Tuesday Morning Topline: Waymos Not Allowed Near Waterfront for Fleet Week

Still learning from the July 4th debacle, SF transit officials are designating geofenced restrictions on where Waymos can travel this weekend during Fleet Week festivities. No Waymo pickups or drop-off will be permitted north of Lombard Street in the Marina, or north of Francisco Street near the Wharf, and much of the Embarcadero will be off-limits too (see map above). [KRON4]
The California Nurses Association announced an arbitration agreement with Kaiser, following a grievance filed in 2024, that will mean over 1,000 nurses will be getting back pay they are owed due to a payroll system error. [Chronicle]
A 20-year-old woman was killed on Highway 4 in Antioch early Sunday after apparently dropping something — possibly a phone? — out of the passenger-side window of a vehicle and then trying to retrieve it from the roadway. [KRON4]
Police are still seeking a hit-and-run driver who killed a pedestrian in a crosswalk at 17th Street and Lakeside Drive in Oakland early Saturday morning. [KRON4]
Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Senate Bill 872, the Delta Levees and Canal Subsidence Fund, which he said was redundant given that the state has already budgeted more than $170 million for repairing levees and canals in the Delta this year and this fund was redundant. [KPIX]
Cases of enterovirus D68, or EV-D68, which last spiked locally in April 2025 and which can cause polio-like symptoms in small children, are on the rise in the North Bay, San Francisco, and Palo Alto, according to wastewater monitoring. [SFGate]
Celebrities have been coming out to catch the Golden State Valkyries' playoff run, including Ali Wong, George Lucas, E-40, and singer Kehlani. [Chronicle]

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