Sacramento State cheerleaders welcome arriving students during the university’s move-in day on Wednesday.
ZIYU JULIAN ZHU
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From a new Sac State dorm opening to a $64 million park overhaul in West Sacramento, the past week brought major developments across the region. Here’s a quick catch-up on local stories you may have missed.
Sacramento State welcomed first-year students into Mt. Whitney Hall, a new $69 million residence hall that houses 335 students in the campus’s North Village. The five-story, 97,000-square-foot building opened Sunday after 18 months of construction.West Sacramento broke ground Thursday on a $64 million renovation of the 24.5-acre Bryte Park, which will add an aquatic center, sports fields, a dog park, playground and amphitheater. Construction is expected to take about 18 months, with funding including a $15 million National Park Service grant and $2.49 million from Yolo County.U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced Tuesday the repeal of the 2001 “roadless rule” that has protected more than 45 million acres of national forest from road construction and resource extraction. About 4 million acres in California are affected, including watersheds of the American, Rubicon and Yuba rivers.
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