The original design of the facility included a tropical forest habitat and a 195,000 gallon aquarium. The design consultant, Clark Patterson Lee, was paid $6.7 million for the original design.

O’Neill and Avery’s absence, combined with councilman Joe Stapleton’s appointment to mayor resulted in two vacant citizen’s ...

San Diego’s Mission Trails Regional Park will grow by 15 acres once a sale goes through ... using money from the city’s Habitat Acquisition Fund. That fund is solely for purchasing and preserving land ...