Monterey Park shooting aftermath. Ex-tenant: Attack suspect hated his dance instructors. Huu Can Tran harbored a deep hatred for fellow instructors at Star Dance Studio where he killed 11 patrons and wounded 9 others on Saturday, January 21, the Lunar New Year eve. Tran's tenant, a man who formerly rented a small home from the gunman said Tran distrusted people and could become very angry. At one time, Tran had lived in an apartment in Arcadia. The former tenant describes other aspects of Tran's personality.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36413
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- January 25, 2023
- Pages
- p. A10
- Subjects
- Chinese New Year
- Crime and Criminals
- Gun violence
- Holidays
- Lunar New Year
- Monterey Park, California
- Shootings
- Tran, Huu Can
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
On Friday, June 1, 2007, officials locked down Arcadia High School English for an hour after police were told a student on campus was carrying a gun.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30564
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- June 2, 2007
- Pages
- p. Local 1
- Subjects
- Arcadia High School - 2001-2010
- Guns
- Lockdown
- Item ID
- 30752AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
The race horse "Return of the King" with jockey Martin Pedroza, won a race at Santa Anita Park. The horse belonged to the Ortega family, some of whom were killed by Bruce Pardo in a Christmas Eve massacre in Covina.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31355
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- January 9, 2009
- Pages
- p. A1
- Subjects
- Christmas Eve Massacre - December 24, 2008
- Crime and Criminals
- Deaths
- Horses and horse racing
- Ortega, Charles
- Ortega, James
- Ortega, Joseph
- Pardo, Bruce
- Pedroza, Martin
- Race horse owners
- Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
- Item ID
- 31550AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
County officials are offering a $20,000 reward for information in the slaying of Jason Wei, an Arcadia restaurant owner. He was held up and shot at his Osaka Ya Restaurant on November 25, 2007.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31490
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- May 27, 2009
- Pages
- p. A1, A6
- Item ID
- 31685AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Close up of a hand gun or pistol held in the palm of a man's hand. Printed on back is "R.O. Ritchie, Los Angeles Times staff photographer."
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1855
- Date
- December 8, 1953
1 image
- Date
- December 8, 1953
- Subjects
- Arcadia Police
- Guns
- Physical Description
- 8 x 10 b & w
- ID
- 1776
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Law enforcement officials said the number of bank robberies in Arcadia has tripled since last year.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1401
- Newspaper
- Arcadia Tribune
- Date
- November 17, 1991
- Pages
- p. A-1
- Subjects
- Crime and Criminals
- Item ID
- 1400AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Horse racing community feels the loss of James Ortega, Joseph Ortega, and Charles Ortega, 3 of the 9 victims killed by Bruce Pardo, a disgruntled former in-law who crashed a Christmas Eve party in Covina, dressed at Santa Claus. James, Joseph and Charles Ortega all owned race horses and loved the sport.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31352
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- January 1, 2009
- Pages
- p. A1
- Subjects
- Christmas Eve Massacre - December 24, 2008
- Crime and Criminals
- Deaths
- Pardo, Bruce
- Ortega, Charles
- Ortega, James
- Ortega, Joseph
- Race horse owners
- Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
- Item ID
- 31547AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
A woman shot to death, on 210 Freeway in Arcadia, was the target, CHP says. 35-year-old Bertha Hernandez was shot and killed on September 4, 2021. The suspected shooter, Sidney Terrance Johnson, is Hernandez's ex-boyfriend.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36349
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- October 19, 2022
- Pages
- p. A3
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Sound cards were missing from four computers in an Arcadia High School classroom. School officials suspect they were stolen by students.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6071
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- June 11, 1996
- Pages
- p. A3
- Item ID
- 5904AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
The City Council voted 5-0 to extend the 45-day moratorium on karaoke permits to 10 months, following city officials' reports recommending further study.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper306
- Newspaper
- Star Tribune
- Date
- December 3, 1992
- Pages
- p. A-6
- Subjects
- Crime and Criminals
- Karaoke clubs
- Item ID
- 306AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Three arrested for marijuana cultivation in the 1000 block of North First Avenue.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33837
- Newspaper
- Arcadia Weekly
- Date
- May 22, 2014
- Pages
- p. 1, 25
- Subjects
- Arcadia Police Department
- Arrests
- Crime and Criminals
- Chu, Jessie Soi
- Drugs
- Marijuana
- Rodriguez, Rodrigo Salas
- Tran, Viet Van
- Item ID
- 34031AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
The murder of Ryan Brock in the 99 Ranch Market parking lot remains unsolved. The city is now offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29619
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- August 13, 2005
- Pages
- p. A1
- Item ID
- 29803AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
15-year-old Richard Ung was arrested at his parents' home in Arcadia, where sheriffs recovered nine guns, including an AK-47 assault rifle and an assault pistol. Ung is being investigated for alleged involvement in the stabbing death of Boo K. Lee.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30707
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- September 5, 2007
- Pages
- p. Local 1
- Item ID
- 30895AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
At 1:53 PM on April 6, 2004, Arcadia Police Department officers descended on the Arcadia Public Library and arrested two men. One of the two men was seen passing a loaded gun to the other. Librarian Debbie Marks' coments on the incident are included. The men were Trevor Kuk, 21, of Arcadia and Enrique Ayala, 24, of Duarte.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29464
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- April 7, 2005
- Pages
- p. A3
- Item ID
- 29649AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Officials deport wine con man Rudy Kurniawan, who bilked collectors out of millions of dollars. He is back in Indonesia. He was putting less expensive Napa and Burgundy wines into counterfeit bottles at his home in Arcadia.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35954
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- April 15, 2021
- Pages
- p. A3
- Subjects
- Crime and Criminals
- Fraud
- Kurniawan, Rudy
- Wines
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Dale Paul Raine, 30, received the Mayor's Certificate of Commendation for helping to stop the attempted kidnapping of two 16-year-old girls near his home on Golden West Avenue.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4094
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- August 3, 1994
- Pages
- p. A-3 photo
- Subjects
- Crime and Criminals
- Item ID
- 3970AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Arcadia offers two $20,000 rewards. The police are seeking information on the homicide, hit-and-run of Fuzhi Ji and his grandson Vincent Ji and on the stabbing death of Charlotte Cole.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24308
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- August 22, 2002
- Pages
- p. A3
- Subjects
- Arcadia Police Department
- Automobile accidents
- City Council
- Cole, Charlotte
- Crime and Criminals
- Hit and run
- Ji, Fuzhi
- Ji, Vincent
- Item ID
- 24499AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
The Arcadia City Council matched a $20,000 reward offered by Los Angeles County, making a combined reward of $40,000, for information about the 2007 killing of restaurant owner Jason Wei.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31500
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- June 4, 2009
- Pages
- p. A4
- Item ID
- 31695AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Profile of crime statistics for 1977 with separate figures for Fashion Park.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1354
- Newspaper
- Arcadia Tribune
- Date
- March 30, 1978
- Pages
- p. A-1
- Subjects
- Crime and Criminals
- Item ID
- 1353AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
GPS in bait package leads to arrest of two Canoga Park women who drove through Arcadia in a stolen car. The arrested women are Devon Ricco Menendez and Unique Rios. The GPS-equipped decoy package was left out in the southeast portion of the city. See also Mountain Views News, p. 7, March 26, 2016. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 12, March 31, 2016.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34503
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- March 26, 2016
- Pages
- p. A6
- Subjects
- Arcadia Police Department
- Crime and Criminals
- Global Positioning System (GPS)
- Menendez, Devon Ricco
- Rios, Unique
- Theft
- Item ID
- 34695AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index