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10 year-old Arcadia resident Eddie Drain, who lost his hair after chemotherapy treatments, got a boost from his baseball league teammates when they got together and shaved their own heads.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22921
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Drain, Eddie
Item ID
23129AN
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10-year-old Arcadia resident Natalia Sanchez-Nigolian started a "Save the Trees" fund to maintain trees on Paloma Drive, where she lives. She plans to start an environmental club at Hugo Reid Elementary.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30598
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Environmentalists
Preservation
Sanchez-Nigolian, Natalia
Trees
Item ID
30786AN
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The 35th annual Public Schools luncheon was held at the Masonic Center to honor 26 National Merit Scholarship students. The Foothills Middle School Sixth Grade Chorus performed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29524
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 10, 2001
Pages
p. 6
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 10, 2001
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Public Schools Luncheon - 35th annual
Arcadia Unified School District
Arcadia High Twelve Club
National Merit Scholarship students
Item ID
29708AN
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48th Annual Arcadia Festival of Bands will be held Saturday, November 17. The event, which showcases the finest high school instrumental music talent in Southern California, has been a proud tradition in Arcadia since 1953. Dennis Davies, who recently retired after serving 39 years as a music director in Arcadia Unified School District, has been named Grand Marshal.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33401
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 15, 2001
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p. 1, 25
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 15, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 25
Subjects
Arcadia Festival of Bands
Davies, Dennis
Item ID
33597AN
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58-year old Arcadia resident Tim Murphy plans to retire from his position as fire chief at the Monterey Park Fire Department in June.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29508
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Murphy, Tim
Monterey Park Fire Department
Fire chiefs
Retirement
Item ID
29692AN
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59-year-old Arcadia resident Marcia Wheeler, was found slumped over the steering wheel of her car with an empty pill bottle next to her.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22925
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 16, 2002
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p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 16, 2002
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p. A2
Subjects
Wheeler, Marcia
Suicide
Item ID
23133AN
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81 percent of area schools met their growth targets on the California state Academic Performance Index (API). However, 35 percent of West San Gabriel Valley schools failed to meet the federal accountability targets determined by Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. See chart on page A6 for Arcadia Unified School District progress.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2005
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Schools
Test Scores
Academic Performance Index (API) - 2005
Adequate Yearly Progress Report (AYP) - 2005
West San Gabriel Valley
Item ID
29853AN
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About 1,000 local Taiwanese-Americans protested a proposed anti-secession law Saturday outside the Chinese Consulate General office in Los Angeles. Arcadia resident James Liang was one such protester.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29439
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 27, 2005
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 27, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Protests and protesters
Liang, James
China-Taiwan relations
Anti-secession law
Item ID
29624AN
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Adam Schiff has proposed a plan under which ten cities along the planned Gold Line extension route would gain effective control over the project's construction.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29169
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 2004
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Schiff, Adam (Representative)
Gold Line extension
Proposals
Item ID
29354AN
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After 21 years with the Arcadia Unified School District, superintendent Mimi Hennessy, 63, is retiring. Her last day will be July 1, 2008, and Joel Shawn will take her place.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31032
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 21, 2008
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 21, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District - superintendents - educators
Hennessy, Mimi
Item ID
31227AN
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After teaching music in the Arcadia Unified School District for 39 years, Dennis Davies retires.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21226
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2001
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2001
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Davies, Dennis
Item ID
21453AN
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Aiad Barakat, 45, of Arcadia, whose application for citizenship has been approved by a United States District judge, is under appeal by the Bush administration. The Justice Department filed the appeal because of Barakat's alleged ties to a Palestinian organization believed to be terrorist.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30210
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 21, 2006
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 21, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Barakat, Aiad
Citizenship
George W. Bush Administration
Palestinians
United States Justice Department
Item ID
30397AN
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Alan J. Fisher, M.D., has been elected as the 2007 chief of staff at Methodist Hospital of Southern California.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30332
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2006
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p. Local 2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2006
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Fisher, Alan J., M.D.
Item ID
30518AN
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All the judges in Los Angeles County are in the process of voting on whether or not to consolidate the municipal and superior courts. Their decision would affect the local Santa Anita Municipal Court District.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27167
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 6, 2000
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 6, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Courts - Santa Anita Municipal Court
Item ID
27365AN
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Altrusa International, Inc. of Arcadia, an international association of business and professional women and men who volunteer to make their communities better, will host the 48th annual District 11 Conference. Dena Spanos-Hawkey, director of literacy services for Monrovia, Arcadia and South Pasadena, is the keynote speaker.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31273
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 17, 2003
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p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 17, 2003
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Altrusa Club
Altrusa International, Inc.
Service clubs
Spanos-Hawkey, Dena
Volunteers - volunteerism
Item ID
31468AN
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Among West Valley districts, the Arcadia Unified School District had the highest percentage of English-proficient students. 64% of the district's English learners scored at the "proficient" level on the English Language Development Test. That compares to 36 percent of English learners statewide who scored proficient on the test.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30983
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 24, 2008
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p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 24, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
English as a Second Language (ESL)
English Language Development Test
Item ID
31178AN
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An Arcadia resident plays an ancient Chinese bamboo flute for passersby on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. He uses the name "Di Zi" Zhao, but that is not his real name.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29538
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2005
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Musicians
Zhao, Di Zi
Bamboo flute
Street performers
Item ID
29722AN
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An armed robbery Wednesday led to an all-night standoff with the police when the two suspects fled to an Arcadia home and held resident Pat Plumley hostage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21643
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 7, 2001
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 7, 2001
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime & criminals
Plumley, Pat
Item ID
21864AN
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Annie Yuen is the first Asian elected to the School Board. Joann Steinmeier also wins a seat.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30018
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2001
Pages
p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2001
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Yuen, Annie
Steinmeier, Joann
Arcadia Unified School District - Board of Education
Asians and Asian-Americans
Item ID
30205AN
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Annie Yuen was elected as the Arcadia school board's first Asian member. She is part of a growing group of local politicians who came as immigrants and ended up in public office.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper20514
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
Apr. 20, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
Apr. 20, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Yuen, Annie
Item ID
20741AN
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