Conceptual rendering of the Bancroft-Fulton Student Housing project, as viewed from the corner of Fulton St. and Durant Ave. Credit: Courtesy of UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley has broken ground on a planned 23-story student housing complex at the intersection of Bancroft Way and Fulton Street. The 276-foot-tall building will be the tallest in downtown — only the Campanile will stand taller. (SF YIMBY, San Francisco Chronicle)
Caps and gowns for UC Berkeley graduates this spring are over five times more expensive than they were last year. (The Daily Californian)
A prestigious Berkeley program for young musicians of color inspired the setting of the new play “||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :||”. Created by one of the camp’s alumni, Eisa Davis, the play opens next week at San Francisco’s Strand Theater. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Russian government has blacklisted UC Berkeley, labeling it an “undesirable” organization in a move experts said could be used to punish dissidents who are affiliated with the university. (The Daily Californian)
A seven-story, 222-unit apartment building has been approved at the corner of Oxford Street and Hearst Avenue. (SF YIMBY)Â
University of California President James Milliken defended the system’s strategy of not aggressively challenging the Trump Administration. (Los Angeles Times)
Two pedestrians have been struck and injured by drivers recently in the Elmwood District — one at Derby and Warring streets, the site of a crash that killed a 5-year-old in 2009, and the other at Ashby Avenue and Regent Street. (The Berkeley Scanner)
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