{"id":31188,"date":"2025-10-31T02:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T02:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/31188\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T02:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T02:11:09","slug":"new-plans-at-pacific-steel-cal-football-coach-is-states-highest-paid-employee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/31188\/","title":{"rendered":"New plans at Pacific Steel; Cal football coach is state&#8217;s highest paid employee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/large-Natera_230313_052_PacificSteel_004.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>A development team purchased the former site of Pacific Steel Casting in Northwest Berkeley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/2023\/08\/02\/pacific-steel-site-sold-in-step-toward-major-new-life-sciences-campus\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in 2023<\/a>. Credit: Ximena Natera, Berkeleyside\/CatchLight<\/p>\n<p>Heads up: We sometimes link to sites that limit access to non-subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>The developer of Berkeley\u2019s 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. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/2025\/10\/28\/berkeley-pacific-steel-foundry-forge-development.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SF Business Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Justin Wilcox, UC Berkeley\u2019s head football coach, earned the title of highest paid state employee last year, earning $4.7 million. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/the-state-worker\/article312447469.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sacramento Bee<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Major bicycle and pedestrian improvements have been completed at the North Berkeley BART Station. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2025\/10\/29\/bike-pedestrian-improvements-celebrated-at-north-berkeley-bart-station\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mercury News<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>A Berkeley neighborhood has a new tactic for battling rats: birth control. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/rat-contraceptives-berkeley-21110676.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SF Chronicle<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Lia Smith, a missing 21-year-old trans student at Middlebury College, originally from Berkeley, was found dead in Vermont. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.them.us\/story\/lia-smith-middlebury-college-vermont-missing-cause-of-death\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Them<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>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. (<a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/2025\/10\/berkeley-approved-20-story-apartment-tower-at-2425-durant-avenue.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SFYIMBY<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/2025\/10\/meeting-tomorrow-for-2372-ellsworth-street-in-southside-berkeley.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SFYIMBY<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>UC workers are asking the university to ban ICE agents from campuses. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/news\/12062080\/uc-workers-call-on-university-to-ban-ice-agents-from-campuses\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KQED<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>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. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/news\/12062192\/uc-berkeley-law-school-says-school-likely-violated-civil-rights-of-pro-palestinian-protesters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KQED<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Hacked UC Berkeley student and staff personal information appears to have been sold on the dark web. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/news\/campus\/hacked-uc-berkeley-student-and-staff-personal-information-sold-on-dark-web\/article_1545796f-2a2a-4b4d-bef7-b126dbd4509e.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Cal<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>What it was like at Downtown Berkeley\u2019s annual Halloween Hootenanny. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/news\/city\/rain-or-shine-downtown-berkeley-s-annual-halloween-hootenanny-brings-holiday-spirit\/article_6965c7eb-64ca-4338-8da1-5be81d558a23.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Cal<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Emily Mendel\u2019s review of \u201cDada Teen Musical\u201d at Central Works. (<a href=\"https:\/\/culturevulture.net\/theater\/dada-teen-musical-the-play\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Culture Vulture<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"gform_required_legend\">&#8220;*&#8221; indicates required fields<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A development team purchased the former site of Pacific Steel Casting in Northwest Berkeley in 2023. 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