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- ↑ Neighborhood News, Pacific Steel Casting newsletter, Issue 4, February 2009
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- ↑ "Pacific Steel to undergo employment eligibility audits | The Daily Californian". dailycal.org. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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- ↑ "As Pacific Steel in Berkeley plans shut-down, union sues for unpaid benefits". Berkeleyside. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ↑ Buyers of Pacific Steel Casting ‘looted’ its assets, made ‘insider deals,’ according to bankruptcy trustee, Frances Dinkenspiel, Berkeleyside
- ↑ Pacific Steel Casting Company finances revealed during bankruptcy hearing, Frances Dinkenspiel, Berkeleyside
- ↑ A vision for Berkeley’s old Pacific Steel Casting site: A hub for industrial innovation, Frances Dinkenpsiel, Berkeleyside
- ↑ Pacific Steel Casting files for bankruptcy. Top executives get paid, but workers don’t get severance, Frances Dinkenspiel, Berkeleyside