Editorial Note: The news report in the video player above was produced on Wednesday, Oct. 29, before KRON4 News received a statement from Waymo.

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Waymo said it plans to make a donation to a local animal rights organization after a beloved corner store cat in San Francisco's Mission District was struck and killed by one of its driverless cars Monday night.

According to residents, "KitKat" was the neighborhood mascot who brightened customers’ and residents’ days as they passed by Randa’s Market on 16th Street.

"They would deliver KitKat in a box of KitKats and that’s the box that KitKat chose to sleep in and got his name. (It) caught on very well," said neighbor Sarah Koohnz.

According to a 311 complaint, a Waymo hit the liquor store’s cat that was sitting on the s

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