Self-Driving · November 2025
Beloved SF cat's death fuels Waymo criticism
A Waymo ran over Kit Kat, the six-year-old 'Mayor of 16th Street' bodega cat, and the Mission District responded with a candlelit shrine and a city resolution asking voters whether driverless cars should operate in their neighborhoods, because a robot that can't see a cat in the dark is a hard sell for the 'safer than humans' pitch.
Source: TechCrunch