Over 200 dinner guests were seated outside at long tables elaborately decorated with native Palos Verdes flowers, and herbs arranged by Diana Heffernan Schrader, with the Pacific Ocean as a sparkling backdrop. Ralph Grippo, Terranea Resort’s newly appointed president, welcomed the guests. Adrienne Mohan, Executive Director of the Conservancy, announced they had recently been awarded $18 million by the Federal Wildlife Agency. It is the largest sum ever awarded to protect wildlife h



