After a beloved bodega cat had a fatal run-in with a Waymo, politicians are pushing for local control of robotaxis. In seeking justice for KitKat, will they instead kill a burgeoning industry?

The self-driving taxis have become ubiquitous in the city, but an uproar ensued when one ran over a beloved feline.

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport became the first major airport to offer fully autonomous Waymo rides to its terminals. Waymo said in September 2025 that it has "served hundreds of thousands of trips to/from Sky Harbor, and it remains the single most popular Waymo destination in Phoenix."

The robotaxi was parked nearby, emergency dispatchers have revealed. A lethal shooting in San Francisco over the weekend may have been recorded by a nearby robotaxi—a possibility that suggests the ways in which America’s new autonomous vehicle cadres may soon become pivotal to law enforcement probes.

Autonomous robotaxi company Waymo announced it has expanded to San Jose and is offering curbside service to San Jose Mineta International Airport, the first airport in California to feature the driverless rides.

Driverless Waymos are already ubiquitous in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix. Waymo, part of the Google empire, recently announced that its vehicles will soon be able to ride on freeways in the areas where it currently operates.

The committee asked the full San Diego Metropolitan Transit System board to back recommendations placing road blocks in front of Waymo.

A jury in San Francisco this week found a former CEO guilty of conspiring to distribute controlled substances after her San Francisco-based startup became a source of Adderall prescriptions for more than 100,