Daily Business Report: Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022
Cal State San Marcos
Black Student Center and Library
team up for oral history project
By Tim Meehan
The sharing of our history evolved from cave drawings to eventual oral stories passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation.
So when Cal State San Marcos’ Black Student Center decided to team up with the library special collections group for a retrospective on its five-year history, the consensus was to share stories and experiences orally.
The BSC is celebrating its fifth anniversary this month with a handful of events, culminating in a celebration on Feb. 26 where the Oral History Project will be shared for the first time.
“There’s a group that we’ve been working for the last year, year and a half in trying to figure out how we can better serve our community, better serve our regional area,” said John Rawlins III, director of the BSC. “When we first were thinking about the project, we wanted to start with the individuals who were a part of the community prior to the establishment of the center. Some who are student leaders who were a part of ASI, are a part of the Black Student Union, coming together to figure out how they could make a Black Student Center happen.”
The stories will be made available only digitally for now.
They’ll be unveiled at the BSC anniversary celebration along with web pages for each narrator. Additional content in the coming months is expected.
The stories tell firsthand experiences of the driven and energetic community members who worked tirelessly to create a space where Black students could go to both feel comfortable and learn from others.
TOP PHOTO: Students and staff gather to celebrate the opening of the Black Student Center on Feb, 23, 2017. (Courtesy Cal State San Marcos)
Luxury apartment complex 525 Olive
overlooking Balboa Park nears completion
The finishing touches are being put on San Diego’s newest luxury apartment tower after years of lawsuits nearly derailed it.
Developer Greystar’s 525 Olive complex, which cost $100.2 million, is set to open in April and has begun pre-leasing apartments. As one of the city’s tallest residential towers, the 204-unit complex has views that stretch far across Balboa Park — something its marketing materials call “San Diego’s answer to New York’s Central Park living.”
Why fewer languages on California’s 2022 ballots?
California often describes itself as a state committed to expanding voting rights — so why is Secretary of State Shirley Weber requiring ballots and other voter materials to be translated into fewer languages for the 2022 election? Weber’s office says her hands are tied due to limited information from the U.S. Census Bureau, but advocates warn that reducing language access could effectively disenfranchise millions of California voters who speak limited English,
CalMatters’ Sameea Kamal reports.
Air Canada to add nonstop flights between
Montréal and San Diego, resume service to Toronto
Air Canada announced it will add nonstop service between Montréal, Québec, Canada via Montréal-Pierre Elliott TrudeauInternational Airport and San Diego International Airport beginning May 20. This service will be the first-ever nonstop service between Montréal and San Diego. Flights will operate three times weekly during the peak summer travel season with arrivals into San Diego on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays and departures from San Diego on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Beginning March 3, the airline will resume service between Toronto, Ontario, Canada via Toronto Pearson International Airport and San Diego. The resumption comes after Air Canada suspended the flights in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Flights will operate five times weekly with arrivals into San Diego on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays and departures from San Diego on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. During the peak summer travel season flights will increase to once daily.
Milwaukee County Transit System to use Cubic’s
Umo Mobility Platform for its new fare collection system
Milwaukee County Transit System has chosen the Umo Mobility Platform by Cubic Transportation Systems as its new fare collection system following a competitive process that began last May. Umo (pronounced YOU-mo) is a national fare collection system that will connect MCTS riders to not only its bus services but to other forms of transit across the region as well. The new fare collection system is expected to launch in fall of 2022.
The new fare collection system is made to fit the needs of all transit riders, including those without smartphones or who don’t have a bank account. Riders can choose to pay for their transit trips whichever way they prefer, including via contactless credit cards, mobile phones using the new app, a new smart card reloadable online or at retail outlets, or cash on board the buses. More plentiful retail locations based in a larger number of neighborhoods, multi-lingual capabilities, and options for the visually impaired further boost access to transit. With fare capping, riders will pay the lowest price, no matter how many times they ride.
General Atomics’ display at UMEX
features SeaGuardian UAS
In response to strong global and regional interest in the MQ-9B line of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) will feature an actual SeaGuardian UAS as part of its stand display for the upcoming Unmanned System Exhibition and Conference (UMEX).
This fifth edition of UMEX will be held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center Feb. 21-23, 2022.
“SeaGuardian is a UAS that provides persistent multi-domain situational awareness over land, sea and undersea, which is vital to our partners in the Middle East region,” said General Attomics Vice President of International Strategic Development Robert Schoeffling. “SeaGuardian is a critical security tool and General Atomics is proud to build on our long-term relationship with the UAE by putting the aircraft on display at UMEX.”
The UAE government is interested in procuring MQ-9B to support their national security and defense.
Lustgarten Foundation and Salk Institute
announce pancreatic cancer research partnership
The Lustgarten Foundation and Salk Institute announced a new strategic partnership supported by a $5 million grant and focused on identifying and validating potential targets for new pancreatic cancer drugs. The effort will be led by four co-principal investigators, all prominent cancer researchers in the Salk Dedicated Program in Pancreatic Cancer:
Professors Reuben Shaw, Ronald Evans, Tony Hunter and Assistant Professor Dannielle Engle.
The partnership is part of the Lustgarten Advancing Breakthrough Science (LABS) Program.
“Through collaboration at the research level and between organizations, this strategic and forward-looking support from the Lustgarten Foundation will allow our team of talented scientists to explore potential drug targets for a disease with few treatment options,” says Salk President Rusty Gage.
Urban Land Institute to present
‘Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2022’
The San Diego/Tijuana District of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) will present its 2022 Emerging Trends Forum, 7:30-10 a.m., March 2, at the San Diego Central Library, 330 Park Blvd. The breakfast and networking event will feature expert analysis from Andrew Warren, director of Real Estate Research, PwC, who collaborated on ULI,’s global Emerging Trends in Real Estate report.
Gary London, senior principal, London Moeder Advisors, and other local real estate authorities will provide insights into the future of residential and commercial real estate within the San Diego/Tijuana market.
Ticket holders will receive exclusive access to an additional virtual presentation scheduled for noon to 1 p.m., March 9, in which the local experts who authored the San Diego/Tijuana Emerging Trends report will focus on specific real estate categories.
Details and ticket information are available at SanDiego-Tijuana.uli.org
Jared Lebeau and Jesse Salen promoted to partner
at Sheppard, Mullen, Richter & Hampton
Attorneys Jared K. Lebeau and Jesse A. Salen have been promoted to partner at the law firm of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP. Lebeau is based in the firm’s San Diego office and Salen is based in Del Mar.
LeBeauis a member of the firm’s Business Trial practice group. He focuses on insurance litigation, in particular first-party and third-party insurance bad faith (including failure to defend and/or settle lawsuits), coverage disputes, class actions, insurance fraud, and unfair business practices.
Salen is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group. He focuses on intellectual property litigation, trademark prosecution, copyright prosecution, patent prosecution and intellectual property licensing in the areas of health care information technology, software, medical devices, optics, nanotechnology, computer devices and data storage.
sweetgreen expands Southern California
footprint with new Carlsbad restaurant
sweetgreen, a restaurant serving healthy food at scale, will open its first restaurant in Carlsbad, the brand’s 14th new market entry. The opening marks the restaurant brand’s expansion within Southern California, furthering its commitment to connecting people to real food.
The new location will offer an estimated 2,752-square-foot space to accommodate up to 30 indoor diners, with additional seating for 30 on its outdoor patio. Added design elements include neon signage and a plaster colorful canvas, inspired by the southern coastline, commissioned by local artist Sara Marlowe Hall.
Thje restaurant sources only the highest quality ingredients, with fresh produce delivered each morning for its rotating seasonal menu. Carlsbad customers can expect sweetgreen’s full menu offering, including fan favorites like the Kale Caesar and Harvest Bowl, in addition to the brand’s latest seasonal menu items, the Steelhead Remoulade, Crispy Chicken Salad and Miso Bowl.
Truepic announces award recipients
for its 2022 grants program
Truepic, a leader in digital image provenance and authenticity, announced the award recipients for its 2022 grant program: Chufly Imports, MiCT, Mulokot Foundation and One Earth Future.
Each grantee winner will be given pro bono usage of Truepic’s Vision platform to accelerate its mission. Chufly Imports – will increase transparency in the wine industry, empowering talented winegrowers from developing nation; Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT) aims to educate populations in critical locations on image veracity by deploying the technology in existing educational programs; Mulokot Foundation brings sustainable development to the Wayana Community in the Amazon through capacity building and managing community-based projects; and One Earth Future designs, tests, and partners to scale programs targeted to help individuals in conflict zones.
To date, Truepic has donated over $500,000 in grants and to social impact partners around the world.
Viasat partners with Arctic Space Technologies
Global communications company Viasat announced an agreement with Arctic Space Technologies, a company that offers highly-reliable, secure satellite data handling services, to establish and host Viasat’s first high-latitude Real-Time Earth (RTE) facility in Öjebyn, Sweden. By opening a new RTE facility in Sweden, Viasat can provide polar coverage with integrated high-speed data capabilities as part of its advanced global RTE network. Viasat’s first Swedish RTE ground station is planned to be operational by April 2022.
The new Sweden site is Viasat’s 6th RTE facility globally, and its second in Europe. Currently Viasat’s RTE network operates on five continents, with sites in North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Africa.
