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A 13-year-old girl named Susan Wiley was reportedly a prisoner in her home for all of her life until a social worker discovered the child abuse. Susan's parents Clark Wiley and Irene Wiley were arrested. The family home is at 6722 Golden West Avenue, in a county area of Arcadia. Susan Wiley was living in an environment of total isolation and deprivation and was malnourished. She cannot talk, is deformed, barely able to walk and is not toilet trained. She has been placed in the care of Children's Hospital. The child has come to be known by the alias "Genie." See hard copy in VF Wiley, Susan aka "Genie"

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31552
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 18, 1970
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 18, 1970
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Child Abuse
Feral children
"Genie"
Wiley, Clark
Wiley, Irene
Wiley, Susan
Item ID
31748AN
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15-year-old Richard Ung was arrested at his parents' home in Arcadia, where sheriffs recovered nine guns, including an AK-47 assault rifle and an assault pistol. Ung is being investigated for alleged involvement in the stabbing death of Boo K. Lee.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30707
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 5, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 5, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Guns
Lee, Boo K.
Murders - stabbings
Ung, Richard
Weapons
Item ID
30895AN
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Newspaper Index
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20-year-old Jackson Ni of Arcadia died from injuries resulting from a drive-by shooting at a Temple City home.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper20405
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 19, 2001
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 19, 2001
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Ni, Jackson
Item ID
20639AN
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A 22-year-old El Monte man, Daniel Sisneros, is suing the owner and an employee of AM Donuts at 34 E. Las Tunas Drive. He was left partially paralyzed after being shot at AM Donuts. He was pressing buttons on the cash register but not robbing the store.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30728
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 12, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 12, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
AM Donuts
Lawsuits
Shootings
Sisneros, Daniel
Item ID
30916AN
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A 51-year-old Monrovia man died on Santa Anita Avenue when his pickup truck hit a tree, just south of Colorado Boulevard. His name has not been released yet.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29861
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2006
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2006
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Traffic Accidents
Collisions
Item ID
30046AN
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Newspaper Index
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A 60 year-old man in Arcadia contracted West Nile virus disease and is at home recovering.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28711
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 30, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 30, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
West Nile Virus -- human cases
San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control
Mosquito-borne virus
Item ID
28898AN
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Newspaper Index
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A $218 million school bond measure will go to voters in November, 2006. The Arcadia Board of Education voted to approve it for the ballot. The money will go to improvements and new facilities at all Arcadia schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30169
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 9, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 9, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Bond measures
Schools - History - 2001-2010
Item ID
30356AN
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Newspaper Index
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About 95% of the more than 2,700 security alarms the Arcadia Police Department responded to last year turned out to be false alarms. Arcadia police Chief Bob Sanderson is asking the City Council to implement a $100 fine for a third false alarm issued in a 365-day period. A $200 fine for the fourth false alarm and $300 for the fifth and all subsequent false alarms would be part of the new ordinance that City Council will consider next month.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31012
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Fines
Home security alarms
Proposed ordinances
Item ID
31207AN
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After months of preparation and more than $300,000 expenditures in the aftermath of the Santa Anita II fires that diverted a wall of mud from homes, the fire-ravaged hillside seemed to be holding despite the rain storms.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27427
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 17, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 17, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Fires
Mudslides
Item ID
27624AN
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All-area girls soccer team is pictured. One player is a senior from Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31424
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 1, 2009
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 1, 2009
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
All area girls soccer
Sports
Tangorra, Ann Marie
Item ID
31617AN
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All but one regular Arcadia school ranks in the top percentile of schools across California in the API ratings. A comparison to Monrovia and Pasadena schools is included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31108
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 27, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 27, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Academic Performance Index (API)
Arcadia Schools
Test Scores
Item ID
31302AN
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All-city picnic will be held October 12 to fete the Bicentennial. Music, games, etc. are being planned by the Special Events Committee of the Arcadia Bicentennial Commission.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper372
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1975
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1975
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
American Revolution Bicentennial
Item ID
372AN
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All-Star Liquor store at 8 E. Duarte Road has had its liquor license revoked for having repeatedly sold alcohol to minors.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30815
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Alcohol
All-Star Liquor
Kwong, Wesley
Liquor stores
Item ID
31003AN
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Newspaper Index
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All sworn officers of the Arcadia Police Department have been specially trained and certified in the use of Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs). Each officer on patrol is equipped with an AED.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30582
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 26, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 26, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Defibrillators
Item ID
30770AN
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Newspaper Index
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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
Pages
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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All work on the east end of the Foothill Freeway in Pasadena should be completed in mid-February. Trains have been using the freeway median since August 12, 1975.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1628
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 21, 1975
Pages
p. B-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 21, 1975
Pages
p. B-1
Subjects
Foothill Freeway - (210)
Item ID
1627AN
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Newspaper Index
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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
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 17, 2003
Pages
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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An apartment fire in Arcadia Wednesday left six people uninjured but looking for shelter. The blaze was reported at about 2:45 p.m. in unit 235 at 425 E. Live Oak.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper20827
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 24, 2001
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 24, 2001
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
21057AN
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Newspaper Index
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An Arcadia family was terrorized and victimized at gunpoint in a home invasion robbery. The robbers choked the father of the family until he gave them cash and threatened to return to kill the family if they called police. The robbery occurred in the 100 block of West Forest Avenue. It is not known if this crime is related to the robbery of an elderly couple in Arcadia last week.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31829
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Item ID
32026AN
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An armed man barricaded himself in his trailer at Santa Anita Village mobile home park in a daylong standoff ending with the man's shooting. His name was not released, and he was taken to the local hospital.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25380
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 3, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 3, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Shooting
Santa Anita Village Mobile Home Park
Guzman, Frank
Item ID
25579AN
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Newspaper Index
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