Major Chinese biotech company in East Bay’s future, Alameda settles with developer over former Naval air station, Bay Area home foreclosures down in November, more.
- A major Chinese biotech company is expected to announce soon that it is acquiring the 53-acre former Bayer HealthCare campus on Hilltop Drive in Richmond. Chronicle
- A College of Marin instructor is suing the city of Oakland for alleged mistreatment during an Occupy demonstration last January. Marin IJ
- Bay Area home foreclosures were down in November. Mercury News
- University of the Pacific in Stockton received a $5 million gift from alum Ron Redmond toward the university’s planned $151 million dental school to open in San Francisco. SF Business Times
- New Cal football coach Sonny Dykes announced that practices will be open to the public. Mercury News
- Piedmont picked San Jose assistant chief Richelle “Ricki” Goede as its new police chief. Mercury News
- Alameda has agreed to pay developer SunCal $4 million to settle its claim against the city after an agreement to develop the former Alameda Naval Air Station fell through. Chronicle
