UC Regents boost pay of new Berkeley chancellor over Brown’s objections, a Golden Gate to Santa Rosa finish for 2013 Tour of California, sizing up the Bay Area’s new congressional delegation, more.
- UC Regents voted to give new UC Berkeley chancellor Nicholas Dirks a $486,800 salary—$50,000 more than his predecessor—despite no votes from both Gov. Jerry Brown and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom. AP
- Mercury News’ Josh Richman sizes up the Bay Area’s re-configured congressional delegation.
- The 2013 Amgen Tour of California bicycle race will for the first time run south to north, with the final leg from San Francisco over the Golden Gate Bridge to the finish line in Santa Rosa. Santa Rosa Press Democrat
- Apple ousted the executive responsible for its disastrous maps app, blamed for hurting iPhone 5 sales. Bloomberg
- A third woman has filed suit against the Moraga School District alleging that she was sexually abused by a teacher or teachers at a middle school in the 1990s. Contra Costa Times
