Waymo says California authorized it to operate across the entire Bay Area and Sacramento, and between LA and San Diego, where it plans to expand to in mid-2026 (Aidin Vaziri/San Francisco Chronicle)

Aidin Vaziri / San Francisco Chronicle:
Waymo says California authorized it to operate across the entire Bay Area and Sacramento, and between LA and San Diego, where it plans to expand to in mid-2026  —  California officials have quietly opened the door to one of the largest geographic expansions of autonomous ride-hailing the state has ever seen.