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VOLUME 19, NO. 26
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American Pharoah Will Greet Race Fans Saturday – Season Closes Sunday Cal Phil Opens Summer Season Saturday Night with Beatles & Beethoven
BY TERRY MILLER
Triple Crown champion American Pharoah arrived back at his barn at Santa Anita last Thursday from Churchill Downs. Arriving First Class on ‘Air Horse One,’ the Triple Crown winner seemed relaxed albeit a bit tired from his travels. The three-year-old colt, owned and bred by Ahmed Zayat and trained by Bob Baffert, landed at Ontario International Airport from Louisville Thursday morning, around 9:45 a.m. He was transported with a sixunit law enforcement code 3 escort to Santa Anita. SEE PG. 15
L: Triple Crown champion American Pharoah is walked by trainer Bob Baffert as Jockey Victor Espinoza looks on proudly. The colt returned from Churchill Downs last Thursday to Santa Anita via a flight on ‘Air Horse One’ to Ontario. From there the multi-million dollar horse received a four-vehicle police escort, code 3, to Santa Anita. R: Maestro Victor Vener. - Photos by Terry Miller
Letters Detail Resident's Gripe With Arcadia Council Over Alleged Transparency Law Violations
Carjacking Suspects Lead Officers on Wild Multi-Agency Pursuit Ending in Arcadia Suspects Stole Vehicle in Fontana
BY JOE TAGLIERI
BY TERRY MILLER
Arcadia City Council members voted unanimously in a June 16 open session to authorize Mayor Gary Kovacic to sign and send a response to a resident who within the last two months has twice written to the city detailing alleged state transparency law violations. David Arvizu is suing the City Council in an atSEE PG. 12
Two people were arrested after a pursuit involving a stolen black Chevy Volt car that began in the Inland Empire and ended in the San Gabriel Valley on Tuesday morning, according to CHP. The KTLA news chopper caught the action unfolding while a LASD helicopter circled the scene until the officers gave a SEE PG. 13
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