Embarcadero and looking at our view from sutro tower looking down at the city. Can see just a little hint of some low grade there. Visibility is being affected for a few spots in the north bay and definitely right along the coastline else where youre pretty smooth sailing. Now temperatures are nice and mild this morning. Get out there. Take a few extra minutes. Enjoy the start to the day before we do get to a scorcher of an afternoon inland vacaville, youve already climbed to 76 degrees and temperatures are only going to accelerate as we see an abundance of sunshine already. Temps this afternoon, inland areas rising well into the upper 90s to even a few low triple digits. Well, some warm 80s along the bay shore reyna. John, thank you for that. Will be on a traffic hazard. On the bay bridge this morning that slowing us down just a bit. 36 minutes. 85 to menlo park right near the Treasure Island exit, a disabled vehicle. Hopefully they get off the bridge 30 minutes and that a bridge, no
In San Francisco comes to a critical interest intersection. Dan the cpc uc is set to authorizing cruise to have a paid a public Taxi Services across the city at all hours of the day and night. Here is how we got to this point. Ama june 2022, crews started the first page driverless taxi rides in the city in limited areas and for limited nighttime hours. Waymo started doing the same later. Dan in december, both companies requested to expand their services throughout San Francisco and during all times of the day and night. This past may, the cpuc issued a draft resolution to approve their request. Ama San Francisco police, fire, and official spoke up against allowing expanded service, arguing the cars and hamper Emergency Vehicles. The cpuc asked cruise and waymo from ora way mode for more expansion. Dan days away from this critical vote we are talking about, the cpuc held a hearing today to get some answers. Ama suzanne phan is in the newsroom with what happened. Reporter Officials Press
7 advancer at 11 00 to get you in the know. Dan j. R. Stone is foll tugofwar ahead. J. R. it is incidents like this at a San Francisco pride parade where a selfdriving car stopped in the middle of an intersection and caused traffic backup that has fueled the opposition against these cars. They are not ready for prime time because of how they have impacted our operations. J. R. that is the San Francisco fire chief on monday who strongly opposes the expansion of selfdriving services. She says they have blocked fire engines, ambulances, and fire stations. Phil coke men s driving safety at Carnegie Mellon university bit he says the fire chief has a point. The big problem is these cars are not good with dealing with the unexpected. That is a fundamental limitation. J. R. one of the biggest backers of these vehicles is one of the most wellknown figures in San Francisco, former mayor willie brown, who is a cruise advisor. The Police Department and the Fire Department clearly know exactly how
Announcer building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. City workers preparing to strike. Now, city leaders are meeting to discuss wage issues to stop the disruptive work stoppage from happening. Reggie and crucial vote for the use of robotaxis. There use getting mixed reaction. Kumasi in the calendar says august, but for some of you, it is already Pumpkin Spice season. Starbucks, you see it here, is rolling out the fan favorite for you all, but is it too early . Reggie yes. Drew remember yesterday . We said summer is over, but it is not. Kumasi we should have said summer break. We have until at least septemberish, the end of september. Drew around here, it is until october. Reggie reggie i dont want to taste anything pumpkin. I dont want to see pumpkin. Jobina not even during the actual season. Sweet potato or bust over here. No thank you, kindly. [laughter] reggie thats true. Drew so no psl . All right. It is cooler compared to yesterday, getting
Across anything like that. Cornell man arresting drivers, but Santa Rosa Police taking it to the next level by suing organizers for pollution. The rubber degree and tire debris going into our storm drains and polluting our waterways. Cornell police chief john cregan says the cities going after 13 driver and organizers by using the department of fish and wildlife regarding water pollution, which restricts the dumping of Motor Vehicle parts. We are trying to be creative and utilize the tools around us. We are certainly going to be in uncharted territory with us, but we are proud of our partnership with the Santa Rosa City police department. Cornell santa rosa is seeking funds of 25,000 dollars from each department. The city is also impounding cars that have been used in sideshows and installed bumps and traffic delineators in streets where sideshows typically happen. Any time you provide other outlets for them to use that energy, it makes it a little more difficult. Cornell when it comes