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Arcadia Rotary Club and Arcadia Chinese Association (ACA) announce plans to restore Fort Rotary, a two-story western-style Boy Scout fort in the foothills behind Monrovia. This is historic, the first coordinated project between these two organizations. Architect Kevin Le from Le Architecture in Monrovia, has already volunteered his time to help. The project is expected to cost up to $140,000. So far, Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has pledged $25,000, ACA has pledged $25,000 and Arcadia Rotary has pledged $22,000 on behalf of Mary Hansen of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35629
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2019
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p. 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2019
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary Club
Arcadia Chinese Association (ACA)
Boy Scouts of America (BSA)
Hansen, Mary
Le, Kevin
Organizations
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Robert Michael Mendez was arrested for attempted murder and kidnapping of his estranged girlfriend, on the 1500 block of South Santa Anita Avenue, near Camino Real Avenue.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
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p. 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 3, 2019
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Mendez, Robert Michael
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Racehorse dies at Santa Anita Park during training. His name was Zeke, a 4-year-old gelding and had suffered a pelvic frracture.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 2019
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p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Benson, Dionne
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Demonstrators occupy Arcadia City Council meeting and call for resignation of Mayor Pro Tem Roger Chandler. They spoke out against removal of basketball courts from Eisenhower Park. Some called Chandler to resign because of his August 20 remarks that he didn't like the "type" of people the courts attracted. Chandler accused Mayor April Verlato of orchestrating the protests.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35563
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 5, 2019
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 5, 2019
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Basketball
Chandler, Roger
Eisenhower Park
Parks
Protests
Verlato, April
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Hoop dreams snuffed in Arcadia park contretemps. Larry Wilson, columnist, gives his opinion about Arcadia City Council member Roger Chandler's remarks about basketball attracting a "type" of people to Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 28, 2019
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p. A11
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 28, 2019
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p. A11
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-2010-2019
Basketball courts
Chandler, Roger
Eisenhower Park
Parks
Wilson, Larry
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Arcadia City Council member and Mayor Pro Tem Roger Chandler said he wouldn't want the basketball courts rebuilt because he doesn't like the "type" they attract. The old courts have been demolished already and City Council eventually recommitted to an improvement plan that permanently eliminates Eisenhower Park's basketball courts. Chandler's comments prompted an immediate uproar from residents in attendance. Council member April Verlato said his use of the phrase "the type" could be perceived as racist but doesn't think he meant it that way, but he should apologize. The renovated park will cost nearly $6.3 million, including a baseball diamond and large picnic area.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Basketball
Chandler, Roger
Eisenhower Park
Parks
Verlato, April
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Obituary or death notice

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 4, 2019
Pages
p. A8
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Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 4, 2019
Pages
p. A8
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Claro, Frank J.
Shroads, Harriett Carnelly
Item ID
35665AN
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Veterans Administration (VA) opens clinic medical offices in May in San Gabriel Valley, in Arcadia, eight years after a VA clinic closed in Pasadena. It is called San Gabriel Valley Community Based Outpatient Clinic and provides--on an interm basis--basic clinical services that do not require surgery, such as physical exams and X-rays. Veterans also will have access to primary care, mental health care, telehealth and basic lab services. It will remain operational for 3-5 years and eventually be replaced by a permanent, full clinic. It is at 7 West Foothill Boulevard.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2019
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p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2019
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Medicine
San Gabriel Valley Community Based Outpatient Clinic
Veterans Administration (VA)
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Obituary or death notice. Sherman J. McQueen, Jr. was a graduate of Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School, aka M-A-D High School.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2019
Pages
p. A11
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2019
Pages
p. A11
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
McQueen, Sherman J, Jr.
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Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer is banned from Santa Anita Park after his fourth horse of the meet dies. The horse American Currency sustained an injury to his left front ankle and had to be euthanized. This is the 30th horse fatality since December 26, 2018.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 23, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 23, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Euthanasia
Hollendorfer, Jerry
Horses and horse racing
Horse trainers
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park: think of human toll if track closes. Workers gather at rally to warn about how shutting down horse racing permanently over the twenty-nine horse deaths would impact thousands of employees. Reforms have been instituted at Santa Anita Park, including stricter rules for medications and more thorough examinations, but horse deaths are inevitable in horse racing. Rally calls for compassion for track employees too, whose livelihoods will be affected by a closure. They are an already vulnerable population.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 21, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 21, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Euthanasia
Guillermo, Kathy
Horses and horse racing
Lopez, Dagoberto
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Santa Anita Park employees
Stronach Group
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Fisher family reunion celebrated during Monrovia Day. Forty-four descendants of Julian Fisher and Gladys Fisher are still around in this area. Julian Fisher was Monrovia's first African American police officer and his father was recruited to come work on Lucky Baldwin's race horses. Julian and Gladys Fisher had 11 children.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2019
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p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2019
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
African Americans
Fisher, Gladys
Fisher, Julian
Fisher, Vivian
Thomas, Frederick
Vance, Jason
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Obituary/death notice.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 16, 2019
Pages
p. A9
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 16, 2019
Pages
p. A9
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Coulter, Robert J.
Item ID
35630AN
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Lee Shimmin honored by Arcadia Rotary Club and Arcadia City Council as City of Arcadia 2019 Senior of the Year for his contributions and service as a volunteer to the community.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 9, 2019
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p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 9, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary Club
Organizations
Senior of the Year
Shimmin, Lee
Volunteers
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Jonathan Ung (photo) of Monarch Donuts in Arcadia says, "Moms have the hardest job in the world." His shop is at 15 West Huntington Drive in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Doughnuts
Monarch Donuts
Small business
Ung, Jonathan
Item ID
35634AN
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Authorities identify dead woman found slain at her home in Arcadia as 76-year-old Chyong Jen Tsai. Detectives are still looking for whoever killed the Arcadia grandmother and stole a white Lexus RX300 from the home in the 300 block of East Forest Avenue. Three weeks before the killing, her home had been burglarized. Detectives are not ruling out this connection to the homicide.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2019
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p. A13
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 11, 2019
Pages
p. A13
Subjects
Biddle, Richard
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Murders
Tsai, Chyong Jen
Item ID
35611AN
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Who was Clara Baldwin Stocker? Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's eldest daughter lived lavishly at her home Twin Oaks in Arcadia. See hard copy in VF Baldwin, Clara.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 11, 2019
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p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 11, 2019
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p. 3
Subjects
Baldwin, Clara
Baldwin Stocker, Clara
Historic houses
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Los Angeles County Arboretum. $8 million cleanup and restoration of Baldwin Lake sought. Flood control district assigns funding; expense to go before supervisors in July. Baldwin Lake is severely polluted centerpiece of the county Arboretum, visited by 400,000 people annually. The 144-year-old lake, dug out by 19th century real estate pioneer Elias Jackson “Lucky” Baldwin on his estate, has been dying a slow death because of the accumulation of street runoff laced with heavy metals, automobile brake fragments and other chemicals that create algae blooms and strong odors. Supervisor Kathryn Barger is championing the project.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Barger, Kathryn
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works and Flood Control District
Pestrella, Mark
Item ID
35608AN
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2 articles. 1. Racing returns at Santa Anita. The historic Santa Anita racetrack reopened Friday for racing amid concerns for horse safety and the future of the track and the industry. There were no deaths in eight races Friday, which had been closed for racing since March 5. 2. Back in the saddle: racing resumes without incident after 26-day closure.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 2019
Pages
p. A1, B1, B10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 2019
Pages
p. A1, B1, B10
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Cohen, Jay
Horses and horse racing
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Ritvo, Tim
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Item ID
35584AN
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Arcadia City Council makes changes to Historic Preservation Ordinance. Council member Tom Beck speaks about saving Clara Baldwin Stocker's home, which is facing possible destruction. See hard copy in VF City Council (2010-2019).

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 21, 2019
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p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 21, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-2010-2019
Beck, Tom
Baldwin, Clara
Baldwin Stocker, Clara
Historic houses
Historic preservation
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