Story and photo by Chris Jennewein, Times of San Diego, a member of the San Diego Online News Association
Photo, left: Joan Jacobs with her son Gary Jacobs, Mayor Todd Gloria and Irwin Jacobs at the groundbreaking in January for The Joan and Irwin Jacobs Performing Art Center in Liberty Station.
Photo, right: Joan Jacobs, courtesy of UCSD
May 7, 2024 (San Diego) -- Joan Jacobs, a San Diego community leader who along with her husband, Irwin, made transformational philanthropic gifts to many local arts organizations, died early Tuesday at the age of 91.
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Labor & Community Groups Rally Against the Pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
May 8, 2014 (San Diego)-- Labor and community groups lined the streets outside a fundraiser featuring President Barack Obama today to protest the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement, a pact they say threatens to ship California jobs overseas. The Democratic fundraiser was held at the home of Irwin Jacobs, founder of Qualcomm, a high-tech company that already does much of its production overseas and has been lobbying for the TPP.
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Story and photo by Chris Jennewein, 
Photo, left: Joan Jacobs with her son Gary Jacobs, Mayor Todd Gloria and Irwin Jacobs at the groundbreaking in January for The Joan and Irwin Jacobs Performing Art Center in Liberty Station.
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