A development team purchased the former site of Pacific Steel Casting in Northwest Berkeley in 2023. Credit: Ximena Natera, Berkeleyside/CatchLight
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The developer of Berkeley’s Pacific Steel Casting has a new vision for the plant, and is going to be knocking down some structures and renovating others, though the work will not lead directly to opening the building for occupancy. (SF Business Times)
Justin Wilcox, UC Berkeley’s head football coach, earned the title of highest paid state employee last year, earning $4.7 million. (Sacramento Bee)
Major bicycle and pedestrian improvements have been completed at the North Berkeley BART Station. (Mercury News)
A Berkeley neighborhood has a new tactic for battling rats: birth control. (SF Chronicle)
Lia Smith, a missing 21-year-old trans student at Middlebury College, originally from Berkeley, was found dead in Vermont. (Them)
A key committee has approved plans for a 20-story apartment tower at 2425 Durant Ave. in Southside, while a seven-story apartment has been approved at 2372 Ellsworth St. (SFYIMBY, SFYIMBY)
UC workers are asking the university to ban ICE agents from campuses. (KQED)
UC Berkeley likely violated federal civil rights law in its response to pro-Palestinian protests over the past two years, according to a new report by the Palestine Advocacy Legal Assistance Project, made up of Berkeley Law students. (KQED)
Hacked UC Berkeley student and staff personal information appears to have been sold on the dark web. (Daily Cal)
What it was like at Downtown Berkeley’s annual Halloween Hootenanny. (Daily Cal)
Emily Mendel’s review of “Dada Teen Musical” at Central Works. (Culture Vulture)
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