{"id":217330,"date":"2026-03-13T01:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T01:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/217330\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T01:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T01:09:08","slug":"cal-breaks-ground-on-23-story-dorm-in-downtown-berkeley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/217330\/","title":{"rendered":"Cal breaks ground on 23-story dorm in downtown Berkeley"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"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<\/p>\n

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 \u2014 only the Campanile will stand taller. (SF YIMBY<\/a>, San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Caps and gowns for UC Berkeley graduates this spring are over five times more expensive than they were last year. (The Daily Californian<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A prestigious Berkeley program for young musicians of color inspired the setting of the new play \u201c||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :||\u201d. Created by one of the camp\u2019s alumni, Eisa Davis, the play opens next week at San Francisco\u2019s Strand Theater. (San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The Russian government has blacklisted UC Berkeley, labeling it an \u201cundesirable\u201d organization in a move experts said could be used to punish dissidents who are affiliated with the university. (The Daily Californian<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A seven-story, 222-unit apartment building has been approved at the corner of Oxford Street and Hearst Avenue. (SF YIMBY<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n

University of California President James Milliken defended the system\u2019s strategy of not aggressively challenging the Trump Administration. (Los Angeles Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Two pedestrians have been struck and injured by drivers recently in the Elmwood District \u2014 one at\u00a0Derby and Warring streets<\/a>, the site of a crash that killed a 5-year-old in 2009, and the other at\u00a0Ashby Avenue and Regent Street<\/a>. (The Berkeley Scanner)<\/p>\n

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