here's james clayton.hat surprises many visitors when they arrive in san francisco are these things. driverless robo taxis. they're all over the city. this is me ordering one on my phone. one minute away, there's a cab just around the corner. but before i could even get in, a member of the public approached us with a warning. i think they're not safe cos i saw a guy that was in the crosswalk at night, almost got hit by it. well, thank you very much, sir, cheers. not exactly the ideal thing to hearjust before you get into a cab with no driver. i've been in these cars a few times now and it never changes, it's always totally surreal. it always feels nerve—racking when you first start, and it's really surprising how quickly itjust becomes totally normal. but the first few sort of roads you come across, t—junctions, you're kind of always slightly apprehensive. let's see how this does. 0ur ride was perfectly uneventful, but the city itself is divided over these cabs run by two companies, waymo and cruise. earli

james clayton has the story.s robo—taxis. they're all over the city. this is me ordering one on my phone. one minute away, there's a cab just around the corner. but before i could even get in, a member of the public approached us with a warning. i think you're unsafe, because i saw a guy that was in the crosswalk at night, almost got hit by it. well, thank you very much, sir, cheers. not exactly the ideal thing to hearjust before you get into a cab with no driver. i've been in these cars a few times now and it never changes. it's always totally surreal. it always feels nerve—racking when you first start, and it's really surprising how quickly itjust becomes totally normal. but the first few sort of roads you come across, t—junctions, you're kind of always slightly apprehensive. let's see how this does. 0ur ride was perfectly uneventful, but the city itself is divided over these cabs run by two companies, waymo and cruise. earlier this month, san francisco officials green—lighted the use of robo—taxis for 24—hour

here's james clayton.obo—taxis. they're all over the city. this is me ordering one on my phone. one minute away, there's a cab just around the corner. but before i could even get in, a member of the public approached us with a warning. i think you're unsafe, because i saw a guy that was in the crosswalk at night, almost got hit by it. well, thank you very much, sir, cheers. not exactly the ideal thing to hearjust before you get into a cab with no driver. i've been in these cars a few times now and it never changes. it's always totally surreal. it always feels nerve—racking when you first start, and it's really surprising how quickly itjust becomes totally normal. but the first few sort of roads you come across, tjunctions, you're kind of always slightly apprehensive. let's see how this does. 0ur ride was perfectly uneventful, but the city itself is divided over these cabs run by two companies, waymo and cruise. earlier this month, san francisco officials green—lighted the use of robo—taxis for 24—hour use,

james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. known for the children's parade. barry caffrey has been to meet some of those taking part. welcome to notting hill carnival. welcome to notting hill carnival-— welcome to notting hill carnival. ~ ., ., carnival. meet the carnival band. these _ carnival. meet the carnival band. these children - carnival. meet the carnival band. these children have | carnival. meet the carnival - band. these children have been preparing all summerfor band. these children have been preparing all summer for today to show off their home—made costumes and carnival art. it took me four weeks and i wanted took me four weeks and i wanted to be as creative as possible. i wanted to stand out from the crowd and i took time to paint it and glue it, the design. it's really fun and i have done it with — it's really fun and i have done it with my— it's really fun and i have done it with my mum, sol it's really fun and i have done it with my mum, so i really enjoyed _ it with my mum, so i really enjoyed doing it. it�*

anna foster in turkey and james clayton in san francisco have more. most deadly earthquakes in modern times. february's quake happened in the middle of the night. many people died where they were sleeping, in their beds. 50,000 people were killed. however, there was an earthquake warning system run by google in turkey, and the company claims millions of people got a warning before this earthquake. it works on any android phone that's about 80% of all of the phones in turkey and this is google�*s explainer on how it works. android phones have these tiny accelerometers built into them which can sense earthquakes. people will now be able to have their phones become part of this network of mini seismometers looking for earthquakes around the world. we call this the... when the phone detects an earthquake, it sends a message back to google�*s servers. when enough phones do this, google can pinpoint the epicentre and send out an earthquake warning. and so you'll hear it go... phone chimes it looks like this, and it says, "drop, coverand hold." so it's prett

we've james clayton claim we've seen james clayton claim this and this to elon musk and he couldn't itecdotal. anecdotal, it's all anecdotal. and hey, and of course, and what is hey, and of course, twitter and x, as it's now called, are of awful things called, are full of awful things that say. but you know, that trolls say. but you know, the solution is not the online safety bill, which is what they're mentioning here. they've added an amendment to online safety bill and they're saying, well, of well, this is why, because of things you things like this. but as you say, i'm much say, it's anecdotal and i'm much more worried about the suppression i'd be suppression of that. and i'd be saying saying that saying that i'd be saying that whoever being attacked, whoever was being attacked, not just it a just women, even if it was a systemic, oppressed like systemic, oppressed group like straight white men, i'd be saying it's much more saying it because it's much more dangerous. censorship is more dangerous. censorship is more dangerous annoying. dangerous than some annoying. i mean, isn't me

james clayton reports.urprises many visitors when they arrive in san francisco are these things. driverless robo taxis. they're all over the city. this is me ordering one on my phone. one minute away, there's a cab just around the corner. but before i could even get in, a member of the public approached us with a warning. i think they're not safe cos i saw a guy that was in the crosswalk at night, almost got hit by it. well, thank you very much, sir, cheers. not exactly the ideal thing to hearjust before you get into a cab with no driver. i've been in these cars a few times now and it never changes, it's always totally surreal. it always feels nerve—racking when you first start, and it's really surprising how quickly itjust becomes totally normal. but the first few sort of roads you come across, t—junctions, you're kind of always slightly apprehensive. let's see how this does. 0ur ride was perfectly uneventful, but the city itself is divided over these cabs run by two companies, waymo and cruise. earlier th

james. a vigil was held at clayton valley high school last night. friends and family lit candles in memory of bill siu. remember remember me. though, i have to say goodbye. remember me? the 37 year old concord native drowned saturday after falling off a jet ski while on the family's first trip to lake tahoe. despite wearing a life jacket, his wife says the water took him under. bill was a father of four, but lost his baby girl to sids in 2016. he leaves behind his wife and their three young sons. she thanked everyone for their love and support, saying she has an army around her. bill's touched so many people's lives outside of the 18 years i've been with him and i see it and people are writing for him and taking care of us because i don't have my other half anymore. and my kids don't have this amazing father. and so seeing all of you and you guys sharing what a great person he is to my kids, to his legacy . brings me peace. people shared stories of bill, how he touched their lives and his love for serving others and sports. he trained people at a lo

clayton valley junior eagles to a league champion last year. a gofundme set up for funeral expenses has raised nearly $80,000. we have that link on our website, ktvu. jamesfighter in san jose are keeping an eye out for wildfires after a fast moving grass fire came dangerously close to homes. the fire broke out yesterday afternoon in east san jose. police who live in the area prepare to evacuate as they saw the flames move over the hillsides. years years ago, we had the fire that went right up mount hamilton. so we get them here every once in a while, but nothing that's come this close. no evacuations were necessary as firefighters got a handle on the fire before it damaged any of those homes or buildings. more than seven. cal fire and san jose firefighters worked together to battle the flames. an aggressive firefight from our aerial resources and our resources on the ground, as well as in coordination with the defensible space of the property owners was a key element in no structure loss on this incident . officials say that fire has burned 66 acres. the state granted $4 million to the marin wildlife prevention authority and the marin county fire departm