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For the week of September 11, 2026, here’s what we’re reading:
- Mayor Gloria, Rep. Peters lead WTCSD Japan trade mission
- Qualcomm, Amazon sign $60B AI data center chip deal
- General Atomics to support new US Army nuclear program
- San Diego Foundation, Carlsbad Charitable Foundation disburse $85K+ music therapy, performances, art grants
- California State University San Marcos secures $2.1M for quantum workforce development
- San Diego State University to expand higher ed into Baja California’s rural and migrant communities
- UC San Diego’s StartBlue Ocean Enterprise Accelerator celebrates new cohort
- San Diego Zoo, Safari Park welcome critically endangered gorillas
- 22 EDC investors named in TIME’s World’s Best Companies of 2026
- Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library comes to San Diego County
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- Sept. 23—EDC, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
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Enya Castañeda
Coordinator, Investor Relations & Marketing Communications