in annual sales, such as Vons, Albertsons, 99 Ranch Market. Phase 2 would include smaller businesses, like pharmacies and convenience stores, and would be implemented 6 months later. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 4, April 21, 2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34542
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-2010-2019
Beck, Tom
Environmental issues
Marshall, Gail
Plastic bags
Radle, Dean
Tait, Tom
Item ID
34734AN
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Arcadia launches the new Arcadia Downtown Business Association, with plans to revitalize the downtown district. Matt McSweeney is the association's chairperson and owner of Matt Denny's Ale House Restaurant on East Huntington Drive. City officials will spend about $90,000 on a parking study and about $18,000 in redevelopment funds to get Arcadia Downtown Business Association off the ground. The revitalization plans should work nicely with the slated opening of the Gold Line station at the northwest corner of North First Avenue and East Santa Clara Street by 2014.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32354
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A9
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A9
Subjects
Arcadia Downtown Business Association
Business and Industry
Redevelopment
Item ID
32552AN
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Arcadia Mother/Daughter business owners celebrate new expansion. Jeanette Behara and Raquel McLaughlin (pictured) celebrated 5 years of their business Vintage Treasures & Antiques Arcadia and the launch of the new addition, Mid Century Furniture Showroom, adjacent to their vintage clothing and hats showroom.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35303
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Behara, Jeanette
McLaughlin, Raquel
Small business
Vintage Treasures and Antiques Arcadia
Item ID
35492AN
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Arcadia named most business-friendly city finalist in the Eddy Awards by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 11, September 29, 2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34679
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
September 24, 2016
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
September 24, 2016
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Awards
Businesses
Economy
Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.
Item ID
34871AN
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Arcadia Police Department and Monrovia Police Department catch vacuum thief who stole a $600 vacuum from a store on Huntington Drive, then he caught the 187 Foothill Transit Bus to get away. The police cited and released him on the promise to appear in court on the charge of theft.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34634
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 28, 2016
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 28, 2016
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Thieves
Item ID
34826AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia recognized as "Most Business Friendly" for its mix of a strong local economy, well-known attractions, and responsive city hall workers, at the Eddy Awards, presented by Los Angeles County Economic Development, in the category of city with population less than 68,000. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 13, November 16, 2017.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35007
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Business and Industry
Los Angeles County Economic Development
Item ID
35198AN
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Arcadia resident David Tran, the founder of Huy Fong Foods, which makes Sriracha chili hot sauce, was on hand at the first ever Sriracha Festival in Los Angeles. Tran founded the company 33 years ago, after emigrating as a refugee from Vietnam.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33662
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Business and Industry
Huy Fong Foods
Tran, David
Item ID
33858AN
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Newspaper Index
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