Here's who's making news this Tuesday in the Bay Area with Waymo, Zoox, Intel's late co-founder Gordon Moore, Paramount Group and United Airlines. Plus, Barbara Lee finally takes office in Oakland today.

Waymo, Alphabet's (NASDAQ:GOOGL) self-driving arm, won CPUC approval to extend its robotaxi service across the South Bay, covering most of San Jose. The expansion allows Waymo One to operate fully autonomous ride-hailing in new San Francisco Bay Area zones,

Waymo, the California-based self-driving taxi company, deployed a small fleet of human-driven cars onto the roads of Greater Boston on Monday, the start of a six-week "intelligence gathering" mission.

When the autonomous vehicle startup Waymo starts mapping the streets of Boston, it will likely have to navigate regulatory hurdles, rotaries and roads riddled with potholes.

Waymo has issued a voluntary recall of more than 1,200 self-driving vehicles following a series of low-speed collisions involving roadside barriers such as gates and chains. The company said the underlying issue was resolved through a software update rolled out to the fleet in late 2024 and emphasized that current operations are unaffected.

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Waymo voluntarily submitted the recall. It does not affect Waymo's current operations, which include providing rides in cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Austin. Waymo currently logs 250,000 paid trips every week.

The driverless ride-hailing service Waymo issued a recall for 1,212 vehicles after a series of minor crashes involving obstacles in the road.