Commissioners are giving their comments as to whether they should allow the services to expand. There were a whole lot of opinions both supporting and opposing this seemingly controversial situation. In the lead up to todays meeting at the California Public Utilities Commission hundreds of people converged on the steps of the State Office Building prepared to sound off on the future of selfdriving cars. At issue whether to allow crews to expand the hours of the current Robo Taxi Services in San Francisco and whether to allow waymo to begin its robo taxi pilot service. Two particularly vocal groups today, local unions, and the disabled, seemed split on the issue. Several people who use motorized chairs to get around said t difficult to g into bec thereo driver to help. One woman says t can also be dangerous. Ive already had a worrying interaction with one. I was entering a crosswalk with the green light. I ed carefully in all directions and abrup a empty cruise turned in front o me and
South. Its closed some of thats going through the Santa Clara Valley. Santa cruz mountains over towards santa cruz, monterey. I dont think it will amount to too much, but its in the mix there. So 68, mostly cloudy south, partly sunny, north, 6070s and 80s. Sal is here on a friday and im i got to get out of the house right now. My commute is its pretty good you know we do have a new crash reported on the san mateo bridge on westbound 92. We can go right out there. I dont see anything yet, but chp is on the way to a crash westbound bound near the high rise. And well see if chp does indeed find something when it gets there. You can see also that the traffic is going to be okay. In fact, a lot lighter than usual at the bay bridge toll plaza. Another update in just a few. But now at 701, lets get back to the headlines. We begin the latest this hour with the latest information on the wildfires in maui. Officials confirmed the fire killed at least 55 people. That number, however, is expected
Hand the fear and danger that people there on the ground were experiencing. They were near lahaina when they got the Evacuation Order tuesday night and tonight theyre back on the mainland trying to process what they saw. Damian trujillo is in san jose with the story youll only see on nbc bay area. Reporter this family says their hawaiian vacation was a dream up until the day before they were scheduled to leave. Then the unthinkable happened. It was a visit to paradise. They were all smiles as they soaked up the sun and fun at the beach resort near lahaina. It was beautiful, shopping, played in t pool. Wittles. All that good stuff. Everything was great. Reporter on tuesday the winds started to pick up as evidenced by their cell phone footage. By 10 42 p. M. They got this Evacuation Order on their phones. It got real when i walked out and you can see the sky was orange over the trees. You can see it flickering. Reporter the family grabbed their things and took off in the rental car to Ma
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