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A 20-year-old Arcadia resident charged with murdering his father remained in custody. The son is charged with the strangulation death of 48-year-old Wenda Peter Liu in their Longden Avenue home.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 7, 1995
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 7, 1995
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Liu, Wenda Peter
Item ID
4784AN
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A 20-year old baby sitter from mainland China testified about the events she said led to her enslavement by Arcadia couple Dianyi Zhia and Hua Jiang. See also Pasadena Star News, July 23, 1997, p. A1.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 1997
Pages
P. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 1997
Pages
P. A1
Subjects
Zhai, Dianyi
Jiang, Hua
Item ID
10042AN
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A 21-year-old woman was the third person raped at gunpoint this year, and police suspect that they may be by the same person. All three women were accosted by an African American man in his 20's or 30's wearing a black cap. They were accosted in the early morning with a gun while alone in their cars.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 1995
Pages
p. A-1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 1995
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals - Rape
Item ID
4384AN
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Arcadian Wilfred (Bill) Schmitt, who has served as legal counsel for the Carmelite Sisters for over 20 years, is the 1993 recipient of the Golden Spirit Humanitarian Award presented by the Board of Directors, the Foundation Board of Trustees, and the Carmelite Sisters of Santa Teresita Hospital in Duarte.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper240
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 1993
Pages
p. 2, 7 photo; Highlander section
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 1993
Pages
p. 2, 7 photo; Highlander section
Subjects
Schmitt, Wilfred "Bill"
Item ID
240AN
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Bail was set at $1 million for Arcadian Hua Jiang, charged with enslaving a 20-year old woman from China. Her husband and co-defendant, Dianyi Zhai, will remain in custody without bail for several additional charges.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1997
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1997
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
9519AN
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Bob and Renee Samich, owners of Newsom's Junior Bootery, are retiring after running the shoe store for 20 years. They are closing the store due to a combination of rising rent, a lack of walk-in traffic on Baldwin Avenue and a change in the children's shoe market. The store has been in operation for 53 years.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 12, 1998
Pages
p. A1 w/photos
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 12, 1998
Pages
p. A1 w/photos
Subjects
Business & Industry - Newsom's Junior Bootery
Samich, Bob and Renee
Item ID
15007AN
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The body of Wenda Peter Liu was found lying in a hallway after police responded to a 911 call by one of his sons. The son, age 20, was arrested on suspicion of murder.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 8, 1995
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 8, 1995
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Liu, Wenda Peter
Item ID
4456AN
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Cal Poly Pomona student Melissa Cripe, 20, will work with junior high students to solve personal problems without resorting to violence as part of the AmeriCorps program, a $360 million national program launched by President Clinton to act as a domestic version of the Peace Corps.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 1995
Pages
p. H-2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 1995
Pages
p. H-2
Subjects
Cripe, Melissa
Item ID
4354AN
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The City Council approved a $3.4 million new fire station project bid by Merco Construction Engineers in Camarillo. The building will cost 20% more than originally estimated.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper251
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 20, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 20, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Fire Station
Item ID
251AN
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County Supervisors approved a 20-year contract Tuesday establishing a joint partnership with the nonprofit California Arboretum Foundation, to operate the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper12274
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 4, 1998
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 4, 1998
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
12464AN
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Debbie Ewing, 29, is a candidate for the Arcadia Board of Education on April 20, 1993. The Montebello high school teacher is profiled.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
School Board - Elections
Ewing, Debbie
Item ID
236AN
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Eight Arcadia High School students stood in front of the city police station waving signs at motorists to protest Arcadia's teen curfew after one of them was stopped for roller skating on the street at night. The curfew ordinance has been in effect for more than 20 years and prohibits people under the age of 18 from loitering on streets and in public places between 10 PM and sunrise.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6066
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 6, 1996
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 6, 1996
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Ordinances, Municipal
Item ID
5899AN
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Friends and family of former Arcadia City Clerk Christine Van Maanen gathered at Live Oak Memorial Park to pay their last respects. Her exact date of birth is not known, but she is believed to have been 86-88 years old when she died.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 1996
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 1996
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Van Maanen, Christine
Item ID
6072AN
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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.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 1997
Pages
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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John Sandbrook, Amy Dilbeck, Susan Webb and Derek Moses are all survivors of childhood cancer. They will ride on the Arcadia Tournament of roses float on Jan. 1.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11275
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 1997
Pages
p. A-1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 1997
Pages
p. A-1 w/photo
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Sandbrook, John
Dilbeck, Amy
Webb, Susan
Moses, Derek
Item ID
11459AN
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A judge on Wednesday sentenced a 20-year-old Arcadia resident to 3 years probation for the strangulation killing of his father, Wenda Peter Liu.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 16, 1995
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 16, 1995
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Liu, Wenda Peter
Murder
Item ID
5485AN
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Keith W. Renken of Arcadia was presented with the Distinguished Business Leader Award by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 1996
Pages
p. D2 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 1996
Pages
p. D2 photo
Subjects
Renken, Keith W.
Item ID
5896AN
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Kianji Zhai and Hua Kiang of Arcadia were arrested and booked on charges of kidnapping, extortion, slavery and assault with a deadly weapon. They are accused of enslaving and torturing their 20 year old babysitter.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
9512AN
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Nordstrom's Department Store is scheduled to open in August 1994, while 20 specialty shops and a 292-seat food court will open in October, 1993. The $34.3 million expansion is expected to generate about $1 million in sales tax revenue each year, as well a create 250 retail jobs.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 1993
Pages
p. A-6 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 27, 1993
Pages
p. A-6 photo
Subjects
Fashion Park
Nordstrom's Department Store
Item ID
241AN
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Notice of Public Hearing before the Arcadia City Council on June 20, 1995. Summary by fund for 1995/6 and 1996/7 Proposed Budget is shown in tabular form.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 8, 1995
Pages
pp. H 6-7; Hometown section
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 8, 1995
Pages
pp. H 6-7; Hometown section
Subjects
Budget
Item ID
4439AN
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Newspaper Index
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