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Some Native American tribes oppose Proposition 68, the passing of which would allow slot machines to operate at Santa Anita Park.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 2004
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 2004
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Proposition 68 - Gaming Revenue Act of 2004
Gaming and Gambling - slot machines
Native American tribes and casinos - Indian gaming
November 2004 Ballot
Item ID
28944AN
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Newspaper Index
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A recommendation that would allow all registered voters in Arcadia to vote by mail is being considered by the Chamber of Commerce which may address the City Council on the matter. San Diego has conducted such an election. Article discusses problems and expenses of such an election.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Elections - Local
Item ID
1503AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia voters will decide, in a special election next week, whether or not to approve ballot Measure A, which seeks to protect the city's right to collect taxes on cell phone usage. Measure A would not raise any taxes. The city already collects taxes on residential cell phone usage and is seeking to legally protect that practice by redefining what constitutes a telecommunications tax.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31506
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 6, 2009
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 6, 2009
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Ballot measures
Measure A
Special elections
Telecommunications tax
Item ID
31702AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia teachers and students unite for Measure A, the renewal of a parcel tax that helps provide stable school funding for Arcadias, on March 7 ballot. Previously approved in 2012, Measure A would authorize a "qualified special tax of $288 per parcel of taxable real estate property," an increase of $60 over the 2012 proposal. Citizen homeowners age 65 and over would be able to exempt their primary residence from the tax.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34825
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 2, 2017
Pages
p. 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 2, 2017
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Elections-local-March 7, 2017
Ballot measures
Chen, Travis
Item ID
35017AN
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Competing measures will go to voters in May. Measure A, sponsored by Manny Romero, the owner of Rod's Grill, would prohibit automobile sales in an area bounded by Santa Anita Avenue, Huntington Drive, and Morlan Place for twelve years. Measure B would allow auto sales and related uses on the block and contains a provision to eliminate eminent domain as a tool to acquire property for future development in downtown area.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Ballot measures
Eminent domain
Rod's Grill
Romero, Manny
Rusnak Mercedes Benz - expansion
Item ID
30560AN
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Newspaper Index
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Ballot measure aims to repeal Arcadia's utility tax. The current tax adds 7% to bills for water, electricity and natural gas and 5% for telecommunications for both residential and commercial customers. If approved, city services will be downgraded significantly. It would eliminate 12.5% of Arcadia's budget.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34335
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-2010-2019
Ballot measures
Kovacic, Gary
Lazzaretto, Dominic
Utility Users Tax
Item ID
34528AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia voters consider extending hotel-room tax in the ballot Measure D. It is meant to close a loophole in a city ordinance on the transient tax. Currently, the city imposes a tax rate of 10% of the rent paid by guests to occupy a room up to 30 consecutive days. If the measure passes by a majority vote, the occupancy tax would be imposed the first 90 days of a stay.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2012
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2012
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Elections, April 2012--Ballot Measure D
Hotel room tax
Item ID
33106AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia mail-in voters reject proposal for new lighting assessment districts. Under the proposal, the single-family homes on well-lit streets would pay up for $24 a year. Those with "sporadic" lighting would pay up to $10.12 a year, while homes on streets without lights would pay nothing. The current lighting assessment districts expire in 2010. Out of 14,600 ballots sent out, about 1/3 were returned. The proposal failed by 70 votes. 2,457 ballots voted yes and 2,530 voted no.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 10, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A10
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 10, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A10
Subjects
Ballots
Street lighting assessment districts
Item ID
31508AN
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Newspaper Index
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Schools-History-2021-2030

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Contents
1. Arcadia Unified named the best school district in Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles area and 4th best in California. Mountain View News, September 30, 2023.
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1. Arcadia Unified named the best school district in Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles area and 4th best in California. Mountain View News, September 30, 2023.
Subjects
Schools-History-2021-2030
Item ID
511AF
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Subject Files
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Arcadian, John Martorano, navy hero, was buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
April 11, 1948
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
April 11, 1948
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Mortorano, John
Item ID
8932AN
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Newspaper Index
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Governor Gray Davis has signed into law a bill allowing telephone and Internet wagering on horse races in California. The bill was authored by Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2001
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
California laws
Item ID
33516AN
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Newspaper Index
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Sports Figures

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1. Arcadia Tribune news clip circa 1950 concerning Oakwood Hotel that lists four boxers who trained here in Arcadia. 2. "Birdleg" Collins who fought here in Arcadia. Copy of photo given by boxing historian Dave Coapman on November 13, 1979. 3. Information on boxers from authority G. Phillips; r…
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1. Arcadia Tribune news clip circa 1950 concerning Oakwood Hotel that lists four boxers who trained here in Arcadia.
2. "Birdleg" Collins who fought here in Arcadia. Copy of photo given by boxing historian Dave Coapman on November 13, 1979.
3. Information on boxers from authority G. Phillips; received from Dave Coapman in September 1979.
4. Notes..."among others who trained at Oakwood..."
5. Note on Kid McCoy.
6. Note on Barney Oldfield.
7. Note on reminiscences of Don Ott as to boxers he saw at the ring at the Oakwood Hotel.
8. John L. has to say. news clip February 21, 1893 recounts John L. Sullivan and Corbett fight; notes Corbett stayed at Baldwin Hotel in San Francisco. Given to us by Dave Coapman.
9. Police Gazette article February 17, 1906 about efforts of Morris Levy to build a professional fight club in Arcadia.
10. Arcadia Club of Los Angeles makes the first of its offers of large purses...news clip from unidentified newspaper September 1906 regarding fight in Arcadia. Given to us by Dave Coapman May 1981.
11. Root boxing teacher at Camp Arcadia, CA. Milwaukee Free Press October 16, 1918.
12. Giants' Pitcher Visits Arcadia. Fred Fitzsimmons of the New York Giants, noted "knuckleball" pitcher of the National League visits in-laws Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Borgers at 121 East Walnut Street, for the winter. He will assist his brother-in-law John Borger with raising fancy chickens here. Pasadena Star News, November 1, 1928. Duplicate copy in Folder "Arcadia (city) history-1920-1930.
13. "A Hall of Famer" (Bruce Matthews to be inducted into National Football League Hall of Fame), The Weekly Star, Thursday, July 26, 2007.
14."Ice skating champion Nagasu isn't your average teenager" by Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, February 28, 2008. Fourteen year old Arcadia High School freshman Mirai Nagasu won the U.S. figure skating title.
15. "California trio dominates at junior world championships: Mirai Nagasu leads the pack" by Philip Hersh, Los Angeles Times, March 1, 2008.
16."Arcadia skater leads U.S. sweep," The Associated Press, March 1, 2008. Mirai Nagasu of Arcadia led a 1-2-3 U.S. sweep in the short program.
17. "Figure skating; Flatt edges Zhang and Nagasu for title" by Philip Hersh, Los Angeles Times, March 2, 2008.
18. "Arcadia teen on Olympic Ice" by Stacey Wang, The Weekly Star, February 18, 2010. Mirai Nagasu will figure skate in the Winter Olympics at Vancouver.
19. Chivas USA signs USMNT World Jimmy Conrad. From www.sbnation.com. Retrieved December 28, 2010. Soccer player Jimmy Conrad is a native of Arcadia.
20. Two obituaries on Babe Dahlgren, died in Arcadia, CA. "Babe Dalhgren, 84, successor to Gehrig when streak ended," New York Times biographical service, September 6, 1996. "Babe Dalhgren, man who replaced Gehrig, dead at 84,"Los Angeles Times, September 5, 1996.
21. Arcadian David Small displays his father Irving W. Small's Olympic medal at arcadia Public Library. Irving W. Small was captain of the United States ice hockey team which won the silver medal in the 1924 winter games at Mont-Blanc in the French Alps. Article and photographs. Unknown newspaper, August 26, 1976.
22. After heartbreak, U.S. figure skater Mirai Nagasu again takes aim at Olympic bid. Pasadena Star News, January 2, 2018.
23. Figure skater Mirai Nagasu Olympics Winter 2018. 6 items. 1) Depth is a problem, Pasadena Star News, January 27, 2018. 2) Letter from Michael R. Pence, Vice President of the United States to Mayor of Arcadia Peter Amundson honoring Arcadia's Mirai Nagasu as a member of the U.S. Olympic Team competing in PyeongChang, South Korea. 3) Americans capture bronze in team event but it was Mirai Nagasu's momentous achievement that stole the show, Los Angeles Times online, February 11, 2018. 4) Axel-ent Nagasu gives U.S. bronze, Pasadena Star News, February 12, 2018 (newsprint is in this file too). 5) Mirai Nagasu was once a Colorado Avalanche Ice Girl, Los Angeles Times online, February 13, 2018. 6) Mirai Nagasu holding nothing back in search of Olympic individual medal, Pasadena Star News online, February 18, 2018.
Subjects
Sports Figures
Item ID
240AF
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Subject Files
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Arcadia citizens rally against Measure "M", the proposition on the November 5 ballot that would require a special election every time any non-racing activity is proposed for Santa Anita Park race track.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 17, 1996
Pages
p. 1, 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 17, 1996
Pages
p. 1, 3
Subjects
Measure "M"
Item ID
26003AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Oktoberfest will be held October 14-22 at Santa Anita Park, 283 West Huntington Drive.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2023
Pages
p. C6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2023
Pages
p. C6
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park will pay tribute to Japanese culture at the 28th Annual Tokyo City Cup and Japan Family Day this Saturday and Sunday.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2023
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2023
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park (2021-2030)

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1.Bay Area horse racing track, Golden Gate Fields, to close later this year. The Stronach Group will focus on moving horses to Santa Anita, with a goal of increasing field sizes and adding a fourth day of racing to the weekly schedule in January. Other benefits touted are enhanced program quality, …
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1.Bay Area horse racing track, Golden Gate Fields, to close later this year. The Stronach Group will focus on moving horses to Santa Anita, with a goal of increasing field sizes and adding a fourth day of racing to the weekly schedule in January. Other benefits touted are enhanced program quality, expanded wagering opportunities and premier hospitality and entertainment experiences. Pasadena Star News, July 17, 2023, p. B6.
2.Santa Anita to get big overhaul.The Stronach Group plans to renovate stables, add new track surface and many other improvements made possible by an investment of nearly $32 million in the Park. Pasadena Star News, July 29, 2023, p.A1, A8.
3.Santa Anita owners, The Stronach Group, detail plans to upgrade and expand as they close Northern California's Golden Gate Fields racetrack. Arcadia Weekly, August 3, 2023. p.31.
Subjects
Santa Anita Park (2021-2030)
Item ID
512AF
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Arcadia City Council approves 3/4 cent sales tax increase to go on an upcoming ballot.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 17, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 17, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Ballot measures
Sales tax
Item ID
35646AN
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Newspaper Index
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The price hasn't been right for bettors at Santa Anita Park. It's too easy to pick the winners. Betting favorites are winning 46% of the races since the meet opened December 26. That's much higher than normal in thoroughbred racing (about 33%), than the highest for any of Santa Anita's 85 previous winter-spring seasons.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2024
Pages
p. B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 15, 2024
Pages
p. B8
Subjects
Betting
Gambling
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Newspaper Index
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Inglewood's race track Hollywood Park might be developed into a site for big-box retailers, cookie-cutter condos, and franchised theme restaurants. Developer Wilson Meany Sullivan presented a $2 billion proposal to Inglewood City Council for this mixed use development. If the track is torn down, Hollywood Park's 100-or-so days of racing would be split up between Fairplex in Pomona, Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, and Del Mar in San Diego.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31493
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 31, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A12
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 31, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A12
Subjects
Hollywood Park Race Track
Horses and horse racing
Item ID
31688AN
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Newspaper Index
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Sign on gate entrance to the Arboretum reads NO MINORS ALLOWED.

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undated
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undated
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Rancho Santa Anita, Inc.
Arboretum
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8x10 b&w
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1523
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Photographs
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