In 1998, Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek donated 74 acres in Hollywood Hills worth $2 million and the land is now a protected open space beside Runyon Canyon

In 1998, Alex Trebek, longtime host of Jeopardy!, donated 74 acres of undeveloped land in the Hollywood Hills to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. The property was valued at around $2 million at the time.

The donation was significant because it preserved a large stretch of undeveloped hillside in an area where development was putting increasing pressure on open land. The gift also nearly doubled the amount of public parkland in the immediate area.