No idea exactly what is meant by up in the hills as I'm not from CA either. If you're taking a cab somewhere in the mountains though maybe you should be prepare

No idea exactly what is meant by up in the hills as I'm not from CA either. If you're taking a cab somewhere in the mountains though maybe you should be prepared for situation and have some cash on you. TO be honest the driver also should have made the passenger aware that up in the hills his credit card machine likely won't work so if they need to stop at an ATM they can.