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David C. Copley (January 31, 1952 – November 20, 2012) was an American publishing heir, on the board of the Copley Press for over thirty years, becoming president and owner, as well as publisher of the San Diego Union-Tribune. He was a noted philanthropist.
In 1998, Joan Kroc donated $87 million (equivalent to $163 million in 2023) to the Salvation Army to build and endow the first Kroc Center in San Diego, California, on what was an abandoned grocery store and other empty land. The center opened in June 2002. Currently, it is home to the American Basketball Association's San Diego Wildcats.
S. San Diego Coastkeeper; San Diego River Park Foundation; San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance; San Gabriel Mountains Regional Conservancy; Sanctuary Forest; Santa Lucia Preserve; Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy; Save Our Shores; Save the Redwoods League; Science for Nature and People Partnership; Sea Turtle Restoration Project; Seafood Watch ...
The foundation tries to reach that objective by giving courses, organizing public and other lectures, printing of books, pamphlets and other publications, as well as all its other available means. The foundation does not receive government grants. All activities of the Society and the I.S.I.S. Foundation are carried out on voluntary basis.
Conrad Prebys (August 20 1933 – July 24 2016) was a property developer and philanthropist based in San Diego, California. [1] [2] Prebys was born on August 20 1933 in South Bend, Indiana, and graduated from Indiana University. [1] [3] He moved to San Diego in 1965 and co-founded Progress Construction. He bought out his partner in 1980.
The San Diego Metro Arson Strike Team told NBC 7 that the Friars Fire in Mission Valley, the Center Fire in Rancho Bernardo, and the Gilman Fire in La Jolla Homeless caused three recent wildfires ...
Charles H. Brandes is an American investor, businessman, and philanthropist. He is a disciple of the Benjamin Graham school of value investing.Brandes Investment Partners, which was started in 1974, currently has over $28.9 billion under management (down from over $111 billion in 2007) and is based in San Diego, California.
A pair of giant pandas will soon make the journey from China to the U.S., where they will be cared for at the San Diego Zoo as part of an ongoing conservation partnership between the two nations ...