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For the week of October 2, 2026, here’s what we’re reading:
- Padres win Wild Card Series with Cubs sweep
- General Atomics funds 11 UC San Diego undergraduate engineering scholarships
- Midway Rising secures environmental approval, advances to City Council
- Qualcomm extends its global chip patent licensing agreement with Apple
- San Diego State University’s $52M Fenton Parkway bridge project breaks ground
- San Diego Foundation awards nearly $1M to binational projects addressing Tijuana river sewage crisis
- Sharp Healthcare, DISC Surgery Center at Carlsbad announce strategic partnership
- Verizon announces $70M investment in nationwide AI upskilling initiative
- Whole Foods now open in Downtown’s Carrier Johnson + Culture-designed The Torrey
- CBRE, Bank of America, Illumina, BD, Qualcomm, Republic Services, BMS among 3BL’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2026
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Enya Castañeda
Coordinator, Investor Relations & Marketing Communications