According to the San Diego County Annual Crop Report, the value of agriculture has grown for the third consecutive year in the past four years, reaching nearly $1.8 billion, the highest level in 2014.
In the new “Crop Report” covering the growth period of 2019, the value of all crops and commodities increased by approximately 1.5%, from US$1,769,815,715 in 2018 to US$1,795,528,573.
The total value of agriculture in the 2016 and 2017 reports also increased, while the total value of agriculture in the 2018 report last year fell by a quarter of 1%.
The total value of fruits and nuts increased from 322.9 million U.S. dollars in 2018 to 341.7 million U.S. dollars in 2019, an increase of 5.8%. This is the sum of avocados, lemons and oranges including three of the top ten crops.
Since 2009, ornamental trees and shrubs have been the highest harvest in the past 11 crop reports in San Diego County, and their total value continued to grow, only increasing by 0.6%, but reaching $445,488,124, the highest total for the period.
The top ten crops for the rest of the year are still similar to previous years, although some crop categories have changed slightly. For example, this year’s second largest crop, such as flowers and plants, perennials, landform plants, colorful and perennial herbs, combined with cacti and succulents, has a total value of US$399,028,516.
In third place are indoor flowering plants with a total value of US$291,335,199. Ranked fourth and probably the most famous crop in San Diego, avocados have increased in value by nearly 16% to 19 million U.S. dollars, increasing from 121,038,020 U.S. dollars in 2018 to 140,116,363 U.S. dollars.
Public health officials said on Tuesday that all schools in San Diego County will be allowed to reopen next week for face-to-face teaching.
The county’s chief health officer, Dr. Wilma Wooten, said that even if the county is put back on the state’s COVID-19 surveillance list because its case rate exceeds 100 per 100,000 residents, the school will remain open. .
She reconciled this a bit, saying that the sharp increase in the case rate may trigger changes. Wu Teng said: “If the case rate reaches astronomical figures again, it will change the rules of the game.”
The revised Public Health Order does not require schools to reopen on September 1, but it is up to the schools to decide. It will not end distance learning.
The final stage of the Civita Park has been completed and has been opened to the public, adding 4 acres of playgrounds, play areas, ornamental gardens and open lawns to the 14.3 acre park, which is the largest park in the Mission Valley area.
Civita Park is Sudberry Properties, the main developer of Civita, through the City of San Diego of the Parks and Recreation Department and a public-private partnership of the Grant family, which owns the property and has been mining the quarry on the site for decades. The city park was designed by Schmidt Design Group, developed by Sudberry Properties, and built by Hazard Construction Company. The development team also includes Architects HGW, Rick Engineering and BrightView Landscapes LLC.
The planning of three other parks in Civita continues: Creekside Park, Franklin Ridge Park and Phyllis Square Park. Upon completion, the 230-acre Civita community will contain 60 acres of parks, open spaces and trails.
In response to the COVID-19 public health order, the park is only open for passive use. Playground equipment cannot be used.
Stella Labs and Ad Astra Ventures will host the Women’s Entrepreneurship Summit from September 18th to 19th. The focus of the event is to inspire female investors and improve the channels for female founders to obtain capital.
Caroline Cummings, CEO of Varo Ventures, will host the “How to Transition from Entrepreneur to Angel Investor” conference.
So far, conferences sponsored by Cooley LLP and Morgan Stanley have helped women raise more than $10 million in seed funding. Now in the seventh year, this is the first two-day virtual event. The summit will be held from 9 am to noon on Friday and Saturday.
There will be group discussions for investors and follow-up activities for entrepreneurs, as well as scheduled exchange opportunities. Discussions will cover topics such as “Surviving COVID-19: How to Turn During the Crisis”; “How to Transition from Entrepreneur to Angel Investor”; and “The Power of Inclusive Innovation.”
The initiator of this event is a virtual women’s quick putt competition held in six regions. The finalists in each region will participate in the competition on the second day of the summit, and one winner will receive an investment of US$10,000. At the same time, Stella Labs is committed to activating more female investors and providing financing opportunities for marketing participants.
Also before the summit, Ad Astra Ventures will host a “Bridge the Gap” investor training camp, which will provide certified investors with the skills needed to overcome unconscious bias in venture capital. As part of the Women’s Entrepreneurship Summit, the event will be held from September 14th to 15th.
Tim Fennell, the long-term CEO of Del Mar Fairgrounds, has retired. The Council of the 22nd District Agricultural Association, which runs the fair, has appointed Carlene Moore as its interim chief executive officer.
Tim Fennell was appointed CEO of Del Mar Fairgrounds in June 1993. During his tenure, the company invested 280 million US dollars to improve capital, including construction
The grandstand, Wylan Hall, event center, and the US$5 million wetland and habitat restoration project in the San Diego Lagoon.
The Del Mar Fairgrounds exhibition began as an agricultural exhibition in 1880 and continues to provide entertainment, education, horse racing, and more than 300 annual events. In addition, the market square also plays an indispensable role as a refuge center for large animals and citizens in San Diego County in an emergency.
Carlene Moore joined Del Mar Fairgrounds in February 2019 as Deputy General Manager. Moore has a rich background in the exhibition industry for more than 30 years, and has held positions such as Deputy Manager and General Manager of the Napa County Fair Association, and most recently as the CEO of the Napa County Fair Association.
Moore received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from California State University in Sacramento, majoring in Strategic Management.
A new study shows that at the beginning of 2020, the number of male film critics was nearly 2:1 higher than the number of female film critics, until the coronavirus pandemic disrupted the film industry and cinemas worldwide closed this spring.
The report titled “Thumbs Down 2020: Film Critics and Gender, and It It Matters” reported that female film critics contributed 35% of print, broadcast and online media reviews, an increase of 1% over 2019.
Although the increase in the number of female film critics seems insignificant, this number shows a significant improvement, rising from a male failure rate of 73% in 2016 to a female failure rate of 27%.
Since 2007, this research has been conducted annually by the Women’s Film and Television Research Center at San Diego State University. Researchers led by Dr. Martha Lauzen analyzed more than 4,000 movie reviews from more than 380 people who worked in print, broadcast and online stores from January 2020 to March 2020.
The U.S. Department of Education announced that the TRIO Student Support Services Program at California State University San Marcos will receive more than $1.7 million in federal grants within five years. Funding for the first year was US$348,002, an increase of 3.5% over last year.
TRIO SSS is funded by the US Department of Education to support 206 CSUSM students who meet at least one of the following conditions: they are from low-income families, they are first-generation college students, and/or their degree of disability has been verified. The program provides academic, personal and professional support to increase participant retention and graduation rates.
Since 1993, TRIO SSS has been funded by CSUSM. The university has three measurable goals each year: the maintenance of the number of participants, the good academic status of all participants, and the six-year graduation rate. CSUSM has reached and exceeded its goals in various fields including the past five years:
CB Richard Ellis announced the sale of an office building in Carlsbad to a private investment company for USD 6.15 million.
The 38,276-square-foot property is located at No. 5928 in Pascal Court and is leased to two tenants at 79%: Financial Services Company Capital Partners Services and DR Horton, the largest housing construction company in the United States.
One of the 8,174-square-foot suites was vacant and was recently launched on the market. The property was built in 1986 and was renovated in 2013.
CBRE’s Matt Pourcho, Gary Stache, Anthony DeLorenzo, Doug Mack, Bryan Johnson and Blake Wilson, representing the seller, a local private investment group, participated in the transaction. The buyer is self-representative.
BioMed Realty has moved its headquarters to discover@UTC in the center of University Towne, a campus that the company has established in the past few years and has been transformed into a life science park in one of the country’s top biotech markets.
President and CEO Tim Schoen said: “Being rooted in our Discover@UTC campus puts us at the center of San Diego’s core market, adjacent to the region’s leading life sciences and technology companies and research institutions.”
Discover @ UTC is located at the intersection of Towne Center Drive and Executive Drive. It is a life science park consisting of four 288,000 square-foot buildings. The new headquarters of BioMed Realty brings the lease rate of the property to 94%. Other tenants that moved the company’s headquarters to discover @ UTC include Poseida Therapeutics, Samumed and Human Longevity.
BioMed Realty acquired the park in stages in 2010 and 2016, and under the ownership of Blackstone, the entire park was rebuilt and repositioned in 2017. In 2020, BioMed Realty completed major improvements, including converting the property into a state-of-the-art laboratory/office building, improving the exterior, and adding new internal and external convenience facilities.
A preliminary study using Attune Medical’s ensoETM (temperature regulation device) has begun to participate in the first study to evaluate the impact of elevated core temperature on the course and severity of illness in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
A randomized, single-center pilot study in which COVID-19 patients who are receiving mechanical ventilation are receiving core heating of mechanical ventilation, conducted by doctors at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, will investigate whether core heating can improve the diagnosis of COVID- 19 patients recover and reduce their time spent on mechanical ventilation (respiratory support).
Eighteen Belgian companies were selected to demonstrate their capabilities to the General Atomic Aviation System team and to evaluate their ability to support the development of the MQ-9B SkyGardian long-range pilot aircraft selected by the Belgian Ministry of Defense.
These presentations will be held in the week of September 21. Unlike the first Blue Magic Belgium industry promotion event in 2019, this year’s event was actually held due to restrictions on travel and face-to-face meetings caused by the coronavirus.
The companies participating in Blue Magic Belgium in the week of September 21 will be Airobot, AKKA BENELUX, Altran, ALX Systems, Any-Shape, Cenaero, Feronyl, Hexagon Geospatial, IDRONECT, Lambda-X, ML2Grow, Moss Composites, Optrion, Oscars , ScioTeq, Siemens, VITO-Remote Sensing and von Karman Institute of Fluid Dynamics.
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