Affiliates of Kaiser Permanente will pay $556 million to settle DOJ claims they inflated Medicare Advantage payments by adding diagnoses after visits. Former employees stand to receive about $95 million.

A gas leak in Alameda led to evacuations and road closures near Island High School. The Alameda Police Department is managing the emergency, with shelter-in-place orders for nearby schools.

San Francisco DA announced Jaquain Burton's arraignment on minor trafficking charges, with a plea of not guilty; the court denied bail due to his record.

Ricardo Monjaras surrendered in connection with a Windsor market shooting; two injured are recovering. His father and brother were also arrested. Police urge witnesses to come forward.

Stephenson C. Kim, serving life for a 2004 Cypress café killing, died after an altercation at Vacaville's California Medical Facility. Prison investigators and the Solano County DA are probing the case.

A woman was killed Wednesday after being struck while crossing Point San Pedro Road near San Rafael. CHP says the driver was not arrested and the investigation remains active.

Oakland will dispatch officers to Levi’s Stadium for the Super Bowl and multiple World Cup matches under a reimbursable MOU, even as the department grapples with staffing shortfalls and heavy overtime spending.

Jaquain Burton, 30, was arraigned in San Francisco on human trafficking and pandering charges and is being held without bail. Authorities say the case is under active investigation.

The Ninth Circuit denied Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis’s appeal, upholding his 15-year sentence in the Navy bribery scandal. The decision sends him back to federal custody to serve the remainder of the term.

An individual was robbed at gunpoint outside a Benicia bank, triggering a police investigation and a regional search for the suspects. The Benicia Police, collaborating with Bay Area agencies, have not disclosed victim or suspect identities.

A West Oakland volunteer says he was robbed after hauling roughly 80 bags of illegally dumped trash; he filed a police report and will pause solo cleanups.

Three suspects were arrested after a failed armed carjacking and chase involving San Leandro and neighboring police, with the aid of Flock cameras and tactical law enforcement support.

Cedric Irving Jr. was expected in an Oakland courtroom Wednesday for a plea hearing in the fatal shooting of Laney College athletic director John Beam. The case remains under investigation as prosecutors prepare for trial.