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Paul Graf, 90, of New Albany, Indiana, came back to Arcadia to see Santa Anita Park again. He had been based there as a United States Army staff sergeant during World War II, when the track was turned over to the Army Ordnance Corps for training purposes and was officially renamed Camp Santa Anita. Graf said he used to run for exercise on the Anita Chiquita training track, which was eliminated when the Santa Anita Fashion Park was built in the 1970s. Graf had arrived at Camp Santa Anita around November 1942, after the site had already been used as the Japanese Assembly Center. Photo shows Graf holding an issue of Man O' War, a newspaper issued by army personnel at Camp Santa Anita.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32550
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Camp Santa Anita
Graf, Paul
Santa Anita Park--1934-1942
United States Army Ordnance Corps
Veterans--World War II
Item ID
32749AN
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Newspaper Index
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World War II internees reunite. Japanese Americans detained at Santa Anita Park before being sent to camps share photos, memories and friendship, at 75th anniversary event in Little Tokyo. See hard copy in VF Assembly Center.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34856
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2017
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Howo, Niko Makino
Japanese American National Museum
Mitarai, Evie Shigekuni
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Santa Anita Park (1934-1942)
Item ID
35046AN
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Newspaper Index
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Last year it seemed Santa Anita Park might be sold in a bankruptcy auction, but it appears owner Frank Stronach will keep an interest in the track. Under a deal arranged by Stronach's bankrupt Magna Entertainment Corp. (MEC) and its creditors in a Delaware bankruptcy court, ownership of the track would be transferred to MI Development, a real estate holding company controlled by Stronach. If a judge accepts the plan, Stronach would also retain ownership of Golden Gate Fields in the Bay Area, and Gulfstream Park in Florida. Also, it sets up developer Rick Caruso to proceed with building the Shops at Santa Anita mall that is proposed for the track's parking lot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31899
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 13, 2010
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 13, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Bankruptcy
Caruso, Rick
Magna Entertainment Corp. (MEC)
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Shops at Santa Anita
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
32096AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Derby runs today. A race horse named Creative Cause is the 6-to-5 favorite to win today and may be the West Coast's top Kentucky Derby prospect. With Jockey Joel Rosario (photo).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32913
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2012
Pages
p. C1, C2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2012
Pages
p. C1, C2
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Rosario, Joel (jockey)
Santa Anita Derby
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
33110AN
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Frank Stronach, chairman of MI Developments, the owner of Santa Anita Park, says he is optimistic his company can work out a new deal with developer Rick Caruso to build an outdoor mall at Santa Anita Park, even though he voided a 2005 joint-venture agreement with Caruso in April to build the Shops at Santa Anita mall in the race track's parking lot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32102
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 24, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 24, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Caruso, Rick
MI Developments
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010
Shops at Santa Anita
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
32299AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park track switches back to natural track surface of "El Segundo sand." The El Segundo sand is coveted for its uniformity, which is paramount to track safety, a top concern for Track Superintendent Dennis Moore. Main track to re-open for training September 2. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 29, August 28, 2014.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33981
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2014
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2014
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Moore, Dennis
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
34175AN
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Magna Entertainment Corp., owner of Santa Anita Park race track, which is in bankruptcy reorganization hearings, filed a plan that would cancel its 2005 agreement with Rick Caruso to develop the 830,000 square feet Shops at Santa Anita on the race track's south parking lot. Caruso filed an objection to the move in bankruptcy court, citing "substantial economic harm" to Santa Anita Associates, LLC, the legal entity that was going to develop the project. Santa Anita LLC has so far invested over $25 million to the project's development. Caruso is committed to developing the project in Arcadia. If the contract is indeed terminated between the parties, Magna would have to start from scratch with new plans, new environmental impact reports, and new hearings to propose another development.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2010
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Caruso, Rick
Magna Entertainment Corp.
Santa Anita Associates, LLC
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010--development
Shopping malls
Shops at Santa Anita
Item ID
32175AN
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Newspaper Index
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California Philharmonic (CalPhil) gets ready for summer concert series at Santa Anita Park's infield. First concert will be "Beatlemania."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34196
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 11, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 11, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
California Philharmonic (CalPhil)
Concerts
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Vener, Victor
Item ID
34390AN
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Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County Public Works is scheduled to clear 11.3 acres of pristine native oak woodland to dump tons of sediment dredged from Santa Anita Dam. Glen Owens, a founder of the Big Santa Anita Historical Society and a Monrovia planning commissioner, hopes it's not too late for a grass roots effort to oppose or at least postpone the project. The sediment dump would be entirely in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32247
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 29, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 29, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Environment
Los Angeles County Public Works
Oak trees
Owens, Glen
Santa Anita Dam
Item ID
32446AN
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Newspaper Index
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Westfield Santa Anita mall, Santa Anita Park race track, and other businesses cope with power outages and wind damage. Westfield Santa Anita mall was unable to open due to a widespread power outage although power was restored to the center's east end by 4:30 PM yesterday. Santa Anita Park was closed yesterday due to a power outage. The race track also sustained wind-related damage to the roof in its stable area and also had several uprooted trees. Huge, old trees were blown down in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32660
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 2011
Pages
p. A19
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 2011
Pages
p. A19
Subjects
Disasters
Santa Anita Park race track
Weather
Westfield Santa Anita mall
Wind and windstorms
Item ID
32857AN
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"626 Night Market" was a hit at Santa Anita Park's infield. It was a two-day event attended by 40,000 people, primarily Asian-American families.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33197
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 25, 2012
Pages
p. 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 25, 2012
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Food festivals
Santa Anita Park events
626 Night Market
Item ID
33394AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park race track draws 44,000 plus fans on this season's opening day December 26. Hero John Shear (photo) returns to track duties as paddock guard after saving a child's life last spring. Jockey Mike Smith rides Mr. Bossy Pants to win the 7th race (photo).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32717
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 29, 2011
Pages
p. 1, 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 29, 2011
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Santa Anita Park-employees
Shear, John
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Item ID
32914AN
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Santa Anita Derby has top field. Fan favorite race horse named Dortmund is among the natioin's top three-year-olds seeking a shot at the Triple Crown. The Santa Anita Derby is the final and most important Kentucky Derby prep race on the West Coast.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34129
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Santa Anita Derby
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Garcia, Martin (jockey) (photo)
Item ID
34323AN
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Newspaper Index
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Opening day at Santa Anita Park stirs memories for Andrea Van de Kamp of Pasadena, shown in photo, with Gino Roncelli, Trinity Roncelli, Bingo Roncelli. History of the Santa Anita Park race track and memories by columnist Patt Diroll.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35365
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 2019
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 2019
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Diroll, Pat
Santa Anita Park
Van de Kamp, Andrea
Item ID
35555AN
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Santa Anita Derby Millionaire contest returns to Santa Anita Park. Six contestants will get the chance to win $1,000,000 on one wager. The track will provide $1000 bets on each horse in the race. Whichever horse wins, the contestant keeps all the money and is assigned the same horse for the Kentucky Derby. If that horse goes on to win the Triple Crown by winning the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes, that fan would win a one million dollar jackpot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34130
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2015
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2015
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Santa Anita Derby
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
34324AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park opens the 2010-2011 season with a new $3 million dirt surface on its track. The on-track attendance was 34,268, which was 1,400 less than last year. Trumpeter Jay Cohen calls the horses to the gate (photo).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32265
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Cohen, Jay
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -- Opening Day 2010
Item ID
32464AN
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Newspaper Index
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Windstorm damage closes Arcadia schools, Westfield Santa Anita mall, and Santa Anita Park race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32659
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 2011
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 2011
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Disasters
Santa Anita Park race track
Weather
Westfield Santa Anita mall
Wind and windstorms
Item ID
32856AN
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Newspaper Index
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Honorary degrees were awarded to Japanese-American former Pasadena City College students who had their educations cut short by internment during World War II. Japanese-American "nisei" students at what was then Pasadena Junior College never got the chance to graduate with the Class of 1942. One honorary graduate, Fusae Hamane (died in 1997), born and raised in Pasadena, was told to report to Santa Anita Park race track before being sent to a camp in Gila Bend, AZ. The graduation came 68 years later.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32090
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 19, 2010
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 19, 2010
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
California Nisei College Diploma Project
Hamane, Fusae
Kuromiya, Yoshito
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Utsunomiya, Wade
Yoshihashi, Tokuji
Item ID
32287AN
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Santa Anita Park race track attendance is on the upswing. It drew 40,810 on Friday, its biggest opening day turnout since 2011. On-track attendance was up 33% over last year, partly because of the free infield admission program, which drew more than 10,000 people. Total wagering, including bets placed from all over the country, rose nearly 30% to more than $17 million. On-site betting was more than $3.4 million. The City of Arcadia gets 1/3 of 1% of all on-site wagering.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34051
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 1, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Kruckeberg, Jason
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
34245AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park is looking to renovate the Chandelier Room, which is part of Turf Club. It would be gutted and turned into a "night club." The Chandelier Room has been around since the race track opened on Christmas Day, 1934 (probably not true, according to Sandy Snider). Its giant chandeliers were imported from Versailles in France.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33479
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 12, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 12, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--Turf Club
Item ID
33674AN
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Newspaper Index
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