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Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Army staff sergeant Salvatore Giunta visits Arcadia High School to talk about his experiences in Afghanistan. He is the first living person to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33763
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2014
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2014
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Giunta, Salvatore
United States veterans
Item ID
33958AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Representative David Dreier (R-San Dimas) announced his nominees for U.S. military academies. From Arcadia, he has nominated Alex Wei Lee and Gregory Mak for the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO.; Patrick Chen, Alex Wei Lee and Casey Thompson for the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD.; Kenneth Moore to U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32760
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2012
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2012
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Chen, Patrick
Dreier, David
Lee, Alex Wei
Mak, Gregory
Military schools
Moore, Kenneth
Thompson, Casey
Item ID
32957AN
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Newspaper Index
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A quest for redemption. Left off 2014 Olympic squad, Arcadia ice skater Mirai Nagasu is among the favorites at U.S. Championships in San Jose.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35049
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 3, 2018
Pages
p. B1, B6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 3, 2018
Pages
p. B1, B6
Subjects
Arcadia High School alumni
Athletes
Ice skaters
Nagasu, Mirai
Sports Figures
Item ID
35239AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Last Tuesday's election showed that most of the San Gabriel Valley voted for Democrats--Governor-elect Jerry Brown and U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer. The majority of voters in Arcadia, Bradbury, Glendora, La Mirada, San Dimas and San Marino voted for the Republican candidates.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32225
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Elections--November 2, 2010
Item ID
32424AN
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Newspaper Index
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Dropout rates for eight of nine school districts across the western end of the San Gabriel Valley decreased, according to state numbers released yesterday. Monrovia, Arcadia, San Gabriel, San Marino, Temple City, Alhambra, and Duarte school districts all measured decreases in their dropout rates for the 2009-2010 academic year, when compared to the previous year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32498
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Attrition rates
Item ID
32697AN
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Newspaper Index
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Dana Middle School students released a weather balloon 80,000 feet into the air. It was made of latex and equipped with a tracking device that sent updates every 16 seconds to science teacher Mike Mora's laptop computer. The balloon reached its final resting place near California City, north of Edwards Air Force Base, about 150 miles from its launch point.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33558
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 31, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 31, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Middle Schools--Dana Middle School
Mora, Mike
Science
Item ID
33753AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Beacon Media News Fall 2017 Education and Enrichment Guide of San Gabriel Valley K-12 private schools and educational resources including Barnhart School and Elite of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34997
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 26, 2017
Pages
p. 11-23
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 26, 2017
Pages
p. 11-23
Subjects
Private schools
Item ID
35187AN
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Newspaper Index
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Gerardo Cortez, 26, of Monrovia was arrested for allegedly making telephone threats to shoot adults and children with an AK-47 at schools (including Arcadia High School), a mall, and hospitals in the San Gabriel Valley last week. See also Mountain Views News, September 14, 2013, p. 1.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33616
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Arcadia Police Department
Cortez, Gerardo
Crime and Criminals
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Monrovia Police Department
Item ID
33811AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Feds move to seize homes in San Gabriel Valley, Rancho Cucamonga. The properties were allegedly purchased with millions in proceeds from what FBi investigators said was a fraudulent visa program. Victoria Chan and her father Tat Chan exploited the EB-5 visa program which offers legal permanent residence in the U.S. for foreign nationals who make job-creating investments of $500,000 or more in U.S. companies.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34889
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 26, 2017
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 26, 2017
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
California Investment Immigration Fund
Chan, Tat
Chan, Victoria
EB-5 Visa Program
Fraud
Item ID
35079AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Rio Hondo School's American flag, which once flew at American bases in Iraq, will be deployed with troops in Afghanistan. Students Johnny Luong and Stephanie Li fold the flag before presenting it to Army Major Williams Darwin.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33156
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 14, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 14, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Flags
Li, Stephanie
Luong, Johnny
Rio Hondo School
Item ID
33353AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School receives national recognition as a Project Lead the Way (PLTW) school for commitment to empowering students. Arcadia High School is one of 10 schools in California and one of only 133 high schools across the U.S. to receive this honor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35120
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 22, 2018
Pages
p. 20
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 22, 2018
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Awards, recognitions, honors
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)
Item ID
35308AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council approves $142,675 for 4 new police patrol vehicles. They will be Ford Explorer Police Intercepter Patrol Utility Vehicles.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34930
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 20, 2017
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 20, 2017
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Police cars
Item ID
35120AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School's awesome government class travels to "We the People" finals. Megan Leahy is the teacher of the Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. Government class going to the national competition in Washington DC.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34861
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 22, 2017
Pages
p. 7
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Mountain Views News
Date
April 22, 2017
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Arcadia High School students
Academic competitions
Leahy, Megan
Item ID
35051AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia High School student, senior Timothy Man Hay Lee, a national chemistry champion, has qualified for one of four spots on the U.S. team bound for the 44th annual International Chemistry Olympiad.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32966
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 24, 2012
Pages
p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 24, 2012
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Academic competitions
Arcadia High School--students
Lee, Timothy Man Hay
Item ID
33163AN
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Newspaper Index
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Eight school districts in the West San Gabriel Valley, including Arcadia Unified School District, showed year-to-year increases in Academic Performance Index (API) scores. The API measures student proficiency in English and math.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32061
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 14, 2010
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 14, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Academic Performance Index (API)
Arcadia Schools
Test Scores
Item ID
32258AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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2010 U.S. Census data shows that 12 San Gabriel Valley cities, including Arcadia, saw the percentage of owner-occupied homes rise, something that experts said was extremely uncommon following the housing crisis. 63.1% of Arcadia's homes are owner-occupied, while 36.9% are occupied by renters. Other cities' figures are shown in chart. Arcadia's vacancy percentage is 5.3%. Vacancy rates are determined by the U.S. Census Bureau by sending out canvassers to homes that did not respond to Census mailers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32399
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 16, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 16, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Housing statistics
United States Census 2010
Item ID
32597AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Seven area schools designated as "California Distinguished," including Camino Grove Elementary, Highland Oaks Elementary, and Longley Way Elementary from Arcadia Unified School District. The others are from Azusa Unified, San Gabriel Unified and Pasadena Unified school districts.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32929
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 12, 2012
Pages
p. 5
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 12, 2012
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Awards, honors, recognition
Item ID
33126AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Unified School District ranked as best place to teach in Los Angeles by Niche.com, for the second year in a row.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35255
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia Unified School District
Awards, recognitions, honors
Niche.com
Item ID
35444AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The last field day at Annunciation Catholic School marks the end of an era in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33510
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
June 1, 2013
Pages
p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
June 1, 2013
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Annunciation Catholic School
Schmidt, Joan
Item ID
33705AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Caltech graduate Tyler Johnson, who had been identified as a suspect in the firebombing and vandalism of more than 130 sport utility vehicles (SUVs) at automobile dealerships in the San Gabriel Valley in 2003, has died in an avalanche while hiking in the Corsian mountains in France on December 26, 2009. Johnson has been a fugitive for the past six years. Surveillance cameras captured Johnson and William ("Billy") Cottrell spray painting environmental slogans on the cars at Rusnak Mercedes Benz in Arcadia in 2003. Cottrell was convicted.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31892
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2010
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arson
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Johnson, Tyler
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Vandalism
Item ID
32089AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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