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This building at the vacant former Pacific Steel Casting complex in West Berkeley, seen in a 2023 file photo, was destroyed in a fire. Credit: Ximena Natera, Berkeleyside\/Catchlight<\/p>\nThis building at the vacant former Pacific Steel Casting complex in West Berkeley, seen in a 2023 file photo, was destroyed in a fire. Credit: Ximena Natera, Berkeleyside\/Catchlight<\/p>\n
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A fire early Tuesday morning destroyed one of the buildings at the vacant former Pacific Steel Casting complex in West Berkeley. No one was injured, but dramatic video from the scene showed flames shooting out of the large warehouse next to Interstate 80. (KTVU<\/a>, Berkeley Scanner<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>)<\/p>\n Hundreds of students and others protested against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at UC Berkeley on Wednesday. (The Daily Californian<\/a>)<\/p>\n Tenants say Evans Manor \u2014 a cooperative on Haste Street that has long been a source of badly needed affordable student housing \u2014 is plagued by mold, flooding and other health hazards. (East Bay Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n A new exhibit at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive explores the life and work of artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, whose 1982 novel \u201cDictee\u201d has become, in the words of her obituary<\/a>, \u201cAn essential work for feminist writers, conceptual artists and Asian American authors and scholars.\u201d (The New York Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n UC Berkeley is part of a development group that plans to build a $2 billion research and development facility for space and aviation ventures at NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center in Mountain View. (San Francisco Business Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n Prosecutors declined to pursue felony vandalism charges against four people arrested for trying to hang a large cardboard mosquito from Sather Gate on the day of an event put on by the conservative group Turning Point USA last November. (The Daily Californian<\/a>)<\/p>\n Plans for an affordable housing complex at 2147 San Pablo Ave. have changed, with a new developer proposing a 94-unit, seven-story building at the site. (SFYIMBY<\/a>)<\/p>\n “*” indicates required fields<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBerkeleyside is Berkeley, California\u2019s independently-owned local news site. Learn more about the Berkeleyside team. Questions? Email editors@berkeleyside.org.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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