{"id":101317,"date":"2025-12-19T15:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T15:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/101317\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T15:55:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T15:55:14","slug":"oxford-elementary-developer-wants-to-build-20-victorians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/101317\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford Elementary developer wants to build 20 Victorians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/oxford-elementary-berkeley.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>Oxford Elementary was vacated in 2020 after a report found it could sustain significant structural damage during an earthquake. Developer Patrick Kennedy bought the site in October. File photo: Natalie Orenstein<\/p>\n<p>Heads up: We sometimes limit access to non-subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>A former Berkeley rabbi\u2019s brother-in-law is among those who was shot during the antisemitic attack on a Hanukkah celebration in Australia. (<a href=\"https:\/\/jweekly.com\/2025\/12\/15\/bay-area-jews-recount-horrors-witnessed-by-loved-ones-at-bondi-beach-massacre\/?utm_source=J.+The+Jewish+News+of+Northern+California&amp;utm_campaign=ea81c496c8-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN-WJ-121625&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_93a945700b-f394910354-216677151\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">J. The Jewish News of Northern California<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The UC Berkeley Chabad celebrated the first night of Hanukkah at Sather Gate while honoring the victims of the shooting. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/news\/campus\/berkeley-chabad-celebrates-first-night-of-hanukkah-honors-victims-of-antisemitic-shooting-in-australia\/article_c7809baf-2615-4d99-953b-c99982a0c44e.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Cal<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Berkeley\u2019s 24\/7 winter shelter is being relocated to the former Emeryville Recreation Center this year due to ongoing repairs at Old City Hall. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/news\/city\/housing\/berkeley-winter-shelter-temporarily-opens-in-emeryville\/article_9c2557e4-17c6-411b-b4b1-e6f76ba0bce9.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Cal<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The developer who bought the former Oxford Elementary site says he wants to build about 20 Victorian-style homes that he says will be \u201cthe Berkeley version of the Painted Ladies.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/2025\/12\/15\/berkeley-panoramic-interests-oxford-elementary.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SF Business Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Former California football head coach Mike White, also head coach of the Raiders, died Sunday at the age of 89 in Newport Beach. (<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/16\/sports\/mike-white-former-raiders-and-college-head-coach-dead-at-89\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Post<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/calbears.com\/news\/2025\/12\/15\/former-cal-football-head-coach-mike-white-passes-away.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cal Athletics<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>A new study found homes with a 5-foot ember-resistant zone cleared of vegetation around their houses were significantly less likely to be destroyed in the LA wildfires earlier this year. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2025\/12\/13\/zone-zero-california-los-angeles-wildfires\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mercury News<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>A student paralyzed after a 14-foot fall at a UC Berkeley fraternity has filed a lawsuit against the frat, Phi Kappa Tau, the UC regents and others. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyscanner.com\/2025\/12\/16\/uc-berkeley-crime\/uc-berkeley-student-files-lawsuit-after-frat-party-fall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeley Scanner<\/a>) <\/p>\n<p>A 61-year-old Berkeley man police said was fleeing from an earlier collision is in critical condition after crashing an SUV in Oakland. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2025\/12\/16\/man-severely-injured-in-oakland-crash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">East Bay Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>A gas leak at UC Berkeley\u2019s Edwards Track briefly closed surrounding streets. 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