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
District about whats ahead for kids returning to the classroom and more self driving taxis are coming to the streets of San Francisco, even as residents and city leaders are split on the decision. My from jack london square. This is morning time to the nine to today is friday, august 11th. Were looking live from maui right now where the sun is coming up. Just past this shot is a devastating scene on the Hawaiian Island. Welcome to the nine. Officials in hawaii have now confirmed the deaths of at least 55 people from the fire on the western side of maui. Yeah, crews start searching through burned out buildings and that could lead to a rise in the death tolls. Most of the deaths are in lahaina. The wildfires there destroyed more than 1000 buildings and more than 1000 people are still reported missing, though the Maui County Police chief says that that number could be much smaller. He went on to say they truly dont know how many people are unaccounted for because its so difficult to get a
Afternoon. Thank you for joining us. Im andre senior. We begin with this continuing to follow the latest developments surrounding the devastating maui wildfires. Now new information this noon is being revealed by Hawaii Governor josh green. A short time ago he said that lahaina residents who evacuated and escaped the fires will be able to get back to their homes sometime today, adding there will likely be a curfew. But new images show the destruction to which theyll return some major destinations and landmarks are damaged or destroyed. The wildfires of the states deadliest Natural Disaster since a 1960s tsunami that killed 61 people. Team coverage of the fires in maui this noon. Tv reporter james torres has a look at the help headed to the island from the bay area. Ktvu meteorologist rosemary oroczo is tracking the weather conditions. But first we go live to jake alexis who joining us live now located just south of lahaina right now. Jake. Well, andre, dozens are dead and an entire tow
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
Among them, a family stuck in maui desperately trying to reunite after the fastmoving flames separated them. The parents say they left their sevenyearold son and 15monthold baby with the grandfather at the hotel to go to the store and have not been able to contact each other since. The last message my motherinlaw told my fatherinlaw, we are engulfed in smoke. The line went dead. He is very worried. It has been a terrifying, exhausting , we dont have any information. He says the only information they have gotten from the hotel is that all guests are safe, welcome news but Nothing Specific about his family. We reached out to the hotel to see if there is any way to get a message to the kids that the parents are safe and we are waiting to hear back. The fire is 80 contained and resources are coming in to help , including a team of firefighters from oakland specializing in urban search and rescue. Donations have been trickling in from people left with nothing. There are so many people like