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Businessman to donate $1 million to Paradise High School students and staff devastated by fire

SAN DIEGO - With many of their homes damaged or destroyed in California's most devastating wildfire, the students of Paradise High School face an uncertain future.

This week, a man they have never met from a city more than 500 miles away will give them a gift he hopes will provide at least a small measure of security, support and comfort in a dark hour.

Rancho Santa Fe businessman Bob Wilson plans to personally deliver a $1,000 check to each of the school's 980 students and 105 employees in

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