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Oakland: UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital teaches aspiring builders about construction careers
By Joyce Tsai, East Bay Times – August 29, 2016
Earlier this week, 15-year-old Anai Melendrez donned a helmet and safety goggles and wielded a welding torch with an accurate, steady hand.
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland hits milestone for new outpatient center
By Chris Rauber, San Francisco Business Times – May 3, 2016
It’s been a long time coming, but UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland “topped out” its new outpatient center’s six-story steel skeleton recently.
Construction Milestone for New Outpatient Center
Posted By Mark Dufrene, The Mercury News – April 27, 2016
A “Topping Out” ceremony was held at the construction site of the new Outpatient Center at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland…
Oakland Children’s Hospital breaks ground for new center
By Jill Tucker, SF Gate – October 27, 2015
This wasn’t any ordinary groundbreaking ceremony.
Gov. Jerry Brown at Children’s Hospital Oakland expansion event
By Rebecca Parr, Contra Costa Times – October 26, 2015
OAKLAND — Gov. Jerry Brown joined local leaders Monday to break ground for an outpatient center at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland.
Free House Moved from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
By Carolyn Tyler, ABC 7 News – October 18, 2015 OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Crews moved an entire house Sunday morning to make room for a new outpatient center at the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland. "Well you don't see this every day, that's for sure. We were...
Little white house in Oakland: free, you haul
By Jill Tucker, SF Chronicle – June 21, 2015 If there were enough balloons to float a special little white house away, this story would be assured of a happy ending. But, to save the small home from the wrecking ball and bulldozers, it will take a lot of will and...
Children’s Hospital Oakland gets green light for $500 million project
By Chris Rauber San Francisco Business Times – June 3, 2015 UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, long an independent pediatric hospital but now part of UCSF’s growing medical empire, won the Oakland City Council’s final approval for major rebuild plans totaling...
City gives Oakland hospital go-ahead for expansion
By Rachel Swan SF Gate – June 3, 2015 Plans for a major expansion of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland got a green light from the City Council Tuesday, and the hospital can now add 20 beds, private intensive care rooms, and a slew of seismic upgrades to better...
Oakland City Council Approves Plan to Modernize UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland to Meet Seismic Safety Rules, Provide Family-Centered Care
Oakland, CA (June 3, 2015) – UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland recently achieved a major milestone when the Oakland City Council unanimously approved the certification of the Environmental Impact Report for the hospital’s Master Plan. The project will rebuild...
