area code that is likely to remain in place for current customers in North County after an administrative law judge reversed her earlier recommendation that phone users in that part of the county be assigned a new code

87

age of San Diegan Harold Bigelow, a World War II bomber pilot, who celebrated his birthday by skydiving over Brown Field

19-1

ratio of students to faculty at UCSD's 6-year-old Skaggs School of Pharmacy, and well above the ratio at other public universities and the 8-1 ratio specified in plans approved by university regents in 2000

500

people employed by Brandes Investment Partners, a San Diego money management firm that has seen its assets under management dwindle from $112 billion at the end of last year to $86 billion as of June 30

237

million dollars, the amount distributed by San Diego-area charitable foundations in 2005, the most recent year for which figures are available

0

games won by the San Diego Chargers, pre-season favorites of many to win the AFC championship, after consecutive last-second losses in the season's first two weeks of competition