Berkeley Wire: DoubleTree hotel at the Berkeley Marina is at risk of default

The DoubleTree by Hilton in the Berkeley Marina, in October 2021. Credit: Kelly SullivanThe 378-room DoubleTree, Berkeley’s largest hotel and biggest waterfront tenant, is at imminent risk of defaulting on a $48.3 million loan. (The Real Deal) UC Berkeley is increasing the amount of money students are expected to contribute to their education before receiving financial aid. (Daily Cal) Is this the most historically and architecturally enthralling staircase in the Berkeley Hills? (Berkeley Path Wanderers Association) A Berkeley Lab breakthrough is shedding light on the mysteries of dark energy and cosmic expansion. (Mercury News) Why a blind man waged a guerrilla war on Berkeley’s ATMs and street signs. (SF Chronicle) UC Berkeley engineers have created the world’s smallest wireless flying robot. (Daily Cal) Berkeley filmmaker Joslyn Rose Lyons’ short picture The Masquerade, starring former San Francisco 49ers star Vernon Davis as an illusionist, debuted at Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre this week. (KQED) What are people wearing at Berkeley Bowl and what does it say about them? (The Molehill) The ‘trashy’ history of Berkeley’s César Chávez Park. (KQED)