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2,100 cubic yards of concrete has been poured now and the 584-foot Gold Line Bridge is taking shape inside the wood forms above the eastbound lanes of the 210 Freeway.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33073
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bridges
Construction
Leicester, Andrew
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority
Skanska USA Civil
Transportation
Item ID
33270AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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$2 million in funding to help provide more homes. San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust gets state award for affordable, transitional housing. About 2 dozen cities have partnered, including Alhambra, Arcadia, Azusa, Baldwin Park, and others, to develop affordable housing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36565
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2023
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2023
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Choi, Ricky
Housing
San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments
San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust
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Newspaper Index
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7-year-old Maria Lugo Rocha of Sinaloa, Mexico, is recovering after a surgery to remove a bone tumor from her chin, performed last week at Arcadia Methodist Hospital. LIGA International, a non-profit group of medical experts, pilots and volunteers, helped to bring the girl to Arcadia to have the surgery.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30999
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 9, 2008
Pages
p. News 4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 9, 2008
Pages
p. News 4
Subjects
LIGA International
Non-profit organizations
Rocha, Maria Lugo
Surgeries
Item ID
31194AN
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Newspaper Index
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9-year-old Maria Lugo came to Arcadia Arcadia Methodist Hospital from Mexico to have a steel plate removed from her chin. It was a follow-up surgery to a softball-size tumor removal she had in April, 2008, at Arcadia Methodist Hospital. Dr. Jon Tyrell, a member of LIGA International, and Dr. B.S. Chandrasekhar operated on her. LIGA International is a non-profit group of medical experts, pilots and volunteers who travel to clinics in Sinaloa, Mexico several times a year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31823
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Chandrasekhar, Dr. B.S.
LIGA International
Lugo, Maria
Lugo, Noemi Rocha
Non-profit organizations
Surgeries
Tyrell, Dr. Jon
Item ID
32020AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The 11.5 mile light rail Gold Line extension from Pasadena to Azusa was awarded to Foothill Transit Constructors. Kiewit-Parsons, a joint venture company, will design and build the project. Funding comes from Measure R.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32468
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Contractors
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Item ID
32667AN
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Newspaper Index
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The 13-member MTA board voted to leave the Gold Line Extension off a critical funding list. This delays the construction of the $1.4 billion project , a 24-mile rail link between Pasadena and Montclair, until at least the end of 2009.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30901
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Gold Line extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Item ID
31089AN
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Newspaper Index
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23-year-old Arcadia man Joshua Martin Parra-Davis was booked by Arcadia Police on suspicion of possessing an explosive device and leaving it in a backpack near a Bank of America on Foothill Boulevard on Friday, January 14, 2011. Witnesses said Parra-Davis first went to Foothills Middle School and may have been trying to open classrooms when he was confronted and ran off. The suspect was then seen dropping a backpack in bushes near the Bank of America and then running through the parking lot, where officers detained him. Arcadia Police called the bomb squad. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Bob Squad successfully detonated the device. Parra-Davis could be arranged in Pasadena Court today.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32296
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Arrests
Bombs
Crime and Criminals
Parra-Davis, Joshua Martin
Item ID
32495AN
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Newspaper Index
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23 year old Arcadian Jimmy Palma was ambushed and stabbed to death October 13 in the exercise yard of San Quentin State Prison. A Superior Court judge sentenced him to die for killing two children and their mother in El Monte in 1995.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11522
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Palma, Jimmy
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
11720AN
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Newspaper Index
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25-year-old entrepreneurs Dustin Nicolarsen and Michael Thomas co-own The Derby, the historic Arcadia steakhouse. The two give back to their community by hosting a fundraiser to benefit their high school.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30786
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Nicolarsen, Dustin
Restaurateurs
Restaurants, bars, etc.
The Derby
Thomas, Michael
Item ID
30974AN
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Newspaper Index
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29-year-old man Philippe Brian Lutete, is charged with kidnapping and raping of two women at his house in unincorporated Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34149
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2015
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2015
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lutete, Philippe Brian
Item ID
34343AN
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Newspaper Index
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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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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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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 2, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Business owners
Grabovac, Dragica
Restaurants
Item ID
33347AN
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Newspaper Index
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A 61-year-old construction worker who died after being run over by a bulldozer while working to level a vacant residential lot in Arcadia last month was identified as Sirpriano Dorame-Martinez of South Gate. The accident took place April 15 in the 900 block of Monte Verde Drive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34554
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 2016
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p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Deaths
Dorame-Martinez, Sirpriano
Item ID
34746AN
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Newspaper Index
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The 65 year old statue of Hugo Reid created by Preston Prescott may be moved from Arcadia County Park to a spot between the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum and the Arcadia Community Center. The City Council will have to approve $57,362 contract for its removal.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24460
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Reid, Hugo
Prescott, Preston
Parks - Arcadia County Park
Ruth & Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Statuary
Hugo Reid Family Statue
Item ID
24651AN
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Newspaper Index
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210 Freeway closure creates 5-mile backup for 5 days. 605 Freeway also affected by work on a bridge. Caltrans is repairing a 50-year-old concrete bridge on the 210 Freeway spanning the San Gabriel River. Most affected were motorists and truckers from eastern Los Angeles County and Inland Empire, driving the preferred route into Irwindale, Duarte, Arcadia, Monrovia, Pasadena, and San Fernando Valley.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36284
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A4
Subjects
Caltrans
Freeways
San Gabriel River Bridge Hinge Replacement Project
Traffic
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Newspaper Index
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210 Freeway closure returns this week. For second time in a month, motorists face delays during a 5-day shutdown for bridge construction, closing eastbound lanes of the 210 Freeway from the 605 Freeway interchange to Irwindale Avenue. The delays may be more pronounced in the weekday afternoon during peak hours through Pasadena, Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, and Irwindale, as the eastbound lanes detour from 6 lanes into 3 lanes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36306
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 15, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 15, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Caltrans
Freeways
San Gabriel River Bridge Hinge Replacement Project
Traffic
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Newspaper Index
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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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Newspaper Index
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2024 ELECTIONS - Pasadena City College: Four candidates compete for two Board of Trustee seats on the March 5 election. Voters elect a trustess from each of the seven districts in an area that includes Arcadia, a portion of El Monte, La Canada Flintridge, Pasadena, Rosemead, San Marino, Sierra Madre, South Pasadena, and Temple City. Area 2 candidates are Kevin D. Strotz and James Aragon. Area 6 candidates are Ryan Liu and John Quintanilla.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36639
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 25, 2024
Pages
p. A3, A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 25, 2024
Pages
p. A3, A11
Subjects
Aragon, James
Elections-2024
Pasadena Area Community College District
Pasadena City College
Liu, Ryan
Quintanilla, John
Strotz, Kevin D.
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Newspaper Index
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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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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 2011
Pages
p. A10
Subjects
Business and Industry
Chu, Adam
Entrepreneurs
Restaurants
Seafood
Item ID
32558AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Schiff, Adam (Representative)
Gold Line extension
Proposals
Item ID
29354AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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