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A $30 million plan to provide standardized breathing equipment for every fire department in Los Angeles County has been suspended after a lawsuit alleged the contract process was mishandled and firefighters complained about the quality of the equipment. Arcadia-based Allstar Fire Equipment is suing the city and county of Los Angeles, contending the contract process was improperly handled in a manner that ignored firefighter input and unfairly favored the winning bidder, L.N. Curtis and sons.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31253
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 12, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Allstar Fire Equipment
Business and Industry
Lawsuits
L.N. Curtis and Sons
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Item ID
31448AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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AbilityFirst and Santa Anita Park held a fundraiser to benefit adults and children with disabilities. Pictured is jockey Kayla Stra atop Fred, a horse that appeared in the movie "Seabiscuit."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31419
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 27, 2009
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 27, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
AbilityFirst - nonprofit organizations
Disabled people
Fundraisers
Santa Anita Park (2001-2010)
Stra, Kayla (jockey)
Item ID
31612AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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An ancient Chinese maternity tradition, from the Sung Dynasty (960-1275 AD), known as "Zuo Yue Zi," is translated as "doing the month."It refers to the care of a Chinese woman during the first month after giving birth. The practice is explained here by Wei-Chen Tung, a former registered nurse at Arcadia Methodist Hospital and now an assistant professor of nursing at University of Nevada, Reno. The practice requires new mothers to follow a strict diet and rest for 3-4 weeks following a pregnancy. Tung says a lot of Chinese women still practice this, so hospitals should be aware of this part of Chinese culture. Maternity tourists--women who want to come to the United States to give birth to a full-fledged American citizen, have given rise to businesses that cater to them, such as the maternity home that was shut down in the 1300 block of South Palm Avenue in San Gabriel on March 8. It had been 5 townhomes illegally converted into a maternity home.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32365
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 3, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 3, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Asians
Building codes--violations
Chinese culture
Maternity tourists
Tung, Wei-Chen
Mothers
Item ID
32563AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia-born artist Quinton Bemiller is painting a mural to be displayed at The Armory Center for the Arts through March 21, 2010. This work was inspired by the natural environment of Hahamongna Watershed Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31871
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 24, 2010
Pages
p. A18
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 24, 2010
Pages
p. A18
Subjects
Artists
Bemiller, Quinton
Item ID
32068AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia city officials are cracking down on "maternity tourism" boarding houses by dedicating a full-time police detective to investigate the issue. Maternity or birth tourism is a phenomenon in which women, often from China, pay a handsome fee to have their babies in the United States, so the children can be citizens. While that is not illegal, at least five establishments have been shut down for violations, such as unlawfully operating boarding house businesses in residential zones.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33482
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Boarding houses
Pregnant women
Item ID
33677AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School senior Andrew Pilavjian is Runner of the Year and Mr. January in the cross-country calendar.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30328
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2006
Pages
p. Sports 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2006
Pages
p. Sports 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School - sports
Cross country
Pilavjian, Andrew - biography
Runners
Item ID
30514AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School teen Naomi Stillitano is the new Rose Queen. Naomi is a dancer, actor, born in Italy, is the 135th person crowned. Includes some biographical information.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36566
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 2023
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 2023
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Aghajanian, Alex
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade-2024
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade-Royal Court
Arcadia High School students
Rose Queen
Stillitano, Naomi
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident Rosemary Harry makes bonnets and blankets for the infants born at Methodist Hospital.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25955
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 8, 2003
Pages
p. D6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 8, 2003
Pages
p. D6
Subjects
Methodist Hospital
Harry, Rosemary
Item ID
26156AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia residents will select three trustees today. Running for the Board of Education are challengers Roger Sonnenberg, Fred Peritore and Daniel Haste. Incumbents are James Romo, John McClain and Maryann Gibson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25386
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
School Board Elections - 2003
Gibson, Maryann
Haste, Roger
McClain, John
Peritore, Fred
Romo, James
Sonnenberg, Roger
Item ID
25585AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arts & Culture spotlight on the new exhibit at the Ruth & Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum. The exhibit is called "Roll 'em!: Motion Pictures Filmed in Arcadia and Surrounding Communities." Photos include Dana Dunn, curator at the museum, and movie posters of "A Star is Born" starring Judy Garland and James Mason, and "The African Queen," starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31724
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 2009
Pages
p. A21
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 23, 2009
Pages
p. A21
Subjects
Dunn, Dana
Film and television
Motion pictures - memorabilia
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum - exhibits
Item ID
31921AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Birth-tourism sites not easily detected.Terry Moore-Corse, a code enforcement officer in Arcadia has encountered three maternity homes in the past six years, most recently in 2009, when a resident reported "a lot of pregnant women" coming out of a house. Beyond building code and business license violations, there is nothing illegal about coming into this country to give birth, according to the U.S. State Department, which issues visas. Maternity tourism is a money-making cottage industry in which wealthy women from Asia pay anywhere from $25,000-35,000 to have American-born infants.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32364
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Announcement Type
Birth
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Asians
Building codes--violations
Maternity tourists
Moore-Corse, Terry
Mothers
Item ID
32562AN
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Newspaper Index
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A chart shows school enrollment numbers from 1998 to 2004. More than 40 percent of the public school districts in California are experiencing declining enrollment. Experts say it is due to a decline in the birth rate and families' migration patterns.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29449
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2005
Pages
p. A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2005
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Enrollment
Schools - West San Gabriel Valley
Item ID
29634AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dallas Stars' Robertson enjoys record-setting season. Jason Robertson, Dallas Stars left wing, was born in Arcadia and moved to Michigan when he was 10.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36469
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2023
Pages
p. B2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2023
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Athletes
Dallas Stars
National Hockey League
Los Angeles Kings
Professional sports
Robertson, Jason
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Decorated vet to celebrate 100th birthday. U.S. Air Force vetean Edward Lopez was a fighter pilot in both World War II and the Korean War. Born in Los Angeles and living in Arcadia for more than 50 years, he is one of the last living members of the Air Force's 365th Fighter-Bomber Group known as The Hell Hawks, a reserve fighter squadron in the U.S. Marine Corps. See hard copy in VF People.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36505
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 15, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 15, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Centenarians
Lopez, Edward J.
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Democratic State Controller Steve Westly will formally announce today he is running for governor in 2006. The kickoff event is being held in a friend's house in Arcadia, the city where he was born.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29563
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 18, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 18, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Westly, Steve
Gubernatorial elections - 2006
Item ID
29747AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dwight Chang of Arcadia is owner of a house on the 1300 block of South Palm Avenue in San Gabriel. The building has been operating as a makeshift maternity ward with 10 newborns and about 12 Chinese nationals, crammed into an illegally converted townhouse. Chang has been warned twice before for operating a business that primarily caters to Asian "maternity tourists." Chang denied any wrongdoing and was fined $800 for building code violations. Children born on American soil automatically become United States citizens, under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. Maternity tourism caters to wealthy Taiwanese, Chinese and Koreans. Throughout the past decade, similar set-ups have been uncovered in Rowland Heights, Hacienda Heights, New York, and Quebec.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32355
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Asians
Chang, Dwight
Maternity tourists
Item ID
32553AN
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Newspaper Index
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Erica Wu's parents are ready to cheer for their daughter, competing in table tennis in the summer Olympics in London, UK, on August 3. Wu, 16, was born and raised in Arcadia and attends Westridge School in Pasadena.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33113
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Olympians
Olympic Games--Summer 2012--London, UK
Pao, Johan
Ping pong
Table tennis
Wu, Erica
Wu, Peter
Item ID
33310AN
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Newspaper Index
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Fired Arcadia High School cross country coach James O'Brien questions reason for dismissal. The Arcadia Unified School District's Board of Education upholds its decision to not reappoint Mr. O'Brien as head coach for the 2013-2014 year. He will continue to teach at Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33562
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 6, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia High School sports--coaches
Arcadia High School teachers
Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education
Cross-country
O'Brien, James
Item ID
33757AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Fred Asher helped to save lives while commanding the destroyer USS Blue during the Pearl Harbor attack, December 7, 1941.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11523
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 1997
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 7, 1997
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Asher, Fred
Item ID
11721AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Fred Peritone, Arcadia High School history teacher and San Gabriel Valley Mets baseball coach, is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper208
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 1993
Pages
p. 6 photo; Highlander section
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 1993
Pages
p. 6 photo; Highlander section
Subjects
Schools - Employees - Peritone, Fred
Item ID
208AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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