{"id":135508,"date":"2026-01-16T02:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T02:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/135508\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T02:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T02:18:09","slug":"get-cash-from-kaiser-after-46m-settlement-cal-scientists-search-for-extraterrestrial-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/135508\/","title":{"rendered":"Get cash from Kaiser after $46M settlement; Cal scientists&#8217; search for extraterrestrial life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"370497\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyside.org\/4-20-20-oakland-12\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/04_20_20_random_oakland-12.jpg?fit=1600%2C1067&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1067\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Pete Rosos&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Kaiser Permanente, Oakland. Photo: Pete Rosos&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1587399974&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Pete Rosos&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;4\/20\/20 Oakland&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4\/20\/20 Oakland\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Kaiser Permanente, Oakland. Photo: Pete Rosos&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/04_20_20_random_oakland-12.jpg?fit=360%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-berkeleyside-cityside.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/04_20_20_random_oakland-12.jpg?fit=720%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/04_20_20_random_oakland-12-720x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-370497\" style=\"width:720px;height:auto\"  \/>Kaiser Permanente, Oakland. File photo: Pete Rosos<\/p>\n<p>Heads up: We sometimes link to sites that limit access to non-subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>How bad commutes got during the BART outages. (<a href=\"https:\/\/eedition.sfchronicle.com\/infinity\/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=685707f8-f596-4f32-a69f-15ba076db398&amp;share=true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SF Chronicle<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>California College of the Arts, founded by Frederick Meyer in Berkeley in 1907 and located in San Francisco since 1996, will close and see its campus transferred to Vanderbilt University. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/entertainment\/arts-exhibits\/article\/california-college-arts-vanderbilt-21292699.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SF Chronicle<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Through the Looking Glass, a childcare nonprofit in Berkeley that assists families of children with disabilities, is among the East Bay child care providers threatened by the Trump administration\u2019s announcement that it will $10 billion in funding to California and four other Democratic states, an employee said. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/news\/city\/communities\/east-bay-childcare-services-on-edge-after-trump-s-attempted-funding-cuts\/article_94986804-6bb4-4535-90a3-28e86086c03b.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Cal<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Kaiser Permanente members could be eligible for payouts following a $46 million settlement over alleged privacy violations.\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/bayarea\/article\/kaiser-members-get-cash-46-million-privacy-21295417.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SFGATE<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>UC Berkeley scientists are focusing on 100 radio signals in the search of extraterrestrial life. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/uc-berkeley-scientists-focus-100-radio-signals-search-extraterrestrial-life\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KTVU<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>A UC Berkeley lecturer discusses the historical context behind protests in Iran. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/uc-berkeley-lecturer-protests-in-iran\/70005470\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KCRA<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>There was a spike in catalytic converter thefts to start the year. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkeleyscanner.com\/2026\/01\/08\/crime\/berkeley-catalytic-converter-theft-map\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeley Scanner<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>A dead body was found in Claremont Canyon. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/news\/campus\/dead-body-found-near-uc-berkeley-s-clark-kerr-campus-investigation-underway\/article_5dc99b4f-0b5d-4ba4-a222-1f832718144e.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Cal<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0President Trump\u00a0announced plans to withhold funding from cities like Berkeley with \u201csanctuary\u201d immigration policies beginning next month, Attorney General\u00a0Rob Bonta\u00a0and Bay Area cities are promising to take legal action should payments stop. 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