a las 5 30 el cierre de una oficina del dmv, esto es al sur de san josé, podría convertirse en el lugarconstruir unos 350 apartamentos. vamos con jessica gallegos, que nos tiene más detalles de esta propuesta para eliminar de la ciudad un estacionamiento vacío, una cerca verde rodeando la entrada salida y puertas. >> así es como luce una de las oficinas del dmv al sur de san josé, después de que el gobierno estatal lo cerrara en septiembre. según la ciudad de san josé, este terreno podría ser el lug ideal para el desarrollo de viviendas familiares. >> ha llamado nuestra atención un nuevo proyecto, el estacionamiento del centro dmv para. 350 unidades de vivienda. actualmente el proyecto está siendo evaluado por personal del departamento de planificación para ver si es factible o no este proyecto traería múltiples edificios residenciales muy cerca de kiley park y el estadio spartan en san josé. >> lo que antes era una oficina del dmv aquí en la 22 22 road, al sur de la ciudad de san josé, podría ser el lugar para 3 150 viviendas para residentes que solían visitar este dmv como esther y do

a llamado nuestra atención. >> un nuevo proyecto, el estacionamiento del centro dmv para 350 unidadesca ción para ver si es factible o no, este proyecto traería múltiples edificios residenciales muy cerca de kelly park y el estadio spartan en san josé. >> lo que antes era una oficina del dmv. aquí en la 22 22 road al sur de la ciudad de san josé, podrían ser el lugar para 350 viviendas para residentes que solían visitar este dmv como esther y don tranquilino aseguran que ir a otra oficina no solo les quitará más tiempo, pero traerá más cosas. >> pienso que está mal lo que hicieron porque no está bien, porque ya hay más. más va a otro lado y se pierde más tiempo porque más gente se está yendo. la gente va 1 arreglar un problema o sacar unas placas de carro o lo que sea, y y se tarda 1 todavía más allá en el en el departamento. >> sin embargo, reconocen que este proyecto podría ayudar a cientos de familias. por una parte está bien, verdad? porque hacen falta viviendas para más gente. los apartamentos serían 3 edificios, pero aún se desconoce la fecha exacta de inicio. >> no tenemos un t

dmv is now allowing teens to take the written knowledge test online. likely know in the past it was only available to adults. kids under 18 will need consent from a parent or guardian to take the test online. if you're worried about cheating it is proctered and requires a computer with a webcam. they have to go in person to take the behind-the-wheel test. >>> there are mixed results when it comes to teens and smoking. it is a big concern for parents as the flavored vape products become more popular. here is "today in the bay's" marcus washington. >>> some promising news, e-cigarette use is down among kids. still, the fda working to combat nicotine use before it becomes a problem with the new generation. the fda, cdc, releasing a report on tobacco and nicotine use among kids, and it shows e-cigarette use among high school students is down 4% compared to last year. still, that report found that there was a slight uptick in use among middle school students. a majority of this is a problem for a lot of people. they say the major worry for parents is still

he's calling on the dmv to be more transparent about the application and approval process as well as the violations and protocols that could lead to suspension. after the dmv pulled its permit in california, cruise has actually pulled all of its driverless cars off the road nationwide. waymo autonomous cars are still allowed to operate in san francisco. >>> the attorney general of new york stay ordered uber and lyft to pay their drivers hundreds of millions of dollars. that's a result of a years-long investigation that found uber and lyft were improperly charging drivers sales taxes and other fees when those costs should have been paid by customers. so, the two companies will pay a combined settlement of $328 million. they also agreed to guarantee minimum hourly rates and paid sick leave. the attorney general's office says it's the largest wage theft settlement it's ever won. >>> amazon is being accused of flooding its search results with junk ads. maybe you've noticed. the ftc and 17 states sued the company last month. it accuses amazon of using its monopoly power to increase prices

but first, crews no longer allowed to operate its driverless cars after the california dmv suspended testing permits. >> and now there's a state senator launching an investigation into how they even got those permits in the first place how they might be able to get them back. if it's >> your power bill could be going up it's not because the temperatures are going down pg e wants customers to help foot the bill to bury power lines. kron four's dan kerman has more on the proposed rate hike to pay for pg and e customers are already seeing their monthly bills increase with cooler weather. but get ready for more. later this month, the california public utilities commission will vote on a rate hike that could see the average p jeanne residential gas and electric bill going up 20 to $31 a month beginning the first of january. so it's not question of can they do this? no, they cannot. doctor harold pierre is a member of the utility rate network and pastor san francisco's pilgrim community church. >> he says his parishioners, both young adults and especially seniors simply for these types of

muchas oficinas del departamento de vehículos motorizados de california del dmv se reportan largas filasrgió un negocio para ayudar a agilizar algunos trámites y he visto que mucha gente también ha sido salido frustrada por el tal vez no necesariamente por el servicio, pero por el el lenguaje no lo entienden muy bien lo que le están pidiendo las firmas, etcétera etcétera en estas oficinas se encargan de ayudar al cliente con el trámite de ciertos documentos, transferir y registrar su carro. >> si no quiere ir al dmv, aquí, con mucho gusto le podemos asistir. también que hacemos cambios de domicilio. >> y es que lo que los clientes buscan es un servicio expedito y seguro según nos explicaron y muchos gustan entrar, pagar y salir con su sticker, no quieren hacer líneas, no quieren hacer nada porque cada quien tiene su propia vida en y tienen que trabajar. >> no? entonces es algo que es un servicio muy rápido. el edificio está ubicado en la ciudad de redwood city y abrió sus puertas en el mes de agosto por mes aproximadamente, ayudado como 280 a transacciones 285. y yo diré que serían es un

from dmv. that i don't know until further notice. >> indefinite and i don't know this we understand the terms of them resuming their license yet. >> we violate conversation tomorrow. this commission would be interested in the duration, transitions because somewhere along the line the question i will ask, how long will this last. and that is cruise doing? i'm sure something? we will be in there, chief to be at that table had this goes down. >> anything else, chief? thank you very much. >> thank you. madam secretary? hold on comment on the chief's report over all. >> thank you for your report amazing how much happen in a month. >> appreciate it. >> and i do want to say that the banquet was terrific. speeches and incredible. and the food was amazing. so. i was glad to be there. proud to be there. thank you. why thank you, commissioner. commissioners, are there questions for the chief before i don't move. >> thank you very much. >> i had one. vice president morgan. >> i don't know -- chief. thank y

dmv revoked cruises permits due to safety concerns. linked to the dmv. ease investigation into a fatal collision. all happened back on october. 2nd, send it back to both at the desk. all thank you. ran 10. 31 is the time and space and residents in a berkeley neighborhood say they want something done because >> on halloween night, a 7 year-old boy who was trick-or-treating was hit by a car that then took off child's, ok, broken leg but will survive croppers. rob nesbitt spoke to neighbors who say they tried to stop the driver. >> residents who were here when the little boy was hit by the car, told me they tried to get the driver to stop but were unsuccessful. they're hoping the city will do more to make pedestrians feel safer. derby street in berkeley seemed rather calm wednesday. but on halloween, it was taken over by trick or treaters. one of them, a 7 year-old boy was hit by a car while crossing the street with several other children. according to police, this resident named shelby did not want to share her last name but described th

the dmv claims cruise withheld the entirety of the footage of the accident, which cruise denies. >>>embers of congress say they want elon musk to clean up his act -- that's a quote -- after he endorsed a post on his social media platform that spreads an anti-semitic theory about jewish communities. jamie raskin says he's working on an official letter asking musk to denounce the tweet. disney, ibm, apple, comcast, lionsgate and paramount, parent company of cbs news, are leaving x. yesterday musk claims he is anti-semitic posting nothing could be further from the truth. >>> it is a critical fight against cyberattacks happening in our own backyard. a cybersecurity clinic at uc berkeley is training the next generation of experts. these students provide pro bono services to organizations with limited resources. so here at home and abroad and countries where human rights are being violated, kenny choi shows us how their work can ultimately save lives. >> reporter: zana sayeed is on the front lines of a raging cyberwar, using her keyboard in a high stakes battle against authoritarian regime

the dmv accused cruz of withholding footage. cruz has also faced criticism for a series of incidents where the cars disrupted emergency responders and ceo who resigned earlier this month. >>> san jose wants to make a better first impression. >> reporter: areas like this is a common site according to residents like charles who say debris and trash and sometimes even furniture are a common sight here. he wants the city to do more. and we heard from the city today about what they're doing to address it. illegal dumping on this fifth street neighborhood in san jose is becoming a nuance to residents like charles. >> if you have zombies running around doing that. i mean that's all we do. straight up. >> reporter: charles has lived in this neighborhood for eight years. he tells me he and other neighbors have called the city for help. you know you can call 911? >> yeah, but that's a pain in the butt and they don't, you know, come. i got trash that i need to put out, but i don't want to put it out in the front of the house and let it sit

but they must complete dmv requirements for a permit or license doctor. baker erickson says the ai program has already boosted driving interest among people with autism make a left turn and the confidence of a putting themselves on the next trajectory of going towards that driver's license, going doing the behind the wheel drivers. >> training once the courses complete, students can decide whether or not they're ready to move on to the dmv, driving courses and get behind the wheel of an actual car. now the cost of the ai program varies based on whether or not you're going to use insurance. reporting in serra mesa. wanted the tank. >> pretty >> berkeley. see more local businesses popping up in certain neighborhoods in that city. the proposed legislation that can make it po deep breath. cancer is a journey you don't take alone. you did it! our cancer care team works together to care for all that is you. we are grocery outlet and we are your bargain bliss market. what's bargain bliss? you know that feeling you get when you find the name brands you love but f

he's calling on the dmv to be more transparent about the application and approval process as well aslations and protocols that could lead to suspension. cruise has pulled all of its driverless cars off the road nationwide. meanwhile, waymo autonomous cars are still allowed to operate in san francisco. >>> good news for commuters on the peninsula and in the east bay. caltrans has completed its work on the dumbarton bridge. this means is eastbound lanes will be staying open tonight. bridge was set to be closed overnight all week so crews could repave the road, but closures for the rest of the week have been canceled. >>> well, stanford medical center is opening a new road for its staff and patients called blake wilbur drive, and this is an extension road that comes off welch road, which leads directly to the cancer center. the idea is to ease traffic for patients there. >> i will also say, as we think about coming into the straightaway and direct blake wul wilbur drive, how many of our patients, this touches a critical and traum traumatic mon their life. >> blake wilbur drive opens to

a total of 400 cars all after the dmv determined it poses an unreasonable risk to public safety.created a new position and is hiring a consulting firm for safety operations and culture adding the most important thing for us right now is to rebuild public trust. part of it involves taking a hard look inward even if it means doing things that are uncomfortable or difficult. a few days ago, the cofounder resigned. cruise to client our interview request but we did hitch a ride with its main competitor. chris ludwick had project management. >> not all vehicles are equal. you would put yourself in a different category. i want to focus on what we are trying to do. let people try it out. >> they say their own research has found there cars are in some ways safer than humans. what about when vehicles to fall short? >> we certainly do everything we can to ensure the cars behavior is good. if they believe the driverless vehicles are safer than human drivers, why shouldn't its cars have to face the same kind of ramifications human drivers have to face if they break the lock?>> the reality is

but if we say the dmv, it sounds a little cooler. i can't say we discovered her, lou. bayard, who is a washington, d.c. based author. he writes great historical fiction. jackie and me, fantastic pale blue. i recently made into a movie he introduced me to her, but i can't say we discovered them completely. but they're not ones you and i would have heard of if i hadn't had this podcast. what about self-published? it depends on the book. try to think if we've had somebody, it's not coming to mind right away. but sure, in this day and age, why not? it's the content that matters. have you had self-published one? i'm trying to think. yeah, maybe one or two. yeah, yeah. i can see some. and it would obviously be easier for an established author. i can see some of them wanting to go that route because it's the publishing industry consolidates like every other major older industry. the restrictions become so big. sometimes the authors all. i will commend an author on having a really unique cover, the cover art on the book and they go, oh, i'd invite the publisher for months over

the dmv won't say what they are but tells us it is working to update regulations across the industry in hopes of requiring even more oversight behind the wheel. with the investigative unit i'm bigad shaban. >> so much of this is happening in our own back yard. if you have a story for bigad or anyone else in our investigative unit give us a call. you see the numbers on the screen, 888-996-tips or you can visit our website, nbcbayarea.com/investigations. >>> thanksgiving has a lot of traditions. morning football, turkey with all the trimmings. and camping out for good mall deals. eh. the last one not so much anymore. those long lines of people in chairs overnight with their blankets sitting outside on the hunt for black friday deals have all but evaporated. nbc bay area's damian trujillo is in san jose with a closer look at the reason why that tradition's vanishing. >> reporter: who doesn't remember the shoppers who braved the cold on thanksgiving night to get a big deal on the big screen tv? d.j. smith did it before. >> i think i camped out once with my family. you know, to get a nice

but they must complete dmv requirements for a permit or license doctor. baker erickson says the ai program has already boosted driving interest among people with autism. make a left turn and the confidence of a putting themselves on the next trajectory of going towards that driver's license, going doing the behind the wheel drivers. >> training once the courses complete, students can decide whether or not they're ready to move on to the dmv, driving courses and get behind the wheel of an actual car. now the cost of the ai program varies based on whether or not you're going to use insurance. reporting in serra mesa. wanted the tank. >> all right. 9.20 is the time. and coming up on the kron 4 morning news. another investigation is looking into cruise, but this one is focusing on how they were able to get their permits driverless cars and kron 4 once again celebrating the remarkable women of the bay area. and we need your help to share their stories with, you know, a remarkable woman making a difference in your community. you can nominate or for a chance to

but if we say the dmv, it sounds a little cooler. i can't say we discovered her, lou. bayard, who is a washington, d.c. based author. he writes great historical fiction. jackie and me, fantastic pale blue. i recently made into a movie he introduced me to her, but i can't say we discovered them completely. but they're not ones you and i would have heard of if i hadn't had this podcast. what about self-published? it depends on the book. try to think if we've had somebody, it's not coming to mind right away. but sure, in this day and age, why not? it's the content that matters. have you had self-published one? i'm trying to think. yeah, maybe one or two. yeah, yeah. i can see some. and it would obviously be easier for an established author. i can see some of them wanting to go that route because it's the publishing industry consolidates like every other major older industry. the restrictions become so big. sometimes the authors all. i will commend an author on having a really unique cover, the cover art on the book and they go, oh, i'd invite the publisher for months over

cruise's progress has slowed down since the dmv pulled its driverless permit, after one dragged a pedestrianfrancisco. gm is taking more oversight of cruise and demanding a safety probe of its own cars. >>> target started to lock up its shelves to fight theft. it is getting mixed reviews. the retailer closed stores across the country last month, including three in the bay area. the remaining stores put body wash, toothpaste and deodorant behind class panels. and customers are thankful that the products are locked up. but shoppers are saying something different on social media. they say it's frustrating and indecent to wait for a product off a shelves. >>> something to be thankful for this thanksgiving. the cost of your holiday meal is about to go down. the average cost of a dinner for ten will be $64. the bird itself will be less. it costs under $27. down 5% from last year. that's more than some can afford. our knew nourishing neighbors campaign is going on. there's more information on our website, nbcbayarea.com. >>> maybe some will need a hat or umbrella. >> saturday, it will be wet. good

i am an outreach specialist or r the dmv area for our d.c. location.y day in the streets seeing these men and women who have risen their right hand at one time and swore an oath to the constitution to protect it under enemies foreign and domestic. but, they come home in the streets they swore to protect they are now sleeping on them that is not something we should have been a nation like this to have our veterans sleeping on the streets. griff: the # is honor our vets honor u.s. vets you have it on your t-shirt. but a lot of americans particular those who do have a servicemember in the family do not understand the challenge of serving overseas. being deployed and then coming home and separating from the military paid civilian life the transition itself can be very hard and unfortunately many vets find themselves unable to deal with it and find themselves homeless. how much of a problem is it nationwide? >> is quite a problem as i said earlier even one is too many. in transitioning from the military, your transitional plan isn't to be homeless at any po

the resignation comes one month after the dmv suspended their driverless testing permit . days ago they announced they were taking the rest of the manually driven cars off the road . it stems from the october incident in san francisco. a car dragged the pedestrian that had been struck by another car. >>> a few streets had to be cordoned off . the suspect ditched the car and left the scene. they also left the police without a clue as to where he is. >>> a food truck worker was robbed in the fruitville district. he was shot while chasing the thief. >> reporter: worker say robberies are pretty common. what was unusual is one of the victims chased the robbers who had a rifle and a handgun. the victims were working in this food truck when two gunmen stormed in and demanded money. they describe that traumatic experience through a translator. >> i was afraid and terrified. >> she asked us to protect her identity. she said the gunmen took the money and repeatedly hit her husband. >> they started getting frustrated because there wasn't enough money. >> her husband and son got in th

cruise cofounder and ceo announced he is stepping down a month after the dmv suspended the driver less permit. this follows the incident in san francisco where a cruise car reportedly dragged a pedestrian hit by another car. >>> elon musk is under fire from members of congress. companies have also stopped advertising on x after he endorsed a post on his social media that spreads a discredited racist theory about jewish communities. scott macfarlane is following the controversy on x and threat of government action. >> reporter: as war rages in middle east and anti-semitism rises in u.s. musk is under new scrutiny for messages on x. >> elon musk has turned x into a ses pool of hate street and extremist incitement. >> reporter: following a post which claimed jewish communities are spreading hatred against whites musk replied to the followers you have said the actual truth, leading to lawmakers in washington blasting him. >> we'll be taking action with colleagues this week to write to him to ask him to renounce the comments and to clean up his act. >> reporter: giant advertisers are fleein

whole. >> obviously losing him, the nhtsa investigation, the recalls, the suspension from california dmvemarkable turn for autonomous as we mentioned this morning, the yuuber shares continue to lk past the golden horizon, a 52-week high. >> remember when uber was trying to develop autonomous driving and they had a terrible incident with a pedestrian and that killed their plans to move forward in that space. now their proposition is delivery and ridesharing and potentially tasks as well. it's more than doubled this year now nearly 10 bucks above the ipo price. it took some time to get there. >> finally, i assume after the weekend in tech, the valley, their heads must be spinning. >> absolutely spinning that's how i've been feeling all weekend, the phone blowing up. there's a lot to come in this. we'll stay tuned, for sure. >> we're going to watch that, obviously as we dive into some final retail earnings tomorrow, and of course nvidia after the close. let's get to the half. >>> thank you so much. welcome to the half time report. the ai arms race with the turmoil in openai, what it means f

after numerous examples of cruz robo taxis hutting down and one of the cars dragging a pedestrian, the dmvd the company's self-driving permits. cruise stopped all driverless operations and customers lost faith. >> all of a sudden they stop, with no reason. i see them stop with no reason. >> i was never supercomfortable sitting next to nobody. >> i don't know. it's scary. i see them and i avoid them. >> reporter: and general motors announced plans to cut spending on cruise by hundreds of millions of dollars in 2024. san francisco supervisor aaron peskin calls cruise a case study how not to run a business. >> whether it's cars making illegal left turns. pedestrian safety issues. cars in the middle of terrific. >> reporter: san franciscos can pick up a robo taxi. cruise, for its part, tells us, once it takes steps to improve safety culture and rebuild trust, the strategy is to relaunch in one city before expanding. cruise would not tell me if that city is san francisco. but the company is headquartered in the city. there's questions about its size going forward, with g.m. planning to cut back

the dmv claims the company withheld the video of that accident. >>> and you have a google account that you have not used in the last two years but you do want to keep it, you will need to sign back into it before the end of the week. otherwise, the company will deactivate it. google says it is meant to protect users from security threats like hijacked accounts. >>> now to an exclusive investigation. coming up on the evening news, the american chocolate giant mars did more than $45 million in sales last year. there may be a dark truth behind your favorite chocolate bar. the cbs evening news travel to west africa and found children as young as age 5 harvesting the cocoa that ends up in those chocolates. deborah potter worked on this investigation and joins me now. what did you find out in your investigation? >> reporter: we visited the remote cocoa farms and west gonna. we found the biggest chocolate companies. think of america's best love chocolates. despite claims by mars that it will eradicate child labor from its supply chain for 2025, we found children working on every farm we visit

. >>> a recent closure -- >> recent closure of a south bay dmv may soon allow for more people to makeosed in september, but now the mercury news reports the property owners are submitting a proposal to turn it into a large scale housing development. the plan calls for close to 400 apartment units spread over three buildings. the proposal also suggests now state laws may help streamline the approval process. >>> new development in oakland where leaders are dedicated, and leaders and i should say dedicated a's fans are taking a new swing to hopefully hit a home run with major league owners almost certain to approve the move to go to vegas. this includes a gift box with a letter inside from oakland's mayor. >> will that be enough? "today in the bay" kris sanchez joins us now. do we know what the letter said? >> the letter from the mayor lists the reason why the a's should remain in oakland. but there are also other items meant to persuade, at least 15 of the 30 major league team owners to vote against the a's relocation to las vegas. mayor sheng thao unboxed the boxes custom made for eac

numerous examples of cruise robo taxis shutting down and one of its cars dragging a pedestrian, the dmv pulled the self-driving permits. cruise shut down all driverless operations. its ceo stepped down. customers lost faith. >> all of a sudden they stopped with no reason. i see them, they were stopped with no reason. >> i don't know if i would feel super comfortable sitting next to nobody. >> i don't know. just kind of scary. when i see them, i avoid them. >> reporter: then today general motors which bought cruise in 2017 announced to cut spending on cruise by hundreds of millions of dollars in 2024. san francisco supervisor aaron peskin call cruise a study in how not to start a vehicle. >> whether it was cars stopping in the middle of traffic -- >> reporter: san francisco can still pick up a robo taxi. waymo is cruising around. once it takes steps to improve safety culture and rebuild trust, the strategy is to relaunch in one city before expanding. cruise would not tell me if that city is in fact san francisco, but the company is headquartered in the city. with about 3500 employees, th

it comes a month after the california dmv suspended the driverless testing permit. days ago they announced removing the manually driving cars off the road nationwide. this follows where a reportedly cruise car hit a pedestrian. >>> apple is suspending advertisements on x setting the rise in hate speech on twitter. they join other companies like ibm comic con past , disney and paramount global which is the parent company of cbs news. >>> earlier this morning we are were under a wind advisory. widespread throughout the bay area. it has expired but we are left with gusty conditions. taking a look at this afternoon, it is not until dinnertime for the offshore winds died down but we so wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour in high peaks. it will be calmer for the rest of the week and the storm track is moving toward the north. canada and the pacific northwest they will get it with showers this week but the bay area will see 70s and sunshine . it will be a beautiful forecast. daytime highs are sitting above average. this is the week to get out and get some activies ing. the

this comes less than a month after the dmv pulled the self driving taxis off of san francisco streets >>> daytime highs today are sitting in the 60s and 70s throughout the bay area and we see partly cloudy skies sweep throughout the bay but we are left with dry conditions through the rest of the week which is perfect timing for thanksgiving around the corner. we see high clouds continue to move throughout tuesday and wednesday moving in from offshore. not a lot of activity otherwise. if you are traveling in the state we have some of the best weather thanks to the areas of high pressure offshore, leaving us with lots of sunshine from san diego all the way north. it will be beautiful throughout the rest of the week. if you are traveling, keep in mind lots of storm activity in the east and will happen until wednesday afternoon as it moves offshore and that could cause issues when it comes to travel delays at the airport. in the bay, if you're heading to sfo, maybe you should stay. we have beautiful weather. we expect 60s today in san francisco. 60 stretching into santa rosa and low 60s i

the dmv suspended cruise's self-driving permit following the incident, where a pedestrian was pinned beneath one of their cars. after they were hit by a human driver. last week. cruise's parent company, general motors, pulled their cars off the roads across the country. the ceo of general motors, mary barra, thanked vote for his vision. she went on to say to the new york times, public trust is essential to this as we work to rebuild that trust, safety, transparency and accountability will be our north stars. vogt did also go on to mention on that social media post that he does believe the avs are the future and he does believe in the future of cruise, though right now it's unclear what the future of cruise will be. we're live in san francisco, ryan curry, abc seven news. very interesting. ryan, thank you. >> and now news of another san francisco based company, openai having its own ceo drama this morning. >> microsoft announced ousted openai ceo sam altman is joining their company. he'll run a new group focused on, you guessed it, advanced ai open. ai's board fired altman friday, the

the dmv suspended cruise is self-driving permit following the incident where a pedestrian was pinned beneath one of their cars after they were hit by a human driven car. last week, cruises parent company general motors pulled their cars off the road across the country. the ceo, mary barra, thanked vote for his vision in the new york times. she said public trust is essential to this as we work to rebuild that trust, safety, transparency and accountability will be our north stars vote says he still views autonomous vehicles as the future when it comes to driving on the road. but without a ceo. and with all the history that cruise has experienced over the last few months, there are questions about where they go from here are pretty high. we're live in san francisco, ryan curry, abc seven news. >> thank you, ryan. another san francisco based company, openai has its own ceo drama this morning. microsoft has announced ousted openai ceo sam altman is joining the company. he'll be running a new group focused on advanced ai. openai is board fired. altman friday, then spent the weekend negotia

the ceo quit, the moves come a month after the california dmv suspended the driverless testing permit and days after the company pulled the entire driverless fleet nationwide. they are the self-driving car of general motors. >>> oakland has a new chief for its department of violence prevention. doctor holly jochey was sworn in earlier this afternoon. a former oakland police officer who also worked for a number of community organizers including glide in san francisco. turns out san francisco will not expand meter parking. they say sfmta agreed to back off of the proposal for now. in exchange they will table a proposed ballot measure that would of given the mayor more control over parking. >>> the san francisco marin food bank kicked off its annual turkey drive. hoping to collect 1300 turkeys for local families. the food bank staff say they are serving 50,000 households every week. they lost key government funding making it more expensive for them to buy food. we have information on how you can help on our website kpix.com. >>> coming up in the first alert forecast we will show you the

you might recall, the company was forced to suspend operations in california after the dmv suspended its license to operate last month. amid all of this, cruise's ceo tells forbes the company will need to make layoffs in the future. >>> and happening now in eastern texas, evacuations are under way after an explosion at a chemical plant. that triggered a chemical fire sending a massive plume of black smoke into the air. take a look at this. it happened this morning about 60 miles north of houston. a petroleum processing plant caught fire. emergency management officials say the plant houses toxic chemicals. at least one employee at that plant was injured and treated for minor burns. >>> new details out of san jose. police have arrested another 15-year-old in connection with a deadly hit-and-run. a stolen vehicle crashed into a pregnant woman's car on october 24th. 21-year-old april zolgrender died. her unborn child was delivered but died a day later. police say a teen aged boy was driving an unreported stolen white hyundai when the car slammed into her car. investigators say that a sec

jodi hernandez, >>> the dmv pulled driverless cars and then cruise recalled cars. now the company is laying off employees. the layoffs are affecting contract workers that includes those who help with cleaning vehicles, fleet charging, and fielding customers support inquiries, cruise declined to say how many were losing their job. the company said the layoffs are reflective of current supervised driving operations and plans to resume service. no timeline. general motors, which owns cruise, says it has lost $1.9 billion on the company through september of this year. >>> inflation is not under control. that is according to the federal reserve chairman. jerome powell said the fed is encouraged by slowing pace but he and other policy makers are not confident they have done enough to tame it. he reaffirmed the central bank's commitment to bringing inflation down to bench mark of 2% but not said if there will be another interest rate hike. year over year is 3.7%. >>> wall street reacting to the fed chairman's speech, s&p eight-day winning streak today. it dropped 35 point

. >>> first the dmv pulled driverless cars off the roads and then cruise recalled its cars, now the companylaying off employees. the layofferize affecting contract workers, that includes those who help with cleaning the vehicles, fleet charging, and fielding customer support inquiries. cruise declined to say how men people were losing their jobs, but the company told cnbc they are reflective of driving operations and plans to resume driverless service. but there is no timeline for when that could happen. general motors, which owns cruise, says it lost nearly $2 billion on the company through september of this year. >>> up next, they have a deal, pay raises coming to thousands of san francisco teachers after they nearly went on strike. >>> let's give you a live look inside rockefeller center, this is the control room. lester holt prepareing for nightly news. one of the top stories, airports under stress, the warning from the head of the ntsb about recent frightening close calls. so, you've got the power of xfinity at home. now take it outside with xfinity mobile. like speed? it's the fastest

specifically, he's looking at the california dmv. >>> new to new developments in the middle east.st foreign nationals and injured civilians have made it out of the gaza strip and into egypt. hamas and israel agreed up to 500 people may cross daily. this comes as israel's military says that its ground offensive is progressing in the north of gaza and hamas defense lines are collapsing. nbc's jay gray is on the ground at the israel-gaza border. >> we are just along the border right now with gaza and continue to hear what our fights on the ground as the advancement continues just behind us. you have the idf pushing back hamas at this point, something they've been trying to do since the full-on ground invasion began and of course, they're going to set up a defensive line and continue to push inward and toward gaza. we have had reports over the last 24 hours that there are troops who have made it to the gates of gaza city and that they are getting support, of course, from the air as well as from the israeli navy just off the coast and the strikes have been nonstop as they have been ove

senator plans formally to introduce the measure on the inquiry in january last month, the california dmv did suspend crews permits to operate to to and test its driverless cars across california shortly thereafter, cruz announced it was suspending its driverless operations nationwide. let's get a check of your 4 zone forecast tonight. taking a live look at the golden gate bridge. things looking pretty good out there. there's probably construction as there is every night on the cult agape french. yeah. hopefully people cruising along just fine regardless. meteorologist brittany begley is. >> here with a look to head to the weekend. maybe some rain in the forecast. brittany. yeah, rain in the forecast. i know that whenever we have rain after a dry period, we had to be careful on the roadways because all that oil, the slick. >> roadways could be an issue this weekend. let's talk about what we noticed today above average temperatures that's going to this story tomorrow as against san francisco. 68 has your average 72. we came in so just a little bit above average, oakland 70's, your average.

this after the california dmv revoked its license to operate and on wednesday, general motors announced it's recalling all 950 of its driverless cruise cars for a software upgrade. cruz has a problem that got to fix it. >> i hope they fix it. want to see general motors, the leader there had lay off some of the people that were paid for by the revenue that they lost. and economists explains the timing could make it particularly more challenging for the employees being let go were also in a white interest rate. >> slowing economy, period, which makes it even more difficult for the people who get caught up. >> in the layoffs, there's still a lot more to learn about the crew's layoffs and what this means for the company moving forward. i'm sure we'll learn more in the coming days. i'm sarah stinson reporting the newsroom. back to you. a major update tonight to the monthslong actors strike the after a union has reached a tentative deal with hollywood studios to put it all to an end. the three-year contract agreement still needs to be approved by the union's board and its members. >> which is

now prior to all of that, the california dmv had already suspended cruise cars and driverless testing permits altogether, citing an unreasonable risk to public safety and lack of transparency from the company and now state senator dave cortese is investigating how cruz was able to get a permit in the first place to operate and test its driverless cars here in california. he plans to introduce that inquiry in january. now crews have suspended its driverless operations nationwide after dealing with that series of safety issues in san francisco. like several incidents of car stalling in the middle of the road hitting other will continue to a follow-up on the issues with crews as time goes on, grant vicki, send it back to you. thank well, to the north bay now for sonoma schools were forced into lockdown earlier today because of a credible threat. >> the sheriff's office says that's of valley high and creekside. high schools were threatened and put on lockdown about noon today. it since been lifted. the school's share a campus along broadway south of macarthur street, adele, harrison, midd

a partir del 2027, el dmv comenzará a entregar tarjetas de identificación para todos los residentes des seguido ese proceso que la comunidad día tras día pedía esas licencias de conducir para todos en california, sobre todo aquí en el área de la bahía, con marchas solicitando a las autoridades. y así pues, hoy se logró. >> 900.000 personas la han renovado y aún quedan personas que por miedo aún y cuando ya esta esta ley, no van y obtienen una. ojalá y que ahora que esto pase en 2027 más y más personas puedan tener aunque sea una identificación. >> claro, claro, te sirve para tantas cosas que bueno, bueno, mire, vámonos a otra información . >> y es que néstor isidro pérez, el nini, el jefe de seguridad de los hijos del narcotraficante joaquín el chapo guzmán loera, ha sido detenido este miércoles por las autoridades mexicanas tras un amplio operativo militar en culiacán, sinaloa, confirmaron fuentes con conocimiento de la movilización a noticia. telemundo pérez fue puesto bajo custodia de la fiscalía y trasladado a la ciudad de méxico. nos quedamos en méxico, pero ahora nos vamos a chia

and then the hook up with the dmv 0, which i just don't have that in the frequency incursions by illegal is rarely settlers of said, shock waves through the smooth community pharmacy that being forced to abandon the lens and the spring without water. they can no longer from their new a new industrial. no one will treat them in my yeah. juniors. you saw the damage to the story of the thing. what, why would, why would people do this? because they have to go up. they have the lot. we cannot, we haven't anything to do, but as i said, i was since she can do it without spanish months. you see there is a little sub, it shows me the damage from the latest rate. he says, the settlers punch it, that was the sex with knives. destroyed krupps and still the irrigation systems, the people who have the out of 4 or 5 models, they will have to hard to feed the attendance. and this, i mean, is and suddenly we attacked by said that this land is controlled by the palestinian literacy. but they say that powerless to stop the attacks on the war through infrastructure, we've spoken so many farmers in palestine

in the last few weeks, crews pulled all of its driverless cars off the road after the dmv revoked key permissions for the vehicles. the company has also recalled its software and announced layoffs. >>> food for thought as millions of americans begin hitting the road for thanksgiving this week. the u.s. sees more than 42,000 traffic deaths per year, now a road safety researcher says he believes part of the problem is u.s. road design. david zipper says the wide straight lanes on most roads give drivers a false sense of safety when driving at high speeds. >> fast car trips can coexist with street safety. they just can't. at some point you have to make a choice of whether it's more important to save lives or to facilitate fast car traffic. and for decades, the u.s. has opted for facilitating fast car traffic and denied the inevitability of that tradeoff. >> just ahead on "nightly news," we dig deeper into the reasons this is one of the most dangerous holidays for drivers. >>> up next, the game of monopoly with a bay area twist. >> we're going to take you to san jose where a new version o

we found out that some birds are named after slave owners, so now every bird's got to go down to the dmvew i.d. but you know what? fine. let's get rid of the human bird names. and while we're at it, let's get rid of all the mean ones, too. everyone keeps reminding that eagle that it's bald! if chris rock can't say that to jada, why do we say it about our national bird? "keep my eagle's name out of your [bleep] mouth." [applause] finally, let's move on to george santos, new york congressman and face-tuned chris christie. santos has been accused of lying and cheating everyone he's ever known out of money. and last night, republicans in congress finally had enough and held a vote to expel him. but the outcome wasn't what you'd expect. >> overnight, congressman george santos surviving a rare vote to oust him from congress. 24 republicans joining most democrats to expel santos, but the resolution falling far short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass. santos defiant. >> i feel like due process is still alive. >> the push to expel santos was put forward by his fellow new york republicans,

si está centrado en la suspensión de la semana pasada de la flota de autos de cruise por parte del dmvs en las vías. el programa de subvención estará vigente hasta septiembre del año que viene. >> y precisamente hablando de vías, hay buenas noticias para los conductores de la península y el este de la bahía caltrans informó que terminó ya los trabajos de repavimentación en el puente dumbarton antes de lo previsto. eso significa que los carriles van a estar abiertos esta noche. buena noticia. >> son las 17:00 de la tarde con 16 minutos y mire nada más el estacionamiento que se está viendo allá en el puente de la bahía. oiga, algo interesante que platicaba con mi colega marcelo rivera es que cuál será el color de automóvil más común? >> y aquí nos podemos dar una idea y realmente es interesante porque son 3 es el color negro, el color gris y el color blanco. y aquí es efectivamente donde nos damos cuenta, donde la mayoría de gente ahí está el blanco. podemos ver algunos rojos que son los que se pueden notar, pero generalmente es el gris, el blanco y el negro el que más se compra. yo por

this comes about a month after the california dmv suspended cruise's driverless testing permit, prompted by an october incident in san francisco where a cruise car dragged a pedestrian after they were struck by another car, forcing cruise to pull their fleet of robotaxis off the road. >>> a san carlos man accused of beheading the mother of his child has been found guilty. witnesses told police they saw jose landaeta arguing with karina castro last year before he killed her as lawyers argued he was off his medication for chronic paranoia schizophrenia. the jury is deliberating on other factors in the case that could impact sentencing. >>> the chp is asking for the public's help trying to track down whoever hit and killed a teenager along highway 13 in oakland. it happened around 10:45 last night on southbound 13 south of the joaquin miller road/lincoln avenue exit. chp says two cars, a black sedan and a white toyota corolla zipcar, got into a fender bender. no one was hurt, but the black car took off and the driver and passenger got out of the corolla. moments later another black sedan sw

it's the latest bout of turbulence for cruise, which saw its dmv operating permit pulled after a woman in san francisco was knocked into the path of a self-driving cruise car and dragged by the vehicle. earlier this month, the company's ceo and co-founder resigned. cruise has cut headcount here in the bay area, too, as a result of the turmoil. >> okta says its largest hack was far worse than previously thought. the identity management company is based in san francisco. it initially reported the september incident only affected less than 1% of its customers support. sister users. but it turns out hackers stole data on all of the company's 18,000 users. okta officials are not sure if the names and email addresses stolen are actively being used by hackers. they also don't know who was behind this breach. >> after the break, the effort continues to extend the cease fire between israel and hamas. as we learn more about the latest hostage is released, abc seven news at five. we'll it expired just a few hours ago, but now us secretary of state antony blinken is heading to israel, hoping to fi

. >> just a couple of weeks before joseph died, he had gone to the dmv. >> to get identification card and had volunteered to be an organ donor. but for now in san francisco, charles clifford kron, 4 news. >> the annual music festival. it takes over napa memorial day weekend is expanding its footprint and its music genres bottle rockets launching lot owned a that's a latin music festival that kicks off next june artists in latin pop, spanish rock bond and more will be featured in the lineup set to be released on monday. when we'll know who's playing bottle. rock ceo dave graham says he envisions slow on as a multi-generational family festival. sounds fun. tickets will go on sale on december should look out for that line going end. that wraps up kron. 4 news at 6. we'll see you tonight at 10. have a in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart, efficient, savvy. making the most of every opportunity. that's why comcast business is introducing the small business bonus. for a limited time you can get a $1000 prepaid card with a qualifying with qualifying gig bundle. yep,

that the federal government for the most part regulars the vehicles and the state governments and the dmv for the most part regulate the driver. obviously, they didn't contemplate something like automated vehicles. but there are a lot of things reflected in our regulatory framework that touch on this kind of automation. whether it is references to a driver side or specifications that are to go in a vehicle that may not have a driver, or whether it is things we think we can specify and have a duty to regulate with regard to the safety of systems, for example. this is clearly an evolving picture. we will be working with congress to make sure that our frameworks contemplate this for the future. but we are going to do everything we can with the authorities we do have, which aren't trivial and are not unrelated, to make sure that whether it is a deployment like the cruise deployment or any other development, that to the extent that we have a role that we are meeting our obligation, to have it unfold safely. reporter: we follow-ups. sec. buttigieg: thanks. adm. whitaker: thank you. >> c-span is